Sentences with phrase «used against lawmakers»

A year later, some of the images are resurfacing once again and will almost certainly be used against lawmakers in television advertisements over the next five months.

Not exact matches

Sessions» marijuana policy will direct federal prosecutors to enforce federal laws against the drug, even in states where voters and lawmakers have legalized recreational or medical use.

He indicated in a tweet picturing him with his baby son that he'll use his late night platform to make the case against the lawmakers on Tuesday night.

That was meant to address black lawmakers» concerns that teachers with guns might discriminate against black students in deciding when to use them.

Skelos declined to criticize Silver's handling of the situation, although did say he thinks it's inappropriate for taxpayer dollars to be used to settle allegations lodged against sitting lawmakers.

However, Senate GOP lawmakers were not concerned the minimum wage issue would be used against them in an election - year campaign, he said.

McLaughlin's final months in the Assembly were dogged by the revelation that he had used abusive language against a female aide, and he was sanctioned by the chamber's ethics committee — after election day — for allegedly asking another lawmaker's aide for nude photos.

Disgraced former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son were caught on wiretaps bad - mouthing Gov. Andrew Cuomo's family, plotting to use his gal pal, Sandra Lee, against him and even musing how Skelos and other Republican lawmakers were «smarter» than the governor, new court papers state.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP)-- A legislative ethics committee has dismissed a complaint against an Alaska lawmaker over his «aggressive use» of the Legislature's moving policy.

A consistent pattern from the convictions against sitting lawmakers has been their use of public office for private gain.

Young's no vote on the ban has already been used against her by Buesing, and those close to the Cruz camp have said over the past few weeks that the vote, and the shooting itself, were pivotal in convincing Cruz to challenge the incumbent lawmaker.

To show a form of protest against the state's strict gun law, Washington County lawmakers adopted a provision preventing state police from using their county seal on any paper work that deals with the SAFE Act.

Silver — who at the time was one of the most powerful lawmakers in Albany — was found guilty on all seven counts against him that he engaged in two quid - pro-quo schemes in which used his position to benefit a cancer researcher and two real estate developers.

Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump used a suggestive tweet on Tuesday to attack a Democratic lawmaker who has called for his resignation after multiple women renewed their sexual misconduct allegations against him.

The Republican lawmaker, who represents parts of Staten Island, originally said on CNN's «The Situation Room» Monday that he would vote to support Obama's use of force in Syria, saying it would damage American credibility if President Bashar al - Assad wasn't punished for allegedly using sarin gas against his people.

And yet, in 1996, as a member of the state assembly, Scott Stringer was one of only nineteen lawmakers who voted against stripping NAMBLA of its tax - exempt status, which it had received two years earlier using an innocuously named front group.

In his eight years as Minnesota's governor, Tim Pawlenty's «push against the teachers union grew stronger,» Sherry writes, and he called for tying teacher pay to performance, bringing up the state's standards, and urging state lawmakers to authorize the use of a transparent growth model to see how well schools are really doing to improve student achievement.

The Florida lawmaker who led his state's House education committee has resigned his legislative seat in the wake of allegations that he used a racial slur to describe Miami - Dade County's black school superintendent and then threatened a fellow lawmaker who filed a complaint against him.

Conservative state lawmakers who rail against federal mandates often find themselves using the same weapon in dealing with their own cities and counties, Stateline.org reports.

In Defense of Animals is collecting information to be used to present to legislators and lawmakers, to introduce a Master Federal Bill for sponsorship against this practice nationwide.

The criticism has grown louder amid the debate over whether Washington should use military force against the Syrian regime, with some lawmakers withholding support until the administration committed to providing the rebels with more assistance.

Sadly, many of the few prohibitions that still exist are a relic of the Civil Rights era, when state lawmakers in certain states tried to use this out - dated concept to make it difficult for impoverished minority plaintiffs in Civil Rights cases to gain legal support in the battle against racial segregation.

The policy would've made it easier for consumers to file class action lawsuits against banks, but lawmakers used their powers under the Congressional Review Act to kill it before it could take effect.