Sentences with phrase «as a legislator for»

«As a legislator for the past four years I've had a front - row seat to the dysfunction, corruption and to the mismanagement,» Curran said.

Both former leaders of the Legislature are facing jail time for illegally monetizing their positions as legislators for personal gain.

During law school Jeremy was a Student Ambassador and held numerous chair positions while acting as a legislator for the Student Bar Association.

Not exact matches

When Tom Davidson served as a state legislator for a small district in southern Maine two decades ago, he became intimately familiar with the byzantine, bureaucratic, and often, frankly, subpar sausage - making that goes into bankrolling education at a local level.

Exactly 20 years ago, just as Cisco's John Chambers took the reins as CEO, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected term limits for Congressional leaders, wiping off the books laws in 23 states limiting the terms of office for U.S. legislators.

Escobar went along with Colombia's democratic system and won a seat as a backup for a legislator in the National Assembly.

Senator Johnson has been in some hot water with constituents and local media lately for failing to answer citizens» calls to hold listening sessions or meet with them, as other legislators around the country have.

But as Congress moves toward repealing the mandate as part of tax reform, voters, legislators and industry experts have flocked to its defense, pointing out that doing away with it would cause already high premiums for individual health plans to rise by 10 percent.

Geopolitical risks also remained as of late 2017: tensions surrounding North Korea, the potential for heightened discord among US legislators, developments in the Brexit process and Catalonia's secession efforts in Spain.

In 2013, the Twitterati helped nudge Bitcoin into the public consciousness as both a controversial new investment and a punchline; kept investors informed as the Nasdaq suffered an unprecedented, hours - long meltdown; and posted live updates as legislators failed to reach a spending deal and shut down the federal government for 16 days.

Drivers for ridesharing services head to a Chicago courtroom to defend themselves, as taxi drivers and legislators make moves to regulate ridesharing services.

And as the president increasingly recognizes how much Congress controls his fate, Marc Short, the legislative affairs director, has sought to educate him by appealing to Mr. Trump's tendency to view issues in terms of personality, compiling one - page profiles of legislators for him, the congressional equivalent of baseball cards.

One of the Parkland school shooting survivors is calling on tourists to boycott the State of Florida for spring break as a way to get legislators» attention focused on gun control.

From the pulpit, Hall delivered the liturgy with a strong message to his faithful to call for action by their legislators to institute stricter laws banning access to semi-automatic rifles, such as the one police said the gunman used in Friday's massacre.

The bipartisan group of legislators temporarily put aside their politically charged negotiations over reducing the U.S. debt - some of which is owed to China - to show their admiration and affection for the man regarded by the Chinese government as the leader of a separatist movement.

As even this brief description of the debate indicates, the demand for reparations raises issues that can not be resolved entirely by courts or legislators — issues involving relationships and tensions between groups divided by ethnicity and class.

Christian vice-president Mike Pence, Sheldon Adelson, the hotel magnate and Zionist donor, and Jewish Republican legislators were among those who attended and ate kosher lamb chops, just as in past years, for White House Hanukkah parties.

Thomas More, as the supreme legislator was bound to uphold the law of 1489 (which Henry repealed, and Mary reinstated), «Every officer of justice through the realm for his rate, right especially bounden, not in reason only and good congruence but also by plain ordinance and statute.»

Fellow legislator Senator Angus King, an independent from Maine, referred to the ongoing debate over immigration in Congress as «a unique opportunity for us to carry out our moral and ethical responsibilities at the same time as we carry out our legal and political responsibilities.»

What began as an effort by legislators to expand judicial accountability for sexual abuse by Catholic clergy has grown to cover people in every walk of life.

Americans United for Life (AUL), the country's leader in helping state legislators pass pro-life laws, cited such policies, as well as technology, in explaining the trend.

Pro-life advocates welcomed the report, and pointed to the work of pro-life citizens and legislators as a reason for the dramatic decline in abortions and their rate.

«On - pack claims are definitely an indicator of what clean label is, but the connotation of the term keeps changing as far as product formulation goes, making it difficult for legislators to give it a definition,» said Soumya Nair, Kerry's director of marketing insights.

I am not suggesting that we do that, although I think offering people the option of term - limit marriages (as suggested by Mexico City legislators) for those who might then marry instead of, say, cohabit makes sense to me if they plan to raise children.

After a recent spate of children dying in an Idaho religious community opposed to medical interventions (the Followers of Christ), state legislators proposed opening parents up to prosecution for relying on faith - based healing as the only treatment when a child's condition could kill or permanently injure them.

As I've often noted, the Time for Lunch site is invaluable for learning more about the reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act and for finding ways to get involved, from donating money for their lobbying efforts to contacting your own legislators.

Legislators considering changing their divorce laws should consider the full range of legal options available to them, such as those compiled by Americans for Divorce Reform and posted on their Internet «Divorce Reform Page «69 This site presents arguments for and against the initiatives as well as model legislation.

Join SNA for the annual «Charge to the Hill» where you'll serve as lobbyist for a day, as you visit personally with legislators and share your passion, expertise and stories.

The two women — Victoria Burhans and Chloe Rivera — issued a statement saying they're «pleased to have finally reached a resolution» and «hope our ordeal will serve as a strong reminder to New York's legislators that they are accountable for their behavior.»

He also asked Ghanaians to give government more time as they are committed in delivering their campaign promises the legislator, who doubles as the Chairman for the Government Assurance Committee in Parliament, indicated that, the Nana Addo led administration will ensure that, all his appointees deliver to make the manifesto promises fulfilled.

Having served billions of targeted voter - matched digital ads online, social media, and mobile devices over the past five years and helping to elect scores of Democrats up and down the ballot for offices ranging from senator and governor to state legislator and school board member, DSPolitical has earned a reputation as a progressive ally and committed innovator.

Whereas Senator Sheldon Silver has refused to take up legislative action that would eliminate the «Pay for Play» culture that allows for our legislators to be used as bought and paid for commodities by outside business concerns, as your Governor I must fully investigate the Assembly and Senates ties to Business and the Lobbyists who curry favor with our legislators to gain undo advantage for those businesses at the peoples expense.

«As a state worker, and I believe I speak for most of us, I don't believe we would be as up in arms about negotiations if we saw that Gov. Paterson and our legislators were doing their best to also reduce their salaries, their perks, their staffing patterns and to get their job done, by passing a budget.&raquAs a state worker, and I believe I speak for most of us, I don't believe we would be as up in arms about negotiations if we saw that Gov. Paterson and our legislators were doing their best to also reduce their salaries, their perks, their staffing patterns and to get their job done, by passing a budget.&raquas up in arms about negotiations if we saw that Gov. Paterson and our legislators were doing their best to also reduce their salaries, their perks, their staffing patterns and to get their job done, by passing a budget.»

«Our Senate Republican conference benefits greatly from the experience and the perspectives of these outstanding female legislators and leaders for New York, and I am confident the entire state will as well,» said Majority Leader John Flanagan.

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As state legislators approved a $ 168 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, they left out a controversial proposal to change the way the state pays local taxes on its lands.

Another investment they make is that when a legislator is a «friend,» both in the general voting, but, especially, as a member of committees, they get rewarded afterwards with 7 - and 8 - figure «consulting» contracts after they leave office for jobs as lobbyists for companies they were supposed to oversee, lobbying their former colleagues.

For Smith, in contrast, the risk that the «merchants and manufacturers» influence the legislator was part and parcel of his description of commercial society, inscribed in its most basic architecture, as it were.

Port Authority officials and developers are trying to slip»n' slide away from blame for water leaks inside Ground Zero's $ 4 billion transit hub, as state legislators called for an investigation into the cause.

State legislators may also provide a more fruitful target, as can corporations conscious of their public image (it helps if your list members are customers — target the CEO personally for extra fun).

Interestingly, «the rate of growth appears to be highest in races for local posts, such as mayor and state legislator, because newspapers boast greater penetration and influence in small - to medium - size markets.»

A series of local events highlighting legislators» reliance on out - of - district campaign contributions is being held around the state this week and next as part of a build - up to the formal launch of a new coalition called Fair Elections for New York on April 17.

A committee of legislators from the state Assembly and Senate will interview candidates next week as they seek a replacement for former AG Eric Schneiderman, who resigned Tuesday amid allegations that he physically and psychologically abused four women.

He told Syracuse.com he opposes Cuomo's calls for the Legislature to approve public financing of political campaigns, is undecided on closing the LLC loophole that lets wealthy donors contribute almost unlimited amounts to politicians, and is against the governor's call to limit the outside income of lawmakers to 15 percent of their $ 79,500 base salary as legislators.

Legislators in Jackson Heights told their gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender constituents as well as their allies Monday to vote for pro-marriage equality candidates in the Nov. 2 election.

Several central and northern New York legislators are praising the state's new budget as a win for the region's schools, but they say it was a hard - fought battle that is not over yet.

«Her involvement in her community and commitment to finding compromise and solutions as a county legislator will make her a strong voice and advocate for all of her constituents.»

Last year, for instance, the New York City Council did away with lulus as part of a deal to raise its members» salaries to $ 148,500, a large pay increase that towers over the base pay for state legislators: $ 79,500.

«I have serious concerns for the across the board minimum wage increase as proposed, however, with amendments in consideration of our farms, small businesses, and certain employment situations I might consider it,» said Assemblyman Bill Magee, answering a syracuse.com survey of 14 state legislators in the region.

Basically it seems that the folks at Vehicle Production Group (which sounds like an East German factory conglomerate) spotted a likely front for their push to get a juicy contract, an agreeable legislator with solid credentials as an advocate for the disabled, and decided to buy him.