Sentences with phrase «of an early voting program»

Susan Lerner with Common Cause decried the lack of an early voting program, which was proposed by the governor in the budget.

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It seems bizarre that the most reasonable understanding of why the 2008 bank crisis did not require a vast public subsidy for Wall Street occurred at Monday's Republican presidential debate on June 13, by none other than Congressional Tea Party leader Michele Bachmann — who had boasted in a Wall Street Journal interview two days earlier, on Saturday, that she voted against the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) «both times.»

Because everyone knows that, rationally, Congress will vote to increase the debt ceiling in the last stage of the game, that affects how the earlier stages of the game are played: Congress votes for new programs, anticipating that funds for the new programs will be paid for by borrowing.

Cuomo first proposed an early voting program in his 2013 State of the State address.

The GOP - led House is voting this week on the STOP School Violence Act of 2018, legislation co-sponsored by Stefanik that would invest in early intervention and prevention programs to prevent school violence, Alcivar said.

In the latest interview, on Aug. 28 on the New York 1 program «The New York Times Close Up,» Mr. Spitzer was asked whether, in light of his earlier doubts, he was now certain to vote for Mr. Cuomo.

«The League has supported early voting for several years and we are thrilled to see that the governor recognizes the importance of this program by providing seed funding and thereby avoiding passage of an unfunded mandate,» the league said in a statement.

Members of the state Assembly could as early as this week vote on a bill that would undo the changes to the STAR School Tax Relief program that were included in last year's budget negotiations but which have sparked statewide complaints.

Beyond the payroll tax and charitable donation programs, Cuomo offered up ideas to reduce traffic congestion in New York City, expand availability of flu vaccines for children, impose restrictions on sex offenders, provide funding for an early voting program, ban synthetic marijuana sales and target physicians who engage in medical misconduct.

The good news for the research community is that the 211 - to - 198 vote by the House largely rejects deep cuts to science programs proposed by President Donald Trump earlier this year — and even calls for spending increases at a few agencies, including $ 1.1 billion more for the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Today the charter school movement achieved an important win: the State Board of Education voted to give qualifying charter schools earlier access to the recent increase for Permanent School Fund bond guarantee program.

A bill halting the rollout of the nationally - crafted Common Core standards — among other things — and a proposal to expand the state's private school voucher program both await votes from Indiana lawmakers (as of post time) as the General Assembly works to wrap up its 2013 session early.

As a battle brews between Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the Legislature over pre-kindergarten funding, the Harris County Department of Education (HCDE) board voted Tuesday to keep the federal government's version of early education, Head Start and continuing 15 of their preschool programs.

In early March, the members of the Bridgeport Board of Education loyal to Mayor Finch voted 5 - 3 to grant Vallas a three - year contract despite the fact that Vallas had not completed his probationary period or even begun his education leadership program.

By voting to support the LPP for at least another few years (and strengthening its sustainability by spreading the financial cost of the program more equitably across the profession), the law society's Benchers can start a brand - new narrative: of a governing body that's willing to show courage and vision in the face of challenging early returns, that won't abandon ship at the first sign of trouble ahead.

The Obama administration is urging senators to vote as early as this week on an expansion of the Home Affordable Refinancing Program, and Democratic leaders are considering adding the expansion to their agenda for the two - week Senate session that starts today, Bloomberg reports.