Sentences with phrase «act gun control bill»

ALBANY — A bill from Republican State Senator James Seward would amended Governor Andrew Cuomo's SAFE Act gun control bill to exempt gun owners» personal data from the public record and to allow guns to be passed down to immediate family members.

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The three lobbyists tapped by Dick's to push for gun control are listed by name in the federal disclosure forms, which are required by the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to be filed quarterly: Joel Johnson, who worked for both President Bill Clinton and Senate Democrat leadership; Andrew King, who worked for Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)

In just one month since the Parkland shooting, the gun control movement has made some small gains: The Florida state legislature passed new firearm regulations, and the federal spending bill signed by President Trump on Friday contains modest steps toward tightening the nation's gun laws, including the Fix NICS Act, which strengthens the background - check system for gun purchases.

Mr. Klein defends his record, adding that he tried a last - minute maneuver to try to pass the women's act and was central to the passage of an increase in the minimum wage, three on - time budgets and the SAFE Act, a 2013 gun - control biact and was central to the passage of an increase in the minimum wage, three on - time budgets and the SAFE Act, a 2013 gun - control biAct, a 2013 gun - control bill.

Mr. Brindisi, a well - regarded member of a younger, progressive bloc of Democrats in Albany, noted that he had publicly criticized the Cuomo administration's economic development plans, and had voted against the SAFE Act, a 2013 gun control bill that has been a galvanizing issue for the governor's opponents upstate.

The NRA, infuriated over Cuomo's Safe Act, which is billed as the toughest gun - control legislation in the nation, is preparing to give the Cuomo / Hochul ticket a negative rating while backing Astorino.

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.

Skelos» legacy as majority leader includes allowing senators to vote for the first time on bills that legalized gay marriage and the NY Safe Act, a strict gun control measure, although Skelos personally voted against both laws.

Putnam said he couldn't have signed the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act as it was, though he added that if he were to be elected Governor, the self - proclaimed «NRA sellout» would enforce the law that has led to a lawsuit from the gun group, and a ritual defenestration of House Speaker Richard Corcoran for pushing the gun control bill through.

The gun control plan revives a long - sought and at - times dormant issue raised by Senate Democrats: the microstamping of bullets, a bill that has been opposed by Senate Republicans over the years and was not included in the otherwise all - inclusive SAFE Act.

In order to avoid voting on a controversial gun bill during an election year — a move that no doubt would have further enraged their conservative allies who were still smarting over passage of the SAFE Act - the Senate Republicans moved the bill from the Codes Committee to the Rules Committee, which is controlled with an iron fist by the leadership.

Grisanti is typically considered one of the more moderate members of the Senate Republican conference — a reputation earned by «yes» votes on two bills pushed by Cuomo: same - sex marriage and the gun control measure known as the SAFE Act.

Hillary Clinton's campaign staff was concerned about political fallout from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's signature gun - control bill, the SAFE ACT, calling it «not a safe bet,» when she gave a short speech praising him at a gala last year, according to hacked emails released recently by Wikileaks.

ALBANY — Pro-gun GOP lawmakers are smoking mad that they voted for millions of dollars in funding for the SAFE Act — the state's strict gun - control law — claiming they didn't know the spending was hidden in state budget bills.

The SAFE Act, or Safe Ammunitions and Firearms Enforcement Act, is the controversial gun control bill Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law nearly two years ago.

Tenney says she was the first state lawmaker to introduce a bill for full repeal of the New York Safe Act, the state's 2013 gun control law.

Given the fact that New York was the first state in the nation to pass a gun control bill (the controversial SAFE Act) in the wake of the Newtown massacre and is headed by a Democratic governor who is also mentioned as a possible 2016 candidate, I imagine Cruz will have plenty to talk about.

The first issue activists and mostly Republican legislators point to is the SAFE Act, the 2013 gun control bill that split voters and lawmakers from rural upstate areas from their brethren in New York City and its suburbs.

Hochul has said she supports Cuomo's signature gun control bill, the SAFE Act, but she did not exactly disavow her own signature issue — opposing drivers licenses for undocumented immigrants — in an interview on NY1 last month.

On January 14, 2013, Zeldin did not vote on the NY SAFE Act, a gun control bill that passed the New York State Senate, 43 votes to 18.

Assemblyman Marc Butler, R - Newport, who opposes gun control laws, was planning to talk about his bill to partially repeal the SAFE Act, which was passed in 2013 following another mass shooting, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn..

Rep. Chris Collins (R - Clarence) is introducing a bill that aims to take down Gov. Andrew Cuomo's controversial gun control legislation, known as the SAFE Act.

In March, Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed into law the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, a gun - control bill that would have never seen the light of day before the Parkland shooting.

Senate Bill 7026, dubbed the «Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act,» would toughen gun control in several ways — but also includes a controversial provision that would allow some teachers to be armed.