Sentences with phrase «federal officials argue»

But federal officials argue the state has been out of compliance with the federal law requiring states to send out overseas ballots at least 45 days before an election.

Federal officials argued that the March for Life did not qualify for an accommodation to the law because it is secular.

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And all of them argue that the proposed tax cuts, estimated to reduce federal revenue by more than $ 1.4 trillion, won't increase federal deficits, an assertion that's been contradicted by Congress's official tax scorekeeper.

The agency has argued that obtaining judicial warrants are unnecessary and would place too much burden on ICE officials and federal courts.

Earlier this month, two former senior officials in the finance department assailed the Conservative government for eroding the «integrity and credibility» of federal budgets through what they argued is a system of secrecy that keeps parliamentarians and Canadians in the dark about how federal dollars are spent.

Our elected officials on the Federal level are arguing over a «Millionaire's Tax» and now the elected officials on the State level want to do the same?

De Blasio sent a letter to the U.S. Justice Department asserting that NYC was cooperating with immigration officials to the extent required under federal law and that the city should not, as the Justice Department has argued, forfeit a $ 4.3 million federal law enforcement grant.

In their brief, elected officials argued that the variance allowed «one municipal board to defeat over a century of collaborative work and investment by New York and New Jersey citizens, legislators, and courts, as well as by the federal government, to preserve the historic Hudson River Palisades north of the George Washington Bridge.»

Among other points of contention, health department employees dismissed an advisory limit for human consumption of PFOA set by the federal Environmental Protection Agency, and argued that their differences with the federal authorities were a matter of «philosophy» and not just science, according to a senior EPA official's handwritten notes from a phone conference with state officials.

In a separate memorandum of law, Bohrer argued for the full dismissal of the federal superseding indictment against Percoco, arguing in part that he could not have taken official action for those paying him.

McDonnell argued that simply referring a constituent to another state official was not among the «official actions» barred by the federal corruption law.

But following the announcement of federal charges against two Cor officials, Syracuse lawyers argued in court that it would be «unjust and a waste of valuable resources» to sell the land to Cor.

He features a video on his official Assembly website, in which he argues against a bill to curb global warming pollution, saying it would create a «burden» on businesses, and is better left to the federal government to regulate.

The Akwa Ibom State AG had argued in the suit that a federal agency would be acting beyond its powers if it investigated a matter involving an official or agency of the Akwa Ibom State Government.

For almost two years, federal officials have argued that the state's existing charter authorization process is out of compliance with the Public Charter School Grant Program - which will provide almost $ 300 million to the state through 2015.

While Texas officials and some outside the state argued that the policies were well within federal law that seek to minimize special education placements by authorizing procedures to use comprehensive research - based supports within the general education setting.

A different group of Minnesota teachers and parents argued for rescinding it at a meeting with federal education officials last November.

Federal officials had argued that charters must have a binding contract with their authorizing agency on student performance.

As Denniston also reported when the case was argued in April, a group of former top Justice Department officials, ex-prosecutors at the federal and state levels, and former judges asked the court to keep the Jackson decision intact, saying it had provided a «bright - line rule» that had become «embedded in routine police practice,» just as had the warnings requirement of Miranda v. Arizona.

Government officials also argue that a separate federal statute, the Safe Drinking Water Act, precludes all other causes of action.