Sentences with phrase «vote on legislation without»
Former Rep. Dan Maffei, a Democrat who represented the Syracuse area for two terms, is among those agreeing with Rep. Chris Collins» claim that it's not unusual for members to vote on legislation without having read the entire bill.
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President Donald Trump once again took aim at the Senate filibuster, a procedural maneuver that can thwart legislation without at least 60 votes to end debate on the subject.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has yet again delayed a vote on the Senate's controversial health care bill — this time, because Arizona Sen. John McCain is recovering from surgery (and without him, there aren't enough votes to pass the legislation).
he and his family are an embarrassment, not to mention the subversive policies he is installing without benefit of being voted on by the legislation.
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.
It's also possible that members occasionally vote in favor for bills without supporting them or fully knowing their contents, whether out of a desire to maintain cordial relations with their colleagues or because they don't have time to process the thousands of pieces of legislation that are placed on their desks each year.
Although the IDC has introduced wide - ranging reform legislation — which includes public matching funds for small donations — and held public hearings on the matter, they've refused to bring the bill to a vote without approval from the Senate Republicans.
Peers also expressed their anger on the floor of the House of Lords on Monday that the legislation had been effectively axed without a vote by MPs.
The Senate adjourned without holding a vote on the legislation.
The bill — the Every Child Achieves Act — was ushered through the Committee by Chairman Lamar Alexander (R - TN) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D - WA) and was eventually passed by the full Senate in July 2015.65 At the same time, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, led by Chairman John Kline (R - MN) approved House - crafted legislation — the Student Success Act — which was passed by the full House in July 2015 without a single Democrat vote.66
The last time the legislation was taken up, she said, it came two votes shy of cloture, which is a procedure that enables a bill to be considered on the Senate floor without the possibility of a filibuster.