Sentences with phrase «over the legislature»

Governors have extraordinary leverage over the legislature to get policies passed as part of the spending plan.

The Democrats are just plain stupid for playing with the gay vote and they really should be ashamed of themselves for calling out a Republican for his stance when they cant even get their own ship in order to get a gay marriage bill passed when they had full control over the legislature for the first time in recent memory.

«If the GOP - IDC interpretation is applied, there would be no control whatsoever over the legislature's spending other than the whim of the Temporary President of the Senate,» the memo released on Monday stated.

This week on the Campbell Conversations, host Grant Reeher talks with two veteran Syracuse area lawmakers about the upcoming legislative session, and about the governor's influence over the legislature — and what his overall political agenda has been.

Advocates and legislators want to force Cuomo's hand before legislative session starts in January because at that point budget negotiations start and Cuomo will have a plethora of issues to hold over the legislature's head.

Democrats took over the legislature the next year.

John Sampson, the senate conference leader, said that the inspector has no jurisdiction over the legislature and shouldn't be allowed to access to private documents related to the selection of the Aqueduct Entertainment Group for the racetrack contract selection last month.

Many also vented their frustrations over the legislature's openness to proceed in a direction that may lead to an approval of the plant.

The state's ethics commission was revamped in the same package and instead of separating the agency into three separate oversight bodies, The Joint Commission On Public Ethics now allows oversight over the legislature, governor, and lobbying, but without much independence.

This would certainly be an option against the board - it may not be available against the legislature - courts generally feel that they do not have any authority over the legislature (legislators, yes, the legislature, no) due to the principle of separation of powers.

Under state law, governors have extraordinary leverage over the legislature to pass an on - time budget, which could mean added pressure on the Senate's Republican majority to accept the measure.

Unlike past years, Cuomo has not linked his ethics reforms to the passage of the state budget, a time when governors have the most leverage over the legislature.