Sentences with phrase «on getting the bill passed»

«I'd like to thank Senator Felder for his leadership on getting this bill passed.

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After that date, the GOP must either pass a new budget to use reconciliation again or get Democrats on board with a healthcare bill.

«Not only did we get this bill passed, but the fact that we had debate on these amendments on the floor was huge.

Leaders are continuing to work to get more votes on board and will schedule a vote for this week if they believe they have enough to pass a bill, the aide added.

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.

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.

When President Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act on Monday, he joked that if he hadn't been able to get the bill passed he would have been «sleeping on the couch.»

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).

But if it has to get done on Monday, it gets done on Monday... I'm looking forward to passing budget bills, I'm not doing it through the extenders.»

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.

Asked after his speech whether he plans on helping the Senate Dems, Cuomo replied: «We'll discuss political decisions in the political season, but we are now in the government season and we're trying to get government bills passed.»

ICYMI: Sean Eldrige and Steve Cohen joined me on CapTon last night to discuss Protect Our Democracy, a new campaign that will work with the Cuomo administration on a coordinated push for campaign finance reform using a similar model to the one successfully employed last year to get a same - same marriage bill passed in Albany.

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.

Nevertheless, Queens Councilman Rory Lancman is hoping that, at the very least, a bill requiring the NYPD to report data on fare evasion arrests and summonses will get passed.

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.

«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.

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.

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.»

Cuomo, in announcing the budget agreement on Friday night, praised the IDC for its work on getting a raise - the - age bill passed and for helping secure $ 10 million for immigrant legal services.

«It was decided we had to get (this bill passed) quick so that people in November have the chance to vote on it,» Morton said.

Amid the furor of getting the $ 168 billion state budget passed prior to the holiday weekend, there were several less talked about items that made it into the final spending bills, many of them focusing on advancing what Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office called «The Women's Agenda.»

Cuomo had tried to get the exchange passed in June, but the pitched battle over his same - sex marriage bill last year forced the administration to put the measure on hold.

Time will tell on this issue but I think sooner or later a bill will get passed.

While the president never slapped his name on the bill, he happily accepted the personal challenge of getting it passed.

Gov. David Paterson, who threatened to call the Legislature — especially the Assembly — back to Albany this fall in hopes of getting a deal on a property tax cap, said this morning both houses must return earlier than expected if lawmakers want the state to benefit from the $ 26 billion aid bill passed this week in Washington, D.C.

The bill has been modified to try to quell concerns in the Assembly Democratic conference that prevented the measure from passing last year despite efforts by a former WNY Democratic senator, Bill Stachowski, to hold up a budget deal in hopes of getting an agreement on what morphed into a SUNY - wide propobill has been modified to try to quell concerns in the Assembly Democratic conference that prevented the measure from passing last year despite efforts by a former WNY Democratic senator, Bill Stachowski, to hold up a budget deal in hopes of getting an agreement on what morphed into a SUNY - wide propoBill Stachowski, to hold up a budget deal in hopes of getting an agreement on what morphed into a SUNY - wide proposal.

No wonder Pubs were desperate to get Bill passed on behalf of their donors.

Also, no word on whether a stand - alone bill passed by the Senate would be sufficient to secure the support of Sens. Bill Stachowski and Brian Foley, who have been holding out on the revenue bill (and holding legislative pay hostage in the process) in hopes of getting the Assembly to go along with the SUNY empowerment pbill passed by the Senate would be sufficient to secure the support of Sens. Bill Stachowski and Brian Foley, who have been holding out on the revenue bill (and holding legislative pay hostage in the process) in hopes of getting the Assembly to go along with the SUNY empowerment pBill Stachowski and Brian Foley, who have been holding out on the revenue bill (and holding legislative pay hostage in the process) in hopes of getting the Assembly to go along with the SUNY empowerment pbill (and holding legislative pay hostage in the process) in hopes of getting the Assembly to go along with the SUNY empowerment plan.

Councilman Jumaane Williams, one of the Council's most outspoken proponents of police reform, said members are getting anxious to pass their police reform bills, which have a majority of members signed on as co-sponsors.

«Once again this year, the budget falls short on transparency, both in process and in content,» DiNapoli said, in part referring to the fact that this year, Governor Andrew Cuomo once again issued messages of necessity to waive the constitutional three - day aging period for budget bills in order to get the state budget passed before the April 1 deadline (technically, it wasn't, but Cuomo and legislative leaders had a general deal in place on March 31).

«They are getting more bills passed on the Senate floor that has ever happened before to a minority party,» said Skelos, who points out that four Democrats in the Senate chair committees.

«I wish I could say the crap that came out about Shelly and Skelos is enough to get the governor and legislature to do something real on election reform and ethics, but left to their own devices they are going to pass some Mickey - Mouse bill that tinkers around the edges,» he said.

President Obama cited Slaughter by name during a signing ceremony today for the the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, lauding her six - year effort in getting the bill passed.

Let's face it: A bill that passed in the Senate on Tuesday might satisfy Bloomberg, but it was never going to get past Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver.

Questions included what he plans to do to get the bill passed, a ban's likely effect on tourism in the City and whether he intends to engage in any political «horse trading» to win passage of the bill.

Faso was singled out for criticism by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday before the bill passed, with the governor suggesting the lawmaker «get out» of Congress due to the measure being approved.

The bill was also getting more and more unpopular as the «debate» went on and got uglier and it started becoming apparent that anyone who voted for the bill that wasn't in a totally safe district would face major challenges in reelection bids, especially for republicans, for supporting the bill, so passing fast there was hope that the public's short memory would forget the worst transgressions.

That shouldn't come as any surprise, since the split over how best to maneuver in hopes of getting the Senate to finally pass the marriage bill has been going on for some time.

A day after a vote was scrapped in the U.S. Senate on a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare after congressional leaders said the votes weren't there, Trump said he expects to get the bill passed early next year «long before the November election.»

Ironically, Maziarz had just come from a bill signing ceremony in North Tonawanda at which the governor put pen to paper on Recharge New York and spoke of the bipartisan effort that went into getting it passed as part of the budget earlier this month.

Southern Tier Republican Sen. Tom O'Mara has launched the second TV ad of his re-election campaign, which focuses on his success in getting a bill passed through the Legislature and signed into law that mandates the testing of public school water for lead.

Boykin and other Democrats say they will work to get a bill passed that protects undocumented immigrants and a bill that ends gun shows on county property, two items that couldn't be passed under former county executive and Republican Rob Astorino.

Madison, Wisconsin (CNN)- Wisconsin's Republican - led state Senate passed Gov. Scott Walker's proposed restrictions on collective bargaining for public employees Wednesday, getting around a Democratic walkout by stripping financial provisions from the bill.

The bills that were passed also failed to lift the cap on the number of charter schools in the state — but they did unlock a cash freeze that has prevented charters from getting their first increase in per - student funding since 2009.

Drawing a sharp contrast between himself and de Blasio, Cuomo said he'd gotten bills passed on gun control, same - sex marriage and sexual assault on college campuses «by working with people, staying calm, not getting personal and finding commonality.»

«The No Budget, No Pay Act ensures that if members of Congress don't do their jobs and pass appropriations bills and a budget on time, they don't get paid.