Navajo Nation Council – without debate – votes 11 in favor, 1 opposed on Legislation 0391-14, Pardon for former Navajo Election Board. Council adjourns at 7:58 am Legislation 0341-14 now heads to President Ben Shelly for his signature or veto. Navajo law allows the President ten days to make a decision and if there is […]
Council continues to debate Legislation No. 0313-14: Relating to Budget and Finance Committee and Naabik’iyati’ and Navajo Nation Council; Amending Budget Resolution CS-46-14 and Approving the Reallocation of $243,728.00 of Fiscal Year 2015 General Funds to the Office of Legislative Services (Business Unit 101019) from General Fund Revenue Account Sponsors: Honorable Alton Joe Shepherd, Honorable […]
Council continues to debate Legislation No. 0313-14: Relating to Budget and Finance Committee and Naabik’iyati’ and Navajo Nation Council; Amending Budget Resolution CS-46-14 and Approving the Reallocation of $243,728.00 of Fiscal Year 2015 General Funds to the Office of Legislative Services (Business Unit 101019) from General Fund Revenue Account Sponsors: Honorable Alton Joe Shepherd, Honorable […]
An updated PROPOSED AGENDA for the Navajo Nation Council’s special session tomorrow, Dec. 23, 2014, includes Legislation 0341-14, which is titled as an “Emergency” legislation “to address a matter of voter disenfranchisement and providing for a special run-off election and special General Election for the Office of the President.” And since Legislation 0341-14 was legally […]
Naabi is having a very lengthy debate on Legislation 0373-14 An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee; Budget and Finance Committee; Naa’bik’iyati’ Committee and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the Total Amount of $1,559,250, to be Distributed in the Amounts of $877,500 to District Grazing […]
The Navajo Council’s Naabik’iyati Committee continues to debate Report on 2014 Elections from Navajo Election Office Director Edison Wauneka. COMMITTEE MEMBER/DELEGATE DWIGHT WITHERSPOON memo about not having president in place by Jan. 13 Inauguration and Council to select Speaker, who selects committees, staff and whether Speaker serves as Interim President for undetermined amount of time. […]
Former Navajo Election Board Vice Chairperson Tom M. White Jr. said this morning, Nov. 13, that the former Board did not meet as they had planned at 9 a.m. at the Quality Inn Business Complex conference room in Window Rock, Ariz. White said that the decision for the board not to meet was decided after […]
Former Navajo Election Board of Supervisors Vice Chairperson Tom M. White Jr. said today, Nov. 12, that the former Election Board will be meeting tomorrow, Nov. 13, at 9 a.m. at the Quality Inn & Restaurant Business Complex conference room in Window Rock, Ariz. Tom informed me about the former Election Board’s meeting after the […]
The Naabik’iyati committee is now on Navajo Council Delegate Leonard Tsosie’s legislation to over-ride President Shelly’s veto of CO-47-14CO-47-14, NAABIK’IYATI COMMITTEE MEMBER/COUNCIL DELEGATE LEONARD TSOSIE this was long discussion, past midnight. vote occured and it was passed and became CO-47-14 and submitted to President Shelly, who vetoed it. as you all recall, CO-47-14, was to […]
Proposed Navajo Nation Council legislation to over-ride Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly’s veto of the Council’s amendments to the tribal election law regarding the Navajo language fluency qualification to be a presidential candidate goes before the Council’s top committee today, Nov. 12. The proposed over-ride legislation is 0309-14, which is titled “An Action Relating To […]
