Sentences with phrase «cabinet appointees»

As in the case of cabinet appointees.

In general, however, Trump's Cabinet appointees have been largely noncommittal about the issue of climate change and its human causation.

There is much angst among the climate activists and scientist advocates about the Trump presidency, his public statements, and his Cabinet appointees — it doesn't look good for their preferred energy policies and funding for their preferred research topics.

Duncan was one of President Obama's original Cabinet appointees in 2009.

It says something (though I'm not sure what) that we're just days from the Super Bowl, and yet that overhyped colossus is barely on the radar screen — swamped by fights over executive orders, the Supreme Court, Cabinet appointees, Trump's tweets, and all the rest.

The Cabinet appointees are: • Nick Clegg (Lib Dem): deputy prime minister • George Osborne (Cons): chancellor of the exchequer • William Hague (Cons): foreign secretary • Theresa May (Cons): home secretary, minister for women • Liam Fox (Cons): defence secretary • Kenneth Clarke (Cons): lord chancellor, justice secretary • Andrew Lansley (Cons): health secretary • Vince Cable (Lib Dem): business secretary • Chris Huhne (Lib Dem): energy and climate change • Michael Gove (Cons): schools secretary • Patrick McLoughlin (Cons): chief whip • David Laws (Lib Dem): chief secretary to the Treasury • Michael Gove (Cons): education secretary • Philip Hammond (Cons): transport secretary • Danny Alexander (Lib Dem): Scottish secretary • Eric Pickles (Cons): communities secretary • Owen Paterson (Cons): Northern Ireland secretary • Iain Duncan Smith (Cons): work and pensions secretary • Jeremy Hunt (Cons): culture, Olympics, media and sport • Cheryl Gillan (Cons): Welsh secretary • International Development Secretary (Cons): Andrew Mitchell • Leader of the House of Lords (Cons): Lord Strathclyde • Minister without Portfolio (Cons): Baroness Warsi

The state's all - Democratic congressional delegation has aggressively pushed back against Trump's policies and many of his cabinet appointees.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand maintained her streak of rejecting Trump's cabinet appointees by voting «no» on DeVose.

At 12:15 p.m., concerned citizens, led by Altamont Main Street USA and including members of MoveOn.org, Citizen Action of NY, the Working Families Party and others gather outside the offices of U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand for a peaceful rally in opposition to Trump's cabinet appointees, Leo O'Brien Federal Building, N. Pearl Street and Clinton Avenue, Albany.

He has opposed the energy policies of President Barack Obama, declined to vote on both the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 and the DREAM ACT, voted for removing federal funding from Planned Parenthood in 2015 (but voted to preserve funding for the organization in 2017), and voted to confirm most of President Donald Trump's cabinet appointees.

Source) On average, male cabinet appointees outnumber women cabinet appointees in our states by a ratio of 2 to 1.

The two bickered earlier this week about the so - called «nuclear option» Reid is considering that would dramatically change Senate rules in confirming Cabinet appointees, shifting the approval process to a simple majority vote in the Seante.

Flynn, a reluctant shadow cabinet appointee, is also doubling up as shadow leader of the Commons.

This cabinet appointee would collect and share best practices and ensure the district is providing students and teachers with the resources they need to be successful.

The Senate has confirmed every Trump Cabinet appointee it considered.

Not exact matches

The flap prompted scrutiny of other Cabinet members» travel, as the House Oversight and Government Reform committee launched a governmentwide investigation of top political appointees.

This could include White House Staff, Cabinet members and other political appointees whether or not they require Senate confirmation.

Speaking on Montie FM in Accra, Bobie Ansah took issue with the composition of the cabinet ministers, saying «90 percent of his appointees are from the Akyem tribe».

The hard core of europhile 1980s cabinet ministers were there - Heseltine, Hailsham, Patten - but it is also worth noting the smattering of Cameron appointees who were there as well - Baroness Altmann, Baroness Wheatcroft, Baroness Verma, Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint, Lord Cooper of Windrush, Lord Prior of Brampton.

The document recommended a chamber made up of half elected members, 30 per cent political appointees and 20 per cent non-political nominations - but Mr Straw emphasised that this was only his view and was not endorsed by the cabinet (full story).

Perry's signature would pretty much rule out the Perry - Giuliani ticket floated recently by former NY GOP Chair Bill Powers — or the appointment of the former NYC mayor to any cabinet posts (like US AG, for example), since the document requires the nomination of only antiabortion judges and appointees.

Buffalo protesters urged Sen. Chuck Schumer to vote against President Trump's cabinet nominations — part of a larger wave of demonstrations against the senior senator's voting for administration appointees.

As U.S. Senate Republicans embark on a flurry of confirmation hearings this week, several of Trump's appointees have yet to complete the background checks and ethics clearances customarily required before the Senate begins to consider cabinet - level nominees.

At least 16 of Trump's selections for cabinet and senior - level posts are meeting with senators this week in an effort to speed up their confirmation votes, but Democrats are pushing to slow the process down by citing delayed paperwork and background checks for the appointees.

not all appointees to the cabinet just begin serving on the day they are appointed.

And he sat impassively at an open cabinet meeting as two of his appointees — acting health commissioner Howard Zucker and Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner Joe Martens — recommended that the state not allow natural gas hydrofracking, citing public health «red flags» and a lack of scientific data supporting its safety.

Too few cabinet ministers and other top public sector appointees are held to account, either at appointment or recall, by Select Committees.

Because members of a cabinet are political appointees, if they go — be it because of lost elections or because the head of the government decides to make changes in his or her cabinet — you will go as well.

Over the next month we'll be in resistance mode, fighting back against Trump's Climate Denial Cabinet and other dangerous appointees (including on January 9th with the #DayAgainstDenial national day of action, and then 100 hours after his inauguration with a national student walkout).

Adjudicators who are appointed by cabinet order (variously referred to as Order in Council (OIC) or Governor in Council (GIC) appointees) have very little job security, beyond the term of their appointment.

Despite the Koch brothers» initial distaste for Trump, his cabinet is stacked with people they've funded, from CIA head Mike Pompeo to budget director Mick Mulvaney, to a host of coal - industry linked appointees.

Most political appointees, such as high - ranking presidential advisors, ambassadors and cabinet members, will have FBI checks and certain vetting procedures performed on their financial and employment histories, but typical background screening checks are not completed.

I realize that Melanie Aitken is a political appointee and that she has been given free reign to pursue her agenda as she sees fit, but so too are cabinet ministers within the government; how many of the latter have been fired over the years?