Sentences with phrase «legislative houses just»

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.

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The morning reading about politics is all about the realization that America, despite complaining about the inefficiency of a divided legislative branch and a president constrained by a House controlled by the other party, voted for just the same again for the next two years.

Essentially, Senate Democrats are pushing the notion that the court can still draft legislative lines itself, just as a magistrate did with the House districts.

House Majority Leader Matthew Ritter, left, and Speaker Joe Aresimowicz review the just - concluded legislative session on Thursday.

After a long year of legislative face - plants and just one hour of debate, the House of Representatives voted to approve a massive overhaul of the nation's tax system and knock out a key pillar of the Affordable Care Act: the individual mandate.

Just days after Trump said he was moving on to other issues, senior White House officials are now saying they have hope that they can still score the kind of big legislative victory on health care that has so far eluded him.

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.

With just days left in the legislative session, Colorado House Democrats on Tuesday proposed a sweeping rewrite of a transportation funding bill that would boost funding for mass transit and replace a Republican plan to issue bonds.

The opposite happened in the legislative session that just concluded: de Blasio got just one year of mayoral school control (instead of the seven afforded his predecessors, or the three he said he'd accept) and had a major asterisk attached to an overhaul of the 421 - a real estate subsidy that he needs to build more affordable housing.

Following an unrelated rally, Mr. Cuomo told the Observer that — with just three legislative session days left — he and the leaders of the Assembly and State Senate are «discussing a number of proposals» on the tax credit, which is intended to produce affordable housing but which critics argue incentivizes market - rate development.

Just a few weeks after the start of the 2017 legislative session, members of Washington's House Education Committee met in Olympia for two in - depth work sessions on the state's teacher shortage.

The fight against school closings in Chicago travels to Rahm's house... The fight against privatization in Puerto Rico just begins, as the Governor and Education Secretary announce their initiative, and the Legislative Assembly takes up a charter law.

Commenting on the rating Kevin Stride, vehicle line director, Jaguar XE, XF, F - PACE said, «The XE and XF were engineered without compromise: we placed just as much focus on safety as we did on dynamics, performance, refinement and efficiency, and our stringent in - house standards far exceed the requirements of legislative and consumer tests.

I would like to say that Waxman - Markey (the recently passed house bill to make sure everyone has new clothes just like the Emperor's) is one of the worst pieces of legislation ever, resulting from one of the worst legislative processes in memory.

Gary M: This bill, like the dozens of bills passed by the House to repeal / delay / change Obamacare, is just legislative kabuki theater,

This bill, like the dozens of bills passed by the House to repeal / delay / change Obamacare, is just legislative kabuki theater,

As the House of Representatives just approved a new energy package which contains provisions to allow some offshore oil drilling, it may seem to be a moot point to go into a discussion of where John McCain and Barack Obama stand on the issue, but as there are still legislative hurdles to be cleared before any law is actually passed on the matter, it's worthwhile to go over their positions.

Inglis's reflection on the GOP's tendency to reject the findings of climate scientists isn't just about the party's image, it's also indicative a trend that's likely to find its way into the highest levels of legislative leadership, as the top chairman picks for House committees on Energy and Commerce, as well as Science, all have expressed doubts about the validity of climate change.

Moreover, just weeks after St. Simons and RFF were decided, the ABA House of Delegates passed a resolution urging all «federal, state, tribal, territorial and local legislative, judicial and other governmental bodies» to support applying the attorney - client privilege to protect from disclosure «confidential communications between law firm personnel and their firms» designated in - house counsel made for the purpose of the rendition of professional legal services to the law firm» and to reject any claim that conflict of interest principles or the «fiduciary exception» undermine that claim of priviHouse of Delegates passed a resolution urging all «federal, state, tribal, territorial and local legislative, judicial and other governmental bodies» to support applying the attorney - client privilege to protect from disclosure «confidential communications between law firm personnel and their firms» designated in - house counsel made for the purpose of the rendition of professional legal services to the law firm» and to reject any claim that conflict of interest principles or the «fiduciary exception» undermine that claim of privihouse counsel made for the purpose of the rendition of professional legal services to the law firm» and to reject any claim that conflict of interest principles or the «fiduciary exception» undermine that claim of privilege.

In the legislative session that just wrapped up, the Florida House unanimously approved a public records exemption for any audio or video depicting a killing in a school shooting or mass shooting, but the bill didn't make it out of the Senate.