While the filibuster is likely to continue as a part of Senate life because both parties fear being in the minority, there should be no right to filibuster legislation before it is even brought up for consideration.
Expanding North Carolina's state Supreme Court has not been brought up for consideration at all, the state House deputy majority leader and state Senate deputy president pro tempore told The Huffington Post.
1. Estate Tax: Vote to bring up for consideration a bill that would make permanent the repeal of the estate tax that was included in the 10-year tax cut signed into law last year.
We have thus far outlined some of the criticisms and arguments proponents of dispositionalism and categoricalism bring forth for consideration.
A spokesman for the CPS said the number of convictions varied for several reasons, including the fact that fewer cases may be brought to prosecutors for consideration, and that fewer defendants may be involved in each trial.
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Kayani said he hoped, after consultation with the Prime Minister and the President, to bring a roadmap for consideration by U.S. officials.
A bill that would settle hundreds of thousands of lawsuits over asbestos exposure by creating a trust fund to compensate victims suffered a procedural defeat in the Senate when Republican backers of the measure failed to muster the 60 votes necessary to bring it up for consideration.
They are bringing it up for consideration as part of a deal they struck with a Missouri Republican, Representative Jo Ann Emerson, to secure Mrs. Emerson's vote in favor of a broad Medicare prescription drug benefit, a measure that is a priority of the White House.
I know you're not personally conducting a search or vetting candidates; you have a team of people to do these things and bring names forward for consideration.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell switched his vote to 'no' at the end of the unusually long hour vote to allow him the opportunity to bring it up for consideration again.
