Sentences with phrase «other controversial legislation»

While it ends a Pre-K waiting list, which is good, it's unfortunate that this class size bill had to be politicized with other controversial legislation around the gas pipeline, state board of elections and expansion of a new private school voucher scheme.»

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Another answer involves the fundamental difference between an electoral campaign and the often - ugly process of governing, since electing Barack Obama (or any other candidate) can be a shining goal to which to aspire, but passing a controversial piece of legislation is a murkier and messier proposition, particularly when there isn't a distinct bill to point to yet!

On the other side of the aisle, Assemblyman Ed Ra, a Long Island Republican who is the ranking minority member on the chamber's education committee, explained his «no» vote by arguing the legislation was too controversial to bring peace to the community.

Labor leaders and some public - education advocacy groups, on the other hand, are hoping for a majority of exclusively mainstream Democrats which would be more inclined beat back pro-charter legislation and a controversial tax credit proposal.

As with some other controversial pieces of legislation, the stalemate over the Child Victims Act could continue for years more if the Senate doesn't approve the bill in this session.

The controversial, ten point piece of legislation would end inequality and discrimination based on gender, among other items, and would codify federal abortion law in New York.

After much debate, the Maryland legislature approved such a bill last week, and legislators in Oregon, Illinois, and Hawaii, among others, are now debating similar — and equally controversial — legislation.

State Sen. Nia Gill (D - Essex) on Wednesday announced that she will introduce legislation that would prevent New Jersey from using the controversial PARCC exams or any other test for the purpose of a high school exit exam until the 2020 - 2021 school year.

The energy legislation is controversial because it could roll back nearly $ 16 billion in tax breaks for oil companies and provide a variety of tax incentives and other measures to boost renewable energy.

«The editorial in last weekend's Australian, «Carbon trading is not the only answer» (21/22 February), addressed the controversial issue of the government's planned emissions trading legislation, commenting that «We need to hear other ideas on greenhouse gas reduction».

Congressional COMPETES Bill Starves Some Programs to Feed Others The House Science Committee put forward controversial legislation that would reprioritize federal spending on science and research.

The PSESA was a controversial piece of legislation that, among other things, broadened the categories of public services defined as «essential», provided the employer with unilateral authority to determine which employees provided essential services, and prohibited employees providing those services from striking.

Congress is considering a bill that would have far - reaching effects for the entire American justice system and potentially influence the lives of countless people — though it hasn't garnered the same attention as health care legislation or other controversial issues.

As evidenced by the 407 to 10 vote, the legislation doesn't tackle anything controversial dealing with guns that has been proposed since the Feb. 14 shooting in which a former student killed 17 people and wounded 17 others at the Parkland school.