Sentences with phrase «observers say the bill»

But observers say the bill is unlikely to pass because of its timing so close to an election and given that it is a private members bill.

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Cuomo, a keen observer of political opinion, said Monday that he did not support the bill, even though it would grant him additional power over de Blasio, his political rival.

IDC bills will include a star next to them denoting it's their bill (a move that some observers are saying will allow Klein and company to highlight their legislation to supporters more effectively than lawmakers in the minority).

While not a celebrity like his predecessor, Bill Bratton, O'Neill's approachable style has impressed subordinates, police department observers say.

But observers said it makes sense for Quinn to be pounding the pavement and laying the groundwork for her presumptive 2013 run, which will likely be decided in a cutthroat Democratic primary against former City Comptroller Bill Thompson, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and embattled City Comptroller John Liu.

Some legal observers have said it may be as much as double, meaning that just in hearing time alone he could bill approx.

Political observers say the ability to tweak district lines is crucial to the Republicans» ability to stay in power, and they have been loath to cede any control over the process — their reform bill, which passed the Senate in March, sets in motion a constitutional change that would not take effect for a decade.

Some political observers say the reform bills are unlikely to pass Congress in the next year or two.

Observers said that House and Senate conference committee members were close to reaching an agreement on the volatile school - choice issue, which has been a major factor in the legislature's inability to adopt a reform bill.

Not only did the Congress finish its most pressing education business — reauthorizing several key programs in its final days — but, observers say, it was able to fashion consensus bills that in effect reasserted a federal role in education.

The vote significantly reduces the likelihood that the bill that emerges from the Congress will include private - school choice, observers said.

WASHINGTON — Among the several provisions in the regulatory relief bill, nearing passage in the Senate, is a new measure dealing with credit scores that some observers and stakeholders say is redundant.