Sentences with phrase «senate as lawmakers»

The governor's absence has fueled suspicion among Democrats that Cuomo, the de facto head of their party, is siding more closely with Republicans in the State Senate as lawmakers negotiate the renewal of rent regulations in New York City.

The measure has been pushed for the last decade at the Capitol to little avail in the Senate as lawmakers there have raised concerns over a one - year look back window for old cases of abuse.

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WASHINGTON, Nov 29 - Congressional Republicans scrambled on Wednesday to reformulate their tax bill to satisfy lawmakers worried about how much it would balloon the U.S. budget deficit, as the measure moved toward a decisive U.S. Senate floor vote later this week.

Public housing vouchers for the poor are targeted as well, much to the consternation of the pragmatic - minded lawmakers on the House and Senate Appropriations committees, whose programs were significantly curbed by a hard - fought 2011 budget and debt agreement.

And it was very clear during Yellen's Senate Banking committee hearing that Wall Street reforms loom large in the minds of both Democratic and Republican lawmakers — as large, and possibly larger, than QE,

Aides and lawmakers say budget talks in the Senate are moving toward an agreement for whopping increases in Pentagon spending as well as domestic programs.

The lawmakers» official roles also point to the significance of their criticism of the IRS investigation: Hatch chairs the Senate's Finance Committee, Brady leads the House of Representatives» Committee on Ways and Means, while Buchanan serves as chair of the House committee's Oversight Subcommittee.

As part of his hours - long Senate testimony today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had to assure lawmakers that he didn't fire Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey for his political views.

-- «State senators condemn fatal police shooting of Stephon Clark,» by LATimes» Patrick McGreevy: «Lawmakers» tempers flared Monday as the California Senate adjourned in memory of Stephon Clark, an unarmed African American man who was shot to death by Sacramento police officers on March 18.

The lawmakers of the Independent Democratic Conference have lost their committee chair posts as the IDC moves to disband and end its alignment with Senate Republicans.

According to a legislative source, the two Democrats settled on the first week of August as a drop - dead deadline for reaching an agreement that would enable the Senate to pass the revenue bill — the last hurdle remaining between New York and a complete 2010 - 2011 spending plan (not to mention between lawmakers and their paychecks).

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.

Conference lawmakers on Thursday held a fundraiser, attended by Cuomo and Shelley Mayer, a Democrat running in Westchester County's 37th Senate district, as well as Luis Sepulveda, who is running for a Bronx seat.

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.

Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki stated this in his welcome address read on the floor of the Senate yesterday as the lawmakers resumed plenary from the end - of - the - year break.

While several Senate GOP lawmakers have expressed a willingness to back new gun control legislation such as tighter background checks and a ban bump stocks, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said his conference's «primary focus» remains on strengthening school security.

The Senate passed its ride - hailing bill more than a month ago, and the governor has indicated he would like to see a solution to this issue — which eluded lawmakers last year — worked out as part of the budget.

Meanwhile, Paterson told reporters the Skelos arrest shouldn't be a political issue as Senate Democrats look to run a competitive race against the Nassau County lawmaker, potentially with rising star Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky as a candidate.

Mainline Senate Democrats called on the GOP lawmakers invited to the invite to boycott it as well.

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.

And as Mahoney points out, of the 54 Senate lawmakers who have filed so far, Republicans are outraising Democrats by a 5 - to - 1 margin.

Senate Republicans sought to demonstrate Saturday the designation of lawmakers as committee chairman was a commonplace practice.

Democratic Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins on Tuesday called for an investigation of arrangement of falsely designating some lawmakers as committee chairs on payroll records in order to receive paid stipends.

After attending a closed - door meeting where Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, of Long Isand, was re-elected as head of the GOP conference, (Felder said he did not cast a vote), the Brooklyn lawmaker suggested he might even wait until the IDC announced which conference it would be aligning with in 2017.

Democratic Senate lawmakers tried — and failed — to force a vote on gun control via a parliamentary gambit, attaching proposals to an existing bill, a move known as a hostile amendment, trying to make the Republican leadership to formally vote them down in an election year.

The memo is an attempt to quell what will likely be further questions on Monday for lawmakers when the Senate returns to Albany as well as an outcry from mainline Senate Democrats and good - government organizations.

Senate officials have insisted the arrangement is legal and the lawmakers were listed as chairs in order to designate which stipend they were in line to receive, not as part of an effort to deceive.

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.

Sen. Tom O'Mara is one of the lawmakers who receives compensation for his role as vice chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, receiving $ 15,000 for the job.

Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, meanwhile, expressed frustration over what he saw was a shifting set of priorities dictated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who initially proposed the amendments, as well as urged lawmakers to fund a hate crimes task force and back a memorandum of understanding for affordable housing money.

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.

Senate Democrats have called for an investigation into the arrangement in which seven state lawmakers, including three members of the Independent Democratic Conference, have received stipends and were listed as committee chairs on official payroll records sent to the comptroller's office.

Even if this latest peace deal between Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins and IDC Leader Jeff Klein holds when lawmakers return to Albany after the Easter / Passover break next week, and even if the Democrats win both the April 24 special elections (the Westchester County race is really the deciding factor there, since the Bronx seat seems a safe bet), the Republicans will still have control of the chamber as long as Felder, a conservative Democrat, continues to caucus with them.

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 epidemic.

The lawmaker, first elected to the Senate in 1992, announced earlier this week that he was suspending his campaign for governor after Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro emerged as the front runner for the GOP nomination.

· Empower Individual Legislators: Attorney General Schneiderman also proposed reforms to the way the State Senate and Assembly operate that would empower rank - and - file lawmakers, as a means of attracting more talented people to legislative service.

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Work is winding down in the state Senate on Wednesday as lawmakers take up a slew of confirmations and pass a flurry of bills.

Credo political director Murshed Zaheed called Schumer «the worst negotiator in Washington» and said he got «outmaneuvered» by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellGOP lawmakers want Trump to stop bashing Congress Parkland father calls out Trump, McConnell, Ryan after Santa Fe shooting Overnight Finance: House rejects farm bill in conservative revolt NAFTA deal remains elusive as talks drag on Dodd - Frank rollback set for House vote MORE (R - Ky.).

She said she saw the decision by Clinton, who like many lawmakers also used a private e-mail while in the Senate, to use a private address as the top U.S. diplomat as a continuation of «what she was doing before she arrived at the State Department.»

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli has had to calculate and sign off on the pensions for former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate leader Dean Skelos, who are both convicted felons, as well as several other lawmakers convicted of felonies.

The career move comes as Democratic lawmakers negotiate ethics - reform legislation in response to several recent embarrassments, including the corruption conviction of former Republican Senate leader Joseph Bruno.

But lawmakers in both the Senate and Assembly are concerned with the impact of the fee as a regressive tax.

Krueger said she doesn't hold it against Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson that he backed Epsada, even going so far as to suggest that the Brooklyn lawmaker actually backed the controversial Bronx incumbent «on a personal level.»

Still, as one lawmaker pointed out, the unions could always have lobbied the Senate to back the more narrowly written Assembly version of the amendment.

The group on Tuesday released its legislative score cards for the 213 members of the Legislature on Tuesday, using three measurements: Their vote on the 2013 SAFE Act, the unsuccessful effort in 2015 to repeal it in the Senate and whether the lawmaker is a sponsor of a safe - storage bill, known as Nicholas's Law.

The minority leader was reacting to an interview Parker gave this morning to DN columnist Errol Louis on WWRL, in which he not only defended his outburst at DeFrancisco during yesterday's Senate Finance Committee meeting, but also lambasted his fellow Democrat, Sen. Carl Kruger, for failing to reign in the GOP lawmaker himself as committee chairman.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco, a Republican vying for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring GOP lawmaker Hugh Farley, called on the conference he wants to join to hold hearings on the PFOA water contamination issue in Hoosick Falls as well as water issues statewide.

Here's Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice, who just a short while ago was lambasting her erstwhile AG primary opponent, Sen. Eric Schneiderman, as the ultimate Albany insider and trying to tie him to (soon - to - be-former) Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., heaping praise on the Manhattan lawmaker after he beat her, 34 - 32.

The Graham - Cassidy bill as it is known in the Senate was yanked without a vote on Tuesday after it failed to garner the needed support among Republican lawmakers.