Sentences with phrase «not vote against this bill»

«At the end of the day I'm not voting against a bill that is going to take guns out of the hands of 18 - year - olds,» said Rep. Jared Moskowitz, a Democrat from Broward County.

Not exact matches

In contrast to its healthcare - overhaul push that saw many intraparty divisions, the GOP has been relatively cohesive on taxes — not a single Republican voted against the bill in the Senate.

Lawmakers like Representative Carlos Guillermo Smith, a Democrat from Orlando, voted against the bill because it did not include a ban on assault weapons or other broad measures sought by survivors of all the shootings.

@ Bill Deacon, Sorry Bill, but during the last last Bush election, the catholic church ordered their membership to vote against the democratic candidate in violation of their 501c3 status, not support a candidate but an order.

Brown was reported to be looking for a way out of this impasse: the Telegraph claimed that «the Cabinet revolt has forced him to think again» and that «One solution now being considered is giving MPs the option of abstaining in the key vote on the Bill»: but, «Some staunch Catholic MPs say even being allowed to abstain is not enough and instead want to be free to vote against the Bill, or amend it to remove somemeasures».

We limited those coercive powers, I'm happy to say — not with any help from the government, because the government voted against the amendment to limit the coercive powers, which was ostensibly the intended purpose of the bill.

Whereas I didn't agree that charter schools take money away from trouble traditional schools BEFORE — I came away from the excellent comments from the Senators voting AGAINST the charter school bill believing this is the case.

Here's Sen. John Flanagan, a Long Island Republican, railing against a pension sweetener bill that Democratic Sen. Diane Savino was forced to pull off the floor this afternoon when it became clear it did not have sufficient votes to pass.

Long wouldn't say whether the bill's passage — which 18 Republicans in the conference ultimately voted against — would ultimately mean a loss of support from the influential Conservative Party or from the National Rifle Association.

(¶ 15) When the House of Lords reconsidered the bill after the Commons rejected the amendments, eight bishops voted against a similar wrecking amendment, but the statement issued after passage of the bill was not unconditional in its support:

Senator Ted Cruz proposed an amendment to the recent tax reform bill to allow funds from 529 plans to be used for homeschooling1, but the Democrats voted against it and it did not make it into the final bill.

Members of the conservative Freedom Caucus voted against the bill after they didn't receive separate assurances from House leadership regarding immigration policy.

Sen. Liz Kruger (D - Manhattan), voted against the bill, saying it didn't go far enough.

ALBANY — After months of listening to Gov. Andrew Cuomo assail him as responsible for a bill he voted against, U.S. Rep. John Faso closed a letter to the governor on Thursday with an especially cutting observation: He's not the man his late father was.

For example, he was the only member to vote against a 2013 bill that would let officials in Victory appoint a clerk - treasurer who is not a resident of the village.

Assemblyman Robin Schimminger and freshman Assemblywoman Monica Wallace also voted against the bill, which among other things, would prohibit state and local law enforcement from detaining individuals based on immigration status and would provide for legal representation for people without documentation who otherwise couldn't afford it.

As a senator, Rubio has voted against an LGBT - inclusive reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act and doesn't co-sponsor any pro-LGBTagainst an LGBT - inclusive reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act and doesn't co-sponsor any pro-LGBTAgainst Women Act and doesn't co-sponsor any pro-LGBT bills.

He's not without his critics, however, who point to a vote by McLaughlin against a budget bill that would have provided funding for environmental and clean - water programs.

Since becoming an MP he has generally voted against benefit cuts, but did not vote against the 2015 welfare reform bill, when Labour's mass abstention was seen as helping propel Corbyn to the Labour leadership.

With two Republican senators all but locked in against it and Trump exerting pressure on them to pass it, U.S. Senate leaders can not lose another vote on the health care reform bill they plan to unveil today.

I do not want a democratic House of Lords, and that is precisely why I shall vote against the Bill.

The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association thanks Senator Dean Skelos and his conference for doing the right thing and not supporting this bill, along with Senators William Stachowski, Darrel Aubertine and David Valesky for putting principle above party politics and voting against S - 6005A.

There is now no excuse for his Tory colleagues to vote against a bill which is, he says, not just a Lib Dem measure.

But the GOP lawmakers, including Rep. John Faso who voted agains the bill, have not taken well to Cuomo's pressure campaign to vote against the tax measure.

Another example would be when elected officials vote against the party line for the sake of publicly standing when a bill is unpopular (conversely, popular) in their constituency, all while knowing that the majority is comfortable enough that a few dissenting voices (or a few more votes) won't matter.

When I asked whether he'd vote for or against the legislature's maps, Gottfried replied, «We don't know what the final bill will look like.

The congressman said Mr Trump threatened to run a candidate against him in the midterms if he did not vote «yes» on the first iteration of the bill.

Clinton Voted AGAINST the Cheney Energy Bill & her ENERGY PLAN «does not include nuclear».

Andrew George, the MP for St Ives, an early supporter of changes to the Bill (despite not voting against it at Second Reading), said:

Class Action Litigation — Vote Passed (220 - 201, 1 Present, 7 Not Voting) The bill would prohibit federal courts from certifying proposed classes of individuals for a class - action lawsuit unless each member of the class has suffered the same type and degree of injury, and it would require quarterly reports by asbestos trusts of claims made against the trusts and any payouts made by the trusts for asbestos - related injuries.

, who said he would vote against the jobs bill because he doesn't think it's worth the money, is not opposed to raising taxes on millionaires, per se.

One source said: «There will be a vote to flush out those in favour and those against to ensure that Labour and the Lib Dems can not kill the bill without fingerprints.»

«Mr. Grimm must have trouble understanding the legislative process because I voted against the bill not once, but twice despite calls from colleagues and organizations on the left to vote in favor of it,» McMahon said.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats have joined other AMs in voting against the «undemocratic» Trade Union Bill in an Assembly vote today, in the hope that the Bill's provisions won't apply to Wales if eventually passed by Westminster.

Tim Farron, the Liberal Democrat leader, whose MPs will vote against the bill, called it «short and not sweet».

Assemblyman Walter Mosley, a Democrat from central Brooklyn, said he would vote against a bill that did not contain the provision, even if that meant letting the 421 - a program sunset on June 15.

But they do not occupy most positions of power, nor when they are in positions of power (say party president or deputy leader) do they exercise power in the way the left of the Lib Dems might expect (by voting against the Welfare Uprating Bill for example).

Burnham spoke out today after Harman suggested at the weekend that Labour will not vote against the government's welfare bill.

Harriet Harman has provoked a furious backlash among Labour members by suggesting that the party will not vote against the government's welfare bill.

There is a real possibility of further Shadow Cabinet departures: Clive Lewis has left himself very little room to manoeuvre after he promised to vote against the bill if Labour's changes were not accepted, while all eyes will be on Diane Abbott after her no - show last week.

Burnham was not among the almost 50 Labour MPs who voted against the bill last night, including his leadership rival Jeremy Corbyn.

Shadow business secretary Clive Lewis has also warned that he may vote against the bill if the government doesn't accept Labour's amendments.

«Nobody wanted to trade on anything, certainly not on that, since it's not our primary focus,» said Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, a Manhattan Democrat who voted against the bill on Monday because she opposes mayoral control generally.

«The truth is that John Faso voted against the tax reform bill because he believed it did not do enough to help New York families and taxpayers, and will continue to fight for a bill that will lower their taxes and promotes economic growth,» Faso said.

If you can't take the initiative to simply check a box or care enough to register to vote, I don't think taxpayers should be subsidizing it,» said Assemblyman Harold Wirths (R - Sussex), who voted against the bill.

North Country Republican Elise Stefanik (R - Wilsboro) voted against the plan, saying it didn't do enough to preserve state and local tax deductions, which the final bill capped at $ 10,000.

«I can not in good conscience be assured that what we're going to see later is acceptable,» said Sen. Gustavo Rivera, a Democrat from the Bronx who voted against all four bills.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a conference call with reporters on Monday afternoon was not impressed with mere votes against the bill, saying the lawmakers ought to do more to bring federal money back to the state to be more in in with what the state's residents pay in taxes.

The congressman would not commit to voting against a final bill that doesn't preserve the Historic Tax credit.

Republican bills, for some time now, have risked losing votes from both ends, the «it's not centrist enough» side and from the «it's not far right enough» side, like when Rand Paul joined John McCain and Susan Collins voting against this version of a new healthcare bill.