Sentences with phrase «as legislators from»

The resolution received bipartisan (7 - 4) support as Legislators from both sides of the aisle recognize the role the County Executive has in this discussion.

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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.

A Colorado legislator has introduced a measure to the House of Representatives that would define as gross income gains worth over $ 600 from the sale or trading of cryptocurrency.

This time, as pressure mounted from legislators, investors, advertisers and the public alike, the company conceded.

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.

Britain's shocking decision to remove itself from the European Union brought more political turmoil Sunday as Scotland's leader threatened to block the move and the opposition Labour Party's leader faced a coup attempt from his own legislators.

The other issue that was never far from the headlines was tax reform, as Republican legislators submitted a package of proposals.

«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.»

From the pulpit, Hall delivered the liturgy with a strong message to his faithful to call for action by their legislators to institute stricter laws banning access to semi-automatic rifles, such as the one police said the gunman used in Friday's massacre.

Meanwhile, the governor of Caquetá made the same point to our delegation, as did members of a morning - long symposium in which we heard from departmental legislators, nongovernmental organizations, educators and church groups.

Two groups of prominent religious liberty scholars (one led by Robin Fretwell Wilson, the other by Douglas Laycock) have written letters (such as this one from Wilson's group) to state legislators and governors considering same - sex marriage bills, imploring them to include various statutory provisions that would afford some protection to religious freedom.

Fellow legislator Senator Angus King, an independent from Maine, referred to the ongoing debate over immigration in Congress as «a unique opportunity for us to carry out our moral and ethical responsibilities at the same time as we carry out our legal and political responsibilities.»

«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.

As I've often noted, the Time for Lunch site is invaluable for learning more about the reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act and for finding ways to get involved, from donating money for their lobbying efforts to contacting your own legislators.

Having served billions of targeted voter - matched digital ads online, social media, and mobile devices over the past five years and helping to elect scores of Democrats up and down the ballot for offices ranging from senator and governor to state legislator and school board member, DSPolitical has earned a reputation as a progressive ally and committed innovator.

This isn't to suggest that Netanyahu isn't the only critic of the agreement; Republican legislators and Presidential candidates have criticized it as well, but I used quotes from Netanyahu as he articulated the reasoning behind his criticism better than quotes from Republicans that I could find.

So long as legislators are acting in the sphere of legitimate legislative activity, they are protected not only from the consequence of litigation's results but also from the burden of defending themselves.

«Our Senate Republican conference benefits greatly from the experience and the perspectives of these outstanding female legislators and leaders for New York, and I am confident the entire state will as well,» said Majority Leader John Flanagan.

Legislators reported getting anywhere from $ 45 to as high as $ 80 extra in their latest paychecks.

Port Authority officials and developers are trying to slip»n' slide away from blame for water leaks inside Ground Zero's $ 4 billion transit hub, as state legislators called for an investigation into the cause.

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!»

New York's Westchester County Board of Legislators has passed a bill portrayed as a civil rights measure that blocks businesses from asking job candidates» salary histories.

A committee of legislators from the state Assembly and Senate will interview candidates next week as they seek a replacement for former AG Eric Schneiderman, who resigned Tuesday amid allegations that he physically and psychologically abused four women.

It's unlikely that the legislators and press corps in Albany are aware of this, but it's a history worth reciting as they consider the current proposals from the governor and Senator Jeff Klein, the renegade / independent Democrat who has aligned with the Republican State Senate majority.

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.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli (second from r.) is joined by Jackson Heights - area legislators — state Assemblyman Michael DenDekker, state Sen. Jose Peralta and City Councilman Daniel Dromm — as he presents his overview of the neighborhood and surrounding area's economy last week.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced continued widespread support from federal, state and county legislators as well as other former and current elected officials, community and business leaders for current plans to build a new bridge to replace the Tappan Zee.

«From her years teaching high school students to her work uplifting women and working families as a county legislator, Cindy's candidacy reflects her commitment to empowering her community.

Venditto's son, Michael, a former county legislator and state senator, had worked as a 16 - year - old as a «weed picker» at a town - owned golf course where Singh was concessionaire and referenced Singh in a text message as «uncle,» according to testimony and evidence from Wednesday.

Just as concerning that Cuomo felt the need to campaign for the follow - up to his signature economic development program was the fact that there didn't appear to be a single state legislator from the region there with him.

«While I am disappointed, as county executive I will work with NIFA, as well as my colleagues in the legislature, to bring real fiscal discipline to Nassau and get our financial house in order,» said Curran, a Democratic legislator from Baldwin, in a statement.

Malliotakis, who is her fourth term in the state Assembly, described potential positives from a convention as including reducing the power of the Assembly speaker, legislative term limits and more equitable treatment of legislators.

The Democrat who ousted Sen. Frank Padavan (R - Bellerose) from the seat he held for nearly four decades, Avella has unofficially begun his stint as an Albany legislator.

The State Assembly has passed legislation that would strip taxpayer - funded pensions from public officers convicted of corruption, as well as a resolution aimed at preventing conflicts of interest with regard to legislators» outside income.

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.

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.

Late last year, a Republican legislator inadvertently referred to Rodriguez as «Lopez» (Craig Lopez, their Republican colleague from Pine Bush).

A few years ago, Ulster Town Assessor Jim Maloney, who doubles as a Republican county legislator from the town, granted the perennially struggling Wiltwyck a near - 50 percent reduction in its assessment.

As a six - term legislator from New Paltz and Democratic minority leader, he is by definition one of our more prominent public officials.

It is a charge he has leveled as legislators seek input into the state's regional council economic development program, which gets advice from panels of academic and business volunteers in doling out $ 750 million around the state.

MPs from previous Parliaments especially told me that they've found canvassing support from political opponents a liberating experience - as they line up with them as legislators to hold the Executive to account.

Legislators often look to their own hobbies and personal interests when they decide who will win a grant, and the system allows it, as long as they don't profit from it.

Mangano also has offered to brief the two candidates hoping to succeed him as county executive — Republican Jack Martins, a former state senator, and Democrat Laura Curran, a county legislator from Baldwin — on his budget proposal.

Some state legislators and environmental advocates see it as a chance to make sure oil and gas wastes from hydraulic fracturing in neighboring states like Pennsylvania stay out of wastewater plants and landfills.

But the statement from Speaker Heastie, a Bronx Democrat, and John J. Flanagan, a Long Island Republican who serves as the Senate majority leader, gave no indication that legislators would return to Albany this year to take up the measures the governor seeks.

As the commission weighed its options, Mr. Cuomo signaled that he would not support a raise without extracting something from the two legislative chambers, repeatedly calling on legislators to make their case for a raise by testifying to the commission.

In the past, legislators and governors have used the sunset date to shift the balance from tenants to landlords, with what's known as vacancy decontrol, once the monthly price of an apartment and the tenants» income reach a certain threshold.

The governor says before state legislators ask him for a pay hike, as is expected once elections are finished, they will have to make progress on some unfinished business from the last legislative session first.