Sentences with phrase «chairing committees when»

The eight member Independent Democratic Conference has been the target of some bad headlines lately, because some of its members have accepted stipend payments of $ 12,500 to $ 18,000 for chairing committees when they were in fact the vice chairs, a position that does not legally entitle a senator to extra pay.

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Fed chair Janet Yellen on December 2 stated as clearly as central bank lexicon will allow that she will recommend raising America's benchmark interest rate when she convenes the policy - setting Federal Open Market Committee later this month.

«It's horrible, it's wrong,» he added when asked by committee ranking chair Sen. Claire McCaskill (D - Missouri) about a specific cost bump.

Army Col. John Hope was the director of operations for the Pentagon's $ 800 million Afghanistan Task Force for Stability and Business Operations — which was designed to focus on economic redevelopment in US war zones — when he complained about a lack of financial accountability, and now says he has been «singled out for retaliation and retribution,» Senate Judiciary Committee chair Chuck Grassley (R - Iowa) said last week in a letter to Secretary of Defense Ash Carter.

He is Chief Economic Advisor at Allianz and member of its International Executive Committee, Chair of President Obama's Global Development Council and author of the NYT / WSJ bestseller «When Markets Collide.»

About two years ago, the attorney at law firm Cooley took over as chair of the Partnership Nominating Committee, and the numbers weren't inspiring when it came to women's progress.

When it comes right down to it, the Federal Open Market Committee and Chair Janet Yellen likely will raise rates only when the financial markets give a clear signal they are reWhen it comes right down to it, the Federal Open Market Committee and Chair Janet Yellen likely will raise rates only when the financial markets give a clear signal they are rewhen the financial markets give a clear signal they are ready.

At a time when Fed Chair Alan Greenspan was being held as the leader of a «committee to save the world «-- as the famous Time magazine cover read — she advised him to raise interest rates and keep an eye on the booming stock market.

In 2005, when the Liberals were re-elected with a 46 - 33 majority, Kinsella chaired the advisory committee that oversaw the campaign.

He had barely started when the chair of the committee, Conservative MP Leon Benoit, demanded that Laxer halt his «irrelevant» testimony.

It is expected that MLAs will choose a new Deputy Chair of Committees to replace Mr. Feehan as he moves into his new ministerial role when the Legislature returns on March 8, 2016.

Damian Collins, a lawmaker who chairs the UK parliament's media committee, has warned that Facebook's CEO could face an official summons when he next enters the country.

When Methodist Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam of Washington, D.C., voluntarily testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee, chaired by Harold Velde (R., Ill.), to clear himself of charges of disloyalty to the country, liberal Christians found a new hero.

When we were discussing various data points in our mock meeting last week, a couple members brought up stats from other sources, and real committee chair Jeff Long stopped us from using them.

When asked about Steve Alford's team after the bracket was revealed, selection committee chair Scott Barnes pointed to UCLA «gaining steam» at the end of the season as one of the major reasons for their inclusion.

When I wrote about Senate ag committee chair Sen. Blanche Lincoln's school lunch billl last week, I left out a key fact: the bill would force the USDA to regulate the stuff schools sell in vending machines.

«Roger Adler served as my counsel when I chaired the Senate Investigations Committee.

The former chair of the parliamentary standards and privileges committee - which regulates Commons expenses - resigned his position when it emerged he had claimed nearly # 30,000 for a second home in which he rarely stayed.

Considering the temporary chair who nominated Gillibrand barely breathed when asking if there was anyone opposed to her nomination, it's unlikely that the Democratic Nominating Committee will honor this request.

«It has never been more obvious that the term «Representative» is misapplied when it comes to Chris Collins, and the decision released today by the House Ethics Committee to continue its investigation of him reinforces that,» said Judith Hunter, the Livingston County Democratic Chair.

The practice appears to have expanded this year, with seven lawmakers — three IDC members and four Republicans — receiving committee chair stipends when they do not actually hold that title.

Seven lawmakers in the Senate receive stipends under the arrangement in which they are reported to the comptroller's office for holding the post of chair of a committee when they do not actually hold that post.

The IDC - mainline Democrat feud took a new turn last week when it was revealed three IDC members had received stipends normally reserved for committee chairs.

Those documents show several occasions in which lawmakers were falsely labeled committee chairs when they did not hold that title and claim the lawmakers were entitled to receive a paid stipend for that post.

The memo from counsel David Lewis comes after it was revealed late last week seven lawmakers — three members of the Independent Democratic Conference and four Senate Republican conference members — were designated committee chairs on payroll documents given to the state comptroller's office when they are, in fact, vice chairs.

Graham Allen, chair of the political and constitutional reform committee, hasn't been particularly happy with the debate about what exactly happens when the voters return a hung parliament.

The Senate Republicans were the first to break the glass ceiling when they elevated Sen. Cathy Young, of Olean, to chair the Finance Committee in January 2016.

But the first snub occurred early, when Smith broke a promise to appoint then - senator Bill Stachowski to chair the powerful finance committee, instead giving the post to Carl Kruger of Brooklyn.

Cuomo has had little contact with party committee members and has given no indication of when he will pick a new chair.

The bloodletting actually began late last week, when Flanagan stripped four IDC members of their committee chair positions and replaced them with Republican senators.

The question of abortion rights as a litmus test for Democrats roiled the party in early 2017, when Bernie Sanders and Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez campaigned on behalf of Omaha mayoral candidate Heath Mello.

The last time the committee gathered was when former chair John Sampson called a meeting on June 2, 2009.

He noted Towns, who chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, was noncommittal when asked by Rep. Darrell Issa, a California Republican, to subpoena records from the «Friends of Angelo» loan program through which the former CEO of Countrywide Financial charged with fraud and insider trading by the SEC provided sweetheart mortgages to Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd and others.

Additionally, Middletown Republican Sen. John Bonacic, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he was in «no rush» to confirm whoever Cuomo nominates to fill the Court of Appeals vacancy that came up earlier this year when former Judge Sheila Abdus - Salaam died.

Brodsky says when he was chair of the oversight committee, he sponsored a law to close a previous loophole that also led to secret economic development contracts and potential corruption.

When state Sen. Pam Helming received a $ 12,500 stipend after being falsely listed as chair of the Senate Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Committee, she was surprised.

It was one of the proudest days of my life when I was elected Chair of Labour's National Executive Committee at Conference in September 2014.

That's when Helming learned she had actually received the stipend allocated for the Crime Victims, Crime and Correction committee chair.

The discussion surrounding stipends arose when Democratic Sen. Mike Gianaris sought to raise the issue of vice chairs of committees receiving payments normally reserved for committee chairs.

Monmouth MP David Davies found cross-party support when he told MPs in the Welsh Grand Committee that he'd summoned Defence Ministers to explain their thinking about the future of the Welsh Cavalry at a one - off hearing of the Welsh Affairs committee which hCommittee that he'd summoned Defence Ministers to explain their thinking about the future of the Welsh Cavalry at a one - off hearing of the Welsh Affairs committee which hcommittee which he chairs.

Last year, the Senate Republicans broke the glass ceiling when they elevated Sen. Cathy Young, of Olean, to chair the Finance Committee.

• Longevity in the Legislature and committee chair status plays out when it comes to member items dollar distribution.

According to records from the State Comptroller's office, the Senate majority, which comprises Senate Republicans and the IDC, identified Peralta as a committee chair when requesting the stipend.

Also speaking at the event were Upper West Side City Councilmember Mark Levine, the new chair of the Health Committee, Dr. Eunmee Chun, the director of sexual health at the Callen - Lorde Community Health Center, which added 105 sexual health visits to its weekly schedule when the Chelsea clinic closed, and Dr. Freddy Molano, vice president of Infectious Diseases and LGBTQ Programs at the Community Healthcare Network.

When looking at individual rebellion rates, however, there is some evidence that Select Committee chairs are more independent of the instructions of their party managers than other comparable MPs.

That changed in 2011, when she assumed the chair of the Senate housing committee.

State Sen. John DeFrancisco is Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and was involved in the leadership battle in the Senate when former leader Dean Skelos resigned as Majority Leader after being arrested on federal corruption charges.

First of all I chaired our backbench committee on Political and Constitutional Reform, where I must admit I felt a complete outsider — not unreasonably when the lead Government spokesman on political and constitutional reform was the Leader of my Party and Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg.

Keighley has appeared before select committees in the Commons talking about the BBC's EU coverage, including the European Scrutiny Committee in 2013 when Tory Eurosceptic Bill Cash was chair.

The release, which failed to indicate the names of the Committee members, as well as state exactly when the Committee will start its work, said it will be chaired by a Justice of the Supreme Court.