Sentences with phrase «prodded lawmakers»

Mr. de Blasio had pleaded and prodded lawmakers to act — unsuccessfully — while Mr. Cuomo, who prides himself on deal - making, failed to lead the parties to an acceptable agreement.

But the White House hopes it will set a standard that will prod lawmakers, private employers, and state and local governments to expand their leave policies.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP)-- As Congress debates how to help Puerto Rico with its $ 70 billion debt, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew is trying to prod lawmakers into action with stories of crumbling infrastructure on the island and a lack of basic...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is prodding lawmakers to back first passage of a pair of constitutional amendments that would set term limits for state elected officials and create a full - time Legislature that bans outside income.

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That seems to have caused some consternation on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers prodded Mr. Zuckerberg about why, exactly, they should believe his promises now.

After years of prodding multiple administrations to reduce incarcerations and prison spending, state lawmakers this session took a tougher line with the department, holding up budget requests, passing bills aimed at accountability and setting benchmark targets for releasing more prisoners.

Cuomo says lawmakers haven't been very visible on the issue — prodding them to make the uncomfortable push into advocating a pay hike for themselves.

Cuomo, however, is prodding state lawmakers to pass stronger ethics measures in the wake of a series of corruption scandals.

Milliken, however, refused to characterize Cuomo's proposal as a cut, despite repeated prodding by lawmakers from both parties during a hearing in Albany.

The report illustrated the problem by quoting blunt emails: from lobbyists prodding their clients to keep contributing tens of thousands of dollars to lawmakers in a position to approve legislation, because «with the NYS Legislature it is not over until the fat lady sings,» and from one recipient of a state grant complaining that «it was likely over the last 15 years, we had paid [the official]... more than [the official] was now giving us.»

The administration has broken down potential stimulus results state by state and distributed them to supporters in an effort to prod some reluctant lawmakers to back the bill.

After years of prodding multiple administrations to reduce incarcerations and prison spending, state lawmakers this session took a tougher line with the department, holding up budget requests, passing bills aimed at accountability and setting benchmark targets for releasing more prisoners.

In 2013, at the prodding of the last governor, Patrick Quinn, lawmakers enacted changes meant to stabilize the pension system, which covers public workers everywhere in Illinois except Chicago.

In 1980, a district fiscal crisis that prompted banks to withhold loans from CPS prodded state lawmakers to create the Chicago School Finance Authority to supervise schools.

The Zombie XL staggers onward, prodded and pushed by the oil industry and conservative lawmakers — yesterday, 44 senators signed on to legislation that would approve the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.

But after prodding by lawmakers, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is conducting a preliminary review.»

But he added the political reality that students will face as they prod federal and state lawmakers around the country: «My colleagues do not support banning every semiautomatic rifle sold in America.»