Sentences with phrase «special session by»

Ultimately, however, the GOP could not agree to the final proposal, which cleared the General Assembly during a special session by mostly Democratic votes.

Exhausted after all the end - of - session wheeling and dealing, the legislators were called back into special session by the governor this week.

A SPECIAL SEASON DOES N'T NEED A SPECIAL SESSION By Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb Across the world, we enter the most festive time of year.

Cuomo ultimately agreed to preserving a tax hike on the rich in a 2011 special session by engineering changes to rates for various income brackets.

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But so are the benefits: proximity to high - level execs, who drop in for pep talks and training sessions (founder Marc Benioff did not appear the week I was there, but his aura was everywhere); free run of the City by the Bay after hours; and the glow, the buzz, the grace that imbue Salesforce's vibrant headquarters in San Francisco's SoMa district, reminding initiates at every turn that they're part of something special.

By allowing a «bathroom bill» in the special session of the most powerful Republican - controlled state, Abbott has placed a focus on Texas on an issue that has been a flashpoint in U.S. culture wars, analysts said.

This was the opening question asked by Vanity Fair special correspondent Sarah Ellison during a powerful session at Fortune's Most Powerful Women summit in Washington, D.C. this morning, shortly after former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson took the stage.

The next day Sandoval briefed delighted legislative leaders, laying plans for a Thursday press conference in Carson City to trumpet the news, followed by a special session to approve the legislation to benefit Tesla.

I began the session by asking the four entrepreneurs (whom I mentioned in Monday's note)-- Adrian Aoun, the founder and CEO of Forward; Daniel Chao, cofounder and CEO of Halo Neuroscience; Arun Gupta, founder and CEO of Quartet Health; and Lisa Maki, cofounder of PokitDok — this question: Why do you need your special digital sauce — or whatever else whizbang technology your startup is offering — to solve the problem you're trying to fix?

The Saudi British Joint Business Council (SBJBC) met in a special session in London on 7 March 2018 on the occasion of the visit to the UK by HRH Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of Saudi Arabia.

In addition to this special appearance by Danny Sullivan, SearchFest 09 will present multiple informative learning tracks, workshops, and panel sessions designed to provide direct insight into the most up - to - date strategies and technological advancements in online search marketing.

The special session will be held next Wednesday, and was called by Kadima MKs, to discuss «the drastic deterioration of relations between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and President Barack H. Obama

In the State of Colorado in 1944 a special session of the legislature was called to consider a bill to outlaw the holding of property by all persons of Japanese origin.

The data, insights and ideas gained from these sources and from the study of many special documents have been worked through by the members of the staff, individually and in many seminar sessions.

The parent - tutors receive three preliminary training sessions in a special reading method followed by group supervision on a weekly basis.

We tried by special session to change that.

The Florida state legislature — at least the key committees controlled by Democrats — refused in a special session called by the governor to consider abortion restrictions.

On each of these special cruises, a different Chateau Ste. Michelle expert will join the onboard vinologist for three, one - hour sessions each day at BLEND by Chateau Ste. Michelle.

Delivered over two half - day sessions, the Forum will be facilitated by respected rural journalist Pete Lewis and features special guest speakers including leading beef brand marketers from Teys Australia and Stockyard Beef, and a market research specialist from Millward Brown.

The seminar will also feature a special session on labelling and the law by the Food Authority NSW.

She was joined at the session by special guests, Mr. Mohammad Moinuddin Abdullah, Senior Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Dr. Md..

The unique range of the exhibitors» products will be complemented by a diverse ancillary program consisting of tasting sessions, seminars and special events.

Teams assembled by League Director using registration information, Special requests, evaluation practice session and specific knowledge of player's abilities.

There were also special «Hot Topic» sessions led by USDA on the new breakfast guidelines, sodium targets, new Meal Pattern Updates, Competitive Food guidelines, Professional Standards and much more.

Activities include: a resource and information fair, Mommy - Friendly Detroit Panel Discussion, a special break - out session for teen moms, fun children's activities, lunch, many free giveaways and entertainment by MamaSol, and tha N.U.T.S..

A training session will be held for new volunteers, who will be eligible to participate in special architectural tours, events and lectures offered by the park district.

, especially the special two - part session on Monday, July 13, hosted by the Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom.

Make sure you get the most out of your portrait session by packing a special outfit, blanket and a small cuddly toy.

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.

Today in New York, diplomats from around the world are gathered for UNGASS, a special session of the UN, initiated by Mexico and Colombia to address the «war on drugs».

At first blush, this would mean a fast timetable: The Legislature approves the amendments in a potential special session this month and then by the newly elected (or re-elected) lawmakers in the Senate and Assembly by January, with a referendum in the fall of 2017.

«If they go home and they're not assaulted by the residents of their district and chased back to Albany, then, yes, I would call a special session,» the governor told reporters at a press conference in the state Capitol's Red Room.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo this week raised the specter of a special session before the year ends to address the deficit caused by federal health care cuts — both already realized and potentially pending.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D - Bronx) also turned up the heat, vowing Monday that he wouldn't convene a special session later this year if the matter isn't settled by Wednesday.

With expanding ride hailing on the docket for a potential special session this month, a consortium of traditional livery and cab companies have launched an anti-Uber digital ad that highlights the crimes committed by drivers.

Senate Republicans are due back in Albany on Wednesday to conference, but no special session of both chambers of the Legislature has been called by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

There has been ample speculation about why the Senate decided to pack it in early on the evening of Monday's special session while the Assembly toiled into the wee hours of Tueday morning and then returned later Tuesday afternoon to pass, among other things, the NYC OTB bailout bill and a hydrofracking moratorium that had been passed by the Senate earlier in the year.

When pressed by reporters, the governor stated, «A special session to do what?

«If we know the cuts will not be restored by Dec. 31,» Cuomo said at a news conference, «I'm considering calling a special session to bring the Legislature back.»

Ms. Reiter said the governor's appointees would support a meaningful raise only if the Legislature — which is not due back in the capital until early January — held a special session before the end of this year to pass legislation that would «address the public's concern and opposition by making the position effectively full - time and limiting outside income.»

Would provide that the Legislature convene a special legislative session upon a petition signed by 2/3 of each chamber.

The legislation introduced by Democrats today could be considered in a potential special session this month, but they also plan to re-introduce the bill when the new Legislature convenes next month.

The legislative session adjourns May 9, but if no budget plan is set by then, the budget could be approved in special session in the coming weeks and months.

«If they go home and they are not assaulted by the residents of their district and chased back to Albany, then yes, I would call a special session,» he said.

He said he'd like the authority to make cuts to state agencies, particularly those affected by any Medicaid cuts, without having to convene a special session of the legislature.

Gov. Cuomo says the state legislature fell down on the job by leaving town without passing an extension of mayoral control for the New York City schools, and he has not ruled out calling them back for a special session.

State GOP Chairman Ed Cox ripped into Cuomo for suggesting last week that he'd call for a special legislative session to address the expiring mayoral control law if lawmakers «go home and they are not assaulted by the residents of their district and chased back to Albany.»

And it reignites an ongoing issue surrounding indigent legal services and a push to have county governments reimbursed by a state, which Cuomo had initially sought to resolve in a special session late last year, the hopes of which eventually collapsed in negotiations.

If the governor calls a special session on April 19 to fill former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's Lower Manhattan seat, the Staten Island Advance would like to see a similar contest held for the vacant South Shore seat most recently held by Joe Borelli, who was sworn into his new position in the NYC Council last week.

The House began the day by approving a resolution to call the General Assembly back into special session on the budget after its mandatory regular session adjournment deadline.