Sentences with phrase «lead member bill»

Former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley to NY Legislature: Reform will Reverse Mistrust Among Voters On Wednesday, former U.S. Senator from New Jersey and NY LEAD member Bill Bradley wrote an op - ed in the Daily News urging the New York Legislature to adopt reforms that will improve our democracy.

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Exxon board member Bill George led a National Association of Corporate Directors Blue Ribbon Commission on «Executive Compensation and the Role of the Compensation Committee,» which included recommendations such as not offering contracts to executives (giving the board more flexibility in how it deals with the CEO's pay and tenure), which is reflected in the pay practices at ExxonMobil.

(The Harper government's refusal to support Alberta MP Brent Rathgeber's private member's bill to publicly disclose federal salaries over $ 188,000 led to Rathgeber quitting the Tory caucus last spring; the government wanted to reveal only a handful of salaries over $ 444,661.)

A government spokesperson, however, told the Financial Post they had «extensive consultations» with Equifax and TransUnion, another credit reporting agency, as well as other members of the industry, in the lead - up to drafting Bill 8.

They also gave him an idea: Why couldn't Christians share payments for each other's medical expenses on an ongoing, organized basis?From that question has grown the Christian Brotherhood, a ministry with an estimated 80,000 members nationwide that processes $ 4 million worth of member medical bills every month.Others aim to follow Christian Brotherhood's lead, including the Blessed Assurance Bulletin of Lubbock, Texas (currently serving 40 families), and the Medi - Share Program of the Christian Care Ministry, based in Melbourne, Florida (35,000 members).

His church, the 1,000 - member Riverfront Baptist Church, partners with many groups, including the Fellowship, the moderate - led state conventions and the Willow Creek Association (created by Bill Hybels's Willow Creek Community Church outside Chicago), to provide resources for evangelism and spiritual growth.

Think about what has gone down since then: Bledsoe suffered a sheared blood vessel in a game last September and was rushed to the hospital, where family members prayed for his survival; he lost his job to Brady, the second - year quarterback who led the Patriots to their first Super Bowl crown; and now, thanks to the first - round pick in the 2003 draft that the Bills sent to their AFC East rivals to acquire him, Buffalo Drew gets to face his old team twice a season.

«Senate Democrats have led the fight to make a quality higher education affordable to all New York students, and our Higher Education Ranking Member Senator Toby Stavisky has carried a bill to accomplish just this goal,» Stewart - Cousins said in a statement.

Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, one of the leading members of the Working Families Party, made a sharp and unexpected break yesterday with his left - leaning colleagues by vigorously opposing higher taxes on Wall Street.

The bill had leadership juice behind it: it was sponsored in the Assembly by Herman «Denny» Farrell, D - Manhattan, the Assembly Ways & Means chairman, and co-sponsored in the Senate by John DeFrancisco, R - Syracuse, the Finance Committee chairman, and Diane Savino, D - Staten Island, who is both a close ally of labor unions and a leading member of the Independent Democratic Coalition.

But, despite the decision to ban being referred to today by one MP as quite simply «common sense» and the overwhelming backing of experts, the public and members of parliament, the process which led to the bill being published has been anything but simple.

In the race for Public Advocate, technically the President of the City Council, the refreshing Bill deBlasio, who bravely chose not to pursue a third term as Council Member, has led the field to the runoff against the wretched has - been Mark Green.

The proposed «Mary Barbour law», named after the «Red Clydeside» political activist who played a leading role in the rent strikes of 1915, is to be lodged at Holyrood as a member's bill.

Frank Seddio, the chair of the Brooklyn Democratic Party, led the meeting, which was called to brief members on why he and Mayor - elect Bill de Blasio had cut a deal with the left - leaning Progressive bloc to try to crown Ms. Mark - Viverito speaker.

In 2009, then rank - and - file Assembly Member Carl Heastie was the lead sponsor of a bill designed to weaken then Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ability to determine education policy in New York City.

Led by Assembly Member James Brennan, the State Assembly joined the Senate and took a strong stand in support of transit riders this afternoon, passing the transit lockbox bill by a unanimous vote of 98 - 0.

The Times has more details on the Office of Congressional Ethics probe into eight House members, including two New Yorkers — Reps. Joe Crowley and Chris Lee — who held fund - raisers in the days leading up to the Wall Street reform bill vote, collecting checks from lobbyists prior to weighing in on this key initiative.

The Republicans initially cited «Obamacare» in the wake of the same - sex marriage bill passage as the reason why they wouldn't follow the Assembly's lead last summer and pass the health care exhange bill, even though one of their veteran members, Senate Health Committee Chairman Kemp Hannon, had been involved in drafting the measure and supported it.

Real Affordability for All, the lead group attacking NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's affordable housing plan as insufficiently affordable, has alienated some of its members, some of whom have quietly dropped out of the coalition.

Mr. de Blasio and his Police Commissioner Bill Bratton ripped into the tabloid today for telling «flat - out lies,» targeting a spate of recent stories which claimed bad blood between Mr. Bratton and a top department official led to the official's abrupt departure and that Mr. de Blasio's wife, a key member of his administration, never wanted Mr. Bratton as the city's top cop.

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At 12:30 p.m., a rally, community speak out and press conference led by family members of those killed by NYPD officers are held to mark retiring Commissioner Bill Bratton's final day on the job and denounce his legacy, 1 Police Plaza, Manhattan.

Yesterday in the Commons, the Member for Hereford and South Herefordshire, Jesse Norman, led a debate to introduce a bill which would:

The Speaker commended his colleagues and the entire members of staff for their support and dedication to duty which led to the speedy passage of the appropriation bill and later directed that the clean copy of the bill be sent to the governor for his assent.

At a conference of the Scottish Campaign for Socialism on Saturday attended by a hundred leading CLP and trade union activists, MSPs, MPs and Scottish party executive members, former MSP Bill Butler said of the forthcoming leadership election:

In August of last year, shortly after NYPD officers shot to death an emotionally disturbed man in his apartment, City Council Member Jumaane Williams led an effort calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio to set up a task force to conduct a wholesale review of the police department's protocols in dealing with «emotionally disturbed persons,» or EDPs.

Ellen Jaffee, a Democratic Assembly member from Rockland County who is one of the bill's lead sponsors, said that installing a monitor to oversee the school board «has nothing to do with who they are in terms of their culture or religious background.»

But Mr. Palumbo — who voted against a previous version of the bill just weeks ago — eventually came around to support it, as did the governor himself and many members of the Republican - led state Senate.

«They're just playing to Bloomberg and the charter - school crowd and they know the bill isn't going to pass the Assembly,» is how one leading Assembly member put it.

When pitted against Congressman Anthony Weiner, City Comptroller Bill Thompson, or City Council Member Tony Avella, Bloomberg leads Weiner 53 % to 37 %, outpaces Thompson 53 % to 36 % and defeats Avella 57 % to 30 %.

When Christine Quinn, the first woman and first openly LGBT member to lead the Council, won her hard - fought contest in late 2005, the support of the Queens organization was instrumental in helping her dispatch her prime competitor, none other than Brooklyn's Bill de Blasio.

In the debate over the bill, its lead sponsor, Council Member David Greenfield, said the $ 19 million price tag was affordable since the city is «flush with cash.»

Diane Savino, an IDC member who represents portions of Staten Island and Brooklyn, has been a leading advocate for the bill, just as she was with the successful Marriage Equality Act several years ago.

Leading members of Congress have introduced a half dozen bills that would impose some kind of carbon regulation, and even the president now concedes that climate change is important.

Opportunistic House Republicans incorporated the fallout from that abuse of government resources into a last - minute amendment that led nearly half of the members of the majority party to vote against a bill that they otherwise strongly supported.

There's no hiding the House Democrats» bloodbath, with more than two dozen members who voted for the Pelosi - led climate bill losing their seats, and more likely to fall as the final tallies come in.

Tim Conway gets top billing and more laughs than any other cast member, but John Amos holds the most screen time and performs admirably as Disney's first African - American leading man since Uncle Remus.

No longer cursed as an undead member of the Black Pearl, Jack is soon hunted by the legendary Davy Jones (here played by Bill Nighy, and not the famous Monkee of the same name), an octopus - faced pirate leading an army of fellow Crustaceans to whom Jack owes a blood debt requiring a hundred years of service on his ship, the Flying Dutchman.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was a leading member of the school choice advocacy community, and Donald Trump has called for a congressional bill that would fund school choice for disadvantaged youth, stating that «families should be free to choose the public, private, charter, magnet, religious or home school that is right for them.»

School board members and Coloradans alike want to see students reach their full potential, and House Bill 1162 will lead to transparency that will ensure appropriate usage of education funding without interfering with the school board decision making authority.

The package has five main bills, most of which were hastily written and drew some opposition from members of the both the Republican - led Senate and the Democrat - led House.

Two Federal Hocking (OH) Middle School teachers — Robin Hawk, an eighth - grade social studies teacher who led the team, and Tessa Molina, a seventh - grade math teacher — took part in the Inclusion, Equity, and Opportunity Teacher Leadership Summit December 2 - 4, along with Patton College faculty Bill Elasky, instructor of teacher education and a board of education member at Federal Hocking Local Schools; Mathew Felton, assistant professor of teacher education; and Lisa Harrison, associate professor of teacher education.

Note: We would like to express our appreciation and admiration of NCSECS board member Bill Bethke, lead author of the brief and co-author Lisa Scruggs from the law firm of Duane Morris.

Led by CCSV members, this group collectively engaged principals, teachers, parents and students to call, write letters and personally meet with Senator Beall to share their positive experiences with charter public schools and concerns about the bill itself.

1912: NEA endorses Women's Suffrage 1919: NEA members in New Jersey lead the way to the nation's first state pension; by 1945, every state had a pension plan in effect 1941: NEA successfully lobbied Congress for special funding for public schools near military bases 1945: NEA lobbied for the G.I. Bill of Rights to help returning soldiers continue their education 1958: NEA helps gain passage of the National Defense Education Act 1964: NEA lobbies to pass the Civil Rights Act 1968: NEA leads an effort to establish the Bilingual Education Act 1974: NEA backs a case heard before the U.S. Supreme Court that proposes to make unlawful the firing of pregnant teachers or forced maternity leave 1984: NEA fights for and wins passage of a federal retirement equity law that provides the means to end sex discrimination against women in retirement funds 2000s: NEA has lobbied for changes to the No Child Left Behind Act 2009: NEA delegates to the Representative Assembly pass a resolution that opposes the discriminatory treatment of same - sex couple

Led by the Charter Community of Silicon Valley (CCSV)- which represents Santa Clara County's charter public schools and serves as the voice for over 30,000 charter public school students in the region - CCSV members, collectively engaged principals, teachers, parents and students to call, write letters and personally meet with Senator Beall to share their positive experiences with charter public schools and concerns about the bill itself.

«We urge the full House to follow the lead of the Committee, pass this bill, and return to our members the power to directly challenge this dangerous failure of leadership.»

In a letter from May 25, 2017, thirty members of the U.S. Senate, led by Senator Al Franken (D-MN) with Senator Tom Carper (D - DE), asked Chairman Roy Blunt (R - MO) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D - WA) of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies to fund Title II, Part A at $ 2.295 billion and SLRSP at $ 30 million in the FY 2018 appropriations bill.

While Democrat legislators are strangely silent on Governor Malloy's latest attack on teachers and the teaching profession, Republicans in the State Senate, led by State Senator Toni Boucher, the ranking member of the Education Committee is speaking out about Malloy's bizarre veto of a bill requiring that the Commissioner of Education have some classroom experience.

The bill — the Every Child Achieves Act — was ushered through the Committee by Chairman Lamar Alexander (R - TN) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D - WA) and was eventually passed by the full Senate in July 2015.65 At the same time, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, led by Chairman John Kline (R - MN) approved House - crafted legislation — the Student Success Act — which was passed by the full House in July 2015 without a single Democrat vote.66