Sentences with phrase «role as a legislator»

Still, most lawmakers do not continue to hold dual roles as legislator and taking in outside income.

In my role as a legislator, I draw on my previous experience in office as well as my experience in the private sector.

In her role as legislator, she helped push through a bill to establish a new fund supporting the emerging field of nanobiotechnology.

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PATS President John Moyer stated «With the recent elections, the main goal of the «Hike To Harrisburg» event was to thank those legislators who have been PATS supporters and to enlighten the freshman legislators about our Society, as well as, our role in concussion and sudden cardiac arrest management and other recent health care issues that we have supported.»

In a number of countries, legislators have played a critical role in defending key democratic institutions such as presidential term limits.

The chiefs and people of North Tongu holds Hon. Okudzeto in high esteem because of his hard work as a legislator and the massive development he has brought to his constituents, he is also a role model not only to the people of the volta region but many youths in Ghana and Africa at large.

Prior to his role as auditor, Masterpole served two terms as a county legislator and two terms as a city councilor.

Sanders, a veteran US legislator who energized a nationwide movement of media - savvy young voters in his presidential race, and Teachout, whose political experience includes serving as the internet organizing guru for Howard Dean's 2004 presidential bid — arguably the dawn of the current trend for social media to play a significant grassroots role in national political campaigns — operate largely from the same playbook.

After less than three months, Albany Legislator Gary Domalewicz may be about to lose his new role as majority leader as a push is under way for legislators to build up resources to make them more responsive to county citizens.

Moreover, she is a remarkable role model for New York women - a wonderful young mother as well a brilliant legislator.

«As legislators, as policy makers, we were like, well, government has a role here too, and we should be figuring this out as well.&raquAs legislators, as policy makers, we were like, well, government has a role here too, and we should be figuring this out as well.&raquas policy makers, we were like, well, government has a role here too, and we should be figuring this out as well.&raquas well.»

I have seen many other examples of this type of cooperation in my role as county legislator.

The resolution received bipartisan (7 - 4) support as Legislators from both sides of the aisle recognize the role the County Executive has in this discussion.

Pregno believes the role of a legislator should be to serve as an advocate for the town and advise on local issues.

But now my role is not as a legislator but is to sign the bill when and if the Legislature ever passes it, which I will do.»»

County Legislator Virginia Perez, one of four legislators from Yonkers, has played an important role and has served as an important voice in the debate, both last year and this year.

This stands in contrast to the U.S. Congress, where from the 1930s through the 1960s, many Southern legislators voted for progressive - minded economic legislation such as Social Security and other New Deal laws that expanded the role of government, while maintaining a much more conservative outlook on social issues, most prominently civil rights.

In this role - play activity from SocialStudies.com, students act as elected legislators who have accepted significant campaign contributions from a list of companies and special - interest groups.

Instead, House legislators signaled they intend to spend big on initiatives such as a pilot program for so - called «advanced teaching roles» and a «modernization» of the N.C. Department of Public Instruction's (DPI) business system.

Lusi couples her explanation of the SDE's awkward transition to its new role with her research on the contentious political context of the 1990s, thus casting state legislators, the state board of education, and the state constituency as co-stars in this educational production.

The denial prompted a stronger rebuke from Ralph Arza, a charter school advocate who as a former legislator played a role in writing the state's charter legislation: «I think it's criminal.»

Throughout the day, attendees heard from Assemblymember Blanca Rubio (D - 48) about the role charter schools play in the public education system, as well as met with legislators to advocate for urgent legislative priorities and discuss some of the most pressing issues facing the charter community.

In our role as the industry's legislative and advocacy voice, the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) is working with businesses, researchers and others to show legislators, regulators and the general public that we care for pets as much as we care about them.

The study will help to inform legislators, regulators, and consumers about the role the pet industry plays in state and local economies, as well as at the national level.

If it is to succeed over the long term, both in its role in reducing carbon emissions and as a financial market in its own right, legislators need to provide certainty of a regulatory framework that will be robust, flexible, and valid over the long term.

One way she takes action on behalf of the environment is through a personal practice of letter writing to legislators or individuals in decision - making roles, as well as sharing this practice with students.

The CJEU has therefore always taken a restrictive stance on the locus standi of non-privileged applicants, effectively preferring the primacy of the EU legislator over the Court, as well as maintaining the important role of national courts through the preliminary reference procedure.

Ministers in their role as Union legislators are legitimated to act both in accordance with the constitutional requirements of their own domestic legal order (in the UK the Royal prerogative to conduct international relations) in addition to being legitimated to act from the perspective of the Union legal order by the constitutional Treaty, specifically Article 16 (2) TEU's stipulation that «The Council shall consist of a representative of each member state at ministerial level, who may commit the government of the Member State in question and cast its vote.»

Editorial pieces across the country have once again questioned the role of the Court as legislator, while others have made doomsday predictions for the Western Canadian economy.

Moreover, its an oddly narrow right, applying as it does, only to public sector unions and only to the government in their role as employers, rather than legislators.

It features several legislators that the association helped elect and explains the important role REALTORS ® play in shaping public policy as it relates to private property issues and the real estate industry.