Sentences with phrase «closed door meetings between»

The New York Public Interest Research Group, Citizens Union, the League of Women Voters, and Common Cause, are calling for an end to the long Albany tradition of closed door meetings between the governor and legislative leaders where they make key decisions on the budget and other issues, known as three men in a room.

I now believe that chambers must democratize, hold more public hearings on major legislation and use joint conference committees to hammer out agreed upon legislation, instead of relying upon closed door meetings between their leaders and the governor.

Skelos spoke after a closed door meeting between the governor and legislative leaders.

Earlier today, a closed door meeting between SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher, the governor and members of the state Black, Puerto Rican and Asian legislative caucus members reportedly got heated with one senator storming out.

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«When Nora closes behind her the door of her doll's house, she opens wide the gate of life for women, and proclaims the revolutionary message that only perfect freedom and communion make a true bond between man and woman, meeting in the open, without lies, without shame, free from the bondage of duty»

this being said, what happens to ARSENAL next will be decided a close doors between WENGER and the Board, we will have no influence on the outcome whatsoever, WENGER»S and the board biggest fear is to proof the Fans right, by bringing another Manager that can take arsenal to the next level, now the damage by leaving WENGER stay is done, aging players, WC players wanting to leave, and the seed of discord among the players has been planted, so if WENGER decides to leave it will be a gigantic task for the next manager to meet the expectations.....

City sources have confirmed that after a high level meeting between the club's hierarchy — which included Guardiola, chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak, chief executive Ferran Soriano and football director Txiki Begiristain — they decided not to up their contract offers, leaving the door open for United and even Chelsea to seal a move — although sources close to Old Trafford are increasingly confident they will land Sanchez.

But the speaker, after a two - hour closed door meeting with his members, says there's a distinction between a pay - for - play type of deal, and mutual agreement on approving measures that all sides agree to.

The key decisions are made behind closed doors at private meetings between Governor Cuomo and majority party legislative leaders.

Trump's account, in a thread of morning Twitter posts, of his lengthy and closely scrutinized closed - door meeting with Putin was an attempt to move beyond the controversy after Moscow characterized the election discussion as a meeting of minds rather than a showdown between the two leaders.

It emerged in closed - door meetings between Cuomo and legislative leaders, and was announced just days before the budget vote.

One hallmark of the budget season, the closed - door leaders meetings between the governor, Senate majority leader and Assembly speaker, are yet to be held.

«I have spoken to Senator Skelos about how important this is,» Heastie said, as he shuttled between his office and a lengthy closed door party conference meeting.

Now, budget meetings between the governor and majority conference leaders are being conducted with cloak - and - dagger - like secrecy, without input from Minority conferences, and neither the public nor press are alerted to when the closed - door meetings are taking place.

«President Mahama, at the invitation of the Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC) of Sierra Leone, will lead the discussions in a closed - door high - level breakfast meeting between the Presidential Candidates and their Running Mates, Commissioners of the PPRC, Electoral Officials, Police Chief, Paramount Chiefs and Eminent Persons,» the statement said.

The closure of the company comes after a closed - door meeting between management of the tomato factory and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday.

But Heastie, after a two - hour closed - door meeting with his members, said there's a distinction between a pay - for - play type of deal and mutual agreement on approving measures that all sides agree to.

The meeting between the President and the party's national chairman, who is also a former governor of Edo State, was held behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WBEN / ABC)- Former Trump campaign aide Michael Caputo met behind closed doors with special counsel Robert Mueller's team this afternoon as part of their investigation into alleged Russian meddling during the 2016 presidential election and possible collusion between the country and Trump's campaign.

The final budget negotiations occur during secretive, closed - door meetings between the governor and legislative leaders — in this case, Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - Long Island) and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D - Bronx), and Klein, leader of the breakaway Democrats.

Abdullahi, who spoke with newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja, at the end of a closed - door meeting between the party's National Working Committee (NWC) and Governors elected on its platform, said that the race was still open.

Sensing that the Met Office doors were closed to me because of my geography degree, I pursued my research interests, first at Swansea University and then as a lecturer in the Department of Geography and Environmental Science at Roehampton University, straddling the divide between meteorology and geography.

Notes from closed - door meeting reveal collusion between GOP AGs, industry lobbyists to defend ExxonMobil and obstruct climate change legislation.

A closed - door meeting between Chinese miners and Bitcoin Core developers was held in California on 31 July.

The agenda for the closed - door meeting included discussion of vulnerability issues of the public blockchain and coordination between regulators and academia.