Sentences with phrase «legislative agendas»

CCSA offers public policy and grassroots advocacy in the State Legislature every year, developing public policy positions and legislative agendas for the benefit of the charter school movement, and tracking major legislation, including Senate and Assembly bills and the state budget.

Last year, a report revealed that the NRCC required Katko and other members of the program to submit their legislative agendas to the group.

The Legislative agendas will now be posted 48 hours prior to session.

Michael Whyland, spokesman for Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D - Bronx), called the governor's position «news to the speaker because the task of setting pay scales was given to the commission so that they can consider the issue devoid of any other legislative agendas.»

And if OFA eventually manages to do both, the organization could raise the stakes of modern policymaking, establishing a new template for political parties» efforts to organize mandates and enact their legislative agendas.

I ask because I've read progressive Christians who linked certain legislative agendas with «biblical» values, such as the 2010 health - care reform law or with a progressive tax system.

The President issued a new call on Congress to pass an ambitious legislative agenda to help small businesses, but some wonder whether it's just hot air.

«It's an understatement that Donald Trump badly miscalculated on his legislative agenda; moving first on Obamacare repeal and replacement was a disastrous — and hubristic — decision.»

«The collapse of the Senate's healthcare strategy is a near - term negative for the GOP's broader legislative agenda, but we contend that failing to pass health care legislation dramatically increases the sense of urgency surrounding the tax reform conversation,» Boltansky wrote.

The revelations, semi-denials and continuing comments have cast a pall over the White House's legislative agenda, brought the country closer to the brink of a government shutdown and sparked international outrage.

Until retailers get more clarity in the form of the Court's decision and / or a legislative agenda, there's no telling what will be the law of the land.

An emboldened Democratic Congress, flush with union money, stood ready to tee up a sweeping legislative agenda.

Republicans rode a wave of voter discontent to seize control of the U.S. Senate, dealing a punishing blow to President Barack Obama that will limit his legislative agenda and may force him to make a course correction for his last two years in office.

It also will test his ability to compromise with newly empowered political opponents who have been resisting his legislative agenda since he was first elected in 2008.

Republicans strengthened their grip in Congress in a move guaranteed to limit President Obama's legislative agenda for his last two years in office.

They can't work with Breitbart or rely on Drudge to help with their legislative agenda.

However, there is currently nothing listed on the legislative agenda in Parliament related to trade with Bangladesh.

Meanwhile, after passing a tax cut and losing the Alabama Senate seat, his party's legislative agenda is going nowhere.

If Dimon was so opposed to the president's hatemongering, he wouldn't be ponying up the advertising support for his legislative agenda.

And the Trump administration legislative agenda reads like a corporate wish list as well: huge corporate tax cuts, privatizing the nation's infrastructure, and so on.

Despite strong language from Trump, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Kirstjen Nielsen, and even Vice President Mike Pence this week in regards to the caravan, the route allowing foreign nationals with the caravan to be released into the U.S. is still open with no legislative agenda in sight that would end Catch and Release.

Maiden speeches by new MLAs are one of those parliamentary practices dispensed with in the quiet intervals of the legislative agenda, attracting no media attention, and are given mainly for the edific...

Last year, China's 12th National People's Congress (NPC) laid out a legislative agenda to address some of the most pressing...

We can also expect the NDP to begin shifting away from its more activist legislative agenda into re-election mode later this year.

The legislative session produced ejections, MLA suspensions and other intrigue but amidst the budget debates and political drama the New Democratic Party government pursued a fairly ambitious legislative agenda.

Aside from the two - day speech driven sitting held last month, this will be the first time that new Progressive Conservative Premier Alison Redford and her cabinet will gather in the Assembly to present a legislative agenda and field questions from Opposition MLAs.

Siegel added that his Dow prediction is conditional on progress in President Donald Trump's legislative agenda.

Rather than litigation, it has been suggested that reparations activists pursue a legislative agenda, since time after time this has proven to be a more successful strategy.

With a stacked legislative agenda to pass before the end of the year, the latest battle in the Senate centers on when members will head home to their districts to celebrate Christmas.

Another reporter asked how the president can focus on the legislative agenda if he's busy tweeting about protests.

Anything not to talk about the legislative agenda, the countless Americans without power in Puerto Rico or those nervous about the safety of their health care.

But not all members of the SNA agree with the organization's legislative agenda.

And the SNA previously saw 19 of its past presidents break ranks in an open letter to Congress — an extraordinary, public display of the internal strife over the SNA's current legislative agenda.

Here's a damning graphic released just yesterday by the Union of Concerned Scientists, and you can read that group's blog post condemning SNA's legislative agenda here:

She assists with the development and implementation of FRAC's legislative agenda, working with Congress, national organizations, and FRAC's network of state and local anti-hunger organizations to strengthen domestic anti-hunger programs for low - income individuals and families.

As director of government affairs, Ellen Teller directs the development and implementation of FRAC's legislative agenda.

But, in the meantime, it's all the more important that SNA members who disagree with their organization's legislative agenda make their feelings known.

It's important to note, however, (as I did here), that even if SNA's legislative agenda is driven by the food industry, SNA's members» concerns, such as increased food waste and cost, may still be legitimate.

In the meantime, if you're a current or former SNA member who would like to join the 86 food service directors who've spoken out against SNA's legislative agenda, you can sign this version of the open letter, which has been slightly edited to address the upcoming Child Nutrition Reauthorization.

It will be interesting to see how Governor Cuomo utilizes his State of the State Address moving forward to begin his next legislative agenda.

In the email announcing Thursday's tele town hall, WFP State Director Bill Lipton admitted the party's legislative agenda is «a big vision and we've got our work cut out for us.»

This little «baby step» of having the NYPD remove its barriers (something that the mayor will probably come to regret), is shameful given the blatant violations of law they have tolerated because they fear the onslaught of NYC's Democrats opposing the mayor's legislative agenda or Brookfield's plans for other properties in the city.

We are ready to move forward, provided any final agreement between Democrats is based on the legislative agenda that we put forth on May 22, which includes: the Reproductive Health Act, the DREAM Act, GENDA, protecting Title X funding, public campaign finance, single - payer health care and the Comprehensive Contraceptive Coverage Act.

So it makes sense for Labour to spend parliament's time up on the bill it does support — Lords reform — at the expense of the coalition's own legislative agenda.

After just one year, Cameron's government is so distracted by Europe that its legislative agenda has become distinctly anaemic.»

«This is a really lightweight Queen's Speech which suggests the EU referendum has properly railroaded the government's domestic legislative agenda.

The Governor found himself in the unfortunate position of promoting his third on time budget, at a time when his legislative agenda was faltering and Preet Bharara» s prosecutions where giving the lie to the idea that Albany, NY was truly functional and not just as corrupt as ever bring Gov. Cuomo whole self promotion campaign down in flames.

The ads, which officials said cost close to $ 100,000, represent the first paid media campaign by Organizing for Action (OFA), the nonprofit group formed last month to harness Obama's campaign apparatus in support of his legislative agenda.

After all, if you can't get your financial plans or your legislative agenda through, you plainly don't command a majority in the House.

Now, coming back home, we can see that Saraki has consciously, but surely, adhered to the legislative agenda he and his colleagues in the 8th Senate adopted in 2015.