Sentences with phrase «rules committee chairman»

Five months into his first term, Speaker John Boehner and Rules Committee Chairman David Dreier appointed Reed to the House Committee on Rules.

House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions, R - Texas, and Rep. Louise Slaughter, D - N.Y., the top Democrat on the committee, will hold hearings on earmarks this week.

Sessions, the House Rules Committee chairman from Texas» 32nd District, has for years blocked bipartisan legislation in the House to protect state - sanctioned medical marijuana vendors from federal crackdown, not letting it out of committee for a floor vote.

Rules Committee chairman has repeatedly blocked bipartisan medical marijuana legislation from floor vote

The erroneous decision, by USGA vice president and rules committee chairman Trey Holland, helped Els avoid a big number and win the championship.

Late Monday, House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (R - Texas) pushed through a measure blocking section 528 of the bill, H.R. 4909 — which requires women to register for the draft — from being included in the version that will be sent to the House floor.

Not exact matches

Up until recently, many considered the case closed — that is, open Internet principles were largely preserved, after the Federal Communications Committee Chairman Tom Wheeler published a final ruling on the matter in March.

Also in the list of goals is implementing a standard that's similar to something known as the Rooney Rule, named after Dan Rooney, the owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers and chairman of the National Football League's diversity committee.

The Board of Directors has determined that Sidney Lapidus, Chairman of the Audit Committee, meets the criteria set forth in the rules and regulations of the SEC for an «audit committee financial experCommittee, meets the criteria set forth in the rules and regulations of the SEC for an «audit committee financial expercommittee financial expert.»

In this Monday, March 5, 2018 photo, provided by the North Korean government on March 6, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, his sister Kim Yo Jong, and Vice Chairman of North Korea's ruling Workers» Party Central Committee Kim Yong Chol meet members of South Korean delegation headed by National Security Director Chung Eui - yong in Pyongyang, North Korea.

Sen. Ron Johnson, R - Wis., chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said in a statement that he was «disappointed» that DOL issued its fiduciary rule, «despite widespread concern about the rule's complexity and the harm it may do to low - and middle - income investors.»

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R - Utah, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said in a statement that «it is concerning the administration is moving forward with this rule after little to no consultation with congressional tax leaders.

Our audit committee consists of Messrs. Currie, Fenton and Rosenblatt, with Mr. Currie serving as Chairman, each of whom meets the requirements for independence under the listing standards of the and SEC rules and regulations.

Under a headline in The Sporting News that read: «Rules Experts Fire Broadside at Navy Critic,» James T. Gallagher, chairman of the Playing Rules Committee of Organized Ball, and Cal Hubbard, supervisor of American League umpires, sprang to the defense of the rule book.

Moreover, as chairman of the committee that makes changes in the rule, he has had quite a bit to do with its present form.

The fact is that as chairman of the Rules Committee in 1953 I had two concerns.

He further passed the bill for second reading and referred it to the special committee on constitutional review shortly after Ayorinde Olabode, the Deputy chairman rules and business, cited order 8 rule 98 of the house rules, which states that any bill that seeks to alter the constitution be sent to the special committee.

In such matters, one would have thought that the Disciplinary Committee would exhaust the process of ensuring that the petition was properly filed in the records of the General Secretary as well as ruling on the preliminary objections as raised by the lawyers of the National Chairman.

The document comes on the same day that Mr Cameron faced down a rebellion from his backbenchers following an attempt to change the rules of the 1922 committee so ministers can also vote for the chairman.

Mr. Afoko, who had been duly elected Chairman by delegates of the NPP in Tamale in April 2014, had been suspended by the National Executives Committee of the ruling party in October 2015 over accusations that Paul Afoko had discussed party finances in public.

Despite Gov. Andrew Cuomo not ruling out supporting Republicans this year, Democratic Senate Campaign Committee Chairman Mike Gianaris remains upbeat, telling Liz last night on the show that Cuomo will ultimately settle with the minority conference given their agreement on bread - and - butter party issues such as women's» health and increasing the state's minimum wage.

Torkildsen, who was viewed by some party insiders to be a Romney ally when he was elected chairman this year, voted for the rule at the committee meeting.

Kings County Party Chairman Frank Seddio, who replaced disgraced late Assemblyman Vito Lopez, promised a review of the progressive reforms by a Rules Committee made up of members of his choosing and a report - back at the January meeting.

Senate Health Committee Chairman Kemp Hannon (R - Nassau County) did not rule out supporting the measure but said he needs more information about how the drug would be used and the impact it might have before deciding how to proceed.

Party Chairman Frank Seddio activated a long inactive sub-committee called the Rules Committee and appointed longstanding reformer Jo Anne Simon and Council Member Lew Fidler to chair the ccommittee called the Rules Committee and appointed longstanding reformer Jo Anne Simon and Council Member Lew Fidler to chair the cCommittee and appointed longstanding reformer Jo Anne Simon and Council Member Lew Fidler to chair the committeecommittee.

The former chairman of the Committee of Standards in Public Life said it was a «serious error of judgement» but O'Shaughnessy said he believed he had followed the spirit of the rules.

When the Senate's own website was launched, almost a year and a half after Kennedy's in October 1995, Senator John Warner of Virginia, then chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, thanked the many staff of the Rules Committee and Sergeant at Arms and Secretary's offices involved in the effort.

Constructively, we suggest that the Procedure Committee — I see the Chairman in his place — be invited to consider how the rules of the House could be better used, and if necessary changed, to ensure compliance with this principle and to develop a protocol for the release of information.

The House on Thursday voted 211 - 186, on a party line vote, to table the privileged resolution that would have implicated the chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee with violating «Clause 1 of Rule XXIII of the Code of Official Conduct, which states that «A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, Officer or Employee of the House shall behave at all times in a manner that shall reflect creditably on the House.»

With a pledge to revitalize his party and end single - party rule, Amos Goodman was elected chairman of the East Hampton Town Republican Committee on Feb. 7.

The first proposal, supported by County Legislature Chairman Ryan McMahon, would create a special committee to rule on exemptions.

The chairman of the committee will have two votes, rather than just one, as this is a joint committee of both the Lords and Commons - and the rules of the Lords apply.

«I think there is a sense that the acquisition of great wealth is a value in and of itself and rules are for chumps,» said Brodsky, who spent much of his 20 years rooting out corruption as a crusading committee chairman with subpoena power.

According to Akpabio, the good people of the State would continue to support the ruling party, «I assure the National Working Committee and National Chairman that my state and all PDP faithful will work with you and NWC to strengthen our party and to ensure total victory in 2015 and beyond.

A former Senate Chief Whip and Chairman, National Contact Committee, Action Democratic Party, ADP, Senator Roland Owie, yesterday, said the change the ruling All Progressives Congress,...

What amazes some learned Lawyers is the emergence of questionable letters of appointments with no date during the trial, the admission of bias and breach of natural justice by Chairman of the party's Disciplinary committee Most Reverend Asante - Antwi and the admission of same in yesterday's ruling by the learned justice among others lends credence to the fact that, Justice Anthony Yeboah feared to uphold Justice.

In a further development on Thursday, the measure was moved from the Senate Finance panel — where Chairman John DeFrancisco of Syracuse said he wouldn't allow a vote on the bill — to the Senate Rules Committee, improving the bill's chances of hitting the floor sometime before the end of the legislative session.

The appellate division has ruled the Suffolk Conservative executive committee illegally filled vacant committee positions before the 2016 county convention that elected Frank Tinari as party chairman.

Sen. Charles Grassley, Republican of Iowa and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he had not ruled out holding hearings on President Obama's eventual nominee to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Flow control found support, however, on the Ulster County Legislature's Environmental, Energy and Technology Committee where Chairman Carl Belfiglio said he had advocated for the new rules since July.

«The easier thing to do is to criticise, the guy who represented the governor I wanted him to be here since he said he's the chairman of a committee, I don't know if they make rules that the bills they pass is purely for PDP.»

«The boxing ring that I find myself in as chairman of this committee, you know, there are rules to boxing in that ring, so I'm playing by those rules,» Gennaro told a dozen people today in a Queens College lecture hall.

Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, a former caretaker committee Chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will rejoin the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) today.

Andrew Tyrie MP, the chairman of the Treasury committee, described the abandoned fiscal rule as «the latest in a long line of fiscal rules, targets and objectives of successive governments to have bitten the dust».

Essex County Republican Party Committee Chairman Shaun Gillilland said the ruling does not change the fact that ballot requests in the future will still require a court order.

The PDP stated that the chairman of the party's National Caretaker Committee, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, congratulated members and supporters of the former ruling party on the achievement.

Greenfield added that new council rules would leave chairmen «empowered to run committees independently.»

Tom Dadey, chairman of the Onondaga County Republican Committee, said Miner's announcement is an admission that she broke the rules.

Steele later backed Greer to chair the powerful RNC Rules Committee, a position Greer gave up when he resigned as Florida GOP chairman earlier this year under pressure from party activists upset his with handling of party funds.

He wrote to all Tory MPs on Wednesday pointing out that the 1922 Committee had ruled unanimously in March that only backbenchers should be able to elect the chairman and officers of the committee and at the time, the Tory leadership raised no oCommittee had ruled unanimously in March that only backbenchers should be able to elect the chairman and officers of the committee and at the time, the Tory leadership raised no ocommittee and at the time, the Tory leadership raised no objection.