Sentences with phrase «former federal legislation»

One is that former federal legislation (No Child Left Behind) did not acknowledge the vital role of school media specialists and a strong information literacy curriculum for all students.

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The legislation comes after the arrest of longtime (and now former) Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on federal corruption charges.

Adam, 33, and Dean, 67, both of Rockville Centre, are on trial in federal court in Manhattan on allegations that the former Senate majority leader solicited bribes and extortion of three different companies — Arizona - based AbTech; Physicians» Reciprocal Insurers of Roslyn and New Hyde Park - based Glenwood Management — to hire Adam as a consultant in return for favorable legislation and public - works contracts.

The final legislation renames the Tappan Zee Bridge after former Gov. Mario Cuomo; provides a financial incentive package to entice Vernon Downs racino and harness track to remain open; offers $ 55 million in relief for Lake Ontario communities ravaged by flooding; tweaks a law to allow New York City first responders to receive an accidental disability pensions even if they don't receive a federal Social Security disability pension; and creates a 250 - acre forest land bank to allow for certain public utility projects under a constitutional amendment.

Dave Walker, the former U.S comptroller general from Bridgeport, was the only Republican to indirectly reference proposed federal legislation to ban bump stocks.

First Bill Clinton and then George W. Bush — both former governors with state records on education — pushed for legislation that would make standards and accountability a requirement of federal aid.

Will the TSP modernization legislation that is moving through Congress change the number of former federal employees who leave their... More

These may be set based off state and / or federal legislation as well as case law, which is established based on the outcome of former cases.

A prosecution document unsealed last Friday purports to show that convicted former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver had two extramarital affairs that further corrupted state government, one with a lobbyist who frequently represented clients interested in pending legislation and another with a woman who was hired at a succession of state jobs for which critics say she was under qualified... → Read More: Federal Prosecutors Allege Silver's Corruption of Albany Included Government Favors for Mistresses