Sentences with phrase «legislature give up power»

To be this close in having the legislature give up power it has long held would indeed be monumental.

Given the long standing resistance to enacting redistricting reform and the high stakes involved, we applaud them in finding common ground on an issue that is at the core of political power in Albany and results in the legislature giving up power in the drawing of lines.»

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With the president, the FAA and state legislatures weighing in on commercial drone use, NoFlyZone CEO Ben Marcus wants to open up the conversation and give individuals the power to put the unmanned ve...

Asked if Success believed that SUNY could allow it to operate prekindergarten independent of city oversight, Stefan Friedman, a spokesman for the network, said in a statement, «The legislature gave SUNY broad power to regulate charters, and it's up to SUNY to decide how it wishes to exercise that power.»

But what Catalano, key strategist behind the Republican takeover of the legislature in 2007 (and my dentist) didn't say but undoubtedly appreciated was that the legislature, either lazy, indifferent or inattentive, gave up its policy - making power to the executive long ago.

The legislature gives lawyers or notaries special powers to draw up instruments dealing with the purchase and sale of property.