Sentences with phrase «as lawmakers who»

Onondaga and Broome county leaders are already undertaking similar cost saving projects, but there's skepticism among local government leaders, as well as lawmakers who question how far the proposal will go.

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Some of the lawmakers who won't attend will instead host an alternative State of the Union — a meeting «to talk about our opposition to these racist policies that are being put out of the White House and to make sure we put out our own aggressive vision of what our America looks like as we take it back,» according to Jayapal.

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.

President Donald Trump and lawmakers have been at loggerheads for months over the fate of young unauthorized immigrants known as «Dreamers,» who are temporarily protected from deportation under the Obama - era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Kevin Chmielewski, who served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations at the EPA, told Democratic lawmakers of these alleged spending abuses, which they summarized in letters to Pruitt and President Trump.

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 %.

However, Democrats remained pessimistic about a deal during the third day of the shutdown, as they sought firmer assurances that lawmakers would soon try to restore protections for people who were brought in the U.S. illegally as children.

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.

But eliminating that deduction is already opposed by Republican lawmakers from high - tax states such as New York and California, who say it helps their state governments pay for social programs, including public education.

But other issues, such as providing tax credits to encourage people to buy insurance (while not outright mandating coverage), have proved controversial to conservative lawmakers who have described the plan as «Obamacare Lite.»

The classified document has drawn criticism from Democratic lawmakers, who argue it is misleading, as well as from law enforcement officials.

Republican lawmakers, who normally resist regulation of private business, started coming down on the company as early as Sunday, with Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona calling the privacy violations «significant» and Senator Marco Rubio of Florida saying he was «disturbed» by many things about the company.

That's the message from Indiana lawmakers who have passed a new law that could lead to fines of as much as $ 500 for slowpokes who refuse to move out of the left lane when traffic piles up behind them.

That may be difficult as negotiators try to appease GOP lawmakers without losing the support of the core group of Democratic senators who backed Crapo's legislation.

Ryan Petty, father of Alaina Petty, 14, who was killed in the attack, wrote to lawmakers urging them to pass the bill as a step in the right direction toward gun control.

Ahead of Mr. Zuckerberg's trip to Washington, Facebook has hired a team from the law firm WilmerHale as well as outside consultants to coach him on questions lawmakers may ask, and on how to pace his answers and react if interrupted, according to people close to the preparations, who would speak only anonymously because the sessions were private.

In addition to mollifying lawmakers and investors, Mr. Zuckerberg needs to impress another important audience during next week's hearings: Facebook's rank - and - file employees, who have begun to question the company's leadership as the latest crisis has spiraled.

Mick Mulvaney admits he favored lobbyists who gave him money as a lawmaker.

Dimon, who in the past has described himself as «barely» a Democrat, has been going to Washington more often since the 2016 elections to lobby lawmakers on issues including changes in corporate taxes, immigration policies and mortgage finance.

A standoff between Justice Department officials and GOP lawmakers escalated Wednesday as President Donald Trump waded into a controversy over demands to release a highly sensitive document outlining who and what is being investigated by special counsel...

Not counting this form of compensation as an expense was a ridiculous accounting practice, and one that was supported by ridiculous arguments by lobbyists and the lawmakers who wanted to protect their corporate constituents who were getting rich.

-- «State senators condemn fatal police shooting of Stephon Clark,» by LATimes» Patrick McGreevy: «Lawmakers» tempers flared Monday as the California Senate adjourned in memory of Stephon Clark, an unarmed African American man who was shot to death by Sacramento police officers on March 18.

The warnings come as several top GOP lawmakers have stepped forward to publicly criticize Pruitt in recent days, marking a dramatic turn of fortune for one of the most conservative members of President Donald Trump's cabinet who has been heralded for dismantling Obama - era regulations.

TRENTON — The U.S. Supreme Court today spurned New Jersey's long effort to legalize sports betting, handing another defeat to Gov. Chris Christie and lawmakers who view it as a way to revive Atlantic City and the state's ailing racetracks.

As a result, nursing mothers have become proactive in recent years, not only lobbying lawmakers to change laws and provide penalties for those who do not comply but also staging huge «nurse - ins» at businesses that have rejected public nursing.

Those are, I think, serious issues that groups like the Rudd Center should be discussing with representives of school food service professionals, who, as we speak, are swarming over Capitol Hill trying to convince their lawmakers that this particular provision of the child nutrition re-authorization should be put on hold and pilot tested.

Former Spitzer spokesman Darren Dopp: «A governor who is perceived as cooperating with lawmakers and getting things done isn't going to be hurt by the revelation that his office has a combative relationship with the press corps.»

«We need a leader who will put the people before politics, and my colleague and friend Sen. John DeFrancisco is the man to do it as the next Governor of New York,» Akshar said in a joint statement with the rest of the lawmakers.

The organization has also championed — endorsing and raising money for — the handful of Assembly Republicans who joined the Democrats in voting «yes» to pass the marriage bill on the other side of the Capitol, protecting these lawmakers on a potentially difficult issue (and one that, as it turned out, didn't lead to anyone's ouster, but did contribute to Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava getting pushed out of the NY - 23 special election by conservatives who argued she was too moderate).

A reader who forwarded the link to Carrion's imminent appearance noted this is the second time in less than a month that the ex-Democratic lawmaker has made the trek north from Washington, D.C. where he has been working as first director of the White House Office on Urban Affairs since last winter.

Conference lawmakers on Thursday held a fundraiser, attended by Cuomo and Shelley Mayer, a Democrat running in Westchester County's 37th Senate district, as well as Luis Sepulveda, who is running for a Bronx seat.

In a secret - ballot election, House GOP lawmakers formally nominated Rep. Paul Ryan to serve as speaker, ending a month - long search to find a replacement for the departing John Boehner who could united the fractious party.

The fact that both houses of the Legislature is home to lawmakers who moonlight as private - practice attorneys (including Silver) could be problematic for a robust ethics law.

The drive is part of a broader campaign backed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to unseat GOP lawmakers who backed the American Health Care Act, a bill that would replace much of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said he was «sickened» by the carnage wrought by a gunman who opened fire on GOP lawmakers at a congressional baseball practice early this morning, as he confirmed the shooter «apparently volunteered» on his 2016 presidential campaign.

Lawmakers could vote for Heastie to succeed Silver as early as tomorrow, though some members — including Manhattan Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, who was once named as a potential Silver successor herself, are now pushing to stick to the Feb. 10 vote on which they agreed last week.

Scaling back the teacher evaluation law is a key issue for the teachers unions, who have influence with lawmakers as well as Democratic voters.

She will submit her name for consideration to the Legislature as lawmakers consider who to appoint to fill out the last few months of Schneiderman's term.

Democrats in the narrowly divided state Senate have sought to stake out ground opposing (or «resisting» in the parlance of the political times) the Trump administration as well as pointing out their contrasts with Republican lawmakers, who they have sought to tie to actions by the new president.

And as Mahoney points out, of the 54 Senate lawmakers who have filed so far, Republicans are outraising Democrats by a 5 - to - 1 margin.

Opposition continues in the Assembly even as supporters point to the dozens of lawmakers from both parties who have signed on in support of a version of the legislation, which would provide a tax credit to those who donate to public schools or to a scholarship program that benefits a private or parochial school.

Sen. Tom O'Mara is one of the lawmakers who receives compensation for his role as vice chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, receiving $ 15,000 for the job.

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.

Helming is one of seven lawmakers in the Senate — three Independent Democratic Conference members, plus four Senate Republicans — who were listed falsely as committee chairs on Senate records forwarded to the state comptroller's office.

The foreign national in question is Ofer Biton, an Israeli citizen and top Grimm fundraiser, who may have acted as a go - between for the Republican lawmaker and Rabbi Pinto's congregation.

It's true that the views of our lawmakers are just as important, if not more so, than those who uphold those laws.

Spectrum News reported on Wednesday lawmakers who have received thousands of dollars as vice chairs have missed committee meetings in recent weeks.

The system, adopted in the 1970s as a supposed «reform,» has led to myriad cases of lawmakers, who haven't had a pay raise since 1999, intentionally seeking to supplement their incomes by spending time in Albany even when they have no meaningful official work — and they've sometimes done it illegally.

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«New York City straphangers have suffered enough delays and we can not delay funding this project anymore,» said Klein, a Democrat who leads the breakaway group of lawmakers known as the Independent Democratic Conference, in a statement.