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Utah's Electronic High School has come up in recent discussions at the Capitol as lawmakers consider a proposal about a statewide online education system, outlined in S.B. 65.

Utah's Electronic High School has come up in recent discussions at the Capitol as lawmakers consider a proposal about a statewide online education system.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R - Ky., walks through the Capitol as lawmakers return to work after their Thanksgiving break to face unfinished business on taxes and spending in Washington on Monday.

The issues have two things in common: they're sucking up most of the oxygen at the Capitol as lawmakers limp toward the adjournment of their annual session, and they only affect residents in New York City.

It's Double March Madness at the state Capitol as lawmakers juggle budget negotiations with rooting for their home teams at the Big Dance.

The all - night scene at the state Capitol as lawmakers rushed to make — and eventually missed — the budget deadline was downright bizarre at times.

The group, Rebuild NY Now, will hold a rally Monday at the state Capitol as lawmakers enter the final weeks of negotiation over next year's state budget.

That's how one of state government's best - known lobbyists described the atmosphere at the Capitol as lawmakers face what is expected to be a series of bitterly contested and highly divisive reelection battles next year in the midst of a bitter and highly divisive presidential campaign.

Negotiations continued today at the Capitol as lawmakers convene for an extraordinary session of the Legislature on Tuesday as talks continue over a potential broader deal beyond the extension of mayoral control for New York City schools.

Not exact matches

Related: Privacy of Location - Based Services on FCC's Radar A trade group known as The Internet Association, which counts Google, Facebook, Amazon and eBay among its members, said it would work with both the FCC and lawmakers on Capitol Hill to prevent «anticompetitive actions by gatekeepers.»

Within the coalition are two factions: those pushing to play hardball on Capitol Hill by threatening to force uncooperative lawmakers from office in November, and those who'd rather see the debate settled at the congressional negotiating table sooner rather than later, even if it means making policy concessions to companies such as Verizon and Comcast.

He will take questions from members of both houses of Congress as well and spent Monday on Capitol Hill meeting with lawmakers.

As word trickled out Thursday morning on Capitol Hill that Durbin and Graham were heading over to the White House, legislative affairs director Marc Short began to make calls to lawmakers and shared many of Miller's concerns.

The politics of the coming November midterm elections will consume the Capitol for much of the rest of 2018, as lawmakers debate a farm bill, possible new disclosures for social media companies and federal spending beyond Sept. 30.

Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, over 100 Republican lawmakers, and many Democrats as well, urged the president not to impose broad tariffs on steel and aluminum exports.

Hundreds of teachers returned to the Capitol on Thursday morning as lawmakers debated the rest of the state's $ 10.4 billion budget plan.

Those are, I think, serious issues that groups like the Rudd Center should be discussing with representives of school food service professionals, who, as we speak, are swarming over Capitol Hill trying to convince their lawmakers that this particular provision of the child nutrition re-authorization should be put on hold and pilot tested.

Advocates, lobbyists and even some state lawmakers privately fear this could become one of the least productive legislative sessions in years as «scandal fatigue» pervades the Capitol and criminal allegations dominate the headlines and deflate the desire to get things done.

The organization has also championed — endorsing and raising money for — the handful of Assembly Republicans who joined the Democrats in voting «yes» to pass the marriage bill on the other side of the Capitol, protecting these lawmakers on a potentially difficult issue (and one that, as it turned out, didn't lead to anyone's ouster, but did contribute to Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava getting pushed out of the NY - 23 special election by conservatives who argued she was too moderate).

The measure has been pushed for the last decade at the Capitol to little avail in the Senate as lawmakers there have raised concerns over a one - year look back window for old cases of abuse.

Lawmakers are set to vote on budget bills throughout the evening, even as others leave the Capitol for religious observances.

Raise the age has stalled at the Capitol for several years as lawmakers remain at odds over adjudicating case involving 16 - and 17 - year - old defendants.

On Capitol Hill, lawmakers are pushing a one - week funding bill to prevent a government shutdown as leadership continues to negotiate a larger agreement.

Education reform — loosely defined as support for charter school expansion and enhanced classroom standards and evaluations — had largely subsided as a major issue in 2016 for state lawmakers, but had bitterly divided the Capitol in 2015 as Gov. Andrew Cuomo sought to develop new standards for public school teachers.

Work on the budget continues today as more state lawmakers return to the Capitol, with an eye toward early passage, due to the looming Easter and Passover holidays.

Embattled Brooklyn state Assemblywoman Pamela Harris keeps getting paid as a lawmaker, but has been a no - show at the state Capitol ever since her indictment on federal corruption charges this year.

Gov. David Paterson said earlier today that he will ask state lawmakers not to depart Albany midweek as planned and instead remain at the Capitol in hopes of hammering out a deal on the 2010 - 2011 state budget, which is now almost two full weeks late.

On their first day at the Capitol last Wednesday, lawmakers openly talked about pushing back against the Democratic governor this year, saying they need to be treated as a co-equal branch of government.

ALBANY — Nassau and Suffolk counties would have the option to block ride - hailing services such as Lyft and Uber under terms of state budget deal being finalized by lawmakers at the State Capitol.

The next two weeks at the New York State Capitol are going to be very busy as lawmakers face the deadline for a new budget.

The next two weeks at the state Capitol are going to be very busy as lawmakers face the deadline for a new budget.

As the sun rose over the Capitol Saturday morning, state lawmakers put the finishing touches on the 2016 legislative session.

As he said earlier Thursday in an interview on «The Capitol Pressroom,» an upstate public radio program, Cuomo promised some unspecific actions and reforms that he would push when state lawmakers re-convene in January.

Religious and labor advocates rallied at the State Capitol Monday as part of a nationwide movement known as Moral Mondays, to urge state lawmakers to take more progressive stances on issues.

Mr. Koch will appear at the Capitol on Tuesday to argue for speedy passage of Mr. Cuomo's bill — and to unveil his plans to shame uncooperative lawmakers with recorded telephone calls, which are typically used by surrogates praising candidates before elections, not denouncing them as Mr. Koch intends.

Tuesday was an especially crowded day at the state Capitol, but it's just the beginning of a very busy month for lawmakers as we get closer to the budget deadline.

An agreement would come in the final days of the legislative session as lawmakers are scheduled to depart the Capitol on Wednesday.

State lawmakers left the Capitol on Thursday without securing broader agreements on rent control or the abatement, nor did state lawmakers agree to any short - term extenders as negotiations continue.

Fred Thiele (I - Sag Harbor) and Sen. Kenneth LaValle (R - Port Jefferson) will kick off their effort with a State Capitol news conference next week as lawmakers head into the final three weeks of the 2015 legislative session.

Religious and labor advocates rallied Monday at the New York state Capitol as part of a nationwide movement, known as Moral Mondays, urging state lawmakers to take more progressive stances on issues.

According to the New York Times, the two cases have had a «chilling effect in the Capitol,» with lawmakers afraid to do much legislating for fear that what they consider «business as usual» will be interpreted as corruption by investigators.

ALBANY — As the legislative session winds down at the Capitol, lawmakers have yet to reach a deal on a bill to legalize medical marijuana, though advocates said ongoing discussions between Governor Andrew Cuomo and the legislative leaders have been «productive.»

They'd like to change what's known as the per diem system, where lawmakers are paid a set rate for each day they are at the state Capitol.

While lawmakers in both parties, as well as Mr. Cuomo, had agreed in principle on the need to formulate new policy — a rare point of consensus in the Capitol — the actual negotiations turned out to be anything but unifying.

Lawmakers — as well as Cuomo — had been under pressure to approve some form of ethics and anti-corruption legislation in Albany after a parade of corruption arrests that engulfed the Capitol in recent years, including the convictions of the two former state legislative leaders last year, Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver.

Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, D - Scarsdale, speaks Tuesday at the state Capitol with Democratic lawmakers as they pushed for stronger gun - control laws in New York.

As the legislative session begins to wind down this month, lawmakers have a number of outstanding issues to take up, and a mini «big ugly» could be in store at the Capitol.

The move would some breathing space to state lawmakers as they prepare to leave the Capitol without a long - term agreement on rent control.

Meanwhile, Libous returns to the Capitol while state lawmakers in both the Republican - led Senate and Democratic - controlled Assembly sort out an extension of rent control laws for New York City as well as an extension of mayoral control of New York City schools and the creation of an education tax credit.

It appears likely, however, that lawmakers will remain at the Capitol through the week as key issues such as rent control regulations, mayoral control of New York City schools and the 421a tax abatement are yet to be locked down.