Sentences with phrase «houses of the legislature»

An active but dysfunctional house of the legislature can lead to serious problems.

Mr. de Blasio, a liberal Democrat, dedicated substantial resources to the State Senate Democrats» failed effort to capture the upper house of the legislature last year — which became fodder for Republican attack ads.

The relationship between Cuomo and the Democratic Assembly is close to toxic, as symbolized by the lower house of the legislature holding up the naming of the new Tappan Zee Bridge after Mario Cuomo last spring.

Mr. Silver and Mr. Skelos are now awaiting trial on corruption charges, their arrests sending their respective houses of the legislature into chaos.

In order to change the state's constitution, the measure must be passed by two consecutively elected houses of the legislature, then go before voters, where polls show it would likely be approved.

Bottom line: Cuomo has to veto this bill, and neither house of the legislature seems of a mind to attempt to override the governor.

Now the other house of the legislature will decide whether to address the problem of the 1,000 students in charters or the 1,070,000 children in public schools.

The upper house of the legislature is elected on an ethnic basis, similar to the presidency; each voter in the Federation can either vote for Croat or for Bosniak candidates, not for both; the Federation elects 10 members.

Similarly, Staten Island Assemblyman Michael Cusick — who has sponsored a counterpart bill to Felder's in the lower house of the legislature — suggested examining «other alternatives» before moving forward with the surcharge.

• In Vermont, state Sen. Kevin Mullin (R) worked with AARP Vermont on a bill that passed unanimously in both houses of the legislature and was signed into law by Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) in April.

It's being used in more than a dozen jurisdictions from Howard and Montgomery counties to Garrett and Washington counties, doesn't cost the state a dime, and has passed both houses of the legislature unanimously.

I am proud to know Speaker Silver as both a colleague in government and a personal friend, and I look forward to our continued efforts working together with both parties and both houses of the legislature to build a state that works for all New Yorkers.»

«If he is defeated by the Democratic candidate, Todd Kaminsky, who now serves in the Assembly, Democrats will control the governorship and both houses of the legislature in New York State,» the paper wrote.

Bills to reform the agency need to pass all four houses of the legislatures in both states, and be signed by both Governors.

We believe that the important thing is to hold the logic of arguments like the church's to rigorous standards, so that we do not permit its leaders, who participate ex officio in the upper house of the legislature, to emulate Lewis Carroll's Bellman:

In order for the effort to be funded, both houses of the legislature would have to agree to include the money for the study in the budget, and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo would have to sign it.

The Assembly and Senate each have a 1.88 GPA or a C - minus for both houses of the legislature.»

We assist clients in advocating with both houses of the legislature including through testimony, meetings and stakeholder engagement to protect beneficial elements of the budget or encourage changes

The Governor's proclamation was in part a response to a resolution adopted by both houses of the legislature to support and celebrate aviation in New York.

Why is NY seemingly incapable of getting progressive laws passed when both houses of the legislature and the governor are Democratic?

With the bill having passed both houses of the legislature, Cuomo will have to sign or veto the legislation.

Both houses of the legislature are seeking cuts and -LSB-...]

In the past, the majority party in each house, Republicans in the Senate, and Democrats in the Assembly, have drawn the districts to help boost their parties» power in each house of the legislature.

«The recent convictions of leaders from both houses of the legislature, both career politicians amassing very large pensions; the current ongoing investigations of corruption around the state; and the campaign finance scandal that is shining a light on the alleged actions of the mayor of New York City attempting to skirt campaign finance laws to peddle influence in upstate as well as Long Island, makes it crucial that this measure be passed this year.»

Currently, the Speaker and the Senate Majority Leader hold enormous power to abuse the system and stop bills from coming to the floor even if they are mathematically sponsored by a majority of members from each house of the legislature (76 out of 150 in the Assembly and 32 out of 63 in the Senate).

Currently, the Speaker and the Senate Majority Leader hold enormous power to abuse the system and stop bills from coming to the floor even if they are mathematically sponsored by a simple majority of members from each house of the legislature (76 out of 150 in the Assembly and 32 out of 63 in the Senate).

The Democrats could do that since the interim AG is selected by a majority vote of both houses of the legislature, where Democrats outnumber Republicans.

This unbridled power was not given to leaders by voters but by majorities in each house of the legislature.

He said both houses of the legislature sat on their hands, and did nothing for decades, except to raise taxes while New York «hemorrhaged» jobs.

I look forward to working with the Governor to ensure that both houses of the legislature adopt this funding as part of the final budget.»

As for the veto, yes, the president can veto any bill passed by both houses of the legislature before it has become law (the president can not veto an existing law), but the veto can be overruled by a 2/3 majority vote by both the House and Senate.

Checks in the house of the legislature by The aL - hAJJ revealed that the minority bench is almost equally divided along the lines of the party Flagbearer and the suspended chairman.

«It's clear from the bi-partisan support shown in the past few days from my colleagues in both houses of the legislature that there is a real recognition that New York has an opportunity to be progressive and close the Penn State Loophole to help protect children from abuse by making college coaches, athletic directors, administrators and other college professionals mandated reporters of child abuse,» said Tedisco.

Kearns also argued the state's plans amount to closing the center, which is illegal without the approval of both houses of the legislature.

Afterward, aides to the Governor told the advocates that Cuomo would «consider» the bill if it passed both houses of the legislature.

They did this even though both houses of the legislature passed the bill in June.

Initially, both houses of the legislature had hoped they would work over the weekend and that the budget would be finished well before Passover began Monday night.

That has left New York out of a club of eight states in which Democrats control both houses of the legislature and the governor's office.

«We applaud Governor Cuomo and both houses of the legislature for putting New York's economy back on track.»

And he says both houses of the legislature estimate there is $ 350 - 400 million more in the state budget than the governor has predicted, which could also be sent to schools.

Yes, the IDC championed paid family leave and helped pass a minimum wage increase — but both policies were significantly less impactful than they could have been had Democrats controlled both houses of the legislature.

Both houses of the legislature are making changes to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's tax freeze plan in their budget proposals.

«We will ask the assistance of both houses of the legislature in fighting these cuts.»

Both houses of the legislature voted twice to approve the amendment, as required under the state's constitution, and Governor Cuomo signed the bill, at the time calling it «historic».

Despite the arrest of the leaders of both houses of the legislature on corruption charges, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers say they have no plans to pass any additional ethics reforms this session.

It was approved by overwhelming bipartisan margins in both houses of the legislature.

With the session in disarray following the arrests of the leaders of both houses of the legislature, and their subsequent resignations, many expect the laws to be simply extended for another few years, without making any changes.

ALBANY, NY (03/30/2009)(readMedia)-- «There's a lot to dislike in the budget agreement reached between Governor David Paterson and the leaders of the two houses of the legislature, but no one should have any illusion that it moves New York forward through «shared sacrifice.»

Since 2012, the five - member IDC has colluded with the State Senate Republicans to control the upper house of the legislature.