Sentences with phrase «legislative house»

We've carried bills in our respective legislative houses to close the loophole for many years.

Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul recalled her time playing softball during her congressional tenure in 2011 and 2012, when the women split into a team of House and Senate members, while the men, regardless of legislative house, split themselves along party lines.

Wrote speeches for the Speaker of the House on healthcare topics and regularly edited updates on the Legislative

Nigeria's upper legislative house, the Senate, adopted the bill on Wednesday, completing its passage through parliament after the...

He was almost wrapping up on his address after beautifully producing evidence of beneficiary Ghanaians of his Changing Lives and Transforming Ghana Agenda who were invited to the August Legislative House.

The deal has the support of the leaders of both New York legislative houses — Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.

A Certificate of Recall is issued to the presiding officer of the affected legislative house.

When it became clear that some Cuomo tax hikes were going to be rejected and both legislative houses wanted to drive more money than Cuomo's plan to public schools, a solution was found: re-estimating revenues.

The program, which passed both legislative houses just before lawmakers left Albany at the end of session, establishes tax - free zones around public universities as well as some private institutions, plus a select number of sites.

'' To that extent, we hope and pray that the judgement will give a profound direction to both the kogi state house of Assembly and other legislative house in the country on the ambit of their power in relation to their members».

Governor Mike Pence of Indiana and all of the close - minded, right - wing members of the Indiana legislative houses who made the Religious Freedom Restoration Act become law, you guys can go straight to Hell.

The pols, who all represent the area in their respective legislative houses, add the city needs to do more with issues like public urination, where a «zero - tolerance» attitude is urged.

«The Legislative House Power and Privileges Act, grants the Legislative Houses in the National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly immunity from litigation for actions taken in plenary or committee proceedings of the House or committee.

«The powers include powers to summon any person to appear before her, give evidence, including power of an officer of the legislative House to arrest any person who commits an offense against the Act.»

To make matters worse the New Patriotic Party has a tight noose on the legislative house, giving Nana Addo and the NPP Members of Parliament, a mandate to push through any agenda, regardless of the consequences on Ghanaians.

Rousseff's administration is desperately negotiating with smaller parties, handing out government assignments to remaining allies in a final attempt to hold the number of votes necessary to reject the impeachment in the legislative houses.

There's a three - way agreement between the legislative houses and Gov. Andrew Cuomo on regulating fantasy sports, Senate Racing and Wagering Committee Chairman John Bonacic said on Wednesday after changes were made to the bill.

Along with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the leaders of both legislative houses make up the so - called «three men in a room» who privately hash out most important policy in New York, as well as its $ 150 - plus billion annual budget.

He said the real problem is that the current process is set up so that each political party can keep its majorities in the two legislative houses.

Language advanced by Cuomo and both legislative houses would prohibit confidentiality clauses in settlements unless requested by the victim and bring more uniformity to the definition of harassment.

Limit Legislative Session — Convene regular session the first week in January and end on April 1, when the budget is due; Special session throughout the year can be called by a petition request from two - thirds vote of both legislative houses or by the Governor as defined in the State Constitution.

Since the Port Authority is a bi-state agency, any bills need to clear all four legislative houses — two in each state.

«You can not blame Cuomo when you have two legislative houses that allowed it to get to him,» said Royal Kraeger, a Vietnam veteran and a gun owner from Boonville, N.Y., who attended Tuesday's rally.

The official claimed there was a three - way agreement among the governor's office and the two legislative houses.

Budget resolutions in both the State Assembly and State Senate are set to be adopted on Wednesday, essentially codifying the starting positions of each legislative house as negotiations with Governor Andrew Cuomo begin in earnest.

Mann, a low - profile jurist, is now in a position of considerable power, as incumbent lawmakers from the majority parties in each legislative house seek to make their districts as «safe» as possible in time for the upcoming elections through the famously partisan, once - a-decade redistricting process.

Minority Leader Brian Kolb told The Post yesterday that he's ready to uphold a Cuomo veto of a measure to extend the tax, should it be passed by both legislative houses.

«Failure of lNEC to conduct election in Rivers has continued to deny the people of the state their constitutionally guaranteed rights to be represented in the legislative houses.

A petition submitted by electorates of a constituency for withdrawing their elected representative from a Legislative house.

Progressives have long accused Cuomo of disingenuously propping up the Senate Republican majority so he can use it as a convenient excuse — a buffer against having both legislative houses controlled by left - of - center Democrats — pointing to maneuvers like his 2012 deal with Skelos on a redistricting plan that gerrymandered districts in favor of the GOP.

On the one hand, the paper said, Schneiderman «has stood out as among the smartest and most active in his legislative house.»

The position of the Senate GOP matters because Cuomo must negotiate the 2018 - 19 state budget with the majority conferences of both legislative houses.

Any Utah GOP Governors who give away a legislative house to Democrats?

A lot of voters say get rid of the pack of them; there should be a legislative house - cleaning,» said Quinnipiac poll spokesman Mickey Carroll.

Earlier on, there were suggestions that the alleged bribery scandal should be referred to the Privileges Committee of the Legislative House, but the Speaker upheld the proposal for the proposed Committee to launch investigations into the issue, explaining that the allegations of corruption is beyond the reach of the privileges.

For decades, the final details and compromises in New York's annual budget have been decided by the so - called «three men in the room,» or the leaders of the two legislative houses and the governor, but with workplace sexual harassment at the forefront this year, it seems that at least one woman will be included in parts of the closed - door

Sponsored by two Brooklyn lawmakers, Republican Sen. Martin Golden and Democratic Assemblyman Peter Abbate — the bill passed both legislative houses in June, just before the end of the legislative session.

The result may end up being bad for incumbents, in that LATFOR isn't able to do what it has traditionally done, by drawing the lines in such a way as to benefit the parties that control each of the legislative houses.

The Senate impasse shows how Republicans have struggled to pass a budget even though they control both legislative houses and the governor's office.

She then called out to other GOP lawmakers in that legislative house to join him, namely Senators Patrick Gallivan, Michael Ranzenhofer and Robert Ortt.

The judge noted that from the wording of the report of the Senate's Ethics and Privileges Committee which recommended Omo - Agege's suspension, he was punished for filing a suit against the Senate after apologizing to the legislative house over the allegation leveled against him.

It is unacceptable for any legislative house or members to gang up and start abridging the right of citizens representative contrary to the law of the land.»

Republican senators leaving a closed - door conference said several scenarios were under consideration, and that Gov. Andrew Cuomo would huddle later Friday afternoon with leaders of both legislative houses.

«Having regard to the settled position of the law as expoused by our courts in not less than five cases wherein the suspension of legislators by legislative houses was annulled and set aside, the Senate should withdraw the appeal filed against the judgment of the Federal High Court in the case of Senator Omo - Agege.

«There is a point that can not be over emphasised, because every member of a legislative house is elected by his or her constituent to represent them for a fixed term.

The announcement comes after many weeks of silence from the Legislature and Gov. Cuomo on ethics reform despite the fact that the leaders of both legislative houses were indicted and convicted on multiple federal counts of corruption last year.

A former trial lawyer and product of Harvard Law School, Schneiderman has stood out as among the smartest and most active in his legislative house.

Assemblyman Angelo Morinello represents the City of Niagara Falls and sits on the tourism committee of his legislative house.