Sentences with phrase «as a legislator on»

John, or Jack as he was known by many, served for over 17 years as a legislator on the Oneida County Board of Legislators.

It was indeed «moments of madness» on Tuesday at the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly as legislators on the platform of the ruling All Progressives...

Westchester County Attorney John Nonna added: «This announcement is long overdue, dating back to my time as a legislator on the County Board when I fought for funding for restoration of the Miller House.

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Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, who serves as the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee and led Tuesday's hearing, chuckled at the idea America's legislators are out of the loop.

The Fed Audit, which has consistently been fought by the Senate, could easily be dropped - with Republican legislators being able to point to the endorsement of the beltway's leading libertarian think tanks as evidence of being tough on the Fed.

As Facebook general counsel Colin Stretch was testifying before three congressional committees on Tuesday and Wednesday, fielding questions from a succession of irate and mostly tech - illiterate legislators, his boss was preparing to break it to investors that curbing Russian information operations and other forms of abuse on his platform will be expensive.

Legislators on Tuesday grilled Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló and PREPA executive director Ricardo Ramos over the Whitefish deal as new documents showed exorbitant billing rates from the contractor and incompetence on the part of the government.

A Republican running against an Ohio lawmaker with whom she exchanged sexual text messages has followed through on her threat to release more texts, even as the legislator pursues an extortion claim against her.

European Central Bank governing council member Ewald Nowotny said on Thursday that legislators and central bankers are discussing whether they should intervene to regulate cryptocurrencies, as China already has done.

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.

«Well aware that the opinions and belief of men depend not on their own will, but follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds; that Almighty God hath created the mind free, and manifested his supreme will that free it shall remain by making it altogether insusceptible of restraint; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments, or burthens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, who being lord both of body and mind, yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in his Almighty power to do, but to extend it by its influence on reason alone; that the impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well as ecclesiastical, who, being themselves but fallible and uninspired men, have assumed dominion over the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavoring to impose them on others, hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world and through all time.»

As economic freedom expands» which is to say as capitalism and free markets expand and take on new modes and forms» legislators and regulators run behind, trying to catch up to remedy the social problems freedom always createAs economic freedom expands» which is to say as capitalism and free markets expand and take on new modes and forms» legislators and regulators run behind, trying to catch up to remedy the social problems freedom always createas capitalism and free markets expand and take on new modes and forms» legislators and regulators run behind, trying to catch up to remedy the social problems freedom always creates.

«Research has shown that life - affirming laws do have an impact on lowering the number of abortions, and with all the life - affirming laws passed since 2010, we have a reason to celebrate the number of lives saved and women protected as legislators worked to defend them from a predatory and rarely accountable abortion industry,» AUL Acting President Clark Forsythe said in a written statement.

When the scores were tallied, however, several recognized and highly respected Christian legislators, including Jesuit Robert Drinan of Massachusetts, evangelical Mark Hatfield of Oregon, and Paul Simon of Illinois received extremely low ratings on their legislative behavior as it reflected their «Christian» commitment.

And I am even more angry as a legislator who must endure the threats of every religious group who thinks it has some God - granted right to control my vote on every roll call in the Senate.

Here, as Bishop John J. Myers of Peoria observed in his Pastoral Statement on the Obligations of Catholics and Rights of Unborn Children, the voter or legislator need will only the law's protections, while accepting, though not willing, the injustices that he is powerless to remove.

Hill Climbs: Just as important as email outreach is face - to - face contact with the legislators and staff who are working on the issues in D.C..

«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.

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.

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.

Responding to the Abuakwa South legislator, the Organised Youth of Krobo said bringing development to an area should be national in character and not based on ethnicity, religion, economical status, race, or religion as propounded by the framers of the 1992 constitution.

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.

The image of Gov. Andrew Cuomo lifting Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie virtually on to his toes following a two - way deal on ethics legislation was seen by some legislators as demeaning and disrespectful.

Interesting little tidbit from Nevada: a group calling itself the Patriot Majority is running ads against Sharron Angle on conservative websites, describing her as ««Nevada's WORST legislator!»

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.

Also at 10:30 a.m., elected officials, wineries and Finger Lakes residents call on Cuomo to reject Circular enerG's trash incinerator proposal and urge legislators to pass bi-partisan bills that would support Home Rule in the state expedited power plant siting process, known as Article 10, LCA Room, (130), LOB, Albany.

«I'm not going to make any predictions on that, but it's very much on the minds of the governor as well as the legislators,» Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul said.

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.

As supporters and opponents go head - to - head with their positions on the Horse - Carriage Ban, lobbyists will be targeting City Council Members with a full on assault to sway their votes, but there's one legislator who could not be bought.

Legislators will have less paper stacked on their desks, as well.

As people around the globe observe Earth Day on Sunday, Westchester County Legislators Kitley Covill and Nancy Barr are putting their environmental principles into action.

Even while serving as a state legislator he has found time to serve as the «Assistant Organizer» for the «NYC Bisexual, Pansexual and Queer Meetup Group» on meetup.com.

Armed with a full understanding of how this scandal came to be, rank - and - file legislators (and the people who elect them) can make informed choices on the various issues that radiate from this scandal, such as assigning responsibility, choosing legislative leaders, and making annual budget appropriations to pay off the debt.

The figures indicate that legislators are much less dependent on LLCs as an overall percentage of their fundraising than Cuomo has been.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo urged a crowd of several hundred union members and others in Solvay on Wednesday to demand their state legislators pass a $ 15 an hour minimum wage this month as part of the state budget.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — John Nonna's appointment as Westchester County Attorney was confirmed Monday night by the Board of Legislators.Nonna, who previously served on the Board of Legislators and as mayor of Pleasantville was nominated by County Executive George Latimer in December.After his election, Latimer appointed Nonna to help lead his transition team.

«As legislators, it is our responsibility to make informed decisions on policy,» he wrote in the earlier email.

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano says he hasn't formally nominated acting Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter as top cop — even though he said he would nearly five months ago — because he hasn't met with legislators tasked with voting on the appointment.

Much of the discussion centered on campaigns for the U.S. House and Senate, but state races came up constantly as well, and for good reason: the state legislators and governors elected in three short months will oversee the single most important political act in our system of government, the redrawing of state and congressional district lines based on the results of the census.

The controversial legislator who has always been in the news for his abusive conduct, on Tuesday morning on an Accra - based Television station, rained unprintable insults on the police chief over what he described as his indifferent attitude to the whole incident.

Curran, a Democratic county legislator from Baldwin who takes office Jan. 1, envisions Williams, 62, of Garden City, as an «orchestra conductor,» overseeing a breadth of operations while serving as her eyes and ears on the ground.

Citing unnamed sources, New York Post columnist Fred Dicker reported this morning that legislators are considering a push to have the Joint Commission on Public Ethics investigate how Duffy approached the Rochester Business Alliance and its officials about a job as the group's president, and whether he properly recused himself from government decisions pertaining to the organization.

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.

Since Nigerians have shown their supports for President Muhammadu Buhari's war on corruption and the extension of the campaign to security agencies, legislators and judiciary, his recent directive for the probe of members of the executive arm as well as the 5 % rewards for the whistle - blower's efforts on recovered loots are a welcome development (Link 5).

As the state's housing commissioner and a former New York state legislator from Brooklyn, I believe I can offer a unique perspective on the historic rent - regulation bill Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed into law last week.

County Executive Steven Bellone and members of the Long Island Pine Barrens Society and Group for the East End announced the deal — which still needs approval from county legislators, as well as a voter referendum in November — on Wednesday.

Gonsalves spokesman Frank Moroney said Wednesday that several vendors had complained to their legislators that personal information, such as Social Security numbers and vehicle identification numbers, was appearing on the website.

It is certainly not an illustration of courage or leadership on the part of the council members, legislators, mayor or county executive, who have joined in the chorus of racist and incompetent Board of Ed members seeking my removal, so as to push back on me to not disclose their culpability in rigging the recent teacher's contract, or their complicity in trying to unfairly settling the Board's $ 450 million lawsuit against Lou Ciminelli, for fleecing the citizens and children of Buffalo.

Oswego County District Attorney Greg Oakes says his office is focused on the criminal prosecution of the case, and has no influence regarding Doyle's position as a legislator.

In June, as a Cuomo - backed abortion - rights measure failed to come to a floor vote (and granted, it is doubtful that it had the votes to pass) and legislators adjourned without acting on any of the governor's public corruption bills, he refused, even when prompted, to single out the IDC.