Same-sex-marriage advocates in Maryland say they will push Governor Martin O'Malley to do more in next year's legislative session, when they plan to reintroduce a marriage bill.
"I don't think he's going to be factor," he said, "And he's not about to push Governor Bush".
After a two year push, Governor Schwarzenegger just signed this legislation into law.
Finally, after seven days, the government of President Dilma Rousseff pushed governors and mayors to cancel the fare increases they had presented as the inevitable price of a modern market economy.
For more than a century, the NAACP has pushed Governors and Presidents publicly and privately to use their clemency powers to advance justice.
He then ticked off his various projects — working with 50 Cent on the Jam Master Jay film, pushing Governor David Paterson toward retroactive repeal of the drug laws, teaching yoga classes sponsored by Smartwater.
In Albany, for example, gun-control activists and Democratic legislators are pushing Governor Andrew Cuomo to attach a risk-protection-order provision to the budget, which is supposed to be agreed upon by April 1st.
"A lot of them are shy about their positions on guns," said Eileen McCarron, who runs Colorado Ceasefire, a local group that pushed governor John Hickenlooper and other Democrats to support background checks in the wake of the Aurora shooting.
And in Louisiana, Stand for Children is actively pushing Governor Jindal's education agenda, which includes school vouchers.
Patient advocates, including former congresswoman and 2018 gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham, are pushing Governor Rick Scott to call a special session to hammer out a deal that places patients ahead of the medical marijuana industry.
