Sentences with phrase «lawmakers over gun control»
This upshot was an initial media blackout on an hours - long sit - in protest by Democratic lawmakers over gun control legislation, which had coalesced on social media around the hashtag #NoBillNoBreak.
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State lawmakers returned Tuesday to Albany after a week - long break and a renewed national debate over gun control following a massacre at a Florida high school that killed 17 people.
Despite a 25 - hour sit - in by House Democrats, lawmakers in the chamber remain deeply divided over gun control, and no votes on the issue were taken.
As budget negotiations — which are conducted behind closed doors among the governor and three top legislative leaders, out of sight of even other lawmakers — unfolded over the past week, it became increasingly clear that the Legislature would punt policy issues such as gun control or bail reform to after the budget's April 1 deadline, in favor of financial considerations.
DEVELOPING: SENATOR STILL TRYING TO FIND VOTES FOR BACKGROUND CHECKS... Behind - the - scenes dealing over reviving stalled gun control legislation will get a push next week when Sen. Joe Manchin, a strong proponent of expanding background checks, plans to meet individually with lawmakers, a Senate source tells CNN.
State lawmakers returned to Albany after a week - long break and a renewed national debate over gun control.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo spent his first four years in office holding sway over the Legislature, hashing out on - time budgets and lobbying Republican lawmakers to cross party lines on same - sex marriage and gun control.
As American society has become more polarized in recent years, the debate over gun control has reflected this reality, with leaders and lawmakers on both sides firmly entrenched in their positions.