Sentences with phrase «over passage of bill»

Yesterday, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn presided over the passage of a bill that Mayor Michael Bloomberg adamantly opposes.

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In anticipation of the tax bill's passage and of municipalities losing their ability to refund bonds prior to maturity, there was a surge in supply of muni bonds in November and December, with new supply increasing 29.3 % and 207 %, respectively, over prior - year levels.

Much of the pro-life community is excited over the passage last week of a bill in the Texas House of Representatives restricting abortions after twenty weeks.

Disability Alliance (now Disability Rights UK) stated that it was «very concerned» the timetable allowed for the passage of the Bill could «prevent adequate analysis of the potential impact of plans to be undertaken» and warned that it may take legal action against the DWP over some of the proposed changes.

Ministers were forced to abandon a key vote guaranteeing the passage of the Lords reform bill through the Commons over a 14 - day period after it became clear it would have been roundly defeated by Tory rebels voting with the Labour party.

Speak Out Central New York, a liberal advocacy group that is pressing Republicans on issues like taxes and health care, is releasing a six - figure ad purchase criticizing Republican Rep. John Katko over the passage of the tax bill from late last year.

The NYC - based teachers union is ratcheting up its war over charters in the wake of the Senate's 45 - 15 passage yesterday of a bill that would increase the cap on the schools from 200 to 460.

That is the day seniors from all over the state will lobby lawmakers for passage of a single payer health insurance bill.

WFP State Director Bill Lipton crowed over the news that Klein et al would be forming a «new progressive majority coalition» that (theoretically) will enable passage of a host of blocked bills — from the Women's Equality Act to public campaign financing.

Today, Tuesday May 15, 2018, the 8th Senate made history with the passage of the repeal and re - enactment of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA), which is the biggest business reform bill in Nigeria in over 28 years.

Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein insisted today he would not hold up the passage of the state budget next month over New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to increase taxes on the rich to pay for universal pre-Kindergarten.

In order to avoid voting on a controversial gun bill during an election year — a move that no doubt would have further enraged their conservative allies who were still smarting over passage of the SAFE Act - the Senate Republicans moved the bill from the Codes Committee to the Rules Committee, which is controlled with an iron fist by the leadership.

In the wake of the ongoing controversy over the de Blasio administration's failure to conduct lead paint inspections, IDC Leader Jeff Klein is pushing for passage of a bill to create an independent monitor of the city's public housing.

Malami, who noted that he briefed Buhari on anti-graft issues, said the president was worried over the delay in the passage of anti-corruption bills pending before the National Assembly.

McCain and Kyl were quick to dishonestly politicize Reid's maneuver, after obstructing passage of the bill over opposition to an Iraq redeployment amendment.

(CNN)- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin mocked Senate Republicans in a biting statement Friday over the Senate's passage of an immigration bill this week.

Former Conservative Party chairman Lord Fowler, who has been an Isle of Wight resident for over 25 years, tabled an amendment during the Bill's passage through the House of Lords on Wednesday, saying:

Passage of the bill would define a joint employer as an entity with actual, direct and immediate control over employees, with significant control over essential terms of employment such as hiring, determining pay and benefits, day - to - day supervision of employees, and assigning individual work schedules.

Joint Employer Definition — Vote Passed (242 - 181, 9 Not Voting) Passage of the bill would define a joint employer as an entity with actual, direct and immediate control over employees, with significant control over essential terms of employment such as hiring, determining pay and benefits, day - to - day supervision of employees, and assigning individual work schedules.

Amid the backdrop of a pitched battle over immigration on the national level, Assembly Democrats on Monday once again pushed for the passage of the Dream Act, a state - level bill that provides tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants.

Madison — A group of Wisconsin lawmakers blocked passage of a sweeping anti-union bill Thursday by ignoring orders to attend a vote and instead left the state to force Republicans to negotiate over the proposal.

Among the solutions county lawmakers are seeking is passage of Senate bill S. 429A, sponsored by Sen. Patrick Gallivan, R - Elma, that would, over a 20 - year period, lead to a state takeover of the full costs of Medicaid, or Assembly bill A. 4072, sponsored by Corwin, that would allow counties to opt out of providing various Medicaid services not mandated by the federal government, but currently mandated by Albany.

Sharp differences among Democrats over abortion and immigration have raised questions over whether Speaker Nancy Pelosi currently has the 218 - vote majority needed for passage of the bill.

The passage of the stricter gun control bill has angered many and Skelos was criticized publicly at the rally in Albany last Thursday, that drew over five thousand people, for bringing the bill to the floor for a vote.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- The fight over health care reform took center stage on Capitol Hill on Friday, as the House Democratic leadership stepped up its push for passage of a bill before the August congressional recess.

The Right to Information Coalition, had earlier threatened to stage a protest against government over the delay in the passage of the Bill.

Passage of the bill seemed unlikely recently as a political squabble and disagreement over the extent of the legislation threatened to derail attempts at reforming the nonprofit.

In the wake of news that foreclosures have declined across the state over the last year, the governor announced the passage of a new bill that will protect helpless homeowners...

During the passage of the Parliamentary Voting Systems and Constituencies Bill, which, among other things, legislated for the referendum to take place, there was much controversy over the coalition government's decision to combine, in one Bill, both the referendum and the redrawing of Parliamentary constituencies.

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The settlement last week of a dispute between the Alabama Education Association and Gov. Guy Hunt over teacher testing has apparently cleared the way for passage of the Governor's education - reform bill.

«Passage of House Bill 467 would be a credit negative for the PSF, as it could potentially weaken the overall credit quality of the program's participants as the PSF extends its guarantee to a growing number of charter schools over time,» Nichols said.

Indeed, Bush weighed in over Twitter on the passage of the bills on Wednesday, as the legislative session enters its last couple of days.

Yet this is a pivotal moment not just for Caputo - Pearl and Crenshaw but for a black community that has been largely absent from an education reform movement that hit a milestone last week with the passage in Sacramento of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's bill to gain more control over the school district.

The 2014 dispute over Success space led to the passage of a sweeping pro-charter bill that guarantees new and expanding charters space either in public or private buildings.

Our readers, over 1.2 million last year, were helpful in achieving passage of the Military Dog Retirement Act in the National Defense Authorization Bill giving first adoption priority to civilian Law Enforcement Agencies, then to prior military handlers, and finally to the general public.

An 18 - month fight over energy in Massachusetts just culminated in passage of a streamlined bill being called «a huge step» for clean energy and «transformational» for offshore wind.

State solar investment at affordable housing is expected to accelerate drastically thanks to the passage of Assembly Bill 693 (Eggman, 2015), which commits to a goal of installing at least 300 MW of new solar capacity on affordable housing, and allocates up to $ 1 billion over the next decade to do so.

As a result, he told me, «The end - of - year passage by Congress of extensions for the entire portfolio of energy efficiency and renewable energy, coupled with the infrastructure incentives for renewable energy in the highway bill, will more than double private investment into these sectors over the next six years.»

I question if the following short passage from Michael Tigar's article on the US Bill of Rights does not apply to the Canadian Charter, given the adulation of the SCC one day, and condemnation the next day over the Harkat decision:

Miller commented: «We have seen a steady increase in personal downloads over the course of the summer as news of the new IP Bill's passage into UK law became more widely known.

Over at the ACG Blog, Alex Guillen has collected some internet reaction to the bill's passage, including my favorite contrarian quote from your grumpy grandpa, Frank Robinson of the Warren Tribune Chronicle of Ohio:

Part 2 of the Welfare Reform Bill, as it stood on 19 March 2009, at the end of its passage through the House of Commons, contains provisions whose purpose is to allow disabled people to have similar influence over a range of social welfare services as they currently have over services provided under the community care legislation.

Does this mean that it has concerns over the passage of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Bill?

The provisions governing the age at which a child can consent to the processing of their personal data for Information Society Services has caused some concern during the Bill's passage through parliament; it is ressonable to assume that the issue will come up again once the Bill reaches its final stage of the Parliamentary process in the House of Commons in light of developments over the past week.

The suit argues that the exclusion of benefits for chronic mental stress violates the Charter of Rights, seeks to have the legislation preventing entitlement to compensation declared immediately invalid, and calls for retroactive justice with reconsideration of claims rejected over the past 20 years (since the ban was introduced with passage of Bill 99).

With passage of Bill 99 (1998), the WSIB no longer accepts claims for mental stress conditions that emerge over time.

The bill would lower the age for Medicare qualification from 65 to 55 after its first year of passage, then gradually phase in the rest of the population over the next three years.

With the passage of Bill 104, agents in the highest income bracket, who pay about 45 per cent in taxes, will be able to incorporate, dropping that tax rate to just over 16 per cent.