Sentences with phrase «committee about its agenda»

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State Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs told me yesterday that the threshold for getting a resolution onto the agenda is pretty low, requiring about a dozen state committee member signatures.

NY - LEAD has so far floated no proposals to curb the power of so - called independent expenditure groups like, say, the Committee to Save NY — the pro-Cuomo entity formed by business interests that spent about $ 10 million last year to bolster key aspects of the governor's agenda and is gearing up for another push this year.

Other initiatives discussed from the Dec. 14th agenda included Brad Hoylman speaking about the negotiations in the NYS Senate regarding the IDC; Laurie Hardjowirigo gave the Voter Reform Committee Report; Nat Johnson gave the Environmental Committee Report by stressing what was learned at the December 4 Future of Renewable Energy Forum; Erik Coler of Affordable Housing recapped the year's achievements by saying this year 42 units had been re-stabilized and he was hoping next year to add 90 more.

Jeffrey R. Gural, the chairman of Newmark Knight Frank and the owner of two upstate racinos that are members of the New York Gaming Association, said he had contributed about $ 200,000 last year to the committee, chiefly because he supported Mr. Cuomo's agenda and shared the governor's view that public employees unions had grown too powerful in Albany.

Rebecca Katz, a spokeswoman for The Progressive Agenda Committee, said the Committee would make no announcements about the attendees until official invitations go out in November.

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An agenda drafted by Chicago's Committee on Zoning, Landmarks, and Building Standards misspelled «Barack Obama» on documents about the commission's upcoming hearing on the Obama Presidential Center.

Additionally, to buttress individual teacher practices like the in - class deterrents, the school created a committee for academic integrity, implemented a new list of standards, and wove discussions about honesty into a major portion of the agenda.

It comes on the back of criticism of the Government's green agenda and fiscal policy levied by the Environment Audit Committee that claims environment taxes are so confusing businesses see them as a revenue - raising exercise, rather than being concerned about the green implications.

With «Whodat Miers» Secret Agenda,» left - of - center Norm Pattis harshes on anyone's mellow with his response: «As if things aren't weird enough in Washington, Sen. Arlen Spector of the Senate Judiciary Committee is thinking about calling James, a.k.a., «Focus on the Family,» Dobson as a witness to testify on the nomination of Harriet, a.k.a., Whodat, Miers.

Their attacks are baseless, and clearly about one thing — ending safe and legal abortion in America (the congressional hearing a couple of weeks ago helped make clear this is all part of a political agenda, as did the announcement of a special committee to investigate Planned Parenthood).