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Having been demoted from foreign secretary to leader of the house in 1989 — although he was given the largely meaningless title of Deputy PM to soften the blow — Howe quit in November 1990, and in one of the great acts of Commons theatre used his resignation speech to savage Thatcher over the Poll Tax and Europe.

(9) Theresa's fashion sense and dance routine were featured prominently in yesterday's London Evening Standard and there are lots more photographs of the Shadow Leader of the House in this morning's newspapers.

The recently completed state budget was the first real test of the new Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie's leadership, who became the leader of that house in early February.

The recently completed state budget was the first real test of the new New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie's leadership, who became the leader of that house in early February.

That is why he made Beveridge founder, Alistair Carmichael, deputy chief whip in the new government (as Callaghan had made the lefty rebel, Michael Foot, leader of the House in 1976).

He was rewarded with his first cabinet post in the 1970 government and promoted to become leader of the House in 1972.

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WASHINGTON — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has long been congressional Republicans» favorite boogeyman to link opponents to in the hopes of cultivating a narrative of out of touch, liberal elitism.

«The President multiple times reaffirmed in general to all of us, and looked at Larry Kudlow, and said Larry go get it done,» Sasse said after exiting a White House meeting with the President about trade and agriculture that he attended with several governors and congressional leaders who represent states that they say will be adversely impacted by the President's recently announced tariffs.

The former ExxonMobil CEO is only the latest in a long line of departed White House leaders, but he is arguably the most prominent to date.

In the meantime, a group of House lawmakers has sent a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell demanding four major conservative tents to remain in place in any bill — and on one issue, they may get their wisIn the meantime, a group of House lawmakers has sent a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell demanding four major conservative tents to remain in place in any bill — and on one issue, they may get their wisin place in any bill — and on one issue, they may get their wisin any bill — and on one issue, they may get their wish.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed Chagger minister of small business and tourism last year, and leader of the government in the House of Commons in August.

The White House wants leaders from Canada and Mexico, the other two members of the trade deal, to announce the framework of an agreement at the Summit of the Americas in Peru, which starts April 13, Bloomberg reported.

«Steinbrueck behaves like a bull in a china shop,» said Michael Meister, deputy leader of Merkel's conservatives in the Bundestag (lower house of parliament).

Layton was, for most of the last decade, the tireless leader of the New Democratic Party (traditionally Canada's «third» party), and eventually led it during its historical first turn as the Official Opposition in the House of Commons.

According to Wolfango Piccoli, from analysis firm Teneo Intelligence, the Five Star leader faces a dilemma: partner up with Lega and risk alienating his own party due to conflicting platforms, or run the risk of holding multiple inconclusive voting rounds and not end up with a speaker in the House.

That happened before a score of business leaders fled two White House - backed corporate advisory boards, citing Trump's controversial comments about a neo-Nazi demonstration in Charlottesville, Va..

Meanwhile, GOP leader Donald Trump has seen his lead in Wisconsin evaporate, giving way to Ted Cruz, as Trump has clashed with Republican leaders in the state such as former presidential candidate Gov. Scott Walker and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (a Wisconsin congressman).

«We have enough votes to show them never to do this again,» Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi told members of her party, behind closed doors, according to a source in the room.

When the collection of major works housed at the city's world - class Detroit Institute of Arts Museum was in danger of being liquidated to pay off municipal debt, the federal mediator, Judge Gerald Rosen, city emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, and other civic leaders leaned heavily on community and national foundations, lawmakers and the museum itself to put their money where their masterpieces were.

More than 1,200 veterans representing every branch of the military sent a letter to House and Senate leaders on February 12, saying that «strategic investments in the State Department and USAID will be essential if we are to solidify our hard - fought gains and prevent other bad actors from filling the void» around the world.

These votes apparently raised the the ire of the GOP House leaders, who voted last week to strip Amash of his position on the Budget Committee in the next Congress.

House Minority Leader John Boehner, R - Ohio, smokes a cigarette after a news conference outside of Tart Lumber Company in Sterling, Va..

White House spokesman Sean Spicer said last week that the administration expected to make a decision on whether to remain a party to the deal by the time leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations meet in late May.

At the White House, spokesman Jay Carney said the administration remains in contact with congressional leaders despite the collapse of talks last Friday and inconclusive discussions this past weekend.

«Both leaders condemned North Korea's September 9 nuclear test and resolved to strengthen coordination in achieving the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, including by invigorating cooperation in the United Nations Security Council and in law enforcement channels on North Korea,» a White House statement said.

Vladislav Reznik, now the deputy head of the finance committee in Russia's lower house of parliament and a member of the Putin - aligned United Russia Party, faces charges accusing him of giving allies of the criminal organization's alleged leader, Gennady Petrov, positions in the Russian government in exchange for a share of the organization's assets.

Trump met with Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer at the White House earlier on Friday in search of a breakthrough.

U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady (R - TX)(C) holds up a tax filing «postcard» as Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan (R - WI)(L) and Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R - KY)(R) looks on during a press event on tax reform September 27, 2017 at the Capitol in Washington, DC.

At the end of March, for example, Musk chipped in $ 50,000 to an organization run by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy that's meant to boost his GOP allies.

«It's not surprising to anybody who knows Rob that he's avoided the squabbles and turf battles that have consumed so many others in this White House,» Brian McGuire, a former chief of staff to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, told Business Insider.

One day after Trump accepted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's invitation to meet, Tillerson was woken up in his hotel room by a phone call from White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, sources said in the report.

When asked whether House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republicans in Congress would consider his trillion - dollar infrastructure plan, Trump boasted he was popular with the party's leaders on Capitol Hill.

I think she is astonishingly good in terms of running the Congress and as a Democratic leader,» Steyer, who is also from California, said after being asked whether Pelosi should remain the House Democrats» leader.

Billionaire Tom Steyer, one of the leading Democratic donors in the 2018 election cycle, has plenty of praise for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D - Calif., but he stopped short of publicly supporting her to lead the party in Congress after this year's midterm elections.

A moderate, Lamb is personally opposed to abortion, not in favor of a ban on assault rifles, and has stated that he wouldn't support Nancy Pelosi as the Democrats» House leader.

Loblaw has been a world leader when it comes to creating an in - house label that is every bit as good, if not better, than the leading national competitors, says David Soberman, national chair in strategic marketing at the Rotman School of Management.

Bardish Chagger (Portrait by Jessica Deeks) Bardish Chagger Minister for Small Business and Tourism and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons Follow: @BardishKW Follow: @MinofSBT

(Bloomberg)-- The White House is scaling back its plan to seek cuts from already - passed spending bills in the face of resistance from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and spending panel Republicans, two GOP congressional aides briefed on the plan said Thursday.

And the administration has made clear in recent days it will leave formal drafting of a tax bill to GOP leaders on the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees who have been part of the so - called Big Six negotiating group, which includes Mnuchin and National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn.

Prominent civil rights leader John Lewis has represented Georgia in the US House of Representatives since 1987.

In the lead - up to his dinner at the White House planned for Thursday night, Chinese premier Xi Jinping met with the people who really run things: Leaders of the world's biggest tech companies.

For Pompeo, a long list of pressing issues awaits, including a decision on the Iran nuclear deal, Trump's upcoming summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and ongoing disagreements in the White House about the future U.S. role in Syria.

Senate Democrats have been frustrated by a lack of movement by Cornyn and other Republican leaders, and say GOP leadership in the House and Senate is the reason Congress has not been able to act to prevent another mass shooting like Parkland.

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump is set to unveil a framework for tax reform, building off work done by the so - called Big Six: a group of top tax policymakers in the Trump administration (Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and National Economic Council director Gary Cohn), the Senate (Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Finance Committee chair Orrin Hatch), and the House (Speaker Paul Ryan and Ways and Means Committee chair Kevin Brady).

Younger is a leader for women's health, safety and economic security, and most notably, was a leader of Prosperity Together, the initiative announced at the White House in November that will provide $ 118 million in funding for women and girls of color.

Texas and South Carolina are home to leading opponents of the bank, including Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, a Tea Party favorite and Republican presidential candidate; Representative Jeb Hensarling of Texas, who, as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has defied Speaker John A. Boehner and refused to bring any bank bill to a vote in his panel; and Representative Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina, a leader among conservatives in the House.

Established in 1973, when foreign governments hailed Canada as a world leader in freshwater science and protection, the library housed tens of thousands of reports, maps, charts and books, including material dating back to the 1880s.

Trump was about to hold a meeting with military leaders at the White House Monday to discuss the situation in Syria when he fielded a string of questions from reporters about the probe and attacked Mueller.

If the House passes their bill and the Senate passes theirs, they'll have to hammer out a version in conference committee that satisfies House leaders while not running afoul of the long - run deficit rule.

New Democratic Party leader Thomas Mulcair speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa September 15, 2014.