Sentences with phrase «of legislative move»

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The sight of bills moving through the legislative process could lift spirits, but it would be 2018 before the multipliers of that spending really kick in.

It will be a long week in Washington with a lot of moving parts that could overshadow the tax reform effort, which Republicans hope will be the first major legislative win since Trump took office.

Ontario plans to move ahead with a legislative framework for PRPPs in the fall of this year.

That campaign produced a move to eliminate the funding for the IRS crackdown — one of multiple fronts on which a legislative battle is being waged.

On the legislative and policy front, Bill C - 11 has passed the committee stage and seems likely to race toward royal assent by the summer, last week's unveiling of the telecom policy (including policies on the forthcoming spectrum auction and foreign ownership) puts to rest a major issue associated with the digital economy strategy, the CRTC recently published its final anti-spam regulations with Industry Canada expected to follow with theirs shortly, the open government initiative has been making considerable progress, and Government House Leader Peter Van Loan told the House of Commons on Thursday that Bill C - 12 (the PIPEDA reform bill) may finally move forward next week.

This message is in conflict with the efforts of President Donald Trump, who has made a series of anti-immigration proposals and legislative moves ranging from the Mexican border wall to the travel ban against seven Muslim countries.

More than 800 builders from across the nation marched on Capitol Hill today for the annual National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Legislative Conference to call on Congress to make housing and homeownership a national priority and to support policies that will keep the housing recovery moving forward.

Builders looking to send a message to Congress that it needs to take action to keep housing and the economy moving forward should mark their calendar now for the most important grassroots event of the year — the 2017 NAHB Legislative Conference.

(Sex, Economy, Freedom, and Community, pp. 126 - 128) Hence, the Porchers should want to move from the current system to one in which a) the habits and beliefs of certain Porcher influenced or protected communities, and b) the hard - fought - for legislative prerogatives and jurisdictions of said communities (vis - a-vis national and state authority — esp.

That this House is concerned that the provisions of the Infant Formula and Follow - on Formula Regulations 2007 are disrespected in the UK, as evidenced by the current promotion for Nestlé SMA infant formula by Tesco in breach of Article 23 of that regulation, the near identical labelling of infant and follow - on formula to make them cross-promotional in breach of Article 19 of that regulation, the widespread advertising of infant formula brand names and logos in breach of Article 21 of that regulation and the use of idealising text and images on labels in breach of Article 17 of that regulation; therefore rejects the Department of Health's proposals to decriminalise certain of those requirements, such as labelling provisions in planned draft legislative proposals, related to EU Regulation 609/2015 which will replace these 2007 regulations; and stresses that any move to a system of Improvement Notices must have the purpose of speeding up compliance and be backed by prosecutions rather than giving companies who have flouted the law for many years additional time to comply.

Three days before adjournment, legislative supporters of Vrdolyak livened up an otherwise mundane session by moving to preserve Kelly «s control over the park district and its thousands of patronage jobs.

It will be interesting to see how Governor Cuomo utilizes his State of the State Address moving forward to begin his next legislative agenda.

MPs are debating changing the rules of royal succession, in a move towards gender equality which could also open up a can of legislative worms across the Commonwealth.

Democratic operatives I spoke with today do not expect Kaminsky's move from the Assembly chamber to the Senate will change much in the short term, at least for the remainder of the legislative session.

Residents of his district deserve to know: Did he seek approval from the Legislative Ethics Commission, as required, before he moved to lobby for his law firm and their labor pals?»

«With full legislative recognition of the unique business model of the ride hailing industry, it makes sense to move up the authorization a few days to allow for the services to kick off before the 4th of July holiday,» Cahill said.

Cuomo poured cold water on the rest of the legislative session last week, saying «no significant legislation currently has the chance of moving» before lawmakers adjourn in June.

One of Trump's seemingly most unpopular moves came this week when Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the Obama - era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program will shut down in six months to give Congress time to find a legislative solution for the immigrants.

ALBANY — Education, business and legislative leaders are questioning what credentials the person who replaces Alain Kaloyeros as president and CEO of SUNY Polytechnic Institute should have, as the school aims to move past the scandal surrounding his resignation.

As federal courts move to decide whether to intervene on the Congressional redistricting process, the last ditch legal efforts on behalf of Albany's legislative leaders to dismiss the lawsuit was rejected by a three judge panel this evening.

However, the population growth did pose some changes for legislative maps; two northern state senate districts were merged so that a new one could appear in the southern part of the state, and as for the House, its new map preserved four Wilmington majority - minority districts and moved two northern New Castle County districts to Kent and Sussex counties.

Recall, that on September 28, 2016, Jibrin was suspended by members of the house for 180 legislative sittings with the motion moved by Orker - Jev Yisa.

This puts the bill in excellent shape moving into the final days of this legislative session and making this tax relief closer to reality for many senior citizens across Tennessee.»

Senator Thomas F. O'Mara said, «I have valued the opportunity to work in partnership with Governor Cuomo, Assemblywoman Lupardo, and many legislative colleagues over the past few years to begin moving New York State to the forefront of a new industry with the potential to diversify our agricultural economy, generate revenue, and create jobs.

The Republican and Democratic parties each sought, in November, to move partisan control of the various state legislative chambers into their column.

The Assembly never moved the bill out of committee and despite numerous comments about reviewing, discussing, considering, and conferencing the legislation, ultimately didn't change the bill from the Senate amended version and only amended the bill in the final week of the legislative session.

Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves said Nassau's contracting process «is the most transparent in the state» as the legislature moved to drop the threshold for legislative approval of personal service contracts from the current $ 25,000 to $ 1,000.

The Senate moved to avert a planned strike Monday when it gave final legislative approval to a measure raising the wages of 19,000 workers who care for people with intellectual disabilities at private group homes and day programs across the state.

In addition to lumping Shelter Island with the South Fork, the proposed redistricting plan aims to move the Brookhaven Town side of Calverton into Mr. Schneiderman's district and the Brookhaven Town portion of Wading River into the 6th Legislative District, which is represented by Sarah Anker (D - Mount Sinai).

One of Cuomo's major achievements from the 2017 legislative session wasn't a move that put New York ahead of other states in the terms of progressive achievement but instead one that made New York second to last.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, and Sheldon Silver walked out of a meeting earlier today and had no announcements on deals to move forward the important legislative issues of the day.

These are some of the Democrats already moving: Mr. Kaminsky, a former prosecutor who is rumored to be eyeing a run for Mr. Skelos» Senate seat; Mr. Kavanagh, the leader of the reform caucus that emerged during the speaker's race; Mr. Perry, the chairman of the powerful Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus; Mr. Mosley, who took on his seat from now - Congressman Hakeem Jeffries and almost got the Caucus nod Mr. Perry did; Marcos Crespo, new Bronx Democratic chairman and close friend of Mr. Heastie; Mr. Blake, a former Obama staffer from the resurgent Bronx; and Ms. Rozic, who at the time of her election was the youngest woman ever elected to the Assembly.

Instead of being able to make singular decisions, they find themselves members of a slow - moving legislative body where political lines are dug deep.

Governors traditionally tell their senior staffers after the end of their third legislative session to either move on or make a commitment to remain in their posts through a re-election campaign.

But he said his group, which has been under intense pressure from progressives to return to the fold since the election of President Trump, is «ready to move forward,» but only if any final agreement is based on a legislative agenda that includes passage of a bill to strengthen abortion laws, enact a state DREAM Act, create a public campaign finance system, and adopt a single - payer health care program.

«We have legislation that is moving through both houses that will give unions greater strength and making sure that the impact of Janus will be minimized here in New York state,» said Assemblyman John McDonald, a Democrat who represents an Albany - area district that is one of the most unionized state legislative seats in the country.

But with the shutdown more than a week old and House Democrats searching for any legislative wiggle room to end it, the move looms large in retrospect in the minds of the minority party.

Both moves betrayed the corrupt nature of both Espada and the legislative leaders of both parties who were trying to draw him to their side so they would have the numbers to control the Senate.

He added the issue still remains a «line in the sand» for him this legislative session, saying that it also made the case of taking up his other provisions in the overhaul package, such as ending soft money party committees, a move that Assembly Democrats have not included in their legislation.

In a further development on Thursday, the measure was moved from the Senate Finance panel — where Chairman John DeFrancisco of Syracuse said he wouldn't allow a vote on the bill — to the Senate Rules Committee, improving the bill's chances of hitting the floor sometime before the end of the legislative session.

Just days after Trump said he was moving on to other issues, senior White House officials are now saying they have hope that they can still score the kind of big legislative victory on health care that has so far eluded him.

The move came amid a legislative impasse this weekend over raising the age of criminal responsibility in New York to 18 — a measure that stymied the Legislature to reaching a broader agreement on the final 2017 - 18 budget.

The leaders of the bipartisan Election Commissioners» Association sent a letter this week to Judge Gary Sharpe that urges legislative leaders to take action on setting state and federal primary dates in order to comply with the federal MOVE Act.

An overhaul of federal education law moving through Congress — the biggest legislative change in 14 years — holds the prospect of a major shift in New York's contentious debate over the linkage of student test scores to teachers» job evaluations.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP)-- A legislative ethics committee has dismissed a complaint against an Alaska lawmaker over his «aggressive use» of the Legislature's moving policy.

«If the mayor makes his choice and the person the mayor chooses fails to put together a majority, it's a loss to the mayor of considerable proportion and the mayor is going to have to court individual members of the Council more assiduously to move his legislative agenda in the second term,» he continued.

Savino's move comes the same day Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver told reporters in the Capitol on Monday that the bill was effectively dead for the duration of the legislative session.

Talking to Bartiromo on Sunday, Cuomo stuck by his position that the defunct ethics panel was a success, and that while legislative leaders didn't enact all of the ethics reform he had sought, lawmakers still approved a package of laws that moves things forward.

Connecticut lawmakers approved most of a legislative package early Wednesday that could lead to a new tribal casino being built in East Windsor, a move that came hours after a multifaceted deal was reached that includes more off - track betting parlors in the state.

The move underscored the huge political stakes in the outcome of a legislative investigation that is being closely monitored by both the McCain and Obama campaigns because of its potential impact on the fall election.