Sentences with phrase «from closed door meetings»

Recode will try to get details from the closed door meeting room today and report on any public statements the participants make at the venue or online.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos emerged hopeful from a closed door meeting with Republican Senators.

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All three were present at a closed - door meeting in March where business and political leaders reportedly strategized how to keep Trump from reaching the White House.

Zuckerberg visited with senators in closed - door meetings Monday, previewing the public apology he plans to give Congress on Tuesday after revelations that the data - mining firm Cambridge Analytica gathered personal information from 87 million users to try to influence elections.

On May 2 and 3, high level negotiators from 11 countries met in Toronto behind closed doors at an undisclosed location in an attempt to revive the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP).

Leaders from GAFCON (Global Anglican Future Conference) have met behind closed doors in London, and issued... More

Leaders from GAFCON (Global Anglican Future Conference) have met behind closed doors in London, and issued a statement saying they are «particularly concerned... More

«When Nora closes behind her the door of her doll's house, she opens wide the gate of life for women, and proclaims the revolutionary message that only perfect freedom and communion make a true bond between man and woman, meeting in the open, without lies, without shame, free from the bondage of duty»

The draft proposals are being presented to MSs as almost final in behind - closed - door - meetings that will in effect prevent EU Member States (MS) from taking effective action to protect child rights and health.1

Several residents from the Heritage Park neighborhood at the meeting expressed their hopes that the restaurant's opening would not bring with it the problems that accompanied Big Kahuna, which closed its doors in 1993 after a bitter legal battle with the village.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos emerged from a closed - door meeting in Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's office this afternoon and gave few details of what was discussed.

After emerging from a closed - door meeting with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos told reporters he believes the trio has reached «the framework of an agreement to resolve all outstanding issues» — with the exception of same - sex marriage.

Today, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and public officials from our community meet with him behind closed doors to decide the fate of our Puerto Rican Day Parade (which is less than 4 months away) and we in the Puerto Rican community are being double - crossed by our elected officials, once again.»

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday held a closed door meeting with some prominent politicians from the south - eastern part of the country.

Republican Senators emerged from a closed - door meeting and said they are not ruling out taking up new gun control legislation.

Fielding questions from State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, Oshiomhole said the country deserves respect from all, appealing to political elite to assist in promoting and strengthening the bridge of unity.

Sharpton was supposed to attend a closed - door meeting of African American officials in Harlem back when Cuomo was still reeling from Carl Paladino's landslide GOP primary win and trying to figure out how best to deal with him.

GOP lawmakers emerged from a closed - door meeting Tuesday afternoon to not rule out taking up new gun control legislation.

Meanwhile, about two weeks ago, representatives of Williams Company, one of the Constitution pipeline's developers, had a closed - door meeting in Albany with officials from the state Department of Public Service.

A deal is nearing aimed at expanding the state's preference in purchasing of American - made goods, top state lawmakers said after emerging from a closed - door meeting in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office on Monday late afternoon.

The legislative leaders — Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, GOP Leader Sen. Dean Skelos and IDC Leader Jeff Klein — emerged from the second closed - door meeting in as many days with Gov. Andrew Cuomo Wednesday afternoon.

It was learnt that after the usual pleasantries, even the closest domestic and security staff in the house were excused from the inner chamber at the time the meeting went into closed door.

«I think there is going to be a great deal of unhappiness in my district, and if my district is very unhappy about it, I don't see how I support it,» Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton, a Democrat from Ithaca, said on Tuesday morning before heading into the closed - door meeting.

Now, budget meetings between the governor and majority conference leaders are being conducted with cloak - and - dagger - like secrecy, without input from Minority conferences, and neither the public nor press are alerted to when the closed - door meetings are taking place.

From The Political Ringside by Jim Genia The Democratic Conference of the New York State Assembly met Monday night to discuss the legalization of pro mixed martial arts (MMA) and after 90 minutes of closed - door talks, no decision was made -LSB-...]

After two long days of closed door meetings, as Assembly Democrats reacted to the mounting fallout from Silver's arrest on federal corruption charges, the Democrats now say Silver will leave his post.

Bloomberg, who made a special trip to the Capitol (a place he is widely known to dislike immensely) to lobby in favor of the measure, had a heated exchange during a closed - door meeting with Sen. Tom Libous, a Binghamton Republican, in advance of the vote that saw the measure abruptly yanked from the floor before it went down in flames.

«I think it was a useful meeting to have the leadership of the legislature and myself sit down and talk about what are big issues,» Malloy said after emerging from the closed - door meeting.

After controversy arose around a closed - door board meeting held by the Fort Schuyler Management Corp., which plays a role in managing construction of Buffalo Billion projects, the board voted unanimously to open the meetings to the public from now on.

Cuomo has postured over the budget virtually every year he has been in office in the final days of the negotiations, emerging from closed - door meetings to suggest the talks remain up in the air or major issues are yet to be locked down, sometimes to the bewilderment of legislators who thought they were close.

Rep. Tom Reed (R - Corning) emerged from a closed - door meeting this morning skeptical of a proposal to temporarily raise the debt ceiling.

The joint midnight gaggle featuring Skelos and Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein came after the GOP conference emerged from a close - door meeting to announce they had agreed that a vote would be held the following day.

He emerged from a close - door meeting with Gov. Andrew Cuomo saying the governor was listening to him on the exemptions being sought by fence - sitting Republican legislators who are concerned the same - sex bill could open religious institutions to lawsuits.

Emerging from a closed - door meeting with Governor Andrew Cuomo and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said his members are prepared to stay beyond the scheduled end of session.

After State Senate Democrats emerged from a closed - door meeting this morning, it appeared that Malcolm Smith was still in charge of the caucus — but that may not hold for long.

Saraki gave the assurance at the State House, Abuja, while answering questions from State House correspondents after a closed - door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari.

President Goodluck Jonathan held a closed door meeting and consultations with the governors from the South South for more than three hours over what sources say...

«I don't think we're going to have an agreement on the MOU in the next couple of days,» Klein, leader of the Republican - allied Independent Democratic Conference, said as he emerged from a closed - door meeting of legislative leaders in Cuomo's office.

Fitzgerald emerged from a closed - door meeting with senators on Wednesday afternoon saying he still doesn't have 17 votes but hoped to get there by Friday.

Heastie and the Assembly Democratic conference were in Albany Tuesday for a closed - door meeting, discussing issues ranging from federal budget cuts, the state's financial concerns and in «generic terms» discussions surrounding the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

A proposal that would link a tax credit for donations to public schools and fund private - school scholarships to the Dream Act is not «viable» Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said on Monday after emerging from a closed - door meeting with Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Senate Republicans emerged from a close - door meeting on Thursday discussing the budget, confirming that the tax option as devised by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office and budget division remains in the negotiations.

Last month, Stankevich's closed - door conversation about gun control with Collins in Washington, D.C. prompted criticism from McMurray who said he should not have accepted the meeting.

Late Friday afternoon, members of Buffalo's Board of Education responded to accusations from Buffalo developer Carl Paladino asserting the board violated the state's open meetings law by convening in closed - door executive sessions when it chose Dr. Pamela Brown to be the district's new superintendent.

The Republican leader of the state Senate, which controls the fate of the measure, emerged from yet another closed - door meeting Thursday morning with no plan to bring the issue to a vote.

Zuckerberg visited with senators in closed - door meetings Monday, previewing the public apology he planned to give Congress on Tuesday after revelations that Cambridge Analytica, a data - mining firm affiliated with Donald Trump's presidential campaign, gathered personal information from 87 million users to try to influence elections.

Senate Democrats have just emerged from a closed - door conference committee meeting where they consolidated their leadership, electing John Sampson as their leader for 2011 despite the fact that the question of who will control the chamber going forward remains unanswered.

Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle emerged from a closed - door meeting of Democratic lawmakers to say he has faith in Silver, even though he said he hadn't read the criminal complaint against him.

And just this week, railroad advisory committee Chairman Mike Berardi, a former Democratic legislator from the Town of Ulster, resigned, charging closed - door meetings were aimed at discrediting the railroaders by the administration.

Seven state governors from the northern part of the country on Friday met behind closed doors with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.