Sentences with phrase «over unrelated issues»

But lawmakers have been slow to act on the nominations for a variety of reasons, including partisan squabbling over unrelated issues.

The people who didn't support them were these four, who are worried about reelection ever since they rebelled from the Democratic caucus over unrelated issues like marriage equality and their dislike for leader Malcolm Smith earlier this year (Monserrate, who's got other problems, later joined the caucus).

In a moment of frustration over an unrelated issue I turned to a help guide.

Not exact matches

Gates said Cuomo canceled «over a completely unrelated legal issue involving an employee of the Seneca Gaming Authority.»

Milstein said that the fact much of this money has flowed out of court cases over mortgage issues means it should go toward housing, rather than unrelated programs.

Legislative leaders are dug in on remaining issues in the 2017 session and are accusing each other of unfairly linking unrelated items to renewal of mayoral control over New York City schools.

He said he and Cuomo were due to meet in Niagara Falls on Tuesday but that Cuomo scuttled another meeting «over a completely unrelated legal issue» involving an employee at the Seneca Gaming Authority.

This week over at terribleminds, Chuck issued the challenge of taking a Stephen King title and making a whole new story from it, unrelated to the actual novel by that name!