Sentences with phrase «passage of a bill before»

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.

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Passage of the tax reform bill would deliver Trump and congressional Republicans a significant victory in 2017 and allow the president to stick to his promise to enact tax relief before the end of the year.

On Tuesday, New York Times reporter Sopan Deb, who covered the Trump campaign in 2016 as an embedded reporter for CBS News, criticized a passage in the book in which Bossie and Lewandowski said he was «literally crying» at a press conference before the second presidential debate when Trump appeared with women who accused former President Bill Clinton of sexual harassment.

Further, the competitive position of these companies should enable them to capture much of the economics from U.S. corporate tax reform, yet the stocks both trade for lower prices than before the passage of the bill.

-LSB-...] gives a sample school lunch menu before and after the passage of the bill.

Kaiser told Wine Spectator he had expressed concerns about the language of the final bill before and after passage, but was assured that fixes would be made later, and that it would not be interpreted this way when formalizing the regulations.

Mr. Koch will appear at the Capitol on Tuesday to argue for speedy passage of Mr. Cuomo's bill — and to unveil his plans to shame uncooperative lawmakers with recorded telephone calls, which are typically used by surrogates praising candidates before elections, not denouncing them as Mr. Koch intends.

Meanwhile Mr. Bagbin has made a strong case to the House to prioritise the passage of the Right to Information Bill before the House rises in November.

«We share in the Finance Minister's mention of the passage of the Office of Special Prosecutor Bill as an accomplishment in putting an anti-corruption arsenal together, but we are disappointed that the passage of the Right to Information Bill which would facilitate the provision of the necessary ammunition for the Office of Special Prosecutor has so far not been placed before Parliament,» it said.

«In conclusion, we reiterate our call on President Nana Akufo - Addo to ensure that a Right to Information Bill is placed before Parliament before the end of the year, 2017 to begin the process of passage «very soon» as repeatedly promised,» it said.

But Target actually announced three months before passage of the bill that the company would increase the minimum wage for its employees.

Just minutes before the vote was due, justice minister Dominic Raab said the government would table its own amendment later during the bill's passage through the parliament to put into law the idea of a meaningful vote on the final deal.

Gibson carries a bill that he said would roll back testing requirements to before the 2001 passage of No Child Left Behind.

Just before last week's unanimous passage of a Senate bill making it easier for 9/11 families to sue Saudi Arabia and other foreign terror sponsors, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer and other proponents of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act stuffed an amendment into the final draft allowing the attorney general and secretary of state to stop any litigation in its tracks.

They want assurances of transparency before they invest, as well as strict enforcement of the Public Procurement Act to end sole sourcing of contract and the passage of the Right to Information Bill.»

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.

Various sources connected to the Legislature are predicting that passage of some bills could start as early as today, though whether it's all done before midnight remains to be seen.

Before I get to what I read, I don't think we as a Coalition thanked you enough for the role you played in supporting the advocacy for the passage of the RTI Bill when you were in opposition.

With the passage of this bill financial institutions will think twice before ignoring claims of fraud and deception,» said Senator Diane Savino, Chair of the Senate's Committee on Banks.

He called for the resuscitation and passage of the Bill on Police Trust Fund pending before the National Assembly (It seeks to tax corporate entities to complement FG's funding of the Police) to give effect to public - police partnership.

It was clear the measure was greased for passage when a «same - as» version of Hooper's bill was introduced on June 17, days before the end of the legislative session, via the Senate Rules Committee, signalling the backing of the Republican leadership.

The Bill would be laid before Parliament for passage as soon as the House re-convenes in May, President Mahama said when he inaugurated a multi-faceted lecture block constructed at the cost of GHc7.3 million at the Sunyani Polytechnic.

The Minority Leader said in an interview with TV3 that despite the volume of work that the Bill comes with, it will be laid before parliament for necessary considerations to be made for its passage.

The President, Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, had promised on March 6 that the NPP government will see to the passage of the RTI bill before parliament goes on recess.

Advocates rallied last session for passage of the bill amid concerns from some lawmakers that expedited access would jeopardize the fledgling medical marijuana program before it was even off the ground.

Commenting on the progress being made on the passage of key bills, the Chairman of the Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Sen. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi said the «Senate has been on a steady march to complete passage of the bills which forms our economic growth package before the end of the year.

Hours before its passage, Cuomo issued a «message of necessity» that waived the normal three - day aging period for bill review.

The Appropriation Committees of both chambers of the assembly had on Tuesday laid their reports on the budget before their respective chambers, preparatory to passage of the bill.

Duke reported that «before issues could start with regards to the consideration of the Bill, the Minority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu had requested that some of the transitional documents have to be made available to Parliament before the passage of the said bill but the response he got from the Speaker was that the ongoing process was a presidential transition and not a parliamentary transition.&raBill, the Minority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu had requested that some of the transitional documents have to be made available to Parliament before the passage of the said bill but the response he got from the Speaker was that the ongoing process was a presidential transition and not a parliamentary transition.&rabill but the response he got from the Speaker was that the ongoing process was a presidential transition and not a parliamentary transition.»

During the short lived passage of the House of Lords Reform Bill before it was abandoned, thousands of people wrote to their MPs through the Holy Redundant site and ensured that the issue of Bishops was high on the agenda.

Kline's original goal was to move away from an omnibus approach to federal education policy as represented by No Child and offer up five bills that would essentially revert back to the days before the passage of No Child, when federal dollars were handed out to states without showing any results.

1912: NEA endorses Women's Suffrage 1919: NEA members in New Jersey lead the way to the nation's first state pension; by 1945, every state had a pension plan in effect 1941: NEA successfully lobbied Congress for special funding for public schools near military bases 1945: NEA lobbied for the G.I. Bill of Rights to help returning soldiers continue their education 1958: NEA helps gain passage of the National Defense Education Act 1964: NEA lobbies to pass the Civil Rights Act 1968: NEA leads an effort to establish the Bilingual Education Act 1974: NEA backs a case heard before the U.S. Supreme Court that proposes to make unlawful the firing of pregnant teachers or forced maternity leave 1984: NEA fights for and wins passage of a federal retirement equity law that provides the means to end sex discrimination against women in retirement funds 2000s: NEA has lobbied for changes to the No Child Left Behind Act 2009: NEA delegates to the Representative Assembly pass a resolution that opposes the discriminatory treatment of same - sex couple

Among the bills that charter schools are watching closely is AB 401 by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D - San Francisco, which would place a cap on the number of allowable charters in California and won passage to the Senate earlier this month - a similar bill by the author got this far last year before failing in committee.

Before passage of the Act, amongst its many criticisms of the bill, CARL warned that the Minister's designation authority was so vague that it would allow the government to arbitrarily define different individuals as a single group.

Thus, we have the situation today in which this group of women, whom, I believe, this Government would help, indeed, whom this Government has tried to help, dependent upon the passage of the Bill now before the House.

Here the government introduces bills, which are not just «draft laws» but fully conceived (in principle) legislation that can be passed as introduced, though of course it may be amended before passage too.

Just a few weeks later, President Yorkis, Government Affairs Committee Chair Steve Medeiros, and MAR Past President Corinne Fitzgerald testified before the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business, once again advocating for the passage of the H.O.M.E Bill.