Sentences with phrase «handful of state lawmakers»

This poor - mouthing of his own mojo must have come as a happy surprise to the handful of state lawmakers who showed up for the event, one of the governor's periodic «Capital for a Day» showpieces.

Bharara's office has already cut a wide swath through the Capitol, handling the prosecutions of a double - handful of state lawmakers, including last year's back - to - back convictions of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

While a handful of state lawmakers will be conducting interviews this week with candidates interested in the attorney general post, there are others who say acting AG Barbara Underwood should be allowed to stay in that capacity until voters ultimately decide in the fall.

Hoylman is one of a handful of state lawmakers who've introduced legislation to ban the devices in New York.

And not all state lawmakers are on board, with a handful of state lawmakers endorsing Sanders.

In addition to a handful of state lawmakers, payday loans have caught the attention of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, as well.

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Abortion has come to the fore in a handful of states where self - proclaimed «pro-life» Democratic lawmakers are facing allegations from conservative groups that their support for the healthcare bill legislated federally - funded abortion.

A new limit on the amount of opiates a physician can prescribe at once is among a handful of changes lawmakers plan to make in an effort to combat the state's ongoing heroin and opioid addiction crisis.

Grisanti, a Buffalo Republican who lost his seat to Democratic Sen. Marc Panepinto last fall, is one of a handful of politically connected individuals tapped by Cuomo to sit on this bench — a post that pays $ 174,000 a year (considerably more than the $ 79,500 starting salary for a state lawmaker).

(CNN)- North Carolina lawmakers passed a measure that requires residents to present photo identification to vote, joining a handful of other states that have approved the controversial proposal.

However, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Republican lawmakers in Arizona, Indiana, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Vermont have joined Democratic counterparts from a handful of other states in launching measures that oppose provisions of the two - year - old NCLB law.

«The newest and one of the most potent arguments for advancing school choice in Pennsylvania has been pressed forward by state Sen. Anthony Williams, D - Philadelphia, and a handful of urban lawmakers who see the issue as the next step in the civil rights movement.»

Leaders like Bryant say locals are particularly rankled by the «coercive» nature of the charter takeover model, which was a favorite of most GOP state lawmakers and a handful of Democrats.

Lawmakers from a handful of states including Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Bernie Sanders of Vermont are backing a bill that would prevent the government from garnishing Social Security disability and retirement benefits from people who failed to pay back their student loans.

Texas lawmakers passed a law last session to bolster the war on barratry and a handful of notable arrests — including charges against a state representative — have been made this year, with presumably more to come.

Minnesota is one of a handful of states in which lawmakers are mulling a sales tax on professional services as they search for new revenue sources.