Arriving at his office shortly before the Senate Republican conference meets to discuss the rent / tax cap «framework» deal, Majority Leader Dean Skelos says some key aspects
of bill language are still being worked out — casting blame on Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver:
All of the above examples
of bill language were dropped or amended before being enacted.
Not exact matches
«But we have some concerns about the
language of the
bill.»
«Both the House and Senate versions
of the FAA re-authorization
bill have very positive
language on supersonics.
Coin Center, a non-profit research and advocacy organization in Washington, has met with members
of Congress and their staff about the
bill to argue that while the policy goals make sense, the
language as drafted isn't needed, said Peter Van Valkenburgh, director
of research.
Spearheaded by more than two dozen lenders and small business advocacy organizations, including Lending Club, Funding Circle, the Aspen Institute, and the Small Business Majority, the
bill requires transparency about pricing and fees, fair treatment
of borrowers and responsible underwriting, as well as clear
language and easy - to - understand terms.
Republicans executed a plan - the timing, the
language of the
bills, the media strategy, and perhaps most importantly, the behind - the - scenes lobbying
of top Republicans including Snyder.
Faced with boycott threats from giant businesses, including Nike, Apple, Angie's List and Salesforce.com, Indiana's Governor Mike Pence has vowed to alter the
language of a controversial, religious freedom
bill he signed into law just last week, to ensure businesses can't use it to discriminate against LGBT customers.
Take a look at the specific
language of the government's amendments in the last federal budget to the Investment Canada Act (
Bill C - 60).
It's available in 87 different
languages, offers advanced fraud protection, integrates with hundreds
of online shopping carts, and allows you to automatically
bill customers with recurring
billing.
The package also contains
bills directing agencies to craft the least costly rules possible, to publish cost estimates for rules in development, and to publish «plain
language» summaries
of proposed rules online, a salvo at the impenetrable verbal thickets that confound small - business owners, who typically handle compliance themselves.
That said, deadlines should be included, as well as some
language about the schedule and method
of payment (including how the contractor should
bill for the hours or flat rate) should come next.
Back in 2005,
language that would have required Section 215 business record orders to pertain to terror suspects, or their associates, or the «activities»
of a terror group won the unanimous support
of the Senate Judiciary Committee, though was not ultimately included in the final reauthorization
bill.
When
Bill Gates created Microsoft Research (MSR) 25 years ago, some
of the very first work focused on AI, including speech, natural
language and computer vision.
The exact
language of the
bill hasn't been fleshed out, which isn't uncommon for
bills that evolve during a legislative session.
For example, the amended
bill requires specific disclosures to be provided to customers in English and any other
language spoken by a majority
of customers, and it requires businesses to provide customers with receipts containing specified information for each transaction.
HB 331: Filed by Slosberg, this
bill adds new
language to the state's patients
bill of rights, requiring facilities to send an explanation for any relocation in writing to both a resident and the Long - Term Care Ombudsman.
One wonders why the
Bill's drafter did not elect to confine him or herself to the
language of s 92A.
Thereafter, the House Commerce and Consumer Affairs Committee amended the
bill changing the
language of the exemption to exclude «persons who engage in the business
of selling or issuing payment instruments or stored value solely in the form
of convertible virtual currency; or receive convertible virtual currency for transmission to another location» from the licensing requirement.
Washington (CNN)- A leader
of an evangelical Christian organization pushing for immigration reform said that while the group needs to read the whole
bill filed Wednesday in the U.S. Senate before fully endorsing it, the legislation doesn't constitute amnesty «in any dictionary in the English
language.»
I would point out, however, that the actual
language of the
Bill of Rights says, «Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment
of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.»
Pretty strong
language, but no stronger than the metaphor Daniel Mitchell
of the Heritage Foundation used, in an op - ed article in The Washington Times, to «describe a
bill designed to prevent corporations from rechartering abroad for tax purposes: Mitchell described this legislation as the «Dred Scott tax
bill,» referring to the infamous 1857 Supreme Court ruling that required free states to return escaped slaves.
Before he scratched out «God» in favor
of his «as we understood Him» compromise
language,
Bill was telling the story far differently, far more accurately, and far more consistently in terms
of what he had learned from his sponsor Ebby Thacher, from Dr. Bob, from Anne Smith and her journal, from Shoemaker, and from Oxford Group writings and talks.
So now that this issue has been brought much more to public light because
of the passing
of this harmful
bill in Uganda, suddenly we have different
language — much softer, much more compassionate; that sounds much less like an agenda was met.
It is interesting to hear Wenger state in the last few days that he hoped Cesc will be with us for a good 2 or 3 seasons, just when it coincided with Barcelona declaring that they are making drastic cuts to their wage
bill on and off the field.They literally have no cash to spend and though asset rich, the effects
of the Spanish economy are taking affect.I think Cesc has accepted that and will show full commitment to Arsenal.He is pivotal to any success we may achieve.His whole body
language has changed, he looks generally much more content, and he can put to the back
of his mind, at least for the time being any proposed move, and that for us is a good thing.Barca are disguising their troubles by saying yet again they have made no official approach to our club, purely to save face.
Our 300,000 + signature count alone wasn't going to change anything in Congress, but that huge outpouring
of grassroots support helped elected officials like Congresswomen Rosa DeLauro and Chellie Pingree get the
language we wanted in the 2015 Appropriations
Bill.
In doing so, these individuals publicly broke rank with their own organization, which is currently urging Congress to include in the 2015 appropriations
bill language which would allow struggling school districts to opt out
of healthier meal standards.
By Chef Ann Cooper & Chef Beth CollinsWhy are potatoes and the proposed meal patterns for school breakfast and lunch making headlines in Colorado?In August Senator Udall and Susan Collins (R - ME) sent a letter to the Senate agricultural appropriators urging them to add
language to the FY2012 spending
bill that states: None
of the... Read more
Because regardless
of what happens with SNA's desired one - year waiver
language in the pending 2015 appropriations
bill, the 2015 Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR) is looming large and the SNA clearly views the CNR as its best chance to permanently roll back key HHFKA nutrition standards relating to sodium, whole grains, fruits and vegetables and a la carte offerings.
(The proposed
language to block both the potato and pizza restrictions is here; the mechanism would be depriving USDA
of any funding for their implementation, via amendments to a spending
bill up for a vote this week.)
As I reported here back in March, House lawmakers were able to insert
language in the Congressional report accompanying the 2014 Omnibus Spending
Bill advising USDA to grant schools a one - year waiver on two important new school food requirements: an increase in fruit served at breakfast and the implementation
of the widely lauded «Smart Snacks in School» rules.
Check out this new report reviews existing and emerging opportunities to document food insecurity screening, assessment, intervention, and
billing for each part
of a patient visit using discrete codes and
language from standardized EHR medical vocabularies.
Yesterday marked the beginning
of House debate on the waiver
language, with Rep. Sam Farr (D - CA) seeking to strip the waiver from the House spending
bill.
This huge outpouring
of grassroots support bolstered efforts in Congress — led by Congresswomen Rosa DeLauro (D - CT) and Chellie Pingree (D - ME)-- to get
language into the 2015 omnibus spending
bill keeping Chinese - processed chicken out
of school food and other child nutrition programs.
In the last Congressional session, industry lobbying succeeded in getting
language into the House Education and the Workforce Committee's draft Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR)
bill that would have allowed all FFVP schools to serve «all forms»
of produce, expressly stating that the program is «no longer limited to only fresh fruits and vegetables.»
UPDATE: The property tax cap (Sens. Brian Foley, Jeff Klein, Dave Valesky (added) and Craig Johnson — although the chapter amendment to mandate restored education aid be used for property tax relief might ameliorate their concerns), the SUNY tuition plan (Sen.
Bill Stachowski and Antoine Thompson (added)-RRB-, the same - sex marriage
language (Diaz Sr.) and the counting
of prisoners in the Census and home health care differentials.
He told me he has reintroduced an amended version
of his
bill, which is where this whole idea originated, to mirror the
language in the governor's budget.
The petition
language is completely over the top, referring to the
bill as the «Gay Bill of Special Rights» and claiming that it will force churches to hire gays (note: religious institutions are exempt, and btw have you ever even MET a straight male church organis
bill as the «Gay
Bill of Special Rights» and claiming that it will force churches to hire gays (note: religious institutions are exempt, and btw have you ever even MET a straight male church organis
Bill of Special Rights» and claiming that it will force churches to hire gays (note: religious institutions are exempt, and btw have you ever even MET a straight male church organist?).
Here's the
language in question (it's in Part M
of the
bill, and appears in all caps because it's an addition to the governor's original
bill):
Several Senate Republicans, including Sens. Andrew Lanza, Kemp Hannon and Steve Saland, have huddled with the governor to develop religious exemption
language that is broader and stronger than the current incarnation
of Cuomo's
bill.
Kennedy said state senators have seen about 90 percent
of the proposed
language so far, but are still waiting on final deals for things like the so - called Raise The Age
bill and education runs.
Here's Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. explaining to Erin Billups,
of NY1, why he so vehemently opposed
language in the revenue
bill that recognized same - sex marriages performed outside the state in New York tax law.
So far, we haven't seen any
of the religious protections that have been discussed by the Republicans and the governor's office materialize into
bill language.
Also, there appears to be a lot
of amended
language in this
bill that requires tenants to file taxes in New York City if they want to keep their apartments.
The only thing Democrats were upset over, she said, was their inability to actually read the
bill language that set up what turned out to be a very complex system
of regional wage differentials, phase - ins and carve - outs.
The new
language only takes up half a line in the Internal Revenue Code but takes seven lines
of bill text to describe.
But, while most
of those pages say: «add the following text here», other pages say things like «delete Internal Revenue Code Section 199», so not all
of the 182 pages
of the
bill amending the Internal Revenue Code adds text, some
of the
bill deletes text or adds only a word or two here or there in redline fashion to a larger paragraph that is restated in redline form in which identifying where to put the amended
language takes much more space than the new
language itself.
Also, there is lots
of language about effective dates for each provision in the
bill text that does not appear in the codified version.
As we all know
of course, Cuomo once famously admitted to keeping his
bill language secret.
My colleague, Michael Johnson, upon hearing that the Legislature is considering the possibility
of amending Gov. David Paterson's budget extender
bill to divest it
of the furlough
language, posed the question: Is that even legal?