Sentences with phrase «scheduled voting session»

Hurricane Irma forced the US House of Representatives to cancel its scheduled voting session Monday, lawmakers said.

Irma forced the US House of Representatives to cancel its scheduled voting session tomorrow, lawmakers said.

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The New Democrats, through our house leader and environment critic, will be requesting that debate and a vote of this bill be scheduled during the remaining days of this abbreviated legislative session.

«On this note, I am directing our house leader and environment critic to work with the government to schedule debate and a vote on this legislation during the remaining days of this abbreviated session.

These responsibilities include: (i) fostering processes that allow the Board to function independently of management and encouraging open and effective communication between the Board and management of the Company; (ii) providing input to the Chairman on behalf of the independent Directors with respect to Board agendas; (iii) presiding at all meetings of the Board at which the Chairman is not present, as well as regularly scheduled executive sessions of independent Directors; (iv) in the case of a conflict of interest involving a Director, if appropriate, asking the conflicted Director to leave the room during discussion concerning such matter and, if appropriate, asking such Director to recuse him or herself from voting on the relevant matter; (v) communicating with the Chairman and the CEO, as appropriate, regarding meetings of the independent Directors and resources and information necessary for the Board to effectively carry out its duties and responsibilities; (vi) serving as liaison between the Chairman and the independent Directors; (vii) being available to Directors who have concerns that can not be addressed through the Chairman; (viii) having the authority to call meetings of the independent Directors; and (ix) performing other functions as may reasonably be requested by the Board or the Chairman.

The Park Board has scheduled an executive session for Saturday morning, and board President Ken Nolan said he expects the five - member board to vote to proceed with a lawsuit against the school district.

«Frosh must take this vote and not wait until the end of the legislative session so Sen. Mike Miller can find the time to schedule a floor vote.»

Onondaga County legislators have scheduled a special session Aug. 31 to vote on a proposed consolidation of jail operations under the sheriff's office in time to get a proposition on the ballot Nov. 7 for a public referendum.

«There is no vote that could change the current policy on foxhunting scheduled in this session of parliament, which ends in 2019,» the source said.

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.

In Washington, the leadership of the House of Representatives — scheduled to convene on Monday for a pro forma session — said no votes would be held this week.

Both the Senate Republicans and the Assembly Democrats are scheduled to hold reorganizational conferences while they're in Albany, at which the issue of leadership will be discussed (a formal vote won't be taken until the 2011 session starts in January).

DeFrancisco quickly added that's not a criticism of Majority Leader John Flanagan for the measure not coming up for a vote with seven days to go in the scheduled legislative session.

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.

Each June, the last scheduled month of the annual legislative sessions, such bills pop up for quick floor votes with little debate or public review.

Meanwhile, Albany politicians continued negotiating over a vote on reform of the statute with just six days left in the legislative session, which is scheduled to end next week.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County legislators have scheduled a special session Aug. 31 to vote on a proposed consolidation of jail operations under the sheriff's office in time to get a proposition on the ballot Nov. 7 for a public referendum.

Savino has said she believes there are 39 «yes» votes for the measure if the act makes it to the floor for a vote, and GOP Senate Leader Dean Skelos, who opposes the idea of letting people smoke marijuana, has suggested a vote might be possible before the session's scheduled end on June 19.

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 bill.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER As the State Senate slogged through its last scheduled day in its 2014 session, a member of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) that shares majority power with the Republicans, voiced hope that a measure to bar mental health professionals from performing «sexual orientation change efforts» on minors could yet get a floor vote.

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.

But after a four - hour closed door meeting with Republican senators, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said he has not decided to allow a vote in the Senate during this session, which is scheduled to end Monday.

On multiple occasions, the first votes of the day — often taken an hour or more after the scheduled start of session — have drawn around 100 or fewer participants.

Republican House Speaker John Boehner scheduled the January 15 vote, a vote that House members, namely in New York and New Jersey, states hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, thought would come to the floor before the new session, and expressed disgust when it did not.

The Connecticut Senate is scheduled to be back in session on Monday to vote on the $ 1.5 billion labor concession deal reached between Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy and state employee unions.

The next legislative session isn't scheduled until January, so there is no word yet on when a vote could happen on the name change.

The House has scheduled a session for 10 a.m. Lawmakers are hoping for enough votes to override a potential veto by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who has been left out of the recent budget negotiations.

The County Legislature is scheduled to vote on the lease / renovation agreement at its 2 p.m. Thursday, January 24, session.

The background checks bill passed the Florida Senate Criminal Justice Committee Tuesday but still must be scheduled for a floor vote in the waning days of the session.

Each WUHSD school designed and voted on a new bell schedule to integrate the daily required tutorial times and to accommodate the one - hour formal weekly collaborative sessions for teachers.

The first of the four scheduled budget review sessions is later today, with a final vote by the council tentatively set for mid-June.

We are really excited to see this model move forward in Salt Lake City, it has passed in our Unicorporated Salt Lake County, and has already had the preliminary session in the City Council as well (with a vote scheduled for May or June).

Coordinate a minimum of two online events per week and lead scheduled question and answer sessions based on community requests and votes