Sentences with phrase «control measures passed»

The gun control measure passed with Republican support and Klein pointed to the input of the GOP lawmakers in the process for making it happen, giving it the appearance of bipartisan deal making.

The law is the first gun control measure passed in the U.S. since the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut and it gives New York state the toughest gun control law in the nation.

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The Senate rejected a measure to privatize air traffic control earlier this year, after the importance of passing other provisions in the bill outweighed stretching the contentious debate any longer.

Other wealthy countries have dealt with this problem, passing an array of gun control measures, from universal background checks to licensing requirements to outright bans and confiscation schemes.

TALLAHASSEE — For the first time in two decades, the Republican - controlled Legislature passed Wednesday night major gun - control measures while also agreeing to arm some teachers and other school staff.

Both groups are meeting with legislators, urging them to pass gun control, school safety and mental health measures in the remaining weeks of the annual legislative session.

The basic problem: If a city or state passes strict gun control measures, people can simply cross a border to buy guns in a jurisdiction with laxer laws.

They are also planning a rally at noon pushing lawmakers to pass gun control measures.

However, there are numerous examples of leaders «making a difference» after a terrible shooting by passing gun control measures.

As the deadly shooting at a Parkland, Florida, high school, which killed 17 and injured more than a dozen others, sparks a national conversation around gun control, the White House is pushing Congress to actually pass gun control measures.

In 1986, a Democratic Congress passed and the Republican president signed into law the Immigration Reform and Control Act, which attempted to close the back door of illegal immigration by, among other measures, imposing sanctions on employers for hiring unauthorized aliens.

Furthermore, once it was no longer a sacrament, control over it passed from ecclesiastical to secular authority, which allowed the introduction of such measures as divorce, and ultimately presaged the complete secularization of marriage.

But as the game passed the hour mark, Chelsea finally began to assert a measure of control, and Costa, with his first genuine sight of goal, shot into the side netting from an angle after twisting and turning on the right side of the penalty area.

Senate GOP lawmakers since the passage of the SAFE Act have largely resisted efforts to pass new gun control measures, though pushes to repeal the law have faltered.

While it's true Grisanti's conference is unwilling to take up the bill passed by the Democrat - controlled Assembly and championed by Speaker Sheldon Silver, the senator is hardly the only person against moving the measure.

If the measure were to pass — and given the Washington gridlock of late and Republicans controlling the House of Representatives, it's very unlikely to — New York's wage would automatically increase.

Now he's pushing state lawmakers in Albany to take up the first major gun control measure since the SAFE Act passed in 2013.

In theory, such a deal would have to take place over the next several days, though lawmakers in previous years have passed day - long extenders measures for rent control as talks progressed.

With a sweeping gun control measure behind them, the leaders of the newly formed IDC - GOP Senate coalition believe they've passed a major hurdle toward convincing Albany they can manage the state Senate.

Long also blasted the measure as a «political charade» that only boosts Cuomo's political standing by being the first state in the nation to pass gun control legislation, even before the federal government and Obama administration can do something on the issue.

The state Legislature passed and Cuomo approved this March its first piece of gun control legislation since the SAFE Act was approved, a measure that tightens restrictions on gun ownership for those convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence.

Republicans have not ruled out passing new gun control measures that would make it harder for people convicted of domestic abuse or who have mental illnesses from owning firearms.

The Working Families Party, a longtime bete noir of the IDC, chided the conference in a statement, blaming the Republican control for the measures not passing.

In a statement, Cuomo — who ushered the SAFE Act through the Legislature — used the court's denial to call on Congress to pass national gun - control measures.

He can take credit for progressive accomplishments under his reign like a phased - in $ 15 minimum wage, paid family leave, and strict gun control measures, ignoring the fact that regular Democrats endorsed all these things and would have passed them into law if they too sat in the majority.

These magazines were included in the assault weapons ban passed in 1994, but the measure (formally known as the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act) expired in 2004 and has not been reauthorized by Congress.

The measure passed the New York Senate nearly unanimously and sailed through the Democrat - controlled Assembly by a vote of 97 - 38.

Governor Cuomo has been in support of the measures de Blasio is now pushing, as has the Democrat - controlled State Assembly, which has time and again passed such bills, which fail in the Senate.

The Democratic - led Assembly is expected to vote on and pass a host of rent regulation expansions, measures the GOP - controlled Senate likely won't support.

The Senate twice passed a one - house property tax cap bill when the chamber was under Democratic control, but that was back when it was assured the Assembly Democrats wouldn't take up the measure, making the vote entirely symbolic.

Assemblyman Bill Nojay (R - Livingston County) said one way for Flanagan — who voted for the gun control measure — to prove he is serious is to refuse to pass any extension of the rent regulation laws without agreement on «meaningful» SAFE Act changes.

Just after the Sandy Hook school shooting, a lot of states passed tougher gun control measures.

The governor published an op - ed this week detailing the measures he's taken to protect transgender New Yorkers in the absence of GENDA passing the legislature, where it has been blocked by the Republican - controlled Senate.

All this, piled on top of the gun control and same - sex marriage measures he passed in his first four years in office, made it seem few could accuse Cuomo of being a closet Republican again.

The Senate, controlled by a Republican - dominated coalition, passed nine of its planks but refused to hold a floor vote on the abortion measure.

The House passed one of the legislative session's biggest gun control bills late Tuesday night — a measure banning «bump stocks,» the devices that allowed a shooter to fire faster and kill nearly 60 people last year at a concert outside a Las Vegas hotel.

After passing 68 — 32, the measure now goes to the Republican - controlled House.

Cuomo, too, has benefited from the IDC - GOP coalition in the chamber, and often cites his record to pass measures such as a new gun control law and the legalization of same - sex marriage, while also racking up tax cuts aimed at businesses and property owners in the state budget.

With Cuomo, Skelos allowed votes on a host of long - sought Democratic measures ranging from the legalization of same - sex marriage to a sweeping gun control law in 2013 that was passed in the wake of a school shooting in Connecticut.

The backlash against New York's new gun control law, the NY SAFE Act, continues, with the Wilton GOP announcing today it unanimously passed a resolution in opposition to the measure and calling on fellow party committees to do the same.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to take it slow on a legislative response to the Eric Garner and Michael Brown cases contrasts with his speedy effort a year ago to pass the nation's first gun control measure after the Newtown tragedy.

The group is upset that the Senate never voted on the Long Island Water Quality Control Act, which passed the Assembly in a vote of 112 - 24, and said it had warned Martins that he would not even be eligible for its support if he did not vote in favor of this measure.

At the same time, they point to Flanagan's vote in favor of the 2013 gun control law known as the SAFE Act (Flanagan and the Senate passed a package of SAFE Act changes at the end of session, but those measures were unlikely to be taken up in the Democratic - led Assembly).

Saland was one of four Republicans who voted yes on the measure that passed the GOP - controlled Senate 33 - 29.

In a question - and - answer session, Cuomo said it was important for Democrats to win control of the Senate in order for long - sought liberal measures to pass.

All three measures — the tax cap, the rent control bill and the same - sex marriage bill — are considered linked in that a domino effect will be created once one measure passes.

Cuomo, a Democrat, has called for closing the loophole and Assembly Democrats have passed such a measure - but the Republican - controlled Senate has balked, defeating the efforts of Squadron and his allies.

Before New York's new gun control law was even passed, lawmakers were acknowledging that they would have to pass a second measure to clean up some of its errors.

It was left in limbo after Assembly Democrats shot down a Senate Republican attempt to tie the renewal to a set of measures that would benefit charter schools; Republicans in turn refused to pass a standalone measure on mayoral control.

Candice Giove, a spokeswoman for the conference, said it would «remain a separate conference focused on fighting for the people of New York and continuing our record of success,» citing votes for a $ 15 minimum wage, paid family leave and the Safe Act, a set of tough gun - control measures that passed in 2013.