Sentences with phrase «cabinet officials in»

In the ad, Larkin is taken to task for supporting legislation that would create a commission weighing whether to approve a pay raise for state lawmakers and cabinet officials in the executive branch.

An EPA staffer reportedly leaked false stories about a cabinet official in order to «take the heat off» Scott Pruitt

Republican Fred Akshar handily defeated Democrat Barbara Fiala, a former cabinet official in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration, in November.

Not exact matches

Loads of illiquid assets like real estate holdings are slowing efforts by Trump's cabinet officials to divest, limiting the scope of the work they can do in the meantime.

He should be staying at the White House, taking phone calls, getting briefed, talking to his Cabinet, talking to local officials, and putting his administration in a position to respond where needed.»

Speaking on the BBC's World At One, Crabb said: «If they want to take a position that is different from that of the official government line, then they should not be in the cabinet.

In an era when cabinet officials try to use a government jet for their honeymoon though, $ 25,000 for a soundproof booth doesn't sound quite so outrageous.

In interviews in the days after Morneau's Oct. 24 economic statement, several key cabinet ministers and well - placed government officials all insisted the brakes haven't been applied to a string of ambitious and inherently risky policy unveilings, planned for the coming months and beyonIn interviews in the days after Morneau's Oct. 24 economic statement, several key cabinet ministers and well - placed government officials all insisted the brakes haven't been applied to a string of ambitious and inherently risky policy unveilings, planned for the coming months and beyonin the days after Morneau's Oct. 24 economic statement, several key cabinet ministers and well - placed government officials all insisted the brakes haven't been applied to a string of ambitious and inherently risky policy unveilings, planned for the coming months and beyond.

The orders - in - council, the official notifications of decisions recommended by the federal cabinet, are numbered 2015 - 1264 and 2015 - 1265 and set out that, pursuant to subsection 7 (1) of the Official Residences Act, two individuals were appointed last week as special assistants at the Prime Minister's reofficial notifications of decisions recommended by the federal cabinet, are numbered 2015 - 1264 and 2015 - 1265 and set out that, pursuant to subsection 7 (1) of the Official Residences Act, two individuals were appointed last week as special assistants at the Prime Minister's reOfficial Residences Act, two individuals were appointed last week as special assistants at the Prime Minister's residence.

Porter had been organizing weekly trade meetings in which senior officials and Cabinet secretaries debated the merits of the proposals.

A third White House official disputed the notion that Tillerson has alienated people in the White House, Cabinet and Congress.

Trump met with his Cabinet and other senior administration officials to discuss the federal response to the damage and flooding, the White House said Saturday in a statement.

President Donald Trump might fire any one of seven different Cabinet - level officials — Chief of Staff John Kelly, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin, Environmental Protection Agency Director Scott Pruitt, or Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke — in the coming days.

Prime Minister Najib Razak is due to discuss the situation in cabinet tomorrow, including the possibility of cloud - seeding, the official Bernama news service said.

In response to the cabinet shuffle, the Wildrose Official Opposition announced minor adjustments to its critic roster.

Only the folks in the White House Situation Room (who do the transcription), senior advisers, and key Cabinet Officials get them.

These are essentially questions of public policy, and if real solutions are going to be found to the problems of disadvantaged children, these questions will need to be addressed, in a creative and committed way, by public officials at all levels — by school superintendents, school - board members, mayors, governors, and cabinet secretaries — as well as by individual citizens, community groups, and philanthropists across the country.

In splendid «Yes Minister» fashion, under the heading «Official: Sensitive», the Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood wrote to civil servants declaring: «Leaking is corrosive and undermines trust and good government.»

With the 2016 general elections just five months away, this paper can authoritatively report that, among those nursing ambition to step into the shoes of President Mahama include; cabinet and regional ministers, deputy ministers, high ranking government officials at the seat of government and some party gurus in the legislature.

Officials probing the issue are taking a long time to work out whether Huhne should face charges or not; we'll have to wait until next year's top ten to see whether this one actually results in a second Lib Dem Cabinet resignation.

On 5 May 2016, a spokesperson for Burnham confirmed that he had been approached by party officials in Greater Manchester, asking him to consider resigning from the Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn in order to run in the upcoming mayoral election in 2017.

Despite endless discussion and Cabinet Secretary Gus O'Donnell's rather creative warning that officials are «working on Brexit plans in their head» to avoid FOI, we found the chilling effect to be a myth (as did a Parliamentary committee).

The power of Mukerjee's telling of this man - made famine that killed — following Amartya Sen's analysis of famine mortality — around 3 million people, lies in the formidable marshalling of a wide range of data, from cabinet meeting records and papers of powerful politicians and officials to interviews in Bengal villages with survivors of the famine and militant rebels against the Raj.

As with salaries, the rules governing the retirement benefits of the Vice President, Cabinet members, members of Congress and other federal officials are different than those that apply to the President, with benefits laid - out in the rules of the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) and the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS).

Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude, who is responsible for the Civil Service, said: «Our official estimates are that fewer than half a million took part in this strike action — well short of the inflated claims of union leaders.

The report concludes that Home Office officials were at fault «in allowing an exaggerated impression to be formed by the Cabinet Office of the damage done by the leaks».

Osinbajo was speaking on Thursday in Abuja at the Cabinet Retreat on the Economic Recovery Growth Plan (ERGP) and the 2018 Budget preparation, where the former high ranking official of the Malaysian government, Dr Idris Jaja spoke as a guest speaker.

Trump is breaking with the practices of both Republican and Democratic administrations by including a political adviser, Bannon, in National Security Council meetings with Cabinet officials.

The governor's office, and his top cabinet officials at the Environmental Conservation and Health departments, have repeatedly insisted the EPA failed in properly outlining the appropriate safety levels for the chemical PFOA in drinking water.

In previous years, Cuomo has traveled the state to drum up support for his agenda in Albany, deploying cabinet officials to speak with local officials, chambers of commerce and community college leaders to give a truncated version of the State of the StatIn previous years, Cuomo has traveled the state to drum up support for his agenda in Albany, deploying cabinet officials to speak with local officials, chambers of commerce and community college leaders to give a truncated version of the State of the Statin Albany, deploying cabinet officials to speak with local officials, chambers of commerce and community college leaders to give a truncated version of the State of the State.

The Cabinet Office minister was spotted throwing official papers in St James» Park by a newspaper last month, prompting an investigation by the information commissioner.

It comes five years after Cameron and his cabinet colleagues inadvertently offended Chinese officials by sporting poppies at a ceremony in Beijing's Great Hall.

Whitehall officials have said that all three cabinet ministers have made their doubts over hard Brexit known in Cabinet meetings and offered their support to the chancabinet ministers have made their doubts over hard Brexit known in Cabinet meetings and offered their support to the chanCabinet meetings and offered their support to the chancellor.

Rosado, 54, will replace retiring Cesar Perales, who has held that post for the past five years and is considered the most influential Hispanic official in the governor's cabinet.

The Cabinet Office did not want to comment, but officials pointed out that the coalition agreement states that until Lords reform passes: «Lords appointments will be made with the objective of creating a second chamber reflective of the share of the vote secured by the political parties in the last general election.»

At present, there are rules governing the process by which the major opposition party consults Whitehall officials, but in practice these amount to cursory discussions between shadow cabinet ministers and permanent secretaries.

To get scrutiny committees recognised as the place where a council's cabinet members, senior officials and (potentially) all the other notables in the area are held to account requires a culture change in many local authorities.

Officials said the meeting was merely being held in Cabinet Office Meeting Room A, the location which gives Cobra its name.

Warsi's remarks, which reinforce criticisms made before the weekend by the former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, who chaired the cabinet subcommittee on immigration from 2010 to 2015, undermine Rudd's insistence in her statement to the Commons last week on blaming officials for thinking about policy rather than people.

Committee wants answers about $ 139,000 doors, in latest showdown over spending by Trump's Cabinet officials

A bill that would boost salaries for New Jersey's judges, cabinet officials, county prosecutors and top legislative aides is up for a final vote Thursday in the state Senate and Assembly.

Blake said that Cuomo's endorsement is significant given that he is one of only 16 Democratic governors in the country, the policy chair of the Democratic Governors Association and a former Cabinet official and «his policy and political success that helps Americans in their everyday lives.»

In addition, his cabinet members are expected to meet with local residents and officials to get a better sense of the community.

It is important for jobs and skills in Derby and Doncaster and across the country and it is our official policy to support it, as agreed by the Shadow Cabinet and our National Policy Forum.

Cuomo is a longtime ally of the Clintons, having served as the state's top housing official in former President Bill Clinton's Cabinet.

The choice of Mr. Camara, long rumored, will mean another current or former elected official in Mr. Cuomo's cabinet — just yesterday, former Council Speaker Christine Quinn joined the Cuomo administration as a special adviser.

Clegg says he was informed of the practice by a senior Whitehall official soon after becoming David Cameron's deputy in 2010, but that «only a tiny handful» of cabinet ministers were also told — likely to include the home secretary, the foreign secretary and chancellor.

President Donald Trump berated Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen in a dispiriting Cabinet meeting on immigration Wednesday, according to three administration officials, but her colleagues denied reports that she has threatened to quit.

It remains unclear how much the damage will cost New York directly in the long run, though cabinet officials yesterday pegged it at $ 100,000 to the state.

In court filings, Upper West Success Academy officials argued the charter school would be «placed in an under - utilized space within Brandeis, and so cause no harm to the existing schools» and that some of the classrooms allocated to the charter school are currently used to store file cabinets and extra furniturIn court filings, Upper West Success Academy officials argued the charter school would be «placed in an under - utilized space within Brandeis, and so cause no harm to the existing schools» and that some of the classrooms allocated to the charter school are currently used to store file cabinets and extra furniturin an under - utilized space within Brandeis, and so cause no harm to the existing schools» and that some of the classrooms allocated to the charter school are currently used to store file cabinets and extra furniture.