Sentences with phrase «as lawmakers prepared»

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.

ALBANY — Except for an occasional break to rest his hand, Gov. David A. Paterson spent most of Thursday vetoing thousands of legislative earmarks as lawmakers prepared to depart for the Fourth of July holiday with the state's budget incomplete and negotiations at a near halt.

WASHINGTON, Nov 16 - The Republican - controlled U.S. Congress was approaching a major test on Thursday of its ability to overhaul the federal tax code, as lawmakers prepared for their first full - scale vote on sweeping tax legislation.

WASHINGTON, Nov 16 - The Republican - controlled U.S. Congress was approaching a major test on Thursday of its ability to enact sweeping tax cuts, as lawmakers prepared for their first full - scale vote on tax legislation.

WASHINGTON, Nov 16 - The Republican - controlled U.S. Congress approached a major test on Thursday of its ability to enact sweeping tax cuts, as lawmakers prepared for their first full - scale vote on tax legislation.

She also blamed the stalemate on partisanship, particularly as lawmakers prepare to face voters in November.

A Queens state Assemblyman's efforts to crack down on staged car accidents kicked into high gear as the lawmaker prepared his final push before the current legislation session ends in June.

As lawmakers prepare to pass the third consecutive state budget with no new pork - barrel spending, Cuomo said yesterday he doesn't believe legislative «member items» should ever return.

As lawmakers prepare for the state budget waltz, the state Senate and Assembly on Wednesday began to preview their one - house budget proposals, which are set to include a 25 percent income tax cut for middle class New Yorkers, a SUNY tuition freeze and «parity» between upstate and downstate transportation funding.

As lawmakers prepare to return for the final two weeks, there's uncertainty whether anything will get done, now that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has publicly vowed to try to oust the current Senate leadership.

But, as lawmakers prepare to vote on whether the city should seize over 100 tax delinquent properties, there are some concerns about those properties that aren't vacant.

As lawmakers prepare to return for the final two weeks, there's uncertainty whether anything will get done, now that Governor Cuomo has publicly vowed to try to oust the current Senate leadership.

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.

But final appropriations and many other education issues still await approval by the full Legislature as lawmakers prepare to adjourn Thursday.

Not exact matches

WASHINGTON The White House on Tuesday urged U.S. lawmakers to move ahead with legislation to help prisoners prepare for life after release, but stopped short of calling for broader reforms such as changing mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes.

Facebook described Mr. Zuckerberg's interactions with lawmakers as «courtesy meetings» and pointed to Mr. Zuckerberg's prepared testimony that was released on Monday.

As Congress prepares to reauthorize the Healthy Hunger - free Kids Act of 2010, set to expire in September, lawmakers are pushing for more relaxed requirements when it comes to the servings of whole grains, sodium content and fruits and vegetables.

As ConAgra Foods prepares to close its Carriage House plants in Fredonia and Dunkirk, Rep. Tom Reed says lawmakers are working hard to ensure other businesses don't do the same.

And while lawmakers seem prepared to give New York City almost all the money Mayor Bill de Blasio asked for, there is not as much funding for upstate.

New York's expected budget gap is growing larger — a more than $ 4 billion deficit heading into the next fiscal year now poses a challenge for Governor Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers as they prepare to run for re-election.

Fall for lawmakers means more hearings as the Senate and Assembly begin to prepare for next year's session.

Schneiderman's proposal comes as state lawmakers prepare to debate once again a public financing of campaigns on the state level that could see the adoption of a matching program based off the New York City system (Senate Republicans have blocked efforts to institute public financing).

The move would some breathing space to state lawmakers as they prepare to leave the Capitol without a long - term agreement on rent control.

Elia said lawmakers should expect to see requests for the funds as Governor Cuomo prepares to unveil his Executive Budget in January.

Silver's arrest comes as lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo prepare to negotiate a $ 141.6 billion budget proposal made this week.

Newly disclosed records show Suffolk district attorney employees have received $ 3.25 million in bonuses since 2012 — $ 550,000 more than reported previously — as county lawmakers prepare for a hearing today on a bill to tighten legislative control over how proceeds from seized criminal assets are spent.

The state legislature was preparing to end their 2012 session Thursday evening as lawmakers had promised, but they did not manage to finish everything on their list before they left.

As state lawmakers in the coming weeks prepare to hold water quality hearings in Hoosick Falls, Albany and on Long Island, Democratic Senate candidate Amber Small on Wednesday called for hearings to be held in Buffalo as welAs state lawmakers in the coming weeks prepare to hold water quality hearings in Hoosick Falls, Albany and on Long Island, Democratic Senate candidate Amber Small on Wednesday called for hearings to be held in Buffalo as welas well.

The meetings appear to be part of the lawmakers» efforts to assess the performance of the 2016 budget, even as they prepare to commence work on the 2017 budget.

The forum came as lawmakers and Cuomo are preparing serious negotiations toward the April 1 deadline for the 2017 - 18 state budget.

Hein, who has dubbed the situation the «Cahill crisis» because State Assemblyman Kevin Cahill (D, Kingston) blocked the approval before lawmakers went home this summer, said as a result of the potential loss of $ 5 million at the end of the year, he is preparing for all financial contingencies as he works up the county's 2014 budget.

As Oswego city lawmakers prepare for the second year of their term, a power struggle seems to be emerging between the common council and the mayor.

As Democrats in Albany prepare to celebrate the kickoff of Andrew Cuomo's campaign for governor next week, Mr. Cuomo is quietly putting out the word that if he's elected lawmakers who resist his agenda will be punished.

Miller Photography «Our goal for today is to make sure everyone you meet with understands that we serve the children of New York City and we do one of the most difficult jobs,» UFT President Michael Mulgrew says as he prepares the members to meet with lawmakers.

Although he is credited with leading New York out of an economic crisis as governor in the 1970s, Carey also was remembered as a World War II Army colonel who liberated concentration camps; a savvy lawmaker whose tenure on the House Ways and Means Committee prepared him for the economic challenges he would later face in Albany; and a compassionate chief executive who never turned his back on the underprivileged.

«Our goal for today is to make sure everyone you meet with understands that we serve the children of the New York City and we do one of the most difficult jobs,» UFT President Michael Mulgrew says as he prepares the members to meet with lawmakers.

While lawmakers snubbed the speech, which came as both houses were preparing for afternoon legislative sessions in Albany, he was joined by at least two Democratic leaders — state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio — with whom he has been openly battling for at least the past year.

The Obama administration's proposal to make federal funding for disadvantaged students contingent on states» adoption of reading and math standards that prepare students for college or a career has drawn sharp criticism from groups representing grassroots educators and state lawmakers, even as some governors and members of Congress appear open to the idea.

ASCD stands ready to assist the president and our country's lawmakers as they prepare to take on one of the most important issues of our time.

As lawmakers in Olympia prepare to grapple with court - ordered increases in school funding, it might help to have a better idea of the various tasks a teacher is expected to complete in a day.

As North Carolina lawmakers and education leaders begin to prepare for the 2015 legislative session, there are many controversial subjects to discuss and debate.

WASHINGTON (February 5, 2015)-- As Congress once again prepares to tackle a rewrite of the nation's elementary and secondary education law, a group of bipartisan lawmakers have reintroduced legislation to reverse the neglect of high - ability and high - potential learners.

Please share these recommendations (PDF) with your own lawmakers and colleagues as part of ASCD's wide - reaching effort to ensure that policymakers provide educators with the support they need to prepare their students for the demands of college, careers, and citizenship.

With a stopgap spending measure in place, some lawmakers believe efforts to get schools prepared for the new year are humming along as the General Assembly battles over a final two year budget plan — but what's happening on the...

As U.S. schools prepare to leave bubble tests behind to enter a new era in assessments, educators everywhere hope and expect that lawmakers and districts get it right.

As California lawmakers prepare to launch the state's cap and trade program as part of its Global Warming Solutions Act, or AB32, indigenous leaders traveled to Sacramento to urge officials not to include an international forest - based carbon offset mechanism, known as REDD, in the laAs California lawmakers prepare to launch the state's cap and trade program as part of its Global Warming Solutions Act, or AB32, indigenous leaders traveled to Sacramento to urge officials not to include an international forest - based carbon offset mechanism, known as REDD, in the laas part of its Global Warming Solutions Act, or AB32, indigenous leaders traveled to Sacramento to urge officials not to include an international forest - based carbon offset mechanism, known as REDD, in the laas REDD, in the law.

Over the next two months, as the federal lawmakers prepare new rules for physician - assisted death, these issues will likely remain at the forefront of the debate.

Mark Zuckerberg is probably wearing out his flashcards as he prepares to be the sole subject of two congressional hearings, where lawmakers will take turns grilling the Facebook CEO about the policies that let an app developer cart away and inappropriately share data on as many as 87 million Facebook users.

On Tuesday, Iranian lawmakers passed a new set of banking laws, securing low interest rates and forgiving widespread loan penalties, as they prepare official cryptocurrency policies to bolster the struggling economy.

The Maryland shooting happened as many students in Parkland are preparing for Sunday's March for Our Lives — a massive rally in Washington, D.C., to encourage lawmakers to enact stricter gun laws.