"One had to do with a motion to adjourn and the other was to adjourn deliberations," Roberts said.
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Roberts responded he was aware, but noted that one vote had to do with a motion to adjourn and another to adjourn deliberations.
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Richard Blumenthal repeatedly made a motion to adjourn the hearing.
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The Senate will then adjourn the trial until 85003 p.m.
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After that, the Senate will adjourn until Monday, according to aides.
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Wednesday, as the Senate was poised to adjourn for the day.
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Goodlatte warns of holding Strzok in contempt, Nadler moves to adjourn.
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"If we cannot be recognized I move to adjourn," Blumenthal said.
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A separate inquest for Masood will open and adjourn on Thursday.
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Meanwhile, the House is still scheduled to adjourn on July 28.
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The House is scheduled to adjourn the following Thursday for Thanksgiving.
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The House then voted to adjourn for the holidays until Jan.
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The first three votes to adjourn all failed, mostly along party lines.
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The leadership crisis saw the government adjourn parliament on Thursday until September.
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At the end of one meeting, he pressed to adjourn the conversation.
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Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal then made a motion to adjourn the committee.
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A motion to adjourn and meet again in Kansas City, Mo., failed.
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The House and Senate voted along party lines to adjourn until November.
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When that vote is over, the House will adjourn for the day.
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The Senate was supposed to adjourn for the year by Dec. 13.
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They wait, they know that Congress is going to l adjourn next week.
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Tuesday's arrests started when Sarsour stood up and called to adjourn the hearing.
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The House is currently scheduled to adjourn for the year on Dec. 12.
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The House is scheduled to adjourn the following Thursday (!) for Thanksgiving. http://bit.
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That was the excuse he gave for wanting the board to adjourn last night.
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After Monday's session, the court will adjourn and the trial will continue in February.
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Blumenthal pushed Grassley to hold a vote on his motion to adjourn the hearing.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) ultimately denied the move to adjourn.
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McConnell decided to adjourn the Senate for the day to get around Schumer's objection.
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An inquest into Sturgess' death is set to open and adjourn in Salisbury next Thursday.
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Protesters could be heard urging senators to vote no on Kavanaugh's confirmation and to adjourn.
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The shutdown is expected to drag into 2019 after Senate and House adjourn next week.
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Many of the protesters urged senators to adjourn the hearings and vote no on Kavanaugh.
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Democrats forced the Senate to adjourn early on Wednesday amid a fight over Kavanaugh's nomination.
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Democrats began lobbying for the hearing to adjourn immediately after it began on Tuesday morning.
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The House is expected to adjourn for the holidays following passage of the spending bill.
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Then they adjourn to a hot tub, where Nick decides to act weird as hell.
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The one concerned a motion to adjourn; the other concerned a motion to close deliberations.
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The one concerned a motion to adjourn; the other concerned a motion to close deliberations.
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In less than 16 days, the United States Congress will adjourn for their summer recess.
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Despite their serious-sounding names, like "motion to adjourn," these motions don't actually accomplish anything.
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GOP leaders will have the opportunity to slip in motions to adjourn throughout the debate.
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An inquest into Sturgess' death is set to open and adjourn in Salisbury on next Thursday.
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The dais was half-empty, and the committee eventually had to adjourn without reaching a decision.
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The company said it intended to seek judicial advice to adjourn the meeting set for Sept.
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The Senate is expected to adjourn for the Christmas holiday as soon as voting is over.
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He also agreed to adjourn all marijuana-related prosecutions in municipal courts statewide for six weeks.
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In Georgia, on the first day we adjourn and they tell us we're coming back tomorrow.
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The Senate convenes Tuesday at noon for leadership remarks and will adjourn at 123:30 p.m.
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Even though the deadline was artificial, the Legislature chose to adjourn then, ostensibly for the year.
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The House is scheduled to adjourn at the end of next week for the monthlong break.
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Andy Biggs, who sits on the House Judiciary Committee, immediately made a motion to adjourn proceedings.
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Mr. Collins then forced an unsuccessful roll-call vote on whether to immediately adjourn the hearing.
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The Senate, technically, needs the consent of the House to adjourn for more than three days.
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But in order for that plan to work, the Senate would have to formally adjourn into recess.
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Both chambers will meet again on Wednesday, when they are expected to formally adjourn the 85033th Congress.
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Judge Leggatt said last week that after hearing BlackRock's arguments he would adjourn the trial until Oct.
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"I figured they'd pull something pretty much like that," he said of the Republicans' vote to adjourn.
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They could adjourn the chamber until January, stifling the House articles of impeachment from coming up immediately.
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"You see companies adjourn meetings in a context of a contested election and the like," Birns said.
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Democrats pleaded for more time to review those documents and sought to adjourn or postpone the hearings.
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In late September, High Court judge George Leggatt said he would adjourn the London trial until Oct. 12.
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Quarrels broke out between the protesting MPs, prompting Jabouri to adjourn the session to Thursday, state TV said.
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Democrats would have been able to filibuster a motion to adjourn, helping push the pro forma session arrangement.
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Protesters urged senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee to vote against Kavanaugh's confirmation and to adjourn Tuesday's hearing.
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The House is expected to adjourn for its recess next Wednesday afternoon and won't return until April 12.
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That forced Rugh to adjourn court until the afternoon, when he finally presided over the dismissal of charges.
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The votes on motions to adjourn briefly delayed consideration of a spending bill for the Department of Interior.
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After Tuesday's session, the trial is expected to adjourn until January, when the prosecution will start presenting evidence.
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Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) offered a motion to adjourn shortly after the chamber gaveled in at 220006 a.m.
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Senators will vote on amendments Friday night and then adjourn until Monday morning, when closing arguments will begin.
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Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) offered a motion to adjourn shortly after the chamber gaveled in at 9 a.m.
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Senator Richard Blumenthal then moved to adjourn the proceedings, calling them a "charade and a mockery of our norms".
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Grassley fired back at Democrats after they tried to adjourn the hearing, saying there was "no reason" to delay.
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The protesters urged senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee to vote against Kavanaugh's confirmation and to adjourn Tuesday's hearing.
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The decision comes almost a month after Grewal sent a letter asking municipal prosecutors to adjourn cases until Sept.
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But Democrats refused the request on Wednesday as they upped their opposition to Kavanaugh, forcing Republicans to adjourn early.
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And then they would adjourn to the bar and drink together and sing old songs for a few hours.
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"So we can stop wasting America's time on impeachment, I move that the House do now adjourn," Biggs said.
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Then Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase broke two ties on motions to adjourn in President Andrew Johnson's 1868 impeachment trial.
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MILAN, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Italy's Mediaset and France's Vivendi are set to ask a Milan judge to adjourn a Dec.
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The case will then adjourn until October 12 to see if the UAE court in Sharjah can discharge its injunction.
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Democrats began lobbying for the hearing to adjourn immediately after it began Tuesday morning, interrupting the proceedings to do so.
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Lawmakers will adjourn at the end of this week for a seven-week recess, as failed spending bills pile up.
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But Meadows suggested that a member might object if the House moves to adjourn as scheduled for the August recess.
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When we were told to adjourn to the deliberation room, I once again thought this would be open and shut.
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The back-and-forth between Grassley and Blumenthal came after Democrats tried to similarly adjourn Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing last week.
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Given such divisions, this year's NPT Review Conference will likely adjourn, as several previous ones have, without a consensus document.
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Democrats were using every procedural maneuver possible to delay the committee work, including demanding votes to adjourn on the House floor.
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The House is set to adjourn on July 26 and the Senate is expected to be in session through Aug. 1.
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Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) argued that his motion to adjourn should have been the first thing that took place on Thursday.
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Senate Democrats moved angrily to adjourn to consider tens of thousands of pages of documents released the night before the hearing.
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Some lawmakers cited personal reasons; Representative Lynn Jenkins of Kansas, following guidance given months ago that Congress would adjourn by Dec.
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If all goes according to plan, the House and Senate would likely adjourn early and leave Washington until after the Nov.
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There will be some ceremonial steps taken to formally wrap up the trial before the Senate will adjourn for the weekend.
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After accusing Mr. Nadler of wasting time, Mr. Collins ended his fiery opening remarks by calling for the committee to adjourn.
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The House was due to adjourn later on Thursday for its summer recess and will not return to Washington until September.
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S.-brokered cease-fire that has mostly held since late February, were to adjourn on Thursday — without having achieved any apparent breakthroughs.
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Representative Jerrold Nadler, the top Democrat on the committee, unsuccessfully asked the panel to adjourn to a private session to discuss Russia.
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Several other committee members chimed in, blasting top Republicans on the committee, with Nadler even motioning to adjourn the hearing all together.
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Moreover, this week will be shorter than usual as the House plans to adjourn Wednesday afternoon for its two-week Easter recess.
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If the Senate tried to adjourn at the end of the week and Kaine objected, Republicans could force a vote on adjourning.
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Cornyn added on Wednesday that "Schumer is the key" to getting an agreement on nominations that would let the Senate adjourn early.
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The House is expected to adjourn as soon as Wednesday night to let members return to their districts to campaign for reelection.
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Water resources bill: This is the House's one other major legislative item on its agenda before it can adjourn for the year.
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The Senate is set to adjourn for the summer earlier than usual, on July 85033, to accommodate the Republican and Democratic conventions.
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Cogan said he "will not hesitate to adjourn the trial" if prosecutors surprise the defense with more material at the last minute.
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Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) took the lead by calling for the committee to adjourn until lawmakers had more time to review Kavanaugh's record.
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The decision to adjourn the session until mid-November -- after the state's legislative elections are held -- enraged Democrats, but Republicans said Democratic Gov.
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Video Several other committee members chimed in, blasting top Republicans on the committee, with Nadler even motioning to adjourn the hearing all together.
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Administration officials had been eying a Friday afternoon veto, which would have come after Congress was expected to adjourn until November's election contests.
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That angered lawmakers in Modi&aposs Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, leading the speaker to briefly adjourn the house proceedings to cool tempers.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) could adjourn the Senate sessions to get around the rule and allow the hearing to continue.
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At the parish council there were more apologies recorded than there were people in the room, and Brian Fletcher was minded to adjourn.
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The House has to vote in order to adjourn, which is usually a routine matter agreed to by voice vote or unanimous consent.
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But after the guests adjourn to the salon, everyone, including the hosts, finds it psychologically, though not physically, impossible to leave the room.
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Friday but won't return for legislative votes until Tuesday, July 5, and will then adjourn again 10 days later until after Labor Day.
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He said the case would then adjourn until October 12 to see if the UAE court in Sharjah kept the injunction in place.
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Little time remains to clear the legislative deck before both the House and Senate adjourn at the end of next week until September.
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The motion to adjourn amounts to little more than Democrats stomping their feet and keeping Republicans on the House floor a bit longer.
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Democrats, who controlled the chamber, were not fans of the bank, and scheduled a vote to adjourn that would seal the bank's fate.
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"To give the Republicans a little bit more time to request a CBO score, I move that the House do now adjourn," McGovern said.
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That option is unlikely: Though the House has already left Washington, the Senate will likely not will formally adjourn, making a pocket veto impossible.
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Walker rejected calls to hold special elections before November's midterms, saying they'd be a waste of money given the legislature will adjourn in May.
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Democrats forced Republicans to adjourn Wednesday to protest Republicans withholding of documents relating to Kavanaugh's time in the White House under George W. Bush.
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An inquest into the deaths of the four victims will open on Wednesday and adjourn to give the police time to finish their investigation.
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State senators and representatives go to Austin, where their job are, for 140 days and adjourn on June 85033 having gotten their work done.
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Democrats forced Republicans to adjourn Wednesday to protest Republicans' withholding of documents relating to Kavanaugh's time in the White House under George W. Bush.
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The House is slated to adjourn on Friday for a weeklong recess coinciding with the Independence Day holiday and won't return until July 5.
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It resumed in late August, and the framers settled on a solution in early September, less than two weeks before the convention would adjourn.
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Richard Blumenthal, a Democratic senator, then moved to adjourn the proceedings, spurring protestors in the audience to cheer and clap, drowning out the chair's voice.
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Under the Senate's rules governing impeachment, any senator can make a motion and any motion, except a motion to adjourn, will be made in writing.
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He voted with his party to adjourn a special legislative session on gun control that Mr. Northam called this summer — 20183 minutes after it began.
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Before they adjourn, lawmakers are expected to vote on the new boundaries for their seats, which are filled on a first-past-the-post basis.
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"It is in the interests of all stakeholders that we adjourn today's meetings to continue our discussions with landlords," said Ian Grabiner, CEO of Arcadia.
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Democrats tried to delay it by offering motions to postpone a vote and to adjourn the chamber, but both fell short as Republicans stayed unified.
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Congress was supposed to adjourn on December 8, but they now have an extended session which will go until either December 22 or December 31.
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Democrats forced Republicans to adjourn Wednesday to protest Republicans withholding of documents relating to Kavanaugh's time in the White House under President George W. Bush.
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The GOP-controlled Congress is set to pass a spending bill keeping the government open through mid-January, and then likely adjourn for the year.
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Congress is expected to adjourn at the end of this week for a seven-week recess and won't return until after Labor Day in September.
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That didn't happen -- the judge immediately shot down their motion to adjourn, saying the L.A. charges were "next to meaningless" to the NY criminal case.
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The day began at nine in the morning with a prayer from the house chaplain and then Republicans promptly moved to adjourn the whole session.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing began with a bang, as Democrats moved angrily to adjourn to consider documents newly released the night before the hearing.
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The impeachment trial will then adjourn until Monday when both House managers and Trump's legal team will get two hours each to make their closing arguments.
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I asked for a roll call vote to overturn the ruling of the chair and allow for a vote on my motion to adjourn these proceedings.
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"The House must not adjourn before we take action to address these emergencies threatening the lives and the futures of so many American families," they wrote.
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Modi's political opponents -- who forced Parliament in New Delhi to adjourn multiple times Tuesday amid a heated debate over the issue -- maintain the registry is discriminatory.
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Before they adjourn on Wednesday, lawmakers have the chance to address several outstanding bills, including on such hot-button topics like school desegregation and sports betting.
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And GOP members tried to force an Oversight Committee hearing to adjourn because it was taking place at the same time as one of the depositions.
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"Nobody thought that they would adjourn without taking up these measures," said Stephen J. Acquario, the executive director of the New York State Association of Counties.
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Democrats unexpectedly called three motions to adjourn during Wednesday's afternoon votes, a tactic they're expected to continue at every vote series into Thursday, if not longer.
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They called four "motions to adjourn" on the floor of the House, which forced Republicans to leave the committee room and vote to stay in session.
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Judges hearing the case decided this week to adjourn the trial until after voting day, after police and prosecutors asked for a delay because of security concerns.
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Republicans, who lost the House to the Democrats in last year's elections, attempted to shut down the hearing with a motion to adjourn but were voted down.
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Democrats immediately made an unsuccessful bid to adjourn the hearing, arguing they hadn't had time review more than 220006,2202 documents handed over to the committee on Monday.
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Nearly two dozen protestors were removed by Capitol Police from the hearing room shortly after it began, amid interruptions by multiple Democrats requesting that the hearing adjourn.
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The House passed six out of the 12 appropriations bills last year, and lawmakers hope to clear at least a handful before both chambers adjourn in July.
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With the House expected to adjourn on Friday until after the midterm elections, failure to do so would punt action on the bills until November or December.
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"They will leave town in the middle of the night in a cowardly fashion," Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said of the GOP's decision to adjourn.
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The power to adjourn Parliament, he said, is a historical vestige, one of many that remain in Britain's constitutional system, which relies heavily on precedent and custom.
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The House could vote as soon as Wednesday night, before its members adjourn to hit the campaign trail, and the Senate could take it up next week.
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To force passage of gun control legislation, Democrats could start what's known as a discharge petition, or force procedural votes like motions to adjourn to stage protests.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) noted in a House floor speech that only 21 more legislative days remain before Congress is scheduled to adjourn for the year.
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READ: We found a Democratic congressman who still doesn't know if Trump should be impeached Nadler's announcement that hearing would adjourn led to an explosion from Rep.
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Since voting for the nominee is really all that matters, the party should schedule the first vote as early on Monday, July 18, as possible and then adjourn.
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Democrats tried to delay the rule change vote by offering motions to postpone a vote and to adjourn the chamber, but both fell short as Republicans stayed unified.
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As the board reconvened its open session Friday morning, it immediately voted to adjourn to a closed session to consult with its legal counsel about potential criminal activities.
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Mr. Chairman I would urge you to bring this to a close, adjourn this hearing, and move on and get back to the work of the Intelligence Committee.
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But the meeting quickly threatened to go off the rails, with Democrats arguing the committee was supposed to vote to adjourn before Grassley held over Kavanaugh's nomination. Sen.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the chamber would adjourn for nearly a month after it passed a historically huge $193 trillion coronavirus relief package late Wednesday night.
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Richard Blumenthal, a Connecticut Democrat, reiterated his motion to adjourn the hearing almost immediately after lawmakers took their seats in the Senate hearing room for the business meeting.
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In one of the more attention-getting maneuvers on the morning of October 8, the day of the scheduled vote, Moynihan offered a motion that the Senate adjourn.
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"My motion to adjourn would raise this issue of executive privilege and whether it has been properly asserted for reasons that have been outlined by my colleagues," Blumenthal said.
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Students also want Maja Gojkovic, the parliament speaker and a top Vucic ally, to go as it was she who decided to adjourn parliamentary sessions until after the vote.
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GOP lawmakers on Wednesday repeatedly sought to adjourn the markup or add amendments to alter the Democratic motion, including making Mueller testify in place of Barr about the investigation.
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"The House must not adjourn before we take action to address these emergencies threatening the lives and the futures of so many American families," they wrote: http://bit.ly/2023Mjyd8R.
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While Republicans control the Senate, the only way they can formally adjourn (which would set up a period when recess appointments are available) is to pass an adjournment resolution.
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The Senate is currently expected to adjourn for the year on December 22, after voting on the Republican tax bill and a spending bill to keep the government open.
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Both the House and Senate are slated to adjourn by Friday for the parties' presidential nominating conventions later this month, and won't return into session until after Labor Day.
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The day's chaos, and the Liberals' decision to adjourn debate in the House on issues including the country's punishing drought, gave the opposition Labor Party a chance to pounce.
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But in a highly unusual move, Republicans made a motion to adjourn the hearing, suggesting that the topics were outside of the subcommittee's purview; the motion passed 4-2.
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Afterward, they and their 600 guests will adjourn to St. Michael's Hall for a lunchtime reception, where Markle, in a break with tradition, is set to make a speech.
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While Republicans control the Senate now, the only way they can formally adjourn (which would set up a period when recess appointments are available) is to pass an adjournment resolution.
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While Republicans control the Senate now, the only way they can formally adjourn -- which would set up a period when recess appointments are allowable -- is to pass an adjournment resolution.
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There had been intense speculation among senators that Democrats would invoke the two-hour rule on Thursday forcing McConnell to either adjourn the Senate or end Kavanaugh's hearing hours early.
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Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), who tried to adjourn Thursday's meeting, requested that the committee subpoena Bush administration officials and former Senate officials over a 2002 "hack" of Senate Democratic files.
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Schumer on Wednesday was able to force the Senate to adjourn as a way to protest Kavanaugh's proceeding, but in the minority, Democrats possess few tools to block Trump's nominee.
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Depending on whether it accepts Glencore's revised offer, it said it would adjourn an annual general meeting scheduled for Tuesday and allow Yancoal two days to pursue a counter offer.
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The Associated Press reported Thursday that Abbott touted the pay hikes as part of a spending bill that is expected to reach his desk before state lawmakers adjourn on Monday.
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Now, with a little less than three months before Congress will effectively halt work for the year and adjourn for political conventions and campaigning, their legislation is on life support.
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And despite this, despite the fact that Congress by any metric we might devise is not doing its basic job, [will] in ten days… adjourn on a two-week vacation.
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McConnell reiterated Wednesday that he would not adjourn the Senate until it passed what lawmakers are describing as a "phase three" economic stimulus package in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Coalition sources said the decision by the leaders of the three ruling parties to adjourn the Thursday meeting until next Tuesday could mean they hope Maassen will voluntarily step down.
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McConnell vowed the Senate would not adjourn until it had taken action and sent a measure to the Democratic-led House of Representatives, but any vote was probably days away.
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"If [legislators] adjourn this special session with no maps passed, then that sends a signal to the court that the legislature would rather have the court draw them," Cooper said.
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Blumenthal later withdrew his motion to adjourn, only later to request a subpoena of a number of witnesses he argued are "vital" to resolving key questions raised in Kavanaugh's hearing.
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Under that scenario, if a majority of senators vote to deem the Democrats' amendments "dilatory," they could adjourn in a way that leaves Mr. Trump free to make recess appointments.
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What's happening: Congress was set to adjourn for the year without voting on a bill on self-driving cars, leaving in place a patchwork of state regulations but no overarching standards.
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House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said "it is our hope" for the House to adjourn for the holidays by Thursday, but cautioned lawmakers could be forced to stay longer.
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And on Wednesday Democrats forced the Senate to adjourn early by rejecting a normally routine request that allows committees to meet after the chamber has been in session for two hours.
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Thursday's tactics didn't reach the same level of disruption as Democrats' House floor sit-in two weeks ago that led GOP leaders to adjourn early for the Independence Day holiday recess.
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Overhauling the admissions process for the specialized schools requires approval from the Legislature; Carl E. Heastie, the Assembly speaker, has said the lower house would adjourn without taking up the issue.
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But after Northam called for a session to consider his proposals earlier this year, the Republican-controlled legislature quickly voted along party lines to adjourn the legislature until after the elections.
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PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech lower house voted on Wednesday to adjourn a session due to hold a confidence vote on a minority government led by Prime Minister Andrej Babis until Jan. 16.
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"It is in the interests of all stakeholders that we adjourn today's meetings to continue our discussions with landlords," said Ian Grabiner, chief executive of Arcadia, after nearly five hours of meetings.
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A judge was forced to adjourn the criminal trial of Harvey Weinstein for the day on Monday after an hours-long cross-examination from Weinstein's attorneys left a witness in emotional distress.
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Jim McGovern (Mass.), Mark Takano (Calif.) and Jamie Raskin (Md.) — forced procedural votes on motions to adjourn to extend the amount of time lawmakers had to spend on the floor Wednesday afternoon.
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Trump made his pledge in a phone call with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as part of an effort to work out a deal to adjourn the Senate this week.
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There had been intense speculation among senators that Democrats would invoke the two-hour rule on Thursday, forcing McConnell to either adjourn the Senate or let the Kavanaugh hearing be shut down.
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Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, denounced the hearing as "a charade and a mockery" and repeatedly moved to adjourn, while Mr. Grassley ruled him out of order over and over again.
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Aidala cited Burke's refusal to adjourn the New York case until negative media attention from the new Los Angeles case has died down in his letter asking the judge to step aside.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The Conservative Party's annual conference will go ahead as planned, despite parliament rejecting the government's request to adjourn while it took place, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesman said on Thursday.
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You've probably seen the chaotic images of House Republicans taking the floor in the wee hours of the morning, amid chants and shouting matches, eventually voting to adjourn the chamber for 12 days.
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The House had originally been scheduled to depart on Friday, but GOP leaders opted to adjourn a day early after deciding to scrap a bill aimed at preventing terror suspects from buying guns.
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Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry, chairman of the local DNC hosting committee, told the publication that convention-goers and members of the media typically do not adjourn until around 10 or 11 p.m.
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But, Mr. Rees-Mogg noted, the executive does have a secret weapon at its disposal: the monarch, who in centuries past reserved the power to adjourn Parliament and shelve pending legislation at will.
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If the congressional leadership sticks to the legislative calendars released back in November, the House will adjourn for the summer on July 15, with the Senate following suit three days later on July 18.
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Mogherini, who arrived in Geneva earlier on Wednesday in a surprise visit the day before talks are set to adjourn, entered the hotel where the Syrian delegation was staying, according to a Reuters reporter.
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Doug Collins (R-Ga.), the ranking member of the committee, requested a roll call vote to adjourn the hearing, requiring that each member of the committee say whether they would agree to do so.
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Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) got into several rounds of back-and-forth with Grassley over the in-the-weeds wording of committee rules as he tried, unsuccessfully, to get Grassley to adjourn the hearing.
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After delaying a vote on a gun control bill this week, GOP leaders told rank-and-file members they plan to adjourn for the long summer recess beginning Thursday, a day earlier than expected.
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Republicans on a House Natural Resources Committee subpanel successfully managed on Tuesday to force a motion to adjourn at the start of a hearing on climate change due to the number of Democratic absences.
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The Senate plans to adjourn after passing the bill, so any changes even a small group of House lawmakers try to push through could slow the process and potentially disrupt the massive bill's passage.
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Rep. Mark WalkerBradley (Mark) Mark WalkerA solemn impeachment day on Capitol Hill GOP begins impeachment delay tactics with motion to adjourn The Hill's Morning Report - Vulnerable Dems are backing Trump impeachment MORE (R-N.
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LONDON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The Conservative Party's annual conference will go ahead as planned, despite parliament rejecting the government's request to adjourn while it took place, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesman said on Thursday.
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In addition to forcing committee markups of the proposal to move at tortoise-like speed, Democrats have taken their fight to the House floor, forcing Republicans to take a series of votes to adjourn.
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But the catch is that for a recess appointment plan to work, the Senate would actually have to formally adjourn into recess, and Senate Democrats are already working on strategies to prevent that from happening.
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With dawn just a few hours off, Mr. Ryan jammed through the Zika spending bill and his motion to adjourn to allow Republicans to leave town without even so much as the briefest of debates.
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It also said, "21st Century Fox has not yet made a determination, in light of Comcast's proposal, as to whether it will postpone or adjourn" its July 10 stockholder meeting to discuss the Disney acquisition.
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"The Senate will not adjourn this week until we have voted on legislation to deliver long-overdue relief funding for communities that have been hit hard by natural disasters," McConnell said from the Senate floor.
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Based on our agreement, it would be my intentions to adjourn that closed hearing between 2 and 2:10, so that members can go vote, and I would urge you to eat at that time.
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What the resolution doesn't preclude: The White House defense team can offer a motion to dismiss, or senators could offer a motion to adjourn at a specific point each day, pretty much whenever they want.
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A GOP aide told reporters on Friday that if Democrats invoked the so-called two-hour rule that Republicans would simply adjourn the hearing and deprive Democrats of the chance to ask the nominee questions.
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Since the measures will be the last major bills to clear Congress before the House and Senate adjourn for the holidays, lawmakers and industry advocates fought for their pet policy measures to be tacked on.
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Most state legislatures adjourn their sessions by the end of June, so for the rest of the year, he and his colleagues, including the movement's other co-founder, Barry Fadem, will strategize about what comes next.
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At least for now, Democrats aren't forcing the same level of disruption caused by their nearly 26-hour demonstration two weeks ago that led GOP leaders to adjourn the House early for the Independence Day recess.
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Repeating the caveat: things just aren't locked into place yet, so stick with us for guidance, but rest assured, once the chamber gavels into session on Friday, it will not adjourn until the President is acquitted.
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Gohmert called to adjourn the hearing because he believed the hearing's topic, entitled "The Denial Playbook: How Industries Manipulate Science and Policy from Climate Change to Public Health," falls outside of the Natural Resources Committee's jurisdiction.
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The Democrats refused to allow Grassley to begin his opening statement for more than hour, assailing him with objection after objection and repeatedly asking for a chance to vote on whether to postpone or adjourn the hearing.
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House GOP leaders opted to adjourn early for the Independence Day recess after Democrats refused to yield the floor unless bills to expand background checks and prevent suspected terrorists from buying guns came up for a vote.
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On May 29, 1908, as the Senate was preparing to adjourn for a long hiatus, La Follette, a freshman senator from Wisconsin, launched into a multi-hour filibuster as temperatures soared into the 90s inside the chamber.
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If there is no quorum (as shown by a quorum call or roll-call vote), the only actions the Senate can take are to adjourn, to recess, or to compel absent members to come to the chamber.
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The legislature is scheduled to adjourn for the year this week, suggesting it won&apost consider legalization until 2019 at the earliest — leaving local authorities and critics to spar over how smokers are treated under the existing law.
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The regulator, which has a dual role of both prosecuting and judging possible violations of securities laws, could agree with its staff's recommendation to halt Omega's operations, adjourn a decision to a later date, or reject the accusations.
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One other possible scenario is the pocket veto, which occurs if the President doesn't sign a piece of legislation passed by both chambers and the House and Senate adjourn, in which case the bill would be essentially vetoed.
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Opening statements in the hearing were delayed by more than an hour as Democratic senators complained about the limits on their access to documents from Judge Kavanaugh's tenure in the Bush administration White House and pressed to adjourn.
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President Moon should delay his affirmative response for as long as possible, then the inevitable protocol discussions should be dragged out for months, and finally the talks should be continuous and never adjourn without a date for resumption.
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But since losing the House, Jordan has been training his fire on Democrats, included forcing an Oversight Committee hearing to adjourn at one point because it was taking place at the same time as a closed-door deposition.
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"We're hoping to have the full floor vote by the time we adjourn for the summer recess, which will allow people to be able to go back to their districts and talk about the Social Security plan," Larson said.
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Prosecutor Fabio De Pasquale made the comment in a trial hearing into the case, during a legal debate over a request by Eni lawyers to adjourn proceedings to allow more time to consider new evidence in a related investigation.
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But this week even the queen was drawn into Britain's constitutional turmoil, after a prominent lawmaker suggested she employ a royal prerogative that has not been used for centuries: the right to tactically adjourn, or "prorogue," a rebellious Parliament.
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She was the first to ignite calls to adjourn the hearing as part of a protest staged by Democrats on the chaotic first day and had many people buzzing in the wake of a mysterious question she asked Kavanaugh on Wednesday.
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Prosecutor Fabio De Pasquale made the comment in a trial hearing into the case, during a legal debate over a request by Eni lawyers to adjourn proceedings to give more time to consider evidence in a related obstruction-of-justice investigation.
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He noted that he called a special session of the General Assembly in July to consider eight gun measures, following a mass shooting in Virginia Beach that took 12 lives, but Republicans called it a stunt and quickly voted to adjourn.
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Italy's Mediaset and France's Vivendi are set to ask a Milan judge to adjourn a hearing scheduled for Tuesday over a failed pay-TV deal in view of a potential agreement, a source close to the matter said on Friday.
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Preclearance is an issue that can unite Democrats and Republicans, enhance border security, and stimulate economic growth and job creation, and I call on Congress to pass the Promoting Travel, Commerce and Security Act before lawmakers adjourn for the year.
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But Grassley denied Democratic attempts to get a vote in the committee on whether to adjourn the hearing, and complaints that the late arrival of the documents and other controversies flew in the face of committee rules and basic fairness.
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Leading up to the late-night decision to adjourn, Democrats and Republicans repeatedly clashed over the merits and process of the impeachment effort, headlined by repeated amendments offered by the Republicans that dragged the hearing on, frustrating Democrats on the panel.
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"The Legislature chose to adjourn until Monday without passing a budget, without facing the crowd outside, and without coming up with a solution to our school funding crisis," wrote one of the administrators of the Arizona Educators United private Facebook group.
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The Court has indicated that it will adjourn the trial for another day to Wednesday, a spokesman for the claimants said in an emailed statement late on Monday, as RBS races to settle with the last of five groups left pursuing the claim.
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On Tuesday—following motions to adjourn the confirmation hearings altogether because of Trump's decision to withhold more than 100,0000 documents on Kavanaugh's record—Democrats sitting on the committee made it clear they plan to press Kavanaugh on where he stands on Roe.
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The District of Columbia (or Philadelphia or New York City, depending on the year) just got too hot for senators and their staffers to work, so the Senate would convene in December and adjourn in the spring, according to the Senate's website.
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WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers were rushing ahead on Thursday with forging a massive economic stimulus measure to counter the destructive impact of the coronavirus, with the Senate's leader vowing not to let the chamber adjourn until the mission is accomplished.
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House members have been advised to stay close to the Capitol on Friday as the midnight deadline to avoid a shutdown ticks closer, despite initial claims by GOP leaders that the chamber would adjourn in the afternoon in defiance of the Senate impasse.
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To be sure, both of the procedural motions that Chief Justice Chase voted on were far less momentous than calling Mr. Bolton as a witness would be: They involved whether the Senate should take a short break and adjourn for the day.
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The bottom line: Committee chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), who was forced to give his opening statement an hour later than scheduled, refused to allow a vote on the Democrats' motion to adjourn and has pledged to continue the confirmation hearing despite interruptions. Sen.
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The House Energy and Commerce Committee said on Thursday morning that it would reschedule the full committee markup of five bills touching on the FTC, which acts as America's top consumer protection agency, after House Republicans decided to adjourn action in the lower chamber early.
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Aiming to correct what he saw as inaccuracies—stemming from what he supposed was "a lovely lack of knowledge"—he called her into his office, then suggested they adjourn to his car, where she might feel more comfortable speaking about her own sexual history.
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The documents were later published on Scribd: Democrats on the committee have repeatedly asked to stall or adjourn the hearings in an effort to grab more time to review 42,000 pages of secret documents released just a few hours before the proceedings began Tuesday.
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The pair adjourn to Weiss's car to ingest eighths of mushroom chocolates while I wait to interview Watson inside Graffiti Cafe, a pretentious coffee shop whose rules of entry include an 18 and over age policy, no outside food or drink, one drink minimum.
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Menendez is entitled no exceptional consideration that would adjourn the trial on several dates to allow the senator to attend critical votes in the Senate (prior motions to (i) move the trial to D.C. or (ii) commence trial during the Senate's October recess were denied).
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Pelosi's budget test The Trump administration says the US Treasury could bump up against the debt limit in a matter of weeks, but with Congress set to adjourn for its summer recess this week, they only have a few days to reach a new spending deal.
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At 11:20 pm Wednesday night, 40 minutes before California's state legislative session was scheduled to adjourn for the year, lawmakers approved an obscure bill that, if signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown, could spell serious trouble for the state's nascent self-driving car industry.
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"We are united in our belief that the House of Representatives should not adjourn for August recess before providing adequate funding to our men and women of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on the frontlines dealing with the ongoing humanitarian crisis on our southern border," they wrote.
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Democratic senators say they may block a motion to adjourn the chamber on Saturday and require the Senate to stay in session until Sunday morning so they can take turns talking about the plight of "Dreamers," immigrants brought to the country illegally as children, on the floor.
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"In all of these cases, I'm going to go into the court date and say, 'I was not given any chance to say whether or not I was available, so you have to adjourn this,'" said Bryan S. Johnson, a private immigration lawyer in New York.
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"And it is my intention that the Senate will not adjourn until we have passed significant and bold new steps, above and beyond what the House passed, to help our strong nation and our strong underlying economy weather this storm," McConnell said from the Senate floor.
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Democratic senators say they may block a motion to adjourn the chamber on Saturday and require the Senate to stay in session until Sunday morning so they can take turns talking about the plight of "Dreamers," immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children, on the floor.
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With the Republicans holding on to a slim majority in the Senate, chances are near zero that the orchestrated attempt to adjourn the proceedings will deny Mr Kavanaugh his Supreme Court seat or delay his investiture long enough to keep him unrobed for the beginning of the upcoming term.
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But no president has tried to exercise this power, and it is not clear what would constitute such a disagreement: Mr. Frumin said that the House typically gives its consent for the Senate to adjourn for more than three days but does not order the Senate to do so.
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If Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wanted to do Trump's bidding, he could introduce such a resolution (to adjourn until, say, the day after Labor Day) but Democrats could filibuster that resolution, which would give way to a messy floor fight, and test of wills, that Democrats would probably win.
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An anecdote from Biden: "[McCain would] come over on the Democratic side and we'd sit…It was in '96 and we were about to adjourn for what we call the [Senate lunch] caucuses...and we both went into our caucus and coincidentally we were approached by our caucus leaders..." Biden said.
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Jeff SessionsJefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsDOJ should take action against China's Twitter propaganda Lewandowski says he's 'happy' to testify before House panel The Hill's Morning Report — Trump and the new Israel-'squad' controversy MORE (R-Ala.), nominated for attorney general, in the Judiciary Committee, forcing Republicans to adjourn the meeting without action.
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The late night votes come after speculation swirled Thursday morning that senators could be on the brink of a deal to speed up Price's nomination, buoyed in part by the fact that they were able to get a deal on Wednesday evening to adjourn for the first time that week.
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Another is the failure of government institutions to monitor water supply or demand properly: the supreme court's ruling was based on guesswork, and even as the riot raged, a committee charged with delivering a more precise figure for how much water Karnataka owes its neighbour had to adjourn for lack of adequate data.
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Then-Minority Leader John BoehnerJohn Andrew BoehnerLobbyists race to cash in on cannabis boom Rising star Ratcliffe faces battle to become Trump's intel chief This little engine delivers results for DC children MORE (Ohio) and other Republicans opposed a motion to adjourn because Democrats had refused to schedule a vote on offshore drilling.
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Article 1, Section 5 of the Constitution states: a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties as each House may provide.
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthyKevin Owen McCarthyTrump rallies supporters as he becomes third president to be impeached A solemn impeachment day on Capitol Hill House votes to impeach Trump MORE (R-Calif.) offered another procedural motion directly after the motion to adjourn, a question of privilege, condemning how Democrats handled the impeachment probe.
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John CornynJohn CornynThe Hill's Morning Report - Trump on defense over economic jitters Democrats keen to take on Cornyn despite formidable challenges The Hill's Campaign Report: Battle for Senate begins to take shape MORE (R-Texas) took at Democrats earlier in the morning for trying to get the committee chairman to adjourn or postpone the hearings.
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The House GOP's decision to adjourn until Wednesday night, just two days ahead of the shutdown deadline, seemed to indicate that she was correct, though top Republicans continue to insist that they may bring the bill to a vote next week, and cautioned members that they should be prepared to return to Washington early.
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Kenya's Supreme Court chief justice David Maraga said he was forced to adjourn the ruling because the minimum number of judges required to hear the petition had not been met — the deputy chief justice's bodyguard was shot Tuesday night while another judge was unable to get on a flight back to Nairobi in time for the hearing.
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Alan GraysonAlan Mark GraysonFlorida's Darren Soto fends off Dem challenge from Alan Grayson Live results: Arizona and Florida hold primaries The Hill's Morning Report: Frustration mounts as Republicans blow up tax message MORE (D-Fla.), whose district includes Orlando, staged repeated votes on motions to adjourn as a means of delaying House Republicans' intended floor agenda for the day.
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But the pinch point with China comes just as the President's top trade official, Robert Lighthizer, is also working to get Congress to ratify the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement before lawmakers adjourn for its holiday recess -- a negotiation that's playing out against the backdrop of the Democratic impeachment inquiry and a potential budget standoff later this month.
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But House Minority Whip Steny HoyerSteny Hamilton HoyerLiberal Democrat eyes aid cuts to Israel after Omar, Tlaib denied entry Lawmakers blast Trump as Israel bars door to Tlaib and Omar Israel denies Omar and Tlaib entry after Trump tweet MORE (D-Md.) demanded a vote on a motion to adjourn, which nearly all members of both parties voted against. Rep.
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A resolution introduced by new House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthyKevin Owen McCarthyOmar says US should reconsider aid to Israel I'm not a Nazi, I'm just a dude: What it's like to be the other Steve King Trump finds consistent foil in 'Squad' MORE (R-Calif.) calling on the lower chamber not to adjourn until it reopens the government was rejected on the floor on Thursday.
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The House is postponing completion of work on an eight-bill spending package to fund the government in 2018 amid some lawmakers' eagerness to return home as Hurricane Irma nears the U.S. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced on the floor Thursday night that lawmakers will clear the Senate-passed fiscal deal and then adjourn for the week by early Friday afternoon.
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Bernie SandersBernie SandersTop Sanders adviser: Warren isn't competing for 'same pool of voters' Eight Democratic presidential hopefuls to appear in CNN climate town hall Top aide Jeff Weaver lays out Sanders's path to victory MORE (I-Vt.), introduced a resolution Tuesday to prohibit the Senate from adjourning for the rest of the year for more than two days, and any request to adjourn the Senate would be subjected to a vote.
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Dick DurbinRichard (Dick) Joseph DurbinSenate Democrats push Trump to permanently shutter migrant detention facility House panel investigating decision to resume federal executions To combat domestic terrorism, Congress must equip law enforcement to fight rise in white supremacist attacks MORE (D-Ill.), who also urged Kavanaugh to stand behind his full record and join Democrats in their calls to adjourn until senators are given a chance to review all relevant documents.
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Mazie HironoMazie Keiko HironoDemocratic senator on possibility of Trump standing up to the NRA: 'That's just such BS' Schumer to Trump: Demand McConnell hold vote on background check bill Graham moves controversial asylum bill through panel; Democrats charge he's broken the rules MORE (D-Hawaii) urged Kavanaugh to call for his hearing to be suspended after Grassley refused to hold a vote on motions to adjourn the proceedings.
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Liz CheneyElizabeth (Liz) Lynn CheneyOvernight Defense: House poised for historic vote to impeach Trump | Fifth official leaves Pentagon in a week | Otto Warmbier's parents praise North Korea sanctions bill House opens debate on articles of impeachment against Trump GOP begins impeachment delay tactics with motion to adjourn MORE (R-Wyo.), the No. 2202 Republican in the House, unsuccessfully pushed for manual roll call votes to be taken on the articles.
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Liz CheneyElizabeth (Liz) Lynn CheneyOvernight Defense: House poised for historic vote to impeach Trump | Fifth official leaves Pentagon in a week | Otto Warmbier's parents praise North Korea sanctions bill House opens debate on articles of impeachment against Trump GOP begins impeachment delay tactics with motion to adjourn MORE (R-Wyo.), the No. 3 Republican in the House, unsuccessfully pushed for roll call votes to be taken on the articles.
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Louie GohmertLouis (Louie) Buller GohmertLouie Gohmert's exchange with Robert Mueller revealed an uneasy relationship Conservatives call on Pelosi to cancel August recess Mueller will be remembered for his weak testimony, not his shocking report MORE, the top Republican on a Natural Resources Committee subpanel, managed to halt a hearing on climate change against the chairman's will by successfully forcing a motion to adjourn after too few Democrats attended — a victory the GOP was quick to celebrate on social media.
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Doug CollinsDouglas (Doug) Allen CollinsGOP signals unease with Barr's gun plan Lewandowski, Democrats tangle at testy hearing Justice OIG completes probe on FBI surveillance of ex-Trump campaign aide MORE (Ga.), the panel's top Republican, moved to adjourn after claiming that Chairman Jerrold NadlerJerrold (Jerry) Lewis NadlerPelosi: Lewandowski should have been held in contempt 'right then and there' Nadler's House committee holds a faux hearing in search of a false crime Lewandowski says he's under no obligation to speak truthfully to the media MORE (D-N.
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