Sentences with phrase «rules committee heard»

«I support almost all of these rule proposals and to the extent that we tweak a little here and there, I think that's the purpose of this hearing,» Councilman Dan Garodnick of Manhattan said during the rules committee hearing.

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«We've heard a lot today about how smaller banks are being smothered by unnecessary regulation, supposedly because of Dodd - Frank rules, like the new mortgage rules that went into effect in the first quarter of 2014,» she said during the second Senate Banking Committee hearing this week on regulatory relief for small banks and credit unions.

Meanwhile, the first hearing has been set in the string of lawsuits that have been filed to kill the rule, and the House Appropriations Committee's fiscal 2017 funding bill seeks to torpedo it.

Where we are You may have heard that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell used a Senate procedure called Rule 14 that bypasses the traditional committee process and brings S. 2667 (the Hemp Farming Act of 2018) directly to the full Senate.

Mr. Chair, committee members, I know that earlier today you held hearings on the government's plan to rewrite the tax rules for private corporations.

In 1951 - 1952, another set of committee hearings created a new set of rules.

A Division I Committee on Infractions hearing panel could not conclude that the University of North Carolina violated NCAA academic rules when it made available deficient Department of African and Afro - American Studies «paper courses» to the general student body, including student - athletes.

During last week's Senate Agriculture Committee hearing, Cindy Jones of Olathe Public Schools, KS testified that her district's meal program (among the 95 % of certified schools) is running a deficit and experiencing declining participation under the rules.

In the ruling from Judge Howard Levine, who was appointed a hearing officer in Kellner's appeal, both the Ethics Committee's ruling that the Manhattan Democrat engaged in inappropriate behavior that created a hostile working environment as well as Silver's decision to impose penalties were upheld.

The minority will deliver to the GOP a petition signed by one - third of the Rules Committee members seeking a hearing on these bills.

In addition, the rally yesterday was not about the looming government shutdown, but rather a stand - alone bill that was scheduled to receive a hearing in the Rules Committee (on which Slaughter sits), but was considered «so extreme» that the hearing was canceled.

By unanimous consent, the Republicans gathered in the hearing room agreed to change the committee's standing rules, which normally require at least one member of each party to be in attendance for committee work to proceed.

The committee agrees with the economists from whom it has heard and it is not convinced that the surplus rule is credible in its current form.»

Since our client was not given an opportunity to cross examine Hon. Joseph Osei - Owusu on this unsubstantiated piece of evidence, it would surely be in accord with the rules of natural justice that our client be heard in his own defence before your Committee.»

The Common Council's Laws and Rules Committee on Wednesday endorsed a resolution to hold a public hearing on the proposal at its next meeting on June 20.

On June 14, at noon, the Rules Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will hear a proposal to eliminate Instant Runoff Voting for the city's executive position elections.

According to the judge, Justice Sir Dennis Adjei, the national disciplinary committee of the NPP has jurisdiction to hear and punish anyone who had been found to have breached some rules of the party.

Melissa Mark - Viverito takes questions as she leaves a Committee on Rules, Privileges and Elections meeting where she heard testimony from the Quadrennial Advisory Commission regarding a proposed raise for elected council members.

Wednesday afternoon, the Council's Rules Committee held a hearing on legislation that would mandate that legislative and discretionary funding data be available to the public in a machine readable format, and call on the City Council Speaker to develop a public technology plan for public access to City Council materials and meetings.

The Committee on Ethics may hear any complaint concerning violation of these Rules and Regulations.

Following a hearing yesterday evening, the Westchester County Fair Campaign Practices Committee ruled the advertisement an «unfair campaign practice.»

After a hearing in accordance with Election Law 2 - 116 and these Rules and Regulations, the Committee on Ethics may recommend that the Executive Committee remove any member or officer of the Executive Committee or of the County Committee.

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

A hearing has to be held within two weeks of the petition unless the majority of Rules Committee members vote not to do so.

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.

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.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors» Rules Committee will meet at 1:30 pm in Room 263 of City Hall to hear two bills on Instant Runoff Voting.

Yet, she told a Senate Education Committee hearing on the state's new Common Core standards, under the new rules, even she could not score a rating of highly effective in the new teacher evaluations.

A state Senate committee will hear bills Monday that would prevent local minimum - wage ordinances and residency rules from applying to contractors that get state and federal money funneled through local governments.

The Senate ultimately agreed upon joint rules barring projects not heard in committee for inclusion in the final budget.

@RBarryYoung Questioning by the Senate Judiciary Committee during Rosenstein's confirmation hearing confirms that the Deputy AG is in fact the Acting AG, and does fit into the rules for the operation of a Special Counsel.

The Oklahoma Senate Rules Committee will hear SB 668 on Wednesday, February 13, at 10 a.m. SB 668 is one of the ballot access reform bills pending, but it is by far the weaker of the two.

The rule guarantees that a bill has at least 34 co-sponsors will receive a committee vote on whether or not to hold a public hearing on the bill.

Lander and Mark - Viverito declined to heed a suggestion to amend a new «super majority» rule, which was was criticized by some members and good government groups during the committee's last hearing.

He has regularly testified at City Council hearings in support of more Council transparency, and praised Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, Council member Brad Lander, chair of the Rules Committee, and Council member Kallos for their leadership on the issue and including tech developers in the deliberative process.

In one exchange, Vos texted Walker about a tweet sent during a budget committee hearing where Walker ruled out a tax increase to pay for roads.

Councilmember Tony Avella, who is running for mayor in 2009, recently invoked an obscure rule after five pieces of his legislation idled without a committee hearing for more than a year.

At a hearing on the issue last week, Lamar Alexander, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), was clearly sympathetic to arguments by several witnesses that Congress should keep the testing mandate but dump the rules that prescribe how states must hold schools accountable for test results.

To the surprise of almost no one, a bill that sought to make changes to California rules on how to evaluate teachers failed to pass the Senate Committee on Education during its second - chance hearing Wednesday.

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.»

The House Education and the Workforce Committee held a full committee hearing focused on the accountability rulesCommittee held a full committee hearing focused on the accountability rulescommittee hearing focused on the accountability rules of ESSA.

TCTA testified at the hearing, pointing out that since the law requires that a local district innovation plan can not be adopted without the approval of the majority of the district - level decision - making committee, it was critical for the rules to make clear that the law requires the professional staff in a school district to nominate and elect professional staff representatives on the committee, with at least two - thirds of the elected representatives being classroom teachers.

House Education and the Workforce Committee Holds Full Committee Hearing on the Accountability Rules of ESSA

The U.S. House of Representatives Education & the Workforce Committee held a hearing today on «Child Nutrition Assistance: Are Federal Rules & Regulations Serving the Best Interests of Schools and Families?»

Meanwhile, a recent hearing before the House education committee that was billed as a forum on federal education accountability turned into a discussion about the priorities for reauthorizing ESEA and revealed that the partisan divide that ruled House committee action last year continues to do so today.

The eight Republican members who attended the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing chastised King, saying he'd failed to follow numerous provisions, including mandates to reduce the size of the Department of Education, allow states to set rules for measuring performance and avoid complex reporting requirements for academic achievement.

The Senate ultimately agreed upon joint rules barring projects not heard in committee for inclusion in the final budget.

A controversial bill aimed at ensuring teachers accused of sexual misconduct and other immoral acts can be more easily removed from the classroom is now awaiting referral in the Senate Rules Committee before its eventual hearing by the Senate Education Committee.

Although it's been two years since Ms. Moskowitz, as chair of the Council's education committee, ran a series of high - profile hearings about work - rule abuses in the city's public - school system, the United Federation of Teachers still hasn't forgotten.

Several members of the National Coalition on School Diversity's Steering Committee and Research Advisory Panel traveled to Minneapolis for an important hearing on the future of state school diversity rules in Minnesota.