Sentences with phrase «where key lawmakers»

But the measure faces an uncertain reaction in the House, where key lawmakers are waiting to see the Education Department's new regulations on the issue.

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Daily fantasy sports, where players draft a roster of football players to compete for points in a single - day worth of games, were acknowledged by Virginia lawmakers as a game of skill vs. pure chance, a key difference that allows sites to avoid a federal ban on online gambling.

That's where lawmakers decide on key legal and regulatory frameworks that allow for greater oversight over oil revenue and empower local communities.

Supporters of Wisconsin Democrat Russ Feingold's Senate campaign plan to welcome their candidate back to D.C. next week with a fundraiser at 201 Bar — a spot the former lawmaker once cited as a key place where influence is bought and sold.

Linking the budget's passage to a pay increase — lawmakers last received a bump to $ 79,500 in 1999 — is considered especially key for Assembly Democrats, whose conference is predominantly comprised of lawmakers from New York City and the metropolitan area, where the cost of living is generally higher than the rest of the state.

With less than three weeks to go before Indiana lawmakers sine die, Indy Politics presents some perspectives from key lawmakers and other figures on where...

On the ongoing faceoff between the National Assembly and the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, where the minister complained about the reduction in the amount proposed in the budget for key projects, Ngige argued that the lawmakers were wrong.

This week will be full of both private negotiations and public sessions in Albany, where lawmakers attempt to come to a budget deal while showing significantly divergent takes on key issues - as well as central mechanisms related to the budget and policy.

In 2001, at the urging of then Mayor Bart Peterson, Indiana lawmakers enacted legislation making Indianapolis the first U.S. city where the mayor can authorize charter schools, which are public schools that are independent from school districts, allowing them more freedom to make key decisions at the school level.

In May, they'll join thousands of REALTORS ® for NAR's annual Capitol Hill visits, where they'll talk directly with lawmakers and their aides about these key issues.