Sentences with phrase «by legislators from»

http://globelegislators.org/about-globe/24-history «GLOBE International was originally founded in 1989 by legislators from the US Congress, European Parliament, Japanese Diet and the Russian State Duma with the mission to respond to urgent environmental challenges through the development and advancement of legislation.

He said the Republican lawmaker was «beloved» by constituents and respected by legislators from both parties.

The process was rough, he was openly attacked by legislators from both parties more than ever before and the budget passage is the latest of his two terms.

«Without an Assembly Speaker from the five boroughs, no leadership position in the legislature would be held by a legislator from New York City.

Not exact matches

Even if these families had the means, suing wouldn't be worth the legal fees because state legislators passed a law barring citizens from winning compensation for damages related to health, quality of life, enjoyment of property, or lost income caused by factory farms.

Matt said career options can range from working directly with animals to less hands - on — but still very important — endeavors, including lawyers and lobbyists who help animals by writing animal protection laws and lobbying their legislators to get them passed.

That is the reason I wrote the members of the New York Senate and Assembly to join legislators from Kansas, Georgia, North Carolina, Washington and Wisconsin by sponsoring the New York Jump - Start Our Business Start - ups (NY JOBS) Act to help local small businesses raise capital through Equity crowdfunding!

«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.

Second, good natural law does not dictate a moral code to be imposed upon individuals; instead, it protects the right of individuals to make moral decisions free from dictation by either legislators or judges.

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.

In other words, individual liberty is defined not merely by the kind of act or decision that one is free to engage, but by immunity from a certain kind of motive or purpose on the part of the legislator.

In response to a lack of concern by the federal government, cities, states, and legislators have warned and attempted to ban BPA from kids» products.

In presidential systems (where the president is chosen separately from legislators), that compromise is often made by voters.

Hanna, along with more than 40 other legislators from both parties, was the target of a robocall campaign by Koch, which started this week.

Four parties are likely to clear the 5 per cent hurdle to gain a portion of the 225 party - list seats: United Russia, the centrist «party of power,» which currently holds 238 seats in the Duma; the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF), a leftist opposition party (92 seats); the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), a nationalist party dominated by its firebrand leader, Vladimir Zhirinovsky (56 seats); and A Just Russia (JR), a leftist party engineered by the Kremlin to capture votes from the KPRF — but which also included a small number of liberal legislators in the 2011 - 2016 Duma (64 seats).

During remarks delivered at a forum hosted by the nonpartisan good government group Citizens Union, the Attorney General outlined what he believes is required to help «cure the disease» of public corruption, including a total ban on outside employment income for legislators, an end to per diems, rules reform to empower individual legislators, and a constitutional amendment to extend legislators» terms from two to four years.

I understand from legislators and advocacy groups that have supported this bill that they are fully committed to addressing the concerns raised by New York City and others, and I urge the Legislature to do so in the coming year.

But every time congestion pricing has come up — and not just recently — it's been shot down by legislators in Albany, from John Lindsay's attempt in the 1970s to Michael Bloomberg's close - but - no - cigar efforts during his administration, which ultimately died (thanks to Sheldon Silver) in 2008.

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.

Under questioning by one of Sheldon Silver's attorneys in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, Dr. Robert Taub said he didn't expect anything from the powerful legislator in return for cancer - patient referrals.

It's considerably higher than the 15 percent cap proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo — which he modeled after the U.S. Congress — but it is still a major shift from the current system, where legislators are considered part - time officials and allowed unlimited earnings in their side jobs.

Last week's resolution by Erie County Legislator Ted Morton calling for a re-affirmation of the county's non-sanctuary status is drawing fire from one of his fellow legislators.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Reform advocates, most voters and Governor Andrew Cuomo want to help clean up scandal - scarred Albany by prohibiting the state's 213 legislators from making serious money on the side.

(New York, NY)-- In response to brave gun violence prevention activism by students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and from communities across the country, New York State Senator Brian Kavanagh, Chair of American State Legislators for Gun Violence Prevention, released the following statement:

The recent indictment of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is simply the latest in a series of scandals involving the conflicts created by allowing sitting legislators to earn unlimited, unrestricted income from outside jobs.

Legislators will be joined by survivors and advocates from Rise, the Joyful Heart Foundation, and local SAFE providers.»

He would take that share away from legislators and put it in the hands of new regional economic councils led by Lt. Gov. Bob Duffy.

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

In January, a bipartisan group of 19 legislators from Staten Island and Brooklyn, led by Senator Kavanagh and Assemblymember Simon, urged the Governor to include design - build authorization in the Executive Budget proposal.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville), Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin (R,C,I - Schaghticoke), and Assemblyman Pete Lopez (R,C,I - Schoharie) today called for a «Spirit of «76» revolt by rank and file state legislators to clean up corruption and break the stranglehold on the Capitol that's been exerted by powerful leaders who time after time have prevented common sense reforms from becoming law in New York.

«By bringing together legislators from across the state with a variety of expertise, we will deepen our common understanding of the environmental challenges we face and our commitment to addressing them.»

And it was seemingly bizarre that a legislator would push to prevent his state from getting federal reimbursements — potentially hurting the state by a tune of more than $ 2 billion.

And they'll get even more notice if they're accompanied by calls from crucial constituents (i.e., donors) and if the issue is mentioned in an op - ed column in the legislator's main district newspaper.

Ironic when LI legislators fund their corrupt campaign with dirty money from NYC real estate interests, NYC Cheater school interests, and NYC LLC corporations while at the same time trying to convince upstate voters about the dangers of being dominated by DeBlasio and NYC!

GOP legislators had for years kept the bill from reaching the Senate floor, but relented in 2011 after a well - heeled lobbying campaign by gay rights advocates and their supporters.

Legislative leaders fought to keep the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, which was convened by Governor Andrew Cuomo, from subpoenaing records from their firms and others that employ legislators that would detail the extent of their work and their exact clients.

Tenant advocates and Democratic legislators from the city were confused when the news first hit — the outline of how rent laws would be renewed and amended under the «big ugly» negotiated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, just didn't make sense to them.

De Blasio, with House members Charlie Rangel, Carolyn Maloney and Joe Crowley at his side, also announced he had sent a letter to Ryan that was signed by a bipartisan group of 24 mayors and local legislators from around the country calling for reauthorization of the Act.

Furthermore, the New American Leaders Project's survey of non-white legislators found that during some of their campaigns, they were actively discouraged from running by their own political party.

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.

If approved by the legislators, the county's share of the project would be $ 140,000 in county cash and $ 400,000 from bonds.

The 28 - year - old Segall is the first Democrat to announce plans to run for the seat held by Republican Rep. Mike Rogers, a former legislator from Saks who has successfully fended off challenges since being elected in 2002.

It seemed there were a few loose ends administration had failed to make entirely clear to legislators, like the fact that William James Myers, a conflict resolution attorney for almost 19 years, was dismissed from his $ 62,100 - a-year job, to be replaced by a yet - to - be-designated $ 72,000 successor.

After years of pressure from advocates, legislators expanded the Clean Indoor Air Act by adding e-cigarettes to indoor spaces where smoking is banned, including bars, restaurants, movie theaters and office buildings.

The bill provides a little more information about legislators» outside income, including by limiting their ability to claim that certain income should be shielded from public disclosure, a tactic that has been all too common in Albany in recent years.

Legislators, who serve part - time, would have been bumped by $ 3,000 from the current annual salary of $ 25,591.

The governor also reiterated his call for legislators to pass restrictions on outside income that would limit them to earning 15 percent of their annual salaries from side jobs, which has been previously rejected by the Senate and passed in a less - restrictive version by the Assembly.

As longstanding Nassau County legislator John Ciotti (D - Elmont) tries to distance himself from the racist and sexist shenanigans of his campaign workers, the sister of his opponent, Mickey Solages the victim of harassing taunts by a loose cannon that identifies as Republican, caught it all on tape.

Partly fueled by national politics — in particular negative sentiments toward President Donald Trump — voters helped secure a Democratic Board of Legislators supermajority, increasing the lead from nine seats to 12, and propelling former state Sen. George Latimer, a Rye Democrat, to the county executive's seat.