Sentences with phrase «scheduled vote on a bill»

As a 16 - year veteran of Congress, I'd calculate the probability that the current Republican majority schedules a vote on that bill at: LOL.

But the Republican - ruled Senate has so far declined to schedule a vote on the bill.

In a significant political blow to Mayor Bill de Blasio, the New York City Council decided to abandon its scheduled vote on a bill to restrict the horse - drawn carriage industry to Central Park after a key supporter of the deal — the Teamsters — rescinded its backing.

In its final 20 to 16 vote, the panel voted to send FIRST to the full House, although it is not yet clear if the body's leadership will schedule a vote on the bill this year.

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The House is scheduled to vote on the TCJA on Tuesday and the Senate will take up the bill immediately after, meaning President Donald Trump could sign the measure into law as early as Wednesday.

Now that conservatives complained about the $ 1.3 trillion catchall spending bill — which blew through previous budget limits by $ 300 billion over this year and next, House GOP leaders have scheduled a vote this week on a proposed amendment to the Constitution to require a balanced federal budget.

US lawmakers are scheduled to vote on the tax reform bill later in the week.

Leaders are continuing to work to get more votes on board and will schedule a vote for this week if they believe they have enough to pass a bill, the aide added.

On Wednesday afternoon, the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the STOP School Violence Act, a bill that doesn't address guns but provides an annual $ 50 million grant to schools for training programs and upgraded reporting systemOn Wednesday afternoon, the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the STOP School Violence Act, a bill that doesn't address guns but provides an annual $ 50 million grant to schools for training programs and upgraded reporting systemon the STOP School Violence Act, a bill that doesn't address guns but provides an annual $ 50 million grant to schools for training programs and upgraded reporting systems.

Assembly Democratic majority members were scheduled to go into conference just prior to 10 p.m. and they had requested a «message of necessity» from Gov. Andrew Cuomo that would let them vote on at least two noncontroversial budget bills without the customary three - day «aging» period that is supposed to provide time for actually reading the bills members will vote for.

The Hastert Rule says that the Speaker will not schedule a floor vote on any bill that does not have majority support within his or her party — even if the majority of the members of the House would vote to pass it.

The U.S. Senate will postpone its vote on the health care reform bill — originally scheduled for this week — while Sen. John McCain recovers from surgery to remove a blood clot from over this left eye.

Flanagan killed the bill's chances a day after the hopes of survivors for a vote before the legislative session's scheduled end on Wednesday were raised by Sen. James Tedisco, of Schenectady, who became the first Senate Republican to come out in favor of the Child Victims Act.

There are also two full City Council «Stated Meetings» scheduled for this week, at which the Council votes on bill that have passed through committee and new bills are introduced.

The Senate on Tuesday is scheduled to vote on a bill that's aimed at cracking down on lewd behavior on public transportation.

It's not yet clear if DeFrancisco's bill in the Senate and its same - as version in the Assembly will be voted on before the end of the legislative session, scheduled to conclude on June 21.

The bill still needs to clear the chamber's tourism, arts, parks and sport development committee, however, meaning that a meeting would need to be called, the committee would need to debate and vote on the bill, and then it would need to be worked into the schedule around the «big ugly» bill.

The Tennessee Senate had been scheduled to vote on SB 935 on May 5, but the bill has been reset for Monday, May 9.

U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm sought to take advantage of the absence of his opponent Domenic Recchia at their first scheduled debate in Bay Ridge on Tuesday, telling voters in the audience that a vote for Recchia is a vote for the policies of Mayor Bill de Blasio, and then telling reporters at a post-debate press conference his opponent is not ready for prime time.

A Republican lawmaker says GOP leaders have discussed scheduling House votes on two immigration bills as a way of ending the party's internal battle over the issue.

«Even when she is not physically able to attend due to a previously scheduled commitment with constituents or another committee gathering at the same time, she always does her homework and always votes on whether or not a bill should be advanced to the floor,» said Senate GOP spokesman Scott Reif.

After what he deemed a «disastrous» hearing on the subject, City Councilman David Greenfield for the City Council to delay its vote on Mayor Bill de Blasio's horse carriage ban, scheduled for Friday.

A vote on his bill, which now authorizes warrantless access to Americans» e-mail, is scheduled for next week.

It's not clear if either chamber will hold a vote on the bill before the scheduled end of the legislative session in June.

All 32 Democrats are expected to be on hand when the Senate gavels in for the (scheduled) 10 a.m. session this morning, but Sen. Bill Stachowski told The Buffalo News he won't vote for a one - house SUNY empowerment plan, which means his vote — at least — can't be counted on for the revenue bBill Stachowski told The Buffalo News he won't vote for a one - house SUNY empowerment plan, which means his vote — at least — can't be counted on for the revenue billbill.

The House is scheduled to vote on its bill to overhaul Obamacare, but it remains unclear whether the Republicans have enough votes to actually pass it.

The top leaders in the Senate and Assembly on Tuesday formally have scheduled three days for budget bill voting: March 27, 28 and 29.

Rep. John Katko has postponed a public forum in Oswego that had been scheduled for Thursday after House Republicans decided to vote on the Obamacare repeal bill on the same night.

The Senate began an all - day session, to be followed by a crucial vote scheduled for after midnight, on changes crafted by Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada to gain support for the bill from all 60 members of the Democratic caucus.

That chamber's members were scheduled to return on Thursday to vote on the remainder of the incomplete list of budget bills, including aid to localities and capital funding appropriations, that had already been approved in the Senate.

A vote on the bill is expected this week, but has not been officially scheduled.

The bill is expected to come for a vote in the Senate Education Committee tomorrow and it's a top priority of Mayor Bloomberg, who is scheduled to make a special trip to Albany to lobby on its behalf.

Freedom Caucus members feel they've been burned in the past by leadership agreeing to schedule votes on legislation — such as a conservative immigration bill by House Judiciary Chairman Robert W. Goodlatte — and then not following through.

Other bills that were introduced, but not voted on, included measures to create new penalties for those who fail to report construction fatalities, a requirement for construction companies to give the city detailed reports about scheduled construction activities months in advance, and a mandate for drug and alcohol testing of construction workers at certain job sites.

MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- The Wisconsin state Assembly is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a bill that would ban sending text messages while driving.

The House is scheduled to vote on the health care bill Thursday.

The revised bill is scheduled for a vote in the House Tuesday and in the Senate on Wednesday.

On 11 July the equivalent panel in the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill covering the same agencies, but no vote by the entire House has been scheduled.

Alexander has indicated the final bill could be available as early as next week, and said yesterday that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R — KY) has agreed to schedule a floor vote on the bill if the committee can produce it.

The full Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to vote on the bill on Thursday, at which point more details will become available.

The draft bill, released today and scheduled to be voted on Thursday by the full Committee on Appropriations, would bump NASA's science directorate to $ 5.2 billion in the fiscal year that begins 1 October.

Senators Arlen Specter (R - PA) and Tom Harkin (D - IA) held a press conference today to announce they have sent a letter to Senate majority leader Bill Frist (R - TN) urging him to schedule a vote on an identically worded Senate bill that was introduced in FebruBill Frist (R - TN) urging him to schedule a vote on an identically worded Senate bill that was introduced in Februbill that was introduced in February.

A House vote on the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Act (H.R. 4318) is scheduled today under suspension of the rules.

Washington — The House Appropriations Committee was scheduled to vote this week on a $ 59.3 - billion social - services spending bill that includes a $ 2.47 - billion increase in discretionary spending for Education Department programs in the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.

Senate Education Committee chairman Sen. Luther Olsen, R - Ripon, on Wednesday pulled the bill from its scheduled Thursday vote, saying he didn't have the support to pass it.

The Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to vote on Senate Bill 6, a bill that purports to help the lowest performing schools in the Commonwealth, but is really little more than a state takeover and charter school conversion bill all rolled into Bill 6, a bill that purports to help the lowest performing schools in the Commonwealth, but is really little more than a state takeover and charter school conversion bill all rolled into bill that purports to help the lowest performing schools in the Commonwealth, but is really little more than a state takeover and charter school conversion bill all rolled into bill all rolled into one.

Lawmakers are scheduled to vote on a bill banning profiling, the first of several post-Ferguson measures.

Less than two weeks after the «Community Cat Act» received unanimous approval from Florida's House Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee, the bill (SB 1320) is scheduled to be heard and voted on by the Senate's Agriculture Committee Monday afternoon.

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on H.R. 1734, a dangerous bill that threatens the health and safety of communities here in the Southeast and across the country.

The Wisconsin Assembly has scheduled a floor vote for Wednesday, May 8 on three bills that are a priority for the Wisconsin Civil Justice Council (WCJC).