Sentences with phrase «public debates on the bill»

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If things were in any way normal, we would expect the creation of a public body to involve primary legislation: an actual bill, debated in parliament, talked about on TV stations and radio programmes - the standard democratic routine.

MPs are due to debate the second reading of the EU amendment bill, in which Mr Davidson planned to insert an amendment calling for the bill to be thrown out on the grounds of lack of public consent.

With a few honourable exceptions, MPs on the Finance Bill Public Bill Committee take little part in proceedings; such debate as there is, can often be characterised by political knock - about rather than diligent technical scrutiny.

«I have always lived my life with dignity, integrity and honesty; and I can say without hesitation that I brought those same characteristics everyday when I proposed bills, passed legislation, debated public policy, and fought tooth and nail to protect western New York on the floor of the New York State Senate for the past 38 years.»

There is another MPA assessment due this month, and with the information commissioner demanding the details of the amber - red reports are released, the public accounts committee to debate the details of the stinging National Audit Office report, and a ruling on legal appeals all due for July, the answer for government is simple: get the vote on the paving bill through before any of that happens, whilst trying to con MPs in affected constituencies that if they don't vote for it, the compensation pot will run dry.

The Speaker, who has sponsored a version of public campaign finance legislation since 1986, even broke protocol and debated the bills on the floor a few years back.

While the Kingsbridge Armory battle centered on wages at one project, the wage bill seeks to expand the debate to developments across the city that receive public subsidies worth more than $ 100,000, whether in discounted land sales, tax credits or other incentives.

With little new education policy expected in the remainder of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's first term — and a quiet session on education concluding in Albany — the debate over traditional public schools versus charter schools has shifted to a new battleground: school safety.

The presence of the civil rights leader who has led national marches against police brutality for decades and is seen by critics as reflexively anti-police rekindled a debate about his track record on public safety at a time when his ally, Mayor Bill de Blasio, is seeking to burnish his bonds with police officers, large numbers of whom turned their backs on him at two police funerals last December.

«The MP is due to hold a public meeting in Penzance on Wednesday to debate the Bill and wants Mr Cameron to attend to thrash out the argument.

The bill was also getting more and more unpopular as the «debate» went on and got uglier and it started becoming apparent that anyone who voted for the bill that wasn't in a totally safe district would face major challenges in reelection bids, especially for republicans, for supporting the bill, so passing fast there was hope that the public's short memory would forget the worst transgressions.

That debate has put all eyes on City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who has yet to take a public stand on the bill, which has deeply divided many of those she will have to court in her presumptive run for mayor.

«Local MP, Andrew George, has confirmed that everything is ready and prepared for a big public debate this evening on the future of the Government's Health and Social Care Bill which will commence its final debate in the House of Commons this time next week.

The Wisconsin state Senate is to debate a bill fast - tracked by Republicans that limits the influence of unions on bids for public projects.

The veto came amid public and legislative debate on the bill, which opponents claimed would have unconstitutionally provided public funds for religious institutions and overburdened already struggling school districts by forcing them to pay for private special education.

Although it is rare that a Private Member's Bill, such as this proposed amendment to the University of Ottawa Act, makes it through the many stages required before becoming law, putting the question on the floor of the legislature forces an open debate on the issue, in full view of the public and the press.

With Congress preparing to debate climate legislation, environmentalists and their allies are spending millions on ad campaigns aimed at building public support for a cap - and - trade bill and scoring early political points.

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With little new education policy expected in the remainder of Mayor Bill de Blasio's first term — and a quiet session on education concluding in Albany — the debate over traditional public schools versus charter schools has shifted to a new battleground: school safety.

Lastly, as the gun debate continues in the USA, now Connecticut has a bill sponsored by Democrat Connecticut State Senator Toni Harp to «To prevent minors from using violent point - and - shoot video games in public arcades and to create a task force to study the effects of violent video games on youth behavior.»

4:15 p.m. Updated On the tiny patch of American public discourse reserved for the global warming debate (to get an idea of how tiny, find climate, or the environment for that matter, in this news map if you can), a week of blogitation over a sprawling report examining failed efforts to pass a climate bill has started to give way to constructive discussion.

Leon Perera, non-constituency MP, urged the government to consider making emissions data public to allow increased research, scrutiny and added pressure on companies, during a parliamentary session debating the bill.

In a new paper released today by the Shorenstein Center at Harvard University, Fall 2012 fellow Matthew C. Nisbet examines writer - turned - activist Bill McKibben's career and impact on the debate over climate change, drawing comparisons to other journalists and public intellectuals writing on the topic.

In a paper released by the Shorenstein Center at Harvard University, Fall 2012 fellow Matthew C. Nisbet examines writer - turned - activist Bill McKibben's career and impact on the debate over climate change, drawing comparisons to other journalists and public intellectuals writing on the topic.

Leading bill opponent Joe Barton (R - Texas) mentioned the report during floor debate on Friday and Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R - Wisconsin), at a press conference, called it «a case of the American public denied the right to know this contrary scientific evidence.»

Better known by its catchy acronym, the Cloud Act, the law was tacked on to the 2,232 - page, US$ 1.3 - trillion omnibus budget bill one day ahead of its vote and was signed into law by President Donald Trump without the benefit of the usual congressional scrutiny, hearings or significant public debate.

«Bring it on,» says Dismore's committee, make sure it adds to and does not detract from the European Convention, call it a UK Bill rather than get caught in all the problems involved in using the contentious term «British», and get stuck into a major and creative political debate about what rights the public would want to have.

There was very little discussion of the lack of employment status for those on zero hours contracts during the parliamentary debates or evidence given to the Public Bill Committee.

While Bill C - 35 is not yet law (passed third reading in the House of Commons and on March 10, 2011 was at report presentation and debate stage in the Senate), the Governor in Council launched a public selection process which began in August 2010, to establish a new regulatory body for immigration consultants in Canada.

In public debate, the focus usually is on the ecosystem services of trees: their ability to clean the air, filter the water, soak up stormwater and lower energy bills by shading summer heat and blocking winter winds.