Sentences with phrase «former house republican»

«Having an expression of interest on this from the White House is extremely useful in convincing members of the president's own party to try and reach an accord,» said Joe Stanko, an industry attorney and former House Republican aide on the Energy and Commerce Committee.

Previous winners of the Prescott Bush award include WWE executive Linda McMahon, former Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, former House Republican Leader Larry Cafero, former Gov. M. Jodi Rell and former Congressman Rob Simmons.

As reported here back in May, the School Nutrition Association (SNA) has parted ways with its former House Republican allies over the latter's controversial proposal, contained in the House Education & the Workforce Committee's Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR) bill, to block grant school food in three states.

As reported here back in May, the School Nutrition Association (SNA) has parted ways with its former House Republican allies over the latter's controversial proposal, contained in the House Education & the Workforce Committee's Child Nutrition... [Continue reading]

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Meanwhile, GOP leader Donald Trump has seen his lead in Wisconsin evaporate, giving way to Ted Cruz, as Trump has clashed with Republican leaders in the state such as former presidential candidate Gov. Scott Walker and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (a Wisconsin congressman).

Republican Rep. Bob Goodlatte, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, implored Wray during a hearing on Thursday to «repair the damage done by» former FBI Director James Comey.

Speculation ran high that the former Republican nominee would consider a third run for the White House after he took to the stage on Thursday to speak out against current frontrunner Donald Trump.

-- TREY GOWDY: The South Carolina Republican led the House committee investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's actions surrounding the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi, Libya.

Porter, a Rhodes scholar who attended Harvard with White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, was close with former chief of staff Reince Priebus from the latter's time at the Republican National Committee.

Holmes had been highly critical of both Moore, who was alleged of sexual misconduct with teenage girls when he was in his 30s, and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, who had boosted Moore's candidacy since the primary against Republican Sen. Luther Strange, who was McConnell's preferred candidate.

Pelosi, a former House speaker, is a favorite target of Republicans, particularly as the GOP fights against a possible blue wave this fall.

Ben Carson, a former Republican presidential hopeful who dropped out of the 2016 race and backed Trump, has been offered the post of secretary of housing and urban development, Carson spokesman Armstrong Williams said.

Cantor, the former GOP House majority leader, lost the Republican primary to a more conservative opponent in 2014.

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It seems since Former Republican House speaker John Boehner announced he was supporting cannabis legalization, the industry has been reveling in succe...

The controversial tactics of Cambridge Analytica — whose former vice president, Republican strategist Stephen K. Bannon, later worked for Trump's campaign and in the White House — first came to light in March in news reports that it had amassed data from tens of millions of Americans through a Facebook quiz app.

After the allegations began to surface, top Republicans, such as White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Porter's former boss Sen. Orrin Hatch (R - UT), went out of their way to defend Porter, vouch for his good character, and say he shouldn't resign.

The search for a new Veterans Affairs chief is wide open, with President Donald Trump considering as potential nominees a former Republican congressman, a hospital executive and his White House chief of staff, John Kelly, people familiar with the matter said.

The former Republican House Speaker's move to serve on the advisory board to a cannabis company shows pot is increasingly supported by American establishment

The Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, Pennsylvania's Rep. Galusha Grow, managed the Act through Congress and echoed a point made years earlier by former President James Madison that population growth would eventually make obsolete a broad - based property ownership policy limited only to the ownership of land.

CSA is helmed by Alex Urrea, a former Republican staffer on the House Financial Services committee.

Republicans as prominent as former House Speaker John Boehner and Kevin Brady, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, have floated capping muni income.

Moving to dismantle former President Barack Obama's legacy on the environment and other issues, House Republicans approved a measure Wednesday that scuttles a regulation aimed at preventing coal mining debris from being dumped into nearby streams.

Democratic Congressman Jim McDermott has introduced carbon tax legislation in the House and former Republican congressman Bob Inglis is advocating for a carbon tax.

In 2013, American Atheists launched a billboard campaign against three Republican politicians: former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.

CNN: Passing significant test, Gingrich wins more S.C. evangelicals than rivals If there were any doubts that Newt Gingrich, a thrice - married convert to Catholicism, could connect with the evangelical voters who make up the Republican Party base, Saturday's South Carolina primary put them to rest, with the former House Speaker winning twice as many evangelical votes as anyone else in the race.

The former Massachusetts governor and 2008 Republican White House hopeful will address the Faith and Freedom Conference and Strategy Briefing on Friday, June 3rd, according to an early Monday morning announcement on the organization's website by Ralph Reed, the founder of the Faith and Freedom Coalition.

Huffington Post: Newt Gingrich's Catholic Conversion Is Part of a Larger Spiritual Shift in His Life and Politics As former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich's star continues to rise ahead of GOP Republican primaries, he has had less time for what in recent years has become a calming, soothing Sunday tradition: sitting in the pews at the cavernous National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, praying to Jesus and the Virgin Mary during noon Mass while listening to his wife sing in the choir.

In the last year Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Republican Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and liberal filmmaker Michael Moore have spoken at Georgetown.

On the latter point, perhaps the most telling comment is that attributed to former Congresswoman Pat Schroeder in response to the string of Republican presidential victories in the 1980s: «There are three things Democrats must do to recapture the White House.

In The Relevance of Religion: How Faithful People Can Change Politics (Random House), the former Episcopal priest, Republican senator, and United Nations ambassador argues that communities of faith can restore a spirit of civility to our longstanding disagreements.

Matt Huffman, a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives (term - limited out), and now running for state senate in Jordan's district, remembers going to Jordan's daughter's wedding a few years ago and being surprised at who he ended up sitting with for dinner.

On the Republican side, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions (+180) is the favorite to be named Trump's running mate, with former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (+400) a close second.

Grimm is running for the seat again in a Republican primary, but he recently disavowed former Trump strategist Steve Bannon amid a public falling out for the ex-White House counselor with the president and his supporters.

Former VP Dick Cheney met with House Republicans to discuss Benghazi and said Clinton should be subpoenaed to testify «if necessary.»

In fact, there are a number of Empire State Republicans — several of whom have Pataki ties — in Iowa right now working for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in the days leading up to the Jan. 3 caucuses.

Prominent Mitt Romney - supporting New York Republicans are engaged in some full - throated Newt Gingrich bashing today, labeling the former House speaker as everything from «dangerous» and a «little psycho» (former Staten Island BP Guy Molinari) to a «disaster» (former US Sen. Alfonse D'Amato).

Other credits include former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani's failed 2008 presidential bid, as well as a stint at the RNC, the Bush White House and the House Republican Policy Committee.

Also at 6 p.m., state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, state Sen. Catharine Young, state Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox and former Gov. George Pataki attend a fundraiser for state Senate candidate Julie Killian, Empire Steak House, 151 E. 50th St., Manhattan.

Rhodes is a former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the crowded field for the Democratic nomination in the Hudson Valley House district, with the winner taking on Republican Rep. John Faso, who is seeking a second term.

House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, a Utah Republican best known for his handling of multiple investigations into former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, announced he will not run for reelection when his current term concludes at the end of 2018.

At 7:30 p.m., the Queens Village Republican Club meets with former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci, Knights of Columbus / St.

Former Rep. Richard Hanna unloaded on the woman who holds his old House seat, Rep. Claudia Tenney, saying she is a «pariah to the Republican Party» and has «made herself a Democratic fundraiser» with her controversial views and comments.

Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, a Syracuse Republican, and Joe Holland, a Cornel football and track star and former housing official also sought the Republican endorsement.

Nowadays, a billionaire Independent can buy the election and wouldn't even need a powerful Democratic house to bolster their ranks as the Republican party is so weak former police commissioner Ray Kelly, Marty Gold, and even Dan Halloran have been rumored to run for mayor.

Stefanik, a plywood company vice president and former White House policy adviser from Willsboro, and Doheny, an investment fund manager from Watertown, are running in a June 24 primary for the Republican nomination in the 21st Congressional District, where U.S. Rep. Bill Owens, D - Plattsburgh, is not seeking re-election.

Also seeking the nomination besides Molinaro, who is the presumptive GOP candidate, and Giambra are former state housing commissioner Joseph Holland, a Republican, and Libertarian candidate Larry Sharpe.

Washington — President Barack Obama intends to nominate former Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle to serve as a Republican commissioner on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, a White House official said tonight.

Trump's apparent commitment to stand by incumbent Republican senators against his former campaign CEO and White House strategist shows that even a tradition - bucking president may hew to the party line in the interest of moving his agenda forward and maintaining a governing majority.

«Right now there are over 400 former members of the House and Senate who are registered lobbyists in Washington,» Pataki said during a Republican primary debate in 2015, according to a transcript.