Sentence examples for of floor action from inspiring English sources

In the Senate, a quieter but intense effort led by Senator George J. Mitchell of Maine, the majority leader, is seeking to reach Democratic consensus before the convention, with the aim of floor action in late summer or fall.

His listeners knew that the Speaker had a great voice in their committee assignments, the scheduling of floor action on bills, the disbursing of campaign money and the small favors that can make or break a Congressional career.

Between 1979 and May 2011, the network televised more than 24,246 hours of floor action.

We've recently urged members of the U.S. Senate to reject an amendment, proposed by Louisiana Sen. David Vitter, to the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015, which has scheduled for floor action on Monday.

There will be an open bar, heavy appetizers, and lots of dance floor action.

Republican officials said they had intended to use Tuesday night to get back on message and recover from the chaos of Monday, when floor action was cut short because of the storm and news coverage was dominated by the announcement that Ms. Palin's 17-year-old daughter is pregnant.

Although we live in a democracy, the rules and procedures of the House and Senate have for too long restricted the type of debate and floor action that should be taking place in both houses.

The last resolution of inquiry to see floor action was in 1995, when the House voted to order President Bill Clinton to release documents on the Mexican economy and International Monetary Fund activities.

On health care, the poll, conducted by telephone Wednesday through Saturday, found that a majority of Americans (54 percent) approve of the outlines of the legislation now heading toward floor action.

A bill introduced by Representative John Conyers Jr., Democrat of Michigan, which is awaiting floor action in the House, would require police agencies to keep track of the race of motorists they pull over.

A dispute over Federal judgeships and the threat of a Democratic filibuster had halted floor action on a Republican-sponsored education bill, leaving Mr. Lott casting about for something to fill the time until the tangle could be sorted out.