Sentences with phrase «talking federal bills»
I'm talking federal bills / laws, does the US constitution allow these types of vote by the people?
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Well that brings to mind Bill Ayers who said he will never apologize for blowing up U.S. federal buildings and injuring people (along with HIS wife Bernadette Dohrn) Then, of course, Obama keeps talking about the «Holy Quran» and making ridicule of the Christian Bible..
Libous also talked about the possibility that Republicans would bring a federal lawsuit against a bill passed by Democrats last year.
Cuomo, of course, is a former HUD secretary himself in the second term of Bill Clinton, a job he frequently mentions whenever talk turns to the federal government or housing issues.
Just as Mayor Bill de Blasio is to meet with federal prosecutors to talk possible pay - to - play with the city's teachers union, that same union fulsomely endorses the mayor for a second term.
«As someone who didn't pay their federal taxes shouldn't be talking about a federal tax bill,» Donovan said.
Miner said she has talked with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio about the idea, which he favors, and the high cost, which may or may not be covered by the federal government.
When I blog about federal bills, I'm usually talking about ENDA - I still think this is our number one priority on the Hill - but there's another big priority that we need to move on now.
The ad accuses Slaughter of a voting for a slew of tax increases, including the so - called «cap and trade» emissions measure and trots out the frequent Republicant talking point that the 2010 federal health care bill cuts $ 716 billion for Medicare, which is actually spread out over 10 years and targets subsidies to insurance companies.
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday that he will no longer talk about a widening federal corruption investigation that stretches from the NYPD to his own fundraising.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld, whose law firm is defending former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno in federal court, said in a Talk 1300 - AM radio interview this morning that the case should be tossed out, saying that retrying him smacked of double jeopardy.
Just as Mayor Bill de Blasio is to meet with federal prosecutors to talk possible pay - to - play with the city's teachers union, that same union fulsomely endorses the mayor for...
In Washington, New York Senator Chuck Schumer is talking up a Federal legalization bill, and former pot opponent John Boehner, long time Republican Speaker of the House has joined the advisory board of Acreage Holdings, a company that cultivates, processes and dispenses cannabis in 11 U.S. states.
«It took a lot of talking to sell the EPA on that and there are still a lot of people that don't like it,» said Bill Bryson, a geologist and former head of the Kansas Corporation Commission's Conservation Division, who lobbied for and helped draft the federal rules.
And, keep in mind that this is a federal education bill we're talking about; as far as most Hill Republicans are concerned, they've got much bigger fish to fry.
«The money should follow the child,» said Sen. Chad Barefoot, talking about one provision of a House bill he presented to Senate Finance members on Monday afternoon that previously dealt with school playgrounds — but was gutted and jammed with language that would change the way charter schools receive money by allowing them to receive millions more in sales taxes, property taxes, grant funds and federal appropriations, and more.
A spokesman for federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau says Ottawa is concerned about diminishing affordability in the housing market, calling the matter a complex issue with lots to talk about.
The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee recently approved a bill that would provide federal grants to encourage other states to enact distracted driving bills to discourage drivers from talking on their cellphones or text messaging on them.
In almost the next breath, however, Zuckerberg steered clear of endorsing a bill that would write such rules into federal law, and instead talked up Facebook's own voluntary efforts on that front.
More incongruous is the video from Attorney General George Brandis, talking about his commitment to access to justice (despite great concerns about funding for Indigenous legal services), and to working with the Native Title sector (despite plans to introduce a bill to reverse the effect of a federal court decision regarding the Noongar people), with nary an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander flag in sight nor mention of his support for changes to the Racial Discrimination Act.