Sentences with phrase «of getting his bill passed»

Look for the city to strategically give up some direct control over the plan and to offer to document how it benefits working - class nabes, and we give Bloomberg three - to - two odds of getting his bill passed.

Supporters of raising New York's minimum wage have not given up hope of getting a bill passed this session.

Already, compromises have been made in hopes of getting the bill passed.

Not exact matches

«I would very much urge the leadership of Congress to call people back for a special session and get a bill passed.»

And while part of those gains are «likely tax - related, past instances in which a tax cut was passed highlight the potential for further gains once the bill gets signed.»

If passed by the Senate, the spending bill would fund all government agencies through September 2015, except for the Department of Homeland Security, which would get an extension only through Feb. 27.

But he noted that Congress is under a March deadline to pass the Dreamers measure, saying «We've got other deadlines in front of that,» referring to the spending bills.

Thus discounts offered to one segment of the population must inevitably be recouped from the pockets of another: Whenever a senior gets a cheap bus ticket or swim pass, someone from a younger and poorer generation ends up footing the bill.

A version of the bill overwhelmingly passed the House last year before getting stuck as Senate Republicans and Democrats dueled over funding specifics and certain controversial provisions.

Still, the bill, which has passed both House and Senate and is likely to get the nod from President Bush, is a victory for supporters of the SBA.

«If the House gets any concession, it will be a package of noncontroversial bills passed separately.»

So, if a Gang of Eight - style bill passes, we will get political trench warfare in which the Democrats will treat those who get amnesty as future citizens of a social democratic America and Republicans will treat them as bipedal automatons for benefit of the entrepreneurs who «built that.»

If we can shift opinions among conservative activists, then it becomes more likely that even the John McCains of the Republican party will go along and we might even get enough support from Democrats from competitive constituencies to actually pass a good immigration reform bill.

saved thousands of jobs in the auto industry stopped bin Laden ended the Iraq war is ending the Afghan war ended DADT stopped defending DOMA pulled us out of the Great Recession got various jobs bills passed.

The O.P. Tyagi Bill got the support of then Prime Minister Morarji Desai and it was the fall of the Desai ministry that prevented it from getting passed.

Also you might like to know that there was an executive order issued by the president prohibiting the use of public funds for elective abortions which was pretty much the impetus that got the health care bill passed.

Bill Clinton getting his semen on Monica's dress and so forth, or the continued bald - faced lying by Barack Obama on every other issue under the sun, and his use of premeditated and carefully orchestrated lies to get his major legislation passed?

The middle class may come out better, the rich are still going to get better heath care, and the bills of the poor always get passed on to everyone.

Even ESPN's networks, which carried two of the five games on the schedule, relentlessly promoted next Thursday's Indiana — Ohio State Megacast as the official start of the season, but for those who passed on the day's other sporting events to get their first glimpse of the gridiron regardless of how modestly it may have been billed, there were a few moments worthy of carrying over into the real Week 1.

Assuming Jackson is the 5th QB taken and assuming no team to trades up to get him, in order for him to be available at # 17 three of these teams to pass on taking a QB: Browns, Giants, Jets, Broncos, Dolphins, Bills and Cardinals.

I am sick to death of Bills taking corners early — we pass up way to many good players every year to get 1 or 2 CB's.

If the bills get either Mayfield or Jackson this year it's kind of a wash for me that they passed on Mahomes.

On his second play of the game, Peterman completed a pass to Thompson for 14 yards that got the Bills all the way down to the Jacksonville 38 - yard line.

To track progress of this bill and see what you can do to help get it passed, go to http://www.usbreastfeeding.org/fam-act

The organization has also championed — endorsing and raising money for — the handful of Assembly Republicans who joined the Democrats in voting «yes» to pass the marriage bill on the other side of the Capitol, protecting these lawmakers on a potentially difficult issue (and one that, as it turned out, didn't lead to anyone's ouster, but did contribute to Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava getting pushed out of the NY - 23 special election by conservatives who argued she was too moderate).

Schumer said if they can pass a bill, the wastewater treatment plant would be the type of project that would have a good chance to get an upgrade.

But a bill legalizing the combat sport was passed Wednesday by the State Senate, thanks in part to the efforts of lead sponsor State Sen. Kevin Parker, who has been known for getting into a few altercations of his own over the years.

Conferees are of course still bound by the need to get the final bill passed in both bodies, but working behind the scenes they're more able to make the swaps and changes to shape a bill (however ugly) that'll get enough votes to survive.

Certainly, the urge to get women involved some 60 years ago can not be downplayed with the involvement of Dr. Nkrumah himself in affirmative action policies and appointment of women propaganda secretaries and organisers right from inception of his government, It is remarkable that parliament under the CPP in 1960 passed Representation of the People (Women Members) Bill into law which amongst others made it possible for women to stand for parliamentary elections unopposed and subsequently saw the election of first ten female parliamentarians into the first session of the first parliament.

Its absolutely true that identifying our people and then giving them something worth doing is a fundamental precept of organizing (even if you are just trying to pass a bill and not getting a candidate elected), and we often fail on the identification front.

I look forward to working with him to get this bill passed by both houses of the State Legislature.»

«I think this is exactly the kind of bill that we will get killed for if we pass this bill and it gets chaptered into law.

Klein was roundly criticized by liberals for working with Senate Republicans, but he has argued the IDC was able to get big - ticket accomplishments through the chamber, such as two bills to increase the state's minimum wage, the most recent of which passed this year.

Despite the stagecraft of theoretical debates that don't end in votes, the partisan gridlock, the inertia that seemed to settle over the Capitol dome at times, bills did get passed, especially in the final, frenzied days of the 22 - week session.

Since his election, he has stressed his commitment to get a legalization bill passed before the end of the year, according to reports.

It was a question about the unlikely chance of that bill passing the Republican - controlled Senate that got Dolan talking about the need for vigilance after last year's gay marriage vote.

Thus by passing the marriage bill in the House in early March, as supporters now hope to do, opponents could get more than a month of additional time to obtain the petition signatures than if the bill passed at the end of the session in late April.

Kavanagh appeared at the Stuyvesant Town - Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association meeting, focusing his remarks on legislation to repeal loopholes in the rent laws, like his bills, passed in the Assembly, to reform the system of major capital improvement (MCI) charges that are added to rent bills and to eliminate «vacancy bonuses» landlords get when tenants leave their apartments.

City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D - Astoria) criticized a bill passed by his fellow Council members and championed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg that increases funding and the hours of operation for animal receiving centers but gets rid of a requirement for full - service shelters in Queens and the Bronx.

Leaving Ryan's office before the vote began, McCarthy had told reporters the farm bill would pass, adding conservatives will get their demand of a vote on their hardline preferred immigration bill — authored by Virginia Republican Rep. Bob Goodlatte — in June.

And now, the state Assembly has passed a bill to get rid of the requirement altogether.

«If we're going to get an assault weapons ban passed in the United States House, I think we need to make sure that that bill focuses specifically on the high - capacity elements of that law,» he said.

Cuomo had to pass his illegal bill in the middle of the night in order to get it passed.

Feal is the founder of the FealGood Foundation, and played a key role in getting the Zadroga Bill passed providing more health benefits to first responders to 9/11 and to crews who got sick while cleaning up the the debris at ground zero.

The governor reiterated his threat to drag the Legislature back to the Capitol before the November general election — most likely in October, which is after the Sept. 14 primary — in hopes of getting the Assembly to take up the property tax cap bill passed with bipartisan support this week by the Senate (eight Democrats voted «no»).

Don't expect a lot of fanfare when the reported deal on the 9/11 health bill finally gets passed today in Senate, signaling an end to a long and ardous negotiation process.

First Democratic Assemblyman David Weprin launched a call recorded for him by John Feal, founder of the FealGood Foundation, who played a key role in getting the 9/11 health care bill passed by Congress.

Sikora, an organizer for the Communication Workers of America who worked on NYPIRG's successful effort to pass lead paint legislation, received the endorsement of Mayor Bill de Blasio, who said Sikora «cares about diverse, inclusive and affordable Brooklyn neighborhoods, and has a record of getting results.»

Sampson has been hoping to get the Assembly to come back to town, which Silver made clear he didn't want to do, to pass some form of stand - alone FMAP and SUNY empowerment bills.

I'm using the scenario of the bill passing to specify what they wanted to get it passed not to emphasize the hypothetical of it passing.