Sentences with phrase «draft bill language»

Another source shared with POLITICO draft bill language, dated last week, that detailed Cuomo's plans to create special inspectors general at SUNY and CUNY.

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Coin Center, a non-profit research and advocacy organization in Washington, has met with members of Congress and their staff about the bill to argue that while the policy goals make sense, the language as drafted isn't needed, said Peter Van Valkenburgh, director of research.

When you draft a 1,300 - page «financial reform» bill, various special interests get language tucked into the bill to help their agendas.

Yesterday the House Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal 2015 spending bill with controversial language, drafted by Rep. Robert Aderholt (R - AL), which would allow struggling schools to request a 12 - month waiver from complying with healthier school food standards.

In the last Congressional session, industry lobbying succeeded in getting language into the House Education and the Workforce Committee's draft Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR) bill that would have allowed all FFVP schools to serve «all forms» of produce, expressly stating that the program is «no longer limited to only fresh fruits and vegetables.»

32BJ's involvement in drafting the legislation was so close that union officials jointly edited a Microsoft Word document with the proposed bill language with officials from the city's Department of Consumer Affairs.

that NI executives urged H&L to give them a clean bill of health in the strongest possible terms, that earlier draft letters by H&L were rejected by NI and that lawyers on both sides seemed to struggle to find language that said the review had found no evidence of wrongdoing.

Legislative language has been circulating privately for several weeks; on Tuesday, POLITICO New York published some drafts of the ride - hailing bill.

State Sen. Mike Ranzenhofer, a Republican from Erie County, introduced a bill seeking to change the state's definition of gambling to incorporate language from the federal government, carving out draft fantasy sports companies.

NUKE BILL OUTCRY — POLITICO's Danielle Muoio: The latest draft of a controversial nuclear subsidy bill is drawing widespread concern from wind and solar leaders who say the newest language would hurt programs designed to expand renewables in New JerBILL OUTCRY — POLITICO's Danielle Muoio: The latest draft of a controversial nuclear subsidy bill is drawing widespread concern from wind and solar leaders who say the newest language would hurt programs designed to expand renewables in New Jerbill is drawing widespread concern from wind and solar leaders who say the newest language would hurt programs designed to expand renewables in New Jersey.

Lobbyists and advocates say it can be easier to slide provisions through the Legislature by inserting them into budget bills, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo has increasingly used the budget — where he has greater authority to draft language — to highlight the policies of his choosing.

Drafted language follows the reasoning that if landing helicopters in residential zones is not an allowed use in the code, it's not an allowed use at all, town attorney Bill Duffy said at last Wednesday's Town Board work session.

Although he later toned down his language, his committee drafted a bill last month that would effectively eliminate the division of the NSF which spends about $ 84 million on behavioural research a year.

The two national teachers» unions mounted a vigorous lobbying campaign this week to rewrite language linking teacher bonuses to student test scores and other incentive - pay provisions contained in a draft bill for reauthorizing the No Child Left Behind Act.

Using language reflective of the Obama administration's priorities, the draft of Harkin's bill mandates that states adapt «college and career standards» in math and reading.

My job was to draft environmental and natural resource legislation — to take the policy of senators and committees and translate it in to legislative language in the form of bills, amendments and conference reports.

In response to the testimony, committee chairman Senator Vincent Illuzzi (R / D — Essex / Orleans) drafted an amendment to add to another bill that would have deleted the delayed effective date language.

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