Sentences with phrase «in a conference committee with»

The amendment also gave Smith a chance to reach out to House members who will be negotiating the final bill in a conference committee with the U.S. Senate and seek their commitment to trimming social science research at NSF.

If things end up that way, it could «severely weaken [Democratic members»] bargaining leverage in a conference committee with the House.»

Not exact matches

Committee Chairman Richard Burr and Mark Warner, its top Democrat, pledged at a joint news conference that they would work together, in contrast with the partisan discord roiling a similar probe by the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee.

Speaker Paul Ryan, R - Wis., greets Toss Valentine, right, of Concord, N.C., after a news conference with GOP leadership and members of the House Ways and Means Committee in Longworth Building to unveil the Republicans» tax reform plan on November 2, 2017.

Essentially, passing a «skinny repeal» could launch a «conference committee» with the House that would, ostensibly, produce a final, final health care deal between the two legislative chambers that would, in all political likelihood, look little like a skinny repeal (if that even passes).

«Financial planners who are serious about their craft should not miss this chance to connect with the brightest planning minds in the country,» said Ted Sarenski, CPA / PFS, chair of the 2018 PFP Conference Planning Committee.

They were brought into sharp contrast by the two «world evangelism» conferences sponsored just a few weeks apart in 1980: the meeting of the WCC Commission on World Mission and Evangelism in Melbourne in May, with the theme, «Your Kingdom Come,» and the Consultation on World Evangelization, sponsored by the Lausanne Committee, in Pattaya, Thailand, in June, with the theme «How Shall They Hear?»

Thomas Finger is an independent scholar who is involved in ecumenical and interfaith work with the Mennonite Church U.S.A., Mennonite World Conference and Mennonite Central Committee.

The time has come when those in this field must recognize to what extent an article or a book or a conference or a committee is concerned with the externals of the history of the religion and to what extent with the history of the religions themselves.

«These are not just political conflicts or economic choices; they are moral choices with enormous human dimensions,» Bishop Stephen E. Blaire of Stockton, California, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops» Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, said in a public letter last week.

The 2017 edition of «which team got snubbed by the playoff committee» is in full force, with Ohio State backers blasting Alabama for not making their conference championship game while Nick Saban truthers can point...

In previous seasons, the Selection Committee attempted to go to great strides to avoid regular season rematches of both the conference and non-conference variety, with a particular emphasis placed on keeping league rivals apart until at least the Elite Eight, though the 2011 Tournament saw a pair of potential Big East Round of 32 matchups, thanks to that conference placing a record 11 teams in the fielIn previous seasons, the Selection Committee attempted to go to great strides to avoid regular season rematches of both the conference and non-conference variety, with a particular emphasis placed on keeping league rivals apart until at least the Elite Eight, though the 2011 Tournament saw a pair of potential Big East Round of 32 matchups, thanks to that conference placing a record 11 teams in the fielin the field.

So the committee ends up going with things like «wins over top - 25 teams» or «assuring there's no way in hell a team from a Group of 5 conference will ever get in.»

As with previous weeks, the BCS standings sub in for the selection committee's rankings, and the highest ranked team from each conference is the presumed league champion for the sake of this mock.

The College Football Playoff committee, primarily made up of athletic directors from each major conference, former players, coaches and administrators, meets in early December and ranks the Top 25, along with selecting the top four teams and seeding them into the semifinal games.

The Independent Democratic Conference's Senate Independence Committee, meanwhile, has $ 1.2 million, along with $ 220,301 in its housekeeping account.

IDC members chair committees in the Senate, while conference leader Jeff Klein is included in the closed - door budget negotiations with the governor, Assembly speaker and Senate majority leader.

Smith, who was named in the scathing IG report on the AEG mess along with Senate Minority Leader (then Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson) and Sen. Eric Adams, among others, also said the question of whether Kruger should retain his ranking position on the Senate Finance Committee is «a matter for the leader to decide in the conferenConference Leader John Sampson) and Sen. Eric Adams, among others, also said the question of whether Kruger should retain his ranking position on the Senate Finance Committee is «a matter for the leader to decide in the conferenceconference.»

The Democrats went on to lose control of the chamber to the Republicans, and now they're in the crosshairs yet again after their former Finance Committee chairman, Sen. Carl Kruger, has been hit with federal corruption charges in a complaint that makes it clear he tried hard to influence key members of the conference — including «Senate Leader No. 1» — whoever that might be.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is backing a push by the state Democratic Committee to find a primary opponent against Sen. Simcha Felder, the Brooklyn Democrat who conferences with Republicans in the state Senate and is a pivotal member of the GOP's retained majority in the chamber.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins in a radio interview on Tuesday confirmed members of the Democratic conference met with Albany County District Attorney David Soares to discuss the controversy surrounding the awarding of committee chair stipends to vice chairs.

A separate bill, also approved today, would shore up the legal uses for housekeeping accounts, which are used by party conference committees and can raise unlimited funds with no contribution limits (then - Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2012 gave Senate Republicans $ 1 million to their housekeeping account).

«Mr. Klein outlined a system in which the leaders of the Republican caucus and the Independent Democratic Conference would work together to run the Senate, with joint control over committee agendas, the bills that are taken up on the floor and state budget negotiations,» Tom Kaplan wrote.

At the carefully stage - managed Labour women's training conference in mid-July, defence of the proposals by Baroness Hollis and new Labour MP and ex-NUS president Lorna Fitzsimons as not pleasant but «necessary» contrasted with a well attended and heated Labour Women's Action Committee (LWAC) meeting addressed by Audrey Wise MP, which effectively launched the campaign within the Labour Party to save lone parent benefits.

The Assembly proposal is for an eight - person committee to conduct interviews, with four appointments by the Assembly Democrats and, in light of the decision from Senate Republicans, two apiece from the minority conferences.

In campaigning, serving on committees and attending Conference over the years I have made many friends in the party and have worked with some incredibly inspiring peoplIn campaigning, serving on committees and attending Conference over the years I have made many friends in the party and have worked with some incredibly inspiring peoplin the party and have worked with some incredibly inspiring people.

In addition to Senate Republicans that have benefited from the practice, three members of the Independent Democratic Conference, which has a power - sharing arrangement with the GOP, receive stipends despite not serving as committee chairs or having leadership posts.

The letter released Monday by the state committee suggested the seats would be filled in a May election, with both the Independent Democratic Conference and the mainline conference working together to win those Conference and the mainline conference working together to win those conference working together to win those elections.

Republican lawmakers this week are expected to meet in conference committees to hash out the differences between the two bills, with the goal of voting on a compromise package by the end of this month.

The Minority in Parliament led by former Power Minister, Dr Kwabena Donkor, responded with a press conference, alleging that officials of Ameri sponsored the Addison committee's trip to Dubai to investigate Ameri.

Yandik is running for the 19th Congressional District, he will meet with residents at the Sidney Memorial Library; he is seeking to replace Chris Gibson, who declined to seek re-election for another term, -------------------------- Both Houses of the State Legislature have forwarded their budget proposals for eventual negotiations by conference committees, Assemblyman Bill Magee chairs the Assembly Agriculture Committee, he said that some but not all of the Agriculture cuts from the Governor have been restored in the Assembly Budget:

State lawmakers are hurrying toward getting a budget agreement in place, with a stepped up schedule of conference committees and meetings with Governor Cuomo.

Risa Sugarman, the board's enforcement officer, charged in a suit earlier this month that the Independent Democratic Conference violated the law by teaming up with the Independence Party to establish the Senate Independence Campaign Committee and a related housekeeping account.

The amended bill, which would mandate that the government outline alternative uses for the island, is expected to pass a House committee Thursday, Zeldin said at a news conference in Riverhead with local elected officials and environmentalists.

Also at 11 a.m., Win CEO Christine Quinn and NYC Councilman Stephen Levin hold a press conference ahead of the Council General Welfare Committee's hearing on a package of bills with Living In Communities voucher reforms, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

The money comes after a filing earlier this month showed the conference with $ 1.4 million in cash on hand, compared to the $ 2.8 million in the bank for the Senate Republican Campaign Committee.

Support for the measure was shepherded by Sen. Diane Savino, a member of the Independent Democratic Conference, who negotiated the bill with Cuomo and, in the end, made concessions such as removing the smoking component in the legislation as well as allowing for more power to be vested in the Health Committee.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman John DeFrancisco this afternoon said the GOP conference was close to an agreement with Gov. Andrew Cuomo on new disclosure requirements in the state budget.

The Committee would find it very helpful to be provided with copies of the legal advice on the scope of the offence given to you in relation to your review of the Mulcaire case last autumn: both before and after the 1 October case conference at which you first learned of the DPP's willingness to test a broader interpretation of the section 1 offence.

Both houses of the state Legislature are in session, and budget conference committees start meeting with an eye toward the April 1 deadline.

There's more super Tuesday aftermath to sort through and a legislative session in Albany as state lawmakers and Gov. Cuomo continue to negotiate the details of the 2016 - 17 state budget with the joint conference committees convening.

The IDC's political action committee, along with donors tied to conference leader Sen. Jeff Klein, backed Shawn Morse in an unsuccessful primary against Sen. Neil Breslin.

In a letter released Monday evening by leaders of the Democratic State Committee, a quartet of party insiders said the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference should break its alliance with the Senate's 31 Republicans and instead coalesce with Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins and her 23 mainstream Democrats.

Intrigued as to what changes have been agreed, I have been making enquiries, culminating in a conversation with party chairman, Eric Pickles, yesterday and have established that since the Board met on July 20th, the candidates» committee has also met and Board members have since participated in a conference call where the following measures appear to have been agreed:

But today's press conference was a particularly dramatic instance of a select committee failing to work together, with MPs launching increasingly personal attacks on each other in front of gathered members of the press.

Payroll records revealed that eight senators — including three members of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference, who collaborate with Republicans to run the Senate — have received tens of thousands of dollars in stipend payments as vice chairmen of committees during the last three years, even though the money is earmarked for the committee chairmen.

«I've made it clear that I disagree with what Chairman Walden said,» Boehner said in his weekly press conference on Thursday, referring to the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.

One source with knowledge of the investigation said Sugarman was looking at the use of the conference's soft money committee and whether it has gotten involved in legislative races.

If the Senate passes its bill, the differences with the House would be reconciled in a conference committee and require a second vote in the House.

It wasn't exactly an endorsement, but Klein came quite close in saying he would back Morse's candidacy, potentially with money raised from the conference's political action committee.