Sentences with phrase «vote on a measure under»

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After several embarrassing setbacks, Republican leaders, under pressure from the White House, spent much of last week weighing whether to hold a vote on the measure that included the new amendment, which was negotiated by New Jersey Representative Tom MacArthur and North Carolina Representative Mark Meadows, who chairs the House Freedom Caucus.

On Wednesday, MPs voted to allow fracking under Britain's national parks, drawing accusations that the government had sneaked the measure through parliament without a proper debate.

Review Federal Regulations for Repeal — Vote Passed (240 - 185, 4 Not Voting) The measure would establish a commission to review existing federal regulations and identify those that should be repealed in order to reduce costs on the U.S. economy — including those that should be repealed immediately and those that should be repealed over time through a new regulatory «cut - go» system under which agencies could not issue new rules unless the cost of a new rule was offset by repealing existing rules identified by the commission.

Under Rule XXII, an affirmative vote of two - thirds of the Senators present and voting is required to invoke cloture on a measure or motion to amend the Senate rules.

But the measure was opposed by Liberal Democrats, who secured the freedom under the Coalition Agreement to abstain in any vote on the issue, and Mr Clarke indicated today in an interview with the Daily Telegraph that tough economic conditions made it unlikely to be introduced before 2015.

But Sens. Michael Bennet of Colorado, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Jeff Merkley of Oregon, and Sherrod Brown of Ohio signed a letter urging Reid, D - Nevada, to hold a vote on the proposal under a rule known as a reconciliation, which would allow the measure to pass with only 51 votes - a simple majority.

ALBANY — Divided Senate Republicans came under new pressure to vote on gay marriage yesterday after Democrats unexpectedly pushed the measure through the state Assembly, bringing it one step closer to becoming law.

Tomorrow's vote on a measure introduced by Senator Lisa Murkowski (R — AK) would throw out a determination by EPA in December that greenhouse gases «endanger» health and «welfare» and therefore should be regulated under the Clean Air Act.

The 203 - to - 206 vote was on final passage of a second continuing resolution, a temporary spending bill to provide funds for federal agencies not covered under regular appropriations measures.

Most FY12 federal education spending will be frozen at FY11 levels under a measure approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee on a party - line vote of 16 — 14.