Sentences with phrase «with federal legislators»

The PCPCC has close contact with federal legislators and agencies, and is striving to ensure that the primary care dimension of health care is not neglected in health reform legislation and other federal programs.

State insurance commissioners have announced that they will be working in partnership with federal legislators in order to try to improve defenses against the damage being caused by the rapid evolution of cyber threats.

On the second day of the conference the principals did just that — they met and talked with federal legislators about the ESEA Reauthorization and the federal education budget.

In addition to her educational outreach activities, Scott has advocated for increased medical research funding with federal legislators in Washington, DC.

The decision spells the end of NSF underwriting of supercomputing centers in Pittsburgh and at Cornell University, which have shared their disappointment with federal legislators but pledged to stay open.

We are encouraging all members of the Federation to schedule meetings with your federal legislators while Congress is out of session and lawmakers return to their home districts.

Not exact matches

For example, legislators have proposed legislation that would limit information sharing with the federal government about immigrants.

Specifically, Schweizer tells how on September 16, Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke held a private meeting with legislators in which they reported that the economy was in deep trouble and predicted near - term disaster in the markets.

Adapt has worked with state legislators and federal policymakers about adjusting laws and removing burdens for access, and spent $ 470,000 on lobbying in 2016 and 2017, according to OpenSecrets.org, which tracks political spending.

Wine Institute and CAWG developed the report to provide an understanding of the industry's contributions to the California and U.S. economies for use in public policy discussions with state and federal legislators and other key officials.

Based on the bill analysis, the Texas legislators behind HB1781 seemed to care only about bucking state nutrition policy, but they have also put the state in direct conflict with the new federal competitive food rules.

Input your information to see how the change would affect your schools, then share your results with all interested stakeholders, such as state and federal legislators, school board members and superintendents.

The governor says legislators should reveal their outside income even further in an effort to avoid federal investigations like the one that ended Leibell's 28 - year - career, along with so many others in both political parties.

Here's the trouble: If legislators don't agree on a bill to move their own primary date to correspond with the one that US District Court Judge Gary Sharpe ordered for the federal races, then Assembly members and senators could theoretically challenge sitting House members and then, if that doesn't work out, fall back to run for their own seats.

«I have to be honest with residents in my district and with... New Yorkers that — potentially — yes, the [federal] government can have access to these things,» said Mark Treyger, a freshman legislator from Brooklyn.

The county executive and his administration had been working with legislators and immigration groups to try and craft a bill that didn't run afoul of federal law, local law enforcement objections and the interest of public safety.

«These are crimes that can injure others and make our communities less safe,» said Staten Island Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, who has joined several Republican legislators in pushing a bill in Albany to compel the city to comply with federal detention requests.

The case — along with the conviction of former Senate leader Dean Skelos, who is to be sentenced May 12 — was a capstone of Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's crusade against Albany corruption, and prosecutors asked for more than 14 years in prison — the highest federal sentence ever for a New York legislator.

He also proposes that the rates by which hospitals are reimbursed be set in a non-political way, not «micromanaged» by legislators, that the state «control costs through programs that identify those individuals whose complex needs utilize many expensive resources and more carefully manage and coordinate their services,» working to consolidate where possible with the federal Medicare program and negotiating to buy pharmaceuticals in bulk.

Susan Lerner, with Common Cause, says legislators are finding that if they don't change their policies they are increasingly finding themselves in the crosshairs of federal prosecutors.

To top it off, former Assemblymember Anthony Seminario was recently sentenced to six years on federal corruption charges, and a number of legislators are under federal investigation for their relationships with nonprofits.

ALBANY — The hits keep coming from federal prosecutors in the capital, with the No. 2 Republican in the state Senate becoming the latest legislator to be indicted.

Several months ago our newspaper, through this column, successfully lobbied our Republican County Executive, Ed Day, as well as our Democratic State Legislators, Ken Zebrowski and Ellen Jaffee, to write letters to President Donald Trump, urging him to supply the 50 percent federal backing needed for the $ 24 billion Gateway project (with New York and New Jersey splitting the remaining 50 %).

Cuomo signed the measure into law but noted in his approval memo that legislators would need to amend the law to clarify that it does not conflict with federal law.

And as both federal and state legislators grapple with increased restrictions on abortion, a new national poll indicates Americans have mixed reactions to some of the moves being made right now in state houses and the nation's capital.

The County Executive went on to say «We are working with our state legislators and our federal representatives and have asked them to use their full force and weight to keep this tower open.

Despite support from county law enforcement, members of the Westchester Board of Legislators» Republican caucus are maintaining that the policy will make Westchester incompliant with federal guidelines.

Texas legislators proceeded with the new plan «because it would maximize the number of Republican federal lawmakers in the state».

DiNapoli, speaking at a lunch for Italian - American legislators, could not comment on whether he's been in contact with the U.S. Attorney over the ongoing federal probes.

Republican state legislators Tuesday blasted a state Democratic Party plan to pay for part of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's re-election effort with money raised for federal congressional campaigns, saying it would destroy the «last remnants of «clean campaign laws»» in Connecticut.

«It is as if federal officers were installed in state legislative chambers and were armed with the authority to stop legislators from voting on any offending proposals,» Alito wrote.

Latimer said: «The Board of Legislators came together in a bi-partisan way, with the assistance of law enforcement and immigration advocates alike, to craft a law which fully complies with federal law while offering humane peace of mind to our immigrant brothers and sisters.

After state legislators failed for two years to comply with a federal law requiring that military voters stationed overseas get their ballots 45 days prior to the general election, a federal judge set the beginning of the congressional election calendar at March 20.

Now, though, with the state planning to slash funding for Medicaid and education, legislators, particularly in the Assembly, were pushing for its extension, arguing that the state's wealthiest had already received a federal break when the Bush tax cuts were continued this past December.

Democratic legislators stated after the vote that the legislation is not a sanctuary bill but defines what county law enforcement can ask about a person's citizenship or immigration status and what information the county will share with federal officials.

With a trillion - dollar federal deficit at the forefront of legislators» minds, a clamp on spending is not as surprising as the unusually hands - on way in which the NIH portion of the House bill is written.

It was supposed to be a chance for legislators to discuss the Obama administration's 2015 federal budget with presidential science adviser John Holdren.

But several Republican legislators regard the survey, which provides policymakers and social scientists with an exquisitely detailed portrait of the country and is used to determine how to distribute half a trillion dollars in federal aid, as a form of harassment and an invasion of privacy.

Endocrinologists, toxicologists, epidemiologists, and environmental scientists must work together with federal agencies and legislators to develop comprehensive screening programs for all chemicals and regulations governing EDCs in manufactured products, the food supply, or the environment.

In an Education Week commentary essay about school boards in 2009, I wrote, «[M] y sense of things, after two stints on my local school board... is that school boards have been overtaken by the «educatocracy,» by powerful trade unions, certified specialists, certification agencies, state and federal rule - makers and legislators, grants with strings, billion - dollar - contractor lobbyists, textbook mega-companies, professional associations, and lawyers — the list could go on.»

The South Carolina Supreme Court late last week ordered Gov. Mark Sanford, a Republican, to request $ 700 million in federal stimulus money aimed primarily at struggling schools, ending months of wrangling with legislators.

Cambridge, Mass — The elimination by the Reagan Administration last year of the $ 6 - million federal program for the gifted and talented, along with the reluctance of state legislators to appropriate funds for such programs, may hamper schools» commitment to providing special programs for gifted students, several researchers and educators told the National Commission on Excellence in Education last week.

Mississippi legislators are considering a charter school proposal that proponents say could better position the state for the federal Race to the Top competition and provide an option for parents with children in struggling schools.

Finally, states can help schools see value in the exams by celebrating schools that achieve high performance or significant progress on the tests with rewards similar to the federal Blue Ribbon Schools Program or public recognition ceremonies with the governor or state legislators.

But with the availability of the new federal funds at stake, some think legislators will have a tough time voting against them.

Legislative Skills — methods and strategies for working with local, state, and federal legislators to advance the public education agenda

A social studies teacher may participate in a moderated #sschat on historical thinking, use the #FergusonSyllabus hashtag to research how to talk with students about systemic race issues, exchange ideas with digital colleagues, challenge local or federal policy by contacting legislators or informing the public, or organize a face - to - face Edcamp unconference in the community (see Swanson, et al., 2014, and Carpenter, 2015b, for more).

Legislators in Utah are trying to opt out of the law's provision and forgo the federal funding that comes with it.

Speaking to a joint committee of legislators studying the nation's new federal education law, Interim Education Commissioner Katy Anthes said that current law would «form the backbone» of the new plan that Colorado must come up with by next spring.

This is because the federal government ultimately amplifies education policy decisions made at the state level, especially by those reform - minded governors and legislators (along with reformers) who also seek help from the federal level to beat back opposition to their efforts by entrenched traditionalist interests.