Sentences with phrase «voted against the bill last»

Burnham was not among the almost 50 Labour MPs who voted against the bill last night, including his leadership rival Jeremy Corbyn.

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@ Bill Deacon, Sorry Bill, but during the last last Bush election, the catholic church ordered their membership to vote against the democratic candidate in violation of their 501c3 status, not support a candidate but an order.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee last week launched new salvos against Republican Reps. John Faso and Claudia Tenney over their votes in support of the American Health Care Act, the House GOP bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

Last year, Corbyn's support soared after caretaker leader Harriet Harman instructed Labour MPs to abstain from voting against the Conservative's welfare bill at the second reading.

We know that 91 Tories voted against the Lords Reform Bill last night.

The data retention and investigatory powers bill (Drip) went through all its changes in a matter of hours last night, with a rump of 33 MPs voting against it at third reading, and 416 voting it through.

In an article in the Evening Standard defending her decision to vote against the government last night, the Conservative former education secretary Nicky Morgan says the government should drop the amendment to the EU withdrawal bill fixing 29 March 2019 as Brexit day before it gets debated next week.

The bill's fate will rest in large measure with the Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, who voted against the Armory project last year but whose office declined to comment on the wage bill.

The impact of this was also clearly demonstrated the last time the Conservatives were in government: even though the newer cohorts of Conservative MPs were then the most Eurosceptic in their attitudes, they were also the least likely to vote against the Maastricht Bill.

Maybe Nancy and Steny are going to tell the members at the last minute that they can vote against the bill - so 100 members have the opportunity to register a NO vote before the fall elections.

Last year, Donovan voted against the GOP tax plan and its health care bill, arguing it would hurt his constituents.

The news comes as Labour appeared to be in disarray over the Budget plans, with a quarter of the party rebelling against Harriet Harman's demand that they abstain from a vote on the welfare bill last night.

There is a real possibility of further Shadow Cabinet departures: Clive Lewis has left himself very little room to manoeuvre after he promised to vote against the bill if Labour's changes were not accepted, while all eyes will be on Diane Abbott after her no - show last week.

However, Glyn Davies, a Eurosceptic, told Vaughan Roderick on Sunday Supplement on BBC Radio Wales he would vote against any amendment expressing regret that there was no EU referendum Bill in last week's the Queen's Speech.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has reportedly backed out of a fund - raiser for Congressman Michael McMahon after he voted against the health care reform bill last week.

But Republicans have voted uniformly against the last three bills.

«You thought Matheson would've learned his lesson after his big - spending stimulus failed, but last week he voted against a budget bill that actually cut spending,» the call says.

NOM has also promised to spend $ 1 million in the next election to protect their allies and target their own enemies to combat against the threat that LGBT advocates would work to vote out state senators who oppose such a bill (as they did with two state senators in last year's election).

Last summer, he opposed a procedural vote on trade legislation, and after the vote, he accused leadership of retaliating against him by removing him as a co-sponsor on a bill, The Hill reported in July.

Last June, Faso voted in favor of the cynically dubbed Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017, a bill that sides with insurers, against the rights of patients who have been injured by medical malpractice.

ALBANY — The Democratic - controlled state Senate last night passed legislation to more than double the number of charter schools — infuriating teachers - union officials who immediately declared war against the lawmakers who voted for the bill.

This is the type of stupidity that led to the democrats voting against the rent - control extension bill last spring.

Today's debate is likely to be the last chance for the Commons to debate the bill, with Ed Miliband hoping enough Liberal Democrat MPs will have been unnerved by the lack of support from their own members over the weekend that they might be prepared to vote against the government.

Murphy initially voted against the health care bill in the House last November, because he said «it did not adequately address the fundamentally flawed system,» but he supported the final health care bill in March, saying «it will stop the out of control growth of health care costs, protect our local industries and jobs from unfair taxes, and help small businesses create jobs.»

But State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr., a Democrat from Queens who has voted against the bill in the past but said he was undecided this time, said, «We've gotten about 400 calls and e-mails from voters in the last two weeks, the vast majority of them opposed to the bill.»

«We want to build excitement and momentum in advance of that,» said Ellner... As part of that strategy, the Human Rights Campaign and its allies are spending heavily to oust three New York state senators — all Democrats — who voted against the marriage bill last year and who face opponents in the primary on Tuesday: William Stachowski of Buffalo, Shirley L. Huntley of Queens and Rubén Díaz Sr. of the Bronx.»

Nick Clegg said we would be doing so last summer, when the votes of almost half of the Conservative parliamentary party were cast against Lords reform, making progress on the Lords reform bill impossible.

Those Republicans include «Kemp Hannon of Nassau County, Charles Fuschillo of Suffolk County, Betty Little of Glens Falls, Andrew Lanza of Staten Island, Greg Ball of Putnam County, James Alesi of Rochester, and Roy McDonald of Rensselaer County» — all senators who voted against a marriage - equality bill last time it came before the body, back in 2009.

Harriet Harman's announcement on the Sunday politics yesterday, that Labour would not be voting against the welfare bill, nor would they oppose child tax credit cuts or the Tories new benefits cap, has rightly drawn condemnation from different sections of the Party, and now both Yvette Cooper and Andy Burnham have joined Jeremy Corbyn (who launched a petition last night) calling for opposition to the child tax credit cut.

Kruger is a reported closet case, and cast a vote against marriage equality last year when the bill came up.

Last night Tulip Siddiq dramatically quit as a shadow education minister to vote against the bill on behalf of her 77 % Remain constituency of Hampstead and Kilburn.

The odds on David Cameron stepping down as Tory leader before the next election were shortened last night, after more Tory MPs voted against his flagship bill on gay marriage than supported it.

Council members who initially voted against the bag fee bill when it passed last month were divided over the extension.

As you may recall, Monserrate is a Democrat from Queens who voted against the marriage equality bill when it came up late last year.

Paterson took a hard line last week against the gridlocked state senate, threatening to order senators into an open - ended special session so they can vote on essential bills.

Then last month, he reversed course on the health - care bill, voting against it along with 33 of his Democratic colleagues after supporting it for months.

The gay marriage bill has been saved after Ed Miliband agreed at the last minute to vote against an amendment to extend civil partnerships to heterosexual couples that had prompted government warnings that it would derail the entire measure.

The larger and more comprehensive COMPETES bill passed last year by a margin of 217 to 205, with 23 Republicans voting against it and no Democrats in favor.

Opportunistic House Republicans incorporated the fallout from that abuse of government resources into a last - minute amendment that led nearly half of the members of the majority party to vote against a bill that they otherwise strongly supported.

But last Thursday's 292 - to - 126 vote against the bill (technically a motion to recommit H.R. 5116, after which Gordon withdrew the bill) raises two important questions: Were lobbyists and supportive lawmakers asleep at the switch, and did NSF officials bungle their response to an internal investigation of employees trafficking in computer - enabled pornography?

Last week, Connecticut's Energy and Technology Committee took up consideration of a bill that would have given the state the authority to regulate its own internet — a first step toward reinstating the type of protection against internet fast lanes that the FCC voted to destroy last yLast week, Connecticut's Energy and Technology Committee took up consideration of a bill that would have given the state the authority to regulate its own internet — a first step toward reinstating the type of protection against internet fast lanes that the FCC voted to destroy last ylast year.

Second, it assumes that the vote count from last night is still accurate, which is also dubious, as Politico Florida's Matt Dixon reported that House Republicans who are against the school safety bill are seeing their projects and priorities stripped out of the budget.

Last week, landlords and retailers moaned as the U.S. House of Representatives voted against H.R. 333, a bankruptcy reform bill that would make it harder to file Chapter 11.