Sentences with phrase «bipartisan meeting»

During that same bipartisan meeting on Wednesday, the president needled Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania: «I think you're afraid of the NRA,» Trump said.

In a nationally televised bipartisan meeting on gun control in late February, Trump had Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D - CA) cheering and Cornyn looking like he'd seen a ghost.

Despite last minute bipartisan meetings, the bill to fund the government until 16 February did not receive the required 60 votes.

The official did not provide names of the lawmakers invited to the bicameral bipartisan meeting, but CNN confirmed three of the guests were Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D - Minnesota, Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R - New Hampshire, and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D - New York.

For instance I have a number of bipartisan meetings this week and a few dinners on how we can break through the morass to get this done.

Trump's widely reported comment, which the White House did not deny, came Thursday during a bipartisan meeting with lawmakers on immigration in which he used the term to describe Haiti and African countries and instead expressed an interest in accepting immigrants from countries like Norway, whose prime minister he had spoken with the day before.

In the cold open of the show, Alec Baldwin revived his Trump impression to speak from his bipartisan meeting with senators on gun control, saying he'd take everyone's guns away — «even the whites.»

«Many ideas, some good & some not so good, emerged from our bipartisan meeting on school safety yesterday at the White House,» Trump tweeted.

Trump's tweet followed a bipartisan meeting Wednesday with members of Congress, during which Trump appeared to stun Republicans with broad support for numerous gun - control initiatives.

For instance, the president suggested after the bipartisan meeting that he could increase taxes on the wealthiest Americans in the package.

Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch emerged from a bipartisan meeting with Trump saying there's a chance that a bipartisan tax bill could emerge from his committee.

President Trump hosted a bipartisan meeting with lawmakers including Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D - Calif., discuss guns and school safety on Wednesday.

President Obama speaks as he hosts a bipartisan meeting to discuss health overhaul legislation at Blair House in Washington, D.C. Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty Images hide caption

President Trump speaks, watched by Sen. John Cornyn, R - Texas, during a bipartisan meeting with members of Congress on school and community safety at the White House on Wednesday.