Sentences with phrase «congressional leaders»

Republican congressional leaders have said the party is in the process of crafting a substitute.

The harmony between the president and the top Democratic Congressional leaders didn't last long, however, as divisions over immigration set the parties against one another.

Congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle have done tremendous work to get us there, and we're hopeful this conversation continues.

At least that's the message delivered by congressional leaders who say that changing the federal education law is a top priority.

The bill marks another instance of congressional leaders putting ideology aside to do what's right for kids.

In asking Congressional leaders not to lose sight of the gains many of their districts made because of accountability measures in place, these educators offer a very simple equation for success.

Congressional leaders back in the politically turbulent 1970s managed to pass sweeping laws to ensure clean air and water, protect endangered species and keep toxic substances out of everyday household products.

Of the 32 congressional leaders contacted, nine responded with either complete or partial answers, six declined our requests and 17 never got back to us, despite repeated e-mail and telephone requests.

Instead, the $ 1.3 trillion budget bill passed by congressional leaders boosted the block grant program's funding by $ 305 million.

Five percent of those questioned gave the Republican congressional leaders an A, 17 percent a B, 40 percent a C, 18 percent a D and 13 percent an F.

One - tenth of Congressional leaders have some form of student loan debt, either for themselves or a family member.

But Western New York Congressional leaders from both sides of the isle are not pleased with this plan.

The provisions on TPP are almost certainly moot, as congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle say the deal will not come up for ratification in the lame duck congressional session.

While it failed in that larger goal, it did succeed in providing GOP congressional leaders with something they needed: an alternative to the in - house legislative expertise Gingrich had decimated.

While at the capitol, they took the opportunity to reconnect with other congressional leaders such as Senators Tommy Tomlinson and LeAnna Washington to continue discussions about legislation that will strengthen Licensed Athletic Trainers» abilities to safeguard student athletes in Pennsylvania.

Before the final United States House of Representatives and Senate votes on Friday, February 13, 2009, the SEIA (Solar Energy Industries Association) congratulated Congressional leaders for working out a compromise economic recovery bill with «Solar Industry Ready to Hire and Create Growth Opportunities with Economic Recovery Package» and said:

Waxman's comments came shortly after a representative of a group of fiscally conservative House Democrats urged congressional leaders to slow the pace of health care deliberations.

We are helping garner support from key Congressional leaders in eastern urban and industrial states to support the western states; we all need to get on board with opening access to foods that are good for people and the planet.»

Donald Trump met with Republican congressional leaders in May.

May 22, 2018 • In response to exclusive NPR reporting into a troubled federal grant program for public school teachers, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos told Congressional leaders Tuesday that she is aware of the program's problems and has taken steps to fix it.

NEA receives $ 2m boost in funding US cultural organisations have expressed relief after congressional leaders reached an agreement that will increase funding to the National Endowment for the Arts by $ 2m, reports the LA Times.

The White House and Republican congressional leaders released a framework for overhauling taxes on Sept. 27, three days before the end of the quarter.

«Now Congress has managed to bring much of the Federal Aviation Administration to a standstill... locally, needed expansion and resurfacing projects at Orlando's two commercial airports could atrophy mirroring the inertia of Republican and Democratic congressional leaders who can't — or won't — move their way around the labor issues and subsidies for rural airports that separate them.

Congressional leaders finalized a sweeping $ 1.3 trillion budget bill that substantially boosts military and domestic spending but leaves behind young immigrant «Dreamers,» deprives President Donald Trump some of his border wall money and takes only incremental steps to address gun violence.

Then there are proposals for reauthorizing No Child that have been floated by congressional leaders such as House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline, Senate counterpart Tom Harkin, and his likely successor, Lamar Alexander.

Mnuchin and White House economic adviser Gary Cohn are scheduled to meet with congressional leaders Tuesday evening to talk about the president's tax plan.

to push Congressional leaders.

Congressional leaders including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan reportedly want Trump to offer more details on health care policy and an Obamacare replacement strategy in his speech, according to CNN.

ACC congratulates Congressional leaders for their historic progress toward modernizing our nation's tax code.

Republican U.S. congressional leaders backed Trump.

When congressional leaders needed a vessel to move their spending cargo, they hitched it to this otherwise innocuous bill.

WBFO's Eileen Buckley caught up with a Western New York Congressional leader who is a ranking member of the counter-terrorism intelligence committee.

As the tax fight played out, a new battle opened on another front as Democratic congressional leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi skipped a White House meeting with Trump to discuss spending, immigration and other issues after Trump criticized them on Twitter.

He was the first congressional leader ever to be indicted.

President Trump and Vice President Pence met with congressional leaders last week at the White House, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D - Calif.)

But people close to negotiations between the administration and GOP congressional leaders say the proposed rate will probably wind up being between 22 and 25 percent.

For Immediate Release Congressional leaders unveiled late Wednesday a bipartisan spending agreement to fund the government through the remainder of...

At a Wednesday fundraising brunch for Priorities USA and the congressional super PACs at the home of billionaire hedge funder Jim Simons, Emanuel joined congressional leaders Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Dick Durbin, Chuck Schumer, Steny Hoyer and Steve Israel to urge super PAC donations.

In 2001, President George W. Bush and a bipartisan group of Congressional leaders passed the No Child Left Behind Act («NCLB») that sought to improve public education through greater accountability.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will tell United States congressional leaders and policymakers this week that commerce and trade are as powerful as «ships and planes» when it comes to exerting influence in the Asia - Pacific, as he seeks to breathe life into the Trans - Pacific Partnership.

But less than a month later, Sessions wrote to congressional leaders criticizing the federal government's hands - off approach to medical marijuana, and citing a Colorado case in which a medical marijuana licensee shipped pot out of state.

And what congressional leaders have agreed on falls far short of what's needed to do the job right and hold down costs, says Phil Sparks, a former Census official who is now co-director of The Census Project in Washington, D.C.

So congressional leaders took advantage of the fact that, without a permanent AMT fix, the Joint Tax Committee would have to assume that the AMT would cancel a substantial portion of the new tax cuts of 2001.

Trump and congressional leaders gave brief speeches honoring the Rev. Billy Graham at the Capitol:

But the letter sent to congressional leaders outlining the principles — signed by Trump himself — says that the document outlines «reforms that must be included as part of any legislation addressing the status of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients.»