Sentences with phrase «next legislature»

Not only that, but given that districts are only drawn once every 10 years, there is nothing to ensure that the wishes of an altruistic legislature of one party will see those decisions respected when the next legislature takes a look at the map.

«I believe the constitution says that we have to vote ourselves a raise, which will not take effect until the next legislature is seated, and I believe that's the correct way to do it.

On a deeper level, there is the notion that the people express a will and give a party a mandate for the next legislature period.

In the interests of all state residents, I urge the legislature to remain disciplined in order to give the next governor and the next legislature the best chances of success in the years ahead.»

The next legislature will need to address this first and foremost.

As a result, I plan to move to discharge the resolution from the committee at our next legislature meeting on April 14.

The legislation, a constitutional amendment that also must be passed by the next legislature and then approved by voters in a referendum, rightly casts a wide net.

If they fail to do so and the next legislature blocks efforts to fix the funding issue, their legacy will be a massive squandered opportunity.

This contorted logic, by the way, would also suggest the closure of every other charter school (after all, the next legislature could theoretically not fund them either) and most public schools (the legislature could suddenly decide we'll only have 14 really big schools and no one else gets money).

It is the goal of the «Dogs Chained For Life» campaign to spend 2006 educating the general public and legislators about this abuse and go back to the next legislature to increase considerations for these animals and provide daily time off the tether, something not done in a state legislature yet.