Sentences with phrase «other legislative support»

In the California Legislature examples include: committee consultants, staff to the legislative leaders and individual legislators, and staff to party caucuses or other legislative support agencies such as the Office of Legislative Counsel.

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Other writers have described other causes: the lobbying for same - sex marriage, the feminists» push for liberation from marriage duties, their legislative victories in getting states to adopt unilateral divorce, the culture's glorification of single moms, and the financial incentives for illegitimacy and divorce that flow from the welfare, child support, and domestic violence bureaucraOther writers have described other causes: the lobbying for same - sex marriage, the feminists» push for liberation from marriage duties, their legislative victories in getting states to adopt unilateral divorce, the culture's glorification of single moms, and the financial incentives for illegitimacy and divorce that flow from the welfare, child support, and domestic violence bureaucraother causes: the lobbying for same - sex marriage, the feminists» push for liberation from marriage duties, their legislative victories in getting states to adopt unilateral divorce, the culture's glorification of single moms, and the financial incentives for illegitimacy and divorce that flow from the welfare, child support, and domestic violence bureaucracies.

A problem that has vexed Catholics and others in the pro-life movement, however, is the question whether it is legitimate to support a less than perfectly protective legislative proposal restricting abortion, euthanasia, and like injustices, when the only politically realistic alternative at the moment is a proposal that is even less protective of the rights of the unborn, elderly, or handicapped.

However, several animal welfare organisations and individuals remain concerned that animals in other parts of the world do not have the same kind of legislative protection and are supporting a campaign, organised by the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA), to secure a commitment at the United Nations for a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare (UDAW).

Indeed, a review of the statute's legislative memoranda and other supporting materials on file in the state library indicate lawmakers who voted in favor of the statute never considered that it would be used to conceal misconduct by police or correction officers.

On how to criminalise such attacks, the parties agreed to «evolves legislative instruments such as hate crime laws to promote tenets of solidarity, support and protection for Nigerians living in (The Diaspora) towards finding lasting solutions to the crisis in South Africa and other similar cases.»

«We are not looking at other agencies under the National Assembly like the Public Complaints Commission, National Institute for Legislative Studies, the National Assembly Service Commission and supporting staff.

On the other hand, Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, an upstate Republican, has for years been an outspoken proponent of holding a convention and is the only legislative conference leader in support of a «yes» vote on this year's November ballot question as to whether New York should hold a convention to edit or rewrite its constitution.

There the long - governing Social Democrats have ruled with more or less formal support from other parties — in the mid-20th century from Agrarians, after 1968 from Communists, and more recently from Greens and ex-Communists — and have thus been able to retain executive power and (in practice) legislative initiative.

Klein on Friday was mum about his meeting with Greenberg other than to say «we remain steadfast in our support of the issue and hope in the upcoming legislative session we can get it done.»

Steve Stallmer said corruption is prevelant in both parties, and would support term - limits on legislative leaders, and other measures.

Among other achievements in this role, Payzant garnered bipartisan support for guiding the Improving America's Schools Act through the legislative process.

Identify other local education groups or coalitions that will support magnet schools and / or have a similar legislative agenda.

The pilot gave the SCDE an opportunity to gauge the need for and response to the program around the state, as well as the SCDE's strength in supporting other initiatives — such as high school redesign and adult education — and in meeting legislative mandates to give all students access to high - quality instruction.

District administrators note that their legislative delegates at the state level listen to them, but that the governor is able to create other alliances that support his priorities.

Jim Florio, a former Democratic governor of New Jersey who supports Sweeney, suggested public education could be at stake if campaign dollars are diverted from more competitive races in other legislative districts.

However, this figure does not include the amount K12 spends on lobbying and the company's support of the American Legislative Exchange Council and other organizations.

This information is also utilized in State of the State reports and legislative and other government education and advocacy to support afterschool throughout the state.

This year, more than two dozen paid lobbyists are running around the State Capitol and Legislative Office Building working to divert more money to charter schools, while supporting the Common Core SBAC testing scam and other «education reform» agenda items.

The general legal difficulties that vouchers face, in other words, significantly can dampen political and legislative support relative to tax credits.

«The significant financial support that the League's advocacy efforts were able to secure for charters during the 2014 legislative session was absolutely huge for our school and so many others.

CUBE programming is designed to support your school board and superintendent through professional development, legislative advocacy, and other resources that address today's key urban education issues.

Other offices are OMB - wide support offices which include the Office of General Counsel, the Office of Legislative Affairs, the Budget Review Division (BRD), and the Legislative Reference Division.

Use a panoply of tools to have an impact, in some cases providing money to state veterinary medical associations to support their legislative work and in other cases investing directly in lobbyists, grassroots tactics and social media to generate legislative support.

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Mackinac's director of labor policy is Vincent Vernuccio, who chairs a committee of the labor task force of the Bradley - supported American Legislative Exchange Council and previously has worked at the Bradley - supported Capital Research Center and Bradley - supported Competitive Enterprise Institute... MCLF spent much of last year helping to defend the new right - to - work law, in policy and legal arguments, as well as in the larger public discourse in the state and nationally... MCLF is working with the Bradley - supported National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation on this and several other legal matters surrounding implementation of right to work in Michigan... On education, among other things, Mackinac is analyzing mroe [sic] than 200 collective - bargaining agreements (CBAs) in the state, covering some 75 % of the state's public - school students, to see if and if so, how, they are adhering to the teacher - tenure and - evaluation policy changes.

NCSEA and other members of the legislative stakeholder process that led to HB589 continue to be extremely disappointed in the 18 - month wind moratorium that was unnecessarily inserted into the NC House - passed version of HB589, which all of the participating stakeholders supported.

Policy makers, sensitive to the controversy provoked by the reported costs and other impacts of such measures, have requested extensive research and analysis in support of their legislative and regulatory deliberations.

Moreover, just weeks after St. Simons and RFF were decided, the ABA House of Delegates passed a resolution urging all «federal, state, tribal, territorial and local legislative, judicial and other governmental bodies» to support applying the attorney - client privilege to protect from disclosure «confidential communications between law firm personnel and their firms» designated in - house counsel made for the purpose of the rendition of professional legal services to the law firm» and to reject any claim that conflict of interest principles or the «fiduciary exception» undermine that claim of privilege.

Likewise, Chris Walsh (D - Framingham) commented in the Framingham Source that «recognizing that one - third of the residents in the Commonwealth currently do not have access to a Housing Court, working with the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute and other groups, we crafted legislation to expand the Housing Court across the entire state, that has been supported both by the entire Framingham legislative delegation and more than 50 legislators.»

Often it receives too little attention and legislative support compared to other health problems.

Legislative Assistants draft, edit, and gather support for bills or other pieces of legislation.

Provide administrative management support to department for timely communication with organization's farm members and other staff on key legislative, regulatory and other issues.

On this national Single Parent Appreciation Day, I invite others to join National Parents Organization in supporting legislative efforts throughout the nation to reform family courts.

The state's premier professional organization for LPCs and LPCCs is the Minnesota Counseling Association, which was founded in 1970 to «provide information and resources about the counseling profession and to provide networking, education, legislative, and other support for Minnesota's professional counselors.»

Her speech came on the same day that the Australian Human Rights Commission's Social Justice and Native Title Report 2016 was released, urging the Australian Government, «as a matter of urgency», to support the development of justice targets, Justice Reinvestment initiatives and other evidence - based state and territory legislative, administrative and service delivery initiatives to reduce Indigenous incarceration rates.

This funding for family planning services, which was repeatedly vetoed by Governor Christie despite the passionate efforts of legislative champions, supports preventive reproductive health care services like cancer screenings, birth control, and STD testing and treatment at New Jersey's family planning providers, including Planned Parenthood health centers and other local community providers.

Brittny C. Lyle, MAMFT, LPC, is the Director of Member Services, providing licensure consulting, legislative advocacy, member support services, including the Life After Graduation program, and a host of other services.

As therapeutic and mediation services are vital to the success of shared parenting arrangements, there is a consensus that an accessible network of family relationship centres that offer family mediation and other relevant support services are critical components of any effort toward legislative and psychosocial implementation of shared parenting.

We hope that the visibility of our issue, and the support of other, sometimes larger, organizations will lead to legislative success.

The committee chooses which candidates to support based on voting records, public positions, candidates» actual or potential role in the legislative process and other relevant factors.