Sentences with phrase «using emergency legislation»

Lawmakers often rush budget bills through the voting process using emergency legislation.

Not exact matches

However, Mr Hain admitted emergency legislation can be used to restore power if both Sinn Fein and the DUP reached an agreement.

Then those rules — presumably different from the legislation the City Council held a hearing on today — will be passed by the City Council and signed by Mr. de Blasio in New York City, while Mr. Cuomo will «use his emergency powers to make the policy statewide.»

«We're asking Governor Cuomo to make sure no other legislation similar to these emergency regulations is used to enslave the home attendants and abuse the patients,» Lum said.

Dicker says Cuomo is getting the landlord lobby to agree to the change by threatening to use his emergency powers to kick the issue down to the New York City Council, which inevitably would lead to legislation much more favorable to tenants.

With new legislation and emergency regulations, a public outreach campaign in multiple languages, and a thorough investigation of the chemicals that are used, we are standing up for those who have been unable to stand up for themselves.

«Would this administration use a declaration of a national emergency to further an agenda that places at its center health - based solutions, or would it then turn around and say, we have an emergency, we need draconian legislation like sentencing laws, or crackdowns on people who use or misuse opioids?»

Legislation coming into effect in October 2017 will allow schools in the UK to keep spare adrenaline auto - injectors (AAIs) for emergency use.

Supported by more than 200 local, state, and national organizations, the legislation would eliminate the use of seclusion and limit the use of restraints to emergency - only situations, ensure families are notified within 24 hours of the use of restraints on their child, eliminate the inclusion of restraints in students» IEPs, and require schools to annually collect and publicly issue data regarding the use of restraints.

On March 3, 2015, emergency legislation gets introduced (i.e., legislation in support of «a radical new secrecy provision to hide the information that's being used to make [such] big decisions.»

While legislation passed by Congress after Hurricane Katrina will now allow the use of federal funds to help states create pet - friendly emergency shelter facilities, it's still a good idea to plan ahead and find a friend, boarding kennel, veterinary facility, or hotel or motel that could take your pet in the event of an emergency.

Personal Emergency Leave can be used for numerous reasons; below will highlight the aspects that are more ambiguous under the legislation.

The history of emergency legislation is not exemplary, with laws being used for purposes for which they were not intended.

The Authority called for the Northern Territory Emergency Response legislation to be repealed as a matter of urgency and for Indigenous peoples to be able to use their resources for their own advancement.

Federal governments have used this power in 1998, in relation to amendments made to the Native Title Act, and again in 2007 in relation to the Northern Territory Emergency Response legislation.