Sentences with phrase «only lawmaker»

Brune promises that the Sierra Club will continue to pressure not only lawmakers and but citizens to get off the sidelines and join the climate fight.

Near the end of a legislative season that promised big changes, only lawmakers in Texas can boast so far that their local schools will face a vastly changed system next year as a result of this year's session.

Cagle isn't the only lawmaker threatening to kill the tax break.

State Senator George Maziarz wasn't the only lawmaker to raise eyebrows when his name appeared on a now defunct Moreland Commission report that came to light last summer.

Helming is not the only lawmaker to say she was unaware of the vice chair stipend.

DeFrancisco said he and two other senators — John Flanagan of Long Island and Catharine Young of Olean — are the only lawmakers to openly express interest in the position.

Silver is the only lawmaker named in the Conservatives» call.

So far, the only lawmaker who has said anything public about not supporting Silver was Buffalo Assemblyman Mark Schroeder, who has been down this road before.

The former Senate majority leader is far from the only lawmaker in Albany to stay in office despite trouble with the law.

The spot in Arkansas highlights how Rep. Tom Cotton was the only lawmaker in the state's congressional delegation to vote against the Farm Bill.

The only lawmakers looking to tweak the tax cap are Democrats who want taxes to increase so they can fund inefficiencies and spend more because these tweaks will only weaken the law with more exemptions instead of strengthening it by eliminating exemptions.

But he wasn't the only lawmaker to go down.

Howard Kopel (R - Lawrence), the only lawmaker to vote against the fee increases, and Republican County Clerk Maureen O'Connell, who lobbied against the hikes.

«That is such a joke,» said Loughran, the only lawmaker to vote against Carney.

He also says DeFrancisco isn't the only lawmaker that wants to bring that money to their district.

Albans), the only lawmaker who represents part of Long Island to vote against the bill, said the current vetting process is «highly stringent» and has so far kept America safe.

That is a question that only lawmakers can answer.

Lesser isn't the only lawmaker fighting to help job applicants overcome poor credit.

The two senators from Oregon aren't the only lawmakers to introduce bipartisan legislature this month aimed at helping borrowers get out from under the often crushing debt.

The briefing was organized by Representative Edward Markey, the Massachusetts Democrat and chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, and for the first half he was the only lawmaker in a room otherwise packed with congressional interns and staff, representatives of environmental and youth groups and the fossil - fuel industry, and a few reporters.

When he was an Ohio State Senator, he was the only lawmaker to speak in favor of the huge setback during less than ten minutes of discussion on the Ohio Senate floor.