Sentences with phrase «speeches against the bill»

After years of close votes in the House and emotional floor speeches against the bill, there was very little fanfare to be found.

There had been emotional floor speeches against the bill and organized opposition from interests groups, and we always came up short.

Not exact matches

The most explicit statement of these limitations is in the Constitution's first ten amendments — the Bill of Rights — which guarantee freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition, the right to bear arms, protection against the obligatory quartering of soldiers, security from unwarranted search and seizure, the right to a grand jury, protection against double jeopardy and self - incrimination, the right of due process, just compensation for private property taken for public use, and speedy public trial by jury without excessive fines or bail.

Also on tap for today: «Housekeeping» remarks from state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, and invocation from the Rev. Michael Faulkner, who is running against Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel; speeches from fromer US Attorney Michael Garcia (believed to harbor some political aspirations) and Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino (one of the party's rising stars) and presentation of a lifetime achievement award to former state Chairman Bill Powers.

For the sake of consistency, it would be grand if you would apply your absolutist approach to all the other Amendments contained in the Bill of Rights — especially those discussing freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom from unreasonable search and seizure, freedom from self - incrimination, the right to legal counsel, due process, and the right to confront witnesses against you.

They want smaller, local prisons; a digital bill of rights to protect internet users against security agencies; a second freedom bill to counteract heavy - handed policing of protests and protect free speech.

Mr Lansley confidently defended his proposals against attacks from the Labour benches, but a speech minutes earlier by Mr Cameron effectively pulled the rug from under him by offering major concessions on his bill.

California businessman Roque «Rocky» De La Fuente gave a speech on March 23 announcing his plan to run as a Republican against Mayor Bill de Blasio and the «corrupt» Democratic party.

City governments — especially those in Europe — must lead the global fight against anti-Semitism by banishing indifference and denouncing acts of hatred however small, Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a speech Sunday at the Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem.

«I would swim through vomit to vote against this bill and listening to some of the nauseating speeches tonight I think we might have to.»

With his wife locked in a heated battle for the Democratic presidential nomination against Sanders, former President Bill Clinton delivered a characteristically long speech in Buffalo on her behalf that seemed aimed both at rallying her loyal supporters and wooing new ones.

Grimm, who had represented New York's 11th congressional district — the only New York City borough that Donald Trump won in the 2016 president election — before he was convicted, gave a sprawling speech at the rally, slamming Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo's policies and records, and calling on Staten Islanders to stand up against them.

In her speech, Labour former minister Maria Eagle bemoaned the lack of consultation, adding the «nature of the exit» the government appears to be pursuing has also influenced her decision to vote against the second reading of the bill tomorrow night.

President Trump appeared to deliver a blistering attack on Mayor Bill de Blasio during a speech about the MS - 13 gang on Long Island on Friday, railing against a «pathetic mayor» who won't let cops do their jobs.

In a speech in Iowa as he seeks to build up his national profile, Mayor Bill de Blasio called on the Democratic Party to «go to the people» and take advantage of resentment against President Trump.

The US Senate has passed a bill against «libel tourism», essentially barring the enforcement of defamation judgments from places that the US deems to protect free speech insufficiently.

To uncover the Constitutional underpinnings of individual privacy in the Bill of Rights, take a peek at the Fourth Amendment's golden rule against unreasonable searches and seizures, as well as rights under the First (freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly), Third (no quartering of troops), Fifth (no self - incrimination) along with the Ninth (the catch - all that preserves rights not specifically named in the Constitution) and Fourteenth Amendments (due process, equal protection).

Pass the provisions of Bill C - 13 (a bill currently being debated in Parliament) that criminalize the non-consensual distribution of intimate images and hate speech against women, and ensure transgender people are also protecBill C - 13 (a bill currently being debated in Parliament) that criminalize the non-consensual distribution of intimate images and hate speech against women, and ensure transgender people are also protecbill currently being debated in Parliament) that criminalize the non-consensual distribution of intimate images and hate speech against women, and ensure transgender people are also protected.

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