Sentences with phrase «committee chairman»

The city's Democratic committee chairman says interest in elected office increased shortly after the presidential election and they're still riding that wave.

But she also revealed that the liaison committee itself is split on one of the key proposals, the election of select committee chairman, suggesting consensus might be difficult to achieve.

Most make $ 10,000 to $ 40,000 more for leadership posts like committee chairman and majority whip.

But Suffolk County Republican Committee chairman John Jay LaValle fired back, saying that Mr. Bellone's plan lacked substance and did not outline a clear action course.

Sponsored by Senate Education Committee Chairman John Flanagan (R - Suffolk), the bill would free the mayor to dismiss teachers for nine possible reasons and would end the longstanding system backed by the teachers union, which requires that those most recently hired must be let go first during layoffs, no matter how effective they are in the classroom.

House Education Committee Chairman Tom McMillin (R - Rochester Hills) released a Wednesday night statement praising the legislation.

Yesterday, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele outlined his party's strategy to pour money into Dutchess County and two other counties «because of their competitive state Senate races.»

Trying to find someone to take on indicted congressman Grimm in last year's election bedeviled former Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman Rep. Steve Israel.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman John DeFrancisco said earlier this week lawmakers were hesitant to cut the usual end - of - session agreements in part due to the ongoing corruption cases and investigations.

But Nestande never raised the money needed to make this a competitive race, even receiving public admonition from National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Greg Walden for his lackluster fundraising.

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, a pro-trade Republican from Texas, said he would work to ensure that the tariffs «are narrow and targeted to protect our workers and job creators here at home.»

Senate Health Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander and Sen. Susan Collins, Maine Republican, have partnered with Democrats on bills that would reel in rate hikes by resuming reimbursements for insurers who pick up low - income customers costs on the Obamacare exchanges and freeing up billions for a «reinsurance» program that blunts the cost of customers with big claims, so others don't have to pay more.

We have praised the Innovation Act of 2013, introduced this week by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R - VA) and co-sponsored by a bipartisan coalition, as the best patent troll - killing bill yet.

«During the 2016 presidential campaign, Russia launched an all - out assault on our democracy, and it found a willing and active partner in Donald Trump's campaign,» Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez said in a statement.

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, just back from NAFTA talks in Mexico, said Tuesday he believes the United States will not scrap the trade agreement.

«Republicans want to end the Medicare guarantee,» Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel (N.Y.) said recently in a statement distilling the Democrats» argument against Members who have voted in favor of the Wisconsin Republican's budget.

(CNN)- Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said Wednesday that he doesn't believe former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was playing to lowest common denominator politics when he said that President Obama has a «Kenyan anti-colonial» worldview.

On Monday, McCain and Senate Armed Services committee chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D - Michigan) introduced an amendment to strip the funds from the bill.

According to a statement and press release from the Ohio Republican's office Monday morning, datelined from Kabul, Boehner was accompanied by Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline, R - Minn.; Natural Resources Chairman Doc Hastings, R - Wash.; Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp, R - Mich.; and National Republican Campaign Committee Chairman Greg Walden, R - Ore.

She's been endorsed by U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, and Oswego County Democratic Committee Chairman Mike Kunzwiler.

The new House bill would retain that requirement, and Senate Education Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander, though declaring himself open - minded on the subject, seems to be moving closer toward keeping it.

Where a younger brother to the Governor, Mr. Teslim Ajimobi, son of ex-governor of the state, Chief Adebayo Alao Akala, Mr. Olamijuwonlo Akala are among the 57 nominees named as caretaker committee chairmen in state.

«I think it was an overwhelming show of support for Betty Jean Grant to move in a new direction for that senate seat,» said Erie County Democratic Committee Chairman Jeremy Zellner.

A couple weeks ago, some Catholic leaders called out House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan and House Speaker John Boehner for neglecting Catholic social teachings in their proposed 2012 budget.

That makes it the «single largest contributor of aid for children living in extreme poverty» in India, said committee chairman Ed Royce.

In any event, the real «Looking Glass» moment came earlier this week, when Senate Finance Committee chairman Carl Kruger (D - Brooklyn) couldn't say how big the budget is.

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R - WY) released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Senate budget resolution today.

The bill, sponsored by Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C.

At 8 a.m., breakfast reception for Assembly Health Committee Chairman Richard Gottfried, The State Room, 100 State St., second floor, Albany.

«They should've had a primary,» the former Republican National Committee chairman said of the ill - fated decision by local party leaders in upstate New York to anoint Dede Scozzafava as the establishment choice in Tuesday's special election.

Oyo State House of Assembly on Tuesday granted Governor Abiola Ajimobi's request to extend the tenure of Caretaker Committee Chairmen in the 33 Local Government Areas...

Erie County GOP Committee Chairman Nick Langworthy announced that the people had chosen a law enforcer over a community organizer.

The newly elected president, who failed to attend the meeting, sent his spokesperson Mustapha Hamid and Hon Isaac Asiamah, parliamentary select Committee chairman for sports, to represent him.

Or, as Republican State Committee chairman Ed Cox said, Cuomo might be afraid to engage because he knows Trump tends to respond in loud and unpredictable ways.

Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley just escalated the brewing judicial war to a new high, ditching what is known as the «blue slip» process for some of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees.

State Sen. Health Committee Chairman Kemp Hannon called the bill from his fellow Republicans in Washington «unacceptable» and «poor public policy.»

On 12 July 2011, Metropolitan Police deputy assistant commissioner Sue Akers told MPs and the Home Affairs committee chairman Keith Vaz that police had contacted 170 of the 3,870 people named in Glenn Mulcaire's files to date.

Chairman Thad Cochran (R - TN) is staying on as Committee Chairman for the Senate Appropriations Committee with Senator Patrick Leahy (D - Vt.)

During a CapTon interview last night, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. John DeFrancisco shot down the suggestion the GOP might be open to reauthorize the so - called millionarie's tax under the pretense that to do so would not technically be breaking the «no new taxes pledge.»

Moreover, the spectrum auctions will be key in keeping the US at the forefront of 5G deployment, according to a joint statement by US House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden and Representative Marsha Blackburn.

The stinging Government Accountability Office (GAO) report detailing the findings, commissioned by Democratic House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman, criticizes the EPA for failing to establish a rigorous, national approach for disposing of the waste.

Gallo has repeatedly accused the onetime city and county Democratic committee chairman of working to undermine his agenda on behalf of the same «Democratic party elites» who opposed his nomination back in 2011.

Rep. Phil Roe, R - Tenn., chairman of the Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee, and House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline, R - Minn., denounced Obama's veto of the joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act.

At the time, House Education Committee Chairman Bob Behning said there weren't enough votes to recommend Indiana leave the Common Core State Standards initiative.

On the political side, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D - Conn.)

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen sent a cold - blooded message Friday to under - performing party candidates: Get your act together, or you're on your own.

Asked about Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus» comment that he would «probably» fire the speechwriter if it were up to him, Manafort told TIME: «Frankly if I knew somebody did it, I'd fire them too.»

The discussion followed the familiar lines expressed by committee chairman Lamar Smith (R - TX) and others at least since 2013 that 13 federal agencies are involved in climate change / earth science research, while NASA uniquely is responsible for space exploration.

Indy Politics talks with House Transportation Committee Chairman Ed Soliday about how lawmakers will pay for the state's roads and infrastructure and he also offers his thoughts on the plan being presented by Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Gregg.

In the Senate, Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R - Utah, has circulated working drafts of an antipiracy bill.