Sentences with phrase «session days lawmakers»
There are nine remaining session days lawmakers are scheduled to be in town.
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The governor was accompanied in Doral by Ryan Petty and Andrew Pollack, the fathers of two of the children killed at Stoneman Douglas High, who pledged to return to Tallahassee in the 10 remaining days of the annual legislative session to pressure lawmakers to act.
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He says that if the Legislature does not have a budget deal by Wednesday of next week, the governor will call lawmakers into special session 6 o'clock that evening and the following day.
Cuomo's office in recent days has been trying to resurrect a potential special legislative session that would pave the way for the first lawmaker pay raise since 1999, legislators on both sides of the aisle said.
Never mind the fact that nearly all the state lawmakers did the very same thing — some of them even came up to Albany on days the Legislature wasn't in session under the pretense of working out of their Capitol offices and collected per diems on those days, too.
Lawmakers have three legislative session days to go this week, with the session wrapping up on Thursday and a range of issues left unresolved, including an extension of mayoral control for New York City schools.
With just three days left before the end of the state legislative session, lawmakers are hopeful of passing a scaled - down version of the «Buy American» plan for state contracting proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in January.
While other measures lacked the same urgency or drama as mayoral control, which did not get done this session, lawmakers did approve scores of bills in recent days, like a provision that would make it easier for cancer patients to sue for malpractice, and a ban on e-cigarettes in bars and restaurants.
The final day of the session is scheduled for Wednesday, but Cuomo has pledged to keep lawmakers in Albany beyond that in order to reach a deal on rent control.
Lawmakers began their 2018 session earlier in the day Wednesday.
As the final days of the current state Legislature's session wind down, there's growing calls for lawmakers and the governor to do something about ethics reform.
In Albany's own version of Groundhog Day, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders are still keeping open the possibility of a special session before the year ends that could include legalizing ride - sharing services statewide and a pay raise for lawmakers.
Meanwhile, Republican leaders are vowing to keep the Senate in session day and night until lawmakers confirm four of Trump's cabinet picks.
Lawmakers are wrapping up a range of issues on Thursday, the final scheduled day of the legislative session.
Time is running short in Albany, with 9 legislative session days to go before lawmakers leave the Capitol for the rest of the year and focus, in most cases, on running for re-election.
Pleban and Ward are hoping they won't have to go through the same range of emotions this week as New York lawmakers enter the final days of the legislative session, with the prospect of approving same - sex marriage looming yet again.
There are only three more days left in New York's legislative session, and lawmakers are talking with Governor Cuomo about a number of bills, but keeping details close to the vest.
Monday was the first full day of session in the New York State legislature, and lawmakers have a lot to contend with, including a multi billion dollar budget deficit.
With time running out, the Senate and House of Representatives scrambled to vote on the final day of the regular session as lawmakers also passed myriad bills on the session's busiest day.
Lawmakers passed a controversial bill on Monday that takes aim at the Gary School Board — cutting its meetings and allowing the district to make mid-year staff layoffs in a rare one - day special session.
An agreement would come in the final days of the legislative session as lawmakers are scheduled to depart the Capitol on Wednesday.
The bill's potential demise comes a day before lawmakers are scheduled to adjourn the legislative session for the remainder of the year.
Both lawmakers would be forced to be in Albany for five days next week if Paterson makes good on his pledge to call special sessions on Thursday and Friday — convention or no convention.
Today is the final day of the legislative session in Albany, and state lawmakers in both chambers have been under pressure to pass some version of ethics or anti-corruption reform measures in the wake of corruption scandals that have engulfed both chambers.
The proposal largely mirrors what Gov. Andrew Cuomo had initially proposed and continues to back in the closing days of the legislative session, as state lawmakers have pushed legislation that would re-empower the state comptroller's office to review spending related to major economic development projects.
Given the number of lawmakers who normally seek reimbursement for their meal and lodging costs, the daily cost of the extraordinary session will top more than $ 30,000 per day in per diems, not including mileage reimbursements or staff expenses and other costs not easily measured.
In Albany's own version of Groundhog Day, Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York legislative leaders are still keeping open the possibility of a special session before the year ends that could include legalizing Uber statewide and a pay raise for lawmakers.
Maryland lawmakers on Wednesday braced for challenging tax and health care matters posed by last month's federal tax overhaul, as they gathered for their annual 90 - day legislative session.
The Republican governor made the announcement Tuesday, a day before lawmakers gather for their annual 90 - day legislative session.
It's not clear what the governor's comments mean for the hot - ticket budget items yet unresolved as lawmakers arrive at a pre-scheduled 18 - day break from the legislative session.
Monday was the first full day of session in the New York State legislature, and lawmakers have a lot to contend with, including a multi-billion dollar budget deficit.
Heastie, who had previously required proof that a lawmaker was actually in Albany on the days that they claimed expenses, now says legislators will need special permission if they come to the Capitol more than 30 days during the off session.
Assembly GOP Leader Kolb also had harsh words for Governor Cuomo, who's threatened to keep lawmakers in session every day if the rent laws expire on June 15thwith no renewal by the legislature.
The bill, backed by the teachers union, is expected to pass the Democratic - controlled Assembly today, the last day of state lawmakers» regular 2012 session.
With just five days left in the New York State Assembly session, North Fork and East End lawmakers are making a last - minute push to drum up support for bills that would increase penalties for hit - and - run drivers who flee the scene of serious accidents.
Democratic and Republican lawmakers traded accusations Friday in the final days of the legislative session over issues that remain unresolved and have deeply divided party members, including the state budget, tolls and crumbling foundations.
The Democratic governor told lawmakers Wednesday, the opening day of the new legislative session, that he has «no desire to diminish the General Assembly's right to set policy.»
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy presented a revised $ 19 billion budget proposal to state lawmakers today on the first day of their new legislative session.
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Wednesday is supposed to be the day New York state lawmakers adjourned their 2015 session, but their failure to reach a compromise on extending New York City's rent regulations is sending them into overtime.
The state Legislature is in session, and lawmakers have a four - day workweek.
ALBANY — One day after Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders announced a «framework» deal on rent regulations, 421 - a and mayoral control of New York City schools, most of the details of the proposed session - ending legislation were still unavailable, and sources familiar with discussions said lawmakers are continuing to negotiate on major pieces of the tentative agreement.
Special lame - duck sessions post-Election Day can be tricky to schedule at the end of the year, given the proximity of holidays and planned vacations for state lawmakers.
The letters today are the first in series of regionally based letters from state lawmakers pushing for the MOU being signed by June 16, the final day of the session.
With time running out, the Senate and House of Representatives scrambled to vote on the final day of the regular session as lawmakers...
State lawmakers are in Albany with two remaining days — including today — on the calendar in the 2016 session.
This is the last day the Legislature is in session before lawmakers depart for a two - week mid-winter break.
In the end, it was a two - day affair in Albany as lawmakers passed a mini-big ugly of largely local concerns in an extraordinary session called by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Lawmakers are expected to return Wednesday for a one - day session to take up mayoral control of New York City schools with a one - year extension.
Still, as Albany turns to policy in the remaining few session days left, what can actually get done after both legislative leaders were forced to step down following arrests in separate corruption scandals remains a question hanging over lawmakers as well as Cuomo.