Sentences with phrase «majority leader bill»

In a conversation with NAR President Thomas M. Stevens, Majority Leader Bill Frist (R - Tenn.)

In a blog for Forbes, former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist reiterated the incredible results CHIP has had for working families.

As former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist recently wrote in Forbes, «CHIP is what a successful, effective government program looks like.»

Which is why, having given the first word to Mr. Delay, I'll give the closer to Washington Monthly blogger Kevin Drum, who invokes Election 2006 (and, by default, 2008) as well as an official investigation of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's recent stock sale.

Sen. Litzow joins former Republican Senate Majority Leader Bill Finkbeiner and a number of Democratic legislators who have already endorsed I - 732, including Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon, chair of the House Environment Committee.

Previously, she served as Director of Technical Assistance at the State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE), a nonprofit and non-partisan advocacy and research institution, founded by former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.

SCORE is headed - up by former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.

Senators Arlen Specter (R - PA) and Tom Harkin (D - IA) held a press conference today to announce they have sent a letter to Senate majority leader Bill Frist (R - TN) urging him to schedule a vote on an identically worded Senate bill that was introduced in February.

This week, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson and former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist - all Republicans - endorsed the idea.

Santorum has become, perhaps, the most visible Senate Republican other than Majority Leader Bill Frist.

In Ward 7 Democrat Maryanne Mills will take on Republican / Conservative Curtis Dankelman to succeed longtime alderman and council Majority Leader Bill Reynolds.

In response, Council Majority Leader Bill Carey (D - Ward 5) suggested further clarification and amendment of the law.

Saltsman has both Huckabee and former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (Tenn.) on his side in the RNC race but it remains to be seen whether he can catapult himself into the top tier over the next month or so.

In Ward 7, former alderman and council majority leader Bill Reynolds was nominated after incumbent Maryann Mills failed to receive a second.

While Brown expressed skepticism about the agreement, Majority Leader Bill Carey (D - Ward 5) said that the proposal might be the best deal the city could get.

Common Council Majority Leader Bill Reynolds is stepping down after representing the residential east side neighborhoods of the Seventh Ward

Common Council Majority Leader Bill Reynolds is stepping down after representing the residential east side neighborhoods of the Seventh Ward for nearly two decades.

Edgar Bronfman Jr., chairman and CEO, Warner Music Group Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee: $ 15,000 Harold Ford Jr. for Tennessee: $ 1,000 Ford, a Democrat, is running against GOP incumbent and Senate majority leader Bill Frist.

Earlier this month, former Senate majority leader Bill Frist, now the chairman of a Christian global health nonprofit called Hope Through Healing Hands, penned an op - ed for CT similarly decrying Trump's cuts.

General Assembly House majority leader Bill Frick, a Democratic candidate for Montgomery County executive, tweeted: «MoCo, NoVa and DC all made the cut for @amazon HQ2.

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«Well, let me just say Mr. President, you made the case for the tax bill,» Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said.

Their moves comes after Collins told reporters on Tuesday that she had confirmed with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that he would support the two insurance bills as well as a measure waiving an automatic cut in Medicare that the tax bill could trigger.

McCain joined two other Republican senators, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who voted against the bill and quashed Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's plan to upend the US healthcare system after 20 hours of debate.

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 wish.

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R - WI) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R - KY) have signaled a willingness to return before Sept. 6, but only if Democrats drop their objections to the Republican - crafted bill.

Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell want to pass a tax bill this year.

«[The legislation] does not take steps toward coverage and access for all Americans, and while insurers are still required to offer coverage to patients with pre-existing conditions, allowing states to get waivers to vary premiums based on health status would allow insurers to charge unaffordable premiums based on those pre-existing conditions,» wrote American Medical Association (AMA) president Dr. James Madara in a letter urging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to shelve the Graham - Cassidy bill on Tuesday.

Sen. Rand Paul, R - Ky., whom Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell persuaded not to delay the Senate vote on the bill, also urged Trump to «veto this sad excuse for legislation.»

However, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said a revised version of the bill is expected to come Thursday morning.

A number of GOP Senators are saying that the Senate's health care bill probably won't get a vote until the later part of July — a pretty clear departure from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's hope to get the legislation out of the way before last week's 4th of July recess.

In the meantime, the political math has become far more demanding for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, with key GOP Senators saying they won't even vote yes on the motion to proceed on the bill, much less the legislation itself.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has yet again delayed a vote on the Senate's controversial health care bill — this time, because Arizona Sen. John McCain is recovering from surgery (and without him, there aren't enough votes to pass the legislation).

Sen. Elizabeth Warren has delivered a ferocious attack on congressional Republicans and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over a medical research bill, putting fellow Democrats on the spot by pushing them to oppose a measure she said «is corrupt, and it is very, very dangerous.»

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that he will retreat, and try to pass the more straightforward Obamacare repeal bill that Republicans approved while Obama was still in office and certain to veto it.

Republicans and some Wall Street analysts warn that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's decision to blow up the filibuster on presidential nominations will lead to an even darker period of partisan acrimony, throwing into question the ability of Congress to pass a bill to fund the government past January and raise the debt limit in February.

After Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell unveiled his first health care bill on June 22, it was almost immediately clear it would not pass without compromises between the Republican Party's various factions.

But Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is reportedly at odds with GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan on whether or not to use reconciliation and pass another major bill without any Democratic votes.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell began a successful «motion to proceed» vote on the chamber's Obamacare repeal bill around 2:30 pm Tuesday.

When Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell selected the group of 13 lawmakers who would work on drafting a health care bill to replace the Affordable Care Act in May, none of the five female Republican Senators were included.

He also thanked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. Orrin Hatch, the second highest - ranking Republican in the chamber, for «shepherding our bill through the Senate.

(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 I still have confidence that Trump and Congress can deliver on a grand infrastructure deal — the president has been turning up the heat on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, writing on Twitter that the Kentucky senator needs to «get back to work» and put «a great Infrastructure Bill on my desk for signing.»

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R - KY) and Trump have promised to send Texas officials an aid package worth billions of dollars — meanwhile, nobody seems to know how funding will work out in a bill to avert a looming government shutdown.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R - Ky., flanked by, Small Business Administration Administrator Linda McMahon, left, and Sen. Roger Wicker, R - Miss., speaks to a group of small business owners as Republicans work to pass their sweeping tax bill.

I am also pleased that the Majority Leader has committed to bring the bipartisan DACA bill we are currently negotiating to the Senate floor in January,» Flake said.

Bill Frist, MD, is a former US Senate Majority Leader, surgeon, and chairman of Hope Through Healing Hands, a global health organization committed to improving the quality of life for communities around the world using health as a currency for peace.

«Today, the New York State Senate acted on an important bill sponsored by Senator Felder that will protect hardworking New Yorkers from $ 1.5 billion in new and higher taxes, and prevent the state from receiving a windfall from recently enacted federal tax changes,» Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos criticized New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday for attempting to help Democrats gain full control of the state Senate as «inappropriate.»

That's thanks largely to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, who was the first to suggest additional disaster aid — remember that FEMA only has about $ 800 million on hand, which is less than even New York's estimated storm bill of $ 1 billion — be offset by other budget cuts.

In theory, any supporter of the bill or nomination in question could do the same, but traditionally it's been the majority leader.