Sentences with phrase «opposing house bill»

RALEIGH, N.C., MAY 28, 2015 — Representing billions of dollars in investment and hundreds of full - time jobs at data centers across North Carolina, Apple, Google and Facebook sent state legislators a letter opposing House Bill 332, which seeks to change policies for renewable energy and energy efficiency in North Carolina.

Join us in opposing House Bill 948.

SNA said it supports the Senate agreement on school nutrition standards, and opposes the House bill, H.R. 5003, the Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016, which would restrict school eligibility for CEP and institute a block grant pilot that would cut funds for school meal programs.

The party also worked to oppose House Bill 3230 in the 2007 South Carolina State Legislature, which would have banned fusion voting in the state.

The public school cartel strongly opposed House Bill 639, as did the MNEA, the Missouri State Teachers Association (MSTA), and the AFL - CIO.

PLEASE write and call the members of the and ask them to OPPOSE House Bill 27.

As a member of your constituency, I ask that you oppose House Bill 948.

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Reps. Dave Brat, Gary Palmer, and Mark Sanford joined all of the House Budget Committee's Democrats in opposing the legislation, leading to a razor thin 19 - 17 passage (that rate of defection would be enough to sink the bill in the full House).

Texas's Republican senators opposed the Sandy relief bill, arguing that it included extraneous spending, as did most of the GOP members of the Texas House delegation.

White House budget director Mick Mulvaney, then a South Carolina congressman, opposed the bill, as did Ryan, who was serving as House Budget Committee chairman.

«There is good reason over 200 civil rights, consumer, faith - based, housing, labor and veterans» advocacy organizations oppose this bill,» noted Congresswoman Waters.

On Wednesday, as high school students from DC, Maryland, and Virginia protested in front of the US Capitol and the White House, Sen. Jeff Flake (R - AZ) announced he and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D - CA) were working on a bill that would raise the minimum age to buy an AR - 15 rifle to 21 for buyers who aren't in the military (an initiative opposed by the National Rifle Association).

Ultimately, it was the efforts of the people who wrote to their MPs and urged them to turn up and oppose the Marris Bill, and the public witness of groups like Not Dead Yet UK, that led the House of Commons to recognise the need to safeguard the rights and dignity of vulnerable people.

We also oppose provisions of the bill that expand the immigration detention system and erode the basic rights afforded to immigrants, including the provisions that allow for the indefinite detention of individuals who can not be deported to their home countries; that expedite removal proceedings or automatically imprison immigrants without providing them access to attorneys or judges; that increase detention capacity by an additional 20,000 beds to house immigrants awaiting their day in court; and that diminish the checks and balances of judicial review over immigration decisions.

GPI Opposes Iowa House File 575, Legislation that Would Repeal Iowa's Bottle Bill Recycling Program, March 20, 2018

Worked successfully with opposing interests and legislative staff to draft and secure passage of a bill when our client needed special 11th - hour legislation to avoid a tied - house conflict.

The AAP opposes the current bill in the U.S. House of Representatives, H.R. 5003, the Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016, because it would reduce access to free breakfast and lunch for children under the Community Eligibility Provision, endanger our child nutrition programs through a harmful 3 - state block grant program, weaken the evidence - based school nutrition standards, and fail to adequately invest in WIC, child care and summer feeding programs.

House Republicans opposed the bill as a needless expansion of government by the lame - duck Congress weeks after voters punished Democrats at the polls.

Adonis said he was duty bound to oppose the government's flagship EU withdrawal bill, which will reach the House of Lords in the new year.

The House had passed a monthlong bill to keep the government open last week, but Senate Democrats and four Republicans opposed the bill Friday night, leading to the shutdown.

[29] Adonis said he planned to oppose «relentlessly» the government's European Union (Withdrawal) Bill in the House of Lords.

Several moderate House Republicans are firmly opposed to the farm bill or considering voting against it, providing leverage to conservatives who are trying to make their support contingent on securing a separate vote on an immigration bill.

Anthony Weiner, memorably ripped apart his GOP colleagues on the House floor when they voted against the Zadroga bill after attaching controverisal amendments to it that the Democrats opposed.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House is about to vote on a farm bill that will reduce eligibility for food stamps, a move that has caused a partisan split, with most Democratic lawmakers opposing the legislation.

That measure, which amended a bill passed by the House in January, was opposed by both New York senators — Democrats Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand.

There was little secret Gov. Andrew Cuomo was opposed to the Republican - backed tax bill that passed the House of Representatives on Thursday and wanted GOP lawmakers from New York to vote against it.

PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — Park Slope Congresswoman Yvette Clarke has signed onto two House bills opposing major recent actions by the Donald Trump administration: Trump's imposition of a travel ban preventing nationals from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States, and his addition of political adviser Steve Bannon to the National Security Council.

While the Democratic - led Assembly has passed the legislation — which covers topics like pay equity, pregnancy discrimination and human trafficking — as an omnibus bill, Republicans in the Senate have been opposed to an abortion plank, which seeks to align state abortion law with federal law, setting up a continuing stalemate between both houses.

Sen. Cory BookerCory Anthony BookerDem lawmaker spars with own party over prison reform A country as wealthy as the United States should make affordable housing a right Democrats urge colleagues to oppose prison reform bill MORE (D - N.J.) criticized Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen NielsenKirstjen Michele NielsenOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Defense bill amendment would protect open transgender military service Hillicon Valley: Lawmakers target Chinese tech giants Dems move to save top cyber post Trump gets a new CIA chief Ryan delays election security briefing Twitter CEO meets lawmakers MORE as complicit with President TrumpDonald John TrumpMexican presidential candidate vows to fire back at Trump's «offensive» tweets Elizabeth Warren urges grads to fight for «what is decent» in current political climate Jim Carrey takes aim at Kent State grad who posed with AR - 10 MORE for saying she did not hear him say the United States should not accept immigrants from «shithole countries.»

Mr. de Blasio would not commit to supporting or opposing the bill today, though his administration has generally opposed measures that it believes could increase the costs of building affordable housing.

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand, both Democrats, joined to ask New York House members to oppose the bill because of what it does to the SALT deduction.

Now Flanagan says a similar system should be in place in the city — a move opposed by Mayor Bill de Blasio, whose administration uses tax revenue to build affordable housing.

Under pressure from House conservatives opposed to comprehensive immigration reform, Speaker John Boehner said today, «I don't see any way of bringing an immigration bill to the floor that doesn't have majority support of Republicans.»

Meanwhile, a bill that limits multi-family dwellings from being rented online was approved, a move that was opposed by Airbnb, an online apartment and housing rental company.

Smooth passage of the bill is far from guaranteed with members of both houses opposing 42 - day detention without charge.

At 9:30 a.m., residents and leaders of communities that helped elect NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio unite to oppose the «lack of real affordable housing and good jobs in his rezoning plan,» City Hall steps, Manhattan.

A new bipartisan House bill would require members of Congress, as opposed to taxpayers, to pay for settling sexual harassment claims against them, the latest legislative response to the #MeToo movement that's sparked a national debate over workplace standards of conduct.

At 2 p.m., joined by advocates and seniors who would be adversely impacted by the House GOP tax reform bill, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio will deliver remarks at a rally opposing the measure, Trump Tower, 725 5th Ave., Manhatbill, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio will deliver remarks at a rally opposing the measure, Trump Tower, 725 5th Ave., ManhatBill de Blasio will deliver remarks at a rally opposing the measure, Trump Tower, 725 5th Ave., Manhattan.

That section of the law prohibits a former member of the Senate or Assembly from receiving compensation for «any services on behalf of any person, firm, corporation or association to promote or oppose, directly or indirectly, the passage of bills or resolutions by either house of the legislature.»

Several other members of the House leadership, who usually vote on bills the speaker supports, also opposed the same - sex marriage legislation.

George Will has published this column, opposing Pennsylvania SB 1282, the bill to let each U.S. House district choose its own presidential elector.

We see the House of Lords, the second House of Parliament, opposing a Government bill with considerable force; thereby making the Government think twice and perhaps review aspects of its legislation.

And in the House, conservative Republicans have tended to oppose spending bills in recent years, forcing GOP leaders to solicit Democratic votes to keep government operating.

Cuomo, a Democrat, specifically noted that Ben Carson, the nominee to lead the department of Housing and Urban Development — which Cuomo helmed in the 1990s under Bill Clinton — had no experience in either housing or urban development and that Andrew Kuzder, the nominee for labor secretary, opposed raising the federal minimuHousing and Urban Development — which Cuomo helmed in the 1990s under Bill Clinton — had no experience in either housing or urban development and that Andrew Kuzder, the nominee for labor secretary, opposed raising the federal minimuhousing or urban development and that Andrew Kuzder, the nominee for labor secretary, opposed raising the federal minimum wage.

He cited the party's support for Mayor Bill de Blasio's Mandatory Inclusionary Housing plan, which the union opposed because it did not include construction safety mandates.

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, who vigorously opposed a similar bill that House Republicans narrowly passed in May, dispensed with the Senate's version in just four words.

Democrats uniformly opposed the bill in both the House and the Senate.

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The bill was opposed on both sides of the House and Brown was facing a growing backbench rebellion.

«I oppose this bill and fight it with every fiber of my being and with all the energy I have because, unlike some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, I did not get elected to take health care away from my constituents,» Tonko said during a daylong meeting of the GOP - dominated House Energy & Commerce Committee.