An example would be an anti-gay politician who has worked on legislation restricting gay rights (and/or campaigned on the issue) being suddenly and publicly caught in a gay relationship.
"I think it's an appropriate public policy to limit state resources in relation to executive compensation," said Assemblywoman Deborah J. Glick, a Manhattan Democrat who has worked on related legislation.
Because of that ruling, "we were not surprised" by Judge Irenas's decision, said Maureen Kanka, Megan's mother, who has worked for notification legislation for years and has publicly advocated the online registry.
The bill will likely be brought to the floor as early as Tuesday for a vote, according to state Senator Jim Debachus, who has worked on the legislation for a decade.
Amanda Transue-Woolston, founder of PAR, who has worked on this legislation for six years says, "If our General Assembly isn't willing at this time to pass a bill that's fair to all adoptees, we will switch our focus to providing education rather than trying to pass legislation.
At a gathering of Tea Party activists this year, Ron Weiser, a former chairman of the Michigan Republican Party who has worked with Mr. DeVos, said Republicans had long pondered introducing right-to-work legislation but had been encouraged to wait until the state had a Republican governor.
The rejected legislation would have worked alongside a code of practice to ensure those opposed to women bishops – chiefly conservative evangelicals and traditional Anglo-Catholics – could have requested an alternative male bishop.
Ms. Dunn identified another reason for the successes: dealing with tax legislation they had worked on in previous years: "We knew the strengths and the weaknesses -- what would come up.
I wish the legislation passed three years ago had worked to sufficiently increase vaccination rates.
Villaraigosa took up legislation that she had worked on to provide health coverage for children in low-income families, put his name on it, and got it passed.
