Sentences with phrase «other federal lawmakers»

Other federal lawmakers called for different steps today.

Mr. Rangel's congressional colleagues will be supporting Mr. Rangel at a fund - raiser later this week headlined by Queens Democratic Party Chair Joe Crowley, two other federal lawmakers — Grace Meng and Gregory Meeks — and former Gov. David Paterson, an ex-state senator from Harlem.

Not exact matches

Bills to raise the federal minimum wage, currently at $ 7.25 an hour, for other workers have gotten signficant pushback from lawmakers, who recently killed legislation in the Senate.

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.

He was among lawmakers critical of Comey's decision not to prosecute Clinton in the email server investigation, saying other government officials would have been prosecuted if they handled classified information like Clinton did, but federal officials disagree with that assessment.

But we also need to ensure that government agencies like the Federal Trade Commission hold companies accountable (especially companies like Facebook who are already subject to a settlement agreement based on previous privacy violations), and we need Congress and other lawmakers to strengthen privacy protections.

New York state last month passed a similar measure that makes it illegal to advertise apartments for fewer than 30 days in New York City, and lawmakers have pushed the federal government to take a closer look at Airbnb and other home - sharing sites on accusations of creating housing shortages and driving up rental costs.

Because of the surprising nature of the rollout, the administration wasn't able to notify senior officials in multiple federal agencies, State Department officials who needed to notify other countries of the drastic measures, or lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

News that lobbyist Richard Lipsky is cooperating with federal prosecutors has some lawmakers on edge, and others predicting more indictments.

Collins and other lawmakers are trying to implement the National Firefighter Cancer Registry Act, which would allow the Centers for Disease and Control (CDC) to establish and improve how cancer rates are monitored among all firefighters with a federal registry.

The symposium's timeliness wasn't lost on Ravitch or other participants: Two former legislative leaders, Democrat Assemblyman Sheldon Silver and Republican Sen. Dean Skelos, are awaiting sentencing following federal corruption convictions — just the latest in a jailhouse parade of disgraced lawmakers.

The lawmakers, who sat under a canopy armed with several placards with different inscriptions such as «we are ready for arrest», «harassing Ekiti lawmakers / government won't give you 2018,» «No matter your media trial and blackmail, on Fayose we stand» and «leave Fayose alone» among others to denounce the federal government's alleged intimidation and harassment of the governor.

At the same time, Cuomo said he was worried federal lawmakers and the Trump administration would seek other ways of running roughshod over states» rights beyond the tax law approved last month as well as federal immigration policy.

Others include members of the Federal Executive Council, presidential media team, lawmakers and party chieftains of the ruling APC.

Other GOP lawmakers have been more vocal in defending last year's federal Stream Protection Rule as one necessary to beat back what they perceive as overreaching regulatory actions, specifically when it comes to protecting the coal industry.

A Manhattan federal judge sentenced Seminerio to six years in prison Feb. 4 for abusing his power as a lawmaker and extorting money out of hospitals, nonprofits and other groups in exchange for lobbying state officials on their behalf.

In the meantime, he says his office and federal prosecutors will continue to scrutinize lawmakers whose per diem payments and other travel expenses don't add up.

It ends with a call for state and federal lawmakers to reject campaign contributions from gun rights groups like the NRA, enact stricter licensing and registration requirements for guns, a ban on «all classes of weapons that do not serve the specific uses of personal protection and sport shooting» and other gun control measures.

After returning to Washington, Clinton worked with other lawmakers to secure billions of dollars in federal aid for New York to assist in the city's recovery.

This is as family members, relatives, friends, officials of federal and state governments, lawmakers, envoys among others have showing up at the private health facility to show concern.

I don't try to interfere in what goes on in other geo - political zone, except in the course of performing my constitutional duty as a federal lawmaker.

U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D - Bayside) has joined the chorus of lawmakers calling for tighter arms control after a gunman in Arizona shot a U.S. congresswoman in the head and killed six others, including a federal judge and the 9 - year - old granddaughter of a former New York Mets manager.

Since 2007, Spitzer and then - Comptroller Alan Hevesi resigned in disgrace, former Gov. David Paterson paid a fine to settle an ethics charge, former Republican Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno was convicted of federal corruption charges, former Democratic Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. was accused in corruption charges and several other lawmakers have been charged and investigated in state and federal investigations in an unprecedented string of cases.

The two top legislative leaders have been arrested on federal corruption charges this year, and two other top lawmakers were convicted this summer of fraud and lying to FBI agents.

State lawmakers across the country are weighing a host of bills aimed at preserving driver's licenses and other benefits for undocumented immigrants who may lose the protected status long afforded them by the federal government.

It stated that if the federal lawmakers at that time carried out an effective oversight function, funds looted under ex-National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison Madueke, among others would have been checked.

Changes that lawmakers want to economic development programs were made ripe following allegations by federal prosecutors that the Buffalo Billion and a couple of other big upstate initiatives were part of a massive, alleged pay - to - play, bid - rigging scandal.

While New York is posturing to join 19 other states that have raised their minimum wages above the current federal level of $ 7.25 per hour, lawmakers in Washington are trying to promote passage of legislation that would hike the federal minimum wage to new heights.

It will be the latest in a series of private meetings that Sen. Richard Blumenthal and other members of Connecticut's congressional delegation have brokered between Newtown family members and federal lawmakers.

The revelation that Ms. Huntley was taping conversations suggested a widening dragnet in Albany: the spectacle of two sitting lawmakers — one a senator, the other an assemblyman — independently recording conversations at the behest of federal authorities.

John Sheehan, a spokesman for the Adirondack Council, said a letter from a federal lawmaker to a cabinet member is «one of the most important things we have when trying to approach other members of Congress.»

Citing the continual delays with the Yucca Mountain project, which the Obama administration mothballed in the face of Nevadans» opposition, Perry said in a letter to state lawmakers, «The citizens of Texas — and every other state currently storing radioactive waste — have been betrayed by their federal government... because a federal solution still does not exist.»

Lawmakers are once again pushing U.S. EPA and other federal agencies to recognize the burning of biomass as a carbon - neutral energy source.

Last night lawmakers from both the House of Representatives and the Senate issued a final spending bill for NASA and several other federal agencies that «accommodates cost growth» for the $ 8.7 billion telescope.

Lawmakers considering portability or other federal voucher programs must understand that the concept of federal dollars going into a «backpack of cash» that follows eligible students to the schools of their choice, whether public or private, is only part of the story.

It also appeals to the yearning of some GOP lawmakers and libertarian policy wonks to get Uncle Sam completely out of the school - accountability business (though they'll gag on Rothstein's demand for buckets more in federal dollars for those unaccountable schools and sundry other services to kids).

Hosts Brendan Sargent and Cyndi Reyes talk to educators, lawmakers, community organizers, and other stakeholders about their own educational journeys, and about the myriad opportunities to advocate for educational equity at union, district, state, and federal levels.

California is not alone when it comes to wrestling with new accountability indicators as evidenced by the struggles of lawmakers and educators in several other states also undertaking reviews - some drawn in the wake of federal waivers from No Child Left Behind mandates.

But while some of the nation's most prominent education lobby groups are backing the bill, there is apprehension from others that lawmakers might have overreacted to political pressure to limit the role of the federal government — considerably weakening Washington's ability to step in if a state fails to address its most troubled schools.

The automatic cuts to education and many other federal programs, known as «sequestration,» were intended as an incentive for lawmakers to reach an agreement on lowering the federal budget deficit by $ 1.2 trillion, but were triggered when Congress failed to do so in late 2011.

Lawmakers, teachers, district administrators, parents, and other stakeholders — all with strong and differing opinions — have wrestled for decades with questions about the appropriate role of the federal government compared with that of states and school districts in the operation of schools and the measurement of their success.

The information from the CRDC is used by OCR as background and context for investigations into complaints of discrimination, and is also used by other offices in US ED, other federal agencies, lawmakers, and various members of the public who are interested in understanding more about the state of educational equity in the nation's schools.

Williams suggested that holding hearings and other educational events could help lawmakers better understand cryptocurrencies, praising similar events that have taken place at both the state and federal level.

But alarmed by reports that employers have asked job applicants to divulge passwords to Facebook and other social media sites, federal and state lawmakers are acting to prevent what they see as background screening run amok.

Both have said they want to move forward with tax reform before they go, and the fight over raising the federal debt ceiling, which is expected to be reached this fall, provides a possible trigger event for them and other lawmakers to come to agreement on big tax changes, said Birnbaum.

To make sure lawmakers know where NAR stands on tax reform and other legislative priorities, including reauthorization of federal flood insurance, NAR President - elect Elizabeth Mendenhall spent the day in Capitol Hill meetings with leaders in both the House and the Senate.

The six financial federal regulators [HUD, Fed, FDIC, FHFA, OCC, SEC] responsible for writing and implementing the Qualified Residential Mortgage rule, or «QRM», re-proposed the rule after receiving considerable pushback from NAR, other housing industry groups, consumer groups, and lawmakers.

, and other lawmakers to ensure they know NAR's position on tax reform as well as reauthorization of federal flood insurance, which expires at the end of September.