Sentences with phrase «to support the bill»

-- We used social media to generate phone calls of support from concerned citizens, and invite organizations and individuals to support the bill in person at the committee hearing.

Those who supported this bill did a disservice to the American people and to our democratic values.

Others acknowledge that a texting ban is hard to enforce, but support the bill because it is a step in the right direction.

I thank them, and urge the entire legislature to move education reform forward in CT by supporting the bill that came out of committee.

He has also supported a bill that would require minors to notify their parents before receiving abortions.

His group supported the bill while acknowledging it had the potential to harm solar job creation.

We strongly support the bill's requirement that states continue to administer annual statewide assessments for grades 3 - 8 in reading and math and once in high school.

The companies supporting the bill appear to gain personally just as those against the bill.

Fathers were left with a child support bill but very little time and space to care for, raise and enjoy their children.

As a widely supported bill to allow local regulation of gun dealers dies, it's up to the man who killed it to get an alternative enacted.

The smaller parties would agree to support any bills necessary for the government to receive money to enact its policies.

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More than 200 organizations and counties supported the bill.

During a closed - door discussion last year, Silver cut off debate and called it a draw even though the bulk of those who spoke supported the bill, sources said.

He said that he still supports the bill but will decide after the budget season how best to pursue it.

The fact that politicians on both sides of the aisle support this bill may come as a surprise, but while technically bipartisan, the bill can hardly be considered as such.

Thankfully, we do NOT believe that ALL veterinarians support this bill.

Those who support the bill emphasize there would be no legitimate reason to oppose the bill because these standards prevent only the worst cruelty.

The Billing Associate will support all billing specific aspects of the sales and implementation processes and provide level 1 client support for all billing related issues.

We will continue our advocacy efforts to support the bill moving through the legislative process.

But advocates, including over 200 community organizations who support the bill, say that changes to the patrol guide are easily reversible.

Several male Republican Senators, including Ted Cruz, Ron Johnson, Mike Lee, and Rand Paul, said Thursday they would not support the bill in its current form.

Once done, a list of supported billers on Tez across locations will be presented to you or, if you like, you can manually search for them by name.

The U.F.T., which supported Bill Thompson in the Democratic primary, joined forces with 1199 Service Employees International Union, Communication Workers of America District 1, Hotel & Motel Trades Council and a host of other unions in raising funds for a TV ad blitz.

Ted Paul, a collie breeder and judge from Oregon, said he had been ostracized from some American Kennel Club competitions after supporting a bill on breeding limits.

While the government can not support Bill C - 560, as it moves away from a strong focus on the best interests of the child, I thought it would be helpful to outline for my colleagues some of the ways in which this government is already promoting the goal of encouraging parents to take more responsibility for the resolution of their disputes.

Both Republicans and Democrats supporting the bill think that anything that could help cut down on wasted money and wasted animal lives would be a no - brainer.

According to the official, Percoco said he was reaching out «about my position in supporting Bill de Blasio's proposal to fund universal pre-kindergarten and making a strong argument as to why the governor's proposal was a better one.

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Nonetheless, House Republicans supporting the bill have said they think they will have sufficient votes to pass it.

Notably, some of the unions that declined to endorse de Blasio in the Democratic mayoral primary are participating in the new, coordinated effort, including the United Federation of Teachers, which supported Bill Thompson, and 32BJ Service Employees International Union, which supported Christine Quinn.

But Tenney said she started leaning toward a «yes» vote supporting the bill after House leaders included an amendment that would allow New York counties to transfer their Medicaid costs to the state.

NRG's Crane said his company would not support the bill if it was all auction.

A majority of the City Council supports the bill as does Republican mayoral candidate Nicole Malliotakis.

But Rep. Peter King (R - Seaford) and others from New York and other high - tax states said they still could not support a bill with a $ 10,000 cap on deductions for state and local property, sales and income taxes instead of the current fuller deductibility for those taxes.

NAR supports the bill because it would increase transparency and help lawmakers ensure the rules are consistent with congressional intent.

A wide coalition of civil rights, business and state education officials» groups — including the NAACP, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Democrats for Education Reform, Education Trust, Chiefs for Change and La Raza — released a statement Wednesday morning saying, «We can not support the bill at this time.»

In an amusing sideshow, Republican leaders tried to use their support for this legislation to strong - arm liberal Democrats into supporting a bill extending coal subsidies, on the theory that passing one bill that benefits Dominion warrants passing another bill that benefits Dominion.

The lawmakers also point to a recent Siena Poll which found more than three - fourths of people around the state support the bill and only 17 percent are oppose it.

The company supports a bill from Brooklyn Assemblyman Joseph Lentol and state Sen. John Bonacic that would let apartment residents rent their units out for fewer than 30 days, while the hotel industry is backing an opposing bill that would require people advertising apartments on home - rental platforms to include location details.

Lets see, Chik Fil A donates millions of dollars to groups that attack gay people, fight for laws that strip them of their rights, and even support a bill in the country of Uganda that called for gays to be killed.

As you know, there were only 10 Democratic Senators, together with myself, who joined the Republicans in the Senate to support a bill sponsored by Senator Simcha Felder, to reject the City of New York's five cents (5 cents) per plastic bag fee to shoppers in the five boroughs.

The confusion only worsened as several representatives supporting the bill took to the House floor to make their positions known.

Unfortunately, special interest groups like the National Rifle Association are attempting to undermine this progress by supporting a bill introduced by Congressman Don Young (R - AK), which would prevent any changes from being made to how the United States treats its ivory market, thus allowing loopholes to remain.

Click here to learn about the Alliance for Jobs and Clean Energy, the broad coalition of organizations supporting this bill.

In supporting Bill Clinton's work to pass NAFTA, Gerald Ford warned against any repetition of that «stupid, serious mistake.»

New Jersey voters supported this bill by a 2:1 margin in November and the bill passed through the state's legislature last week, but bill S3113 took perhaps it's biggest step to date when it was signed by Governor Christie yesterday.

Cuomo supports a bill proposed by Assemblyman Michael Cusick (D - Mid-Island) that would create a tax credit for people who donate to public or private schools.

[5] Under the doctrine, the Speaker will not allow a floor vote on a bill unless a majority of the majority party supports the bill.

Both the Coffee County Education Association and the Tennessee Education Association support this bill.