Sentences with phrase «to be a legislator»

When my opponent stated that there are some legislators who claim «thousands of dollars» in mileage reimbursement on an annual basis, this was a false statement.

The members could not be legislators or lobbyists and they would pick another two members.

Or, are legislators trying to take a fast way out and not address the real problem?

Are you a legislator looking for more information about school choice policies?

Enter a former Ole Miss football player who happens to be a legislator in the Mississippi House of Representatives.

But I also think that, you know, where there are legislators who are able to produce results in a bipartisan fasion, I think that choice is significant as well.»

«I am deeply grateful for the broad support I have received across party lines and remain focused on being a legislator who puts progress over partisanship and people over politics.»

Hey Fact Free Phil... here is another newspaper account describing how your boss, and your party's candidate for governor have fought to protect child molestors...» Why are legislators like GOP Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, and some of their cohorts fighting so hard to keep the Child Victims Act from becoming law?

When investigations start coming down, it tend to be legislators of color and women first.»

The fundamental character of the despotic rule is that the ruler is the legislator and therefore above the law.

«What he's basically saying is legislators should not review the bills before they vote on them.

To be clear, the performance of the Commission should not be evaluated on its share of the vote; only on its fulfillment of a mandate to produce a list of would - be legislators with expertise and experience that would be of value to the second chamber.

In this case, the ultimate targets are the legislators themselves, but the mechanism is public pressure — by placing the ads on obvious, public sites rather than using cookie - targeting or zip - code targeting to reach voters behind the scenes, OFA ensures that journalists, bloggers and activists will see them.

Now here's a legislator who did his own independent investigation and found the industry to be clean, safe and well - regulated, truly an icon of New York City, but more on that later.

«What are the legislators trying to hide?

The priority needs to be legislator income limits, limitations on donors, and ending the LLC.

«What I think Mr. Bharara missed in his comments are those legislators who have been working for reform, who have put in bills that would cut down the maximum amount of money that you can donate to a candidate,» Latimer said.

Sam is a legislator, not a pastor, reverend, father, or any other religious entity when it comes to the same - sex marriage bill.

he hasn't learned how to be a legislator yet, and I think that bit of education should take priority.

Rounding out Syracuse's committee will be Legislators Michael A. Hill, R - Middleport, and Jason Zona, D - Niagara Falls, as well as Wojtaszek, who will serve in an ex officio capacity, Supervisors Joseph Jastrzemski, R - Wilson, and W. Ross Annable, R - Hartland, and town of Lockport Highway Superintendent Dave Miller, who is also president of the Niagara County Highway Association.

Those who voted against the transfer to the LDC were Legislators Aney Paul, Joseph Meyers, Toney Earl, Ed Day, Douglas Jobson, and Paul Moroney.

«It feeds a public perception that legislators, at least some of them, are legislators so they can cash in on the contacts they make.»

The majority of the legislature approved the resolution, with the exceptions being Legislators Joseph Meyers and Michael Grant.

Are our legislators unhappy because the looting tap is now dry?

Joining Poloncarz in the County Executive's office in the Rath Building were Legislators Patrick Burke, who sponsored the bill, Legislature Chairman Peter Savage and numerous advocates for the GBLTQ community.

The problem is the legislators are reflecting reality.»

This general state of affairs means this request may end up mattering even less than presidential budgets typically do — though there will certainly be legislators who will seize the opportunity to push for changes where they can.

«Why are our legislators rushing to jump off the cliff of cyber charter schools when the best available evidence produced by independent analysts show that such schools will be unsuccessful?»

If anyone of the 13 members is YOUR legislator please be sure to contact them and ask them to support the ENTIRE bill.

Where I live, in Colorado, the word «menacing» has been used be legislators to replace the historic sense of the word «assault» and the words «assault» and «battery» have become synonymous.

Perhaps the ones who are in most need of a trip to the courthouse and the prisons are legislators (as demonstrated in the recent flap with sensenbrenner) because many of the complaints that Prof Stuntz has with the criminal justice system can most fairly be placed at their doorstep.

The Roman emperor was legislator, executor and judge in one.

Some students will be legislators deciding on laws and on funding of family and school services; if these can bring critical thinking skills to their consideration of developmental outcomes, the community will benefit.

Those concerns were raised in the Watertown Daily Times back in February, were legislators in both parties noticed how the boundaries encompass diverse geographic areas that have little economic relation to each other.

«There are legislators on both sides of the aisle who want to add even more non-teaching duties, and that was my frustration.

Are legislators looking at a property tax increase for Utah schools?

Curran, a former newspaper reporter and school board member, has been a legislator for four years.

«There are legislators who are sympathetic and have proposed amendments and bills to give the FBI greater technical access to modern, encrypted communications like they have with CALEA (the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act),» he told TechNewsWorld.

There are the legislators that make the law and the bureaucrats that implement them, but in between, there exists a class of administrators that handle the unique functions of government itself.

Had I been a legislator I would have voted against the bill.

There are men who have power — there are mayors over cities, police commissioners, United States marshals, governors; there are legislators, both in the Senate and Congress; there are members of various courts and cabinets.

If you are a legislator, hospital administrator or health insurance policymaker, MANA can show you how the Midwives Model of Care ™ can benefit your constituents and your community.

«I think it's the legislators who are crying for a change, not the governor, because has made it very clear what we need to do to get this economy back on track and he is doing the business of the people.»

«We just continued to say, with a straight face: We're legislators, we vote on legislators, we would like to see the language please.

In an in - depth investigation, Wine Spectator has discovered that the biggest winners may be the legislators themselves, who have collected campaign contributions from the various parties, and the lobbyists paid to woo those legislators.

If you're a legislator from outside Buffalo, why would you support it?»