Sentences with phrase «say over legislation»

Since they became the minority party in the House, Republicans haven't had much say over legislation.

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Republican Rep. Bob Latta of Ohio has said he plans to introduce legislation that would get around that ruling, but that wouldn't change the fact that Title II and the FTC having privacy jurisdiction over ISPs are incompatible.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said Tuesday his province will support Alberta in the fight over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion by introducing its own legislation on oil exports.

The move by Georgia's statehouse was not a complete surprise as earlier in the week Casey Cagle, Georgia's lieutenant governor who presides over Georgia's Senate, said in a tweet he would «kill any tax legislation» that helps Delta unless the company continues ties with the NRA.

The National Rifle Association has filed a federal lawsuit over gun control legislation Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed, saying it violates the Second Amendment by raising the age to buy guns from 18 to 21.

The Obama administration's refusal to either endorse or oppose legislation from Senators Richard Burr and Dianne Feinstein, the Republican chair and top Democrat respectively of the Senate Intelligence Committee, stems in part from ongoing divisions among various federal agencies over encryption, the sources said.

What makes climate change different, they say, is that there are five new variables: uncertain and fragmented environmental legislation and regulations; the reactions of capital and insurance markets to emerging business opportunities (and matching risks) posed by climate change; stakeholder activism; pending litigation and the rapidly evolving scientific debate over proper responses to climate change.

The government says that proposed legislation, Bill 8, could require credit - reporting agencies to give consumers free online access to their current credit score at least twice a year and to disclose information in a credit report about any scores that were given to third parties over the past 12 months.

«Results may continue to fluctuate over the coming months as consumers sort out the implications of the newly passed tax legislation on their household finances,» Duncan said.

The Conservative government's omnibus legislation is at the heart of the protests and Ashton says much time is being spent explaining it — mostly over Facebook.

A day after the bill's prospects wavered somewhat, Republican leaders notched two victories on Friday, when Senator Marco Rubio of Florida said he would vote yes after gaining a more generous child tax credit in the final bill and Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, who voted against the initial Senate bill over deficit concerns, said he would support the legislation.

I concluded at the time of the riots that of all the things the government now needed to do, it was the married family which most urgently needed to be rebuilt: I was and remain as certain of that as anything I have ever written, and I have been saying it repeatedly for over 20 years: I was saying it, for instance, when I was attacking (in The Mail and also The Telegraph), as it went through the Commons, the parliamentary bill which became that disastrous piece of (Tory) legislation called the Children Act 1989, which abolished parental rights (substituting for them the much weaker «parental responsibility»), which encouraged parents not to spend too much time with their children, which even, preposterously, gave children the right to take legal action against theirparents for attempting to discipline them, which made it «unlawful for a parent or carer to smack their child, except where this amounts to «reasonable punishment»;» and which specified that «Whether a «smack» amounts to reasonable punishment will depend on the circumstances of each case taking into consideration factors like the age of the child and the nature of the smack.»

«For more and more students in this economy, the meals they receive at school are their nutritional safety net,» said U.S. Rep. George Miller, D - Calif., who chairs the Education and Labor Committee, which has jurisdiction over the legislation.

President Trump said the U.S. needed «a good «shutdown»» this fall to force a partisan confrontation over federal spending, and suggested that he might move to reverse longstanding Senate rules that effectively require a supermajority to approve most major pieces of legislation.

«Having worked on DNA - related legislation for over 25 years, I see the use of «familial» DNA testing as the next significant step in assisting our law enforcement officials in solving these sickening crimes and getting these violent criminals off our streets,» Boyle said.

Well, that is what the government has been saying for over a year while various requests under freedom of information legislation have come in.

«Let's have the debates over various policy issues and at the end of the day, either approve pieces of legislation, or if they fail to achieve enough votes, then the bill ultimately fails, but in the final analysis, that's good government,» Valesky said.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4's The World at One, David Anderson QC, the government's independent reviewer of terror legislation, said the «real issue» was that people were communicating not over the telephone, but over the internet, using service providers based in the United States.

«I'd say over the next couple of weeks we'll be doing more pieces of legislation around gun control.»

Many Senate Democrats have said that they don't expect to see any major changes or any significant progressive legislation passed until the 2018 elections are over, and Cuomo agrees.

The new commissioner of the city's child welfare agency expressed «significant concerns» about a NYC Council legislation package aimed at tightening scrutiny over his embattled department — saying it could «inhibit our efforts toward reform.»

Two state senators and two assemblymembers, including Republican Jim Tedisco, say they are drafting legislation after two New York City police officers were gunned down in their car over the weekend.

Paulin said that negotiations over high - profile legislation, such as the state budget, was largely done by the speaker's office, with members typically learning about the fate of the chamber's priorities after the Assembly leader had finalized deals with the state Senate and Governor's office.

Other sustainability and development programs that have been initiated or reformed over the last six years under Governor Cuomo include: · Cleaner, Greener Regional Sustainability Plans · Regional Economic Development Councils · Land Bank Act to convert vacant properties · Legislation to combat zombie properties · Complete Streets design initiative · Upstate Revitalization Initiative · Hudson Valley Farmland Preservation and Southern Tier Agricultural Industry Enhancement Programs · Clean Energy Communities · Brownfield Redevelopment Reform · Historic Preservation Tax Credit · Climate Smart Communities Grants · Community Risk and Resiliency Act Elaine Kamarck, Founding Director of the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution and Author of Why Presidents Fail and How They Can Succeed Again said, «Whenever I get a chance to come home I'm always impressed at the rapid progress being made here in the Finger Lakes.

Torres said he's unclear when the legislation would come up for a vote but his goal is before this term is over in 18 months.

But David Bloomfield, a professor of education at C.U.N.Y. and Brooklyn College, says the new charter legislation doesn't mean de Blasio's control over the city's schools will necessarily be further diminished.

He said he had sought to engage with ministers to find a compromise over several weeks, but without success: «The blunt reality is, and I'm sorry to have to say this to the house, I've been left in the lurch, as a backbench member trying to improve this legislation.»

The Prime Minister argued that he is «the only party leader who is prepared to say to the people of England, «you should have... the same rights over legislation that are being given to Scotland and Wales»»; and it is true that this commitment was set out in the Party's 2010 manifesto, which promised to introduce «new rules so that legislation referring specifically to England, or to England and Wales» so that it «can not be enacted without the consent of MPs representing constituencies of those countries.»

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand shifts on the controversial anti-piracy legislation, saying it's time for Congress to take «a step back and start over» in order to make sure it won't infringe on internet communications, as critics have argued.

New legislation that would increase penalties for prostitution near city schools — inspired by the anger over the open sex trade happening near PS 6 in West Farms — is getting some push back by a civil rights group that says the stiffer penalties will only make it harder for prostitutes to get out of the lifestyle.

«This legislation will hopefully be a wise compromise that satisfies both sides of the argument over a fee on plastic bags,» Sepulveda said.

«The legislation clearly states it is over Suffolk County residents having to do with Suffolk County waters,» Ms. Baird - Streeter said.

Rubin, who will soon take over as the state's director of operations, said the latest proposal to revive the tax abatement — now officially dubbed Affordable New York — mostly springs from the legislation passed in June 2015.

Espaillat was hesitant to say the negotiations over the rent regulation legislation should be tied to the ongoing debate for a tax cap.

«Over 100 Conservative colleagues and I have urged the prime minister to bring the enabling legislation forward into this parliament,» Baron said.

General the Lord David Ramsbotham, a former chief inspector of prisons whose campaigns have forced the government to make numerous changes to legislation, said he had argued with Nick Clegg over the issue.

Amid rising clamor for an international boycott or official IOC protest of the Sochi Olympics, Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said Thursday that foreign governments, sports federations and athletes should «calm down» over the new legislation.

The congressman said Cuomo is attempting to use the budget to sneak in legislation on policy and give himself unilateral authority over economic development dollars.

«This administration has worked tirelessly to defend exploited and disadvantaged New Yorkers, provide minors with the rights and protections that they deserve, and ensure that women are empowered to have control over their own lives, and with this legislation, we continue to help protect those who can not protect themselves,» Cuomo said in a statement.

The battle over the so - called «toxic toy bill,» which would ban or force disclosure of harmful chemicals in some children's products and sporting equipment, has taken a nasty turn, with green advocates at odds with one another and one organization in particular exerting political pressure on lawmakers to take up a recently amended — and some say weaker — version of the legislation.

«Over the last seven years, I have made capping and cutting property taxes a main priority, passing the first - ever 2 percent property tax cap, and legislation forcing local governments to propose shared - services plans to lower local property taxes, but Faso and Collins are seeking to reverse that,» Cuomo said.

«Any moves to reverse the tide of authoritarian legislation we've seen over the last few years are warmly welcome,» said Daniel Hamilton, campaign director for Big Brother Watch.

Over half of members of parliament's upper House said they believed the government's legislation should «not proceed», a poll by ComRes for the Coalition for Marriage group found.

Conservatives stand ready to «foil» the Liberal Democrats over the EU referendum bill, the backbencher championing the legislation has said.

Friends of the Earth Northern Ireland director James Orr said: «There have been a series of attempts to get climate legislation here over the last ten years.

Terzungwe Samuel Ali and Shimakyaa Iorkyase, President General and Secretary of Mdzough U Tiv, in a press statement in Kaduna said, «In their quest to resist the anti-open grazing legislation already operational in Benue State and take over the State as threatened on 23rd October 2017 and reported by the Leadership Newspaper of 24th October, 2017, on 1st of January 2018 at about 10:00 am, Fulani Herdsmen mindlessly attacked peaceful and harmless Church Goers in Gaambe - Tiev, Ayilamo and Turan in Logo Local Government Area.

«It's more important that legislation like ours that just passed that doctors have the ability and the opportunity without risk of someone looking over their shoulder to make the best decisions possible for their patients,» says Barrett.

Carey says he's consulting with attorneys and would like to file a lawsuit over the new legislation, once Cuomo signs it into law.

Cuomo and legislative leaders reached a compromise over legislation that includes a new state agency that Cuomo is calling the Justice Center, which he says will help prevent abuse of people with physical and mental disabilities in state care.

Freshman Carlos Menchaca (D - Brooklyn) said he would introduce legislation for municipal IDs «regardless of immigration status» when he takes over the Immigration Committee.