Sentences with phrase «debate in the state assembly»

Full passage of the $ 142 billion state budget did not meet the midnight deadline on Tuesday night as the debate in the state Assembly dragged into the early morning hours of April 1.

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Those readers who remember the Second Assembly of the World Council of Churches held in Evanston, Illinois, in 1954 — the only one held thus far in the United States — will recall the long debate which preceded it over the main theme, «Jesus Christ, the hope of the world.»

As he raised concerns over the sweeping changes to state government through a pair of constitutional amendments proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in a statement pointed to the relative short window of time debate would be held over term limits and creating a full - time Legislature that bans outside income.

The Assembly Democratic conference, which is poised to release its one - house budget proposal, is upping the ante in the abortion rights debate in light of President Donald Trump's effort to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision and return this controversial issue back to the states.

«Today, the state Assembly is poised to debate and vote on legislation (A. 6777) that only gets half the job done when it comes to ensuring parents are informed of their rights and protected if they choose to opt their children in grades 3 - 8 out of the controversial Common Core standardized tests.»

A Rockaway debate between Phil Goldfeder and Jane Deacy Thursday seemed to be more about the past of the state Assembly hopefuls than what they promise to do in the future.

ALBANY — Former three - term New York governor George Pataki, who also served two years in the state Senate, eight in the Assembly, and four as Peekskill's mayor, introduced himself at Thursday's «undercard» debate for the Republican presidential nomination as a candidate who is «not a career politician.»

Following a heated debate in which Staten Island Republican Assemblyman Ron Castorina Jr. referred to abortion as «African American genocide,» the Assembly passed a bill that would protect under state law the same rights a woman has to an abortion under federal law.

A bill that would allow more patients with cancer, HIV and other serious maladies to sue for medical malpractice has been overwhelmingly approved by the state Assembly, but it stands a dwindling chance of even getting a floor debate in the Senate.

He is the well - regarded Ways and Means Committee chair, debating the budget for hours on end with Republicans in the state Assembly.

One question asks voters if «you knew that it was rushed through the state Assembly at night, and through the Senate just before the July 4th holiday» and alleges the mechanism that waived the three - day aging process for bills through a message of necessity was done so «improperly» in order to «intentionally limit public debate.»

ALBANY — The tensions between the Jewish and black and Hispanic communities in Rockland County's troubled East Ramapo school district were mirrored Thursday in the state Assembly, where lawmakers debated and ultimately approved by an unusually low margin a bill establishing state oversight of the public schools.

Tom Schiliro (left) and Anthony Palumbo, who are running for the second district state Assembly seat, debated Monday night in Riverhead.

During debate over the gun control legislation approved in the State senate and Assembly, the issue of mentally ill people using guns to kill others came up a number of times, particularly among legislators who are opposed to restricting access to assault weapons and other guns.

The Women's Equality Act, and specifically, the parts of it dealing with abortion, was a hotly debated issue between the two candidates for the second district state Assembly seat during a debate Monday night at Polish Hall in Riverhead, which was sponsored and moderated by news website RiverheadLocal.com.

ALBANY — A bill that would allow more patients with cancer, HIV and other serious maladies to sue for medical malpractice has been overwhelmingly approved by the state Assembly, but it stands a dwindling chance of even getting a floor debate in the Senate.

City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, state Assembly members Rory Lancman and Grace Meng and Bayside allergist Dr. Robert Mittman held a spirited debate in front of the Juniper Park Civic Association.

«I applaud the Democrats in the Assembly for earnestly debating this bill and urge their counterparts in the state Senate to return to work and do the same,» Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald, R - Horicon, said in a statement issued moments after the vote.

State Rep. Christine Sinicki, D - Milwaukee, and other Assembly Democrats approach the front of the chamber in outrage as their Republican counterparts cut off debate and voted on the budget repair bill in session at the state Capitol in Madison early Friday morState Rep. Christine Sinicki, D - Milwaukee, and other Assembly Democrats approach the front of the chamber in outrage as their Republican counterparts cut off debate and voted on the budget repair bill in session at the state Capitol in Madison early Friday morstate Capitol in Madison early Friday morning.

TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- Wisconsin Democrats in the state Assembly agreed to a deal in the pre-dawn hours Thursday to limit debate and reach a vote, perhaps by midday, on a bill...

New York Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle listens Thursday as members debate legislative bills in the Assembly Chamber at the state Capitol in Albany.

Debate in both houses of the state Legislature stretched from afternoon into evening, with the Assembly adjourning around 9 and the Senate around 10 p.m.. Both will be back to finish voting on budget bills Tuesday morning - legslation that members mostly have not had a chance to read.

ALBANY — Legislation dealing with abortion rarely leads to amicable debates in the state Legislature, but the Assembly's vote on Tuesday to codify Roe v. Wade resulted in one of the chamber's most tense moments this year.

We have more on the state of the debate in the Indiana General Assembly and on what the standards themselves look like already in the state's classrooms.

Lawmakers late Tuesday canceled planned debate in the Assembly on the state budget bill after delays in drafting amendments, but not before removing a plan to cut $ 37 million in federal money for the UW System for a statewide Internet provider.

Assembly Bill 484, which has been approved by the Assembly and is currently being debated in a state Senate committee, would eliminate all of the California Standardized Tests that high school students would have taken over the 2013 - 2014 academic year — tests in subjects like history, algebra, chemistry and physics.

Proving that it can always get worse, Wisconsin Senate Republicans have entered the debate on school accountability with a proposal, Senate Bill 1, even weaker than the bill proposed by their counterparts in the state Assembly.

With the Connecticut General Assembly's 2015 Legislative Session coming to an end, it was only a matter of time before Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy was forced to show his hand in the debate about the next state budget.

«The Right Climate for Development: why the SDGs must act on climate change» released ahead of the twin UN meetings for Heads of State in New York — the UN Climate Summit on 23 September and the opening of the General Assembly debate on post-2015 development on 24 September 2014.

During the conventional weapons debate, on 30 October, five states spoke about fully autonomous weapons or «lethal autonomous robots» in their UN General Assembly First Committee statement: Austria, France, India, New Zealand, and South Africa.

In the same vein, Mr Tim Baldwin, the Northern Territory Minister for Aboriginal Development, stated in a debate on the issue of an apology in the Northern Territory Assembly, that «any call for an apology for the policies of past Commonwealth governments does not involve this government, given that those policies pre-dated self - government in the Territory»In the same vein, Mr Tim Baldwin, the Northern Territory Minister for Aboriginal Development, stated in a debate on the issue of an apology in the Northern Territory Assembly, that «any call for an apology for the policies of past Commonwealth governments does not involve this government, given that those policies pre-dated self - government in the Territory»in a debate on the issue of an apology in the Northern Territory Assembly, that «any call for an apology for the policies of past Commonwealth governments does not involve this government, given that those policies pre-dated self - government in the Territory»in the Northern Territory Assembly, that «any call for an apology for the policies of past Commonwealth governments does not involve this government, given that those policies pre-dated self - government in the Territory»in the Territory».