Sentences with phrase «upper chamber voted»

Not exact matches

The contest is particularly significant because if Jones wins, Republicans will maintain just a one - vote majority in Congress» upper chamber.

He recently voted with 51 senators on a bill to gut the Affordable Care Act, the first such bill to pass in the upper chamber.

The Senate Budget Committee approved the Senate's tax plan on Tuesday, bringing the upper chamber closer to a floor vote, which is expected to take place Thursday.

Acting in his capacity as president of the Senate, Vice President Mike Pence twice cast tie - breaking votes to gain passage in the upper chamber.

The House appeared on track to pass a stopgap continuing resolution bill Thursday night, but Senate Democrats said they had enough votes to block the legislation in the upper chamber, raising the possibility that the current budget will expire without a replacement.

If Labour had won, its referendum would have included questions on whether to elect MPs by the Alternative Vote (AV) system and whether to introduce a fully elected upper chamber in stages.

has said the upper chamber will remain in session until the veto override vote is done.

Peers can claim up to # 300 per day for turning up to the upper chamber in one of the debating rooms, but do not have to contribute or vote to get that allowance.

But Republicans still narrowly control the upper chamber because nominally Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder will reportedly continue to caucus with the GOP, giving that party 32 votes.

She cited the recent National Journal rankings that rated Gillibrand as tied for the most liberal voting record in the upper chamber.

28 October 2002: The Lords reform committee is expected to announce that five options for reform of the upper chamber are to be put to a vote in both houses before Christmas.

She introduced the federal legislation this summer and predicted it might come up for a vote in the upper chamber in September.

He's made the strongest effort yet to campaign for Democrats in the legislature's upper chamber since he's been governor, and he urged supporters to make sure voters come out and vote Democratic.

The senator, Simcha Felder, is a key player in the fractured Senate, representing the decisive vote in Albany's 63 - seat upper chamber, which is ruled by Republicans.

He's made the strongest effort yet to campaign for Democrats in the Legislature's upper chamber since he's been governor, and he urged supporters to make sure voters come out and vote Democratic.

Two of Long Island's three Democrats and both of its Republicans in the House joined the veto - proof majority in a 289 - 137 vote, a setback for the president even though Senate Democratic leaders said a veto won't be needed because they'll block the bill in the upper chamber.

That one vote belongs to Senator Simcha Felder, a Democrat from Brooklyn who has nonetheless caucused with Republicans in Albany's upper chamber, and is now that party's decisive 32nd vote in the 63 - seat Senate.

In July 2012 91 Conservative MPs voted against Lords reform, defying a three - line whip and kiboshing Nick Clegg's dream of reform to the upper chamber.

The House on Wednesday rejected the Senate Democratic budget in a 154 - 261 vote, with 35 Democrats voting against the blueprint from their upper chamber colleagues.

As the Brexit bill heads to the House of Lords this week, Mandelson also said he believed the government could be defeated in the upper chamber on the issues of a meaningful parliamentary vote at the end of negotiations and guaranteed rights for EU citizens in the UK.

Amedore appeared headed to the upper chamber in the New York state Legislature after leading with 54 percent of the vote nearly three hours after polls closed Tuesday night, but Democrat Cecilia Tkaczyk, a Duanesberg school board member, claimed victory too.

The IDC agreed to bring what is called a hand - down bill from the Assembly to the upper chamber's floor for a vote rather than pass Gianaris» bill, which was the same bill in all but name.