Sentences with phrase «vote on an assault»

Cruz» interest has grown in recent weeks in part due to the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, and Young's later vote on an assault weapons ban in the back half of the 2018 Legislative Session.

One day she gave a reporter an angry quote about her incumbent congressman's vote on the assault - weapons ban, and the next thing she knew she was running for Congress.

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In Florida on Tuesday, legislators voted down an attempt to revive a bill that would ban assault - style rifles.

Sheryl Acquarola, a 16 - year - old junior from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, is overcome with emotion in the east gallery of the state House of Representatives after the representatives voted not to hear a bill banning assault rifles and large - capacity magazines at the Capitol in Tallahassee on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018.

Lawmakers like Representative Carlos Guillermo Smith, a Democrat from Orlando, voted against the bill because it did not include a ban on assault weapons or other broad measures sought by survivors of all the shootings.

One recent poll found 64 percent of voters supporting an assault weapons ban and 74 percent in favor of the opportunity to vote on it.

America does not remember how thos Baptists who fled over the Mountains with Daniel Boone (in violation of law) came down when threatened, carrying the Assault Arm of the Day, the Kentucky Rifle, marching 183 Mountain Miles in 8 days, dispatched the would be shooter of George Washington, and one walked a month to York PA to announce Victory at King's Mtn, when Congress was about to vote on Surrender.

Most of them have voted to treat assaults on pregnant women as crimes with one victim rather than two.

We are not willing to vote for much ecological self - constraint; indeed, the administration we Americans have placed in power seems hellbent on a free - enterprise assault on nature.

«In this case, they will be able to choose between an anti-Trump liberal who has championed sanctuary cities and amnesty, voted to protect Obamacare, and helped Nancy Pelosi lead the assault on our Second Amendment rights — or a proven conservative with a strong record of delivering results for our community.»

Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long warned today that Senate Republicans risk eroding their base in New York after allowing a vote on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's gun control legislation that updates the state's assault weapons ban.

The Republican - controlled House will vote on a school safety bill next week as Congress struggles to respond to the deadly assault on a Florida high school.

As supporters and opponents go head - to - head with their positions on the Horse - Carriage Ban, lobbyists will be targeting City Council Members with a full on assault to sway their votes, but there's one legislator who could not be bought.

He briefly served as a consultant to former Sen. Hiram Monserrate, but severed ties with the ex-Queens lawmaker long before his conviction on a misdemeanor assault charge and subsequent expulsion from the chamber by an unprecedented vote of his colleagues.

State Senator Michael Gianaris said, «The assault on voting rights has damaged our democracy and disenfranchised millions of Americans.

Malliotakis voted for the SAFE Act, proposed by Governor Andrew Cuomo in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook school killings, which implemented some restrictions and registration requirements on assault - style rifles and limited magazine capacity.

A majority of voters (54 %) say they would definitely (34 %) or probably (20 %) vote for a congressional candidate who supports a ban on semi-automatic assault guns.

The Senate approved a fiscal 2017 defense policy bill after skipping votes on several major amendments, including a proposal by U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to transfer from commanders to military prosecutors decisions on whether to prosecute military sexual assault cases.

Republican Senate candidate Julie Killian on Monday announced she may not vote for her party's nominee for president after a video surfaced Friday of Donald Trump making vulgar comments and boasting about sexual assault.

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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D - N.Y. pauses while speakig at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 6, 2014, following a Senate vote on military sexual assaults.

Assemblyman David Weprin began to complain about the proceedings when a bill of his that would make it a felony to assault an auxiliary police officer needed to be repeatedly voted on due to issues such as a miscount of members» positions.

His onslaught comes as the Vote Leave campaign this week steps up its assault on Mr Cameron's controversial renegotiation in a bid to force it up the agenda.

The Florida Democratic Party chair said state House Republicans turned their backs on the survivors of the Parkland shooting this week when the chamber voted not to hear a bill banning semi-automatic assault weapons.

The announcement, particularly the bit on the NRA, confirms one line of attack on Young will be her vote against an assault weapons ban — added after roll call — in the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

Tampa Republican Sen. Dana Young got slammed by her Democratic re-election opponent in a Saturday email for not voting on an amendment that would ban assault weapons and high - capacity magazines.

In the end, Gianforte won with only 50 percent of the vote after he assaulted a reporter on the eve of the election.

Introduced by Pelosi and House Minority Leader John Boehner, the nonbinding vote would come on the 14th day of an air and ground assault on the Palestinian territory.

The Trump Administration and Republican assault on science reached a new level last night when in a narrow vote the Senate voted to approve the climate denier, Jim Bridenstine, for the post of NASA administrator.

You collectively assault the objective, then vote on a couple of options for the next quest.

Artist Statement «The 1994 ban on assault weapons was passed 216 - 214 with the last two votes swayed by former President Ronald Reagan.

On Thursday, June 24, the state Assembly voted 74 — 0 to approve the bill, which grants full wages to corrections officers who suffer injury due to an assault that produces a significant risk of death, disfigurement, or impairment.

Despite the presence of the Douglas High students in attendance, the Florida House voted on 20 February 2018 not to consider a bill calling for a ban on assault rifles and high - capacity magazines for firearms.

Gun control advocates who have mobilized in the wake of the shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School looked to a Broward County board Wednesday to allow county residents to vote on a ban on assault rifles and high - capacity gun magazines.

The students learned how the state Senate works upon hearing an unrecorded voice vote of yea or nay actually passed a two - year moratorium on selling AR - 15 assault rifles like the one used in the school shooting.

Voters in November could be asked to weigh in on whether they support an assault rifle ban — but the vote would not be binding.

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Even as it voted against taking up a proposed ban on assault weapons, the Florida House voted to declare pornography a public health risk, the Associated Press's Joe Reedy reports.

The teens politely stood up and told their stories to the politicians, some of whom a day earlier had voted against a ban on assault weapons.

They stopped in at the office of state Rep. Robert «Bobby O» Olszewski, an Orlando - area Republican who had voted against a debate on an assault - weapons ban the day earlier, helping to kill the bill.