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A new bill in the New York State Assembly seeks to give one of the nation’s worst governors, Andrew Cuomo, even more power. It is currently sitting in committee, and hopefully, New Yorkers will see it die there. Assembly Bill A416 is scheduled for the 2021-22 legislative session. It amends the public health law to give the governor additional powers after they declare a state of health emergency due to an epidemic. I guess that means now. The additions to the law allow the governor, after consulting with the health commissioner, to order the removal or detention of groups or...

A Democratic candidate for a seat in the California state assembly blames Israel for committing genocide against the Palestinians and has offered her support for anti-Semitic Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. Maria Estrada, a candidate for California’s District 63 representing the southeast suburbs of Los Angeles, garnered the second most votes, some 28 percent, in a top-two primary on June 5 for the November election. She will run against incumbent and fellow Democrat Anthony Rendon, who also serves as Speaker of the California State Assembly. In an op-ed published in the Los Angeles Jewish Journal, Rabbi Abraham Cooper and...

Democrats in New York flipped a New York Assembly seat on Tuesday, winning a seat that has been in GOP hands for nearly four decades. Democrat Steve Stern, a former Suffolk County legislator, beat out Janet Smitelli (R) for AD-10, a Long Island seat, with 59 percent of the vote, according to Daily Kos. The district has been represented by a Republican since 1978. Former presidents Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama both won the district in the last two presidential elections, but the 18-point margin in Tuesday's election is indicative of a growing blue wave in the area.

Live streaming video from the floor of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Mostly reps just recognizing constituents who are "in the capitol"...

The California Assembly and Senate recently unanimously approved Assembly Bill 1176 to help the port of San Francisco with financing issues. But Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) has decided to veto the legislation, sending a letter to the state Assembly chastising them for focusing on “unnecessary bills.” The San Francisco Bay Guardian also notes a second, more direct, message hidden in Schwarzenegger’s missive — contained in the first letter of each line:

Why are California and the United States on the brink of fiscal ruin? I believe it’s because of thinking like that of Democrats who are in control of the California’s State Assembly and Democrats who are in control of the Congress of the United States of America.. Listen to California Budget Conference Committee Chairwoman Noreen Evans’ (D-Santa Rosa) reasoning why she believes that her state is in the financial mess that it is in. (see video 1:38mins)

ALBANY — Nancy Calhoun has been in the state Assembly six years longer than Kevin Cahill, but seniority only gets you so far in Albany when it comes to dividing up pork-barrel money. Calhoun, a Republican, has $133,000 to distribute in her parts of Orange and Rockland counties while Cahill, who belongs to the Democratic majority, will spend nearly four times that amount — $525,000 — in his mostly Ulster County district. All told, the three Democrats and three Republicans whose Assembly districts cross Orange, Ulster and Sullivan counties are handing out roughly $1.4 million in so-called member-item grants this...

Nearly half the state Assembly is switching to hybrids as their choice for state-leased vehicles, a marked change from the gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles and luxury sedans that have long been favored by lawmakers. Thirty-nine of the 80 Assemblymembers now are driving hybrids, up from 27 last year. Of the 40 senators, 13 opted for hybrids, three more than last year. State lawmakers choose their official vehicles, which are subsidized by taxpayers. Legislators had been criticized for voting for clean air and greenhouse gas laws while driving higher polluting vehicles. Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, D-Los Angeles, for instance, was driving...

In my April 14th post "The Thought Police are Here!” I discussed AB 866 which would prohibit candidates for public office from speaking out against the homosexual lifestyle. Well this bill and it’s sister bill AB 215, have made it to the governor’s desk. Read More... Craig DeLuz Visit The Home of Uncommon Sense... www.craigdeluz.com

SACRAMENTO (AP) - An aide to a California assemblywoman who claimed her boss discussed intimate details of her sex life and solicited comments about her low-cut clothing has received a $118,000 settlement from the state. Erika Weaver-Taylor, 37, of San Jose, received the money after making the charges last year against Assemblywoman Rebecca Cohn, D-Saratoga, according to documents released Friday. Cohn called the settlement by the Assembly Rules Committee ridiculous and said she "wouldn't have given a dime" to her former spokeswoman. Cohn said she had done nothing improper and pointed to Weaver-Taylor's unwillingness to pursue a lawsuit as proof...

A03054 Memo: TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to mandating ignition interlock devices PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : This bill requires the installation of ignition interlock devices, similar to breathalyzers, in all cars sold or registered in New York State. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 1198-a, which would require the installation of ignition interlocking devices in all motor vehicles manufactured for use, sold or registered in this state. Those manufactured must be fitted by December 31, 2006...

CANDIDATE STATUS REPORT - MARCH 2, 2004 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY12/08/2003 9:52 AM D/I - Declaration of Intention D/C - Declaration of Candidacy SIL - Signatures in Lieu of Filing Fee NOM - Nomination Signatures *-Incumbent PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES CANDIDATE PARTY CONTEST Peroutka, Michael A. AI Clark, Wesley DEM Dean, Howard DEM Edwards, John DEM Gephardt, Dick DEM Kerry, John F. DEM Kucinich, Dennis J. DEM LaRouche, Lyndon DEM Lieberman, Joe DEM Moseley Braun, Carol DEM Sharpton, Al DEM Cobb, David GRN Mesplay, Kent GRN Salzman, Lorna GRN Badnarik, Michael LIB Nolan, Gary LIB Abu-Jamal, Mumia PF Brown, Walter F....

<p>SACRAMENTO - The battle to win passage of a state budget moved Monday to the Assembly, where Gov. Gray Davis and legislative leaders lobbied lawmakers to end a standoff that has endured four weeks into the new fiscal year.</p> <p>Key legislators said they expected the Assembly to vote on a Senate proposal late Monday night, but it was unclear if leaders had locked up the support needed to pass the budget.</p>

<p>Lawmakers milled about, dozed off at their desks on the Assembly floor and scoured the Internet to read morning headlines about their own antics, as the Democratic leader met with lawmakers throughout the pre-dawn hours to try to pry loose the needed votes to end the month-long standoff.</p>

<p>A movement heralded by illegal immigrants who want all government agencies in California to accept identification cards issued by foreign nations has won significant support of state legislators in recent days.</p> <p>The Assembly today approved a measure that would authorize state agencies to accept the consulate-issued ID cards, also known as matriculas consulares. Last month, the Assembly passed a similar bill that requires cities and counties to accept the same documentation.</p>

Dean Gardner, conservative Republican & Navy Vet, "lost" this Assembly race by 265 votes! The investigation of voter fraud is on-going. Meanwhile, it turns out that the CA GOP made a point of screwing Dean Gardner. I have been freepin' the "winner" Nicole Parra every chance I get. And to add insult to injury, Nicole Parra has been appointed to Chair and very important Veterans Affairs Committee. I AM SOOOO PISSED, you have no idea!! Here's the article. Kern GOP kept cash out of local race By VIC POLLARD, Californian Sacramento Bureau e-mail: vpollard@bakersfield.com Friday March 07, 2003, 12:12:32 PM...

<p>Unless they all sit down and settle this thing soon, a case will go to trial Monday that pits a 41-year-old Sacramento woman against the state of California. On the surface, the case of Pamela "P.J." Harper vs. the California State Assembly is a discrimination lawsuit brought by the former director of the Legislative Travel Office, who says she was squeezed out of her $75,348-a-year job after returning to work from a 5 1/2 -month maternity leave.</p>

<p>Assembly Democrats on Monday began laying the groundwork to attempt to force a reluctant Gov. Gray Davis to raise vehicle license fees.</p> <p>In two votes that divided along party lines, the Democratic-controlled Assembly Budget Committee tied $8.6 billion in spending cuts sought by Davis to a plan he opposes that would add $4 billion to local government coffers by raising the fees car owners pay.</p>