Sentences with phrase «key lawmakers such»

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«The difficulty the Republican majority is having addressing a key political priority suggests that lawmakers might ultimately need to scale back their ambitions in other areas as well, such as tax reform.»

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.

Cuomo relayed his readiness for such a high - stakes confrontation in conversations with key aides and state lawmakers during the past two weeks as he outlined general plans to cut the state payroll and impose billions of dollars in reductions on school districts and the Medicaid program in the fiscal year beginning April 1.

It appears likely, however, that lawmakers will remain at the Capitol through the week as key issues such as rent control regulations, mayoral control of New York City schools and the 421a tax abatement are yet to be locked down.

Fashola and the lawmakers have traded accusations since late June when he accused the National Assembly of unilaterally slashing budgetary allocation for key projects such as the Lagos - Ibadan Expressway and the 2nd Niger Bridge.

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.

In the House, key lawmakers have made headway with the notion that the social sciences and climate research contribute less to the nation than «pure» disciplines, such as physics, biology, engineering, and computing.

Thanks to a hopeful state revenue forecast, lawmakers had over $ 1B additional dollars to allocate, which resulted in some positive progress for key education priorities such as:

A key concern for some lawmakers, however, is that tinkering with corporate taxes without also providing relief to individuals would be unfair to small business owners such as real estate professionals, who often operate their businesses as limited liability companies (LLCs) or S corporations, meaning that income they generate passes through to their owners, who pay tax on it at their individual rate.