Sentences with phrase «veto by»

Sen. Walter Mondale (D - Minnesota) responded to Nixon's veto by introducing CAPTA.
Senate Democrats have passed a budget package that would raise income taxes and expand the sales tax, but it faces an uncertain fate in the House, and even if it passes, a likely veto by Gov. Bruce Rauner without a property tax freeze.
FIJA Applauds Veto by Missoula Jury Pool Iloilo Marguerite Jones, Executive Director of the Fully Informed Jury Association (FIJA), applauds actions of the Missoula jury pool, but not the government label of «mutiny.»
For Immediate Release (250 words) 23 December 2010 FIJA Applauds Veto by Missoula Jury Pool Iloilo Marguerite Jones, Executive Director of the Fully Informed Jury Association (FIJA), applauds actions of the Missoula jury pool, but not the government label of «mutiny.»
Any such joint resolution shall be subject to approval or veto by the Governor as and in the manner as are other bills or joint resolutions.
Similar efforts are underway in New Hampshire (though they face a threatened veto by the Governor).
The reports are written in the knowledge that they must be cautious enough to be presented as the consensus of scientific opinion, as well as in the knowledge that they must withstand a line - by - line editorial veto by member governments» representatives, who may lack any interest in publicizing the actual prognoses for climate destabilization.
«A repeated resort to the veto by a permanent security council member — is normally a sign that a country's diplomacy is misfiring.»
With a veto by Gov. Jerry Brown likely, Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan, D - Alamo, pulled AB 2235.
Although the Senate narrowly voted to override the veto last month — the first time it successfully challenged a Bush veto — the House sustained the veto by 258 to 169, 27 votes short of the two - thirds majority needed.
He believes that fear of a veto by former president George Bush kept Congress from legislating on animal patenting until now.
The Senate received Obama's veto message and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell immediately countered by announcing the Republican - led chamber would attempt to overturn the veto by March 3.
The House has scheduled a session for 10 a.m. Lawmakers are hoping for enough votes to override a potential veto by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who has been left out of the recent budget negotiations.
Milwaukee County supervisors voted Wednesday to override a veto by the county executive and create an incentive designed to bring an end to negotiations between the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center and Milwaukee Art Museum.
A bill has enough support in the City Council to override a veto by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, but Speaker Christine Quinn has yet to allow a vote.
According to Joe Sgammato, the press secretary for the Democratic Caucus, the caucus plans to hold a vote to override a veto by the county executive.
Washington (CNN)- House and Senate negotiators Monday announced an agreement on a giant $ 662 billion defense authorization bill, including modifications to its detainee language they hope will address White House concerns about that section and avoid a possible veto by President Barack Obama.
Despite these modifications to the Brewer bill, advocates expect a veto by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, but with more than 40 supporters on the 51 - member Council, an override is a foregone conclusion.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney has defended a recent veto by Gov. Andrew Cuomo that would have waived Thruway tolls for many of her constituents.
It currently has the support of 34 of the Council's 51 members, exactly the amount needed to override a veto by the mayor.
Congress yesterday voted overwhelmingly to override a veto by President Obama for the first time, passing into law a bill that would allow the families of those killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to sue Saudi Arabia for any role in the plot.
Even though the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors has squashed a veto by County Executive Chris Abele and plans to move ahead with a repair of the Estabrook Dam, the debate over the structure's future rages on.
One effort to reform the Port Authority, the agency at the center of the Bridgegate scandal, died this year when the state Senate failed to override a veto by Christie (New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo vetoed a parallel bill; each state must pass identical laws to reform the bi-state agency).
The margins are more than enough to override any possible veto by Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy.
The new maps, should they withstand the next few weeks of public hearings, a possible veto by the governor and expected challenges in court, signal more than rewards for incumbents John DeFrancisco, R - Syracuse, and David Valesky, D - Oneida.
The White House signaled to members of Congress it will back the politically sensitive bill to add further sanctions against Russia amid speculation of a possible veto by President Donald Trump.
These lines are subject to veto by the governor.
Voicing their support of a budget veto by Governor Malloy, several hundred people gathered outside the state capitol.
My proposal also more clearly defines what is and what is not an illegal gift, and fixes all of the problems that were created last year when the law was incorrectly amended over my veto by the Legislature.
A proposed sale of 65 acres in Knox to a former Albany County Legislature minority leader — an idea that's irked some county lawmakers — now faces a veto by County Executive Dan McCoy.
But lawmakers who support increasing oversight for the governor's pet projects like the START - UP NY program and the regional economic development councils in recent days have been more assertive, saying they can act on their own on the oversight issues, even with a potential veto by Cuomo.
The chamber that originated the legislation can attempt to override the veto by a vote of two - thirds of those present.
Congressional district lines are approved as regular legislation and are thus subject to veto by the governor.
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who is typically thought to be Bloomberg's pick, threw her support behind the inspector general legislation last week, and said she was confident she had the support in the council to override a veto by the mayor.
State legislative district lines are subject to veto by the governor.
The lines drawn by the state legislature are subject to veto by the governor.
Kirwan's victory gives Republicans 51 of the 150 seats in the Assembly, which means they would be able to sustain any veto by Governor Cuomo if they voted as an entire block.
However, a UN veto by one of the Security Council's five permanent members, which includes the United States, is sufficient to block UN membership.
State lawmakers this week overrode a veto by Gov. Rod Blagojevich to allow park districts to separate the special recreation fund from the general fund.
The Nebraska legislature voted to change the law last month and overrode a veto by Ricketts.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R - Ky., said the Senate would start the process to try to override Obama's veto by March 3.
A council resolution needs nine votes in favor and no vetoes by Russia, China, the United States, France or Britain to pass.
In the past couple of years, Sanders has voted against the Keystone XL Pipeline, vetoed by the president in March, as well as for bills that would have prohibited corporate interference with women's health care and increased environmental standards for damaged national infrastructure.
But that wasn't the only bill that high - cost lenders had pushed: One to allow auto - title loans, also vetoed by the governor, passed with a supermajority in the legislature.
The discussions, which involved a potential sale to Bank of American and Barclays, failed (vetoed by the Bank of England and the U.K. Financial Services Authority), and efforts by potential acquirers to secure federal intervention were unsuccessful.
NDP leader Rachel Notley is firmly against this venture, a concept that was overwhelmingly vetoed by her party's activists at numerous conventions.
In addition to the 20 enacted reconciliation bills, 4 reconciliation bills have passed both chambers of Congress but were subsequently vetoed by the president.
«Any application to the U.S. government would have been vetoed by the State Department, due to the lack of regulatory frameworks that would allow the U.S. government to remain in compliance with the Outer Space Treaty,» he said.
Secondly, although it is easy from our perspective to identify, in isolation, certain «free choices» which we believe should have been vetoed by a Plantingan God, what must actually be demonstrated to make Griffin's contention a strong one is that the entire world system (the different possible world) of which such a violation would be a part would in fact result in a significant increase in the net amount of good in comparison to the actual world.
The Guardian: Pope's address to parliament vetoed, National Archives files reveal Suggestions that the pope be given the honor of addressing both houses of parliament on his first visit to Britain were discouraged by senior advisers and vetoed by Margaret Thatcher.
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