Sentences with phrase «in the general assembly»

However, he acknowledged it doesn't appear that enough of his colleagues in the General Assembly share that sentiment...

The live event is the latest in General Assembly's free speaker series, Open the Door, celebrating innovation and initiative.

Beyond closer economic and political ties within the island chains, China also gains influence at the U.N., as the islands account for 14 votes in the General Assembly.

Edward Joseph «Ned» McNeal Sr., who served in the General Assembly and who later headed the Credit Bureau of Baltimore, died at Sinai Hospital on Wednesday after suffering a fall at his home.

With nine days remaining in the General Assembly's annual session, business groups made a last - minute push Monday to block legislation they characterize as a flurry of new mandates that would slow Connecticut's already fragile economy.

The Austrian delegation, in General Assembly debate in December 1963 pointedly complained at the American policy of keeping communications satellites out of the UN purview:

Several efforts in the Philadelphia presbytery and in the general assembly to cut off Avodat's funding met with failure.

19th November to participants in the general assembly of the International Federation of Catholic Universities, referring to John Paul II's Sapientiae Christiana of 30 years ago:

Mr. Schlickman was a village trustee in Arlington Heights from 1959 to 1964 before his lengthy tenure in the General Assembly.

Those can be passed by simple majorities in the General Assembly.

The marijuana debate is just one example of how business as usual was upended in the General Assembly this year.

Democrats enjoy a 21 - 15 majority over Republicans in the General Assembly's upper chamber heading into the Nov. 8 election.

The Working Families Party has had a tough time getting many of their key issues, such as paid family and medical leave, across the finish line in the General Assembly but most of the Democrats running for governor this year have come out strongly in favor of those types of progressive policies.

You'd think Madigan and Cullerton, with their combined 72 years in the General Assembly, wouldn't let the state with the worst - funded pension system in the U.S. do anything other than make its next payment of $ 3.8 billion.

Following the election the new parliament met in the General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland in Edinburgh for the very first time on Wednesday 12 May 1999 although the actual devolution of powers from Westminster to the Scottish Parliament did not take place until midnight on Thursday 1 July 1999, almost two months later.

A «Women For Jamie» rally in Bethesda last month attracted a few hundred attendees, with a number of local women and state legislators touting Raskin's work in the General Assembly and at American.

As both parties maneuver for advantage in the General Assembly in the November elections, the New Britain and Bristol ballots have two key vacancies.

The passage of a tough Connecticut budget that calls for cuts to social spending and the layoff of state workers has caused some Democratic lawmakers to not seek re-election to their seats in the General Assembly.

Some of the replacement managers were subsequently sacked either by a council executive or by a workers council in general assembly.

«In the 38 years that I have been in the General Assembly, he is, I believe, the most qualified nominee for the position of chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.

Casino expansion is one of the most controversial issues in the General Assembly this session.

Senators Joan Hartley, Paul Doyle and Gayle Slossberg walked together Friday afternoon into the «circle,» as senate members call the seats in the General Assembly's ornate upper chamber.

All 187 House and Senate seats in the General Assembly are up for grabs in this year's election.

If I'm fortunate enough to succeed him, I am eager to continue that fight in the General Assembly.»

«I love serving in the General Assembly, and I love it as much as the first day in the House in 1981 and the first day in the Senate in 1993.»

Republicans are the minority party in the General Assembly.

Just this week, Republican leaders in the General Assembly offered a plan they say would close the budget shortfall and restore the $ 140 million payment to the hospitals.

While in the General Assembly, she served as deputy majority leader from 2008 to 2010.

In late April, the Republicans in the General Assembly held a press conference announcing they had drafted a budget.

Republicans in the General Assembly last week called for a retirement program to reduce the state workforce by about 1,600 state employees, to save $ 79.9 million in the current fiscal year and $ 94.6 million in the following year.

With fewer than ten days left in their legislative session, lawmakers in the General Assembly are expected to finally begin budget negotiations this week.

The push showed in the final legislative tally (the bill passed unanimously in the state Senate and with two votes against it in the General Assembly).

TÜBA's president will no longer be elected by other academicians, but appointed by the government, and honorary members will lose their voting rights in the General Assembly.

Silvia Broome (Kidman) is an interpreter at the UN who accidentally overhears a death threat against a genocidal African tyrant who is due to speak in the General Assembly the following week.

We know that the Governor is not likely to change, so maybe we should start following the members in the General Assembly that have some influence in this area, and see if we can get some assistance from them.

Rauner and Republican leaders in the General Assembly have called for laws that would permit CPS to declare bankruptcy and allow a state takeover of the district, a proposal opposed by Democratic leaders who control the House and Senate.

Rep. John DeBerry of Memphis is one of the most ardent supporters of school vouchers in the General Assembly.

Rep. Rob Bryan is working on legislation behind the scenes in the General Assembly that could turn over poorly performing public schools to for - profit charter school companies who could then fire teachers and administrators at will with no accountability.

«I think the mood in the General Assembly is: «Enough with all of these ideas coming in from other places, enough with these out - of - state groups agitating and pushing and lobbying.

Depending on how the state approached the legislation, lawmakers in the General Assembly could also play a role.

In the final voting, most of the Democrats in the General Assembly voted against the bill, but every single Republican in both chambers voted for it, along with Democrats who call themselves education reformers.

If you are not able to get an appointment or speak to anyone in the General Assembly, come to the TREE booth and we will make sure your voice is heard.

Republican leadership in the General Assembly has been a frequent target of public school advocacy groups in recent years.

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.

Bryant and a host of education leaders in the General Assembly and advocacy organizations presented a laundry list of demands this week in the legislative building that they say will «restore respect» to the state's teachers.

State officials said they considered federal and state - mandated programs and services, as well as the agency's ability to deliver services, when they prepped options for filling in the General Assembly cuts.

These legislators, some of the finest and most dedicated in the General Assembly, had important things to say about the «education reform» debate.

I know my former colleagues in the General Assembly will be extremely upset to learn that someone of Paul's caliber finds the Connecticut test so useless that he trashes them in a nationally respected blog.

State Sen. Teresa Lubbers, who spearheaded charter school legislation in the General Assembly, is a Republican.

Last spring opponents in the General Assembly insisted no local property tax dollars should be allowed to fund new state - approved charter schools.