Sentences with phrase «votes on bills received»

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.

A 2014 vote on the bill received 55 yeas, not enough to break a filibuster.

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Both legislative bodies called a vote on the massive bill this week after receiving a copy late Friday night.

Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. was released from the hospital this morning and plans to be in the chamber tomorrow to vote on the budget extender bills, despite having received permission from Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson to remain home.

Stewart - Cousins demurred on whether Cuomo was seeking the votes of her mainline conference or if she would not back a budget that included a deal deemed to be too watered down, saying she had not received proposed bill language.

Only three times did a measure receive 50 or more no votes, or 0.28 percent of the 1,059 votes cast on bills.

Paterson predicted that New York will receive some $ 730 million worth of aid from the Medicaid / education bill the US Senate is expected to vote on this week after breaking a long - standing GOP filibuster with the help of two moderate Maine Republicans.

A letter to the town board authored by Eddy was read — it objected to the bill he received from the town for $ 1,282 to reimburse taxpayers for the cost of his inquiry to the town's Attorney months ago requesting advice on the tie vote in the November election and the legality of the subsequent «holdover» of incumbent board member Gail Seaman — to which Eddy had opposed.

The bill may receive a third reading vote in the House on April 17 or April 18.

The North Carolina ballot access reform bill, HB 32, which has already passed the House, is set for a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee in the next week, which means it will then receive a vote on the Senate floor if it passes Committee.

The bill, which Congress has passed for 52 straight years, has been held up over a bitter disagreement on how many amendments would receive votes.

«Given the bill was dropped on the legislature in the middle of the night and immediately voted on there is no possible way Senator Gipson could have read, much less received public input on, the proposal before voting for it.

Rep. John Katko said he voted «yes» on the House tax reform bill for two basic reasons: «The vast majority of my constituents will receive a tax cut under this plan, and this effort will allow local businesses to invest in Central New York and our workforce.»

Both bills received votes on the House floor in 1998.

Multiple council members confirmed to POLITICO New York they have received calls from the Central Labor Council asking them not to hold a vote on the bill, citing the potential loss of jobs across two different industries.

Faso voted yes on a bill that would strip the rights of overtime workers to receive immediate pay, another cynical bill that would allow employers to demand overtime work, with delayed pay, letting workers «bank» the pay, but doing little to guarantee they'd receive it.

An evening vote on a bill to establish a single - payer healthcare system dragged on when a number of supporters who had left for dinner needed to be brought back to the chamber before it could receive a majority.

He said the Henry VIII powers granted in the great repeal bill would be «limited and defined», and parliament itself would vote on what powers ministers should receive.

Just days after receiving our demand to repeal the SAFE Act from Senator Kathy Marchione, and what amounted to a small patriot army, the governor, exhibiting a lack of respect, wisdom and discretion, cut a closed - door, back - room deal with Senator Dean Skelos, who then opened NY's Senate floor for a vote on a bill that would divide Republican Senators upstate from downstate and create a separate, unequal class of citizens: the law enforcement officer class.

The rule guarantees that a bill has at least 34 co-sponsors will receive a committee vote on whether or not to hold a public hearing on the bill.

WHEREAS, our State Legislators most certainly could not have read the entire bill and understood its full implications prior to voting on it, nor had time to request and receive the input of their constituents regarding this matter; and

In July, congressional Republicans threatened to attach an amendment barring undocumented immigrants from receiving WTC health payments; Democrats feared they were being trapped into a vote that could be used against them in attack ads, provoking Anthony Weiner's infamous rant on the House floor, in which he screamed that the Republicans were «cowardly» for hiding behind procedure instead of voting against the bill because they thought it was a bad idea.

«Doug's campaign will receive the financial backing of the R.N.C. and get - out - the - vote efforts to defeat Bill Owens on Tuesday.»

Only a few weeks earlier, Tenney may not have received the White House invitation because she was initially leaning toward a «no» vote on the GOP bill.

Following the Senate's passage of the measure, Esty and Gibson called on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to take up the bill so that it can receive a vote on the House floor.

Sadly, the bill never received a vote on the floor of the state house of representatives.

The Senate may vote on the bill as early as tomorrow, although it is not expected to receive enough support to win passage.

Opposition to the bill, they said, centers on a general reluctance to raise taxes, rather than the House transportation committee's recent vote to give none of the new funds to schools, which would have received...

The initiative is based on the bills that were introduced in the 2012 WA Legislature, but never received an up - or - down vote in either the State House or State Senate.

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The Senators» reticence to take a position might seem like an unwise political choice, given the backlash some State Assemblymembers received last year when they abstained from voting on a bill that proposed streamlining the firing process for teachers accused of sexual and physical abuse.

Less than two weeks after the «Community Cat Act» received unanimous approval from Florida's House Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee, the bill (SB 1320) is scheduled to be heard and voted on by the Senate's Agriculture Committee Monday afternoon.

Prior to the vote on the climate bill back in June, Congressman Tom Perriello (D - VA) received a a letter from Hispanic community group Creciendo Juntos urging him to vote against the bill — the trouble is that the letter was forged and sent on behalf of an undisclosed client by lobbyists Bonner & Associates.

According to Beckerman of the Internet Association, all this means the bill is likely to receive a vote on the House floor this year, and to be signed into law next year.

Next week, the House is expected to take a vote on H.R. 217, Rep. Mike Pence's (R - IN) bill, which would deny access to preventive care for millions of women by prohibiting health centers across the country, including Planned Parenthood health centers, from receiving federal funding for preventive care, including annual exams, lifesaving cancer screenings, contraceptive services, and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections.