Sentences with phrase «as lawmakers return»

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R - Ky., walks through the Capitol as lawmakers return to work after their Thanksgiving break to face unfinished business on taxes and spending in Washington on Monday.

The 114th Congress begins with republicans taking control of the Senate along with the House as lawmakers return to Washington.

As lawmakers return at the end of this month to a thin legislative agenda win Albany, Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he has no plans to push for centerpiece issues.

As lawmakers return for a post-budget legislative session push Tuesday, the state Conservative Party reiterated its call for term limits of elected officials.

It was largely business as usual for the Assembly as lawmakers returned to Albany while Silver learned his fate in lower Manhattan.

As lawmakers returned to the state Capitol for the first time since the convictions of Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos, it was Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb who perhaps best summed up what 2015 did to the term «state legislator.»

As lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Monday for the final 11 days of the session, there was noise about bills that are seen as steps toward scrubbing an oft - criticized legislative process and aiding with government transparency.

On Wednesday, as lawmakers returned to the state Capitol for the first time since the convictions of Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos, it was Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb who perhaps best summed up what 2015 did to the term «state legislator.»

Not exact matches

Hundreds of teachers returned to the Capitol on Thursday morning as lawmakers debated the rest of the state's $ 10.4 billion budget plan.

The changes come as lawmakers have sought to push for returning power to DiNapoli's office for procurement oversight following the arrests of prominent upstate developers, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the ex-president of SUNY Polytechnic stemming from an alleged effort to rig state bids on lucrative economic development projects.

The memo is an attempt to quell what will likely be further questions on Monday for lawmakers when the Senate returns to Albany as well as an outcry from mainline Senate Democrats and good - government organizations.

Even if this latest peace deal between Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins and IDC Leader Jeff Klein holds when lawmakers return to Albany after the Easter / Passover break next week, and even if the Democrats win both the April 24 special elections (the Westchester County race is really the deciding factor there, since the Bronx seat seems a safe bet), the Republicans will still have control of the chamber as long as Felder, a conservative Democrat, continues to caucus with them.

Work on the budget continues today as more state lawmakers return to the Capitol, with an eye toward early passage, due to the looming Easter and Passover holidays.

It's among several health issues lawmakers face when they return from summer recess, even as fights over the budget and helping Texas recover from Hurricane Harvey grab center stage.

This summer, a bipartisan group of state lawmakers called on Cuomo to expedite NYRA's return to private hands as well.

The House is postponing completion of work on an eight - bill spending package to fund the government in 2018 amid some lawmakers» eagerness to return home as Hurricane Irma nears the U.S.

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.

The budget was 10 days late last year as lawmakers and Cuomo haggled over details — a return to an traditionally contentions and drawn - out process for the governor and the Legislature.

Lawmakers are not happy with the idea that they might have to return later in the year to pass expiring tax extenders as well as deal with the mayoral control issue if it's allowed to expire at the end of the month.

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.

Meanwhile, Libous returns to the Capitol while state lawmakers in both the Republican - led Senate and Democratic - controlled Assembly sort out an extension of rent control laws for New York City as well as an extension of mayoral control of New York City schools and the creation of an education tax credit.

Senate Republicans will return to Albany later this month in the catbird seat as a range of issues important to Democratic lawmakers are due to expire in June, including mayoral control of New York City schools and laws governing rent control.

Ken Lovett: «As state lawmakers return to Albany this week, the stench of corruption scandals that hung over the Capitol in 2015 is not expected to dissipate any time soon.»

The companies making a push for expanding ride hailing services outside of New York City as the budget negotiations are expected to enter a new phase once lawmakers return Feb. 28.

Instead, Cuomo framed the debate over the tax abatement, which is expected to pick up when state lawmakers return to Albany next month after an extended break, as a union battle for them to fight over the prevailing wage.

Lawmakers are facing mounting pressure to end Capitol Hill's culture of secrecy over sexual harassment as they return from a holiday break, with members of both parties calling for Congress to overhaul its handling of misconduct claims and to unmask lawmakers who have paid settlements using taxpayLawmakers are facing mounting pressure to end Capitol Hill's culture of secrecy over sexual harassment as they return from a holiday break, with members of both parties calling for Congress to overhaul its handling of misconduct claims and to unmask lawmakers who have paid settlements using taxpaylawmakers who have paid settlements using taxpayer money.

Lawmakers expected to return to the Capitol — as top Assembly Democrats had predicted — on Tuesday.

Connecticut House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, a Democrat from Berlin, says one proposal lawmakers have dropped since they adjourned their regular legislative session a couple of weeks ago is for the return of highway tolls as an immediate revenue option.

AUSABLE — As federal lawmakers returned to their districts last week to engage in rough and tumble town halls, state lawmakers encountered more mild turf.

A final announcement seemed just out of reach as the Legislature settled in for a late night on Thursday, the last official day of the 2016 legislative calendar, and lawmakers were told to return on Friday for a final gallop of votes.

As state lawmakers ready to return to the Capitol on Wednesday to consider passing hundreds of new measures in the months ahead, here's a look at when 2016's enacted legislation will go into effect:

As NJ notes, this would set up the bill to be voted on when the Senate returns in January, and would represent a «bold act of defiance against the administration, which was still begging lawmakers this week to sit back and wait to see whether a comprehensive agreement can be reached.»

While he described the return of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to the PDP as a good omen for the party, the BoT chairman added that the likes of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki; a former governor of Kano State, Musa Kwankwaso; Sokoto State Governor, Waziri Tambuwal, and other lawmakers would soon return to the party.

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.

If Brooks prevails, the 63 - seat Senate in January would include a numerical majority of 32 lawmakers elected as Democrats — although that list includes Simcha Felder, who has conferenced with Republicans and has said he plans to continue doing do, and seven members of the Independent Democratic Conference, which has flirted with partnering with the Democratic mainline conference but could simply return to partnering with the GOP, as it has done for the past four years.

As a result, lawmakers returned to a more subdued Capitol to begin the 2016 session.

Government corruption, electoral dysfunction, more investigations, broad popular anger over the political status quo and how it hurts regular people: As they return to the Capitol this week, you'd think it would be a really good time for lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to move forward with big new reforms on ethics, elections, campaign finance and voting.

As state lawmakers have returned to work and Governor Andrew Cuomo has been inaugurated for his second term, one of the most important issues on the agenda in Albany will be housing related.

Lawmakers said Tuesday there's little chance that Cuomo would be able to leverage support for one issue with another, such as convincing the Republican - controlled Senate to pass same - sex marriage in return for support from the Democratic Assembly on the property tax cap.

As she returns to her seat, Christmas explains that she knows the lawmaker from the «bird suppers» held each year by a tight - knit group of influential Georgians — overwhelmingly men.

A panel of state lawmakers is considering a proposal that would bar Indiana from returning to the nationally - crafted academic standards known as the Common Core at the end of a year - long review.

After the extended session last year, lawmakers will be back to work early as we return to the traditional 90 day calendar.

At a so - called «advocacy day» timed to correspond with state lawmakers» May 16 return to Raleigh, organizers with the N.C. Association of Educators, a group that lobbies for thousands of teachers statewide, say they're hoping to draw as many educators and parents as possible.