Sentences with phrase «conference committees trying»
Reed vowed to try to preserve what's left of the SALT deduction if the Senate passes its tax legislation and a conference committee tries to hammer out a final deal.
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As Jerome Powell, Trump's hand - picked new Fed chairman, said at a news conference after the central bank's most recent meeting in March, «We're trying to take the middle ground, and the committee continues to believe that the middle ground consists of further gradual increases in the federal - funds rate.»
Their fling, if one can call it that, started after a U.S. Olympic Committee official tried to get the required postgame press conference translations into French (the other official language of the Olympics) dispensed with.
It's hardest on mid-majors, especially when it comes to trying to coax power - conference teams onto campus, and then smaller teams end up with few impressive pelts to show the March Madness committee, as NCAA snub Illinois State dealt with on Sunday.
The Democrats went on to lose control of the chamber to the Republicans, and now they're in the crosshairs yet again after their former Finance Committee chairman, Sen. Carl Kruger, has been hit with federal corruption charges in a complaint that makes it clear he tried hard to influence key members of the conference — including «Senate Leader No. 1» — whoever that might be.
«We're trying to jump - start her or shame her into releasing her plans for the county,» Suffolk Democratic Committee chairman Rich Shaffer said during a conference call with local media outlets Tuesday.
Cuomo, a second - term Democrat who is up for reelection, said at last week's press conference that both campaign committees, as well as his $ 30 million war chest, would be used to try to elect enough Democrats to retake the majority in the Senate.
Katko, R - Camillus, also voted for the House version of the tax overhaul bill, but has been trying to persuade GOP leaders to make changes in conference committee negotiations with members of the Senate.
Meanwhile, a House - Senate conference committee met for the first time last week to try to negotiate a compromise version.
In South Carolina, meanwhile, a House - Senate conference committee continued meetings last week to try to forge a consensus on a sex - education measure in that state.
If the House passes its own bill, a conference committee of House and Senate members would be formed to try to fashion a compromise measure.
In the academic environment that means that I try to find out what my colleagues are doing when I see them in committees in addition to the established means such as conferences.