Sentences with phrase «enact term limits»

In addition, we've already passed legislation to enact term limits for legislative leaders, and even made it part of our internal rules.

ALBANY — Many supporters of the state referendum to convene a constitutional convention are citing as reason the possibilities to diminish incumbent - friendly campaign finance laws, enact term limits and end gerrymandered districts.

Republican Senate candidate Chris Jacobs in a launch video released on Thursday vowed to help continue and expand the economic success in western New York and also pledged to enact term limits if elected to the Legislature.

We must start by enacting term limits and we need independent enforcement to ensure that every dollar that taxpayers send to Albany is being spent appropriately.»

There are currently no term limits for Congressional terms but various states and cities have enacted term limits for their elected officials at the local level.

«The Reform Party was created to advance reform - minded principles, mainly repealing Common Core and enacting term limits,» said Astorino spokeswoman Jessica Proud in response.

The establishment of the Reform Party will be another force in the fight to enact desperately needed changes in New York, chief among them repealing Common Core and enacting term limits for legislators,» Astorino said in a statement.

There has been no shortage of broad ideas for disrupting the system: Banning outside incomes for lawmakers, enacting term limits, creating a truly independent ethics watchdog, closing a loophole that allows companies to skirt campaign - contribution limits, requiring more signoffs for expenditures of more than $ 1 million, to name a few.

Her policy priorities included enacting term limits for state legislators and changing the state's funding formula for public education.

Chief on their list is reforming ethics laws, fighting corruption, opening the state's closed primary elections, enacting term limits for state legislators, streamlining the court system and codifying the rights of women.

During an announcement that was attended by dozens of friends, family, supporters and local officials, Killian, a Republican, laid out a reform platform that included enacting term limits, providing tax and mandate relief, improving public schools, promoting substance abuse prevention and helping small businesses.

The governor earlier this month said he would have assented to a larger salary increase for legislators — a source said it was around $ 140,000, which is almost double their current $ 79,500 base pay — if they enacted term limits and agreed to limit their outside income.

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and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

With President Trump and Rep. Mark Meadows (R - NC) voicing support for Congressional term limits it is important to remember that enacting artificial limits plays into the hands of gun control proponents.

Though no state laws require term limits for park commissioners, Hurtado said he plans to discuss the possibility of the park board enacting its own policy to set term limits.

We need someone like Doug Hoffman who reflects North Country values such as pro-life, term limits, opposes cap and trade legislation (which if enacted will destroy what remains of the North Country economy), and opposes card check legislation.

He highlighted the contrasting recent developments in China and the United States: Xi has successfully overseen the removal of presidential term limits in the constitution, while President Donald Trump continues to enact unpredictable foreign policy measures toward US allies and adversaries alike.

The first year that the term limits enacted in 1992 impacted the ability of incumbents to run for office was in 2000.

Voters enacted the Maine Term Limits Act in 1993.

Voters enacted the Florida Term Limits Act in 1992.

Voters enacted the Arizona Term Limits Act in 1992.

Our strong support of term limits was instrumental when New York City voters went to the polls two separate times and defeated proposed changes to the term limits for the offices of Mayor and the City Council previously enacted.

The logic of US term limits is similar (though in this case Congress were not worried so much about obviously dangerous ideas just about ideas that a popular president could enact despite congressional opposition).

In the past, Governor Andrew Cuomo, a second - term Democrat, has repeatedly expressed support for a convention, suggesting a con con may be the only way to enact comprehensive campaign finance reform while Republicans who oppose a public matching system and donation limits continue to control the state Senate.

• Enact a spending cap and lower taxes • Establish term limits and non-partisan redistricting • Restore the STAR property tax rebate checks • Repeal the MTA payroll tax

He talked about the need for ethics reform, enacting legislation that would take away a politician's pension if they are convicted of a crime and term limits.

The Commission is also leaning strongly in favor of adding an amendment to the Charter that would bar the City Council «from enacting an amendment or repeal of any term limits provision that would extend the eligibility for office of any incumbent official.»

Quinn's biggest strategic error was her inability to craft an effective or even a coherent response to the palpable voter anger over her instrumental role in enacting legislation that overturned two successive public referenda limiting the terms of the mayor and Council members.

Voters enacted the Colorado Term Limits Act in 1990.

The common issue is whether the citizens of Clarkstown in particular, and the citizens of Rockland County in general, will see term limit legislation enacted by one or other of their local governments.

The Assembly member — who said he is interested in seeing the elimination of backdoor borrowing and term limits enacted in both houses, among other changes — has spent the last five years campaigning with Con Con advocates like SUNY New Paltz professor Gerald Benjamin and government reform activist Bill Samuels, participating in countless town halls and panel discussions to help get the word out.

The first year that term limits were enacted was in 1992, and the first year that term limits impacted the ability of incumbents to run for office was in 2000.

While a Con Con, as it is often called, would provide a chance for enacting reforms on things like government ethics, term limits for elected officials, modernized voting and voter registration rules, and more, it would open up the entire state constitution to change.

Voters enacted the Ohio Term Limits Act in 1992.

If, for example, a Ph.D. dissertation has not been completed by the time the new law is enacted, a 3 - to 4 - year extension under the terms of the part - time and restriction law could be justified, even after reaching the maximum term limit.