Sentences with phrase «come as legislators»

The moves Tuesday come as legislators seek ways to plug a $ 563 million budget hole.

But his confirmation comes as legislators in both the House of Representatives and Senate push for changes to FDA's review process to speed the approval of new drugs and devices.

That comes as legislators both in the U.S. and European Union have called for increased regulation and scrutiny, while famous faces of Silicon Valley including Whatsapp co-creator Brian Acton and Tesla's Elon Musk have joined the «delete Facebook» movement.

Not exact matches

«There has only been one member of Congress in the history of the United States who has come out and said he doesn't believe in God,» Speckhardt said, identifying the legislator as Rep. Pete Stark, D - California.

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.

Much of the discussion centered on campaigns for the U.S. House and Senate, but state races came up constantly as well, and for good reason: the state legislators and governors elected in three short months will oversee the single most important political act in our system of government, the redrawing of state and congressional district lines based on the results of the census.

Sheehan's announcement comes just as Gov. Andrew Cuomo and State Legislators appear to have agreed on a budget that will give Albany the $ 12.5 million in state aid the Mayor has lobbied for.

Legislators whose practices had come under scrutiny by the commission somehow captured the moral high ground, as Cuomo caught flack for interfering in the commission's workings.

«The message that we want to send is, when it comes to outside income, that the majority of your income is made here as a legislator,» Heastie said.

In June, as a Cuomo - backed abortion - rights measure failed to come to a floor vote (and granted, it is doubtful that it had the votes to pass) and legislators adjourned without acting on any of the governor's public corruption bills, he refused, even when prompted, to single out the IDC.

Mr Mahama will come up against leading NDC presidential hopefuls such as Joshu Alabi and veteran politician and legislator Alban Bagbin.

Negotiations on the bill will come to a head just as the legislators try to wrap up all the major legislation they have put off until now — including same - sex marriage and a property tax cap.

Such messages are supposed to only be used in the case of emergency as the three - day aging period is designed to give the public and legislators a chance to review a measure before it comes to a vote.

Brannan's request comes in response to mounting pressure on state legislators to secure funding for New York City public schools as Albany lawmakers head into budget negotiations.

Meanwhile, some legislators are being described as in shock over what they've been told will be in Cuomo's budget — and their leaders have yet to come up with alternatives to deal with it.

Now, the Board of Legislators will have approximately 60 days to come to a decision over what it wants to do with Playland's ailing pool, otherwise Standard has the option to exit the agreement as per the contract signed in March.

The issues of legislators» public and private paychecks have always been somewhat intertwined, but they've become even more so as a commission tasked with determining an appropriate salary for legislators by Nov. 15 struggles to come to an agreement.

Ya, not only did sfgate.com misleadingly say that legislators got money as if it were for their own personal use, they also said that it came from «defense contractors».

Your legislator is going to come home this fall and be able to point at this as their signature accomplishment.

But that disagreement morphed into open warfare yesterday as Commission Co-Chair Kathleen Rice lashed out at one of the dissenters, Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney, all but accusing her of lying when it comes to the commission's ability — and willingness — to include anyone other than state legislators in its public corruption probe.

«I do think that gay marriage advocates want to make a case nationwide that Republican legislators supporting an issue such as this aren't in legislative danger when the next election comes around,» he said.

This is coming less than 24 hours after Obasanjo remarked Nigeria's legislators as rogue and robbers.

As legislators and education advocates parsed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget in the first of 13 joint hearings, elements of his free tuition proposal came under greater scrutiny, with the governor's office moving to counter concerns about the program's cost, scope and impact on private colleges.

As state legislators are facing recalls in Wisconsin, the state's congressional delegation also has much to be concerned about in the coming months.

«Because the state of New Jersey is so geographically small, the legislators come to Trenton as if it's a state job,» Palmer said.

«I worked with Jerry for many years and I always came away impressed by his determined efforts as our Chairman and his attention to detail as a legislator.

Both incumbent Jack Hayes, 68, and former legislator Tracey Bartels, 41, have brag - worthy accomplishments under their belts, as well as strong opinions about what direction the County Legislature ought to be moving in, come its first term under redistricting.

Outgoing Chairman of the Legislature and City of Poughkeepsie Mayor - elect Rob Rolison said, «Dale's years of service as a legislator and his experience as Majority Leader and Chairman of the Budget, Finance and Personnel Committee have prepared him well for the duties and responsibilities that come with being Chairman of the Legislature.

According to Joe Sgamatto, a spokesman for the Board of Legislators» Democratic Caucus, the potential legislation — which will expound upon a set of Republican initiatives introduced simultaneously with Democrats» proposed ban on gun shows held at county facilities — came as a result of sweeping public comment.

In a nod to the campaign's new emphasis on the racial dimension of the primary fight, the Clinton camp also said new legislators in Mississippi — the state with the highest percentage of African - Americans in the nation — would back her on Wednesday based on «her commitment to fight for women, families and African Americans as President,» and, to drive home the point, the campaign said three mothers of African American men killed in high - profile cases of violence, would campaign for her in the coming weeks.

The comments came as a shock to county legislator Mike Kaplowitz, who said, «With question, this is a legislative, judicial smackdown.

The blackout comes as Puerto Rico legislators debate whether to private the island's Electric Power Authority, which is $ 14 billion in debt and relies on infrastructure nearly three times older than the industry average.

They are likely to change in the coming weeks as legislators tinker with Mahoney's budget proposal.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg's insistence that he needs to lay off teachers to balance next year's budget came under mounting challenge from parents, legislators and experts as budget negotiations entered their final month.

He'd come up for the day, deliver comments about a problem and effectively warn legislators to stay out of his way as went about solving it.

Please come to meeting, get involved and help us re-elect our 2 County Legislators and 3 City Councilmen this year, as well as pick up some additional seats!

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Capital budget allocations that Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., is due to announce in coming weeks demonstrate the increased attention that the needs of the LGBT community there are receiving from his administration as well as from out gay City Councilmember Ritchie Torres, a freshman legislator who represents a central Bronx district.

Locally, legislator Ed Romaine (R - Center Moriches) said Thursday's news that the county executive would not square of with likely challenger Steve Bellone (D - Babylon) in November came as a surprise.

The dearth of specific procedures for the TIF is coming to light as discretionary funds have come under criticism by good - government groups and some legislators after Skelos and his partisan opposite, former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, were convicted last year of trading official favors for kickbacks to themselves or their children.

As always, negotiations are expected to come down to the wire, and it's likely that the bargains reached at the last minute will be budget and policy decided and voted through with almost no review by rank - and - file legislators or the public.

Her departure comes in the middle of a major overhaul of the agency's food safety oversight and as legislators prepare to propose key changes to its medical product review and approval process.

Her departure comes in the middle of a major overhaul of the agency's food safety oversight and as legislators

Lincoln came to the presidency as a former state legislator and U.S. congressman, so he understood the kind of wheeling and dealing required to get a bill enacted.

Betty Castor: I came to the presidency of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards with a background as a teacher, a legislator, the Florida commissioner of education, and the chief executive officer of the largest metropolitan state university in Florida.

Sarah Shad Johnson, a parent of children in Charleston County Schools and co-founder of Community Voice, says, «The timing of Secretary Duncan's visit comes at a critical time when our state legislators are discussing whether or not to support the adversarial Common Core State Standards, as well as bills regarding school choice, charter school expansion, and tax credits for private schools; our State Superintendent of Education seems to be embracing a controversial stand on the teaching profession; and the focus here in Charleston County appears to be only on experimental, questionable, and expensive initiatives, as opposed to goals of increased learning opportunities.»

Johnson sees the portrayal by Patrick and others of a dysfunctional public school system as a rhetorical ploy to advance narrow private interests, and he hopes that the Senate can keep the bill from coming to a vote where legislators can be pressured into a «for us or against us» position on school choice.

When it comes to educating children, it might seem that state legislators had nothing better on their collective mind in the first half of 2016 than stopping transgendered boys and girls from switching bathrooms as dictated by their gender decisions.

This NPSC policy brief came together in response to the inquiries of legislators on the Senate Committee for Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) as part of our Research - to - Policy Collaboration.

Over 1,200 students, parents, educators, and legislators came out to support school choice and Idaho's myriad of K - 12 learning options as part of National School Choice Week.

«After advocating for Ivy Prep as a state legislator for many years, it feels like coming home to now serve as their leader.