Sentences with phrase «senate voted»

Press Release: Senate Sends Charter School Legislation To Governor FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 7, 2016 RIDGELAND, MISSISSIPPI — Today the Senate voted to concur with the charter school expansion that previously passed the House and send the legislation to the Governor.

In one of the final hours before the Senate voted to pass their version of the tax bill, Senator Ted Cruz (R - Texas) introduced an amendment that expands 529 savings accounts to incorporate K - 12 expenses.

Following similar action in the House of Representatives, the United States Senate voted today to pass a resolution under the Congressional Review Act to repeal the final regulations issued by the previous administration regarding implementation of school accountability and improvement systems, data reporting, and consolidated state plans required by the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA.

The Senate voted 30 to 19 this month to appeal the ruling, which has put pressure on legislators to overhaul the way the state pays for public education.

The Senate voted last week to add $ 29 million in funding for the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act to an appropriations bill that had contained no money for the program.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R - Ky., prepares to speak to the media Thursday before the Senate voted to approve the Keystone XL pipeline.

September 30, 2013 • As the U.S. government braces for a shutdown, the Senate voted Monday to reject amendments to a stopgap spending bill passed by the House of Representatives that would have delayed the healthcare law for a year and repeal a tax on medical devices, and returned a «clean» continuing resolution that would keep the government open until Nov. 15 — and leave Obamacare intact — to the House.

The Senate voted this week, after many years of debate on both sides of the aisle, to invoke the «nuclear option,» nuclear because it has the potential to make the Senate's already - tense partisan relations even worse.

The Senate voted today to confirm Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R - Okla.)

The most contentious nomination process for a NASA administrator in the agency's six - decade history came to an end April 19 when the Senate voted to confirm Jim Bridenstine.

The Trump Administration and Republican assault on science reached a new level last night when in a narrow vote the Senate voted to approve the climate denier, Jim Bridenstine, for the post of NASA administrator.

On July 9, the Senate voted 60 - 39 to override Nevada's veto of the Yucca Mountain repository.

The U.S. Senate voted last week to allow internet service providers to sell data about their customers» online activities to advertisers.

The U.S. Senate voted to approve the Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineering dean by unanimous consent late last night before adjourning until 15 November.

Last February, the Vermont Senate voted overwhelmingly in opposition to a renewed 20 - year license for the plant when the current NRC license expires in 2012.

The finish line came just a few hours later, as the Senate voted 65 - 33 in favor of a $ 1.15 trillion omnibus spending bill and companion $ 629 billion tax bill that should keep the government running through September (Greenwire, Dec. 18).

Ms Rousseff had been suspended in May after the Senate voted to go ahead with the impeachment process.

The Marriage Equality Act had passed the Democrat - dominated Assembly two years earlier, but the State Senate voted it down.

When the New York State Senate voted 44 to 17 in June to pass a bill that would allow ride - share services to operate in Buffalo and the rest of upstate, Sen. Marc Panepinto, a Democrat from Buffalo, was one of the few upstate senators to vote against it.

The New York Connecticut State Senate voted yesterday to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana, and Governor Dannel Malloy Andrew Cuomo, who pushed for the bill, will sign it into law.

The laws temporarily lapsed in 2011, when Democrats in the State Senate voted against a compromise extend laws for a few hours while negotiations continued.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- The Senate voted 61 - 37 to approve President Barack Obama's proposed $ 838 billion economic stimulus bill Tuesday.

The Senate voted 58 to 0 to approve the bill sponsored by Sen. Sue Serino, R - Hyde Park, which was co-sponsored by female senators from both parties, including Sen. Patty Ritchie, R - Oswegatchie.

The Senate voted 53 - to - 8 to immediately oust the senator, Hiram Monserrate, a Queens Democrat convicted last fall of a misdemeanor for dragging his companion down the hallway of his apartment building.

The Senate voted 30 - 29 against allowing Sen. Brad Hoylman, D - Manhattan, to add controversial provisions eliminating the statute of limitations on child sexual abuse to an unrelated bill that requires hospital emergency rooms and other sites to hang posters about a human trafficking resource center hotline.

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And the Senate voted against them.»

I'm engaged to the woman I love, but on December 2, the New York State Senate voted against my right to marry her.

SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate voted Wednesday to fine the chamber's AWOL Democrats $ 100 for each day they miss of the legislative session, and the governor said the GOP remains committed...

«Today the New York State Senate voted 55 to 7 in favor of legislation to permit public schools to allow worship services in schools when school is not in session.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- The Senate voted Thursday afternoon to release the remaining $ 350 billion dollars of the Troubled Asset Recovery Program (TARP) bailout fund.

Republicans in the Senate voted unanimously to renew most of it in 2011 (with Cuomo's support), but trimmed rates and sold the maneuver as a tax cut.

Reports also say last month the senate voted for it to be named after Purple Heart recipients, but it didn't get a vote in the assembly.

Sen. Patty Murray, joined by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (r.) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (l.), speaks to reporters after the Senate voted to end debate on the makeover of the No Child Left Behind Act on Tuesday.

New York's vote is pivotal in the national question over same - sex marriage, an effort that largely stalled in the same room two years ago when the Senate voted it down.

The state Senate voted 53 - 8 to expel Monserrate from his seat on Feb. 9, 2010 because of the misdemeanor conviction.

In 2009, the Senate voted, rejecting gay marriage 38 - 24.

ALBANY — The State Senate voted 50 - 12 late Monday night in favor of a bill to require the state to expedite access to medical marijuana.

Vain pet owners are about to lose the right to tattoo their cats and dogs, after the state Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to ban the practice.

Republicans in the New York State Senate voted Monday to eliminate the remaining $ 400 million in aid that had been withheld from schools in recent years as a report released Sunday says that schools are owed $ 4.8 billion from the state.

Republicans in the New York State Senate voted Monday to eliminate the remaining $ 400 million in aid

The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to invoke the so - called «nuclear option,» making it possible for Congress to confirm most judicial and executive nominees with just 51 votes (as opposed to the previous 61).

ALBANY — After denouncing the emerging state budget for doing nothing to tighten up government ethics, most Democrats in the state Senate voted in favor of the first bills of what is expected to be a $ 150 - plus billion spending plan.

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ALBANY, N.Y. — Led by Republicans, the New York Senate voted to increase state funding to help schools pay for armed police and security upgrades Monday — but turned back Democratic efforts to advance new restrictions on firearm access.

The Senate voted late Monday evening, and the Assembly was expected to act Tuesday morning.

The Senate voted «no» on its own plan last week.

State revenue has dropped and there was a gap in the budget of 17 million when the Senate voted.

The state Senate voted 24 - 9 across party lines Tuesday in favor of a bill that would establish Lake Michigan's shoreline in Milwaukee and pave the way for the high - rise Couture project.