Sentences with phrase «used by lawmakers»

Opposition to the number of tests given, how scores are used by lawmakers in determining school accountability, and using scores to evaluate teachers have contributed to the increase.

Shock, disappointment and disgust were the most common words used by lawmakers to describe their reaction when they read the article detailing the accusations that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman hit, choked, threatened and belittled three women that he dated, and slapped another woman who refused his sexual advances.

Shock, disappointment and disgust were the most common words used by lawmakers to describe their reaction when they read the article detailing the accusations that Schneiderman hit, choked, threatened and belittled three women that he dated, and slapped another woman who refused his sexual advances.

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The government will «take all measures to eliminate the use of these crypto - assets in financing illegitimate activities or as part of the payment system,» India's finance minister told lawmakers in New Delhi in February, according to a transcript by The Hindu newspaper.

U.S. lawmakers have raised concerns that Moscow might use the firm's products to attack American computer networks, a particularly sensitive issue given allegations by U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia hacked and leaked emails of Democratic Party political groups to interfere in the 2016 presidential election campaign.

«The government does not recognize cryptocurrency as legal tender or coin and will take all measures to eliminate the use of these crypto - assets in financing illegitimate activities or as part of the payment system,» Arun Jaitley told lawmakers in New Delhi, according to a transcript by The Hindu newspaper.

The new tax bill unveiled by Republicans is so simple that taxpayers will be able to file using a postcard, according to GOP lawmakers.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg will be questioned by US lawmakers today about the «use and abuse of data» — following weeks of breaking news about a data misuse scandal dating back to 2014.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg will be questioned by US lawmakers today about the «use and abuse of data» — following weeks of breaking news about a data misuse scandal dating back

It comes following calls by the president for Republican lawmakers to immediately pass a border bill, even if it means using the «nuclear option» to muscle it through.

A new bill introduced by a U.S. lawmaker calls for the formation of a task force to combat the use of cryptocurrencies in financing terrorism.

Here's a piece of evidence lawmakers could have showed the CEO: In a survey conducted recently by Digital Content Next, 1 a trade group of news organizations that is frequently critical of Facebook, a majority of respondents said they didn't expect the social network to track use of non-Facebook apps to target ads, collect their physical location when they're not using Facebook or harvest information from non-Facebook websites that people visit.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg, pressured by lawmakers, has promised to take steps to deter foreign governments from using Facebook to manipulate elections.

In July 2017, a new bill co-sponsored by a bipartisan group of four lawmakers was introduced «to ensure effective implementation of the Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2008» and «to prohibit assistance from being provided to, or licenses for direct commercial sales of military equipment issued to, the government of a country whose police or other security forces recruit and use child soldiers.»

A reader forwarded an e-mail sent this afternoon by the campaign of Gustavo Rivera, the most high - profile of Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr.'s primary challengers, accusing the Bronx lawmaker of mailing letters «using itimidating language» to voters who signed Rivera's petitions.

The bill would would end mandatory arbitration in sexual harassment complaints, which the lawmakers said can be used by employers to block legal action taken by victims.

A group of Democratic lawmakers, led by Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, urged regulators to investigate whether billionaire investor Carl Icahn used his role as an adviser to the White House to gain unfair trading advantages in the market for renewable fuel credits.

The arrangement surrounding the use of paid stipends for lawmakers who are not committee chairs — but listed with the title in Senate payroll records — is being investigated by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office.

• Another major piece of legislation hailed by lawmakers as an important civil rights milestone was a ban on the controversial practice of using therapy to alter a young person's sexual orientation or gender identity.

The Council urged lawmakers to let businesses realize the full value of investment tax credits (ITCs) that are nearing expiration by using them to offset new capital investment in the state.

Among the things not specified: the formula used by the administration to come up with the $ 163 million proposal — a number lawmakers believe is low, or is to fund a program that would be highly restrictive in scope.

Kirby Hannan wants lawmakers to let charities use «enhanced» bell jar machines that come with video screens and encourage a quicker play by gamblers.

She said she saw the decision by Clinton, who like many lawmakers also used a private e-mail while in the Senate, to use a private address as the top U.S. diplomat as a continuation of «what she was doing before she arrived at the State Department.»

Commission documents obtained and authenticated by City & State show that Moreland's investigators sought to determine if lawmakers were spending the contributions they received for legitimate campaign - oriented purposes, or whether any money was going to their personal use, in violation of state law.

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.

MANHATTAN — The state's top prosecutor should investigate Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.'s decision not to prosecute Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump, Jr. over evidence they tried to sell condos by using inflated sales figures, one state lawmaker says.

Indeed, a review of the statute's legislative memoranda and other supporting materials on file in the state library indicate lawmakers who voted in favor of the statute never considered that it would be used to conceal misconduct by police or correction officers.

Mr. Koch will appear at the Capitol on Tuesday to argue for speedy passage of Mr. Cuomo's bill — and to unveil his plans to shame uncooperative lawmakers with recorded telephone calls, which are typically used by surrogates praising candidates before elections, not denouncing them as Mr. Koch intends.

By the same token, the first consideration when contemplating a new law as a lawmaker is how your successors could potentially abuse it, including by using it as a precedenBy the same token, the first consideration when contemplating a new law as a lawmaker is how your successors could potentially abuse it, including by using it as a precedenby using it as a precedent.

Republican lawmakers in the meeting have since disputed Trump used the language in the meeting, but Democratic Sen. Richard Durbin has stood by the story, while Republican Sen. Jeff Flake spoke to lawmakers at the time who corroborated the story before it was reported.

Astorino's proposal would also scrap the per - diem system used by state lawmakers in exchange for a receipt system.

«It's disappointing that Governor Cuomo and some state lawmakers — pushed by powerful, labor - backed special interests — continue to pursue the use of tax dollars to fund partisan political campaigns,» said the group's executive director, Brian Sampson.

A lawmaker who was one of New York's most powerful politicians has been convicted by a federal jury of charges that he used the power of his office to earn $ 5 million illegally.

He says Cuomo and lawmakers should expand the state's existing tax on millionaires and close a loophole, known as the carried interest law, used by hedge funds to save on taxes.

Using the mic check style of call and response made popular by the Occupy movement, Brown says he and other activists will stay night and day to pressure lawmakers to add the funds.

NYPIRG recommends New York enact the model used by Congress, which limits outside income to 15 % of a lawmaker's salary.

Councilor Kathleen Joy expects the Syracuse Common Council to file court papers in the next few days asking a judge to settle the issue of whether lawmakers should be forced to sign that computer use policy which is required of and agreed to by all city employees.

Last month, he urged state lawmakers to close a loophole that he said could be used to fight state charges by anyone who has received a federal pardon for similar federal charges.

The conference's deputy leader, Sen. Mike Gianaris, meanwhile, is among the lawmakers questioning Cuomo's use of inserting major policy measures into his $ 142 billion spending plan by tying them to appropriations bills.

He's also floating the dreaded toll idea (something he suggested for the MTA bailout and was promptly shot down by outer borough lawmakers), calling for streamlining environmental reviews and enacting legislation to permit the use of «design - build» contracts.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's accusation this morning that school districts and their allies are playing politics with kids by using the threat of teacher layoffs to try to scare lawmakers — and the public — into opposing the governor's education funding cuts hasn't stopped them from doing... well... just that.

My findings indicate that all entreaties to make the family, now headed and directed by billionaire younger brother, Dr. Deji Adeleke, see the death of the lawmaker as act of God which should not be used to tarnish the image of the government fell on deaf ears.

A group of state lawmakers announced a series of bills on Friday that aim to crack down on dangerous drivers getting behind the wheel by using data collected by speed cameras, NYPD and doctors to suspend their licenses.

That means greater disclosure of business and law clients from legislators» side jobs, a ban on the personal use of campaign funds, greater safeguards for per diem reimbursement, pension forfeiture for lawmakers convicted of public corruption and greater disclosure by independent expenditure campaign accounts.

One day after Gov. Andrew Cuomo arranged a meeting with some state lawmakers and Catholic Church leaders to promote the education tax credit, the measure seems to be losing support among Assembly Democrats, with some Democrats saying they are angered by tactics used by backers, which has included picketing their offices.

Aftermath of increasing incidents of high profile abductions and the subsequent demands for huge ransom by kidnappers in the country, many lawmakers have decided to stop the use of their official vehicles and number plates for fear of being identified and abducted.

ALBANY — The Democratic agreement on ethics law changes, touted Wednesday morning by Governor Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, would still allow state lawmakers to use campaign funds for dinners out and criminal defense attorneys.

It also looked into the dubious use of campaign funds by lawmakers.

The group mentioned a recent decision by California lawmakers to ban the use of redskins in public school teams as a sign of success.

Earlier this year, six state lawmakers used campaign funds for a spring break trip to Cuba organized by a Capitol lobbyist.