Sentences with phrase «house members on»

Rep. Dan Maffei, one of several upstate House members on the GOP's target this fall, will get a boost Monday when President Clinton makes a quick stop in Central NY to headline a campaign rally on behalf of the Democratic freshman.

In today's Congressional Corner, New York representative Paul Tonko, a Democrat who represents the 20th district, tells WAMC's Alan Chartock that House members on both sides of the aisle are concerned about the sequester.

Sitting alone at a witness table before senators on Tuesday and House members on Wednesday, the co-founder of Facebook Inc. stuck closely to his intended theme that the world's largest social network didn't do enough to prevent its tools from being used for harm and to his mea culpa: «It was my mistake and I'm sorry.»

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Mr. Thiel has long stood out in Silicon Valley for his vocal libertarianism, but he drew heavy criticism from many tech - industry peers — including fellow Facebook board member Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix Inc. — when he backed Mr. Trump's presidential campaign and later served as an adviser on his White House transition team.

Rescinding the program could mean the loss of as much as $ 460 billion in economic output over the next decade, according to a recently released report from the House Committee on Small Business, which was released by ranking member Nydia Velázquez (D. - N.Y.)

Eight months earlier, when a Conservative member of the House of Commons finance committee asked him to comment on the merits of a balanced budget, Poloz demurred.

This photo provided by Rep. John Yarmuth, D - Ky., shows Democrat members of Congress, including Rep. John Lewis, D - Ga., center, and Rep. Joe Courtney, D - Conn., left, participate in sit - down protest seeking a a vote on gun control measures, Wednesday, June 22, 2016, on the floor of the House on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Since Prince Harry and Markle announced their engagement on the Clarence House Twitter account — Clarence House is the organization that represents Harry's father, Prince Charles — other members of the royal family have expressed their happiness for the couple.

In it Waxman, who is ranking member of the House Committee on Energy and Finance, writes:

WHITE HOUSE, citing a study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: «If all member nations met their obligations, the impact on the climate would be negligible,» curbing temperature rise by «less than.2 degrees Celsius in 2100.»

Downing Street has ruled out such membership, preferring to be able to negotiate free trade deals with the rest of the world, but the majority of members in the upper house of the U.K.'s parliament, the House of Lords, have voted against that, forcing a debate on the ihouse of the U.K.'s parliament, the House of Lords, have voted against that, forcing a debate on the iHouse of Lords, have voted against that, forcing a debate on the issue.

Some wonks — and more than a few members of Congress — are seizing on language in the 14th Amendment they claim would let the White House order the Treasury to borrow.

Limiting the audience to students forced new members to use their real identity, but it also meant Zuckerberg wasn't betting the house on a single launch.

Ruby's Diner Veterans and active duty members of the military are invited to enjoy a Ruby's adult entrée on the house.

The New York Times reports that the witnesses told members of the House Subcommittee on Indian, Insular, and Alaska Native Affairs that Congress should appoint a federal control board — that is, take over management of the island.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer speaks during a meeting on trade held by U.S. President Donald Trump with governors and members of Congress at the White House on April 12, 2018 in Washington, DC.

His group has asked its 14,000 members for data on how the legislation has improved their businesses and the lives of their employees, and is preparing to share it with the White House and congressional leadership.

Another Tea Party freshman, Graves sits on the powerful House Committee on Appropriations, and is another member of the Republican Study Committee and the Tea Party Caucus.

During his 10 years in the House, he served on the powerful Appropriations Committee, and as a member of the Liberty Caucus and the Republican Study Committee.

The strategy is intended to produce a bipartisan majority vote for Mr. Brennan in the Senate Intelligence Committee without giving its members seven additional legal opinions on targeted killing sought by senators and while protecting what the White House views as the confidentiality of the Justice Department's legal advice to the president.

At UNC — much as athletes need a minimum GPA to remain eligible to compete — each Greek house needs to achieve a minimum average GPA among its members to maintain university recognition and stay on campus.

On July 13, the House defeated a proposal that would have prevented the Pentagon from funding gender - confirmation surgery and hormone therapy for service members.

As a financial regulator during the time, I worked with members of the House and Senate on some of the Dodd - Frank provisions and helped craft (and vote for) over 60 regulations.

Speaker Paul Ryan, R - Wis., greets Toss Valentine, right, of Concord, N.C., after a news conference with GOP leadership and members of the House Ways and Means Committee in Longworth Building to unveil the Republicans» tax reform plan on November 2, 2017.

Speaking to the House of Commons» Treasury Select Committee (TSC) on Tuesday, Monetary Policy Committee member Gertjan Vlieghe told MPs: «We are probably not going to forecast the next financial crisis, nor are we going to forecast the next recession.

United Airlines said on Wednesday it planned to testify at an upcoming U.S. House Transportation Committee hearing on commercial airline consumer issues after a passenger was dragged off an April 9 flight in Chicago to make room for crew members.

USA Today in late February reported that Shulkin's assistant secretary for public and intergovernmental affairs, John Ullyot, in a call initiated by Cashour, had lobbied a senior aide on the House Committee on Veterans Affairs to persuade members of Congress to call the White House and request Shulkin's ouster.

Blasted «Liddle» Adam Schiff, the «leakin» monster» and ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee;

Seven of the White House councils» 37 members resigned this week, led by Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier's exit on Monday from the manufacturing council.

During a White House gun control roundtable on Wednesday, Vice President Mike Pence brought up gun violence restraining orders, which would permit a family member or someone close to a potentially dangerous individual to petition a court to have the person's weapons temporarily confiscated.

The Play: After a private meeting with Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary John Paulson on the impending financial crisis on September 16, 2008, Bachus — then the Ranking Member on the House Financial Services Committee — bet against the stock market, netting himself tens of thousands of dollars.

Investigators say a large metal cage locker that housed the samples was «intentionally» set on fire with gasoline on May 1, the same day the sailor's unit initiated a full drug test for its members, according to an affidavit filed Aug. 15.

White House officials confirmed that Trump had dismissed Bannon, his chief strategist, on August 18 after reports of clashes between Bannon and other members of the White House reached a fever pitch in recent days.

California Rep. Adam Schiff, the ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee, also told The Atlantic that «only very select components of what Steele reported about Page were included in the application.»

«In light of the significant concerns that have been raised by members of our caucus, and in light of the irresponsible and inherently contradictory messages coming out of the White House today, I would recommend that we withdraw consideration of the bill today, to give us more time to address the privacy questions that have been raised, as well as to get a clear statement from the administration about their position on the bill,» Schiff said on the House floor.

Democrats on Thursday moved to press White House senior adviser Stephen Miller on his knowledge of Russian contacts with members of President Donald Trump's campaign.

Cummings is a ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Speaking on a panel at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas, Cuban told audience members he «wouldn't say never» when it comes to a potential White House bid, CNBC reports.

But she's so starved for information on ICF houses that she asks a Canadian reporter to give a presentation to her members.

As the House tax committee worked on its bill, members of the Senate weighed new approaches to corporate taxes, deductions...

We've had anywhere from 37 virtual staff members, built up of freelancers, to currently 10 paid full - time employees in house on payroll.

Now, members will also have a chance to see President Trump at the resort, as he plans to use it as his «Winter White House,» CNBC reports — the main mansion on the resort has more than 100 rooms, including a private quarter for the Trump family.

That's an assessment they disagree with, but Frank said GOP House members now will be hard - pressed to reject the wishes of their community bankers, who have called on House Speaker Paul Ryan, R - Wis., to bring the Senate bill up for a vote.

He currently serves as a member of the International Board of Covenant House and is on the Board of the New Jersey Reentry Corporation.

The Committee on Foreign Investments has nine members, including the secretaries of the treasury, state, defense, homeland security, commerce and energy; the attorney general; and representatives from two White House offices (the United States Trade Representative and the Office of Science and Technology Policy).

Under the current system of lax or non-existent restrictions on political spending, billionaire givers are at least as influential as any individual member of the House or Senate, probably a bigger deal than the chairmen of the two major political parties.

Ruth Marcus at the Washington Post on Sunday reported that President Trump, in the early months of his administration, asked White House staff members to sign nondisclosure agreements vowing not to reveal confidential information.

Despite some pushback from opposition party members, The Companies and Limited Liability Company (Initial Coin Offering) Act successfully navigated Bermuda's House of Assembly on April 27, 2018.

He will take questions from members of both houses of Congress as well and spent Monday on Capitol Hill meeting with lawmakers.

Rep. Ann Wagner, R - Mo., who sponsored the Retail Investor Protection Act, bipartisan legislation passed in the House that would require the Securities and Exchange Commission, not DOL, to take the lead on crafting a fiduciary rule, said Wednesday that she was «working closely with House leadership and members of the Education and Workforce Committee on using the Congressional Review Act to stop [DOL's] ill - advised rule.»