Sentences with phrase «day legislative business»

He was also pretty tired of being the «mop - and - broom guy» dealing with the day - to - day legislative business on the Senate floor.

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The 12 - day meeting of China's rubber - stamp parliament does not do much legislative business and rarely produces surprises.

Little things like mandatory chapel for members of the House and Senate, prior to starting the business of the say, when the Houses were in session, or Sunday being excluded as a day, for both legislative and executive government purposes, or maybe you'd prefer the Federal holidays that were Holy Days for Christians.

The event kicks off with two days of educational programming consisting of multiple tracks on legislative and regulatory topics, business best practices, innovations and trends, with an eye to the programming needs of all company sizes and all industry participants.

Thus, legislative business was conducted, but the balance of the days» schedules was not dedicated to official state business.»

He says there are only 88 days available for legislative business in the whole year - so surely 14 days should be enough.

«With full legislative recognition of the unique business model of the ride hailing industry, it makes sense to move up the authorization a few days to allow for the services to kick off before the 4th of July holiday,» Cahill said.

A coalition of business interests, many of which are members or partners of the pro-Cuomo Committee to Save New York, are lobbying legislative leaders to reject a key element of the cost - cutting and reform plan put forward by the Medicaid Redesign Team and embraced by the governor in his 30 - day amendments.

A legislative hearing is planned for next week on Eversource's strongly criticized response to a major storm in late October that left tens of thousands of Connecticut residents and businesses without power for days.

Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. of Brooklyn is facing federal mail fraud charges related to allegations that he filed bogus travel vouchers and collected per diem payments for days the lawmaker falsely claimed he was in Albany on legislative business.

Cuomo has spent the last several days unveiling his 2015 legislative proposals ranging from a new hike in the minimum wage to a small - business tax cut along with a «circuit - breaker» solution on property taxes.

The governor argues that the a review of the legislative record makes it «clear» that neither house has actually been in the 120 days worth of extraordinary sessions they are purporting to have called, noting the two chambers were virtually empty on those days, with no «session» lasting beyond a minute or two and no actual business taking place.

HARTFORD (AP)- A day after adjourning the 2008 legislative session, some state lawmakers want another crack at the budget and other unfinished business and may return to the Capitol in the next several weeks.

He falsely certified that he had been in Albany for legislative business on specific days when he had not been in Albany at all, had been in Albany for less time than he claimed on a voucher, or had not stayed overnight.

This change, a long - held aspiration for The HSUS, the Humane Society Legislative Fund, and the Doris Day Animal League, is decades in the making and will extend federal oversight to thousands of puppy mills that do business online.

Responding to various new scientific reports questioning the concept of global warming, Assemblyman Michael Doherty today called on Governor Corzine to hold off on proposing any new regulations associated with the state's Global Warming Response Act and urged the Legislature to repeal that act when it returns to legislative business after Labor Day.

On the first full day of legislative business, House Republicans introduced measures on Wednesday to block the environmental agency's proposed regulation of greenhouse gases and new rules limiting toxic air emissions from cement factories.

To those of us consumed with the day - to - day demands of business, the legislative twists and turns in Washington, D.C., and the national association's part in them can seem irrelevant and confusing.