Sentences with phrase «contentious legislation»

Cuomos talk of not being responsible for a shutdown should he chose to put a poison pill / contentious legislation unrelated to the budget into an extender — ANY poison pill, not just Tier VI — is about the same as his talk of not being responsible for laying people off during contract negotiations.

Parliament will back the triggering of Article 50 with majorities that previous Conservative Prime Ministers would have died for as they struggled to pass contentious legislation connected with Europe.

Meanwhile, as long as there's going to be an on - going discussion about a pay raise for legislators going on all year, it will perhaps make it easier for Governor Andrew Cuomo to get his budget passed and other contentious legislation, as well.

Back in March when a series of late - night votes were held on a package of contentious legislation, the Democratic minority conference walked out of the chamber in protest while Senate Republicans push forward on a vote that would ultimately approve the passage of a lawmaker - drawn redistricting plan for state offices.

And contentious legislation dealing with pension forfeiture and mayoral control advanced out of committees.

City lawmakers are also considering more contentious legislation, supported by police reform advocates, that would regulate stop - and - frisk encounters.

These gaps allow contentious legislation — think: Bill C - 51, the Fair Elections Act, the omnibus mandatory minimums crime bill, and the bill limiting refugee access to Canada — to be passed without open, adequate, and meaningful consideration of their constitutional vulnerabilities (i.e. if, how, and to what extent a proposed law may violate the Charter).