Sentences with phrase «block legislative efforts»

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The lawmakers blocked an effort to scrap the rules using the Congressional Review Act, an arcane legislative tool that the GOP has deployed liberally this year to kill Obama - era regulations.

Many legislative Democrats, seeking to block Gov. Cuomo's efforts to cut spending to close a projected $ 10 billion deficit, have hoped the «millionaires tax» on high earners, which expires Dec. 31, would be renewed to raise more than $ 1 billion in the new fiscal year.

This was an action the governor promised to take after a broader legislative effort was blocked earlier this year by Republicans in the state Senate.

Critics say the union's influence has blocked the effort to lift the legislative cap on the number of charters, which are privately run and publicly funded.

White House adviser John Podesta, back at the White House podium, said congressional Republicans will not be able to block the president's climate regulations, despite numerous legislative efforts to do so.

After nearly an entire session of legislative work, the lack of support for the bill might mean a lull in efforts to consolidate scores of federally supported job - training programs and to give greater control to the states and localities through block - grant funding.

A more recent legislative effort, the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act, relied chiefly on block grants backed up by a detailed set of mandates and goals for teacher quality, curriculum, and student performance.

And yet another large issue complicates Brulle's claims: he says the defining characteristic of the Conspirators is an effort to block «legislative restrictions on carbon emissions.»