Sentences with phrase «congressional leaders for»

Before the final United States House of Representatives and Senate votes on Friday, February 13, 2009, the SEIA (Solar Energy Industries Association) congratulated Congressional leaders for working out a compromise economic recovery bill with «Solar Industry Ready to Hire and Create Growth Opportunities with Economic Recovery Package» and said:

Katko lauded the Trump administration and congressional leaders for launching the process to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

blasted congressional leaders for their refusal to demand Trump seek the input of lawmakers.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand slammed Congressional leaders for stripping anti-sexual harassment measures from an omnibus spending bill being considered this week.

End - of - Life Care Advocacy Group Praises Congressional Leaders for Protecting D.C. Medical Aid - in - Dying Law

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

While Trump and Congressional leaders congratulate themselves for reaching common ground and keeping the government funded, their bill's real legacy will be hurrying the issue of unsustainable deficits from the wing to center stage.

During a White House meeting with Republican Congressional leaders on June 6, President Trump discussed plans for his proposed US - Mexico border wall.

Exactly 20 years ago, just as Cisco's John Chambers took the reins as CEO, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected term limits for Congressional leaders, wiping off the books laws in 23 states limiting the terms of office for U.S. legislators.

The reality, though, is that, while Trump and Congressional GOP leaders still don't have a comprehensive, detailed plan for tax reform, the proposals they've put forth thus far have been found by independent analysts to disproportionately benefit higher - income taxpayers.

The U.S. can borrow until Aug. 2 after reaching the US$ 14.29 - trillion limit because of «stronger - than - expected tax receipts» and «extraordinary measures» such as suspending the sale of bonds for state infrastructure projects, Geithner said in a letter to congressional leaders.

Lamb also made considerable efforts to distance himself from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a popular punching bag for the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC).

Chapman's list of speaking engagements includes Conscious Capitalism events, the 2016 US Congressional Retreat, WorldBlu, CEO Global Leaders Forum, International City Managers Association, the AME International Conference, Institute for Healthcare Consumerism Forum, TEDxScottAFB, Shingo Prize for Manufacturing Excellence International Conference, HERO Forum for Employee Health Management, Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership's International Conference, St. Louis Business Journal's Salute to the Top 150 Privately Held Companies and to numerous Fortune 500 company leadership teams.

Both the White House and Congressional leaders have called for patent reform to fix the underlying problems that give rise to patent troll lawsuits.

While the Trump administration wants to push an infrastructure - spending package, congressional leaders have more or less abandoned hopes for major changes to welfare programs and other items on their wish list.

It seems bizarre that the most reasonable understanding of why the 2008 bank crisis did not require a vast public subsidy for Wall Street occurred at Monday's Republican presidential debate on June 13, by none other than Congressional Tea Party leader Michele Bachmann — who had boasted in a Wall Street Journal interview two days earlier, on Saturday, that she voted against the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) «both times.»

All of which is to say that not only is Trump somewhat idiosyncratically hostile to trade, but there are at least some deep structural forces indicating that Trump has the «right» stance for a conservative Republican on this and trade - friendly GOP congressional leaders have the «wrong» one.

The provisions on TPP are almost certainly moot, as congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle say the deal will not come up for ratification in the lame duck congressional session.

The document, which was obtained by The Washington Post, underscores the growing chasm between congressional Republican leaders, who have maintained for months that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III should be allowed to proceed, and rank - and - file GOP lawmakers who have repeatedly battled the Justice Department during the past year.

For Immediate Release Congressional leaders unveiled late Wednesday a bipartisan spending agreement to fund the government through the remainder of...

But the letter sent to congressional leaders outlining the principles — signed by Trump himself — says that the document outlines «reforms that must be included as part of any legislation addressing the status of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients.»

Puerto Rico's governor, Ricardo Rosselló, is essentially begging Congress for help: «In addition to the immediate humanitarian crisis, Puerto Rico is on the brink of a massive liquidity crisis that will intensify in the immediate future,» he wrote in a letter Saturday to congressional leaders.

Hundreds of Christian leaders signed a letter sent Wednesday to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other congressional leaders voicing support for a bill...

While the Obama administration finds its own signature health care legislation so complicated to administer that it is now putting off implementation of the large - employer insurance mandate until 2015 (i.e., after the congressional midterm elections), it is forging ahead with its oppressive HHS contraception - sterilization - abortifacient mandate, despite repeated condemnations of it from countless religious leaders for nearly two years now.

Consistent with the Hoover Report's recommendations that the United States had to reconsider «long - standing American concepts of fair play» and «learn to subvert, sabotage and destroy our enemies,» the shadow government built alliances between U.S. government officials, the Mafia, and international drug cartels; assassinated many thousands of civilians in Southeast Asia; carried out or attempted assassination of foreign leaders; trained death squads and secret police forces; worked to shore up unpopular dictators like the Shah of Iran and the Somoza dictatorship in prerevolutionary Nicaragua; worked to destabilize «unfriendly» governments such as Allende in Chile and the Sandinistas in Nicaragua; cooperated with the Colombian drug cartel to plot the assassination of the former U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica, Lewis Tambs, with the intention of justifying a U.S. invasion of Nicaragua by blaming his death on the Sandinistas; contracted with the Reagan administration and the National Security Council to find ways of circumventing a congressional ban prohibiting aid to the contras, including the trading of arms to Iran in exchange for hostages and money for the contras; illegally shipped weapons from the United States to the contras and allowed returning planes to use the same protected flight paths to transport drugs into the United States; 11 targeted the U.S. people for disinformation campaigns; and helped prepare contingency plans for declaring a form of martial law in the United States that would have formally suspended constitutional freedoms.

Hundreds of Christian leaders signed a letter sent Wednesday to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other congressional leaders voicing support for a bill that would expand rehabilitation programs for prisoners suffering from drug or sexual addiction, grant job training and anger management classes to inmates, and expand risk assessment programs to match prisoners with programs that could help them.

The political action committee for Abbott Laboratories, the maker of U.S. market leader Similac, spent more than $ 1.5 million in contributions to federal and congressional candidates during the last election cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington - based watchdog of campaign contributions.

At our Congressional Champions Reception, leaders of Healthy Families America and Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) presented awards to two senators and two representatives who have taken the fight for home visiting to heart.

Cuomo criticized Congressional leaders earlier this year when lawmakers in the Senate failed to approve a new law that would create tighter requirements for background checks.

New York State Assembly Deputy Majority Leader Joe Morelle announced his intention to run for the 25th Congressional District during a press conference at the Local 13 Plumbers and Pipefitters meeting hall in Rochester.

The National Republican Congressional Campaign in a statement knocked Brindisi, linking him to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi — a strategy deployed in the special election this month for a Georgia House race won by by GOP candidate Karen Handel.

Republican NY - 23 congressional hopeful Matt Doheney is scheduled to meet privately this Monday in Washington, D.C. with leaders of the Club for Growth — the conservative organization that played a key role in the 2009 campaign of Doheny's primary opponent, Doug Hoffman, spending and / or bundling more than $ 1 million for his special election bid for the seat vacated by ex-Rep.

«I was really happy that the minority leader decided to come here and not only obviously rally for congressional Democrats but say how important it was for Democrats to work together on the state level.

Proudly calling himself the National Rifle Association's «Public Enemy No. 1,» U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer urged congressional Republican leaders top listen to the «millions and millions» of March for Our Lives protesters by introducing gun - control legislation.

Congressional leaders have clinched an agreement on a massive $ 1.3 trillion spending bill that President Donald Trump, for now, appears grudgingly willing to support.

Collins made the suggestion as the Trump team prepares for a much anticipated meeting with GOP congressional leaders Thursday in Washington.

Congressional leaders were slated to brief Trump on the perilous midterm landscape, with rising concern that the majorities of both houses could be up for grabs, this afternoon at Camp David.

All 22 female U.S. senators, Republicans and Democrats, penned a joint letter to Senate leaders complaining of their «deep disappointment» that the Senate has «failed» to push through sexual harassment reform for congressional workers.

Assemblywoman and Republican Congressional candidate Jane Corwin has reached out to Conservative party leaders in New York asking for their backing in the race for the 26th district.

Yun could not say for certain whether Crowley is indeed running for re-election as district leader, although she'll have to if she wants to keep the position — unless, of course, the party races are delayed (see explanation below)-- noting «we're focused on the congressional campaign right now.

In 2008, former Democratic congressional candidate Jack Davis apologized for $ 10,000 in payments he made to the wives of Western New York's most influential Independence Party leaders that critics called «bribes.»

A day after Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle (D - Irondequoit) announced that is a candidate for the 25th Congressional District seat left vacant by the death of Louise Slaughter, there is a candidate for Morelle's 136th district seat in the Assembly.

Crowley, a top Congressional Democrat and leader of the Queens Democratic Party, spent $ 69,700 in donated funds for the space.

He appeared, along with Democratic congressional leaders, at a joint fundraiser Wednesday on the sidelines of the Democratic convention in Charlotte, N.C., for Priorities USA, House Majority PAC and Majority PAC, which boosts Democratic Senate candidates.

While bloggers have kept the story simmering, Democratic congressional leaders also are speaking out, calling for investigations that could provoke the networks to finally cover the Times story — and, in effect, themselves.

Senate Democratic Leader Charles E. Schumer Tuesday called on the Office of Congressional Ethics to probe Price's stock trades, and New York's other Democratic senator, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, called for an SEC investigation.

John Faso (R - Kinderhook) is former Republican leader of the state Assembly and candidate for Congress in the 19th Congressional district.

John Faso, a former Assembly minory leader and the 2006 GOP gubernatorial nominee, has launched a new 527 committee for this campaign cycle — also known as a Super PAC — that will focus on raising cash to assist Republican congressional candidates around the state.

Cuomo, who said yesterday that he's working with Congressional leaders to make sure the cash received is «flexible» (in other words, that it carries few restrictions in terms of use), has so far made the biggest ask from the Obama administration: $ 42 billion for repairs and preventive measures.

The push from Democratic lawmakers came in a statement from Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins and Sen. Adriano Espaillat, who is running in a congressional primary this month for the 13th district in New York City.