Sentences with phrase «similar bills before»

His strategy was intended to «smoke out the Senate,» which killed similar bills before, sources said.
She has a similar bill before the current Senate.

Not exact matches

Similar prophecies have proved wrong before and doubters point out that electricity bills for American factories will rise if the U.S. starts selling its growing supply of natural gas abroad and lifts current curbs on gasoline exports.
«The collaboration we saw was some billing and administrative contacts between the two of them, so you'd see similar people show up in each of the accounts,» said Schroepfer, when asked for more detail about what it had found, before declining to say anything else in a public setting on account of ongoing investigations — despite the committee pointing out other witnesses it has heard from have not held back on that front.
«If you can't support us when we lose, don't support us when we win» — Tony Adams (although I think Bill Shankly said something similar before TA came out with it).
of course no team wants to lose but I can guarantee you that the reaction by the Chelski fans after today's results are nowhere near what would have occurred if we shit the bed on opening day... the difference is they have tasted EPL success on more than one occasion recently, they have won the Champions League and they have done it with 3 different managers in the last 12 years with a similar, if not smaller, wage bill than us... in comparison, we have been experiencing our own personal Groundhog Day with nothing to show for it but a few silvery trinkets that would barely wet the appetite of a world - class club... so it's time for Wenger to stop gloating over our week one escape act and make some substantial moves before this window closes or I fear that things will take a horrible turn when the inevitable happens... living on a knife's edge is no way to go through a full season of football and regardless of what side of the argument you fall on, you could feel high levels of toxicity in the air and that was friggin week one... I would much rather someone tried their best and failed, than took half - measures and hoped for the best
Wyoming introduced a similar bill; couples that didn't attend three hours of marriage counseling would have to wait a year before getting a marriage license.
This wasn't the first time the topics had been linked: In 1979, Gov. Hugh Carey attempted a similar combination, though the Legislature passed a bill before an agreement on reform was made.
To prevent similar problems, Oddo and Ignizio joined City Council Speaker Christine Quinn Wednesday to unveil new legislation designed to protect homeowners, including a bill that will force contractors to give the Department of Buildings at least 48 - hours» notice before they begin elevating a home, so inspectors can be dispatched to monitor the work.
The bill will have to pass out of committee in the Senate before they can take a vote on it, then pass through a similar process in the House of Representatives.
Former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said police would be prepared in the event of a hypothetical attack in New York City similar to what occurred in Vegas, though the threat of a high - angle sniper attack on a oft target is something no one thought of before.
It is similar to language included in the Senate Intelligence Committee's authorization bill, which passed that committee last month, and a Cornyn measure making changes to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, or ECPA, that has stalled before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Proponents are expected to also voice support Monday for another bill before the Judiciary Committee that includes some similar provisions, including the ability to tax the drug.
The bill was referred to the Assembly Committee on Transportation, joining similar cell phone bills on hold before getting a public hearing.
Before several hundred people, Bill Foster (D — IL), who is the only Ph.D. physicist in the U.S. Congress, kicked off the summit on Tuesday with a reminder that gaining public acceptance of what scientists and physicians want to do with CRISPR and similar tools is critical.
Now that the U.S. House of Representatives has introduced its appropriations bill for fiscal year 2018, which begins October 1, the U.S. Senate must follow suit and pass similar legislation before submitting a complete bill to the president for his signature.
Among the bills that charter schools are watching closely is AB 401 by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D - San Francisco, which would place a cap on the number of allowable charters in California and won passage to the Senate earlier this month - a similar bill by the author got this far last year before failing in committee.
Sponsored by State Rep. Tom McMillin, the amendment is similar to House Bill 4276 which is currently before the House Education Committee.
I would rather they take the time to actually select and approve books before billing (to at least give the impression that they have editors selecting content), but their method isn't out of the ordinary... it is similar to many subpar promotional networks.
Bill understood and appreciated my point about cost — he had similar concerns before he bought his policy.
Beyond their involvement in these ALEC task force meetings, Exxon and API were involved in the creation of a similar fracking bill through the Council of State Governments before the ALEC model even existed.
Back in 2004, a similar bill went before the Legislature but died after heavy opposition from the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association.
A similar bill (I have not compared them) was on the order paper before the last election.
The House had already passed similar legislation, but because of amendments to the bill in the Senate, a re-vote will be required before this puppy can get to the President's desk.
(Similar legislation, Bill 151, introduced by MPP Taras Natyshak (Essex) in the previous session passed second reading and was sent to Committee before prorogation).
While similar bills to C - 16 have been proposed in Parliament before, none have been passed into law yet.
This private member's Bill was introduced by Lord Steel and is similar to the House of Lords Bill he put before the house earlier this year.
Bill understood and appreciated my point about cost — he had similar concerns before he bought his policy.
Idaho signed a similar bill back in June of 2012 — a month before California.
Just before the election of 2012, Bill Eddy and I wrote about the parallels between this political polarization and the similar dynamics in high conflict divorce, in our book, Splitting America: How Politicians, Super PACs and the News Media Mirror High Conflict Divorce.
With 15 days left before the government's authority to spend money from the Highway Trust Fund expires, the House bill must still be reconciled with a similar Senate bill before it can be signed into law.
The week before Thanksgiving the full House passed a tax bill and a committee in the Senate passed a separate but similar tax bill that was sent to the full Senate to consider.
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