Sentences with phrase «lawmakers take action on»

In other words: He can call the session and set the agenda, but he can't make lawmakers take action on anything.

(CNN) Nearly a week after a gunman stormed the hallways of their school in a deadly rampage, students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are heading to Florida's state Capitol to demand lawmakers take action on gun control.

Students and activists have rallied in the week after a gunman killed 17 at a Florida high school to demand lawmakers take action on gun control.

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The company is calling on lawmakers to take action on «common sense gun reform,» including measures to address mental health, improve background checks, raise the age to buy a gun, and ban bump stocks and other similar accessories.

The prime minister, who has long championed the careers of female lawmakers, said on Wednesday that action would be taken when there were allegations and evidence of sexual misconduct.

«My message to lawmakers in Congress is please, take action,» David Hogg, a student at the school, said as he looked directly into CNN's camera on Thursday.

That inaction sank in on Thursday, as lawmakers confronted yet another mass shooting, this time with some of the survivors imploring Congress to finally take action.

About 100 of those students converged on the state Capitol in Tallahassee on Wednesday to demand that lawmakers take action against gun violence.

Students, teachers and lawmakers have urged Trump and other Republican lawmakers to take action on guns in the wake of the Parkland shooting.

Lawmakers asking «WWJD» while writing or voting on laws to be passed just tells me they can not think for themselves and can't take responsibility for their own actions.

Lawmakers will return to Washington today facing intense public pressure to break their decades - long gridlock on gun control, a demand fortified by a bipartisan group of governors calling for Congress to take action to protect against mass shootings.

But after state lawmakers left Albany on Friday without taking action, the OTB announced it was staying open for a year and was rescinding 1,300 layoffs.

It was supposed to take the politics out of salary increases, but the governor's appointed commissioners refused to take action on a pay raise proposal, hinting they might be more amendable later if lawmakers enact reforms that Cuomo is seeking.

ALBANY — After they walked away last week without taking action on mayoral control of New York City schools or renewing local tax authorizations, state lawmakers will convene Wednesday — at Gov. Andrew Cuomo's command — for a special session.

Good - government groups called on Cuomo and lawmakers to take action now to strengthen oversight of government contracting and boost ethics enforcement.

Lawmakers need to take immediate action on this issue and make sure New Yorkers have the legal protections and free tools to help prevent unwanted robocalls.

Legislature Chairman Alden Wolfe sent his own letter to Governor Cuomo, commended state lawmakers for taking action on the matter.

Whether lawmakers will take any significant action on those issues next year is unclear — members from both chambers are up for re-election the following November.

Since then, lawmakers who represent areas with large numbers of state workers in their districts — the Capital Region and Long Island — have written to the Cuomo administration urging them to take action on the issue.

School funding is one of the goads for Cuomo and lawmakers to take action on a final budget plan soon: The majority of districts are required to put their annual budgets before voters in mid-May.

However, it's unlikely lawmakers will be taking any action on that day.

The lawmakers said their resolutions, which were later conveyed to President Muhammadu Buhari by the leadership of the National Assembly, were «wake - up call» to the President and the Federal Government who «must» take urgent action on the crisis before it escalates.

Within minutes of the verdict, good - government groups called on Cuomo and lawmakers to take action this year to strengthen oversight of government contracting and boost ethics enforcement.

Goeken says activists are calling on lawmakers to take action.

Heastie's comments, which came in front a gaggle of reporters outside his Assembly office, marked one of the most encouraging signs yet that lawmakers will take action to help victims before the Legislature ends its session on June 16.

Governor Malloy says that's why lawmakers can not delay in taking action on a standalone bill.

Cuomo made the comments during a Thursday press conference at the state Capitol when he was asked whether he was prepared to call lawmakers back to Albany to address the mayoral control issue after legislators concluded their annual session a day earlier without taking joint action on the issue.

In addition to taking action on several resolutions, lawmakers also recognized the Sherman bus driver whose quick thinking helped to ensure the safety... [Read more...]

Trump staffers said the new steps coming Friday could be taken immediately without action by lawmakers, who are mainly focused on November elections.

SPECTRUM NEWS VIDEO: Environmental advocates have been pushing state lawmakers to take action on plastic bags for a while now.

The lawmakers «will not be taking legislative action on HR 3699, the Research Works Act,» the statement says.

She is a member of an active group of advocates in Colorado who take action on Parkinson's policy issues and reach out to their lawmakers on a regular basis.

That means lawmakers can't take any other action until they do something on this issue.

McKissick said he believes the Senate will take some form of action on the issue this session, although it may not be the salve offered by House lawmakers.

Call on state lawmakers and school districts to formulate and pass legislation and policies that allow school employees to provide parents with their opinions on whether students would benefit from exclusion from a state / and or district standardized test and that no adverse action or discipline would be taken against employees who engage in such discussion.

Interfaith Power & Light is an organization helping thousands of diverse religious congregations limit their carbon emissions and organize campaigns to urge lawmakers to take action on climate change.

After several bills on ABATE of Wisconsin's legislative agenda lay dormant, the rights organization took proactive action to urge lawmakers to vote on them.

Gonzalez's classmate, David Hogg, who has publicly called on lawmakers to «take some action» against guns in the wake of the shooting, responded similarly.

(CNN)- Speaker after speaker at March for Our Lives rallies around the US urged lawmakers to take action on gun control or face consequences at the voting booth.

On the one month anniversary of the shooting, students across the country walked out of class in protest, calling for lawmakers to take action on gun violencOn the one month anniversary of the shooting, students across the country walked out of class in protest, calling for lawmakers to take action on gun violencon gun violence.

She urged party activists to participate in an effort to focus on lawmakers in November who don't take action to tighten gun laws.

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Lawmakers may take action on several of these bills in the coming week, including three positive pieces of legislation with bipartisan support:

House lawmakers are expected to take action by this summer on NAR - supported bills that would repeal estate taxes, create tax - advantaged districts in depressed areas, and expand the availability of individual retirement accounts.