Sentences with phrase «federal leaders about»

My goal would be to create feedback loops that provide information to state and federal leaders about how their reforms are implemented, how the reforms are viewed by practitioners, and what impact the reforms have.

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Now that conservatives complained about the $ 1.3 trillion catchall spending bill — which blew through previous budget limits by $ 300 billion over this year and next, House GOP leaders have scheduled a vote this week on a proposed amendment to the Constitution to require a balanced federal budget.

Canadian chief executives and corporate leaders are concerned about the possible sale of Potash Corp. to a foreign buyer, and they want the federal government to take action to stop the sale.

Yet the United Conservatives must themselves climb out of opposition before they can do anything about their external grievances; for now, some of the rhetoric seems oddly misplaced, as if Kenney longs to fulfill an old dream of being federal opposition leader.

Kinder Morgan's 1,000 - kilometre expansion project has become a national rallying cry for environmentalists, sparked protests from Indigenous communities, caused a trade war between two provinces and brought about the arrest of a federal party leader.

Frankly, I think you'd be hard pressed to find another Canadian federal leader speaking this seriously about economic issues.

New comments by President Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani about a payment to Stormy Daniels place the president at the center of questions about possible campaign - finance violations, two former Federal Election Commission leaders said.

Mr. Trump also spoke at length about the standoff with armed protesters who last Saturday seized the headquarters at a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon, suggesting that he would have called the leader of the group to try to make a deal to end it — and would have acted against them if negotiations failed because «you can not let people take over federal property.»

, chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, came as White House and congressional leaders discussed a plan to immediately pump about $ 6 billion into federal disaster relief efforts.

But the company, Spectra Energy Corp., said former federal Conservative government house leader Jay Hill's role in the discussions about those laws has probably been very minor and, in any case, represents just part of the work he does for the company.

Her personal lobbying comes as the federal government has asked all premiers to help on the trade file by speaking about the importance of Canadian trade with U.S. leaders.

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Andy Stanley, a prominent evangelical leader, said some in his congregation cheered when he launched a preaching series called «Recovery Road» to talk about politically touchy issues such as personal greed, the federal deficit and the sins of subprime loans.

He heard government leaders talk about balancing the budget by cutting back on the food stamp program, even while they rescued a struggling aircraft corporation with massive federal aid.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd used the final leaders» debate of the 2013 federal election to signal a possible shift on foreign property ownership, saying he is «a bit nervous» about an «open slather approach».

We're still awaiting a decision from the jury in former Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr.'s federal corruption trial, but we do have some (more bad) news to report about the embattled former Bronx Democratic lawmaker.

Former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno arrived at the federal courthouse about 2:40 p.m. this afternoon for his sentencing on federal corruption charges.

Erie County leaders expressed alarm and outrage over a report by National Public Radio on Friday that the Trump administration is thinking about gutting several federal programs aimed at fighting the opioid drug crisis.

He answers question about New York Senate majority leader Dean Skelos who is facing charges of extortion, bribery and conspiracy in federal court.

ALBANY — On the eve of Vice President Mike Pence's visit to the Buffalo area, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer on Monday urged New Yorkers to demand an explanation about Republican proposals to eliminate a major federal tax deduction used by millions of state residents.

As federal elected officials face noisy constituents at town hall meetings nationwide, New York's senior U.S. Senator and that body's minority leader took questions Wednesday about his own ability to be reached.

«As always, you have to make decisions about how much you can afford to do in school aid and how much money you have to put aside for the potential impact of federal cuts in Medicaid and in health care,» Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle (D - Irondequoit) said last week.

Reps. Nydia Velázquez and Joe Crowley say federal immigration agents appear to be «targeting» a number of «immigrant rights leaders across the United States,» and demanded a sit - down with agency brass about «the rash of enforcement actions.»

Former State Senate Leader Dean Skelos was stone - faced and silent as he left a federal courthouse where a jury found him and his son Adam guilty of public corruption charges today, after a four - week trial and just about eight hours of deliberations — but attorneys for both men said they would pursue legal challenges to the verdict.

WAMC's political observer Dr. Alan Chartock speaks with WAMC's Brian Shields about the verdict Friday afternoon in the federal corruption trial of Dean Skelos, the former New York state Senate Majority Leader, and his adult son, Adam.

The other donor, Leonard Litwin's Glenwood Management, stopped giving at about the same time a senior vice president at the firm signed a non-prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors in their case against former Senate majority leader Dean Skelos.

Cuomo, meanwhile, was described by one associate as «edgily nervous» about the next move to be made by federal prosecutor Bharara, whose successful prosecutions of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Nassau) and startling admonition to «stay tuned» has led to widespread speculation that the governor is his next target.

Another top Senate leader, Sen. Thomas Libous, R - Binghamton, has pleaded not guilty to a federal charge that he lied to the FBI about using his clout to arrange a job for his son, who was convicted earlier this year of filing false income tax returns.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said he has «serious, serious concerns» about President Trump's Supreme Court nominee after their meeting, complaining that the federal judge, Neil Gorsuch, «avoided answers like the plague.»

The IDC, (minus Sen. Tony Avella, who's testifying), issued a statement in response to questions about a wiretapped conversation played yesterday at the federal corruption trial of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, saying (in part): «We can not speculate on the motives of Sen. Skelos.»

Former Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. has asked a New York federal judge to change his mind about allowing the government more time to respond to Espada's August request to vacate his sentence, saying conditions at his prison are too inhumane to wait.

Brooklyn federal prosecutors told appellate judges they should get another shot at showing that former Senate Majority Leader John Sampson embezzled about $ 400,000 from foreclosure sales — but the defense said no charges against the disgraced ex-pol should stand.

At 10:25 a.m., Brian Lehrer will interview US Attorney Pret Bharara about the recent convictions on federal corruption chafes of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam; WNYC.

Congressional members, transit officials and labor leaders have raised an alarm about proposed Republican legislation that would end automatic federal transportation money and leave New York City's transit system in jeopardy.

Former State Senate leader Dean Skelos got a split result Thursday in his bid to subpoena damaging information about two key witnesses against him in his upcoming retrial on corruption charges in Manhattan federal court.

Trump plans to remind voters about the Republican tax law, Obama - era regulations they have nixed, and the revamping of the federal judiciary he and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have overseen.

It's also worth noting that legendary levels of dubious activity cross partisan lines there: After the Republican Party lost the majority in the state Senate in 2008, Democrats spent the first few months of their abbreviated stint in power basking in new information about how Republicans spent the legislature's money on items like a special van for the man who was then their majority leader, Joe Bruno, who went on to be sentenced to two years in prison on federal corruption charges.

Federal authorities used a wiretap and caught Skelos bragging about the extent of his influence, saying on the call that as senate president and majority leader «I'm going to control everything,» including who sits on which committees, which legislation makes it to the floor and the budget.

Granted, he's coming off a pretty awful week, but Pedro Espada did not exactly help his case this weekend, as the State Senate majority leader angrily fled the set of Channel 2's Eye of New York mid-interview when Espada — facing state and federal charges for stealing $ 14 million from his Soundview HealthCare Network — was pressed about allegations that he really lives in Westchester (as opposed to in the Bronx district he represents).

What with both Assembly and state Senate leaders currently in the federal dock on corruption charges, the media, naturally, had to ask about corruption in Albany.

«I'm going to be president of the Senate, I'm going to be majority leader,» Skelos allegedly told his son during a phone conversation about their deal with a developer - a call being recorded by federal agents.

The governor, in his speech to business leaders, also made the case for a Washington - style continuing resolution to keep state spending going beyond the April 1 deadline without a settled budget, if there's uncertainty about whether federal aid may be significantly cut.

Washington (CNN)- House GOP Leader John Boehner said he supports a ban on all new federal regulations, after meeting Friday with business lobbyists who complained about uncertain economic conditions.

The probe into Silver's office also turned up incriminating material about former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who also now also faces corruption raps in Manhattan federal court.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was arrested on federal corruption charges in early May - about a month after the legislature passed the budget.

Since only a tiny fraction of Americans has lived through a state constitutional convention in their adult lifetimes, and since Americans are not taught about state constitutional conventions (as opposed to the federal constitutional convention of 1787) during their formal schooling (even those such as myself who received a Ph.D. in American government), Americans approach these referendums starting with a huge knowledge deficit, making local opinion leaders that much more influential in public debates.

Erie County leaders expressed alarm and outrage Saturday over a report by National Public Radio on Friday that the Trump administration is thinking about gutting several federal programs aimed at fighting the opioid drug crisis.

Schumer, D - N.Y., the Senate Democratic leader, said the agreement reached after months of negotiations would lift statutory spending limits set by Congress and add about $ 400 billion in federal spending, providing billions to boost the military over the next two years.

The agencies together receive about US$ 60 billion in federal research dollars each year, with about half going to the NIH, so the number of papers available annually could double under the proposal, says Heather Joseph, another petition leader and executive director of the pro-open access Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, based in Washington DC.

At the «Innovation: An American Imperative» symposium October 20 on Capitol Hill, industry leaders and members of Congress talked about shoring up federal support for basic research and development