Sentences with phrase «conference support the measure»

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He was hesitant to support entitlement reform measure during a press conference with Republican leaders at their Camp David policy summit.

Some lawmakers in the Republican conference have announced support for gun control measures back by Democrats, suggesting a compromise is possible on the issue.

Skelos in the past hasn't ruled out passing other measures as well, but with wide support for the minimum wage increase reflected in polls and the Assembly's passage of the bill today, the political pressure on the 32 - member conference has intensified.

«And, I hope he will put forth measures long supported by the members of our conference to help families afford the rising cost of child care and higher education that are sensible, paid for, and don't pierce the spending limits we've maintained over the last six years,» Flanagan said.

At the same time, the conference reiterated its support for the DREAM Act, a measure that provides free tuition to undocumented students.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in a radio interview on Friday doubted whether there was enough support in the Democratic conference for the approval of the education - tax credit, a controversial measure opposed by the state's teachers unions.

Democratic Majority Conference Leader John Sampson received support in promoting the measure from State Senators Malcolm Smith, Carl Kruger, Jeff Klein, Eric Schneiderman, Diane Savino, Toby Stavisky, Shirley Huntley, Kevin Parker and Dan Squadron.

As various proposals for a broader public financing system are floated, members of the mainline Democratic conference in the Senate, as well as advocates that have pushed the measure over the years, are telegraphing they won't support any agreement they deem watered - down.

In a statement, a spokeswoman for the Senate's Independent Democratic Conference said members support the measure and also want to see Trump's tax returns.

Drucker held a news conference last April that included health experts and a representative from a convenience store group who supported the measure.

Support for the measure was shepherded by Sen. Diane Savino, a member of the Independent Democratic Conference, who negotiated the bill with Cuomo and, in the end, made concessions such as removing the smoking component in the legislation as well as allowing for more power to be vested in the Health Committee.

Lawmakers leaving the conference said they had not read any updated language on the resolution, and couldn't say if support for measures such as public financing, increased universal pre-Kindergarten spending or the Dream Act were to be included.

At least one member of the Republican conference had to join him in coming out in support of the measure during the floor vote.

Although the Senate could have voted on the measure on Thursday, Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson was unable to corral all 32 of his members to support the package.

Cuomo, who supports the microstamping of bullet casings, wouldn't say which gun control measures he would push for on the state level in a news conference earlier today, though he called a provision in the state's ban on assault weapons that grandfathers in high - capacity ammunition magazines manufactured before the ban took effect a loophole in the law.

Klein says he worked well with the GOP, but this year Republican senators blocked a number of measures that his conference, as well as Gov. Andrew Cuomo and many other Democrats in the Senate, supported.

A fiery rally in support of NYPD reform legislation was the latest stage in the heated dispute between Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the City Council, only one hour before the outgoing mayor held his own press conference condemning the measures.

And Middletown Republican Sen. John Bonacic was not at the earlier press conference and rally in support of the measure, even though he was one of the original sponsors.

Senate Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein, who co - leads the Senate along with the GOP leader, says he believes there is enough support now to pass the measure.

Heastie told his conference there are now 80 Democrats supporting the bill, four more than is needed for a measure to pass, sources said.

Lawmakers on the U.S. Senate education committee and more than a dozen House members met in a conference committee Wednesday to begin reconciling two bills — one a Republican - only measure that barely passed the U.S. House of Representatives in July, and the other a Senate version that cleared the U.S Senate with big, bipartisan support a few days later.

Over the years, these conferences have been partially supported by numerous testing organizations including the College Board, CTB / McGraw - Hill, Educational Testing Service, Harcourt Assessment, Measured Progress, Pearson Evaluation Systems, Pearson Educational Measurement, Riverside Publishing Company, and Vantage Learning.

He has presented at conferences throughout the world (EARCOS, CEESA, NESA, WAFLT, Fusion, and AAIE) speaking on how growth measures, longitudinal data and assessment can support educators.

So it was an odd pill to swallow this year at E3 when Newell emerged at Sony's conference to announce that not only were they were slated to support the console with their Steamworks infrastructure, but that they were going to throw Portal 2 in just for good measure.

However, I also feel that the conference and particularly the grand after - conference plans may have a significant impact on public perceptions (reinforcing Americans» uniqueness in terms of climate change beliefs and opinions) and that in turn can provide political cover for politicians reluctant to support tough measures.

Although things are still quite tense, today there is at least hope that the conference will continue to gather support for measures to stop climate change.