Sentences with phrase «as lawmakers see»

Child custody laws are shifting as lawmakers see the need to give divorced parents equal parenting time.

The 11th District, represented by Sens. Tony Avella (D - Bayside), and the 16th District, now held by Toby Stavisky (D - Whitestone), stayed basically the same in their overall bizarre shapes, but their edges became more jagged as lawmakers saw fit to draw in specific blocks but not others.

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But most Republican lawmakers have remained adamantly opposed to the proposals, which they see as propping up the law.

Lawmakers and activists saw an even bigger problem, comparing the purchasable loot boxes, in a game likely to have a large audience of minors, as akin to encouraging children to gamble.

In this election cycle, the GOP has already seen more than twice as many lawmakers announcing departures as its Democratic counterpart, with members seeking different offices or leaving politics altogether, often offering abrupt resignations.

said members of the Democratic Women's Working Group were encouraging lawmakers of all parties and genders to participate, but the protest is likely to be seen as a direct critique of President Trump, who has been accused of sexual misconduct.

As lawmakers and the public scrutinize dramatic price increases for other old drugs — most recently with the Mylan - owned EpiPen, which saw its cost go up by 500 % in the past nine years — the next flash point may be insulin, a drug both ubiquitous and complicated.

«What we're starting to see is that we're approaching the end,» Pemex Chief Executive Jose Antonio Gonzalez Anaya told lawmakers recently, referring to what he described as gains against fuel thieves.

As the abortion language represents the sole area of disagreement among lawmakers on this vital legislation, trafficking abolitionists are eager to see a compromise worked out.

Such a cut fits into Trump's «America first» worldview, but is alarming to lawmakers who see diplomacy and foreign aid as a small but crucial component of the federal budget, just more than 1 %.

Within the coalition are two factions: those pushing to play hardball on Capitol Hill by threatening to force uncooperative lawmakers from office in November, and those who'd rather see the debate settled at the congressional negotiating table sooner rather than later, even if it means making policy concessions to companies such as Verizon and Comcast.

And commenting on the Catalonian lawmakers» vote on Wednesday, Bloomberg quoted Spain's Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria as saying: «We've seen democracy take a kicking.»

Mr. Booker has long been seen as a tech - friendly lawmaker, and he has known Mr. Zuckerberg for longer than most lawmakers.

The fiscal cliff, off which U.S. taxpayers may have to leap on Jan. 1, 2013, if the Bush tax cuts expire, is seen as being the inevitable consequence of Washington lawmakers» infighting unless President Obama and Congress honestly confront this deadline in an election year.

At Facebook founder and CEO's Mark Zuckerberg's hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday, lawmakers were blunt about what they see as the company's flaws — its inadequate self - policing, lack of transparency, and reluctance to give users more control over their own data.

The resulting public discourse has seen furor from many quarters with politicians on both sides of the Atlantic rounding on all parties involved in the allegations with Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg earlier facing two inquisitions from the US lawmakers as a result.

The two lawmakers state that they specifically want to see correspondence regarding the department's consultation with SEC «as it worked to introduce a new proposal to redefine the fiduciary standard» under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

He, like other lawmakers present, could be seen exchanging glances with colleagues as Trump spoke.»

Beijing has threatened to impose 25 percent tariffs on US agricultural exports, and Trump told lawmakers that he saw the TPP as a way to help American farmers deal with the blow by opening up new markets for their crops.

Later, as the chairman of the House Republican Conference, he saw his job as being a servant to his fellow GOP lawmakers.

The American Car Rental Association, a lobbying group for companies including Enterprise Holdings Inc. and Hertz Global Holdings Inc., is pushing lawmakers to eliminate what it sees as unfair loopholes from taxes that its members have to pay and that car - sharing companies have avoided.

While those around him see him as a hero, and he's grateful for the recognition, Chris is quick to credit those around him for his success, and looks forward to this year's LAC in Washington, D.C., where school nutrition professionals from around the country will meet to bring their needs and concerns before lawmakers.

The Senate passed its ride - hailing bill more than a month ago, and the governor has indicated he would like to see a solution to this issue — which eluded lawmakers last year — worked out as part of the budget.

The governor is trying to build a coalition of pro-gay marriage groups to apply pressure on lawmakers seen as being on the fence.

Lawmakers departed Albany as scheduled yesterday without heeding Paterson's call for an up - or - down vote on his budget proposal «just to see where we stand,» as he put it this morning.

Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, meanwhile, expressed frustration over what he saw was a shifting set of priorities dictated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who initially proposed the amendments, as well as urged lawmakers to fund a hate crimes task force and back a memorandum of understanding for affordable housing money.

A bipartisan group of state lawmakers is looking to amend any reference to a firefighter or police officer throughout state law to be gender neutral, a change they see as fixing antiquated law that refers to the holders of such jobs as men.

The decision by the Michigan lawmaker — who has held his seat since 1965 and who denies the harassment allegations — followed several days of internal deliberation and pressure from Democratic colleagues, including Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who wanted Conyers to leave the high - profile post but didn't want to be seen as forcing him out.

She said she saw the decision by Clinton, who like many lawmakers also used a private e-mail while in the Senate, to use a private address as the top U.S. diplomat as a continuation of «what she was doing before she arrived at the State Department.»

In other words, the chaos we've seen in a chamber of 63 lawmakers would be transferred to a body more than twice its size — a cataclysm that would have a devastating impact as a slew of complex issues remain under negotiation.

The Bronx lawmaker, himself a child of NYCHA, said he would like to see New York's developments take part in the program — which is seen as a major step toward the privatization of public housing — even though he acknowledged that it is «controversial» among liberal advocates.

The New York Times reported this morning a meeting earlier this year between Cuomo and Stewart - Cousins led to the governor criticizing Senate Democrats for not understanding suburban voters, leading Stewart - Cousins to accuse him of only seeing her as a black woman and not a Westchester lawmaker.

Forty - four percent of New Yorkers see the Legislature in a better light thanks to state lawmakers» passage of a budget prior to the April 1 deadline, but Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos continue to to be viewed unfavorably by nearly twice as many voters as view them favorably.

(Most of New York's Democratic lawmakers plan to attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address before Congress next month, which some Democrats have said they'll boycott because they see it as an end run around the White House.

The two Congress members are rivals with Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, who held the State Senate seat before Hamilton and is seen as the Albany lawmaker's mentor and political patron.

Counties should not be expecting mandate relief from the state Vanderhoef said, as he has not seen much movement from state lawmakers to reduce the burden on localities.

The bill reflects an unusual alliance of Republican lawmakers who see the Common Core Learning Standards as a federal intrusion on local decision - making and Democratic lawmakers who oppose the use of standardized tests to sanction teachers and schools.

Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, has been criticized for what some saw as a lax response to the crisis, visiting the village only months after the water was confirmed to be poisoned; lawmakers in Albany, meanwhile, were also initially noncommittal about hearings on the contamination, before eventually assenting.

Cuomo confirmed that talks in recent days have seen the inclusion of a provision creating a commission to look at — and recommend — new salary levels for lawmakers as well as agency commissioners and other top administration officials.

But Trump carried the seat by 1 point and national Republicans see lawyer and farmer Tiffany Shedd as a strong challenger to the freshman lawmaker.

Debate over the CUNY shifts took a curious turn on Monday as Republican Sen. Cathy Young, the chair of the finance committee, offered a new rationale for the CUNY proposal: the cost shift as a punishment for recent anti-Semitic incidents at CUNY and what some lawmakers see as an inefficient response to them.

The vote by the Georgia lawmakers was seen as retaliated against Delta Airlines for its NRA decision, Jeffries said.

«Taxpayers never had an opportunity to so much as see where this money is going, let alone weigh in on it, before lawmakers voted to send $ 56 million out the door,» said Empire Center Executive Director Tim Hoefer, executive director of the Empire Center.

Business groups see the issue as one that could boost the upstate economy, and the Republican - led State Senate — whose majority caucus includes a number of upstate lawmakers — has been supportive.

How long Astorino's veto will hold, however, remains to be seen, as county lawmakers say they have enough votes for an override.

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 measure was seen as being squarely aimed at Airbnb, the popular online portal for short - term rentals, while lawmakers in favor of the bill insist it is meant to bolster and preserve affordable housing in New York City.

In the letter, the lawmakers express frustration with what they see as a lack of progress from Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan's office in pursuing the case, which has been ruled a homicide by the New York City medical examiner's office.

Lawmakers won't be called back for a special session to pass more ethics and campaign - finance reform measures, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he would like to see broader changes included in a constitutional convention.

But lawmakers this legislative session have chaffed under what they see as an executive overreach with linking so much controversial policy to spending increase for education and the funding of capital projects.