Sentences with phrase «other members of the legislature»

The legislation was built on bills previously pushed by Assembly member Amy Paulin, Senator Diane Savino and other members of the legislature, the governor's office said.

Under such a government, legislation can only be passed with the support of enough other members of the legislature to provide a majority, encouraging multi-partisanship.

The divisions the bills have created within the state — with the utility commission, some lawmakers, clean energy advocates and the executive branch on one side, and Xcel and other members of the legislature on the other — echo wider debates about large nuclear power plants in the U.S., and who should pay for them.

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It can, in other words, position itself as a pedagogue, upstream of the actual member state legislatures, declaring as a matter of Europe - wide policy what is or is not a human right, and «calling on» member states to bring their legislation into line with what are now the human rights norms that every civilized nation agrees on.

On the other hand, if the intention is to rely more on the legislature for policy making, presidents will appoint career politicians, including members of the Congress, to win their support.

He needs citizen support — and he needs you and the other members of the state legislature to back his plans.

The UK's overriding concern ever since has been to retain its cherished parliamentary sovereignty; other member - states, with their consensual, working legislatures, do not view the problem of membership in the same light.

In the November 2012 election, the Colorado Libertarian Party was the only party, other than the Democratic and Republican Parties, to place its own member - nominees for the legislature on the ballot in a majority of contests.

Participants who will gather at the Capitol include «members of the Albany Can End Homelessness in New York State campaign; members of the State legislature — including Assembly Members Andrew Hevesi, Michael Blake, Kimberly Jean - Pierre and others; faith leaders; and homeless New Yorkers in need of housing assimembers of the Albany Can End Homelessness in New York State campaign; members of the State legislature — including Assembly Members Andrew Hevesi, Michael Blake, Kimberly Jean - Pierre and others; faith leaders; and homeless New Yorkers in need of housing assimembers of the State legislature — including Assembly Members Andrew Hevesi, Michael Blake, Kimberly Jean - Pierre and others; faith leaders; and homeless New Yorkers in need of housing assiMembers Andrew Hevesi, Michael Blake, Kimberly Jean - Pierre and others; faith leaders; and homeless New Yorkers in need of housing assistance.

In its operation, too, the Canadian Parliament is clearly a Westminstermodel legislature, epitomised by the familiar rectangular chamber in both the House of Commons (308 members) and the Senate (105 members), with parallel rows (though of individual desks, rather than long benches) facing each other in adversarial style.

The state legislature replaced one member of the State Board of Regents, but allowed three others to remain, in elections held for the state's top educational policy board.

Aquario says county leaders, as well as other local government leaders, will be lobbying members of the legislature, in the weeks leading up to the state budget deadline.

The proposed amendment establishes a redistricting commission every 10 years beginning in 2020, with two members appointed by each of the four legislative leaders and two members selected by the eight legislative appointees; prohibits legislators and other elected officials from serving as commissioners; establishes principles to be used in creating districts; requires the commission to hold public hearings on proposed redistricting plans; subjects the commission's redistricting plan to legislative enactment; provides that the legislature may only amend the redistricting plan according to the established principles if the commission's plan is rejected twice by the legislature; provides for expedited court review of a challenged redistricting plan; and provides for funding and bipartisan staff to work for the commission.

We need a cooperative board of which 50 percent of the members are appointed by the mayor and the other 50 percent are appointed by the county legislature chair.

The panel consisted of Senators David Carlucci, Jeff Klein and Diane Savino, who consulted members of public interest groups, think tanks and other nonpartisan organizations on the impact of a campaign finance reform package proposed by members of the legislature's Independent Democratic Conference.

We created a sustainable environment for reform so that long after I left, it is embraced by members of the legislature and other governors.»

Other panelists included: Dr. Joe J. Bernal, former member of the Texas State Board of Education and former member of the Texas legislature, focusing along with Dr. Robledo Montecel on the topic of «Historical Antecedents with Focus on the U.S. vs. Texas Case ``; David Hinojosa, education litigation attorney with the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), focusing on the topic of «State Failing Students with Limited English Skills: The Justice Court Abrupt Reversal»; The Honorable Roberto R. Alonzo, Texas state representative, focusing on the topic of «The Mexican American Legislative and Senate Hispanic Caucuses» Response»; and Dr. José Agustín Ruiz - Escalante, president of TABE, Dr. Leo Gómez, professor at the University of Texas Pan American, and Jesse Romero, legislative consultant with TABE, BEAM and ENABLE, focusing on the topic of «The TABE Action Plan.»

# 2... Despite this fact, not a single member of the state legislature submitted a single bill to supply the billions of dollars per year needed to restore school funding to the national average — other than the bill I wrote, Senate Bill 6093 sponsored by Senators Chase and McAuliffe.

If, on the other hand, the legislature of the Union or the legislature of any member of the Union shall pass a law within the general scope of its constitutional power, the court can not pronounce it to be void merely because it is in its judgment contrary to the principles of natural justice.