Sentences with phrase «federal politicians after»
Despite the day's developments, there was deep skepticism in Washington that anything would change because of the long history of inaction by state and federal politicians after similar mass shootings.
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«After spending time with police officers on ride - alongs, meeting with politicians on the state and federal level and grassroots organizations fighting for human rights, it's clear that our criminal justice system is still crippling communities of color through mass incarceration.»
So, after watching your federal politicians foist upon Amtrak in 1976 a long neglected Northeast Corridor with no continuing funding mechanism to repair and replace deteriorated infrastructure, this now is solely Amtrak's problem?
Silver, once one of New York's most powerful politicians, was sentenced in May to 12 years in prison, along with a fine and forfeiture of more than $ 6 million, after a federal jury found him guilty of a host of corruption charges related to two bribery schemes in which he received millions in kickbacks by trading political favors for money.
Two days after becoming the newest symbol of «tea party» politics, Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul of Kentucky thrust himself, his party and the movement into an uncomfortable conversation about the federal government's role in prohibiting racial discrimination and about a period of history that most politicians consider beyond debate.
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Hours after jurors reached a partial verdict in the federal fraud case against former Bronx senator Pedro Espada Jr., the judge declared a mistrial in the remaining conspiracy and tax fraud counts against the politician and in all counts against his son.
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — Federal prosecutors have tried and tried again to take on public corruption in New York, going after several of the state's most powerful politicians and power brokers.
For years, federal prosecutors have gone after Albany politicians one by one, taking on lawmakers such as Pedro Espada, Carl Kruger and, most recently, Malcolm Smith.
After characterizing federal involvement in higher education as «something that has only driven up higher education costs for students and families,» he would go on to say «politicians should not be in the business of setting interest rates.»
In the 1960s, Claude Wagner — the father of current Supreme Court justice Richard Wagner — was a judge, then a Quebec politician and cabinet minister, then after losing the Quebec Liberal leadership to Robert Bourassa in 1970, Wagner returned to the bench but then stepped down from the bench again to enter federal politics as a Conservative.