Sentences with phrase «proposal as an amendment»

On Monday, he offered the proposal as an amendment to his state budget plan, which legislators are supposed to act on by April 1.

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China's ruling Communist Party proposed the amendment last month and there was never any doubt it would pass as parliament is packed with loyal party members who would not have opposed the proposal.

The NYSE currently considers the proposals to approve the non-binding advisory resolution regarding the compensation of the Company's named executives (Item 2), the amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation to increase the Company's authorized shares of common stock (Item 3), and the ratification of our independent auditors (Item 4) as routine matters.

And my proposal does about the same thing — since if the public detests a Supreme Court decision they can simply overrule it via amendment — although it avoids going as low as 60 % for the final hurdle.

We will also be considering ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accountants, an advisory vote to approve executive compensation, an amendment to our Restated Certificate of Incorporation and two shareholder proposals.

George Mason, a member of the Con - sti - tu - tion - al Convention and recognized as The Father of the Bill of Rights submitted this proposal for the wording of the First Amendment All men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience and that no particular sect or society of Christians ought to be favored or established by law in preference to others.

Here are some details about that November 2004 ballot proposal: 1) there was already in place a Utah law strictly banning same - sex marriage, which I fully supported; 2) all three candidates for the office of attorney general of Utah (the chief law - enforcement officer in the state) opposed the amendment, including the LDS (Mormon) Republican incumbent, Mark Shurtleff, mostly because they considered it a poorly drafted amendment; 3) I refused to endorse the amendment, but I did not urge people to vote «no»; 4) the leadership of the LDS Church, which has a record for being as strongly opposed to same - sex marriage as the Catholic Church, did not issue a statement urging its members to vote one way or the other; 5) inasmuch as two thirds of Utahans belong to the LDS Church, this means that the leadership of at least 80 percent of Utah churchgoers did not urge a «yes» vote on the amendment.

The tax returns bill has been derided by Senate Republicans as a «P.R. stunt» but Stewart - Cousins insisted the measure was part of a consistent set of policy proposals (a different, but similar bill that would link releasing tax returns to ballot access, was defeated as a hostile amendment on the Senate floor).

Democratic Senate lawmakers tried — and failed — to force a vote on gun control via a parliamentary gambit, attaching proposals to an existing bill, a move known as a hostile amendment, trying to make the Republican leadership to formally vote them down in an election year.

Cuomo did include a package of ethics measures in the budget, reiterating proposals such as limits to outside income for lawmakers and term limits through constitutional amendments.

As part of the 30 - day amendment to his executive budget proposal, Cuomo announced that he will advance legislation that would give the head of the state prison system more power to crack down on ill - behaved correctional officers

The Democrats are (not so) secretly planning to force their Republican colleagues into voting on the issue today — by introducing the stalled proposals as hostile amendments.

Cuomo's budget director on Monday previewed the plans, which will be released as part of the 30 - day amendments to the governor's state budget proposal.

The proposal was filed as an amendment to the gun control bill last week, but things ground to a halt in the Senate after every major gun control proposal failed.

The proposal comes as lawmakers are drawing closer to an agreement on a constitutional amendment that would force public officials convicted of corruption to surrender their pension benefits.

As POLITICO New York has previously reported, the amendments increase the benefit offered under the governor's paid family leave proposal to the state's lowest paid workers, but keep in place a cap on benefits of just over $ 500 per week.

Douglas Hogg, another Tory, has tabled a series of amendments with the Liberal Democrat David Heath also calling for the inquiry to wind up by the end of next month, but his proposal would make allowance for the report to be redacted so as to leave out any material prejudicial to the Green investigation.

Democrats in the state Senate, fed up with gun - control bills going nowhere in the GOP - controlled chamber, are secretly planning to force their Republican colleagues into voting on the issue today — by introducing the stalled proposals as hostile amendments.

With the forfeiture amendment set to be considered, other reform proposals, such as preventing unlimited donations through limited liability companies, remain up in the air.

The committee's mandate, as noted earlier, is to streamline all the proposals for constitutional amendments and by that, determine the «substance and workability» of each proposal and present their report, which shall be in the form of a draft constitution to national conference, through national council for consideration and adoption.

Silver said in a statement that the wage hike was being included in an amendment to the existing proposal with, so far, no Senate same - as.

The mailer in the Nassau County Senate district touts Cronin's proposals, including term limits for state lawmakers, campaign finance reform measures such as closing the LLC loophole, boosting penalties for corruption and support for stripping public officials of their pensions if they are convicted of corruption — the latter of which is now up for second passage in the Legislature next year as a constitutional amendment.

While the Governor has submitted tax reform proposals as part of the 30 - day amendments, changes to the State tax code should be deliberated carefully, and therefore, are best considered outside the budget process.

He even went so far as to say this week that he is personally «linked» to the casino proposal, upping the ante if the amendment doesn't pass muster with the public next month.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday launched yet another salvo at the proposal to shift Medicaid spending from county governments to the state, decrying the Faso - Collins amendment as the «Faso - Collins Federal Tax.»

Cuomo took an aggressive position during his budget and policy address Wednesday, threatening to withhold a significant funding increase for schools if lawmakers don't approve his controversial reform proposals, such as an amendment to the state's teacher - evaluation system that would increase the ratings» reliance on standardized testing.

A local governance expert, George Kyei Baffour has described as flawed proposals by some members of the New Patriotic Party as part of possible amendments to their constitution.

The Democratic - led Assembly on Tuesday released its one - house budget resolution that includes income disclosure proposals as well as campaign - finance reform measures, but does not embrace the plan released by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in his budget amendments.

And Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed Smart Schools Bond Act, Proposal 3, which would generate $ 2 billion to improve classroom technology and other elements of educational infrastructure, also saw approval, as did Proposal 2, the constitutional amendment that would eliminate the need for legislative bills to be printed and supplied to every lawmaker before being considered.

Packaging public financing as a constitutional amendment could make those proposals more palatable to resistant legislators, in part because an amendement would face several additional hurdles to becoming law and could not take effect for at least five years.

The Collins amendment, which House leaders accepted late Monday, prompted an extraordinary political battle a day later, as Collins and Cuomo angrily assailed each other over the proposal.

Cuomo's proposals include first action on constitutional amendments to create a full - time Legislature and set term limits for new lawmakers as well as statewide officials.

The flap has prompted an ethics complaint from local officials and has seemed to buoy Honda's challenger, former Commerce Department official Ro KhannaRohit (Ro) KhannaOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Lawmakers seek to limit US involvement in Yemen's civil war Freshman lawmakers introduce congressional term limits proposal MORE.

In the memorandum, the Commission also made other proposals for amendment such as: limiting board membership of the Commission to seven persons as against thirteen that currently obtains; returning recovered proceeds of corruption to their original sources whether Federal, State, Local Government or private persons; retaining a percentage of its recoveries to help fund the Commission; amongst others.

State officials have taken a big step in the fight against public corruption, as the Legislature has approved a proposal to enact a constitutional amendment that would strip taxpayer - funded pensions from state and local leaders who commit felonies in connection with their office.

Asked earlier this week what would happen to the amendment if it didn't pass as part of the health bill, Collins vowed to press on and find another way to get his proposal into law.

The proposal also includes various changes to the E15 misfueling mitigation regulations (E15 MMR), ultra low sulfur diesel survey requirements as well as other technical amendments.

But her speech did little to lessen opposition to the proposals, as delegates at the conference made a last minute amendment to the motion against the plans to include industrial action.

When New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani attempted to raise the funds that would allow Catholic schools to fulfill the offer made by the Cardinal and enroll the «most troubled» students, his proposal encountered strong opposition from those who saw it as a violation of the First Amendment's establishment clause.

«The House has previously rejected a similar amendment, which means the issue would have to be resolved in a conference committee as the two sides reconcile their budget proposals in the coming weeks.»

The Assembly on Tuesday is scheduled to take up his proposal, attached as an amendment to a bill making technical changes to the state's new voucher program for students with disabilities.

As a coalition of community groups and individuals concerned about the impact of utility - scale wind power development on Ontario's economy, natural environment and human health, we offer the following comments on the proposed amendments to Regulation 359/09 as per the Regulation Proposal Notice, dated August 4, 201As a coalition of community groups and individuals concerned about the impact of utility - scale wind power development on Ontario's economy, natural environment and human health, we offer the following comments on the proposed amendments to Regulation 359/09 as per the Regulation Proposal Notice, dated August 4, 201as per the Regulation Proposal Notice, dated August 4, 2015.

They seemed to be saying that they would openly discuss only uncontroversial positions (they gave the diplomatic immunity proposal as one example) while actually blocking a legal amendment proceeding under the Kyoto Protocol just to avoid talking about other, unspecified issues which had been raised.

The Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council is also neutral on the proposal, as it was for a failed 2012 constitutional amendment that would have increased the state's RPS to 25 percent by 2025.

The Kyoto Protocol group will consider a proposal for amendments to the protocol for further commitments by the 37 countries that now are governed by the protocol, as well as a document on land use and forestry, and the protocol's flexibility mechanisms that allow countries to invest in greenhouse gas reduction projects outside their borders.

The opinion also noted how the bar had «disregarded the findings of the Special Committee» but that «having considered the bar's proposals, the comments filed, the bar's response, and having had the benefit of oral argument, the court adopts the amendments to the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar as proposed by the bar.»

They rejected Google's submissions that amendments to the Act by Congress between 1994 - 1996 should be interpreted as an intent to include wireless communications in the exception, as well as their proposal that the Rule of Lenity be applied given the Act's potential criminal sanctions.

Proposals from the European Parliament to include legal persons, such as Amendments 9 and 39, have been equally unsuccessful.

As reported in this official press release, this morning «the United States Sentencing Commission approved publication of several proposed amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines, including proposals addressing the treatment of synthetic drugs under the guidelines.»

Comment: Some commenters supported the proposal to allow individuals to request amendment for as long as the covered provider or plan maintains the information.