Sentences with phrase «like state legislature»

«In the exercise of this [taxing] power, Congress, like any State legislature unrestricted by constitutional provisions, may, at its discretion, wholly exempt certain classes of property from taxation, or

These include congressional seats, as well as plenty of smaller offices like state legislatures and school boards that can benefit from the involvement of someone who, unlike pi, is rational.

If lawyers can opt out of paying the fees, the money funding all this work could start to dry up forcing the bar association to look elsewhere for funding like state legislatures, many of which are already cash starved and face several other priorities.

Not exact matches

Like reformers in other states, they'd tried to get the legislature to ban high - cost loans outright — but had hit a brick wall.

This may be a literal corporation, such as IBM or GE; or it may be a body like the CIO or AFL, the presbytery, the board of education, the Department of Defense, the state legislature, Lincoln High School, the Pittsburgh Pirates, or the Second Platoon.

If Congress and state legislatures listen to what families say they want, however, they will look for ways to ease policies like the «parenting penalty» that permeate the federal and state tax codes and are helping drive more and more young mothers with children into the job market.

Former California Governor Pat Brown liked the idea, and at one time the proposal was on its way to the state legislature, but after Ronald Reagan defeated Brown the Andros Plan went into limbo.

But like smoking cigarettes, the right to refuse service in the United States is not absolute and can be infringed upon by legislatures with good reason.

«At the end of the day, I would argue if one party controls the entire state legislature, then New Yorkers need a Republican governor to make sure that there's appropriate checks and balances and I'd like to be that person.»

The state legislature is considering the Save New York Call Center Jobs Act, which would hold corporations like Verizon accountable for keeping jobs in New York.

It says, essentially, that the governor's budget office can move money around in state agencies to consolidate business services, like information technology and other functions, without the permission of the legislature.

The state legislature has a game plan: get approval for debt, gambling or additional taxes by promising they will be used for things like the environmental trust fund, the Second Avenue Subway and East Side Access, mass transit in general, and in - classroom schools.

[viii] For moderate republicans like Pettit, the state is non-dominating when it is a representative democracy with constitutional checks and balances on the courts, legislature and the executive and the ability for citizens to contest their decisions.

Today, we have a state legislature that has enabled leaders to act like despots by ceding too much power to them for far too long.

But the ad - targeting world changed in 2014, with vendors like DSPolitical (via DemocraticAds.com), CampaignGrid (via CampaignGridDirect) and Targeted Victory launching «self - serve» platforms that allow down - ballot campaigns for state legislature, mayor, city council and even school board to buy banner ads and even pre-roll video ads (if enough volume is available) that appear on a huge range of content websites, all targetable at particular slices of their own electorates.

And we could move on from the state of affairs where our legislature is comprised of scary monsters like George Osbourne and kooks like Priti Patel.»

He said he'd like the authority to make cuts to state agencies, particularly those affected by any Medicaid cuts, without having to convene a special session of the legislature.

He settled into the state legislature for what seemed like the long haul.

Unfortunately, like many things that get to the state legislature, they take forever,» Erie County Legislature Majority Leader Joe Lorigo, C - West Seneca, said.

«Well I'd like, and I think we should invite Mr. Bharara or someone like him to talk to the New York State legislature about ethics and corruption,» Kolb said.

Ask any pollster why Democrats made such wide gains in Congress and state legislatures around the country in 2006 and they will tell you that independents acted like Democrats.

NationBuilder co-founder Joe Green says that the company is having productive conversations about those features with Democrats in other types of organizations, like the caucus committees that seek to achieve majorities in state legislatures by bringing in support for key candidates.

That's the message that some progressives have for colleagues like Netroots Nation's Raven Brooks, who called for a boycott of the political software startup NationBuilder, and Matt Browner Hamlin, who says he'll stop recommending the software to clients, all because NationBuilder has struck a deal to provide software to Republican candidates for state legislatures.

... Something like 29 states are now controlled by Republican legislatures.

«He should be ashamed of himself for trying to lead the Democratic Party especially if he is going to be like Paterson and be so ridiculously right - wing - attacking our schools and Democrats in our state legislature trying to add just a little bit of funding back in state aid to education,» Tyner said.

Anderson also cited the importance of «a powerful, dynamic voice in one of the houses of state legislature — like we have now with Markey — who has a strong partnership with grassroots groups.»

It's unclear, however, whether the New York Legislature's mechanism would actually pass muster under Article III, Section 6 of the state Constitution, which reads, «Each member of the legislature shall receive for his or her services a like annual salary, to be fixed by law.»

Though the state legislature was expected to work well into the morning last night, dealing with major priorities like rent regulation and gay marriage in addition to lower - profile but still - important bills like the transit funding lockbox, the negotiated deals fell apart and the legislature put off all its business until this morning.

People usually use terms like «constitutionally» and «constitution» instead of «legally» and «law» simply to emphasize the point that we are referring to the highest law of the land, and not an act of Congress or a state legislature.

Elections are run at the state level, so a state - gerrymandered election could alter that balance of power in the state legislature, which would effect things like voter - suppression measures, enactment and enforcement of campaign finance regulations, and the ability of elections to be monitored and for rules to be enforced by non-partisan (or partisan) entities.

The governor, who is also negotiating with the legislature on the state budget and related items, like pension reform, says of the legislature's efforts on redistricting reform «my trust level is low, my skepticism is high».

That's not happening in states which have established term limits on their legislatures like California, Florida and Ohio.

And considering that the ongoing «Special» session looks like it may go on for quite some time, it is safe to say that in terms of enacting labor oriented bills to help working families in New York State, the legislature and Governor have fallen well short of reasonable expectations.

Good - government groups hope it will spur Cuomo and the state legislature to act on ethics reforms, including public financing of campaigns and strengthening official watchdogs, like the Joint Commission on Public Ethics.

«It sounded more like a presidential address, but it was only to an audience of people who were chosen by him as opposed to what the State of the State should be: you address to the legislature.»

It's also worth noting that legendary levels of dubious activity cross partisan lines there: After the Republican Party lost the majority in the state Senate in 2008, Democrats spent the first few months of their abbreviated stint in power basking in new information about how Republicans spent the legislature's money on items like a special van for the man who was then their majority leader, Joe Bruno, who went on to be sentenced to two years in prison on federal corruption charges.

The county legislature and the local and state government have to plan ahead and look five years or even ten years ahead, see what we want this area to look like and work to get to that point, so the people of that area and Ulster County have a quality of life that families would want to stay in the area, small local businesses will prosper and tourists would want to visit for many years.

«I don't think any government, and certainly not the state, is in the best position to run an industry, let alone a business,» said Woerner, who like Marchione, represents Saratoga Springs in the legislature.

Now, I understand there's been a bill pending at the state level for some time, and unfortunately, like this county legislature recently did with the ban of the sale of toxic chemicals in toys, I think it's become necessary that we take the lead to protect the citizens here in our county.

The legislation I would like to see our state legislature adopt would treat all modes of transportation equally.

Like the Republicans and the Democrats, the Working Families Party continues to look back at the results from election day two weeks ago with an eye on 2016, which will be a busy year with Congress, the state legislature and the White House all on the ballot.

For the Libertarians, electing even a single candidate (like Chad Monnin) to a state legislature would be an enormous win.

He said the governor and the legislature «will be focusing like a laser on the infrastructure needs all across New York state.»

The state legislature had for a decade before the current session bills for full public campaign financing like Arizona and Maine have.

He says he hopes the legislature will pass a law requiring animal abuse offenders to register with the state, much like the one for those convicted of a sexual crime.

«But something like 29 states are now controlled by Republican legislatures.

David L. Shreve, a lobbyist for the National Conference of State Legislatures, who once accused Spellings of treating NCLB implementation like the game show Let's Make a Deal, contends that if the alternative paths get states closer to results, they should be available to more schools.

Like all states, Minnesota had an opportunity to go for the second round of grants, but Pawlenty drew a line in the sand, saying he would only apply again if the union, and Democrats in the state legislature, agreed to more reforms.

I have seen progress in recent years, with commitments to universal early education growing in states like Oklahoma, Georgia, Florida, and my home state of Massachusetts, where the legislature has consolidated governance of early - education programs and made a commitment to provide voluntary, universal prekindergarten for 3 -, 4 -, and 5 - year - olds by 2012.

Unfortunately, we lack a robust system of school choice and instead have to rely on democratic institutions, like school boards and state legislatures, to determine most school policies and practices.