Sentences with phrase «power over the executive»

Yes, since a president's power over the executive branch is vast.

This is legislation brought forward by a government which actually gives Parliament more power over the executive.

Faced with a generally liberal Democratic Congress during his presidency, [124] Nixon used his power over executive agencies to obstruct the authorization of programs that he was opposed to.

We watch Johnson step into the presidency, inheriting a staff fiercely loyal to his slain predecessor; a Congress determined to retain its power over the executive branch; and a nation in shock and mourning.

Not exact matches

Another senator, Republican Mike Lee of Utah, in January introduced a bill to take back some of the power that Congress over the years has delegated to the executive on trade.

Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, said on Friday the company would send more battery installers to Puerto Rico to help restore power after Hurricane Maria knocked out all power on the island over two weeks ago.

Just look at our current political situation: those worried about Trump have to contend with the fact that the power of the executive branch has been dramatically expanded over the decades; we place immense responsibility and capability in the hands of one person, forgetting that said responsibility and capability is not so easily withdrawn if we don't like the one wielding it.

Steve has been in the financial industry for over 20 years, during which time he co-founded and was the Chief Executive Officer of Investment Planning Counsel Inc. (IPC) which was sold to IGM Financial in 2004, a member of the Power Financial group of companies.

The only way Congress could really stop the tariffs is by passing a measure with a veto - proof majority that would either strip Trump's executive powers over tariffs or undo the ones he has put in place.

But over the past century, Congress has shifted many of the powers to raise and lower tariffs to the executive branch (a concentration of power that conservatives now decry).

Contingent Immunization - This is a method of fixed income portfolio managing, whereby institutional executives granted noteworthy powers of control over the choice of products.

Industry speculation that the two might tie up has increased over the past few weeks, after the Redstones prevailed over a power struggle that resulted in the departure of Viacom Chief Executive Officer Philippe Dauman.

The breakdown of the separation of powers has generated a low - intensity constitutional crisis in which the President is effectively deprived of command over the executive branch and the federal budget.

Cantab83: I did qualify my point about the abolition of the Lords, claiming that it would also require significant moves in advancing the powers which back - bench MPs operate over the Executive.

Spitzer (AKA the steamroller) was hardly a shrinking violet during his brief stint as governor, and according to a report by Cuomo — who was AG at the time, having followed Spitzer into that office — he misused his executive power over the State Police in a botched attempt to smear his top political rival, then Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno.

If significant moves could also be made in advancing the powers which back - bench MPs exercise over the Executive, there would then be a case for the abolition of the Second Chamber altogether.

If this hadn't passed, Cuomo would have used his executive powers of control over the wage board and done it anyway like he did for fast food workers.

The event comes after Cuomo solidified his power over the state party picking two co-chairs, not a necessarily surprising development for any state chief executive after being elected.

The package would require public disclosure of every legislator's outside clients and income, establish an ethics commission with robust investigative powers over both the legislative and executive branches — and institute other measures to introduce badly needed transparency and accountability into our state government.

Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R - Wis., applauded a court ruling that settled a lawsuit over the powers of the House and executive branch.

In a Press statement issued and copied tO GhanaPoliticsonline.com on Tuesday bearing signatures and names of ward and Branch executives of the NDC in the Klottey Korle constituency, the group explained that, «We are all members of the NDC who have over the years work effortlessly to bring the party into power in this constituency.

The monarchy lost its legislative (and executive powers) over a very long period of time.

The strict application of the principles of the rule of law and strong popular control over the legislative and the executive are indispensable for the subordination of a sovereign power to citizens» interests and preferences.

Skelos and his son Adam were convicted of strong - arming executives Skelos had legislative power over to give Adam do - nothing jobs.

[There is a] very strong Conservative case for reform — the whole thrust last election was moving power from the centre to the voters and the whole Conservative approach to having a smaller government, limited government and having better parliamentary control over executive.»

It is not only a gross discourtesy to the Speaker, but a flagrant abuse of the power of the executive, a blatant attempt to pack the committee, and delay its work until the controversy is over.

The governor also expanded the executive order to give the attorney general prosecutorial power over «any and all unlawful acts or omissions or alleged unlawful acts or omissions by any law enforcement officer relating to the death of Delrawn Small.»

Zhou told jurors that defense lawyers purposely sought to confuse them over the past month - and - a-half in what he said, in the end, is a «simple case» of a top government official allegedly selling his position of power in the Cuomo administration to executives whose companies allegedly got millions of dollars» worth of insider help from Percoco with everything from stalled government payments for a Syracuse construction project to help with an Orange County gas - fired power plant development.

George Pataki by the Assembly, which believed he was overstepping his executive powers by inserting policy into appropriations bills, over which the Legislature has very little control.

In separate interviews over the weekend, both Astorino and Molinaro previewed their speeches that will touch on the need for fiscal restraint and the need to address overbroad executive power.

Back in August, Soares» office had asked Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to take over the investigation into Ivy's death, based on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's executive order giving Schneiderman special prosecutor powers in police - involved civilian deaths.

Now, the charter contingent has gotten a significant piece of what it wanted: strong pro-charter legislation, a supportive executive branch in Albany, and a mayor with limited power over charters» ability to grow.

Fresh off his re-election loss to Democratic state Senator George Latimer, Republican Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino is dropping his two lawsuits over the closing of Indian Point nuclear power plant.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's efforts over the years to consolidate power in the executive branch have been widely reported — and criticized by state lawmakers and good government watchdogs, who say the executive branch in New York is inherently powerful enough.

Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco said he has no idea what Preet Bharara's investigation will uncover, but he thinks Cuomo has too much power over economic development, and he respects COR Development executive Steve Aiello.

An independent power plant has been approved to be constructed for the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja as President Muhammadu Buhari presided over the first Federal Executive Council, (FEC), meeting in 2018 at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa Abuja.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC), Dr George Ajah - Sipa Yankey, says the Volta River Authority is indebted to the Gas Company to the tune of over 350 million dollars for the supply of lean gas for power generation.

«So I'm particularly worried about the process over the next two years actually diminishing parliamentary sovereignty and MPs powers, and it very much sitting with the executive and the prime minister.

Rather than going into a lengthy catalog of Article 2 powers and the attendant case law that shows an historical accretion of power in the Presidency, along with perhaps the growth of the Executive Department and administrative state (those are easily catalogued, but my college text on the matter ran over 2000 pages), I will turn to the resource modern scholars use, Richard Neustadt's, summarized as

Republican lawmakers have been critical of Gov. Andrew Cuomo for raising the minimum wage through his executive power, including the use of a wage board within the Department of Labor to increase the wage to $ 15 over the next several years for fast - food workers.

«We're going to look at fixed term parliaments, reform of the House of Lords, more power for Parliament over the executive,» he said.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — New York State Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco said Tuesday that he has no idea what Preet Bharara's investigation will uncover, but he thinks Gov. Andrew Cuomo has too much power over economic development, and he respects COR Development executive Steve Aiello.

Pataki's term had been marked with annual debates with the State Legislature over the powers allocated to the Executive and Legislative Branches on the adoption of the state budget.

Comptroller Scott Stringer repeatedly asserted that a new executive order signed by the mayor stripped his office of its oversight authority when it comes to the higher wage and new workers covered in the order, handing that power over to the mayor's Department of Consumer Affairs.

Cuomo already has the power, under the state's over 100 - year - old Moreland Act, to investigate executive agencies and he'd already said he planned to probe campaign filings at the notoriously lax State Board of elections.

In a letter to NFL chief executives and presidents, Commissioner Roger Goodell wrote: «The current dispute over the National Anthem is threatening to erode the unifying power of our game, and is now dividing us, and our players, from many fans across the country.»

MacKay said local Indy committees (and remember, there has been a power struggle — particularly in NYC — over who controls the line) are responsible for making endorsements, with the executive committee stepping in to make decisions in districts that cross county lines.

The Minister of State for Power, Mrs. Zaynab Kuchi, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents on the outcome of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan.»

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is «furious» with Entergy Corp. over its decision to close the James A. FitzPatrick nuclear power plant in Oswego County, and plans to appeal today to the company's chief executive to find a way to keep the plant operating.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a Democrat whose staff is advising the commission, said last week that a deal was in the works to avoid a court battle over separation of powers, and how far an executive branch commission could probe the Legislature.