Sentences with phrase «legislative stalemate»

Substituting presidential preferences for explicit laws passed by Congress is an extraordinary invocation of executive power, but Duncan says it is necessary to take such actions because of the legislative stalemate.

A compromise that would permit seven states to try running school - meals programs under block grants ended a weeks - long legislative stalemate late last month, allowing passage of a massive welfare - reform bill.

A legislative stalemate over animal research could become costly for Italy.

If Trump doesn't live up to his deal - making promises we could face another four years of legislative stalemate — which for many businesses may not be such a bad thing either.

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A Paterson administration source confirms the governor has reached out to the legislative leaders and asked them to attend a five - way Red Room meeting tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. to discuss the ongoing budget stalemate.

The Republican request came shortly before top legislative leaders met with Malloy for two hours to try to end the longest - running budget stalemate in Connecticut history.

ALBANY — With the legislative session now in overtime and lawmakers still at stalemate, Governor Andrew Cuomo has been at the Capitol, out of the public eye and out of the fray, present but unaccounted for.

Behind this stalemate in these last seven days of the 2016 legislative session is a titanic battle of two of Albany's biggest lobbying forces: doctors and lawyers.

Legislative leaders were back at the state Capitol on Columbus Day for more closed - door talks to find some way out of the nine - month - long budget stalemate that has left state and local governments in fiscal limbo.

The deal ended a two - week - long stalemate over an education reform that enjoyed near - universal support at the start of the legislative session, only to end up tabled by its authors when the governor asked for changes they felt would gut it.

Reforms were on fast track Indeed in Minnesota, where a stalemate between Gov. Tim Pawlenty and the state's largest teachers union resulted in no K - 12 omnibus bill whatsoever last year, even the labor - loving DFL went into this year's legislative session vowing to fast - track such education reforms as alternative paths to teacher licensure, modifications to teacher tenure and tying teacher compensation to student performance.

In the absence of the unanimity required for the establishment of the language regime (Article 118 TFEU), legislative negotiations had reached a stalemate and so the decision was taken by the Member States — with the exception of Spain and Italy — to authorize enhanced cooperation.