Sentences with phrase «leading black lawmakers»

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In short, states where courts have ruled on same - sex marriage are «black hole» states where few or no specific religious protections are given, according to Robin Fretwell Wilson, a University of Illinois law professor who leads a group of legal scholars that advise lawmakers on religious exemptions.

The New York Times reported this morning a meeting earlier this year between Cuomo and Stewart - Cousins led to the governor criticizing Senate Democrats for not understanding suburban voters, leading Stewart - Cousins to accuse him of only seeing her as a black woman and not a Westchester lawmaker.

In a statement due to be released later today and first obtained by Capital Tonight, the caucus of Assembly and Senate lawmakers it's an «injustice» that Stewart - Cousins, the first black woman to lead a legislative conference in Albany, to not be included in the talks.

Led by Democratic New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, black lawmakers and civil rights advocates urged a Senate committee to reject the nomination of Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, a Republican, to be attorney general because of what they called his record of hostility to civil rights.

The City Council opened its stated meeting Thursday with parallel protests over recent police killings of African - Americans, protests that sharply illustrated the different styles of a pair of black lawmakers from Brooklyn, both of whom insiders say aspire to lead the body after next year.

The Florida lawmaker who led his state's House education committee has resigned his legislative seat in the wake of allegations that he used a racial slur to describe Miami - Dade County's black school superintendent and then threatened a fellow lawmaker who filed a complaint against him.