Sentences with phrase «holiday recess»

I can't believe we are entering in the week before holiday recess!

Classes are offered throughout the school year, as well as during holiday recesses, and instructors will pick up and drop off students for their driving lessons throughout Contra Costa County.

The House is planning to leave for holiday recess that day and its rules require that members get at least three days to read any bill before voting on it.

But Rep. Elise Stefanik (R - Willsboro) is not among the lawmakers publicly sparring with their constituents, and will not attend a citizen - sponsored event at the Crandall Public Library in Glens Falls on Wednesday, scheduled during the weeklong holiday recess.

Stefanik told reporters she interacted with «hundreds of constituents» during the week - long holiday recess.

It is generally believed that Bernanke will retire from the Fed in January of next year, but that means that we'll need to see the President nominate a new chairperson, they will have to be vetted and the Senate will need to approve the nomination all in the next ten weeks (prior to holiday recess).

The lawmaker said there has been no movement since GOP leadership cancelled a planned vote before the holiday recess.

(CNN)- Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R - Kansas, faulted Senate Democrats on Saturday for this week's hike in student loan interest rates and urged the upper chamber to pass legislation that resolves the issue as soon as the holiday recess ends.

Speaking to reporters in the Capitol, Pelosi said Democrats will insist on safeguards for those in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program before the holiday recess, suggesting Republicans will be on their own to prevent a government shutdown if that language is excluded.

Washington (CNN)- As Congress struggles to complete its lengthy to - do list before a holiday recess, bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate defense committees are pushing a compromise that would allow them to quickly pass a critical defense bill that is currently stalled in the Senate.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Democrats will insist on safeguards for those in the DACA program before the holiday recess, suggesting Republicans will be on their own to prevent a government shutdown if that language is excluded.

Assemblyman Billy Jones (D - Chateaugay) used the holiday recess to explore his new district, an expansive stretch that runs along the Canadian border to the Essex County border.

Although the Commission's head welcomed the planned new law — that will now be voted on by the full House of Commons soon after the holiday recess — her statement added: «We continue to call on the Secretary of State to put in place the necessary legislation that will allow us to publish details of donations and loans received since January 2014.»

Democrats expect to file an appeal tomorrow morning, and it likely will not be argued in court unitl Jan. 7 following the holiday recess.

Currently, the committee is awaiting Senators to return to Washington from their holiday recess.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - N.Y.) said there has been no movement on the Senate legislation since leadership cancelled a planned vote before the holiday recess.

McDermott won his last general election with 80 percent of the vote, but he had already attracted one primary challenger in his safe Democratic 7th District before the holiday recess.

Stefanik was on a fact finding visit during the holiday recess.

The 113th Congress has returned to work following a holiday recess and several issues are expected to dominate the agenda.

Returning from a holiday recess, the justices also refused appeals on teacher testing and school district taxation of satellite - TV revenues.

Just before the holiday recess, the House and the Senate passed their reconciliation tax - cut bill.