When asked what the bill was, he was told, it was "Public Health Law No. 1," the bill that requires the Commissioner to license carriage and riding horses in New York City.
90 In November 1937, while the Scottish Registration of Still-Births Bill was being prepared, the Scottish Registrar General had written to his English counterpart, Sylvanus Vivian, about possible difficulties of implementation, asking whether cause of stillbirth had ever been considered when the bill that introduced English stillbirth registration was being drafted and, if so, why it was omitted.
Cotton's claim minimizes the provisions in the bill that target actual violent offenders while alleviating excessive sentences for low-level drug offenders.
But Mr. Gephardt, like other House Democrats, said he was concerned by provisions in the Senate bill that, while banning the collection of soft money, allowed for a doubling in the amount of so-called hard money that a donor can give directly to a candidate, to $2,000 per candidate per election from $1,000.
Representative John A. Boehner, the House Education Committee chairman who included the voucher provision in the bill, argued that while wealthier parents have the option of transferring their children to private schools, poor parents do not.
In 1774, while serving in the Rhode Island Assembly, Hopkins introduced a bill that prohibited the importation of slaves into the colony.
"I'm confident we'll be introducing in the next little while a bill that cuts costs, stops insurance company abuses and provides affordable choices for all Americans," Mr. Reid said Tuesday.
In other words, the House GOP leadership couldn't persuade Republicans to back a program they dislike in order to pass a bill that they strongly support, while Democrats happily voted against a program they cherish in order to block TPA.
He also argues that while the bill refers to "private-sector research work," the definition of such in the bill encompasses research products that receive funds from government agencies, thus invalidating the NIH Public Access Policy.
The flooding in Iowa has brought an immediate political dimension to the standoff, as Ernst and Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) have questioned how Senate Democrats who are running for president can campaign in Iowa while simultaneously opposing an aid bill that helps the state.
