Sentences with phrase «congressional leaders tuesday»

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.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- Leading Republicans urged President Barack Obama to make a swift decision in favor of more U.S. troops for the war in Afghanistan after talks between the president and congressional leaders Tuesday.

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.

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At the same time that Florida students are pleading Congressional leaders to implement more gun control, a seventh grader in Jackson Township, Ohio was found injured by a self - inflicted gunshot wound early Tuesday.

Chuck Canterbury, president of the Fraternal Order of Police, which represents 325,000 law enforcement officers nationwide, wrote a letter to congressional leaders on Tuesday.

Senate Democratic Leader Charles E. Schumer Tuesday called on the Office of Congressional Ethics to probe Price's stock trades, and New York's other Democratic senator, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, called for an SEC investigation.

Congressional leaders from the Intelligence Committees of both chambers have also strongly spoken out against the proposal, and a group of seven House Republican committee chairmen sent a letter of opposition to their colleagues on Tuesday.

-- Colleen Deacon cruised to victory Tuesday in a three - person Democratic primary for the Syracuse - based 24th Congressional District seat, beating two rivals who could not match the support she received from party leaders.

Updated at 8:12 p.m. ET on Tuesday 6/4 (CNN)-- Access to top Russian officials by U.S. lawmakers was helped along by action movie star Steven Seagal — and more specifically the actor's martial arts skills - the leader of a congressional delegation said Tuesday.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. pauses during an election day news conference at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016.

«There goes Congress,» predicted legislature Minority Leader Ken Ronk at a Republican gathering in Kingston Tuesday night, referring to speculation that Hein would run for the to - be-vacated 19th Congressional District seat next year.

Washington (CNN)- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Tuesday delayed action for a few weeks on a bill to increase the minimum wage, a top political and policy priority of the White House and congressional Democrats this election year.

WASHINGTON — Reps. Tom Reed and Chris Collins reveled Tuesday in helping force a likely compromise with Republican congressional leaders that would allow Americans to continue deducting their property tax payments on their federal tax returns.

The Southern Tier congressman said Tuesday that he's been speaking with White House and congressional leaders on the issue, and that a compromise is looking clearer, if not yet definitive.

The National Republican Congressional Committee on Tuesday launched a digital advertisement pointing out the similarities between Pennsylvania's Democratic Congressional nominee Conor Lamb and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) in their «crumby words» used to attack Republican tax reform.

Washington (CNN)- If Democrats suffer a loss in an upstate New York congressional race Tuesday, it could well spark an uneasy celebration among Republican leaders.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- A group of business leaders, energy experts and former government leaders believes that the Obama administration could tackle climate change by taking measures that do not require congressional approval, according to a report released on Tuesday.