Sentences with phrase «federal lawmakers from»

WASHINGTON — It was, by Twitter standards, a benign tweet, the kind I'm trying to issue more often to keep readers in the loop about what our federal lawmakers from New York are saying.»

She is among a number of federal lawmakers from New York City and the suburbs making such a call.

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Bills to raise the federal minimum wage, currently at $ 7.25 an hour, for other workers have gotten signficant pushback from lawmakers, who recently killed legislation in the Senate.

By narrowly focusing on the $ 10,000 SALT cap, state lawmakers are pursuing an economic fix for the very taxpayers who will benefit most from the federal tax bill.

Taking a page from laws creating sanctuary cities for illegal immigrants, a group of lawmakers have submitted a bill that bans California law enforcement from working with federal authorities if they attempt to take action against marijuana grow facilities or dispensaries that operate legally under state law.

Icahn's efforts last year to overhaul the biofuels program - while acting as an adviser to Trump on regulatory issues - drew scrutiny from federal investigators after lawmakers said it raised ethical concerns.

WASHINGTON, March 23 - Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai said he shares the concerns of U.S. lawmakers about espionage threats from Chinese smartphone maker Huawei Technologies Co and plans to take «proactive steps» to ensure the integrity of the U.S. communications supply chain.

Booker's bill is far from the first time a federal lawmaker has proposed ending the federal ban on marijuana.

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The General Services Administration, which manages property owned by the federal government, including the Old Post Office housing the Trump International Hotel, has said the lease would violate federal conflict - of - interest rules once the Republican businessman is sworn in on Jan. 20, according to a letter to the agency from lawmakers.

The Federal Reserve, criticized by lawmakers for being too cozy with Wall Street, is considering tougher measures to restrict bank examiners from leaving to take jobs at firms they have overseen.

Without support from the U.S. federal government, «Puerto Rico may have to choose between paying its creditors and providing essential services to the island's 3.5 million American citizens,» the Governor of Puerto Rico, Alejandro Garcia Padilla, told lawmakers at a Senate hearing on Thursday.

The disclosures come on the heels of last week's proposals by Republican lawmakers to provide several new tax benefits for multinational companies, including cutting the federal corporate income tax rate to 20 percent from 35 percent.

One of the biggest changes came on Friday, when lawmakers agreed to a demand by Mr. Rubio to expand the child tax credit by allowing families who owe no federal income taxes to still claim up to $ 1,400 of the $ 2,000 child tax credit, up from $ 1,100 in the original version.

Reed noted, of course, raising taxes to make up for the lost revenue from the federal government is an option but he doesn't believe state lawmakers would do that to constituents already facing a heavy burden.

Klein also praised lawmakers from both parties in working toward the emerging deal, contrasting it with gridlock on the federal level.

We're still awaiting a decision from the jury in former Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr.'s federal corruption trial, but we do have some (more bad) news to report about the embattled former Bronx Democratic lawmaker.

Democratic lawmakers have signaled plans to back a variety of Trump - countering moves in the state, including providing legal assistance to immigrants who are impacted by the federal government's three - month ban on travel from seven predominantly Muslim countries.

The merger, which will make KeyBank the 13 - largest bank in the country, has received stiff opposition from several Democratic lawmakers at the state and federal levels, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Senator Chuck Schumer and Congressman Brian Higgins, all citing the possibility of major job losses and a reduction in bank competition in Western New York.

Grandeau says despite the rampant corruption, all of the cases against lawmakers in recent years have stemmed from federal prosecutions, not state ethics authorities.

While the number of full - time employees at HUD declined under his watch, Mr. Cuomo also added hundreds of high - paid positions as part of his «Community Builders» program, which came under withering criticism from HUD's veteran field staffs, federal auditors, and Republican lawmakers in Washington.

New York lawmakers remember five years ago when Sandy devastated the metropolitan area and the subsequent teeth pulling it required to wring federal aid from Congress.

Cuomo's schedule, released last night, included a meeting with House Speaker John Boehner, at which he was to be joined by three Republican lawmakers from New York — Reps. Bob Turner, Michael Grimm and Pete King, on whom the governor is leaning quite heavily as he pushes for the $ 42 billion worth of federal disaster aid he's seeking after Sandy.

The former Democratic lawmaker from New York will serve his 21 - month sentence at the Federal Medical Center in Massachusetts after pleading guilty to transferring obscene material to a 15 - year - old girl.

Of the three people, Hon Igwesi was the only person I'd known, right from his days as a Federal lawmaker.

A state lawmaker from Brooklyn was indicted on Tuesday on 11 counts of fraud and obstruction charges, in what federal prosecutors allege was a variety of schemes to defraud both the city of New York, the federal government and a bankruptcy proceeding.

Mulgrew shared news of a bipartisan effort by federal lawmakers to overhaul No Child Left Behind and move away from the harmful emphasis on high - stakes testing in favor of a more balanced approach that targets educational inequality.

MSNBC host Kasie Hunt said that potential Democratic candidates for president in 2020 are facing pressure from progressive activists after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) reached an agreement with Republican lawmakers to reopen the federal government Monday.

Elia told lawmakers that she takes very seriously a letter from the federal education department, which is now headed by former State Education Commissioner John King.

It ends with a call for state and federal lawmakers to reject campaign contributions from gun rights groups like the NRA, enact stricter licensing and registration requirements for guns, a ban on «all classes of weapons that do not serve the specific uses of personal protection and sport shooting» and other gun control measures.

Two Democratic lawmakers want to prohibit the state from investing in any company that enters into a contract with the federal government to build a proposed wall along the U.S. - Mexico border.

GOP pols from states slammed by Superstorm Sandy say they'll back a massive federal aid package for victims of Hurricane Harvey — even though Republican lawmakers from Texas fought against...

ALBANY (AP) Several New York state lawmakers raised concerns Tuesday about federal and state policies to move more disabled people from institutions to community residences and managed care for medical treatment.

State lawmakers who approved the transfer of the land to Southampton Town, the lawsuit argues, violated a 1790 federal law that barred states from taking tribal property without approval from Congress.

As of press time, two Republicans lawmakers, David Gelfarb, of Rye Brook, and Jim Maisano, of New Rochelle, support the legislation, which would prohibit law enforcement officials from honoring requests made by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection agents, which do not give rise to reasonable grounds for detaining individuals.

If Cuomo vetoes the lines, a federal judge will get to draw them, which would produce a result (whatever it is) that will make lots of lawmakers and interest groups unhappy, but which will at the very least ensure that the lines are not tailored to insulate incumbents and majority parties from the vicissitudes of democracy.

Lawmakers also were considering joining a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to stop the federal government from dumping dredging material in the Long Island Sound.

CNPP conference while demanding that the federal lawmakers apologise to Nigerians for wasting public funds in pursuit of a Social Media Bill meant to shield their dirty dealings from public knowledge, also challenged the federal lawmakers to first pass a legislation that makes corruption a capital offence before trying to secure perpetual immunity for themselves using the Social Media Bill as a cover.

Tenney, a first - term lawmaker in the House, knocked Brindisi for the support he's receiving from Cuomo, who is making a push to aid Democrats running in key legislative swing races at both the state and federal levels.

Still, Cuomo is rolling out the endorsements from federal lawmakers just as the budget season is expected to pick up this week with the conclusion of the mid-winter legislative session break.

Tom Libous, one of the state's most prominent and powerful Republican lawmakers in the Senate, has been found guilty by jury of lying to federal agents in a case stemming from his son receiving a job at a politically connected law firm in Westchester County.

Two Republicans signed onto the statement from 15 federal lawmakers backing a federal aid plan for Amtrak to speed along construction of track upgrades at the transit hub: Reps. Peter King and Dan Donovan.

Lawmakers from both parties are mounting efforts to bolster the federal government's scrutiny of surging Chinese investment in the U.S., emboldened by Trump's anti-China rhetoric on trade.

If taxpayers and lawmakers were expecting that a new 37 - page report from the state Tax and Finance Department would provide a definitive road map of how New York might sidestep the effects of Trump's new federal tax plan and its sharp reduction in the deductibility of state and local taxes, they instead got a view of just how complicated this is.

Rep. Tom Reed became the second House member from New York to back Trump for the Republican presidential nomination, prompting Democrats to say he was merely reacting to a threat from Buffalo developer Carl Paladino to attack federal lawmakers who don't endorse the GOP frontrunner.

New York State lawmakers did not retreat from their commitment to public schools in spite of the cap on state and local tax deductions in the federal tax overhaul.

Republican congressional and State Senate candidates Thursday called on Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto to resign after the GOP lawmakers were charged by federal prosecutors with receiving bribes from a businessman.

Federal filings show Mr. Espaillat's campaign to replace retiring Congressman Charles Rangel has received a combined $ 13,500 from four members of the Fanjul family: brothers Andres and Alfonso, the latter's wife Raysa and their son - in - law Luis Fernandez — making the Fanjul Corp. the single largest funder of the upper Manhattan lawmaker's election committee.

In spite of fiscal threats from the federal government, state lawmakers passed a new budget on March 31 that includes nearly $ 900 million in additional funding for schools statewide.

He told the federal lawmakers that only his doctors would determine how long he would be away from the country.