Sentences with phrase «from key lawmakers»

The department's initial release of regulations addressing the issue of supplanting federal funds drew a sharp rebuke from key lawmakers including Sen. Lemar Alexander, R - Tenn., chair of the Senate's education committee and a primary architect of ESSA.

As Congress gears up for reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, questions from key lawmakers last week at the first hearing on the subject by the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee gave a sense of their priorities.

With less than three weeks to go before Indiana lawmakers sine die, Indy Politics presents some perspectives from key lawmakers and other figures on where...

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The campaign of Independent Democratic Conference Sen. Tony Avella announced Friday the Queens lawmaker had received the nod from 1199 / SEIU, a key labor group that was instrumental in helping Gov. Andrew Cuomo receive the endorsement of the Working Families Party.

But the IDC has remained a key bloc of lawmakers and its leader, Sen. Jeff Klein, is included in closed - door budget negotiations with the legislative leaders from the Assembly and Senate and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Sen. Mark Grisanti has raised a whopping $ 246,687 since the November general election, the bulk of which came from deep pocketed donors who supported Gov. Andrew Cuomo's successful push to legalize same - sex marriage in which the WNY Republican lawmaker played a key role.

IDC Leader Jeff Klein has countered in recent days will calls for votes on key liberal issues such as abortion rights and protections for transgender New Yorkers, inferring the bills still wouldn't pass amid opposition from lawmakers like Sen. Ruben Diaz, a socially conservative Democrat from the Bronx.

It sounds innocent enough, but some state lawmakers are wary that it may be a power grab by the governor, because it would take some key decision making authority away from the legislature.

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.

Lawmakers also say that while there are key differences in this diverse state, there are some unifying issues Flanagan and Republicans from upstate both support, such as making the state's property tax cap permanent.

Though Gov. Andrew Cuomo touts a budget «framework» on key issues, state lawmakers insisted Wednesday afternoon concerns ranging from Medicaid funding to a $ 15 minimum wage remain unresolved.

Lawmakers in the Senate are preparing their own health care legislation that's expected to differ in key ways from the GOP - backed plan in the House.

For this analysis, the party considers how lawmakers voted on 25 key bills, which this year included everything from budget bills to the so - called «sippy cup» bill.

While the goal line seemingly keeps moving on lawmakers, Seward said the push from constituents has been key for individual legislators to come to a deal.

With President Obama set to deliver a prime - time address from the White House in what could be his last best chance to sway lawmakers to support military action against Syria, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton slated to give a high - profile speech in Philadelphia, and the Senate headed toward a key Wednesday test vote on Syria, there is A LOT going on in the political world Tuesday.

The endorsement from 1199 is a key one for any lawmaker given the union's size, deep pockets and vaunted voter turnout efforts, especially in New YOrk.

Linking the budget's passage to a pay increase — lawmakers last received a bump to $ 79,500 in 1999 — is considered especially key for Assembly Democrats, whose conference is predominantly comprised of lawmakers from New York City and the metropolitan area, where the cost of living is generally higher than the rest of the state.

«Gay marriage emerged as a central issue in the fight for control of the Senate yesterday, after a key lawmaker vowed to withhold support from any leader who would push to legalize same - sex nuptials.

The seven lawmakers - four Republicans and three Democrats - listened to sworn affadavits from key players in the scandal and entered into the record news reports from June highlighting Sanford's absence from the state.

Safety valves, renewable electricity standards Lawmakers also sifted through other key requests from the industry groups.

That's the first official answer from lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives to President Donald Trump's request to make deep budget cuts at several key science funding agencies.

The former Massachusetts governor picked up a key endorsement from Hispanic lawmakers — and that made a difference for at least some GOP voters.

In 2001, at the urging of then Mayor Bart Peterson, Indiana lawmakers enacted legislation making Indianapolis the first U.S. city where the mayor can authorize charter schools, which are public schools that are independent from school districts, allowing them more freedom to make key decisions at the school level.

North Carolina's largest public school system may be warning of «enormous disruptions» without speedy action from state lawmakers on a looming class size funding crisis, but key education leaders in Raleigh tell Policy Watch there's little sign Republican lawmakers in the General Assembly will act soon.

Proposed legislation from key California lawmakers would require an increasing proportion of peak demand electricity to be served by renewable resources like wind and solar.

(Bloomberg)-- A key concession that helped clear Republican tax legislation for a Senate vote as early as Thursday is drawing sharp opposition from conservative groups and some lawmakers, signaling that GOP leaders still face challenges in achieving a major legislative victory before year's end.

Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle expressed deep concern over the idea of letting big national banks become real estate brokers and managers in the pivotal hearing on the issue held earlier this week by a key House Financial Services subcommittee.

REALTORS ® have flown in from all over the country to target key lawmakers; a series of state association delegations have met individually with their members of Congress; and phone calls, letters, and E-mail have been generated through NAR's Call for Action systems.