Sentences with phrase «legislative support»

However, without legislative support, there is no guarantee of the rights currently protected by the consultation and consent provisions and no consistent standard against which they could be measured.

There is strong precedent for public access to legislative support agency documents.

«We do have a great deal of bipartisan legislative support,» she said.

Often it receives too little attention and legislative support compared to other health problems.

Staying at the hotel with his mistress, Ms. Burns (Alicia Witt), he is appealing for legislative support from Senator Dillings (Giancarlo Esposito) and Congressman Stewart (Michael Nouri) for some new business acquisitions.

The mayor is embracing an opposing measure, which needs legislative support in Albany, to raise the post-2009 pensions more modestly.

In addition to the budget vote, two other items of note under referrals 9488 and 9364 give legislative support to measures in other assemblies with an emphasis on Hurricane Sandy relief.

Well if you listen to Maisano explain it, Holmstead was simply offering «legislative support activities,» including «writing an amendment to prevent funding,» which he says, is «not rocket science.»

With legislative support for casino expansion uncertain, the General Assembly's finance committee will dig into revenue implications for the state in the third gambling expansion bill to be considered by state lawmakers this session.

Building on legislative support over the last several years, the advocates also said they would seek programs to support people who have completed treatment for substance use disorders and need support to stay clean.

The senator allegedly used his position to squeeze three companies in need of legislative support — New Hyde Park developer Glenwood Management, Arizona environmental technology firm AbTech Industries and Physicians» Reciprocal Insurers of Roslyn — and leaned on Nassau County to give AbTech a $ 10 million storm - water contract to help Adam.

Public School Forum President Keith Poston discusses the decline in public school support over the last five years, as legislative support has grown for vouchers and charter schools.

The Republican bill would hurt protections for people with pre-existing conditions like a history of cancer, said Kirsten Sloan, senior director of policy analysis and legislative support at the American Cancer Society's Cancer Action Network.

Equally plausible is for Cambiemos to obtain legislative support from dissident Peronist legislators from several provinces such as San Luis, Córdoba, Santa Fé, Chubut, and La Pampa.

With that brief introduction, I would like to provide several key provisions in the Executive Budget, including those we support, several that we oppose, and additional reforms that we believe deserve legislative support.

Malloy is a lame duck, so it's unclear how much legislative support he'll have for his proposals.

His aides pointed out that relatively few state legislators — including Democratic Assembly members from New York City — have publicly supported congestion pricing compared with the broad legislative support for marriage equality and the minimum wage going into budget negotiations.

Bruno has secured cash and provided legislative support for the unions; they, in turn, have served as foot soldiers for Bruno's Senate races.

But when it became clear that there was not enough legislative support for either measure, Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, said he decided to remove the items from the budget talks.

Increasing penalties and creating new crimes — like making it a misdemeanor to fail to report bribery — through the Public Trust Act, as the governor has dubbed it, is also arguably the low - hanging fruit when it comes to getting legislative support.

Cuomo acknowledged that his piecemeal, executive - action approach to minimum wage hikes, one that includes a similar wage hike for fast food workers, is inferior to a broad minimum wage hike with actual legislative support.

He's also seeking legislative support for the power to take over entire school corporations where failure has become quote - «systemic.»

The informational forum was an opportunity to update the Education Committee and help bolster legislative support for issues related to the RTTT application.

Starting as a pilot in high - need, hard - to - reach communities in 2010, the program has gained legislative support over the years and been expanded to reach tens of thousands of students across the state.

The general legal difficulties that vouchers face, in other words, significantly can dampen political and legislative support relative to tax credits.

That helped drive even more legislative support for charter school expansion and a more defined teacher evaluation system, which Jindal helped push through in 2010.

Use a panoply of tools to have an impact, in some cases providing money to state veterinary medical associations to support their legislative work and in other cases investing directly in lobbyists, grassroots tactics and social media to generate legislative support.

They also help the organization with advocacy on legislative initiatives, provide expert witness testimony, submit legislative support letters, write letters to the editor, offer opinion pieces to media outlets and publish articles in professional journals.

In the California Legislature examples include: committee consultants, staff to the legislative leaders and individual legislators, and staff to party caucuses or other legislative support agencies such as the Office of Legislative Counsel.

With strong legislative support management skills and significant insight into Public Policy Coordination, I feel that I am a knowledgeable and qualified candidate.

Engaging State Legislators in the Federal Child and Family Services Reviews: An Information - Sharing Tool for Child Welfare Agency Administrators (PDF - 244 KB) Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2006) Provides a tool for States to keep legislators informed about a State's performance on its latest CFSR, PIP goals and achievements, PIP partners, and areas requiring legislative support.

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Science and Technology, Prof. Ajayi Boroffice, has affirmed that the Nigerian Senate will give legislative support to the renewed commitment of the Federal Government towards adopting Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) as a tool for industrial advancement and economic development of Nigeria.

Without legislative support, the proposed amendments will not guarantee the rights that are currently protected by the consultation and consent provisions, and there will be no consistent standard against which they can be measured.

Several coastal communities have tried to take up the slack by implementing local climate policies — but they have found themselves limited in what they can do without financial and legislative support from Tallahassee, Florida's capital.

As for legislative support for repealing the statute, Republican Assembly leader Kristin Olsen, R - Modesto, plans to author a bill aimed at doing just that.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Reform advocates say Gov. - elect Andrew Cuomo can start fixing state government without waiting for any legislative support, using executive authority to take dozens of steps to improve ethics and openness, protect consumers and help the environment.

One of the state's most powerful politicians badgered companies reliant upon his legislative support to funnel more than $ 300,000 to his son, a prosecutor told a jury at the start of a corruption trial Tuesday as defense lawyers countered that she was trying to criminalize a typical father - son relationship.

She said there would also be evidence that former U.S. Sen. Alfonse M. D'Amato, a Republican, told Dean Skelos that Adam Skelos» failure to show up for a job with a company relying on his father's legislative support «didn't look good for anyone.»

Prosecutors said Dean Skelos badgered companies that needed his legislative support and political sway to funnel more than $ 300,000 to his son, through consulting work, a no - show job and a payment of $ 20,000.

There does not appear to be a strong correlation between the legislative support for a piece of legislation and the chances Cuomo will veto it.

But he has come under increasing criticism from some advocates who say that he has not aggressively lined up legislative support for it the way he did with other divisive issues such as same - sex marriage and the minimum wage — a comparison that the governor's aides reject.