Sentences with phrase «passed on a voice vote»

The Democrats opposed to the bill offered no amendments, and the bill was passed on a voice vote.

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It passed on Monday by a voice vote in the House of Representatives.

While Gregorius insisted on keeping much of his talk about current legislative business off the record, pending a vote and several candidate events that were taking place in West Hurley and Lake Hill last week, he did note hearing much from people about Irene - related problems, and voiced concerns about how the county's going to handle pass - downs from the federal and state governments hitting local property taxes.

The bill, passed by unanimous voice vote Monday, requires the U.S. Transportation Security Administration to examine security at Cuba's 10 international airports and report to Congress on whether the airports meet new aviation security requirements.

MANHATTAN — The state legislature voted to pass an on - time budget in the early morning hours Thursday, overshadowing the opposition of hundreds of protesters whose voices could be heard ringing through the State Capitol's halls.

By voice vote the legislators passed an amendment to a NSF funding bill for 2015 that says the agency can't spend any money next year on her project, part of a collaboration with former colleagues at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, where Ahmed did a postdoc.

HR 845, passed Feb. 10 on a voice vote, would wipe out $ 100 million in appropriations intended for repairing and renovating public school...

The Senate, by voice vote, has passed a bill that would end the ban on the teaching of secular humanism in programs funded by federal magnet - school money.

House Education Committee Passes Special Needs ESA Bill February 26, 2015 by Grant Callen Today, the Education Committee in the House of Representatives passed The Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act (SB 2695) on a voice vote.

Thursday night, as the pension bill passed, many continued to voice their outrage, stunned and furious by lawmakers» quick unveiling and voting on the measure.

The Republican - controlled Senate passed the bill on a voice vote with no debate.

The bills (HR 3989 [PDF] and HR 3990 [PDF]-RRB- introduced by House Education Chairman John Kline (R - MN), passed on a strictly party - line vote with Democrats voicing their extreme opposition to the measures.

This evening the U.S. House of Representatives by voice vote passed a bipartisan amendment to the defense appropriations bill that will end taxpayer funding for painful experiments on dogs at Veterans Affairs hospitals for fiscal year 2018.

The Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act of 2017, signed by President Donald Trump in October, was passed by voice vote in the House and Senate, where dramatic statistics on elder fraud and abuse prompted overwhelming support for the legislation.

The students learned how the state Senate works upon hearing an unrecorded voice vote of yea or nay actually passed a two - year moratorium on selling AR - 15 assault rifles like the one used in the school shooting.

On Wednesday, May 7, 2014, The House Financial Services Committee passed H.R. 3211, «The Mortgage Choice Act» by voice vote.

On Thursday December 8, 2011, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing, and Community Opportunity passed H.R. 2446, the «RESPA Home Warranty Clarification Act of 2011» by voice votOn Thursday December 8, 2011, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing, and Community Opportunity passed H.R. 2446, the «RESPA Home Warranty Clarification Act of 2011» by voice voton Insurance, Housing, and Community Opportunity passed H.R. 2446, the «RESPA Home Warranty Clarification Act of 2011» by voice vote.

The legislation was passed by the House Financial Services Committee by a voice vote on May 22, 2014.

The bill was approved by the Financial Services Committee by a vote of 59 - 1, and on November 7, 2017, it passed the House of Reprsentatives by voice vote.