Sentences with phrase «much equality legislation»

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The apparent failure of the women's equality measure is one of the factors that has put the IDC leader, Jeff Klein, who represents portions of the Bronx and Westchester County, under considerable pressure to prove his faction has succeeded in steering its much larger governing partner to embrace any progressive legislation.

«The Log Cabin Republicans announced Tuesday that the GOP's New York leadership in both the state senate and assembly are going to allow Republican legislators to make «conscience votes» on Gov. David Paterson's marriage - equality bill rather than pressuring party members to vote against it, giving the legislation a much stronger likelihood of picking up Republican votes in both chambers.

Even if it is not a named authority, it may still chose to publish an equality scheme to demonstrate that is has complied with its general duty — in much the same way as an equal opportunities policy, though not compulsory, is currently used to demonstrate an awareness of an organisation's obligations under discrimination legislation.