Sentences with phrase «used procedural move»

The lawmakers tried to use a procedural move Wednesday to force a vote on removing Senate Leader Dean Skelos of Rockville Centre.

«We are also not going to choose between veterans [and] cancer research,» said Senator Harry Reid (D - NV), the Senate majority leader, before using a procedural move this afternoon to essentially kill the House NIH measure.

Sen. Ty Masterson decried the bill in a statement Saturday, accusing the House of «shell game tactics» and of using a procedural move that will prevent senators from proposing amendments to its work.

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Without the votes to block Obamacare repeal, Democrats are turning to procedural moves they believe will underscore their most powerful argument: Republicans are hiding their repeal plan from the public and using Senate procedures to keep it a secret.

That move was little more than a procedural hiccup; it also forced the removal of a provision that would have allowed parents to use 529 educational savings accounts to cover expenses of home - schooling their children.