Sentences with phrase «republican lawmakers in those states»

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R - Alaska) was another Republican lawmaker in a state with legalized marijuana to voice criticism of Sessions» legal marijuana decision.

The wind industry has been established in red states for far longer than solar and has a longer track record of support from Republican lawmakers in those states.

In calling for a permanent extension of mayoral control, de Blasio quoted his predecessor, Michael Bloomberg, who was a key political ally and generous donor to Republican lawmakers in the state Senate.

The announcement makes Bonacic the fifth Republican lawmaker in the state Senate to support the legislation.

Nikki Haley, the governor of South Carolina, and other Republican lawmakers in the state are calling for the confederate flag to be removed from the state capitol.

Four county committee chairs and five Republican lawmakers in the state Senate on Monday endorsed Sen. John DeFrancisco's campaign for the GOP nomination for governor.

Stefanik won re-election in 2016 by 35 points, the largest point spread by any federal Republican lawmaker in the state.

Despite huge protests at Michigan's state capitol building in Lansing, Republican lawmakers in the state made the union stronghold the 24th right - to - work state in the country.

Not exact matches

The decision riled Republican lawmakers in Delta's home state of Georgia to the point that the state senate on Thursday approved a tax bill that did not include an expected tax break for airlines.

Scott, a Republican, said he would work with state lawmakers in the coming weeks to draft legislation, adding that it would include some exceptions for members of the military and law - enforcement officers.

Republican lawmakers in the high - tax blue states that benefit from the provisions already have fought back against a proposal to scrap them.

Speaking of GOP lawmakers getting skittish about hastily pulling coverage away from 20 million Americans — there's a common thread to most of the Republican senators who have come out advocating a repeal process that's done in tandem with a replacement: almost all of them hail from states where Obamacare's optional Medicaid expansion has had an outsize effect on reducing the uninsurance rate.

In a letter to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Democratic and Republican leaders of the state House and Senate Wednesday, Schneiderman asked state lawmakers to pass legislation that would allow for prosecuting people on the state level for the exact crimes they were convicted of — and pardoned for — on the federal level.

The students plan to hold a rally Wednesday in hopes that it will put pressure on the state's Republican - controlled Legislature to consider a sweeping package of gun - control laws, something some GOP lawmakers said Monday they would consider.

In Illinois, lawmakers passed a bill last week that would require gun dealers to be licensed by the state, but it was not clear whether the Republican governor would sign it into law.

The state Bond Commission Friday approved $ 14 million in funding to bring the information technology and consulting firm Infosys to Hartford, but not before Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and a Republican state lawmaker clashed over providing state aid to a...

Huffington Post: Arlen Siegfreid, Kansas Lawmaker, Proposes Capitol Meditation Room Saying state legislators do not have space for private time during the workday, a Republican legislative leader in Kansas has proposed the creation of a chapel in the Capitol building.

Democratic lawmakers in the state Senate scoffed at the Republican tax proposals, which come as Cuomo is seeking $ 1 billion in tax and fee hikes in order to close a budget shortfall.

As state lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo continue to sort out an extension of the now lapsed rent control laws in New York City, Senate Republicans say they have no plans to leave town after passing their own eight - year extension of the program.

In January 2017, Cuomo told Republican lawmakers in the Senate in a closed - door meeting about the state budget that he could have helped his party gain control, but held bacIn January 2017, Cuomo told Republican lawmakers in the Senate in a closed - door meeting about the state budget that he could have helped his party gain control, but held bacin the Senate in a closed - door meeting about the state budget that he could have helped his party gain control, but held bacin a closed - door meeting about the state budget that he could have helped his party gain control, but held back.

A plan that would allow for tolls along Manhattan roadways at peak times continues to face an uphill climb among Republican lawmakers from New York City in the state Senate.

Before Hinchey's retirement announcement, it looked like two freshmen Central New York Republicans — Ann Marie Buerkle and Richard Hanna — would likely end up in a primary battle when state lawmakers finished redrawing the House lines and removing two seats — a move made necessary by New York's slow population growth as compared to other states.

Larkin, a 90 - year - old World War II veteran who whose state Senate career began in 1990, is expected today to announce he will not seek re-election to the chamber, making him the fifth Republican lawmaker to do so, sources on Wednesday said.

Democratic state Senate candidate Ross Barkan in a fundraising email blasted Republican incumbent Marty Golden after The Daily News reported the lawmaker in 2005 was the driver in a crash the led to a woman in a coma that resulted in a large settlement to her family.

Republican lawmakers in the Senate continue to express reservations with the proposal to increase the state's minimum wage to $ 15 over several years with different phase in periods for different regions of the state.

If the Republicans are to maintain their razor - thin edge in the state Senate in the November elections, they will now have to do so without the benefit of three incumbents — including two of their more venerable members: DeFrancisco and John Bonacic, a Hudson Valley lawmaker who recently announced his retirement.

Comptroller Tom DiNapoli doesn't believe his push to re-assert the authority of his office over state contracting and procurements is a partisan issue, given the backing of Republican and Democratic lawmakers in the Legislature.

Democrats in the narrowly divided state Senate have sought to stake out ground opposing (or «resisting» in the parlance of the political times) the Trump administration as well as pointing out their contrasts with Republican lawmakers, who they have sought to tie to actions by the new president.

Republican lawmakers in the chamber have for the past several legislative sessions pushed for an ease to regulations in the state, and this year the GOP conference renewing that effort after ultimately backing an increase to the state's minimum wage in the budget, with the floor growing to $ 15 in some parts of the state over the next several years.

Payroll records submitted to the state comptroller's office falsely claimed four Republican lawmakers who receive paid stipends in the state Senate held committee chair posts.

Democratic lawmakers in the state Senate and Assembly have sought to apply post-budget pressure to Republicans to consider voter reforms designed to enhance ballot access and make it easier to vote as well as to register.

The state Democratic Committee on Friday released a fundraising email slamming the Republican lawmaker's unsubstantiated claim that mass murderers in «many cases» turn out to be Democrats.

Helming is one of seven lawmakers in the Senate — three Independent Democratic Conference members, plus four Senate Republicans — who were listed falsely as committee chairs on Senate records forwarded to the state comptroller's office.

The memo from counsel David Lewis comes after it was revealed late last week seven lawmakers — three members of the Independent Democratic Conference and four Senate Republican conference members — were designated committee chairs on payroll documents given to the state comptroller's office when they are, in fact, vice chairs.

In the closing days of two key battleground races on Long Island, Democrats in the state Senate have released mailers depicting incumbent Republican lawmakers as part of an overall corruption epidemiIn the closing days of two key battleground races on Long Island, Democrats in the state Senate have released mailers depicting incumbent Republican lawmakers as part of an overall corruption epidemiin the state Senate have released mailers depicting incumbent Republican lawmakers as part of an overall corruption epidemic.

But state lawmakers there, like in the Republican - controlled Senate, will likely consider measures designed to alter education policies approved in the 2015 - 16 state budget, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said on Wednesday.

Lawmakers in the state Senate on Monday defended receiving stipends for committee chairmanships they don't actually hold, with some suggesting the story is being driven by a «political witch hunt» that wants to undermine a Republican - led chamber.

The Cuomo campaign, in a statement released after the WFP vote, touted the governor's liberal record and alluded to his recent role in brokering an end to a power - sharing deal between state Senate Republicans and a breakaway group of Democratic lawmakers.

he was the only democratic lawmaker whom after Sheldon silver passed a bill in the state Assembly had enough clout with the republican state Senators to have the bill killed.

In a move likely to infuriate Republicans as well as Democrats, GOP gubernatorial hopeful Rob Astorino will pledge Monday to end the Legislature's sessions in April, halt the lawmakers» scandal - ridden «per diem» payment system, and make new lawmakers join a less - costly state pension system, The Post has learneIn a move likely to infuriate Republicans as well as Democrats, GOP gubernatorial hopeful Rob Astorino will pledge Monday to end the Legislature's sessions in April, halt the lawmakers» scandal - ridden «per diem» payment system, and make new lawmakers join a less - costly state pension system, The Post has learnein April, halt the lawmakers» scandal - ridden «per diem» payment system, and make new lawmakers join a less - costly state pension system, The Post has learned.

Koch, who swept past Brooklyn assemblyman Frank J. Barbaro and 36 - year - old Melvin Kerensky — an associate of Lyndon H. La Rouche, Jr. — to win the Democratic primary and trounced state lawmaker John A. Esposito by a two - to - one margin to capture the Republican nomination, said that he would campaign evenings and weekends while relying heavily on television advertising in the general election.

The new commercial by a pro-McCain group, A Secure Arizona, will target Republican primary voters on air and online as the fifth - term lawmaker attempts to define his race on the issue of national security and fend off primary opponents in a contest that already features former state Sen. Kelli Ward.

Kolb isn't the only Republican state lawmaker who is exploring a gubernatorial run in 2018.

Cox says right now there is tremendous friction between Cuomo and Republican, and some Democratic lawmakers, in the state Senate and Assembly.

The new iteration of the New York state Senate will look different in 2013 with the new power sharing agreement in place between Republicans and breakaway Democrats, and two central New York lawmakers will be in the thick of it.

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Texas Republicans in Congress once stood nearly united against a bill to send billions of dollars in aid to Northeastern states recovering from Hurricane Sandy, but though they haven't forgotten that slight, New York and New Jersey lawmakers say they won't be returning the favor.

Paladino, along with several Senate Republican lawmakers, will take part in a large anti-gun control rally to be held on Tuesday at the state Capitol here in Albany.

The SAFE act has been scrutinized by republican lawmakers and gun owners in New York State since it was signed into law by Governor Cuomo in 2013 as one of the toughest laws of its kind in the country.

Foster could face a challenge in 2014 from a Republican state lawmaker.