Sentences with phrase «democratic policy committee»

Maud has a PhD in Sociology and has done research and public policy post-doctoral fellowships at the University of Chicago and in the U.S. Senate Democratic Policy Committee.

As if to illustrate that point, Representative George Miller (D — CA), who chaired the 30 April hearing and represents the congressional district just north of Berkeley, commented that «as chairman of the [House] Education [and Labor] Committee and chair of the Democratic Policy Committee, I meet all of the time with leaders from the research - university community.»

The National Democratic Policy Committee (NDPC), a political action committee, is regarded as the successor to the USLP.

The Senate Democratic Policy Committee plan replaced the original S.Res.

Hoping to correct that problem, Reid tasked Schumer with leading the development and coordination of the party's message and, in so doing, merged the Democratic Policy Committee and the Senate Democratic Communication Center.

«I believe that Secretary Rumsfeld and others in the administration did not tell the American people the truth for fear of losing support for the war in Iraq,» retired Maj. Gen. John R. S. Batiste said in remarks prepared for a hearing by the Senate Democratic Policy Committee.

The Senate Democratic Policy Committee held a hearing on contracting abuses in Iraq.

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Recently hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) revealed that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee instructed candidates not to «offer support» for Black Lives Matter's «concrete policy positions.»

Republicans have called on the House Financial Services Committee to hold a hearing, while Democratic Congressman Dennis Kucinich, chairman of the domestic policy subcommittee of House Oversight Committee, is planning his own probe.

The Democratic committee is touting a surge of 675,000 new supporters in January, many of whom joined the cause amid nationwide protests against Trump's policies.

Democratic legislators, who are far outnumbered in the House and Senate and wield no power over which legislation gets considered, tried repeatedly over three committee hearings on Monday and Tuesday to amend the gun control bills to include an assault weapons ban and other, more stringent policies.

Miner, a former state Democratic Committee co-chairwoman, has been a critic of the governor over the years when it comes to local government policy.

She has also been close to a de Blasio rival, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who selected her as a vice chair of the state Democratic Committee and has provided public support for the governor's policies.

Established by parliament in 1994, the Intelligence and Security Committee provides democratic scrutiny of the finances, policy and administration of our three intelligence agencies — MI5, MI6 and GCHQ.

Since then, he rose through the party's ranks to lead its campaign committee for four years before becoming chairman of the Democratic Policy and Communications Ccommittee for four years before becoming chairman of the Democratic Policy and Communications CommitteeCommittee.

TROY — A Democratic proposal for a bipartisan committee to update Rensselaer County's policies and procedures for dealing with sexual harassment never made it out of committee as the Republican majority refused to pass it on to the full County Legislature for consideration.

First, push to adopt the policy recommendations from Citizens Union's 2013 report on political clubs to curb excess influence over institutions like the Democratic County Committee.

«Below is a series of questions that will help the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee get a better idea of what's important to you and your constituents.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is reinstalling fellow California Democrat George Miller as co-chairman of the Steering and Policy Committee, a Democratic leadership aide confirmed to CQ Roll Call on Monday evening.

A month later, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D - Brooklyn), Brooklyn's youngest congressman, was elected to one of three co-chairmanship positions atop the Democratic delegation's Policy and Communications Committee.

According to Diaz, who chairs the Senate's Puerto Rican / Latino Caucus, Sampson has appointed Sen. Martin Malavé Dilan to serve as assistant minority leader for Senate Policy and Administration; Sen. José Peralta to serve as Senate Democratic Conference minority whip; and Sen. Adriano Espaillat, to serve as chair of Senate Minority Business Development and as the ranking member of the Senate Housing Committee.

Thankfully, the democratic nature of the Liberal Democrats means that our elected Federal Policy Committee has the final say over what goes in the manifesto.

According to Ross Barkan at the Village Voice, the New York State Democratic Committee, which is supposed to help Democrats get elected across the state, spends much of its money on Cuomo's campaigns and policy priorities.

Members of the Liberal Democrat Federal Policy Committee — together with Social Liberal Form Council members — have written to the Times reasserting the party's democratic and independent manifesto process.

Miner is a former state Democratic Committee co-chair who departed the role after a public disagreement with Gov. Andrew Cuomo over local government policy.

The win for central New York comes after Miner, a former state Democratic Committee co-chairwoman, has publicly criticized Gov. Andrew Cuomo's policies, including his proposal to smooth out pension costs as a way to alleviate local government costs.

Since then, she has co-chaired his transtition committee, become a NYPA trustee and been a staunch advocate for a number of his policies, including his controversial pension smoothing proposal that has caused so much friction between Cuomo and his hand - picked state Democratic Party co-chair, Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner.

The Morse campaign goes as far to say that Breslin is «aligning himself» with the policies of the Committee to Save New York — an interesting choice to make a villain here, considering that the business group backs Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's fiscal agenda.

Brooklyn Congressman Hakeem Jeffries won election last night to one of three co-chairmanship positions atop the Democratic delegation's Policy and Communications Committee — which will craft the minority party's platform in unified Republican Washington.

It is supposed to work in cooperation with the state and national Democratic Committees to develop official party policies and positions and communicate them to the public.

Our correspondent Tom Foreman will be fact checking a new ad out Tuesday from the Democratic National Committee about House Minority Leader John Boehner's economic policies.

They're working with the town and county Democratic committees on initiatives including get - out - the - vote campaigns in an effort to defeat Zeldin, whom they describe as tightly allied with Trump and his policies, said Eileen Duffy, a Quogue food writer who helped found the group.

List of Supporting Organizations: • African Services Committee • Albany County Central Federation of Labor • Alliance for Positive Change • ATLI - Action Together Long Island • Brooklyn Kindergarten Society • NY Immigration Coalition • Catholic Charities • Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens • Catholic Charities of Buffalo • Catholic Charities of Chemung / Schuyler • Catholic Charities of Diocese of Albany • Catholic Charities of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse • CDRC • Center for Independence of the Disabled NY • Children Defense Fund • Chinese - American Planning Council, Inc. • Citizen Action of New York • Coalition for the Homeless • Coalition on the Continuum of Care • Community Food Advocates • Community Health Net • Community Healthcare Network • Community Resource Exchange (CRE) • Day Care Council of New York • Dewitt Reformed Church • Early Care & Learning Council • East Harlem Block Nursery, Inc. • Family Reading Partnership of Chemung Valley • Fiscal Policy Institute • Food & Water Watch • Forestdale, Inc. • FPWA • GOSO • GRAHAM WINDHAM • Greater New York Labor Religion Coalition • HCCI • Heights and Hills • Housing and Services, Inc. • Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement • Jewish Family Service • Labor - Religion Coalition of NYS • Latino Commission on AIDS • LEHSRC • Make the Road New York • MercyFirst • Met Council • Metro New York Health Care for All • Mohawk Valley CAA • NAMI • New York Association on Independent Living • New York Democratic County Committee • New York State Community Action Association • New York State Network for Youth Success • New York StateWide Senior Action Council • NYSCAA • Park Avenue Christian Church (DoC) / UCC • Partnership with Children • Met Council • Professional Staff Congress • PSC / CUNY AFT Local 2334 • ROCitizen • Schenectady Community Action Program, Inc. • SCO Family of Services • SICM — Schenectady Community Ministries • Sunnyside Community Services • Supportive Housing Network of New York, Inc • The Alliance for Positive Change • The Children's Village • The Door — A Center of Alternatives • The Radical Age Movement • UJA - Federation of New York • United Neighborhood Houses • University Settlement • Urban Pathways, Inc • Women's Center for Education & Career Advancement

The voters are saying no to those who want to join the Democratic Senate «CRAZY» Committee they know that their policies are «INSANE»

Dear Friend, The Democratic National Committee has put forth what has been hailed as the most progressive policy platform in its history.

But Miner, a former state Democratic Committee co-chairwoman until a falling out with the governor, said more needs to be on the policy front.

The Westchester County Legislature's Democratic Caucus» goal for an early summer approval of legislation to set forth a policy on immigration enforcement may be unlikely, with the proposal still pending in three separate committees.

That policy contrasts with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which took sides in primaries this cycle, publicly declaring its preferred recruits and even strong - arming some candidates out of races.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee hammered the lawmaker on Thursday, and questioned the effectiveness of the bipartisan group in crafting policy.

Washington (CNN)- Former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Howard Dean has penned an open letter to President Obama asking for immediate action on the controversial «don't ask, don't tell» policy that prohibits gays from serving openly in the military.

Jessica Post, executive director of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, which works to win and defend state legislative majorities, added that «the fight for a Democratic state Senate majority is one that should be joined by anyone who claims to care about standing up to the backward policies coming from the Trump administration.»

On a conference call with reporters, Rep. Debbie Wasserman - Schultz, Democratic National Committee communications director Brad Woodhouse and Ohio Democratic Party chairman Chris Redfern pounded home the message that no matter what House Minority Leader John Boehner says on Tuesday, his policies would bring America back to «the last eight years.»

He or she is a member of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee; names the members of the Democratic Leadership Council; chairs the Policy Committee; and heads the Steering Committee.

In a statement, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman Chris Van Hollen called Murphy's victory a referendum on President Obama's economic policies.

The former senior advisor to President Bill Clinton and political director of the Democratic National Committee displayed his policy background identifying various federal programs he could tap into to bring more funding to the district.

Westchester County's Democratic Caucus is mounting some political pressure in hopes of bringing to the floor a vote on legislation that would set forth a policy on immigration enforcement, despite it not even making it out of committee yet.

UPDATE: Murphy's campaign said the initiative «organized under the umbrella of Murphy's re-election committee, will fund organizers to work in collaboration with the campaigns of the Connecticut Congressional delegation and the Connecticut Democratic Party to recruit and train volunteers, offer action alerts to existing organizing groups, provide messaging help to grassroots activists, and provide a conduit between local activism and the fight in Washington to defeat the reckless policies of the Trump administration.»

Terry Lierman, a former Maryland Democratic Party chairman who has been helping O'Malley raise money for a political action committee, said the governor is smart to be spending this year studying foreign and domestic policy and building a network of supporters.

In an extraordinary break with a new policy that has been ballyhooed by Cuomo, a wing of the governor's own party — the Otsego County Democratic Committee — has registered its disagreement with significant aspects of the so - called assault weapon legislation.

The congressman secured such a role for himself last month, becoming one of three members elected by his colleagues to lead the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee — which will craft the minority party's platform.