Sentences with phrase «legislation in»

The use of petitions is most commonly associated with forms of direct legislation in California (and other US states) and Switzerland, where successful petitions generate a popular ballot on potential legislative and constitutional changes.

I co-sponsored and voted for legislation in the State Senate, during this year's Legislative Session, to expand ridesharing services to Upstate New York.

The career move comes as Democratic lawmakers negotiate ethics - reform legislation in response to several recent embarrassments, including the corruption conviction of former Republican Senate leader Joseph Bruno.

Squadron, who started the movement to change the name by introducing legislation in December, said the agreement only makes him more determined to re-name the park.

Sessions, the House Rules Committee chairman from Texas» 32nd District, has for years blocked bipartisan legislation in the House to protect state - sanctioned medical marijuana vendors from federal crackdown, not letting it out of committee for a floor vote.

HELENA — As Sen. Max Baucus has taken the lead on health - reform legislation in the U.S. Senate, he's also become a leader in something else: Campaign money received from health - and insurance - industry interests.

As the Judiciary Committee plans to re-introduce the Innovation Act, Congressman Jeffries re-emphasized the importance of passing patent reform legislation in the House of Representatives this term.

The eight - member IDC maintains an alliance with Republicans, and the conference has frequently rebuffed criticism from other Democrats by saying that its members provide a way to pass progressive legislation in the Senate.

«It's an acknowledgement that this is an important activity in New York that requires some care and nurturing,» Robert Williams, executive director of the governor's state Gaming Commission, said of the proposals tucked into 42 pages of legislation in Cuomo's budget for this year.

The assemblywoman, Angela M. Wozniak, a first - term Republican from Cheektowaga, N.Y., who had promised to bring «western New York values to Albany,» was accused of having a sexual relationship for weeks with her director of legislation in June.

New York Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney has introduced two pieces of legislation in response to the PFOS water contamination in Newburgh.

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. — Gov. Cuomo signed legislation in May to cut the cost of local government, and in turn, lower homeowners» property taxes.

Around the time de Blasio announced he'd pursue fair scheduling legislation in September 2016, emails show administration aides also reaching out to the heads of fast - food restaurants and retail establishments such as Shake Shack and Uncommon Goods to seek their advice on how to craft a new policy.

Lawmakers in Colorado debated controversial new gun control legislation in 2013 in reaction to the Aurora theater massacre, including a 15 round limit on magazine capacity and tougher requirements on background checks.

Comrie, who introduced legislation in April that would penalize restaurants that sold toys with fatty meals, applauded McDonald's for altering its Happy Meals to include more healthy options, such as fruit and other -LSB-...]

The NRA, infuriated over Cuomo's Safe Act, which is billed as the toughest gun - control legislation in the nation, is preparing to give the Cuomo / Hochul ticket a negative rating while backing Astorino.

Sen. Cory Booker, D - N.J., joins Senate Democrats in calling for stricter gun control legislation in the aftermath of the mass shooting in Orlando last week.

They called on the lead sponsors of the bills, Councilmembers Antonio Reynoso and Ritchie Torres, to pass the legislation in order to protect women, transgender and gender non-conforming people from police abuses.

Prosecutors, state legislators, and police formally announce a multi-state effort to enact state legislation in two key areas.

After introducing his campaign finance reform legislation in Albany, Governor Andrew Cuomo held events in Syracuse and Buffalo to push for his public financing proposal and other anti-corruption measures.

In 1996 John Howard managed to get all six Australian states to agree to and pass uniform sweeping gun control legislation in just 12 days.

Reinvent Albany has pursued similar legislation in NYS known as a Database of Deals which would provide all economic benefits received for individual projects.

Congressman Jeffries proposed legislation in a modest, but important attempt to heal in the aftermath of the inexplicable tragedy of the deaths of Detectives Ramos and Liu in Brooklyn.

The House appeared on track to pass a stopgap continuing resolution bill Thursday night, but Senate Democrats said they had enough votes to block the legislation in the upper chamber, raising the possibility that the current budget will expire without a replacement.

Note that the general question of why it is difficult to pass gun legislation in the United States has already been asked.

An effort to block the legislation in New York has been pushed in part by the Las Vegas culinary union, which is in a protracted dispute with Ultimate Fighting Championship, the sport's prominent MMA organizer and promoter.

She could ask parliament to enact powerful and efficient counter-terrorism legislation in a lawful manner, consistent with international standards.

I dislike the inability of elected representatives to propose legislation in the Commission.

The church claims in its submission to the GEO, «[T] he introduction of civil partnerships... was supported by the majority of our bishops who voted on the legislation in 2004 when it was before the House of Lords.»

Two pieces of SNP legislation in her sights are the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act and the Named Person scheme.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said the Democrat - controlled chamber will take up legislation in the coming weeks that makes it a crime to «sell, possess, manufacture or transport devices» that transform semiautomatic guns into automatics, otherwise known as bump stocks.

But Scottish ministers exercise powers under UK extradition legislation in determining whether an individual is to be extradited.

This could form the basis of a really interesting Select committee enquiry which could change laws and lead to better legislation in the first place.

«I want to get best for my constituents in terms of legislation in terms of issues that are important to them,» he said.

We will have the most protective legislation in the world.

«I have great concerns with a policy that impedes patients» ability to access information about a legal medical treatment,» said Sen. Diane Savino, a Democrat from Staten Island and the lead sponsor of the medical marijuana legislation in the Senate.

«She passed the most important piece of anti-rape legislation in modern history.

GDPR is considered to be one of the most important pieces of data privacy legislation in recent times, and it will have far - reaching impacts beyond the EU.

To protest legislation in Congress that (among other things) would make it much easier to shut down websites that host content that someone claims is pirated, sites ranging from Wikipedia to Google have painted themselves black or shut down their normal content in favor of asking readers to pressure their representatives to kill the bill.

The agreement, hailed as historic by politicians was approved following emergency legislation in the House of Commons.

A Documentary on the Death Penalty and Human Rights legislation in Bahrain Producer: Isabel Woodford

In papers submitted by the UK Government last year in the case and seen by the BHA, the Government attempted to argue that there is no breach of EU law because «if a teacher brought a claim against a school (on the basis that the school, as an employer, had discriminated against them in their remuneration, for example), then the court or tribunal would consider the legislation in this wider context.

Mark Field, the MP for the Cities of London and Westminster, says he is «staggered by the sheer gutlessness» of MPs in letting through poor - standard legislation in the past.

«As a senator, Eric has been a sponsor of every pro-choice piece of legislation in New York,» Conlin continued.

Yesterday, Cox released a statement calling on Gillibrand to support Turner's legislation in her chamber, saying that failing to do so would indicate a «double standard» when it comes to honoring conservative Republicans in this Democrat - dominated state.

Regulatory legislation in the EU is designed to ensure that chemicals sold in the EU are safe for their intended use.»

This problem has not been contained in one region, but has proved to be a much broader phenomenon, from campaigns against media freedom in Egypt and Turkey to homophobic legislation in Africa and sustained conflict in Iraq and Syria.

The congressman did later speak with the station about legislation in the Senate he said would water down pilot experience requirements.

An organization or activist can learn about a piece of legislation in the morning, get fact sheets and statements online by noon, generate thousands of emails to Congress by happy hour and spark bloggers and journalists to write about it all along the way.

Coming from a family that had fought on the Confederate side in the Civil War, and in his early career a bastion of the Old South which resisted every move towards civil rights for black Americans, it fell to him, as president, to put forward the most significant piece of civil rights legislation in the nation's history.