Sentences with phrase «to bring something to the floor»

... They didn't bring it to the floor.

The attempt to bring it to the floor required a two - thirds majority but failed with 19 votes against it.

«We're saying bring them to the floor for debate, discussion and an up or down vote.»

Dean Skelos wouldn't even bring it to the floor last year.

It has now been 66 days since Hurricane Sandy hit and 27 days since President Obama put forth a responsible aid proposal that passed with a bi-partisan vote in the Senate while the House has failed to even bring it to the floor.

«We'll bring it to the floor next week,» House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady told Fox News.

The original version of the House bill, which failed before House Speaker Paul Ryan could bring it to the floor in late March, didn't touch most of Obamacare's regulations.

You always hear jokes about different aspects of breast - feeding, and some were afraid to bring it to the floor of the Senate because they feared there would be embarrassing questions and that it would become a joke,» said Frazier, who got involved after a group of nursing mothers came to his office and shared their experiences about breast - feeding in public.

State Sen. Diane Savino said she believes she has the votes to pass the bill provided leadership brings it to the floor.

«Regardless of how many people in the conference can't vote for this or won't vote for this, collectively it would be difficult not to bring it to the floor right now.

«That I think was something that helped the conference bring it to the floor.»

«We just need the state Republican leadership to simply bring it to the floor for a vote.

But when Cuite blocked it in committee thereafter, we in the Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights demanded that our sponsors bring it to the floor through a discharge motion three times so that we could get Council Members on the record on the isssue.

Bring it to the floor for a vote.»

I think the reprecussions would not be worth not bringing it to the floor.»

«We'll bring it to the floor next week,» House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady told Fox...

Dieng / Bjelica / Jones all need more run — no criticism of starters / Crawford or Rose, but they each bring something to the floor that no one else on the roster brings.

Some pains last night that brought me to the floor and then stopped.

With all due respect, I brought it to the floor last year.

This bill has been stalled in our NY State Senate's Health Committee, where the members of the committee refuse to bring it to the floor for a vote, even after our Assembly has approved it.

We are telling the Senate Republican Majority that this legislation has the full support of our conference and if they brought it to the floor today it would pass — helping hundreds of school districts across the state.»

SKELOS: «The answer is: The Democrats are not going to bring it to the floor that way and there is supposed to be legislative input.

That means even bills with 76 sponsors among Democrats and Republicans aren't enough to bring them to the floor even though 76 votes would pass the legislation.

«The state Assembly has passed this bill (A5128 - B / S03093B), and we urge Sen. Majority Leader Dean Skelos to bring it to the floor for a vote in that house before the session ends June 21,» said PEF President Ken Brynien.

«If he had not brought it to the floor, it would not have happened.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie initially endorsed the measures, but declined to bring them to the floor for a vote following heavy lobbying from the mayor's office.

Mayor Bill de Blasio spearheaded the push for the paid sick legislation - he criticized former Speaker Christine Quinn, his mayoral primary rival, for being slow to bring it to the floor and for the compromises she made.

Klein, in a statement, said the bill remains one of his «top priorities,» but his fellow Democrats in the Assembly are not convinced he can bring it to the floor.

«We want the Senate to bring it to the floor and we want the governor to sign the bill because as we know justice delayed is justice denied,» Kennedy said.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said the Alexander - Murray bipartisan health care bill has support from a majority of senators, and he urged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to bring it to the floor «immediately.»

Empire State Pride Agenda executive director Alan Van Cappelle cautioned that «there is still work to be done,» and Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith, who has said he won't put the bill to a vote unless he knows it will pass, has made no moves to bring it to the floor.

«Thirty - eight votes should bring it to the floor (in the Senate).

Her nomination passed the Senate Judiciary Committee, but Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declined to bring it to the floor.

«I don't expect Sen. Skelos to bring it to the floor, if the Conservative Party has anything to do with it,» Sampson said.

If Felder returns to the Democrats, bills long blocked by the Republicans that he might personally oppose but would potentially have some GOP support might also have a chance of passing because the Democrats would control the agenda and could bring them to the floor for a vote, the source said.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Wednesday began advancing the forfeiture measure through legislative committees but has not committed to bringing it to the floor.

The Republicans and the Independent Democratic Conference share leadership of the Senate, but both leaders must sign off on legislation to bring it to the floor.

I hope they will bring it to the floor for an up or down vote because I want to know where the legislature stands on this issue, as well as the county executive, because no one has publicly sent us anything in terms of a proposal of what they want, so I'm telling the county what I want, what I think is the best for the City of Kingston residents.»

But City Hall News reports he might be changing his tune — he will discuss the issue with his caucus before agreeing to bring it to the floor.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday that the Alexander - Murray bipartisan health care bill has support from a majority of senators, and he urged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to bring it to the floor «immediately.»

But the Senate GOP wouldn't bring it to the floor.

Gently release the right leg and bring it to the floor.

He announced that he does have a bill and will bring it to the floor if Iran backs out on the deal, but not before then.

You begin on floor one, and you must navigate through the level to find a ladder which will bring you to floor two and so on.