Sentences with phrase «lawmaker is at any given time»

But the full scope of how partisan or bipartisan a lawmaker is at any given time is more nuanced and there numerous variables, he said.

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At the same time, the Legislature may try to claw back oversight of the regional councils through the disclosure of outside income of its members and give lawmakers a greater say in how the money spent — provisions that are staunchly opposed by the Cuomo administration.

Two state lawmakers — Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Sen. Diane Savino — who gave campaign money to now - indicted Brooklyn Assemblywoman Pamela Harris, amid a grand jury probe into her alleged theft of taxpayer money, say they had no idea she was under investigation at the time.

The $ 1 million donation comes at the same time that he's given $ 75,000 to the Independent Democratic Conference, a four - member bloc of Democratic lawmakers who sit separately, but could determine control of the Senate next year depending on which conference they are ultimately allied with.

It is a sign of the times, and a tragedy that the most popular Senator in the Nigerian National Assembly at this moment is not the person who has moved the most impactful motion, not a lawmaker who has proposed a thought - provoking bill, and certainly not any Senator who has given any impressive speech debating a matter of national importance.

... Public education •... Coming into the 2013 Legislature, lawmakers are set to tackle a number of hot - button issues, including a proposal by Sen. Aaron Osmond, R - South Jordan, to create a state - funded preschool program for at - risk kids; a resolution, SJR5, by Sen. Stuart Reid, R - Ogden, to give the governor and Senate control over the employment of the state superintendent; and, yes, even a bill, SB39, touching on sex education, except this time for parents rather than kids, also sponsored by Reid.