Sentences with phrase «unanimously moved 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.

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That move raised the prospect of a shutdown, since without Republican votes, Senate Democrats, who have a 32 - to - 30 majority in the chamber, must act unanimously to pass legislation.

While the move was something that had been regularly used on past legislation, even some Democrats — and Republicans almost unanimously — protested that to use it on such a large and controversial bill would be unseemly.