Sentences with phrase «as a lawmaker»

The debate came as lawmakers were also negotiating the details of the same - sex marriage bill, which ultimately passed.

As lawmakers consider how to tackle climate change, they must not forget us poor and vulnerable people who are dealing with it every day.

Further changes are expected next week as lawmakers begin debating the measure.

She is highly respected by members of the legal profession as well as lawmakers and the public — in short, her level of influence can not be understated.

There was not legislative text presented at the meeting as lawmakers continued to debate what changes would be made.

Although unlikely, there is an opportunity for drastic change on this board this year as lawmakers will elect at least two and as many as seven new members.

A decision is expected to emerge in the coming days as lawmakers begin a vetting process and interview those said to be interested in the post.

But each year brings fresh challenges, and in 2016 we will face renewed pressure as lawmakers look for ways to control the federal deficit.

As lawmakers head into the home stretch, good - government advocates hope a package of ethics overhaul legislation is approved.

Under state law legislative pay could be withheld as long as lawmakers fail to pass a budget, giving them another reason to strike a deal.

Long established pay requirements for laid - off teachers returning to the classroom as substitutes are facing a new review as lawmakers seek additional options for cutting costs and giving administrative flexibility.

All politics is local and the bill reflected that as lawmakers pushed to get their concerns in the final version of the compromise.

That refusal, as lawmakers said at last week's hearing, leaves little confidence the state will handle future crises properly.

We'll be hearing a lot more about education funding in the coming months as lawmakers figure out how much aid to give districts.

It's another chance to put the state's agriculture industry in the spotlight as lawmakers work on a budget agreement.

Child custody laws are shifting as lawmakers see the need to give divorced parents equal parenting time.

The end of a legislative session brings long days and lots of down time as lawmakers wait for bills to come to the floor.

It is desperate and tedious to link this sort of behaviour to people's status as lawmakers.

The council released its priorities as lawmakers begin their 2016 session.

Several other measures were still pending legislative action as lawmakers began eating dinner.

Its importance can not be underestimated as lawmakers rely on legislation to implement policy on various social and economic issues.

We are facing the worst political attack on women's health in a generation as lawmakers have spent the past three months trading away women's health and rights at every turn.

The push comes as lawmakers are set to potentially vote this month on changes to the state's sexual harassment laws in the state budget.

As lawmakers begin their dash to the end of session in about a month, it is important that expanding the state's availability to college financial aid must be approved.

Still, increasing scrutiny is being placed on Stringer's record in as a lawmaker in Albany, including his opposition to ending a tax break for a NAMBLA - affiliated group and to Megan's Law — news the Spitzer campaign as gleefully seized on.

Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos attends a session of Parliament in Athens on Wednesday as lawmakers prepared to vote on reforms demanded by eurozone creditors in exchange for a new bailout.

Even as lawmakers last week moved to deny $ 130 million to public schools to help tackle $ 1.5 billion state budget shortfall, Gov. Bill Ritter signed fast - track legislation to help the state's chances of winning Race to the Top money.

Seven days remain in the legislative session in Albany as lawmakers return for another four - day week at the Capitol later today.

Utah's Electronic High School has come up in recent discussions at the Capitol as lawmakers consider a proposal about a statewide online education system.

Those are the issues at stake for the Independent Democratic Conference in a video released Monday as the lawmakers in the breakaway bloc seek to re-affirm their support for liberal causes they believe has been lost in the pitched battle being waged by progressive advocacy groups to pressure them into forming a coalition with mainline Democrats.

The state Legislature is in session as lawmakers try to wrap things up before the scheduled end of their work year next week.

He has not made any public appearances in Albany as lawmakers struggled to land deals before the session's scheduled end, though he did participate in closed door negotiations with legislative leaders.

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio strides to the House chamber Wednesday as lawmakers prepare to move on legislation authorizing a lawsuit against President Obama, accusing him of exceeding his powers in enforcing his health care law.

The all - night scene at the state Capitol as lawmakers rushed to make — and eventually missed — the budget deadline was downright bizarre at times.

The report was released today as lawmakers negotiate over whether to scale back the renewable electricity standard in the bill sponsored by Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman (D - Calif.)

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- The New York state budget is now two days late as lawmakers struggle to find agreement on education spending, charter schools and juvenile justice reform.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development programs continue to bring companies and jobs to New York, the state's top economic development official testified Monday as lawmakers questioned whether enough is being done to hold firms to their promises and to claw back taxpayer money when they don't.

The latest controversy began earlier today as lawmakers met with Trump to discuss restoring protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries who had been granted temporary protected status but were now threatened with deportation.

Onondaga and Broome county leaders are already undertaking similar cost saving projects, but there's skepticism among local government leaders, as well as lawmakers who question how far the proposal will go.

The process of choosing a new leader, former U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, was chaotic and contentious, with the legislature squabbling with the Board of Governors as lawmakers took a late stab at inserting themselves in the selection process.

The moves come as lawmakers face pressure from students affected by the Valentine's Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

With time running out, the Senate and House of Representatives scrambled to vote on the final day of the regular session as lawmakers also passed myriad bills on the session's busiest day.

A bill that would create a database tracking state - backed subsidies for businesses has advanced in the Senate as lawmakers voted the measure out of the Corporations, Authorities, and Commissions committee.

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 is seen as considerably bad optics as lawmakers did not take up a minimum wage increase in this year's budget — a fact that hasn't escape liberal critics who had pushed for the wage hike.

3/15/2015 An 11 - point program to ensure that charter schools, which are publicly funded but privately operated, are fulfilling their role in public education as lawmakers intended.

«It provides a ringing endorsement for many of the Administration's planned changes that will be taken up in Congress next year as lawmakers debate what to do with the No Child Left Behind Act.»

American Outdoor Brands Corp. forecast weak firearm sales for at least a year, becoming the latest gun maker to report disappointing results as lawmakers discuss tougher regulations.

Raise the age has stalled at the Capitol for several years as lawmakers remain at odds over adjudicating case involving 16 - and 17 - year - old defendants.

Separately, the Hill adds that the GOP now says the bill will be released on Thursday as lawmakers scramble to reach a consensus on how to restructure the nation's tax laws.