Sentences with phrase «time federal lawmakers»

The next time federal lawmakers look at brownfields liability relief, they may want to check in with Elizabeth Belenchia, CCIM, SIOR, president of Carroll Properties, Spartanburg, S.C. Belenchia's experience provides compelling evidence that legislation is much needed.

Booker's bill is far from the first time a federal lawmaker has proposed ending the federal ban on marijuana.

He hails from Nembe Gbasambiri community and was a one - time federal lawmaker who represented Brass / Nembe federal constituency.

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U.S. lawmakers are close to delivering a draft of the Federal Aviation Authority's reauthorization bill, which will include rules for nonmilitary drones, and drone opponents are lobbying hard against the unmanned flying machines, The New York Times reports.

The Democratic senator's proposed legislation will face an unlikely road to passage, considering that most lawmakers (including those in the White House) are reluctant to end the drug's federal prohibition, but the bill is still the latest attempt by a prominent politician to update federal marijuana laws at a time when a clear majority of Americans support legalization.

The nation braced for a partial shutdown of the federal government, as time for Congress to pass a budget before a Monday midnight deadline grew perilously short and lawmakers gave no signs Sunday they were moving toward a resolution.

Although Saturday is the day before the conference, attendees can check in, register, and visit the SNA PAC booth; additionally, there will be a three - hour pre-conference session entitled «How to Successfully Lobby Lawmakers and Federal Agencies» — great for first time attendees!

At the time, Albany lawmakers were grappling with cobbling together a redrawing of boundaries for both state and federal lawmakers, including Hayworth's Hudson Valley Congressional seat.

While the number of full - time employees at HUD declined under his watch, Mr. Cuomo also added hundreds of high - paid positions as part of his «Community Builders» program, which came under withering criticism from HUD's veteran field staffs, federal auditors, and Republican lawmakers in Washington.

There's also a dispute between Sampson and Silver on how to fund what is now expected to be as much as a $ 1 billion shortfall in anticipated federal Medicaid aid, an enormous loss at a time when politically nervous lawmakers are looking to add education funding to the final budget plan.

At the same time, Cuomo said he was worried federal lawmakers and the Trump administration would seek other ways of running roughshod over states» rights beyond the tax law approved last month as well as federal immigration policy.

Federal prosecutors say they will not seek prison time for a New York state senator convicted of lying to the FBI about arranging a high - paying job for his son because the former lawmaker is terminally ill.

As of press time, two Republicans lawmakers, David Gelfarb, of Rye Brook, and Jim Maisano, of New Rochelle, support the legislation, which would prohibit law enforcement officials from honoring requests made by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection agents, which do not give rise to reasonable grounds for detaining individuals.

At the time, Cuomo did not include any contingency plans for action on the federal level, such as a repeal of the Affordable Care Act or cuts in spending that would impact the state, save for a desire to have expanded powers over the budget without the consent of the Legislature — a non-starter with lawmakers.

By James Briggs For the second time since Gov. Scott Walker was elected in November, Democratic lawmakers say he is gambling with federal transportation money.

The lawmaker, who represents Oshodi - Isolo II Federal Constituency of Lagos State, said Buhari must inject new blood into his cabinet because the country was facing critical times and needed the best hands to rescue it.

It stated that if the federal lawmakers at that time carried out an effective oversight function, funds looted under ex-National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison Madueke, among others would have been checked.

Either way, his description of Kaminsky as an «excellent assemblyman» contradicts the Senate GOP message that the first - term lawmaker and former federal prosecutor hasn't accomplished anything during his time in Albany.

The federal lawmakers had also called on Buhari to find time to address a joint session of the National Assembly on what are being done to tackle recession.

Lawmakers, calling the roll out of Common Core a nightmare and a mistake, grilled state Education Commissioner John King and asked for more time to adopt the new federal standards.

Lawmakers, calling the roll out of Common Core a «nightmare» and a «mistake», grilled King and asked for more time for the adoption of the new federal standards.

The federal lawmakers had specifically frowned on the continued occupation of office of Magu as the EFCC boss despite that they had rejected his nomination two times.

A Federal Aviation Administration investigation into a near - miss between two airplanes has left one northeast Queens lawmaker warning of more turbulent times ahead.

Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Senator Tijjani Yahaya Kaura, has observed that it is time for Nigerian leaders, especially the lawmakers to...

Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Senator Tijjani Yahaya Kaura, has observed that it is time for Nigerian leaders, especially the lawmakers to reboot the country.

Part - time work by legislators has long been a focus of federal investigators because corrupt lawmakers have used payments for ostensible part - time jobs or consulting work to mask political payoffs.

U.S. District Senior Judge Thomas J. McAvoy will rely on federal sentencing guidelines if he sentences Scarborough, and must publicly state his justifications if he sentences the lawmaker to less or more time than are called for in the guidelines, which take into account factors such as a defendant's criminal history and acceptance of responsibility for their crimes.

For almost the first time since the passage in 1975 of a landmark federal law entitling all disabled children to an education, educators and lawmakers in a number of states are looking for ways to control rising special - education costs.

But based on congressional Web sites and Congressional Quarterly's Politics in America 2002, more than 100 federal lawmakers have spent some time standing at the front of...

And since it took Congress eight years to pass ESSA, it doesn't seem likely that lawmakers will reopen the debate over the federal role any time soon.

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Although opponents were not able to muster the votes in Congress this time to overtime the policy, lawmakers did include requirements that the U.S. Department of Education begin collecting state, local and federal data about the distribution of teachers in training who are working in classrooms.

But the education department has limited control at a time when state lawmakers, partisan politics and federal law have all had a hand in altering the way Michigan students and schools have been judged in recent years.

By the time the lawmakers returned from Easter recess, they had a deal: a bill that would keep NCLB's annual testing requirement but strip out much of the federal accountability that has led to cries of executive overreach from Republicans.

Lawmakers, calling the roll out of Common Core a «nightmare» and a «mistake,» grilled State Education Commissioner John King and asked for more time for the adoption of the new federal standards.

Policy makers started viewing teacher evaluations differently a few years ago when Republican lawmakers began demanding accountability for teachers at the same time that the federal government began providing incentives to states to redesign teacher evaluation systems through Race to the Top and No Child Left Behind.

But time is what many principals are competing with when state and federal lawmakers, state departments of education, and even parents demand swift, significant gains in student achievement.

Florida's push for year - round daylight - saving time may have a difficult time in Congress, as U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio says federal lawmakers haven't lined up in any typical partisan fashion.

NAR and many lawmakers in Congress are pushing for a time - out in the federal government's efforts to eliminate flood insurance subsidies over time and phase in premium rates that reflect properties» actuarial risk of flooding.

With the federal government projecting a budget surplus for the first time in years, lawmakers are confronted with an unusual problem: how to spend (or not spend) the money.