Sentences with phrase «time legislature comes»

A part - time legislature comes in and out, and chooses issues they want to be very active on and which they don't.

Not exact matches

This is certainly an interesting time and the whole world will be watching as these proposed regulations come into the legislature and to see what sort of effect they will have on the market if approved.

Even as it came to crunch time in the legislature on this issue, a bulk of the work was done behind the scenes.

If Paterson's proposal fails in the coming days, it will be the second time in two years that the legislature has rejected the idea of wine sales in grocery stores.

But several victims of sexual abuse and harassment in the legislature have come forward with a letter, asking that the issue be taken out of the budget, to allow more time for public input.

When it came to addressing political corruption, Cuomo introduced a widespread proposal that included limiting outside income for politicians and creating a full - time legislature; term limits for elected officials; an independent advisory opinion before earning outside income; closing the LLC loophole; more financial disclosure for elected officials; reforms to FOIL for the legislature; and procurement reforms.

On an even more basic level, there's the question of whether the state will actually reimburse the M.T.A. when it comes time to do so, when the governor and legislature inevitably come under pressure to find money from somewhere, as they do every time they have to make a new budget.

I reached out to a few of them to ask whether they were planning to vote for the lines produced by the legislature's redistricting task force, when the time came.

After allowing the sales - tax extension to clear the state legislature last winter, Cahill had reminded the county that he'd come calling again on the election takeover at budget time this fall.

The five - term congressman, who served in the California state legislature before coming to Capitol Hill, said it was time to start a «new chapter.»

«So he made his statement in terms of universal pre-kindergarten and how it all eventually comes out is another question once we in the legislature get our hands on the budget because we have different ways of wanting to spend money let's say than the governor does and that's what the budget process is all about, negotiation, compromise and having an on time budget by April 1.»

Additional opposition came from Legislator Frank Sparaco, who cited a lack of time to objectively assess the situation and a reluctance to support a lawsuit without adequate information and was the only member of the legislature to vote against the resolution.

Assemblyman Robert Oaks, R - Macedon: No «I have opposed past efforts to create a full - time legislature, as I believe it is a strength to have people serving and voting on laws who come from various walks of life and various professional backgrounds.

Mayo's resolution sat in committee for more than a year before it came to the legislature for a vote, where it was defeated shortly after the Times Union revealed through a two - month - long examination of municipal payrolls and other public records that at least 11 local elected officials in the Capital Region have at least three relatives each working in local government.

Lerner said she thinks Bharara's visit comes at an important time when the legislature is negotiating reforms behind closed doors and cautioned patience as the process plays out.

The proposal came at a time when Republicans controlled the state legislature and the governor's office.

However, a huge reservoir of stolen time is under the control of the state legislature, particularly when it comes to testing and the many layers of bureaucracy that start piling on when a school fails to meet expectations.

Teachers and education advocates who came to Raleigh yesterday to welcome lawmakers back to work made it clear that while they are somewhat pleased with signs that the legislature believes it's time to do more for public schools, they're hardly feeling relieved about the overall picture.

The package also contains a «Student Bill of Rights» that would hold districts accountable for providing every student with a qualified teacher on day one of each school year.The educator's proposal to the legislature comes at a time when anti-union groups are pushing and paying across the state for support of legislation to restrict collective bargaining for teachers, including the group Stand for Children, which made the largest - ever single contribution to a legislative candidate in Illinois history (he lost).

The move came after state officials allowed waivers for school districts that wanted more time to implement rules approved last spring by the state legislature and the Board of Regents.

As a 2007 interim study by the Oklahoma legislature came to a close, Mason took a well - timed moment to say that the USDA requirements as listed in the proposition were not the same as listed on the USDA website, apparently deliberately confusing legislators about what our bill demanded.

The legislature attempted to reverse the Court decision several times during 2013, but was unable to come to a consensus.

With fundamental issues of trust such as those illustrated above still far from being resolved, and political will on financing performing a fine balancing act in Europe and the United States (with the former dealing with a snowballing resurgence of the financial crisis, and the latter with an incoming legislature planning to dissolve the House of Representatives panel on climate change), the time has truly come for wealthy nations of the world to fundamentally shift their modes of thinking.

Unfortunately, its release could not have come at a worst time; with California one of the worst sufferers from the economic crisis (and home to a staggering number of home foreclosures), it will be tough going trying to get the legislature to act on the findings.