Sentences with phrase «voting on bills as»

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

But AUL Action, the advocacy arm of Americans United for Life, has called on the Senate to vote on the bill as soon as possible.

Senate Republicans have indicated they have concerns and are not likely to vote on the bill as it stands.

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

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

Not exact matches

The House is scheduled to vote on the TCJA on Tuesday and the Senate will take up the bill immediately after, meaning President Donald Trump could sign the measure into law as early as Wednesday.

U.S. government debt prices were mixed on Friday as investors awaited a vote on the Republican - led health - care bill.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a mixed open on Friday as traders await a vote for the Republican - led health - care bill.

WASHINGTON, Nov 29 - Congressional Republicans scrambled on Wednesday to reformulate their tax bill to satisfy lawmakers worried about how much it would balloon the U.S. budget deficit, as the measure moved toward a decisive U.S. Senate floor vote later this week.

A vote in the House and Senate on the final bill, called the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, is expected as early as Tuesday.

The Republican - led Mississippi Senate voted 31 - 17 to pass House Bill 1523, otherwise known as the «religious liberty» bill, states that public employees, businesses, religious organizations and social workers will not face repercussions for denying services to people based on «sincerely held» religious beliBill 1523, otherwise known as the «religious liberty» bill, states that public employees, businesses, religious organizations and social workers will not face repercussions for denying services to people based on «sincerely held» religious belibill, states that public employees, businesses, religious organizations and social workers will not face repercussions for denying services to people based on «sincerely held» religious beliefs.

U.S. government debt prices were flat on Friday as investors awaited a vote on the Republican - led health - care bill.

Republicans said on Sunday they expected Congress to pass a tax code overhaul this week, with a Senate vote as early as Tuesday and President Donald Trump aiming to sign the bill by week's end.

«That is not a priority for me as we seek to craft this tax bill,» Republican Senator Susan Collins, who has often been a key Republican vote, told Reuters in a statement on Thursday.

WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters)- Top U.S. Republicans said on Sunday they expected Congress to pass a tax code overhaul this week, with a Senate vote as early as Tuesday and President Donald Trump aiming to sign the bill by week's end.

And other big potential Republican priorities for 2018 — including potential bills to boost infrastructure spending and cut back on entitlement programs — are now in limbo as every last vote comes under the election - year spotlight.

The Washington State Senate today passed a proposed crowdfunding law with a 46 - 2 vote, as House Bill 2023 now moves back to the House for a vote on amendments.

The final vote came out as 51 - 49 in favor, after Republicans had to rework the bill late on Thursday.

Embedded in an omnibus transparency and economic modernisation bill (known colloquially as «Sapin 2»), this amendment institutes two separate binding votes on remuneration; a forward looking vote on policy, and a backward looking vote on variable and exceptional pay amounts.

Well, the problem with that are the Rev Wrights and Al Sharptons on the Left that ones such as Bill and Oba gave the leash... or chains to the African American vote to.

Mr Balls was speaking hours before a crucial vote on a Bill that would introduce sex and relationships education for children as young as five and forbid parents from removing their children from sex education classes once they turned 15.

He will join 25 other Bishops in the Church of England as the newest member of the «Lords Spiritual» who vote on bills passed by MPs in the House of Commons.

He offers as evidence a litany of recent congressional developments, such as the vote in the House of Representatives to gut the Clinton administration's counterterrorism bill — a move that Henry Hyde (R., Ill.) attributed to a corrosive distrust of government on the part of a broad coalition in Congress.

By nature, the present President of America has that element in him — I should not be saying this but I am being inherently made to convey this as comment of exception for America and for Obama whose whole (Obama and his better half) stand as an extension through the ex Presidential candidate's Charisma Of the Secretary Hillary Clinton that President Obama's Charisma has selflessly absorbed for function in the cabinet gracefully for America and the world.That shows the humbleness of President Obama and maturity of Hillary Clinton of acceptance without a feeling of high and low of ego regarded as exceptional in Divinity.I was not supposed to make this comment and I have done so to urge the Republicans to accept their Light within of consensus through individual projections under control as Obama's gesture of bipartisanship that will come to address.In short, this comment is all about health and health care where economics alone does not come into the picture with a rigorous analysis on it but should also extend as leverage to the person in play (Obama) who is also selflessly poised with corrections on it over the infra structure of it that he has proposed for approval as ego of his working element as the executive public ally chosen as the President that had appealed to the public at large voting even putting behind able dleaers like McCain?George W Bush was the last to steer America into the Light over the past of America and that stands as the subtle truth even today as on date with Bill Clinton the ex President of America giving support through his excellent independent caliber for Obama ultimately to head the show of America that was time bound of its reality that sees no barriers and to which he accepted well in his individual capacity as the free lance ex President of America.

Washington's Senate could vote as early as today on a bill that would allow gay marriage in the Evergreen State.

this «Bill Keller» guy sez «good» christians best vote neither Obama nor Romney and that a vote for either is a vote for satan... people like this guy put on a sanctamonious face of agreeably dissagreeing but i believe he'd just as soon shovel»em into the gas chamber as have any one who deviates from his mindset on his world.

The many serious ethical issues raised by this Bill require that Members of both Houses are given a free vote in accordance with their conscience, not only on the abortion issue but the Bill as a whole.

The petitionreads as follows: «We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to allow free votes on the embryology and fathers components of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill when considered by the House of Commons».

(Washington, D.C.) The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) today commended the release of the Senate Finance Committee tax reform proposal as an important step forward in Congress towards passing critical reforms to the nation's tax code, and urged the House to move forward with plans to vote on its bill this week.

The government insists regulators would prevent that from happening, but Greens leader Christine Milne has argued the potential conflict of interest means the PUP senators should abstain from voting on the carbon bill, as Mr Palmer himself did when it went through the House of Representatives the first time.

, would be voted on as a separate bill on Thursday.

Next you'll notice the Bills Portal, which lists every bill before Congress (via thomas.gov and gives you the opportunity to vote as if you were voting yes or no on the bill and to indicate on a scale of 1 - to - 4 how important that bill is to you.

The organization has also championed — endorsing and raising money for — the handful of Assembly Republicans who joined the Democrats in voting «yes» to pass the marriage bill on the other side of the Capitol, protecting these lawmakers on a potentially difficult issue (and one that, as it turned out, didn't lead to anyone's ouster, but did contribute to Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava getting pushed out of the NY - 23 special election by conservatives who argued she was too moderate).

The bill was approved 56 - 2, with the dissenting votes cast by Democratic Sens. Liz Krueger and Brad Hoylman, who had wanted planks such as a ban on confidential settlements involving taxpayer funds to be stronger and have more protections for survivors.

We call on the government to publish these proposals as a Bill and give Parliament a free vote on the matter.

The vote, which took place as the Commons debates Lords amendments to the electoral registration and administration bill, will deepen already intense bitterness on the government backbenches over the coalition's stalled constitutional reform agenda.

In a press release Friday, Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, R - Canandaigua, called for his colleagues to vote as soon as possible on a bill that would move the effective date for New York's new ride - hailing regulations up ten days.

For this reason, more critical MPs asked for the debate on the bill to be held behind closed doors, as well as the vote.

Felder ended up casting the lone «no» vote on the ELFA (education, labor and family assistance) budget bill, which included the minimum wage hike as well as key some education aid.

But Long also insisted she has no role as a contender for a federal office in championing the repeal of any state law, although she did say she would have voted «no» on the marriage bill last summer had she been a state senator.

Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson hinted that he, too, would probably oppose taking up the bill on a procedural vote expected as early as Tuesday, meaning a collapse could be imminent.

I'm proud to join with Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins and the entire Democratic Conference in calling on the State Senate to defend the public interest by bringing my tax disclosure bills to a vote this session, as is happening in 28 other state houses across the nation.»

Lawmakers are set to vote on budget bills throughout the evening, even as others leave the Capitol for religious observances.

Maybe the NY Daily News should be careful about slander as well: check the Monday, March 15, 2015 Headline that states: «Veteran Long Island State Senator John Flanagan voted on bills that benefitted clients at law firm.»

IDC Leader Jeff Klein has countered in recent days will calls for votes on key liberal issues such as abortion rights and protections for transgender New Yorkers, inferring the bills still wouldn't pass amid opposition from lawmakers like Sen. Ruben Diaz, a socially conservative Democrat from the Bronx.

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote on a bill to protect Mueller's job — legislation that has split Republicans as Trump has repeatedly criticized the special counsel's Russia investigation.

As Lord Harries of Pentregarth and Iain McLean have pointed out, and as the Guardian recognised at the time; in the main debate on the civil partnership bill in 2004, six bishops voted in favour of (and one against) a wrecking amendmenAs Lord Harries of Pentregarth and Iain McLean have pointed out, and as the Guardian recognised at the time; in the main debate on the civil partnership bill in 2004, six bishops voted in favour of (and one against) a wrecking amendmenas the Guardian recognised at the time; in the main debate on the civil partnership bill in 2004, six bishops voted in favour of (and one against) a wrecking amendment.

Democratic Senate lawmakers tried — and failed — to force a vote on gun control via a parliamentary gambit, attaching proposals to an existing bill, a move known as a hostile amendment, trying to make the Republican leadership to formally vote them down in an election year.

However, besides addressing some of the recent controversies in the UK human rights landscape such as deporting suspected terrorists and prisoner voting, the Conservative Manifesto does not provide much detail on what specifically a British Bill of Rights will contain and how it will differ from the HRA.

Assembly Democrats this coming week will vote on a bill to make it easier for child sex abuse survivors to seek justice as a adults — pressuring Senate Republicans who have long blocked the measure.