Sentences with phrase «rest of the legislature»

Before session wraps for the year, it's time for the rest of the legislature to tell the public where they stand on term limits by bringing this bill to the floor for an up or down vote.

The Legislature will also recognize Sheriff's week — but the chair of the legislature may opt out, since he wouldn't even put Sheriff Mark Helms» name on his proposed jail committee — which the rest of the legislature shot down.

George Pataki won the case over former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and the rest of the legislature.

Not exact matches

Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, known as the «notwithstanding clause,» has just about acquired the status of a zombie law in recent decades, left largely untouched by legislatures (at least in the Rest of Canada).

-- The mothers of Eric Garner, Sean Bell and Ramarley Graham are pushing for the legislature to keep Barbara Underwood as acting attorney general for the rest of the year.

The comptroller's office said it was withholding the rest of the money because ESD had failed to provide all the necessary information mandated by the governor and the state legislature.

For what it's worth, the unofficial returns indicate Republicans will (barely) hold their majority in the county legislature, regardless of which caucus John Parete of Olive chooses to rest his ailing left shoulder.

In the state budget, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the legislature approved a multi-step plan to increase the minimum wage to $ 15 in New York City and its suburbs, and to $ 12.50 in the next five years for the rest of the state.

I thank Tom Quatroche, former ECMC chair Sharon Hanson, current chair Jon Dandes, as well as the rest of the board and the members of the legislature who supported this worthy project.

@indigochild Read the rest of that clause: «without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.»

At the same time, the embattled governor acknowledged his fate rests in the hands of the state legislature, which by many accounts is set to begin the impeachment process when it re-convenes in January, pending the outcome of a state ethics panel investigation into Sanford's travel expenses.

Governor Cuomo's Women's Equality Act saw some successes in the legislature in 2015, after the most controversial of the measures, an abortion rights provision, was separated out from the rest of the items.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's Women's Equality Act saw some successes in the legislature in 2015, after the most controversial of the measures, an abortion rights provision, were separated out from the rest of the items.

He said Hein could have separately vetoed the Auerbach action, which the legislature could have dealt with at its Dec. 17 meeting, and sent the rest of the budget to Albany for review.

Both former leaders of the legislature are eligible to collect state pensions for the rest of their lives.

The Board of Elections and campaign finance plans would require approval of the state legislature, while the rest of his agenda could be enacted through executive order or by the legislature.

Cuomo and the rest of the state legislature is stuck between a rock and a hard place here.

He is the perfect archetype of all that is wrong or right with the Nigerian legislature, a fine representation of contradictory binaries, and a lesson unto the rest of us.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Women's Equality Act saw some successes in the legislature in 2015, after the most controversial of the measures — an abortion rights provision — was separated out from the rest of the items.

«Dealing with the rest of the session though, we don't really have to worry about that in the legislature.

«And as long as we have useful tools who purport to be Republicans, like Dean Skelos, Bob Turner, and a swath of other who are not willing to stand up for principles, but who would rather knuckle under to the most extreme demands of far - left Democrats, Public Service Unions and well - funded special interests in exchange for job security, and who could not lead a one - car funeral on an abandoned stretch of the Thruway, idiots like me — Andrew Cuomo — will continue to roll over the legislature, the taxpayers, the bondholders, and the rest of New York's victims with nary so much as an objection.»

Essex County is hopeful the state legislature passes the extension of the current four percent sales tax, a bill that has $ 7 million resting on it for the county revenues.

Gov. George P. Nigh of Oklahoma — who warned that the legislature's failure last year to increase taxes could imperil recent reforms in the state's education system — last week signed into law a temporary tax increase that will guarantee the state a balanced budget for the rest of the fiscal year.

Rather than proceed with the second half of the suit, which rested on claims that charter schools had failed to comply with statutes and sponsorship contracts, their opponents withdrew it in December and instead appealed for regulatory help from a newly - elected Democratic governor and a legislature whose Republican majority had been reduced.

Meanwhile, ConnCAN and the rest of the charter school industry are using their hundreds of thousands of dollars to promote Malloy's disgraceful budget and lobbying to stop the Connecticut legislature from pausing the development of further charter schools in the state.

Nearly half of voters, 49 percent, said the main responsibility for ensuring student success should rest with local educators; 28 percent said local school districts; and 23 percent said the state legislature.

The legislature was focused on the problems in Denver and other Front Range school districts, taking little notice of the good work being done in the rest of Colorado, particularly in Colorado's small, rural schools.

«These education policy issues are clearly within the purview of the state legislature and executive branches of government — the democratic process which allows input from all stakeholders — and should not rest in the hands of a single person.»

It was watered down by the legislature and then the O'Malley - Brown administration failed to implement it... But it's had wonderful success in many places around the rest of the country, and it's something that I would push very hard to accomplish.»

The isolation of the charter grant from the rest of the education budget made it a target for the legislature every budget season.

«We join the rest of the Maryland solar industry in supporting the legislature's and governor's efforts to pass this bill that will help make Maryland the right choice expand and attract businesses.»

It held that the power to change statutes of limitations periods rests in the hands of legislature and not judiciary.

Needless to say she was very embarrassed but what about the rest of those fools in the legislature.

When legislatures act, they may grant 50 of the 1,000 rights of marriage now, another 25 rights next year, another 100 the year after that, and the rest whenever they get around to it, all without explaining why they've acted or failed to act.

This case rests on the courts» lack of democratic legitimacy vis - à - vis the legislatures whose work they check.

The rest of the law could operate without the antisolicitation section; moreover, the legislature had included a severability provision within the statute.