Sentences with phrase «supermajority state»

by Katie Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow As Appearing in Canada Free Press With President Donald Trump reportedly pulling the United States out of the Paris climate accord, heads must be exploding in California's Democratic supermajority State Capitol.

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There are also 14 states with legislative supermajority (usually three - fifths or two - thirds of the legislature) and voter approval requirements for new taxes.

The nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court raises the prospect that for the first time in history there will be a supermajority of justices on the same court affiliated to one degree or another with the Catholic Church.

While Democrats including District Attorney Madeline Singas have called for a supermajority of legislators to appoint the person with that role, Mangano aides say the mayor or governor directly selects them in the city and state.

He also favors term limits for state politicians and a constitutional amendment requiring a 60 - percent supermajority to increase taxes or fees.

Partly fueled by national politics — in particular negative sentiments toward President Donald Trump — voters helped secure a Democratic Board of Legislators supermajority, increasing the lead from nine seats to 12, and propelling former state Sen. George Latimer, a Rye Democrat, to the county executive's seat.

However, he is undaunted by moving from a Democratic supermajority in the state senate to a probable minority in the House, promising to «confront and refute the Tea Party at every conceivable turn.»

In the state Senate, the GOP prevented Democrats from regaining a two - thirds supermajority.

Municipalities already play within the state's flexible tax cap (which restricts tax - levy growth to 2 percent or the rate of inflation, whichever is lower) which requires a supermajority vote to override.

Democrats also gained a 55 - 25 majority in the California State Assembly in 2016, giving Democrats a two - thirds supermajority in both chambers.

It runs afoul of our one - person / one - vote construct and polls show people want local control, and a supermajority override requirement may violate the U.S. and New York State constitutions.

The election likely will decide whether Democrats have a two - thirds supermajority in the state Legislature.

California Democrats may claim a supermajority in both houses of the state legislature, but an Orange County Republican lawmaker topped the list of gift recipients in 2012.

A wage hike is not exepcted to be a problem in the state Assembly, which is controlled by a Democratic supermajority.

These days, his chosen nemesis is Brian Brown, executive director for the National Organization for Marriage, which is pushing for a repeal of New Hampshire's same - sex marriage bill now that the state house has a Republican supermajority.

The state party prevented a Democratic supermajority in both houses of the state Legislature as it made inroads with solidly Democratic regions of the state.

You mean the party that controls every state - wide office and a supermajority in the body Shelley presides over?

The ones that failed generally exceeded the state tax increase cap and didn't receive the supermajority approval needed.

The decision removes some pressure on state lawmakers to immediately reauthorize the program with a supermajority vote.

[xli] Although California's Democratic supermajorities make this less of an issue, it could be indicative that Republicans in other states may have more concerns about funding of early childhood programs).

Voters will also consider gay marriage, decriminalizing marijuana, requiring a supermajority to raise taxes and two constitutional amendments concerning state investments.

«We could, with a supermajority in the state legislature, see a reject of the Common Core standards.»

(Calif.) With the state's fiscal outlook as good as it has been perhaps in a decade, and now with Democrats holding a supermajority in both houses of the Legislature, some within the education community might have thought a conversation over the adequacy of school funding would finally happen.

There are two state courts of last resort that require supermajorities to strike down laws, but both are because of a constitutional provision, not a mere statute.

Past efforts to introduce tort reform legislation were vetoed by Missouri's previous governor, Jay Nixon; however, the state's new Republican governor, Eric Greitens, has made tort reform a top priority and one likely to be supported by the GOP, which holds supermajorities in both houses of the Missouri legislature.

Following expansion by 2 seats to the Arizona and Georgia Supreme Courts in the last 2 years, a member of the Louisiana House is moving to expand by law that state's top court by 2 seats, but needs a supermajority to do it.

Iowa: Bill to require supermajority of state Supreme Court (5/7) to declare laws unconstitutional advances