Sentences with phrase «legislative business»

He says there are only 88 days available for legislative business in the whole year - so surely 14 days should be enough.

On the one hand the reforms are subtle, but will actually make a significant improvement in the way legislative business gets done.

«The partisanship, cronyism, patronage, ethnicity, and endemic corruption of the Looter Governments of the Fifth and Sixth Governments of the Fourth Republic had been allowed by the majority (NDC) to infect the fabric and conduct of Legislative business in the House.

Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. of Brooklyn is facing federal mail fraud charges related to allegations that he filed bogus travel vouchers and collected per diem payments for days the lawmaker falsely claimed he was in Albany on legislative business.

He falsely certified that he had been in Albany for legislative business on specific days when he had not been in Albany at all, had been in Albany for less time than he claimed on a voucher, or had not stayed overnight.

And the governor stopped in on the proceedings en route from his Mt. Kisco homestead to a week of legislative business at the Capitol.

He said the Melaye has turned legislative business to «show of assets» and urged the political stakeholders of the zone to «kick - start the process of wooing Honorable Teejay Yusuf to replace him in 2019 ″.

[11] The time between the announcement of the election and the dissolution of Parliament, known as wash - up, was to allow for the handling of any unfinished legislative business before the Parliamentary session's conclusion.

The 12 - day meeting of China's rubber - stamp parliament does not do much legislative business and rarely produces surprises.

In addition, Adam Skelos earned title insurance commissions from real estate developers with legislative business and more than $ 100,000 for a no - show job for Physicians Reciprocal Insurers, a medical malpractice insurer that was actively lobbying his father.

He was also pretty tired of being the «mop - and - broom guy» dealing with the day - to - day legislative business on the Senate floor.

General assemblies do not ask these crucial questions because they have been called into session to do legislative business, not theology.

But because the so - called «zombie parliament» has made it relatively straightforward for the coalition to complete its light legislative business, there's been ample time for the Conservatives to plot today's extraordinary coup.

On the first few occasions they did so, they debated these raises as part of regular legislative business and many publicly defended the benefits of a generously compensated Legislature.

While Gregorius insisted on keeping much of his talk about current legislative business off the record, pending a vote and several candidate events that were taking place in West Hurley and Lake Hill last week, he did note hearing much from people about Irene - related problems, and voiced concerns about how the county's going to handle pass - downs from the federal and state governments hitting local property taxes.

The Leader of the Commons chaired the only other full Committee, scheduling legislative business.

Even in 2009, a year in which legislative business was interrupted by a sort of rolling coup, 97 percent of non-appropriations bills had been acted upon by Oct. 6.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he'll move on to other legislative business.

Indeed, the idea of a quick resolution to the year's legislative business seemed to be butting into a harsh, timeless political reality: Nothing is ever easy in Albany.

Responding to various new scientific reports questioning the concept of global warming, Assemblyman Michael Doherty today called on Governor Corzine to hold off on proposing any new regulations associated with the state's Global Warming Response Act and urged the Legislature to repeal that act when it returns to legislative business after Labor Day.

in its first act of legislative business in the 114th Congress, on January 7, 2014 the House of Representatives passed H.R. 26, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015, by a vote of 416 - 5.

The website for AG Spanos shows the company owns residential and commercial properties around the country and the only property in New York the company takes credit for building is a 300 - unit luxury apartment complex called Patroon Creek near Washington Avenue in Albany, where Duffy stays when he's in town for legislative business.

(Wright had legislative business at the Capitol; Miner rushed back to Syracuse to join Cuomo at an economic development announcement.)

He said the embattled lawmaker has turned legislative business to «show of assets» and urged the political stakeholders of the zone to «kick - start the process of wooing Honorable Teejay Yusuf to replace him in 2019 ″.

And, Brodsky has an update on some unfinished legislative business.

NAR continued to advocate for the program's reauthorization, and as its first act of legislative business in 2015 the House passed H.R. 26, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 by a vote of 416 - 5, which reauthorizes the program for six years, through 2020.

Lawmakers receive a $ 172 per diem for each night spent in Albany or traveling in the state on legislative business.

Thus, legislative business was conducted, but the balance of the days» schedules was not dedicated to official state business.»

«Notwithstanding the limited nature of the legislative business conducted on some of the trips, there is no legal basis to conclude that Senator Bruno's use of the state aircraft violated any state policy.

Together with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Mr. Skelos and Mr. Silver made up the «three men in a room» who negotiate the state budget and run much of its legislative business — a model Mr. Silver has derided.

When it came to legislative business, Nojay often went against the grain He voted aye 59 percent of the time in 2016, one of the lowest percentages for any Assembly member, according to an analysis by New York StateWatch.

Noting that the unity of purpose of the lawmakers was one big lesson the executive should learn, he stressed that the era of executive interference in legislative business was over given the spirit of support among Senators.

Silver allegedly romped with former Assemblywoman Janele Hyer - Spencer at a Red Carpet Inn near Interstate 90, reserving the same $ 50 - a-night drive - to - the - door room at the two - star hotel when he was in town for legislative business, employees told The Post.

Senator Skelos said recently that because so many of the primaries will be New York City based, it would be hard to conduct legislative business, and would create «chaos».

The truth: from 1987 thru 2002, Faso voted over 25,000 times in the Assembly and with excused absences for legislative business or family illnesses, was accounted for on 98.6 percent of Assembly votes.

He added that the 25 members in the Assembly remains united and committed in the discharge of their legislative business.

By streamlining the primary date, legislative business would be fresh in voters» minds, and there would be no confusion about when the election is being held.

Senate President and leader of the National Assembly, Bukola Saraki, made the announcement at the commencement of Tuesday's legislative business.

So let's raise our voices and insist that Congress get serious about accomplishing its legislative business.

On the first full day of legislative business, House Republicans introduced measures on Wednesday to block the environmental agency's proposed regulation of greenhouse gases and new rules limiting toxic air emissions from cement factories.

The evening debates which sometimes drag on as late as midnight are more about show than substance, Mr. Bryant said in an interview yesterday, so changes are needed to attract more people to public life by modernizing the hours of legislative business.

On January 7, 2015, in its first act of legislative business, the House passed H.R. 26, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015, by a vote of 416 - 5.