Sentences with phrase «of legislators of all parties»

This first in the nation such measure was proposed by Democratic Legislator Patrick Burke and received the support of legislators of all parties.

Not exact matches

But Democratic legislators have almost uniformly supported the rules, along with more than 80 % of the public across party lines, according to one recent poll.

Legislators from both US political parties introduced a bill in the Senate in November that would reform the CFIUS review process for foreign acquisitions of American companies and assets.

The FED may have suffered the barbs of some «tea party» legislators but for the most part the major powers in Washington and Wall Street provided the needed support for the FED.

We also analytically find an «efficiency golden rule» which allows to fix the optimal number of legislators to be selected at random after that regular elections have established the relative proportion of the two Parties or Coalitions.

We study a prototypical model of a Parliament with two Parties or two Political Coalitions and we show how the introduction of a variable percentage of randomly selected independent legislators can increase the global efficiency of a Legislature, in terms of both number of laws passed and average social welfare obtained.

Part of the confusion here is that in the United States, every legislator is forced to align (or caucus) with one of the two parties.

Here's an observation I've been meaning to write up since Netroots Nation this summer, but one that seems particularly relevant now as both Democrats and Republicans are getting their first views of their current legislators in action: if you want to change the direction of your party in Congress, or of Congress as a whole, fund challengers» staff early.

Germany imposed a 5 % threshold on its election process primarily to put a barrier in the way of efforts for small minority neo-Nazi parties to elect legislators.

Also on the NYC Indy Party reform to - do list: Initiative and referendum, term limits for legislators, letting voters change their enrollment after a one - month waiting period, nonpartisan administration of the Board of Elections, nonpartisan redistricting and campaign finance reform.

Does business give money to legislators of both parties for truly altruistic reasons only?

Hanna, along with more than 40 other legislators from both parties, was the target of a robocall campaign by Koch, which started this week.

«Standing up to legislators of both parties who refuse to come together to pass a budget.

Here's an observation I've been meaning to write up since Netroots Nation this summer, but one that seems particularly relevant now as both Democrats and Republicans are getting their first views of their current legislators in action: if you want to change the direction of your party...

Former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno deemed Giuliani «Judas» for turning his back on the party's nominee, little - known state Sen. George Pataki, who ended up defeating Mario Cuomo in what was widely attributed more to voters» rejection of the liberal incumbent than their desire to see a GOP legislator from Peekskill in the executive mansion.

Granted, there's been a deluge of corruption cases involving state lawmakers in both parties with more legislators leaving office under an ethical cloud than losing re-election.

Four parties are likely to clear the 5 per cent hurdle to gain a portion of the 225 party - list seats: United Russia, the centrist «party of power,» which currently holds 238 seats in the Duma; the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF), a leftist opposition party (92 seats); the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), a nationalist party dominated by its firebrand leader, Vladimir Zhirinovsky (56 seats); and A Just Russia (JR), a leftist party engineered by the Kremlin to capture votes from the KPRF — but which also included a small number of liberal legislators in the 2011 - 2016 Duma (64 separty - list seats: United Russia, the centrist «party of power,» which currently holds 238 seats in the Duma; the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF), a leftist opposition party (92 seats); the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), a nationalist party dominated by its firebrand leader, Vladimir Zhirinovsky (56 seats); and A Just Russia (JR), a leftist party engineered by the Kremlin to capture votes from the KPRF — but which also included a small number of liberal legislators in the 2011 - 2016 Duma (64 separty of power,» which currently holds 238 seats in the Duma; the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF), a leftist opposition party (92 seats); the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), a nationalist party dominated by its firebrand leader, Vladimir Zhirinovsky (56 seats); and A Just Russia (JR), a leftist party engineered by the Kremlin to capture votes from the KPRF — but which also included a small number of liberal legislators in the 2011 - 2016 Duma (64 seParty of the Russian Federation (KPRF), a leftist opposition party (92 seats); the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), a nationalist party dominated by its firebrand leader, Vladimir Zhirinovsky (56 seats); and A Just Russia (JR), a leftist party engineered by the Kremlin to capture votes from the KPRF — but which also included a small number of liberal legislators in the 2011 - 2016 Duma (64 separty (92 seats); the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), a nationalist party dominated by its firebrand leader, Vladimir Zhirinovsky (56 seats); and A Just Russia (JR), a leftist party engineered by the Kremlin to capture votes from the KPRF — but which also included a small number of liberal legislators in the 2011 - 2016 Duma (64 seParty of Russia (LDPR), a nationalist party dominated by its firebrand leader, Vladimir Zhirinovsky (56 seats); and A Just Russia (JR), a leftist party engineered by the Kremlin to capture votes from the KPRF — but which also included a small number of liberal legislators in the 2011 - 2016 Duma (64 separty dominated by its firebrand leader, Vladimir Zhirinovsky (56 seats); and A Just Russia (JR), a leftist party engineered by the Kremlin to capture votes from the KPRF — but which also included a small number of liberal legislators in the 2011 - 2016 Duma (64 separty engineered by the Kremlin to capture votes from the KPRF — but which also included a small number of liberal legislators in the 2011 - 2016 Duma (64 seats).

The Tamale South legislator who is also the Employment and Labor Relations minister also said the NDC is the only political party in the 4th Republic with unparalleled record of access to higher education in the history of the country.

The collective action problems are exacerbated in the early twenty - first century by ideologically distinct, and typically hostile, Congressional parties; and they are complicated by clashing personal ambitions of legislators.

In a stinging slap at a key state legislator, the state Democratic Party called for an independent investigation of a sexual misconduct claim leveled against IDC Leader Jeff Klein.

«It's outrageous that the chairman of the Democratic Party acts that way with Democratic candidates,» said Rick Montano, a former Suffolk legislator who had a similar issue with Schaffer as a State Senate nominee in 2012.

And despite opposition from his party's leadership, he also led the effort to remove a State Senator convicted of a domestic violence crime — the first state legislator to get the boot in 90 years.»

McGuire said the NYCF PAC did not get involved in the Grisanti race during the primary, but will now engage on behalf of «pro-family candidate» Chuck Swanick, the former Erie County legislator who lost his primary bid for the Democratic line to attorney Mike Amodeo, but remains on the November ballot on the Conservative Party line.

(Democrat Aimee Belgard, a county legislator who's already got one of the best opportunities in the country to pick up a seat for the party this year, given the area's voting history, lives in the political heart of the 3rd District.)

ALBANY — Tension between an anti-corruption commission and legislators has resulted in a public war between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the G.O.P. - led coalition that runs the State Senate, culminating in an exchange of personal attacks yesterday between a Senate official and a Cuomo - allied party aide.

Besides his highly publicized tug - of - war with Mayor Bill de Blasio, Cuomo has also spatted with Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and with numerous other state legislators from his own party.

Although the difference is marginal, the Republican Party took more of a hit from term limits in the 2012 state legislative elections than the Democratic Party, both in terms of how many individual incumbent legislators the Republican Party lost (120, versus 119 for the Democratic Party) and in terms of how many state legislative chambers lost more Republicans (12, versus 10 for the Democratic Party).

Brian has proven himself to be one of the most effective legislators in Albany, and we need someone who knows how to get things done in the Senate and will fight to grow the progressive majority we need to resist the Trump Republican agenda,» said Bob Master, Co-Chair of the New York Working Families Party.

The following table details the number of state legislators unable to run for re-election due to term limits broken down by party and chamber.

[25] They currently have about 223 elected officials, more than any of the other minor parties, including 4 state legislators.

Nine of the 18 legislators — five Democrats, three Republicans and one Working Families Party member — took part in the late morning event outside the legislative building in Hauppauge.

The Republican Party is took more of a hit from term limits in the 2010 state legislative elections than the Democratic Party, both in terms of how many individual incumbent legislators the Republican Party is losing (190, versus 182 for the Democratic Party) and in terms of how many state legislative chambers lost more Republicans (13, versus 10 for the Democratic Party).

A large House of Commons means a greater role for party managers and whips, and less scope for individual, less partisan legislators.

An aide to the flag bearer of the Party, Abu Jinapor condemned the comments saying the legislator claiming that Mrs. Osei got her position by sleeping with power brokers is unfortunate.

Watching a bunch of legislators enact a zero - cost charade of civil disobedience, when they are actually the ones in charge of the city, is the ultimate sign that politics in our one - party city is totally empty.

«The passage of the bill is an indication that our federal legislators are diligent and reform - minded, and are committed to fulfilling the promises our party made to Nigerians.»

The establishment of the Reform Party will be another force in the fight to enact desperately needed changes in New York, chief among them repealing Common Core and enacting term limits for legislators,» Astorino said in a statement.

In defense of the legislature, a reapportionment commission had only a few months to draw maps, and for 10 fewer legislators, with party caucuses only weeks away when the final product was revealed.

The state Democratic Party is yet to officially endorse, but Chuck Swanick, the former chairman of the Erie County Board of Legislators, is formally challenging Buffalo Republican Mark Grisanti with the backing of the local Conservative Party.

Furthermore, the New American Leaders Project's survey of non-white legislators found that during some of their campaigns, they were actively discouraged from running by their own political party.

Chris Edes is the nominee of both parties for Monroe County legislator, district 24, in upstate New York.

A political novice, Bruso faults the legislative process because of the reluctance of legislators to cross party lines, but he commended the bipartisan effort behind the county's war on opioid addiction.

The other two Democrats who wanted to run on the party line were David Stott, a former Onondaga County legislator from Salina, and Jean Kessner, a member of the Syracuse Common Council.

Designated party petitions provided by the Clinton County Board of Elections on Monday revealed no one has filed petitions to challenge county legislators Jonathan Beach (Area 2), Simon Conroy (Area 4), Mark Dame (Area 8) and Robert Hall (Area 10).

Republican county Chairman Roger Rascoe confirms that former county legislator Jack Hayes of Gardiner, an enrolled Conservative, will be nominated to face Democratic Assemblyman Kevin Cahill at the GOP party convention on the 26th.

The Reform Party has stood proudly against the establishment since 1996, and will not move away from opening the ballots, ending gerrymandering and limiting the influence of lobbyists on legislators.

With Republicans targeting the seat of Westchester County Legislator Catherine Parker, a Rye Democrat, as part of the party's efforts to claim majority control of the 17 - member Board of Legislators this election season, another potential opponent has been making the rounds.

The process was rough, he was openly attacked by legislators from both parties more than ever before and the budget passage is the latest of his two terms.

The members of each party in the Legislature designate one legislator of their party to serve as their leader.

Lesser, 33, is serving his fifth term in the 100th House District, and said Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's announcement last week that he will not seek another term has a lot of legislators thinking ahead to the next term and what the priorities of the party should be.