Sentences with phrase «in the state legislature against»

Ms. Smith son, Rep. Smith, the 2011 Missouri House party whip, sponsored a repeal bill in the state legislature against Proposition B, before it went into effect in November 2011.

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Therefore, in order to move to a proportional representation system, you would need the state officials in charge of drawing congressional districts (traditionally the state legislature) to draw districts against their own interests when it is perfectly legal to blatantly draw them in your favor (so long as you don't do so in such a way as to not explicitly dilute the power of some actual protected class, i.e. race, gender, etc.).

The new year for the state legislature has begun in discord, with Republicans in the Senate vowing to take a harder line against Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Government watch dog groups say the arrest of one of the two most powerful men in the New York legislature on fraud and corruption charges highlights the need for better state laws against wrong doing.

After a new wave of indictments against state lawmakers in the spring, Cuomo tried to convince the legislature to adopt public financing of campaigns, the closing of loopholes for large donors, and better policing of the laws.

Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman said the East End's representatives in the state legislature originally voted against the hotel / motel tax.

Two additional candidates announced on Saturday for seats in the state legislature: Steve Ruzbacki will challenge State Senator Betty Little, and Robin Barkenhagen will mount a challenge against Assemblyman Dan state legislature: Steve Ruzbacki will challenge State Senator Betty Little, and Robin Barkenhagen will mount a challenge against Assemblyman Dan State Senator Betty Little, and Robin Barkenhagen will mount a challenge against Assemblyman Dan Stec.

The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, a national group focused on electing Democratic state legislatures across the country, is threatening to help back primaries in the coming year against a group of eight breakaway New York state Senate Democrats.

The «hurricane» of impeachment threat against some state governors appears to have had a stop in Nasarawa state as members of the state's legislature have begun...

But in most parts of the state, there are no primaries for the state legislature, so the next chance to vote for or against assemblymembers and senators is November 8.

I've focused during my time in the legislature to deliver mandate relief for local governments that should help local property taxpayers, voting against budgets that contained tax and fee increases, and I still believe there is more to do to get our state back on the right track for ourselves and future generations.»

But Assemblyman Nojay says for now, they aren't going to promote any specific candidates, though they hope primary challengers will emerge to run against incumbents in the state legislature all the way down to offices for local county sheriff and county clerk.

Anti-corruption is the dominant topic at the New York State legislature for the second week in a row, following bribery charges against two state lawmakers, including a former Senate leState legislature for the second week in a row, following bribery charges against two state lawmakers, including a former Senate lestate lawmakers, including a former Senate leader.

He's against the Reproductive Health Act, backed by Democrats in the state legislature and Cuomo, which would codify into New York State law the abortion rights provisions in the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decistate legislature and Cuomo, which would codify into New York State law the abortion rights provisions in the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade deciState law the abortion rights provisions in the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision.

Speaking after an unrelated education press conference in Brooklyn, Ms. Fariña fiercely reiterated a number of the arguments Mayor Bill de Blasio made against the governor's plan when testifying to the state legislature in Albany last month.

The on topic Q&A included redesign plans for other streets, especially Queens Boulevard, why the administration attributes the reduction in pedestrian fatalities to Vision Zero and not to regular year - to - year variances, how the administration actually knows that driving speeds are reduced, why so few street redesign projects have been done on Staten Island, data for any changes in safety at this E.Tremont / Silver Street intersection, why Commissioner Bratton did not attend, why there are few speeding and failure to yield tickets issued in this (45th) precinct, the negative effect of speed bumps on emergency response vehicles, plans for marking and painting of roads, whether the mayor will seek additional red light camera authorizations from the state legislature, the paucity of criminal prosecutions against drivers who kill pedestrians and an estimate of money received from speed camera tickets.

The New Year for the New York state legislature has begun in discord, with an absent governor and Republicans in the Senate vowing to take a harder line against Democrat Andrew Cuomo.

In 2015, Governor Cuomo banned non-essential state travel to the state of Indiana after that state's legislature passed a controversial religious freedom measure that did not prohibit discrimination against LGBT citizens.

But there is a vast stylistic gulf between the former reality show host and the serious Faso, who spent 16 years in the state legislature before running unsuccessfully against Democrat Eliot Spitzer for governor in 2006.

According to campaign finance reports filed this week, the Texas state senator netted $ 1.2 million in the six weeks following her June filibuster against an abortion bill being considered by the Texas legislature.

A freshman against the Albany status quo BY RAQUEL OKYAY Hudson Valley assemblyman remembers 9 - 11, says no to war in Syria, and calls for leadership changes in the state's legislature.

Cuomo and the legislature agreed in 2013 to exempt borrowing by the state Dormitory Authority, which is controlled by Cuomo appointees, from being counted against the state's legal borrowing cap because they said taxpayers won't be liable for the debt.

The new year for the state legislature has begun in discord, with an absent governor and Republicans in the Senate vowing to take a harder line against Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The Florida Supreme Court recently ruled against state lawmakers in the Congressional map, ordering the legislature to redraw eight districts which they say favor a political party or the incumbent.

«The corruption charges filed over the past several weeks against members of the state legislature and City Council have shaken confidence in the political system,» Peralta added.

In Colorado the state legislature was totally against the renewable energy standard, but a grassroots movement helped get a referendum on the ballot in 2004, and it was approved within weekIn Colorado the state legislature was totally against the renewable energy standard, but a grassroots movement helped get a referendum on the ballot in 2004, and it was approved within weekin 2004, and it was approved within weeks.

In Florida, the unions have pulled out all the stops, and managed to get the Democratic caucus in the state legislature to more or less march in lockstep against the proposed changeIn Florida, the unions have pulled out all the stops, and managed to get the Democratic caucus in the state legislature to more or less march in lockstep against the proposed changein the state legislature to more or less march in lockstep against the proposed changein lockstep against the proposed changes.

In April 2013, she announced that she would register hundreds of thousands of new voters and run candidates for city council and the state legislature who supported the schools against those who didn't.

This finding highlights the struggle state legislatures face to balance the immediate needs of today against investments in the future.

A South Carolina school district that used newsletters, e-mail, and its Web site to drum up opposition to a tuition - tax - credit bill in the state legislature faces a lawsuit claiming it committed «viewpoint discrimination» against a resident who was denied the use of the same outlets to air his views.

Under the banner «Never Again», these courageous young people organised high - profile rallies and protests, and then stood witness in the gallery as their state legislature continued to vote against control of assault weapons and high - capacity magazines.

The Ohio Education Association, a teachers union that has been among the most outspoken critics of charter schools, has testified against them in the state legislature and supported litigation aimed at toughening oversight.

Alongside the state legislature, they finally settled on new tests that were introduced in 2015 to measure performance against the new standards.

In the wake of school shootings and lawsuits brought against schools by victims of bullying, 11 state legislatures — California, Colorado, Georgia, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington — have mandated that schools take active steps to reduce bullying.

The process, and persistent charter claims of being short - changed, has spurred court battles, acrimonious policy debates in the state legislature and even suggestions of a massive, class - action lawsuit against traditional public schools.

First, when lobbying state legislatures for improvements in gifted education, request a simple, common - sense, global provision prohibiting discrimination against gifted children on the basis of their chronological age.

I testified at the state legislature in Louisiana against one of the no - nothing bills you mentioned, and even though it was painfully obvious that the legislators had no real intention of being affected by any argument we might make, it was a necessary «waste» of time.

Meanwhile, AB 684, a bill in the California legislature to allow industrial hemp farming, is likely to succeed, and North Dakota farmers with state - issued hemp farming licenses have recently filed a landmark lawsuit against the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).»

No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.

With broad support from Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund supporters, the state legislature and Governor Baker, the passage of the ACCESS law demonstrates the collective desire to fight back against Trump's anti-woman agenda and to solidify Massachusetts» role as a leader in health care access and equal rights for all.

«Just days after Planned Parenthood was cleared yet again from any wrongdoing and the maker of the discredited videos was indicted, the Ohio state legislature is continuing their political attacks against the health care provider,» Planned Parenthood spokeswoman Jocelyn Smallwood said in a statement provided to The Daily Signal.