Sentences with phrase «public petitions committee»

[11] Cory sits on the Public Petitions Committee.

The senators summoned Sagay before the Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions Committee for allegedly calling them «childish and irresponsible» for asking President Muhammadu Buhari to sack Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Acting Chairman Ibrahim Magu.

White served as an SNP Parliamentary group whip in the first parliamentary session and sat on the parliament's Public Petitions Committee and Equal Opportunities Committee.

Not exact matches

With stunning consistency, virtually every indicator of civic engagement currently available shows the same pattern of increase followed by stagnation and decline — newspaper reading; TV news watching; attending political meetings; petition signing; running for public office; attending public meetings; serving as an officer or committee member in any local clubs or organizations; writing letters to the editor; participating in local meetings of national organizations; attending religious services; socializing informally with friends, relatives or neighbors; attending club meetings; joining unions; entertaining friends at home; participating in picnics; eating the evening meal with the whole family; going out to bars, nightclubs, discos or taverns; playing cards; sending greeting cards; attending parties; playing sports; donating money as a percentage of income; working on community projects; giving blood.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest reports that the Food and Drug Administration, in response to CSPI's 2008 petition, will hold an advisory committee meeting in March, 2011 to examine the possible link between some artificial food dyes... [Continue reading]

The Center for Science in the Public Interest reports that the Food and Drug Administration, in response to CSPI's 2008 petition, will hold an advisory committee meeting in March, 2011 to examine the possible link between some artificial food dyes and hyperactivity in children.

After much petitioning by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced plans to form an advisory committee meeting which will review clinical studies conducted on common food dyes including Yellow 5 and Red 40 and the link connecting them to adverse behavior issues in children.

The Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Lamorde, would on Tuesday appear before the Senate committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions to answer questions on allegations of fraud preferred against him.

«With his formal announcement, any attempt to short - circuit the petition process with a vacancy committee will fly in the face of democracy and, I believe, be met with public outrage.»

While calling for the Senator to «come clean,» Erie County Republican Committee Chairman Nick Langworthy reminded the public of Panepinto's 2001 misdemeanor election fraud conviction for collecting false signatures on nominating petitions.

The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, after subjecting the Management of four different banks, where the first lady had accounts, directed that those accounts not encumbered by any legal process be re-opened.

The statement reads: «I regret to inform you that hearing of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions slated for Tuesday, 10th November, 2015 has been postponed for the time being.

Sagay on Wednesday told press after the Senate resolved to summon him to appear before its committee on ethics, privileges and public petitions over comments credited to him by Punch Newspaper.

Another Senator said with the revelations at the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, Ndume is on the verge of being suspended.

The Deputy Senate Leader, Bala Na'Allah, on Wednesday had read Prof. Sagay's comment to his colleagues who subsequently resolved to summon the senior lawyer to appear before the committee on ethics, privileges and public petitions to explain his statement.

Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions in its report, recommended that Ndume should be suspended which was considered by the lawmakers at the plenary on Wednesday.

According to him, Omo - Agege's right was not breached when the senate referred him to its committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions as he erroneously believed.

«I hereby nullify the suspension of the plaintiff (Omo - Agege) which was based on the recommendations of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions with immediate effect.»

(a) Whenever a Party nomination for a public office to be filled at a general or special election is not made at a primary election or by judicial nominating convention, or when no valid designating petition is filed with the board of elections (1) such nomination shall be made by the Executive Committee if for a public office to be filled by the voters of a political subdivision whose boundaries are coterminous with the County of New York or the Borough of Manhattan, and any vacancy in a nomination so made shall be filled by the Executive Committee or a subcommittee appointed by the Executive Committee for that purpose, and (2) such nomination shall be made by the appropriate District Committee if for a public office to be filled by the voters of a political subdivision wholly or partly contained within, but embracing only a part of, the County of New York or Borough of Manhattan, and any vacancy in a nomination so made shall be filled by a subcommittee appointed by said District Committee for that purpose.

The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, after a two - hour executive session with his colleagues on Friday explained that the upper legislative chamber deliberated extensively on the report of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions set up to investigate the circumstances surrounding the issue behind closed doors.

Lest we forget, this is not the first time TOPY is questioning or criticizing the mode of work and delivery of the IEA, the public will remember that in the year 2012, TOPY petitioned the IEA on the credibility of some of its committee members and asked them to do something about it or else we advised the NDC not to partake in the previous debate for some reasonable doubts.

At 1 p.m. this afternoon, the Senate Democrats plan to again rattle the GOP's cage on redistricting reform, delivering the Rules Committee a petition signed by one - third of its members seeking a public hearing on the governor's bill.

During last week's prime minister's questions, David Cameron was confronted by Caroline Lucas MP on why the government had done nothing to change our rotten extradition laws, despite a clear call from two separate parliamentary committees, a Commons motion in December last year and well - supported public petitions to do just that.

The court noted that it was wrong for the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions to suspend Omo - Agege for going to court after he had apologised over his comments against the Senate.

This follows the recommendation by the House Committee on Public Petitions, which conducted investigative hearing into the «illegal» closure of Peace Corps facilities and the alleged disobedience to subsisting court orders to unseal the premises.

Presenting the report of the investigation to the plenary on Wednesday, Chairman of the House Committee on Public Petitions, Hon. Nkem Abonta, said series of invitations were sent to the Inspector - General of Police to appear before the committee but he refused tCommittee on Public Petitions, Hon. Nkem Abonta, said series of invitations were sent to the Inspector - General of Police to appear before the committee but he refused tcommittee but he refused to honour.

He sought, among other prayers in his suit, a declaration that his referral by the Senate and the Senate President's referral to the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions «for trial for expressing his opinion on the purport» of the bill «is an act calculated to interfere with or likely to constitute a breach» of his fundamental human right to freedom of expression without interference.

Subsequently, the House Committees on Privatisation and Public Petitions held special sessions on Ajaokuta and the Minister of State, Hon Bawa Bwari addressed the members on those two occasions.

The second new select committee — Petitions — also has potential to change Parliament's relationship with the public.

The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, referred the petition to the committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions and asked the Chairman, Samuel Anyanwu, to carry out a thorough investigation and report back in two weeks.

The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions had investigated Omo - Agege's comment based on a petition by Senator Dino Melaye.

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Monday, told the Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions of the Senate that he knew nothing about an armoured Range Rover car said to worth N298m, which was seized by the Nigeria Customs Service.

According to the information gathered by those Rockland Republican Committee people working with Axelrod, the Rockland County voter registrations suspiciously coincide with the dates that these men started to «carry» the petitions that were submitted by Sparaco shortly after his public resignation.

Hon. Obasa was in company of the following lawmakers during the visit: the Assembly Deputy Chief Whip, Hon. Omotayo Oduntan; the Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Strategy and Security, Hon. Tunde Buraimoh; the Chairman of the House Committee on Health, Hon. Segun Olulade; the Chairman of the House Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, Public Petitions and LASIEC, Princess Adefunmilato Tejuoso; the Chairman of the House Committee on Youths, Sports and Social Development, Hon. Adedamola Richard Kasumu; and Hon. Jude Idimogu.

In a strange twist in the petition controversy, Axelrod points out that two Brega associates, Vincent Marzella and Seth Gross (the latter is reportedly Mr. Brega's Certified Public Accountant) were listed as candidates for the Republican Committee on the Sparaco submitted petitions.

According to the rule, if a petition is signed by at least fifty - one members of the House or at least twelve members of the Senate, a committee «shall hold a public hearing on the bill.»

Cafero said House Republicans had used a legislative petition process to force the Education Committee to hold a public hearing on two bills, including one to impose a moratorium on the implementation of Common Core.

In response, we launched a petition calling on the Antarctic Place - Name Committee to name the iceberg «ExxonKnew 1» for their role in deceiving the public about the nature of climate change.

-- Unlike public bills, which can be introduced on a motion for leave following 48 - hours» notice or upon motion for a committee to prepare and bring them in, a private bill can be introduced only on petition (Standing Order 135 (1)-RRB-.