Sentences with phrase «committee on the nomination»

The roughly 20 - member executive committee typically advises the general committee on nominations, Hennings said.

Parliament will consider the report of the Appointments Committee on the nomination of Martin Amidu as Special Prosecutor on Tuesday, February 20, 2018.

Except for the Committee on Nominations, the President shall appoint the members and chairs of all standing and special committees and all sections.

Committee on Nominations: Sallie (Penny) W. Chisholm, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mary Frank Fox, Georgia Institute of Technology Jeffrey I. Gordon, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Amita Sehgal, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Representative Jim Bridenstine (R — OK) testifies before the Senate science committee on his nomination to lead NASA in November 2017.

The Committee on Council Affairs shall consist of eleven members: the President; the President - Elect, who shall serve as chair; the Executive Officer, who shall serve as secretary; and eight members elected from among and by the Council delegates, from slates presented by the Committee on Nominations, for two - year, renewable terms.

The Committee on Nominations shall annually present to the Members for election by mail ballot, or by electronic means, at least two nominations for the position of President - Elect and for each additional position to be filled on the Board.

President - Elect: Geraldine (Geri) Richmond, Univ. of Oregon Board of Directors: Carlos J. Bustamante, Univ. of California, Berkeley; Laura H. Greene, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Committee on Nominations: Sylvia T. Ceyer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Susan M. Fitzpatrick, James S. McDonnell Foundation; Alice Petry Gast, Lehigh Univ.; Susan Gottesman, National Cancer Institute / NIH

(d) The Executive Officer shall be a member of the Board without vote; a member of the Council, of the Committee on Council Affairs, of the Executive Committee, and of the Committee on Investment and Finance; shall serve as secretary of the Board, of the Council, and of the Committee on Council Affairs, and as staff officer of the Committee on Nominations; shall be in charge of the Association's offices and shall manage the affairs of the Association in accordance with procedures prescribed by the Board; shall be custodian of the current operating funds; and shall have the authority to enter into contracts for the Association that have been approved by the Board or that are required for the conduct of the Association's activities specifically provided for in the approved annual budgets.

It shall (i) prepare the agenda for meetings of the Council; (ii) receive or initiate, coordinate, and advise the Council on reports of Council committees, resolutions, and proposed actions submitted for consideration by the Council; (iii) review applications for affiliation with the Association and petitions to terminate affiliation, and make recommendations thereon to the Council; (iv) at three - year intervals, review the process for nominating and electing Fellows, and make recommendations thereon to the Council; (v) annually present to the Members of the Association for election by mail ballot, or by electronic means, at least two nominations for each position to be filled on the Committee on Nominations through election by the Members.

In an annual general election, the President - Elect and two Directors shall be elected by the Members from slates of candidates presented by the Committee on Nominations.

In the event of a vacancy among the elected members of the Committee on Nominations, the Committee on Council Affairs shall appoint a replacement for the remainder of the unexpired term.

General Election President: Phillip A. Sharp Board of Directors: Bonnie L. Bassler; May R. Berenbaum Committee on Nominations: Mary - Claire King; Barbara J. Meyer; Cherry A. Murray; Keith R. Yamamoto Section on...

Suggested nominees will be considered by the AAAS Committee on Nominations at its winter meeting.

Education Secretary Confirmation Hearing Betsy DeVos testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on her nomination for secretary of education in the Trump administration.

Energy Secretary Confirmation Hearing Former Governor Rick Perry (R - TX) testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on his nomination to be energy secretary in the Trump administration.

Former Governor Rick Perry (R - TX) testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on his nomination to be...

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Not exact matches

The president spoke hours after Senator Johnny Isakson, chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee, said he and the panel's ranking Democrat, Jon Tester, decided to delay a hearing on Jackson's nomination that had been scheduled for Wednesday and sent a letter to Trump seeking more information.

WASHINGTON - Senate Banking Committee holds hearing on nomination of Jerome Powell to be chairman of the Federal Reserve - 1500 GMT.

«In November 2016, Grassley said he would retain the policy used in the eight Obama years when the Senate Judiciary Committee would not set a hearing unless both home state senators returned blue slips,» Carl Tobias, a University of Richmond professor who is an expert on judicial nominations, told Business Insider in an email.

Shareholders also want the opportunity to nominate their own directors — known as proxy access — especially since they don't seem to like those put forward by the two members on Netflix's nomination committee.

The group Tax March put on the rally that featured top Democrats like Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman and Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016.

Republicans on the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works used their one - vote majority to move five nominations forward to the full Senate.

The Senate Banking Committee approved her nomination on a 14 - 8 vote.

The Senate Banking Committee held a hearing on the nominations of Mary Jo White to become chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

IA released the following statement of support ahead of the Commerce Committee vote on the nomination of Rebecca Slaughter to be an FTC Commissioner.

The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee held a hearing on pending nominations.

Members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Board based on nominations submitted by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board and shall serve at the pleasure of the Board and for such terms as the Board may determine.

Members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Board based on nominations recommended by the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board and shall serve at the pleasure of the Board and for such terms as the Board may determine.

A former congressional staffer, Delrahim came to count on early, broad support among Republicans and Democrats in Congress, who advanced his nomination out of committee nearly unanimously.

Lindsey Johnson, President and Executive Director of the U.S. Mortgage Insurers (USMI), today issued the following statement on the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs» hearing on the nomination of Brian Montgomery for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Commissioner.

Goodfriend's nomination squeaked out of a Senate committee on a 13 - 12 vote, with all Democrats opposed, indicating he could face difficulty winning confirmation by the full Senate.

What was at stake in the Bork bearings was the defense of Roe V. Wade — and bow else to account for the interest of the American Jewish Committee in taking a position on this nomination to the Court?

He has been a member of the committees on Finance, Nominations, and Patient Safety and Quality Improvement and on the task forces on Safety in Residency Training, and District and Section Donation Policy.

Both nominations were referred to the council «s Committee on Recreation, which has not met since the choices were submitted.

If this is the case, could the Democrats have forced a vote on Merrick Garland's Supreme Court nomination in the Senate, since no committee action was taken?

In a statement personally signed by the presiding judge, Justice A. M. Liman, the court granted a restraining order on any member of the National Working Committee of the PDP who was removed from office by the Party's National Convention in Port Harcourt from receiving nominations and or submitting names to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as officers or candidates of the PDP in whatever capacity pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice brought by the Party.

Flanagan, a Suffolk County lawmaker, could be instrumental in bringing the county GOP committee on board for DeFrancisco, which would be a major boost to his securing the nomination.

Wednesday, Republicans deployed a workaround — Republicans on the committee used a «unanimous consent» clause to suspend all of its rules for the meeting, then voted to confirm the nominations for Steven Mnuchin, up for Treasury secretary, and Tom Price, nominated for Health and Human Services secretary.

A similar political sleight - of - hand could be accomplished if Rangel files petitions and then declines the nomination, enabling his committee on vacancies to select a candidate to run in his stead.

Fordham Law School professor and former congressional candidate Zephyr Teachout on Friday emailed supporters from her political action committee urging them to mobilize against the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch.

Smith has thrown his hat into the ring after Labour's ruling body, the National Executive Committee, said Corbyn would automatically be on the ballot without needing to collect nominations from MPs.

The New York Democratic Committee on Monday is deriding the shifting field for the Republican gubernatorial nomination as a «soap opera» and an «amazing race to the bottom.»

Judge Sheila Abdus - Salaam looks on as members of the state Senate Judiciary Committee vote unanimously on April 20, 2013 to advance her nomination to fill a vacancy on the Court of Appeals at the Capitol in Albany.

«New Kings Democrats is appalled that no update was provided on the status of our rules reforms, the membership of the committee appointed to consider those rules changes, or whether nominations to the committee have been considered.

The seats reserved for the 10 Democrats on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee were empty as Wednesday's meeting to discuss to nomination of Scott Pruitt was called to order.

The Commission on Judicial Nomination, the screening committee for filling posts on the state Court of Appeals, announced it would accept applications through May 19.

The genesis of the bribery scandal stemmed from a Minority member of the Committee, Mahama Ayariga, who alleged that Mr. Agyarko, attempted to bribe the ten minority members on parliament's Appointments Committee with GHc3000 each to ensure the approval of his nomination as the Energy Minister.

Carolyn McLaughlin, the president of the Albany Common Council and the Albany County Democratic Committee chair, seconded the nomination by noting Schumer's work on behalf of Henry Johnson, a World War I veteran, and in cracking down on oil trains that run next to Albany's public housing.