Sentences with phrase «rules hall pass»

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They are competitive, have rules, strategic ploys and traditions, but these are passed along from individual to individual, generation to generation, rather than being codified in handbooks or enshrined in halls of fame.

The new chair of the House Rules Committee came under attack for proposing a constitutionally questionable procedural maneuver to pass the controversial Affordable Care Act in 2010, refused to hold town hall meetings during the height of the Tea Party movement, and compared Republicans to Nazis during a fight over abortion access in 2011.

Rep. Steve Israel stands with a book with the U.S. Constitution and the rules of the House of Representatives in hand as he «passes the baton» to newly elected Thomas Suozzi, right, during a ceremony held at Glen Cove City Hall, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017.

As the de Blasio administration seeks to meet its ambitious affordable housing goals and, in that effort, pass significant changes to the city's zoning rules, Diaz Jr. has emerged as the loudest opponent of the plans, further ruffling feathers at City Hall after several previous high - profile disagreements this year.

Ms. Hall had a few rules which were strictly enforced, including «no profanity,» «no leaning on the paintings,» «no gum on the floor» and «please pass the mike» when being booed off the stage.

«This legislature tried to retroactively take teacher tenure from those teachers who have earned it, and this is yet another law passed that the court has ruled unconstitutional,» Hall said in his statement.

«The Court's Emphatic Ban on Executing the Intellectually Disabled: A divided court doubled down on its 2002 Atkins decision, ruling that Florida can't kill Freddie Lee Hall just because his IQ has sometimes passed an arbitrary mark.»