Sentences with phrase «lawmakers blocked an effort»

The lawmakers blocked an effort to scrap the rules using the Congressional Review Act, an arcane legislative tool that the GOP has deployed liberally this year to kill Obama - era regulations.

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Republican Sens. John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Susan Collins joined Democratic lawmakers to block an effort to scrap the rule in May.

County lawmakers voted narrowly Monday to be the first in New York to block the sale of tobacco products in any retail stores that also contain licensed pharmacies — a ban that survived the supermarket industry's efforts to stamp it out.

A similar commission was created three years ago, though efforts to increase lawmakers» salaries for the first time in nearly two decades were blocked by Cuomo's appointees.

Schneiderman's proposal comes as state lawmakers prepare to debate once again a public financing of campaigns on the state level that could see the adoption of a matching program based off the New York City system (Senate Republicans have blocked efforts to institute public financing).

In the recall elections, state Democrats object to Republican legislators» support of the collective bargaining law while Republicans are critical of Democratic lawmakers who left the state during negotiations in opposition to Republican Gov. Scott Walker's agenda, in an effort to block the bill.

Despite worries publicly issued by Cuomo about lawmakers trying to block the next round of funding targeted for Western New York job creation efforts, lawmakers on Monday delighted in announcing their support for the initiative.

But lawmakers who currently oversee the agency's budget «could be a stumbling block if they feel they are losing control,» he says — noting that such problems helped sink several past efforts to move the agency.

Republican House lawmakers successfully banded together Tuesday morning in an effort to block a proposal put forward by school voucher champion Rep. Paul «Skip» Stam that would have set up the state's new school voucher program for expansion.

But there appeared to be growing discontent among some Republican lawmakers over the school voucher program, as Rep. Bryan Holloway led efforts to block Stam's proposal by telling his colleagues they «might find it interesting» to look at what kinds of schools voucher students are picking and choosing.

The education provisions sparked fierce resistance from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and the powerful statewide teachers union, which mounted an almost nonstop effort over the past few days to block them.