Sentences with word «conferees»

«The president applauds the House and Senate conferees on coming to an agreement on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and looks forward to fulfilling the promise he made to the American people to give them a tax cut by the end of the year,» she said.

The American Bar Association and its nearly 400,000 members — indeed, all practicing lawyers in the United States — are gratified that the House and Senate conferees on the financial markets reform legislation have recognized the importance of maintaining the historic role of state supreme courts» regulatory authority over the practice of law.

Click here to download a complete list of committee rules and guidelines for conferees appearing before the Senate Education Committee.

The House of Representatives announced their list of conferees Tuesday afternoon, and the Senate appointed every member of its Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) to the conference committee.

Sen. John McCain, R - Ariz., pauses before speaking to reporters during a meeting of the National Defense Authorization Act conferees in Washington.

The bill passed the House and is now eligible for consideration when the House / Senate budget committee conferees meet at the end of April.

Actually, the agriculture conferees did not «nix» rules on sodium or whole grains.

While conferees may need to rely on sunsets to comply with the Byrd rule, they should not use them to reduce the ten - year cost.

House and Senate conferees agree on a $ 31.5 - billion funding bill for the Education Department for fiscal year 1992.

The House voted on Monday to formally kick off the conference committee, and House Speaker Paul Ryan and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi appointed conferees.

The agreement came even before the House and Senate conferees working on a final tax deal held an open meeting later Wednesday.

The presentation of the scholars» findings was the occasion for vigorous discussion and debate among conferees, who followed the proceedings of this ecclesiastical Rashomon with a rapt attentiveness, itself a testimony to the originality of this multidisciplinary approach.

«As conferees move forward this week, NSBA welcomes the open process to put finishing touches on a bi-partisan compromise.»

The ESEA reauthorization conferees delivered some good news for America's high - achieving students last week.

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) reauthorization conferees delivered some good news for America's high - achieving students last week.

Alexandria, Va. (November 17, 2015)- In another step toward a modernized education bill, the U.S. House of Representatives today named conferees for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Conference Committee.

Click here to download a complete list of committee rules and guidelines for conferees appearing before the House Education Committee.

The conference will take place at Hilton Waikoloa Village, a 62 - acre resort on the Kohala Coast on the Big Island of Hawai'i, where conferees can swim, golf, dine, dolphin - watch, and participate in a 5 - K run.

To avoid deadlock, Senate - House conferees punted some sticky issues to the Education Department to resolve.

«If you own a plane,» one conferee said, «you just accidentally make more money than if you don't.»

If budget conferees agreed to add the $ 100 million in the budget, both chambers would have to approve.

The talk was attended by many conferees and has since been viewed on the TED website over 1.6 million times.

Thanks a lot for sharing the detailed list of Senate names of farm bill Conferees.

Amida Buddhist conferees in the tradition of the 13th century Japanese teachers Shinran and Honen seemed closest to Christianity.

As noted by Sky Sports, the 29 - year - old has signed a four - year contract with the Ligue 1 side, and will be officially unveiled on Monday at a press conferee following his big - money return to his former club.

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have lunch with bicameral tax conferees, after which, the president will participate in the swearing - in of Judge Gregory Katsas to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia

«Dan being the only member of the majority, he has access to the majority conferees that other representatives don't have,» said Patrick Ryan, Donovan's spokesman.

Conferees learned that more than 70 percent of climate - changing carbon dioxide emissions are generated in cities, with emissions set to hit 36.5 billion metric tons in 2030 from 25 billion in 2010 and 15 billion in 1990.

Nonetheless, the Green Bank conferees assumed on the basis of theory that planets were as common as flies and pegged the fraction of planet - endowed stars at about one - half.

Hansen says other conferees indeed see the results of research so far, on the whole, as gloomy.

Phyllis Cuttino, who heads the clean energy program for The Pew Charitable Trusts in Washington, D.C., says that the House and Senate conferees likely gave up the restrictions when it became clear there was only muted support for the measures among Senate Republicans.

In October, while ESSA conferees were still negotiating, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner signed into law a new school rating system under which only 30 percent of a school or district's grade will be based on student achievement.

As House and Senate conferees prepared to begin hammering out a compromise between their differing higher - education bills, Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander said last week that President Bush is likely to veto the resulting legislation if significant changes are not made.

But legislation to reauthorize the program turned into a $ 70 - million proposition that was defeated by the House after conferees attached provisions authorizing their own education - related pet projects.

Washington — House and Senate conferees last week approved legislation that would allow the Head Start program to serve all eligible preschoolers by 1994 and fund «transition grants» to extend support services to program graduates in elementary school.

Washington — Although House and Senate conferees finally agreed last week on a record 1985 spending level for the Education Department, the appropriations bill — one of many rolled into a $ 500 - billion catchall measure put together by a Congress scurrying to adjourn for the campaign season — may face a Presidential veto.

While awaiting conference proceedings to begin, NSBA will continue to work with potential conferees to ensure that Congress passes an education bill that reaffirms local governance, invests in Title I programs, and excludes vouchers, tuition tax credits, or other means of authorizing the use of public dollars for private education.

With conference season flaring to life, I propose a Publishing Conferees» Pile of Wishes for organizers.

BUSINESS AND MEETING FACILITIES Several meeting rooms seat conferees boardroom or dining room style, and the hotel is a popular place for social functions or small corporate retreats.

COP21 conferees should acknowledge the foundational role coal will continue to play in the world's energy mix and take action to assure technologies will be developed and deployed to keep emissions in line with climate action goals.»

Kevin O'Keefe at Real Lawyers Have Blogs gives the ILTA conferees a big pat on their collective backs for their tweeting and blogging, noting that, just two years ago, he criticized ILTA attendees for the silence of their blogs during that year's conference.

Senate action to appoint conferees is expected soon.

Washington — House and Senate conferees working on the Education Department's fiscal 1986 appropriations bill last week voted to halve the budget of the federal mathematics and science program to $ 50 million.

In that capacity, I evaluate manuscripts for conferees and teach workshops as requested.

In another step toward a modernized education bill, the U.S. House of Representatives today named conferees for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Conference Committee.

House of Representatives and Senate conferees have agreed to give the National Institute of Standards and Technology $ 856 million for 2010, a 4.5 % increase over last year's budget.