Sentences with phrase «as a legislator gives»

Your record as a legislator gives a resounding answer: No, we can't.

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«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.

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.

After all, if the Senate could indeed pay vice chairs a stipend, then why have the legislators — seven in total, though one is giving the money back — be classified in official documentation as committee chairs?

«Mayor Brown's vast executive and legislative experience, both as Mayor of an upstate industrial city and as a state legislator, gives him an important advantage and at the same time would have brought balance to the ticket.»

Sheehan's announcement comes just as Gov. Andrew Cuomo and State Legislators appear to have agreed on a budget that will give Albany the $ 12.5 million in state aid the Mayor has lobbied for.

He said his experience as a legislator and 26 years as an attorney give him a formidable resume to enter the attorney general race.

«Shannon Wong won the most visible election for Orange County legislature this year, and her successful experience as an advocate for women's rights give her the potential to become one of the most effective legislators in the county.

But the statement from Speaker Heastie, a Bronx Democrat, and John J. Flanagan, a Long Island Republican who serves as the Senate majority leader, gave no indication that legislators would return to Albany this year to take up the measures the governor seeks.

Such messages are supposed to only be used in the case of emergency as the three - day aging period is designed to give the public and legislators a chance to review a measure before it comes to a vote.

«Community members throughout New York find it offensive that legislators like George Amedore, who have blocked ethics reforms and treat their public service as a hobby rather than a full - time job, would try to give themselves a pay hike,» Niccoli wrote.

«He was a dedicated legislator and also very proud of his Greek heritage, giving passionate speeches on the Assembly floor about Hellenism and his journey to America as a Greek immigrant.»

The debate was fairly bitter by Senate standards, and as the hour grew later — many lawmakers were anxious to leave for receptions hosted by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce and American Irish Legislators Society — they began openly sniping at Krueger as she gave a final critique.

It was also advertised as a way to end the horse - trading that's been a part of pay raises for decades — in 1987, Mario Cuomo linked a salary increase to ethics reforms, and the 1998 pay hike was accompanied by the creation of the state's first charter schools, a bill pushed by dairy farmers, and an agreement to give the comptroller authority to withhold legislators» paychecks in years when budgets are late.

Given the premise of your question (that virtually all legislators are of a differing party), the President would have to use every tool at his disposal (charm, pressure, horse trading, public opinion), as well as compromise his own preferences to a great degree.

The funds which run to about N60bn are not given as cash to legislators,» Namdas said.

«The ratings give voters a scorecard on how their individual legislator voted and how many times they force local governments — reeling from unfunded mandates — to raise taxes or nanny state proposals that interfere in how we choose to live our lives... As long as voters continue to hold Legislators responsible, we believe New York will become a business friendly place that people no longer have to flee in order to save on taxes.&raquAs long as voters continue to hold Legislators responsible, we believe New York will become a business friendly place that people no longer have to flee in order to save on taxes.&raquas voters continue to hold Legislators responsible, we believe New York will become a business friendly place that people no longer have to flee in order to save on taxes.»

That may be causing some (though not all) of the lingering animosity between the governor and legislators, who perhaps aren't interested in giving him yet another «on time budget» headline to crow about as he seeks to raise his national profile and looks toward a potential presidential run in 2020.

It's the second time in as many days that Cuomo, a Democrat in his second term, has said that he's not letting his proposals to limit outside income for legislators, reduce the political giving power of limited liability companies and increase transparency of lobbying groups fall by the wayside.

Given all this, our job as legislators is to decide what our priorities are and how to best spend our limited resources.

As a county legislator, I was given one appointment to our county's charter revision commission.

If our state legislators did not give the New York City politicians exactly what they wanted then chaos would ensue as property taxes would skyrocket to make up for the absence of the additional sales tax.

Their objection is that the bill does not go far enough in limiting the influence lobbyists can have through the gift - giving process, or in strengthening the revolving door by which former legislators recast themselves as lobbyists within a year after leaving office.

A pay raise commission is current considering giving legislators as much as a 48 percent pay increase, the first increase since 1999.

A hedge fund honcho who donates generously in support of charter schools gives a legislator lucrative employment as a securities lawyer while Albany is considering charter school measures.

As he makes his fourteenth appearance on the program, the legislator from the Bronx» 87th district will talk about how his district fared in the big snowfall, the anti-Muslim attack in his district, his proposed legislation to give voters a chance to recall their representatives, Bronx development issues, the state budget, and more.

Legislators rejected this change during the first round of budget negotiations, with the Assembly creating a credit based on income (and not tied to local spending) and the State Senate embracing a simpler but less onerous plan advanced by groups representing cities, towns, counties, school boards and villages to give the «freeze» check back to the local government to invest as it sees fit.

Because of a loophole in state law, businesses incorporated as LLC's can give unlimited contributions to state legislators.

As state legislators weigh the merits of Governor Cuomo's proposed Excelsior Scholarship, equal consideration should be given to educational quality as to access, and a substantial, long - overdue investment should be made in the City UniversitAs state legislators weigh the merits of Governor Cuomo's proposed Excelsior Scholarship, equal consideration should be given to educational quality as to access, and a substantial, long - overdue investment should be made in the City Universitas to access, and a substantial, long - overdue investment should be made in the City University.

Jacob Weisberg reviewed the governor's record, as opposed to his rhetoric, and identified the stagnation that would give George Pataki, then a little - known state legislator from Peekskill, the opening to knock off Cuomo as part of the November 1994 Republican electoral wave.

Evidence and testimony showed how some lawmakers can wield their considerable power to extort benefits for themselves or others; how the weak enforcement of lax financial disclosure requirements gives legislators ample opportunity to mask illegal payments as outside income; how moneyed real estate interests spend millions of dollars in campaign contributions to influence legislation; and how power is concentrated in the hands of the so - called three men in a room: the legislative leaders and the governor.

As the smoke clears from the opening congressional salvos in the 2013 budget wars, the Obama Administration finds itself with the unexpected — but not entirely unpleasant — job of deciding how to respond to legislators» preliminary plans to give some science programs more money than the White House had requested.

They've stopped trying to use tests to improve schools, realizing this strategy makes as much sense as trying to improve government by giving legislators a multiple - choice test.

But such claims are difficult to square with the legislators» designation of schools as not making «AdequateYearly Progress,» much less with the fact that the law gives families the option to attend another school if their school twice fails to make AYP.

Rosario, opening up about his own challenges in enrolling his children into magnet schools, vowed he would «do anything that I can do as a legislator — not just as a legislator, but as a parent — to give you folks a better opportunity than I had, that other children are looking to get.»

Fund Education Now's Annual Education Report Card gives voters a non-partisan, comprehensive assessment of whether or not the Governor and legislators support and pass policies that uphold their Constitutional duty to Florida's public school children as stated in Article IX, section 1 of the state constitution.

Legislators at the time gave little thought as to how to enforce such a law or whether pit bulls were actually more dangerous than other breeds, all because TV cameras were pointing their direction after the sensational crime.

Now, watch Senator Bernie Sanders (I - VT) as he deftly explains why we need energy reform, and why we need it now — in five minutes flat.This video is from a weekly segment called Senator Sanders Unfiltered, in which the legislator takes on a topic and gives a brief, compelling talk on it.

Of course, courts are now also permitted to look beyond the text to the intent of the legislators; but insofar as the Court is interpreting the words themselves, the words should still be given their original meaning.

As the courts have protected voting rights and required the legislature to fix unfair gerrymanders, legislators have lashed out at judges and passed bills giving them more control over courts.

Given the high level of unpredictability surrounding the choice and use of the two categories of non-legislative acts, one may expect not only a cascade of future cases but also a lively inter-institutional debate as to how to better clarify when the legislator should confer delegated or implementing powers.

In a repeat of efforts first started in 2014, legislators pressed to give more control to the governor and legislature over the state's Judicial Council which serves as the judicial nominating commission for the state.

The 71 legislators who voted no are underestimating these students as they are tough, smart and will not give up.

The event was held to give Minnesota children and advocates an opportunity to meet legislators, to celebrate the introduction of SF - 1663 and HF1997, and to serve as a call to action for supporters of the movement to increase access to quality early development and education programs.