Sentences with phrase «by lawmakers»

While the amendment doesn't define public official, a bill passed by lawmakers in 2011 does.
The budget approved by lawmakers last week includes an extra billion dollars this year for education.
The increase in the broader minimum wage was passed by lawmakers in 2013.
They've purchased TV ads portraying the convention as potentially corrupt and controlled by lawmakers who already hold power.
Since the passage of this «religious harmony» bill, which was touted by lawmakers as a long - term solution to religious conflicts, more than 1,000 Indonesian Christian churches have closed.
The president of the board would be appointed by the governor and other members by lawmakers of both parties, according to a release on the proposal.
He, along with a slew of other environmental and civic organizations, backed the legislation to create a land bank that was passed by lawmakers at the end of their session.
The leasing of set - top boxes has been a financial boon for cable companies, according to a report issued by lawmakers last year.
The attention needs to be on the private efforts by lawmakers to influence the executive branch on awarding state contracts.
But it's been met with skepticism for years by some lawmakers.
The budget that passed did contain new ethics measures, which at least to some extent, requires more disclosures of outside income by lawmakers.
The result came in the form of a new principal plan enacted by lawmakers during the 2017 legislative session and went into effect for this current school year.
They say they are tired of empty promises made by lawmakers.
The plan was passed by lawmakers earlier this year.
Due to this increased scrutiny by lawmakers and financial bodies, the past month has been particularly troublesome for Indian exchanges.
Those closed schools are a fulfillment of the vision held by lawmakers when they first passed public charter schools: increased accountability for increased flexibility.
On one important and final note, varying models used by lawmakers estimate that the current poverty rate of the senior population ranges anywhere from 10 - 15 %.
The proposed constitutional changes were passed last week by lawmakers in the lower house.
A referendum that would have required voters approve of a shared services plan was rejected by lawmakers.
The wind industry could lose out on hundreds of millions of dollars of tax incentives with another change proposed by lawmakers.
He said at the time that the panel would investigate alleged wrongdoing by lawmakers and punish them.
These issues desperately need to be addressed by our lawmakers.
The measure needs to be passed again by lawmakers next year and could appear on a statewide ballot as soon as 2017.
This is the third round of foreclosure decisions by lawmakers in the last month.
Similar proposals were debated and ultimately blocked by lawmakers and the courts in 2011 in 2012.
He has suggested that ethics reform be tackled by lawmakers if they want their first pay raise since 1999.
The decision to appoint someone with no education experience and with no apparent public search prompted weeks of protest by lawmakers and parents as well as a failed lawsuit to halt her takeover.
And you'll have a chance to help shape the future of the trade and the way we're seen by lawmakers.
Despite such a seemingly large number of fatalities, the issue received little attention by lawmakers or the justice system.
This is just the latest bill introduced by lawmakers around the country designed to help ease the burden of massive student loan debt.
And she said it illustrates the inherent flaws in an ethics review that is controlled by the lawmakers themselves.
He questioned the financial and fiduciary relationships held by lawmakers to clients at law firms or when they work as investment advisors.
The company's dealings with the pharmacy are now under federal investigation, as are its drug - pricing policies, which have been described by lawmakers as predatory.
She dismissed the assertion by lawmakers that high property tax rates were driving people out of the city.
It also looked into the dubious use of campaign funds by lawmakers.
The grants, which range from a few thousand to a few hundred thousand dollars, are typically distributed by lawmakers to nonprofit and civic organizations in their districts.
Yet after failing to deliver on its promises, the voucher program was expanded by lawmakers.
There are heated discussions by lawmakers and legal advisors of the legislative body.
Your thinking that an apology might be understood as admitting fault hasn't gone unnoticed by lawmakers in some countries.
That provision in the charter school law, however, was removed last year by lawmakers.
The scandals come amid rising tensions between Governor Cuomo and the legislature that played out as his economic development chair, Buffalo businessman Howard Zemsky, faced intense questioning by lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle.
The boycott is being actively discussed by lawmakers from Cuomo's own Democratic Party, who accuse the governor of deep - sixing what would have been their first pay raise in 16 years out of fear of a political backlash.
Governor Andrew Cuomo has been inching away for a while now from his earlier blanket promise to veto any congressional and district lines drawn by the legislature, expressing a preference for a an agreement on acceptably partisan lines drawn by lawmakers over a court - controlled solution.
Zuckerberg's scheduled for two hearings next week before Congress, where he will be questioned by lawmakers who have expressed dismay at Russian use of Facebook during the 2016 election, and the exposure of data to Cambridge Analytica, which worked on President Donald Trump's campaign.
Saraki said this at the presentation of a book, «Antidotes for Corruption (sic), The Nigerian Story», written by the lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye.
Governor Cuomo's economic development chair was grilled by lawmakers at a budget hearing, as some of the programs are embroiled in a corruption scandal that's led to corruption charges against several former associates of the governor.
Heastie's fear that the convention would be coopted by certain interests has been raised by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
Advocates argue the strategy works better when attempted by lawmakers than by judges, as evidenced by two cases: the legislative compromise hailed in Utah and the RFRA law that backfired for evangelicals in Indiana.
Many of these questions were asked by lawmakers on Tuesday when Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress in Washington, D.C.
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