Sentences with phrase «vote on the bill»

However, there have so far been no hearings or votes on the bill in either chamber.

One bill would allow for votes on bills, should a majority of the entire chamber — not just the party in power — agree to a vote.

It would prohibit the legislature from voting on bills between the hours of 9 pm and 9 am.

Before that, he said he would vote no on the bill if it used the word «marriage».

These are the very elected officials who vote on the bills and policies affecting our children and make decisions about approving or renewing our charter schools.

It was unclear if a decisive vote on the bill would occur then.

Ideally, I'd like a separate count for actual votes on bills, and one on clear positions taken on issues that did NOT get an official vote count.

They only had to do as they were told in the name of their caucus, including faithfully voting on bills they had never read.

Harkin wants a Senate vote on the bill before Thanksgiving, but that seems increasingly unlikely with each passing day.

Cuomo has said he will waive a three - day waiting period that would otherwise prevent lawmakers from voting on the bill by the March 31 budget deadline.

Although the special session was called to consider election law bills, according to this story, legislative leaders say they will not vote on any bill in the February session.

As for safety at home, he joined Connecticut's other U.S. senator, Chris Murphy, in a 15 - hour filibuster this year in a sadly futile attempt to force votes on bills that would keep weapons out of the hands of suspected terrorists.

(New York, NY)-- A week and a half after the shooting at Marjory Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, a coalition of New York legislators and gun violence prevention advocates today urged the State Senate and Assembly to promptly hold votes on a bill sponsored by Senators Brian Kavanagh and Brad Hoylman and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon that would empower family members and law enforcement to prevent gun violence.

The Republican - led senate voted on a bill Monday to stop federally funding the organization in response to undercover videos that appear to show executives of the organization discussing the sale of fetal tissue for medical research.

The full Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to vote on the bill on Thursday, at which point more details will become available.

Alexander has indicated the final bill could be available as early as next week, and said yesterday that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R — KY) has agreed to schedule a floor vote on the bill if the committee can produce it.

Let's hope Speaker Bercow will soon call a conference on constitutional reform, but hope he will propose a new semi-circular layout for the Commons with electronic voting on Bills as in Wales and Scotland and eventually a reduction in MP numbers to approx 400 Elwyn, Netherlands

The hearing may span multiple days, and the committee will likely vote on the bill at the conclusion of testimony.

If amendments are made at any subsequent point, the Officer should issue addendums, ideally before final votes on the bill are taken.

The legislation could be changed and shift the political ground once more — but GOP leadership's ambitious goal of voting on a bill before the July 4th Congressional recess just became a lot harder to achieve.

In a significant political blow to Mayor Bill de Blasio, the New York City Council decided to abandon its scheduled vote on a bill to restrict the horse - drawn carriage industry to Central Park after a key supporter of the deal — the Teamsters — rescinded its backing.

With Senate Dems increasingly likely to introduce and even vote on a bill imposing new sanctions on Iran, the White House is escalating its behind the scenes pressure on them to hold off, warning them that in moving such a measure, they are making war with Iran more likely.

Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald said in a statement Tuesday that he hoped to vote on the bill Thursday.

Ibrahim Barrie, an immigrant pedicab driver from Sierra Leone who said he escaped the civil war there and fled to New York City, is hoping Mayor Bill de Blasio will give him a chance to make his case in the next week, as the City Council prepares to vote on a bill which will severely affect his line of work.

Shortly after the House passed the bill, they adjourned for the year, leaving the Senate no choice but to vote on the bill with the objectionable riders or allow the program to lapse.

After the conference committee produces a reconciled version of the bill, the House and Senate vote on the bill again, but this time on a bill that is identical in both chambers.

The state Senate finished its two - year session Thursday without voting on the bill after Democratic leaders balked at reports that the measure would drive up utility rates.

Speaker Sheldon Silver briefly spoke to reporters before conference, saying he would recommend the passage of the tax code deal, and that they would likely vote on the bill tomorrow.

The Conservatives pledged in their manifesto to hold a free vote on a bill in government, in time to allow parliament to decide the future of the Hunting Act 2004.

A Labour source told PoliticsHome they hoped Ms Abbott would be able to take part in the final Commons vote on the bill next week.

The lack of cloture prevents the Senate from actually voting on the bill.

Monaghan said many public school teachers are philosophically opposed to Jindal's approach, but he said their ire is particularly acute because the first vote on the bills comes two days after lawmakers convene.

In 2016, 79.2 percent of votes on bills received fewer than 10 votes in opposition in a body that had 148 members during the busiest times of the year.

Supporters of Dream Act legislation say they were «set up,» when a hastily arranged vote on the bill in the New York State Senate chamber late Monday led to the measure's failure by just one vote.

All too often, deals continue to get cut behind closed doors and rank - and - file lawmakers are called upon, sometimes in the dead of night, to cast votes on bills they are given little time to read, much less vet.

Lawmakers work to vote on bills inside the Assembly Chamber at the Capitol on Thursday, June 16, 2016 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his leadership team are seriously considering voting on a bill that would scale back the federal government's role in the health care system and instead provide block grants to states.

My understanding is that filibusters in the US Senate are used to consume all the time allocated for a debate on a measure and thus forcing an eventual vote on a bill.

On Sunday, Democratic U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer told the Daily News he would push for a new vote on that bill this week.

The looming vote on the bill also helps to explain why a reshuffle hasn't taken place yet.

Once the House votes on the bill as amended by the Senate, it will return to the Senate for another vote.

The Senate GOP circumvented a committee vote on a bill that would make it easier for survivors of child sex abuse to seek justice as adults.

In 2010, without any debate, Conservative senators called a snap vote on Bill C - 311, the Climate Change Accountability Act.

This week, New York state senators vote on a bill that would make it illegal for any homeowner or renter to sublet for less than a month.

The Senate is still expected to vote on the bill Tuesday evening.