Sentences with phrase «of coming to the floor for a vote»
In a further development, the medical marijuana legislation has been transferred from the Senate Finance Committee to the Senate Rules Committee, greatly improving the measure's chance of coming to the floor for a vote.
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After listening to Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson explain why bills like the Farm Workers Bill of Rights should be allowed to come to the floor for a debate and eventual vote even if it's clear they don't have sufficient support to pass — «This is about democracy!»
The letter paints a potential plan that would allow the leaders — Sen. Jeff Klein of the IDC and Sen. Andrea Stewart - Cousins of the mainline conference — to choose each others» deputies and have approval over which bills come to the floor for a vote.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie told reporters on Tuesday he remains personally supportive of mixed - martial arts, but said whether it comes to the floor for a vote will be up to the Democratic majority in the chamber.
Advocates pushing for passage of the Child Victims Act have begun running a digital ad campaign that largely targets those living in the district of state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, who has kept the legislation from coming to the floor for a vote.
As co-leaders of the Senate, Klein and Skelos (R - Nassau County) each have the power to block legislation from coming to the floor for a vote.
«The Senate has passed «Kirby and Quigley's Law» five years in a row and now it's time for the Assembly to bring justice to the Krohn family and to the memory of Kirby and Quigley by enabling this bi-partisan legislation to come to the Floor of the Assembly for a debate and up or down vote.»
The sponsor of a Michigan internet gambling bill is attempting to build a critical mass of support for the measure ahead of a potential House floor vote on it in the coming weeks,...
As co-leaders of the Senate, Klein (pictured) and Dean Skelos (R - Nassau County) each have the power to block legislation from coming to the floor for a vote.
The current Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, has said that bills will not come to the floor for a vote unless a majority of Democrats agree, even if numerically, counting Republican support, there are enough votes for it to pass.
«Their inaction is beyond shameful, coming on the heels of the arrest of two legislators, the jailing of two more and the resignation of a third — and that's just this year... The IDC's entire reason for being was to bring progressive legislation to the floor, but it never put up its own reform bill for a vote.»
«The Senate has passed «Kirby and Quigley's Law» three times and now it's time for the Assembly to bring justice to the Krohn family and to the memory of Kirby and Quigley by enabling this legislation that has bi-partisan support to come to the Floor of the Assembly for an up or down vote.»
«Plain and simple, if a majority of legislators are sponsoring and supporting a piece of legislation then that bill should be allowed to come to the Floor for a vote.
He called on the Republican leadership of the chamber to allow the measure to come to the floor for a vote.
But Republicans last year gained full control of the chamber and Klein lost the title, plus the ability to have veto power over which bills come to the floor for a vote.
Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said last October that he thinks the bill should come to the floor for an up - or - down vote, but he has so far shown no sign of moving the measure.
The Senate's Republican conference seems unlikely to allow any of them to come to the floor of the chamber, much less contribute many aye votes for them.
She added: «This was part of a national exercise of legislators coming together and saying, let's bring this to the floor for a vote.
After reviewing the budget bills, Karen Scharff, the executive director of Citizen Action of New York and a co-chair of the Working Families Party, encouraged proponents to keep fighting until the bills come to the floor for a vote, which is expected to happen on Monday.
Senators are starting to head to their conference room on the third floor of the state Capitol because they want to discuss some key bills expected to come up for a vote today — including Sen. John Bonacic's constitutional amendment redistricting measure — but they're pledging to walk out if Kruger shows up.
There's also a bill included from Assemblyman Marc Johns that would allow members to choose one piece of legislation to bypass committee and come to the floor for a vote.
The deal gave both men the power of the Senate presidency, requiring them to jointly decide which bills can come to the floor for a vote.
Under that agreement, both Klein and Skelos had to jointly agree on which bills come to the floor for a vote as well be part of the state budget negotiations.
However, with 33 votes on the Republican side of the Senate chamber, Klein's power to decide which bills come to the floor for a vote and when appears unlikely to continue.
Klein said the IDC had served as a «strong, stabilizing force» during its partnership with the Senate Republicans, but the time has come to reassess that relationship in light of the fact that top progressive priorities like the DREAM Act, a statewide public campaign finance system and the Women's Equality Act aren't being allowed to the floor of the Senate for a vote due to the opposition of GOP Leader Dean Skelos.
IDC Leader Jeff Klein, a Bronx lawmaker, is no longer the co-president of the Senate and has lost the power of being able to veto which bills come to the floor for a vote.
Martins has been under attack from his Democratic opponent, Adam Haber, for the Senate GOP's refusal to allow Gov. Andrew Cuomo's full 10 - point Women's Equality Act to come to the floor for a vote as a result of opposition to the abortion - rights plank.
But, Long supports the idea of letting the bill come to the floor for another vote, even though he would vastly prefer to see the whole controversial issue relegated to the back burner where he is convinced it belongs.
Long is obviously passionately opposed to the legalization of same - sex marriage, but earlier this year, on April 26, he told us on Capital Tonight that the bill should come to the floor for the vote.
But he says he doesn't foresee any scenario in which the public campaign financing part of the legislation would come to the Senate floor for a vote.
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito will not allow a set of police reform bills to come to the Council floor for a vote, despite overwhelming support from her members, after the speaker and the NYPD reached an administrative compromise on the proposals.
Just how he plans to get that onto the Senate floor when his deal with Skelos calls for the two of them to agree on everything before it comes up for a vote, remains to be seen.
Once the Senate Republicans gained a full majority, Klein lost the title of co-president and the power to veto which bills come to the floor for a vote.
We must move past the days when members of the Assembly could say they support a bill which never comes to the floor for a vote.
I will ensure each item receives the proper review before coming to the floor for a vote, while also being mindful of time limits to improve governmental efficiency.
The 20 - year speaker has the power to decide unilaterally what initiatives make it into the Assembly's budget, what pieces of legislation come up for a floor vote, what resources each member receives for his office and even how much money representatives get from the Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee for their re-election bids.
If the bills are to be voted on, they would need the permission of the Republicans in the Senate in order to come to the floor for debate.
The lone Senate Republican to address the Planned Parenthood lobbyists, John Bonacic of the Hudson Valley, said he's in favor of the bill, and would vote for it if it came to the floor.
Sen. Pedro Espada wanted to be co-leader of the Senate; Carl Kruger wanted to be chair of the powerful Finance Committee, Hiram Monserrate wanted to chair the Consumer Affairs Committee and I just wanted the commitment that the Same Sex Marriage Bill will not come to the floor for a vote.
There are majority party sponsors in each house of the legislature for a bill to add greater oversight to the state's economic development contracts, but the measure failed to come to the floor for a vote.
Updegrove sounded an optimistic note that recent political changes in Albany provided an opportunity for the measures to at least receive a fair up - or - down vote on the floor of the Assembly, where former Speaker Sheldon Silver, D - Manhattan, had previously blocked Medicaid reform votes from ever even coming to a vote.
Even the most routine bills rarely come up for a vote unless a majority of members already have agreed to support them — the Assembly has passed at least 32,000 bills since the last time one was defeated in a floor vote.
After a GOP rules change failed to pass last week, Assemblyman James Tedisco, R - Glenville, detailed legislation that would allow bills with 76 sponsors (or 32 sponsors in the Senate), regardless of party affiliation, to come to the floor for a vote.
«It's an example of legislation supported in a bipartisan fashion stymied by the Republicans who would not allow it to come to the floor for a vote,» Kennedy said.
Ms. Quinn long kept the original version of paid sick legislation from coming to the floor for a vote, and eventually voted in favor of a compromise bill the current City Council and Mayor Bill de Blasio promptly expanded on taking office.
The legislation was on the floor of Michigan senate earlier today where it came up under «general orders,» but is not expected to come up for vote until the week of April 11th, after a two week recess (spring break).
«This is the first time that language supporting hemp has come to the floor of the House or Senate for a vote since the Controlled Substances Act was passed in 1970,» says Eric Steenstra, President of Vote Hvote since the Controlled Substances Act was passed in 1970,» says Eric Steenstra, President of Vote HVote Hemp.
«This is the first time since the 1950's that language supporting hemp has come to the floor of the House or Senate for a vote.
But the SCRA surely would not get 70 votes in Prez Trump were to come out vocally against it, and Senator McConnell surely will not bring it up for a floor vote if he knows doing so would be against the wishes of Prez Trump.
The House of Representatives has approved its version of the bill, while the Senate bill is still awaiting approval before it comes to the floor for a vote.