Sentences with phrase «unrelated bill»

The state Senate and Assembly worked through a long list of unrelated bills Thursday as top lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo worked to find an agreement on the rent law, the session's thorniest issue.

That seemed to leave the governor last week painting a bleak picture of how the «big ugly» — Capitol speak for an omnibus deadline deal on unrelated bills — is shaping up with lawmakers set to leave town Wednesday.

That would be a switch from what's traditionally and semi-affectionately known as «the Big Ugly» — a frantic late - night dash to pass a collection of unrelated bills.

As quoted from this article by CNN, he chose an unrelated bill to be used for the debate.

The Senate voted 30 to 29 to reject an attempt by Hoylman on Monday to attach the bill as an amendment to an unrelated bill.

Speaking to reporters after an unrelated bill - signing ceremony in lower Manhattan, Cuomo said, «it's the city's legal obligation to be funding» subway upgrades and improvements, «even though we stepped in on a moral level» to provide state funding.

The Senate voted 30 - 29 against allowing Sen. Brad Hoylman, D - Manhattan, to add controversial provisions eliminating the statute of limitations on child sexual abuse to an unrelated bill that requires hospital emergency rooms and other sites to hang posters about a human trafficking resource center hotline.

Ms. Lynch was confirmed this afternoon, after a long hold - up due not to concerns over her qualifications, first due to her defense of President Barack Obama's executive order on immigration and more recently due to a stalemate over an unrelated bill on human trafficking.

One major obstacle became Sen. Richard Burr (R — NC), who put a «hold» on the bill, saying he would allow a vote only if the Senate acted on an unrelated bill to renew the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which provides money for land purchases.

Best and Brightest Teacher Bonus: This $ 44 million dollar idea which was hidden in an unrelated bill and passed during the 2015 session without a proper hearing or knowledge of many lawmakers provides a $ 10K bonus to teachers based on their teenage SAT scores.

They also criticize how Republican Senators tied the measure to an unrelated bill regarding teacher assistants.

Although SB 1001 passed the Senate by a 25 to 5 vote, it died in the House, but was revived by Representative Heather Carter as a strike - all amendment to her unrelated bill, HB 2494.