Sentences with phrase «vote on pieces of legislation»

meaning, the overall system itself is exploitative and needlessly punitive and just pretty shitty all around, so gaming that dumb system likely doesn't carry the same sort of stigma as, say, embezzling money from your company or taking bribes to vote on a piece of legislation.

It was a pathetic sight, watching Tory MPs line up to vote on a piece of legislation they knew had no meaning and which undercut centuries of useful British constitutional tradition.

Not exact matches

While the path to get Murkowski's vote appears easier than on other pieces of legislation, it is not guaranteed.

The Senate is voting on a very bad piece of Monsanto - backed legislation today.

«I think it's just a disaster for the Republican Party, because it means you need 60 votes on most pieces of legislation and you're not going to get it.»

Looking forward to 2018, several new pieces of legislation will be voted on or come into effect that will — for better or worse — reshape how ICOs, cryptocurrencies, and their investors function.

Earlier this week, I went to a small town about 40 minutes east of where I live to speak on behalf of the immigrant community in the hopes that the city council wouldn't vote to oppose SB 54 (California's major piece of legislation that creates real limits on state and municipal law enforcement from being used for immigration enforcement).

A vote on a separate piece of legislation Paterson will be sending up to delay $ 1.5 billion worth of education aid payments to school districts could be more problematic — particularly since this is an election year and few lawmakers are going to want to take that potentially troublesome vote.

His flood insurance bill — a piece of legislation he has touted on the campaign trail — is expected to come to a vote this week.

IF, and it's a big IF, there were to be a hung Parliament next time around, far better that the LibDems (and I guess this applies to the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Dr. Dick Taylor too) act as kingmakers by voting for or against the government, whether it be Labour or Conservative, * on the merits of each individual piece of legislation * than propping up some of the most loathsome, reactionary policies this side of the self - styled moral crusaders from the ear of High Thatcherism.

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.

This would intensify the already existing corporatist dynamic that exists within the EP, whereby the socialist group and the centre - right EPP group often stitch up agreements on appointments to key committees and votes on key pieces of legislation in backroom deals.

A piece of legislation which campaigners say will privatise the NHS will be voted on by the Lords tonight, in a move which some consider a game - changer for the health service.

IDC Sen. Jeff Klein attempted to put the abortion provision on a separate piece of legislation as an amendment, but the effort failed on a procedural vote.

Here's how Honeyford voted on the specific pieces of legislation:

By then, Cuomo said, more people will likely vote based on their view of the economy rather than on a particular piece of legislation.

Often the first time they see a proposal or a piece of legislation is when they are being asked to vote on it.

The amendment, now part of the House Republican - backed health care bill being voted on Thursday, is a «horrific piece of legislation.»

Lawmakers in the Democratic - led Assembly planned to vote on the final piece of the budget in the wee hours of Saturday morning; it is unclear when the Republican - controlled Senate will return to Albany to take up the legislation.

Because, basically one way or another, if State Senator Neil Breslin votes the wrong way on a piece of legislation that seriously effects the Net Income of former US Ambassador to El Salvador and / or his sons, David and NYS Assemblyman we Willy Barclay......... He's otta der... gone... adios amigos.....

Generally speaking, the electorate pays little attention to how opposition parties vote on individuals pieces of legislation — particularly when the next general election is years away.

Clegg said that, even though the vote was on an opposition day motion and not on a piece of legislation, the government would have to change its policy.

The bill was the last piece of legislation voted on before the same - sex marriage bill.

Here's how Delvin voted on the specific pieces of legislation:

Janice Grieshaber said she remembers Silver as the cold man who left them waiting and hoping in Assembly chambers until midnight on the last day of session, while hundreds of other pieces of legislation came up for a vote.

Katko, R - Camillus, spoke about both pieces of legislation on the House floor before the House voted to pass his first bills since taking office Jan. 6.

«I urge members of the community to call their member of Congress and demand that they vote «no» on this unconscionable piece of legislation.»

After extended discussions on both pieces of legislation into the early morning hours Thursday, the bills passed by 40 - 11 and 34 - 17 votes, respectively.

A five - person panel of state lawmakers on Thursday unanimously voted to approve the piece of legislation, which would revise and expand upon the 2006 «New Jersey Smoke - Free Air Act.»

Stepping outside her district into the mayoral campaign spotlight, Malliotakis has faced few questions about her voting record on major pieces of legislation that have come through her house of the Legislature.

Lawmakers plan to vote on the final budget bills later in the week after they finally agreed to and printed all of the remaining pieces of legislation late Sunday, four days after they had announced that they'd reached a deal.

On this day fifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed this landmark piece of federal legislation that prohibited racial discrimination in voting and outlawed pernicious state and local laws put in place to frustrate the intent of the 15th Amendment, particularly with regard to African - American voting rights.

Next week the European Parliament will vote on a new F - Gas Regulation — a piece of legislation with which EIA has been closely involved that will see the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in Europe reduced by almost 80 per cent by 2030.

Looking forward to 2018, several new pieces of legislation will be voted on or come into effect that will — for better or worse — reshape how ICOs, cryptocurrencies, and their investors function.

TDs will vote on a vital piece of legislation, which will move our society towards a place of greater equality and fairness.