Sentences with phrase «without voting on the bill»

A controversial anti-gay bill in Uganda, which would give the death sentence to some open homosexuals, is in legislative limbo after the legislature recessed for their break without voting on the bill.

The meeting failed to result in any major breakthroughs and rank - and - file lawmakers departed the Capitol without voting on any bills.

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.

Not exact matches

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has yet again delayed a vote on the Senate's controversial health care bill — this time, because Arizona Sen. John McCain is recovering from surgery (and without him, there aren't enough votes to pass the legislation).

But Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is reportedly at odds with GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan on whether or not to use reconciliation and pass another major bill without any Democratic votes.

However, the same way investors are growing leery of Washington's political rhetoric, they are also putting less weight on the endless parade of speeches by voting members of the Fed — specifically, Janet Yellen, Stan Fischer, Bill Dudley, and Lael Brainard — in an effort to manipulate markets without doing anything.

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Focusing on the bill's support of school lunches and ignoring the issue of infant formula, the e-mail boasted that the bill would give millions of children «access to nutritious food» and that it passed «without a single dissenting vote in the United States Senate.»

The Legislature left Albany for the week without heeding Gov. David Paterson's call for an up - or - down vote on his budget or taking action on his furlough bill.

Former Rep. Dan Maffei, a Democrat who represented the Syracuse area for two terms, is among those agreeing with Rep. Chris Collins» claim that it's not unusual for members to vote on legislation without having read the entire bill.

The House appeared on track to pass a stopgap continuing resolution bill Thursday night, but Senate Democrats said they had enough votes to block the legislation in the upper chamber, raising the possibility that the current budget will expire without a replacement.

Senate Democratic leader John Sampson of Brooklyn sent his members home last week without voting on a tax bill needed to raise $ 950 million in revenue.

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.

Assembly Democratic majority members were scheduled to go into conference just prior to 10 p.m. and they had requested a «message of necessity» from Gov. Andrew Cuomo that would let them vote on at least two noncontroversial budget bills without the customary three - day «aging» period that is supposed to provide time for actually reading the bills members will vote for.

But even though Faso and Stefanik voted against their party on the tax bill, in October 2017 they voted in favor of a budget bill that paved the way for the tax measure to pass the Senate on GOP votes alone — without a filibuster.

Assemblyman Robin Schimminger and freshman Assemblywoman Monica Wallace also voted against the bill, which among other things, would prohibit state and local law enforcement from detaining individuals based on immigration status and would provide for legal representation for people without documentation who otherwise couldn't afford it.

Although the IDC has introduced wide - ranging reform legislation — which includes public matching funds for small donations — and held public hearings on the matter, they've refused to bring the bill to a vote without approval from the Senate Republicans.

With their bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act in tatters, U.S. Senate leaders today pushed to vote on a different measure that would repeal major parts of President Barack Obama's health law without a replacement — but that plan appeared also to collapse.

The Graham - Cassidy bill as it is known in the Senate was yanked without a vote on Tuesday after it failed to garner the needed support among Republican lawmakers.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, as well as state Senate Leader John Flanagan, expressed support for the bills last spring, but they ended the legislative session without voting on them.

In June, as a Cuomo - backed abortion - rights measure failed to come to a floor vote (and granted, it is doubtful that it had the votes to pass) and legislators adjourned without acting on any of the governor's public corruption bills, he refused, even when prompted, to single out the IDC.

[18] The announcement came a day after the narrow passing of a parliamentary vote on the Counter-Terrorism Bill, which would extend the limit on the period of detention of terror suspects without charge in England and Wales, from 28 to 42 days.

It appears there are enough votes to end the shutdown — with 19 Republicans willing to join the Democrats on a funding bill without Changes to the Affordable Care Act.

Assemblyman Bill Nojay (R - Livingston County) said one way for Flanagan — who voted for the gun control measure — to prove he is serious is to refuse to pass any extension of the rent regulation laws without agreement on «meaningful» SAFE Act changes.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, as well as the leader of the State Senate, John Flanagan, expressed support for the bills last spring, but they ended the legislative session without voting on them.

Meanwhile, chaos reigned upstairs after Senate Democratic leader John Sampson of Brooklyn declared the budget «done» and disbanded the Senate without voting on the $ 1 billion «revenue» bill needed to finish it off.

By introducing an alternative to Mr. Paterson's budget, Mr. Sampson and Mr. Silver are hoping to avoid the situation their members have faced a dozen times since the fiscal year began on April 1 without a budget deal: vote for the governor's emergency bill or vote to shut down the state government, an unprecedented act that officials believe would plunge the state into chaos.

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to Boehner signed by 195 of 200 House Democrats, demanding a vote on a bill to reopen the government without any rollback in Obamacare.

A two - step prototype hit the ground running in September 2009 when Progressive Caucus co-chairs sent a public letter to Obama on behalf of the caucus — pledging to vote against any healthcare bill «without a robust public option.»

Republicans adjourned the House at 3:15 a.m. until after July 4th after Speaker Paul Ryan took the remarkable step of calling a vote on a major appropriations bill in the wee hours and without any debate., but Democrats were still at it well after 4 a.m.

Gates and ADM. Mullen would have done that... read: effectively freeze Congress from even considering repeal until after midterms... and, more importantly, nearly two months after the defense authorization bill will have been finalized, voted on, and signed by POTUS... without the authority of their boss Barack Obama is welcome to place a bid on my few remaining leases on the Brooklyn Bridge.

Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos is not yet on board, and without his approval, the bill can not be brought to the floor of the Senate for a vote.

Savino, who has already amended the Compassionate Care Act to limit smoking pot to those over the age of 21, rejected Cuomo's call to ban smoking altogether, and insisted that the Senate would move forward to vote on a bill before the session's end — with or without the governor's approval.

The Assembly is also expected to vote on the final deal at some point Thursday night, but without the bill on the floor its unclear when that will happen.

He's also called on Rep. John Faso, a Republican who voted against the House bill in November, to resign over the package passing without his support.

Another marathon closed - door Senate GOP conference has passed without a decision on whether to move Gov. Andrew Cuomo's same - sex marriage bill to the floor for a vote.

In the middle of the night, senators waited for hours for a message of necessity to arrive from Gov. Andrew Cuomo that would allow them to vote on the minimum wage and other bills without waiting for three days.

ALBANY - A state senator who holds a key swing vote on the bill to legalize gay marriage says he does not believe the measure will pass without specific exemptions for religious institutions.

Sen. Greg Ball, a key GOP swing vote on gay marriage, warned a bill will never pass without significant exemptions for religious institutions.

Probation Officer Arrest Authority — Vote Passed (229 - 177, 24 Not Voting) Passage of the bill that would permit federal probation officers to arrest a third party individual without first obtaining a warrant when conducting activities related to an individual on probation or supervised release.

On government bills at report stage MPs frequently vote without knowing what they're voting for, but just blindly follow the Whips.

«Today I call on Gov. [Andrew M.] Cuomo to tell the people of New York without any equivocation whether he supports a yes or a no vote on the Constitutional Convention referendum this Election Day,» said Bill Samuels, a major campaign contributor for decades who created an advocacy group to hold a constitutional convention next year.

Without much fanfare, but by a unanimous vote, the state Senate's Finance Committee on Tuesday advanced a bill that would put more scrutiny on Governor Andrew Cuomo's economic development projects.

The vote would be not unlike the vote on the Marriage Equality bill; legislators should be free to vote their conscience without anyone thinking they have abandoned their position on abortion.

He added that the bill included «modernising reforms» which would «ensure strikes only happen as a result of a clear, positive decision by those entitled to vote», saying «members of the public need to know they can get on with their lives without unjustified disruption».

The Terrorism and Identity Cards bills saw major rebellions, but these both apply north of the border, so Scottish MPs can vote on them without quibbles.

Worse, America could end up with a pile of greenhouse gas regulations more costly than any climate bill or treaty the Senate has declined to pass or ratify, yet without the people's representatives ever voting on it.

(If this sounds quite a bit like President Obama's struggle to push through his health care bill, which barely squeaked through without the vote of a single Republican, then you're up on current events.)

Earlier today, House Republican leadership recessed debate on Kline's No Child plan, the Student Success Act, without so much as a vote on the full bill after conservative true - believers within the caucus threatened to vote against it.

The bill — the Every Child Achieves Act — was ushered through the Committee by Chairman Lamar Alexander (R - TN) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D - WA) and was eventually passed by the full Senate in July 2015.65 At the same time, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, led by Chairman John Kline (R - MN) approved House - crafted legislation — the Student Success Act — which was passed by the full House in July 2015 without a single Democrat vote.66