Sentences with phrase «democratic governor and legislative leaders»

After the Newtown massacre of Dec. 14, 2012, the state's Democratic governor and legislative leaders began work on a major gun safety bill.

The religious leaders say they have written to the Democratic governor and legislative leaders in support of legislation backed by Cuomo that would send most 16 - and 17 - year - old offenders to juvenile facilities.

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Nixon, during the budget talks in late March, accused Cuomo of leaving the lone female legislative leader, Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, out of the private budget talks conducted by the Governor and three male legislative leleader, Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, out of the private budget talks conducted by the Governor and three male legislative leLeader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, out of the private budget talks conducted by the Governor and three male legislative leaders.

He also put the governor and Democratic legislative leaders «on notice» that if any future extenders include new taxes, fees or borrowing, «they will not be able to count on our support.»

This is going to make negotiating a balanced budget a bit more difficult for Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy and state legislative leaders.

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Voters also want to raise the minimum wage higher than the governor is proposing, and think he should not exclude minority party leaders, including the only female legislative leader Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins, from budget leader Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins, from budget Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins, from budget talks.

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In response to the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla., last week, the Democratic governor gathered top members of his team and legislative leaders for a news conference in Trenton.

At issue is the fact that Governor Malloy was not part of the months - long closed - door meetings by the state's Democratic and Republican legislative leaders that produced the compromise budget.

Even as some legislators were learning the outlines of the proposals, legislative language was still circulating — out of public view — among a small circle of people close to the governor, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, Senate Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.

He has had internships or jobs at the Long Island Power Authority, whose trustees are appointed by the governor and state legislative leaders; Davidoff Malito & Hutcher LLP, a Garden City law firm that has employed former Republican and Democratic officials, and the Bridgeview Yacht Club in Island Park, whose owner is a friend of former Republican U.S. Sen. Alfonse D'Amato.

His appointment to JCOPE by Senate Democratic Leader John Sampson was perhaps the most eyebrow - raising pick by legislative leaders and the governor to serve on the commission, although questions were raised about several selections.

Voters also want to raise the minimum wage higher than the governor is proposing, and think he should not exclude minority party leaders from budget talks, including the only female legislative leader Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Coleader Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - CoLeader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.

Indiana Governor Mike Pence and House Democratic Leader Scott Pelath offer their political perspectives as lawmaker reach the halfway point in the 2015 legislative session.

The Democratic governor and Republican legislative leaders can't agree on how to fix Pennsylvania's big deficit.

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy is attempting to influence closed - door budget negotiations between Republican and Democratic state legislative leaders.

In Connecticut the legislative session ends on Wednesday, but Democratic leaders in the state legislature and Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy have yet to reach an agreement on resolving a nearly $ 1 billion budget shortfall for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

Connecticut Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy and state legislative leaders continue their elusive search for a state budget this week.

The Democratic Governor's criticism comes after the state's Republican and Democratic legislative leaders emerged from closed - door budget negotiations on Thursday to say that they hadn't yet gotten to a deal but were close.

At issue are three competing plans: One introduced by Democratic Governor Daniel Malloy, another introduced by legislative Republicans, and a partial fix that was tabled a while back by the Democratic leaders in the legislature.

Governor Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Senate Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeffrey Klein announced a final agreement Tuesday on a legislative package that includes required pain management education for physicians, a scaling back of opioid prescriptions from 30 days to seven days, an increase in treatment beds and the elimination of prior insurance authorization before an addict can enter inpatient treatment.

Earlier in the day, Senate Independent Democratic Leader Jeff Klein, following a closed door meeting with Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders, said he hoped for a «grand bargain» that would include the mayoral control extension, the sales tax continuation and some provisions to help charter schools.

Malloy met twice with Democratic legislative leaders overnight Tuesday into Wednesday, and sources said the governor indicated he would not accept anything less than the funding level he proposed for charter schools.

While making record cuts to public schools and human services the Hartford Courant is reporting that Connecticut's Democratic legislative leaders have caved in to Governor Malloy and agreed to force their follow Democrats in the legislature to vote in favor of giving two more charter school companies the money they want to open schools in Bridgeport and Stamford.