Sentences with phrase «to push the bill»

The government is trying to push this bill through without proper parliamentary oversight.

As is typical, Realtors were actively involved in pushing the bill forward.

Will you call your state representative to help push this bill over the finish line?

I would truly appreciate your help in not pushing this bill forward.

Help push this bill over the finish line by urging the governor to sign it into law.

Combined with other expected rises, such as wage and cost inflation, this could push bills at or near the record # 1,500 mark in certain areas.

Unlike with gas and electricity, you can't switch to a cheaper water provider to push your bills down further.

It did nothing to address the problem of legislators pushing bills or steering funds at the request of special interests and campaign contributors.

Other pols were less generous to the city lawmakers who pushed the bill through — Park Slope Councilman Brad Lander and Manhattan Councilwoman Margaret Chin — as well as Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has said he intends to ink it into law.

Rep. Rob Bryan, who is the lead lawmaker pushing the bill that would create an «Achievement School District,» has received $ 10,000 in campaign contributions since 2013 from John Bryan.

Terrance Carroll, a former speaker of the House in Colorado, helped push a bill on teacher evaluations to passage in 2010 with the support of some increasingly influential advocacy groups.

At 11 a.m., U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer pushes a bill providing the U.S. Customs and Border Protection with screening devices, laboratory equipment and facilities to better detect illicit drugs, Monroe County Crime Lab, 85 W. Broad St., Rochester.

Also at 1:30 p.m., Schumer pushes a bill providing the U.S. Customs and Border Protection with screening devices, laboratory equipment and facilities to better detect illicit drugs, Schenectady County Office Building, 620 State St., Schenectady.

The mainline conference of Senate Democrats on Tuesday pushed a bill that would require the release of President Donald Trump's state tax returns.

Assemblyman David McDonough pushes bill mandating sexual abuse reports from private achools.

He cited the probability that the State Senate would switch to Republican control in January as a reason to push the bill now.

At The Hechinger Report, where we've spent more than five years examining and reporting on education Mississippi, it's difficult to fathom why Republican politicians find ways around supporting public education, instead pushing bills like a proposed $ 1,500 fine for failing to recite the Pledge of Allegiance within the first hour of class each day.

In fact, it was idealogues who conception that unabated capitalism, with as little government «intervention» as possible, would work best for the average American who pushed those bills as much as anyone else.

The sponsor of a bill that would require teachers to receive an hour of training a year on sexual relations and other inappropriate relations with students said Tuesday night he will not push the bill.

It's also possible Microsoft's growth in the next 12 months could push Bill Gates» net worth even higher.

The victory improved the Patriots to 12 - 2 on the season, secured a first - round bye in the 2017 NFL Playoffs, and pushed Bill Belichick's team within striking distance of securing home - field advantage throughout the postseason.

«The reality is nobody really thought we'd be talking about these issues because of the person who is now holding the office,» said Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins at a news conference this week pushing a bill that would require the release of Trump's state tax returns.

When Quinn was busy pushing the bill down the throats of Councilmembers, Alveda King (MLK's niece) came to NYC for the purpose of protesting Christine Quinn's unfair targeting of Chris Slattery's pregnancy center.

Two labor unions, 32BJ and SEIU Local 200 United, are poised to launch an on - line advertising campaign in hopes of pushing a bill through the Legislature that would force public utilities to pay prevailing wages and provide health care benefits to their contract employees.

Four years after Cuomo pushed a bill to create JCOPE through the Legislature, a task force spent several months reviewing ways to improve the commission's operation.

Asked by reporters why he had stayed for only six minutes, the Governor quipped,» We would have been there longer if he hadn't started pushing bills....»

The two members, who defected along with two allies from the minority conference earlier this year, said the Democrats missed an opportunity when they were in the majority to aggressively push the bill and make it the law of the land (and thus nullifying the current feud playing out between the two sides of the aisle).

The New York Gaming Association, which advocates for the interests of the state's nine racinos, filed a complaint alleging that several entities pushing a bill that would legalize daily fantasy sports betting have improperly failed to register as lobbying entities.

Lawmakers in the state Senate pushed a bill with advocates that would enable physician - assisted suicide for the terminally ill.

As hate crimes continue to plague Jewish facilities and sites around New York, state lawmakers are pushing bills designed to crack down on the situation.

He's spent his time in Madison pushing bills aimed at pleasing his rural constituency, such as restricting game wardens» access to private land, eliminating the minimum hunting age, lowering the drinking age and ending the state's work to manage the wolf population.

Both are part of a team pushing a bill that would give the town of Romulus more authority to decide the fate of the trash incinerator project.

In the other, Assemblyman Eric Stevenson is accused of taking thousands of dollars in exchange for pushing a bill tailor made to help owners of an adult day care center.

In 2008, the mayor pushed a bill through the City Council that allowed him to seek a third term.

State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, D - Long Island, and Assemblyman Charles Levine D - Long Island, are pushing a bill introduced last week that would create new felonies for giving unlawful benefits worth more than $ 3,000 to a public official just because that person holds an official position and for receiving such benefits.

A lobbyist for a left - wing organization that pushed the bill described Mr. Wright as» dismissively hostile» toward the 2014 legislation.

Stefanik is being courted by the White House and House Republican leaders who are counting on her and other GOP moderates to stick with the party as it makes concessions to hard - right conservatives in an attempt to push the bill across the finish line.

Quinn, of course, has frequently pushed bill the mayor likes and blocked ones he doesn't — though not usually ones where he has such a personal stake.

February 28, 2011 • It was a new week but with the same old standoffs in Wisconsin and beyond as Republicans still pushed bills to limit union rights.

After the ouster of Indiana State Superintendent Tony Bennett (who subsequently was snapped up by Florida), Indiana's Republicans have pushed a bill withdraw the state from the Common Core standards.

In last year's legislative session, Governor Jindal pushed bills to pull Louisiana out of the Common Core.

The lobbyists for the charter schools pushed a bill that allowed charters to have up to 30 % non-certified.

The administration pushed the bill in response to lobbying by the state teachers» union.

Proponents are pushing the bills even as growing evidence suggests vouchers fail kids.

The unanticipated truce in the neverending battle among House members pushes the bill...

How many people have given him money to inadvertently push the bill that SUPPORTS gas chambers?

The potential for changes to the federal PURPA law under a Trump administration and a GOP - led Congress helped push solar developers toward a new paradigm, said Chris Carmody of the North Carolina Clean Energy Business Alliance, a trade group pushing the bill.

But it's not clear that will be enough to stop lawmakers like Democratic Sens. Mark Warner and Amy Klobuchar and Republican Sen. John McCain from pushing a bill that would put new transparency requirements into law.

U.S. lawmakers were already pushing a bill that would ban the government from using Huawei and ZTE phones, citing connections between these companies and the Chinese government, but this is the first time that everyday consumers are being warned.