Sentences with phrase «to bring the bill to the floor»

This year, they say they have built broader support and hope to bring the bill to the floor for a vote.

On February 25, 2016 MP Nathaniel Erskine - Smith brought a bill to the floor of the House of Commons that will ensure those who abuse or hurt animals get the maximum sentence possible and that all animals have a humane life and death.

The Wall Street Journal also chimes in to report that «most members in the [Republican] conference expect to bring the bill to the floor in the next two days.»

Leaders of the GOP conference brought the bill to a floor vote even though only 11 of their 33 members supported it.

Before session wraps for the year, it's time for the rest of the legislature to tell the public where they stand on term limits by bringing this bill to the floor for an up or down vote.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie previously told Capital that he wouldn't bring the bill to the floor unless he had enough guaranteed support to pass it, a standard practice for big - ticket items in the state Legislature.

At the beginning of Quinn's tenure — and in the name of transparency — Quinn revised the council rules to make it easier to bring a bill to the floor if it was stalled in committee.

Regardless, the legislators agree this week's vote was largely symbolic as the state Senate is unlikely to even bring the bill to the floor.

He said he hasn't spoken to Flanagan directly about bringing the bill to the floor, but that if it were to come to the floor «this bill, once folks are forced to take a stand on it, is very hard to oppose.»

If the coalition has a majority, can they «override» the Speaker and Majority Leader and bring the bill to the floor over their objections?

«I actually brought the bill to the floor for a vote because I thought it was a very important issue,» said Mr. Klein, who represents portions of the Bronx and Westchester County and voted «yes» on the Dream Act.

Squadron's efforts to at least bring the bill to the floor for an up - or - down vote were blocked by the Senate Republicans.

But the Assembly Majority never brought the bill to the floor, never took a vote, and walked away from the agreement entirely.

The Markey bill is sponsored in the Senate by state Sen. Brad Hoylman, a Manhattan Democrat who as a minority party member has virtually no power to bring the bill to the floor without a Republican sign - off.

Democrats tried to bring the bills to the floor Wednesday but were overruled by the Senate's GOP majority.

Governor Paterson has introduced marriage - equality legislation, and a State Assembly committee brought the bill to the floor, where it should easily pass.

When the House brought its bill to the floor for a vote, 20 Republicans opposed it.

The ten education groups are in full agreement that the Senate needs to finish the job and bring the bill to the floor as soon as possible.

The Senate bill's cosponsors are working on bringing the bill to the floor early this year.

Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid issued a statement, saying the Senate will look to pass the House bill by seeking an agreement with Republicans to bring the bill to the floor in the coming days.

With the voting down of the bill in the Senate, this raises a question: Can the Senate try again this fiscal year, or by bringing the bill to the floor and having it fail, did they use up their one shot?

«My colleagues on the other side of the aisle have not brought these bills to the floor,» state Senate Democratic Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins told The Post.

«Generally speaking, they like to bring bills to the floor if they're confident that it has 76 Democratic votes,» he tells us, referring to the number constituting a bare majority of the Assembly.

The passage of the stricter gun control bill has angered many and Skelos was criticized publicly at the rally in Albany last Thursday, that drew over five thousand people, for bringing the bill to the floor for a vote.

Even if supporters can muster the needed votes, Heastie indicated that bringing the bill to the floor would require a majority of the Democratic conference's support.

On June 8th 2014, Klein, Skelos and Cuomo held a private meeting in Manhattan where once again Skelos agreed to bring a bill to the floor.

The chairman will bring that bill to the floor, and we'll make some evaluations about how we go forward on that.

«And I was hopeful that not only would I bring this bill to the floor, but also it would pass.»

Following the refusal of the Senators to bring the bill to the floor and the subsequent lack of legislation addressing corruption — a priority for Governor Cuomo — the governor announced that he would launch a Moreland Commission to investigate potential corruption in the legislature.

He also said he has no immediate plans to bring the bill to the floor, and will likely wait to see what happens in the Senate before doing so.

The Senate Majority Leader also called on the Governor to use his negotiating skills to convince Speaker Silver to bring the bill to the floor.

Either of the Senate's co-leaders, Republican Dean Skelos or Independent Democratic Conference leader Jeffrey Klein, could bring the bill to the floor for a vote.

He says the «majority» of Republicans in the house are against the aid, and he needs to convince the leadership to bring the bill to the floor, so supporters can vote on it.

And he says the breakaway Independent Democrats in the Senate, who are in a coalition government with the GOP, need to work to bring the bill to the floor for a vote.

And he says the break away Independent Democrats in the Senate, who are in a coalition government with the GOP, need to work to bring the bill to the floor for a vote.

For what it's worth, Skelos's spokesman, Scott Reif, tells us that no decision has been yet been made on whether to bring the bill to the floor.

«Let's bring the bill to the floor of the City Council, debate it in the light of day, and vote.

Republican opponents, chief among them Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos, has said he does not want to bring that bill to the floor for a vote, and that the proposal goes too far in expanding the state's abortion laws.

But last week the Senate made a series of amendments to the bill, and the Assembly did not follow suit, indicating they are in no hurry to bring the bill to the floor for a vote.

Heastie defined that as meaning the Democratic majority must agree as a whole to bring any bills to the floor.

Left message asking that she bring the bill to a floor vote.

But Klein has been kept close by Senate Republicans: IDC members retained committee chairmanships and the ability to bring some bills to the floor for a vote.

«We'll still be able to bring bills to the floor.

Senate Republicans said they would discuss late Thursday whether they would bring the bill to the floor for a vote only for the evening to end relatively early after disagreements over rent control and the health - insurance exchange bill.

Senate majority leader Dean Skelos cast doubt on whether he would bring the bill to the floor for a vote, given his unwillingness to do de Blasio any political favors, but the bill was finally reported from the rules committee and is now awaiting a vote on the Senate floor.

Advocates and the Senate's lead sponsor on GENDA, Lower Manhattan - Downtown Brooklyn Democrat Daniel Squadron, continue to press for a floor vote, with the senator saying that the Assembly action sent «yet another message to the Senate leadership that it is time to bring this bill to the floor for a vote.»

A council member must get seven members to sign a memo to bring the bill to the floor.

Senate co-Leader Jeffrey Klein, who heads a group of dissident Democrats that jointly run the chamber with the Republicans, said afterward he delivered on his promise to bring the bill to the floor.