Sentences with phrase «to move legislation»
Her spokesman says she's exploring different ways to move the legislation forward.
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Good - government advocates said the real test of the coalition would come with the start of session, when the participants will have to divvy up resources and finalize a set of rules for moving legislation through the Senate committee system.
«The Senate has taken a decisive first step in moving this legislation forward.»
His influence is increasingly crucial to eliminating the growing numbers of anti-environmental riders that are being attached to appropriations bills and other pieces of moving legislation.
President Obama agreed to sign a compromise bill on Tuesday allowing Congress a say in the Iran nuclear deal while the Senate Foreign Relations Committee moved the legislation to the full Senate for a vote.
His strategy for moving legislation is to write to the Speaker and governor and to work with advocates and legislators.
Evidently, the legislature is having second thoughts about a future without coal, because this week both the House and the Senate moved legislation that would overturn the coal ban.
Beginning with the introduction of the Customer Service Standard on January 1, 2010 for public sector organizations and January 1, 2012 for private sector and non-profit organizations, the Ontario government has been quickly moving legislation under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.
Ms. Esty has managed to move some legislation helpful to Connecticut through a Congress known for gridlock.
«The concept is very simple: If there is legislation that has wide support from the City Council that legislation should get, at the very least, a hearing, and the committee should decide at a vote if they want to move that legislation out of a hearing or not,» Greenfield said.
Even Republicans, in the House majority, have trouble moving legislation through a dysfunctional Congress.
And then move legislation, move national priorities that will address pollution in our backyard.»
Jen Walmer, state director of DFER Colorado, added, «The Republicans» focus on the charter school model, coupled with the Democrats» focus on equity for students ultimately moved the legislation.»
(Calif.) The Senate Education Committee unanimously moved legislation Wednesday that would encourage using athletic participation as a measure of school performance as well as a bill restricting full - contact football practices.
The National School Boards Action Center (NSBAC) enables local school boards and the public to be more active in moving legislation forward and impacting federal regulations on behalf of America's students.
The objective is to move the legislation forward through Congress in the subsequent week so that the existing 3.4 percent interest rate on Stafford loans can be sustained for an additional year.
«In these highly partisan times, it has become increasingly difficult to move legislation through Congress, especially when you're in the Minority party.
Evidently, the legislature is having second thoughts about a future without coal, because last week both the House and the Senate moved legislation that would overturn the coal ban.
The Congressman's influence is crucial to eliminating the anti-environmental riders that are being attached to appropriations bills and other pieces of moving legislation.
Republican leaders hope to move the legislation to the House floor for debate as early as Thursday.
Obama has already given up on trying to move legislation through the Republican - controlled House.
, the House's top tax writer and the author of the GOP tax bill released last week, as he moves the legislation toward a planned floor vote next week.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, for instance, hasn't exactly been helpful when it comes to moving this legislation.
«Given all of the ways in which things could have gone off the rails entirely, I think we've done pretty well in moving legislation and negotiating things on a daily basis,» said Senate President Pro Tem Martin Looney.
«Moving this legislation forward is a win for consumers and it's a win for women who have largely shouldered the burden of the tax for generations.»
Also, the rules of the State Assembly centralized power so that individual members are virtually powerless to move legislation.
Its members are not involved in budget talks and are stymied when they attempt to move legislation.
In reading the stories above, you'll see the mayors attempt to move legislation forward, on his own behalf, without the «courtesy» of notifying the complete city council.
But Manna warned her students that despite the quick introduction, moving legislation through Albany can take years.
«What Senator [Jeff] Klein and I have decided to do is work together as one collective body in order to create opportunities to move legislation forward,» Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins told Capital during a recent phone interview.
New York Senator Kristen Gillibrand is urging federal regulators to ban microplastics, a move that state environmental advocates are hoping can move legislation forward in Albany.
But others said it came down to not wanting to give the Democrats power to move legislation in the chamber, simiiar to the way Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie wouldn't allow a vote on a mixed martial arts bill unless the Democratic majority had enough votes to pass it on its own.
Lawmakers and good government groups have knocked the last - minute flurry of budget activity before the April 1 deadline because it at times requires messages of necessity, a procedural step taken by the governor to move legislation to the floor of the Assembly and Senate more quickly to circumvent the required three - day «aging» process.
The state Assembly plans to change its internal rules to allow easier movement of legislation during a full two - year legislative cycle, make audio and video of committee meetings available online and give lawmakers a greater ability to move their legislation through the committee process, among numerous other changes.
«The rules of the state Assembly centralize power so that individual members are virtually powerless to move legislation.
Moving this legislation, which had been thwarted by the prior county executive, was a priority for the new board and I commend all those who were involved in crafting this latest version.
«These dedicated spouses must be allowed to maintain their hard - earned professional licenses and certifications as they relocate and I will continue to work in Congress to move my legislation forward.»
Republicans opposed proxy voting on the grounds that it allowed an indolent Democratic majority to move legislation through committee with antimajoritarian procedures.
Advocates for the bill are hoping it will be included as part of the state's new budget — which must be in place by April 1 — and have been lobbying Senate Republicans in their home districts in an effort to move the legislation forward.
Because the Republicans control the agenda and what bills come to the floor for a vote, the Senate Democrats have precious few options to try and move legislation.
Unfortunately, despite their best efforts at raising red flags, moving legislation was difficult if not impossible at the time.
The ads are airing, environmentalists say, because they want to move early in light of what they see as a unique opportunity to move the legislation this year.
A bipartisan alliance of lawmakers had hoped to move legislation that revived many of the expired tax breaks through at least 2015 and to make several — including the R&D credit — permanent.
To do that, the White House needs to move legislation that wins greater enthusiasm among Republicans than among Nancy Pelosi's left - wing, interest - group - dependent Democrats.
The House Republican majority can pass a bill on its own, but Senate Republicans will need Democratic votes to move legislation in that chamber.
The bill's author, Sen. Tom Harkin, D - Iowa, is hoping to move that legislation to the floor of the Senate this year but it hasn't yet been scheduled.
We're going to move legislation.»