«I'd like to thank Senator Felder for his leadership
on getting this bill passed.
Not exact matches
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 propo
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 propo
Bill 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 p
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 p
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 p
bill (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.