Sentences with phrase «in federal affairs»
Likewise, state courts have no jurisdiction in federal affairs or affairs that cross state boundaries.
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Cohen is a defendant with Trump in Daniels» other pending lawsuit in Los Angeles federal court, which seeks to void the nondisclosure agreement about the alleged affair.
And as a former federal environment and aboriginal affairs minister, he has the experience needed to quell the opposition that has bedevilled resource development in the province.
Borrowers with loans from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the Federal Housing Administration or the Rural Housing Service will feel the most direct impact because furloughed workers are involved in processing those loans.
He's worked in the communications office of the Department of Veterans Affairs, helping to formulate the public messaging of a sometimes troubled and often misunderstood wing of the federal government.
Its Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy has described the expansion of renewable energy as «one of the central pillars» in Germany's energy transition, also known as the «Energiewende».
Meanwhile both federal parties launched their campaigns, Foreign Affairs spokesmen were in furious agreement and our expats started voting.
When lumped in with still - rising federal levies like the Universal Services Fund, they add 12 percent to the average American's cell bill and as much as 19 percent in many of our most populous states, says Scott Mackey, economist and partner with government affairs firm Kimbell Sherman Ellis.
Opportunity: An era of fiscal austerity in the public sector can be a boon for economics employment there, as federal and provincial departments such as Finance, Industry, Foreign Affairs and the Bank of Canada seek analysts who can work the data.
Federal Reserve Board Chairwoman Janet Yellen testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill on July 13, 2017 in Washington, D.C.
Cummings said in the letter, which he wrote with the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Eliot Engel, that «it appears that General Flynn violated federal law by omitting this trip and these foreign contacts from his security clearance renewal application in 2016 and concealing them from security clearance investigators who interviewed him as part of the background check process.»
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York today released Access to Credit: Poll Evidence from Small Businesses — results from a poll of small businesses in the region, as a part of the Bank's Community Affairs Facts & Trends series.
The fact that program expenses, and in particular direct program expenses, were lower than expected should not have come as a surprise to anyone who follows federal financial affairs.
«Until now, we've only heard anecdotally about difficulties for regional small businesses in obtaining credit without any numbers to confirm this,» said Kausar Hamdani, senior vice president and Community Affairs officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
In April of this year, CanWest News reported: «When asked whether he still supports his firewall plan Monday, Harper dodged the question saying it is not his responsibility, as leader of the federal Conservatives, to tell a province like Alberta how to run its affairs.
Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, is potentially facing years in prison as federal agents look into payoffs to a pair of women who claim they had affairs with Trump before he won the White House.
In an emailed statement, James Fitz - Morris, a spokesman for Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, said Canada is committed to righting historical wrongs committed against Indigenous people and that the federal government is working to resolve the matter out of court, as it did with the Sixties Scoop survivors» class action.
We can certainly prepare your federal and state income tax returns but our ability to manage your financial affairs in a tax - efficient manner is the real strength of our services.
Previously, she worked in government affairs at the Insured Retirement Institute, a financial services trade association, focusing on state and federal retirement matters.
Crapo, chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, emphasized that the Federal Reserve would still have the authority to apply tougher standards for banks with between $ 100 billion and $ 250 billion in assets.
Bitfinex has apparently met for discussions with Switzerland's State Secretariat for International Financial Matters (SIF) and has been in contact with the head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research, Federal Councilor Johann Schneider - Ammann.
Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson has withdrawn his nomination to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs amid damaging allegations that he created a toxic work environment, drunkenly wrecked a car and maintained poor prescription records while serving in the federal government.
, who was indicted by federal authorities in 2011 on charges that he used money from wealthy donors to hide an extramarital affair.
The U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs meets November 18 in order «to explore potential promises and risks related to virtual currency for the federal government and society at large.»
• Restore full collective bargaining rights; • Restore strong health and safety protections in workplaces under federal jurisdiction, watered down by the previous government; • Repeal anti-labour Bills C - 525 and C - 377; C - 10; C - 4; C - 59; • Restore pay equity in the public service, with full union right of representation; • Re-open the nine veterans» affairs offices shut down in 2014.
Back to the federal Conservative leadership, Fildebrandt has endorsed leadership candidate Maxime Bernier, the Quebec MP known for his libertarian views briefly served as Minister of Foreign Affairs before resigning in 2008 after he acknowledged leaving sensitive government documents out in the open, apparently at his former girlfriend's home.
In February 2014, JPMC agreed to pay $ 614,000,000 to settle charges asserted by the United States Attorney's Officer for the Southern District of New York, the Federal Housing Administration, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the United States Department of Veteran Affairs resolving False Claims Act, FIRREA and other civil and administrative liability for FHA and VA insurance claims that have been paid to JP Morgan Chase since 2002 through the date of settlement.
Federal regulations do limit loans guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to «primary residences» only, however, «primary residence» is defined as the home in which you live «most of the year.»
«The Office of Single Family Housing will endorse new loans under current multi-year appropriation authority in order to support the health and stability of the U.S. mortgage market,» according to a post on the federal Housing and Urban Affairs» website.
Borrowers who obtain a mortgage through the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), most loans administered through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and homeowners who have put down less than 20 % (10 % in California) are typically all required to have a mortgage impound account.
Prior to joining the Council, Brian was an economist and policy analyst in the federal government with positions at the Department of Finance, Global Affairs Canada, the Treasury Board Secretariat and the Privy Council Office.
A 0.5 % small business tax reduction is welcome, but overshadowed by tax increases at the personal level, corporate level, an increase in B.C.'s no - longer - revenue - neutral carbon tax, and the corresponding pending changes by the federal government as to how small business owners can manage their affairs.
Now, the Common Cause watchdog group wants the Justice Department, the Federal Election Commission and Congress to investigate a $ 130,000 payment that President Trump's lawyer is alleged to have arranged weeks before the 2016 election for a former porn actress in an attempt to cover up her purported affair with Trump.
The federal courts have «abstained» in certain classes of cases, notably those involving «political questions» (usually matters of foreign affairs) and what Justice Hugo Black called «Our Federalism.»
In particular, Lutheran theologian O. Frederick Nolde, who represented the Federal Council of Churches and was the first director of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA), lobbied very effectively for inclusion of human rights in the UN Charter and for specific provisions in the Universal DeclaratioIn particular, Lutheran theologian O. Frederick Nolde, who represented the Federal Council of Churches and was the first director of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA), lobbied very effectively for inclusion of human rights in the UN Charter and for specific provisions in the Universal Declaratioin the UN Charter and for specific provisions in the Universal Declaratioin the Universal Declaration.
The most celebrated example of Federal intervention in state and local school affairs is the 1954 racial desegregation decision of the United States Supreme Court.
But, the State Department noted, «Federal Minister for Minorities» Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti hosted several events to promote interfaith dialogue and religious tolerance, and took an active role in assisting victims of religiously motivated attacks on Christians and Ahmadis.»
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They should drop their federal non-profit protection status is they don't want the government to intervene in their affairs.
«She is a seasoned public affairs professional with extensive experience in local, state and federal affairs, having successfully led numerous advocacy campaigns in the grassroots, political and legislative realms.
We have the right to govern our own affairs and our territories in accordance with Federal and Band law.
This pavilion is being supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) and will house 20 companies showcasing their products in 2018.
The judge, who noted that the Coroner Law was an enactment of the Lagos State House of Assembly, which is constitutionally empowered to make laws in the state, said «the Federal High Court could not dabble into the affairs of the state and start dishing out injunctive orders.»
The elder Bruno was found guilty in federal court on felony charges of theft of honest services, in a case unrelated to the Susan Bruno affair.
In Veteran Affairs, the federal government controls the whole thing.
At the time of the meeting, Cohen was under criminal investigation by federal prosecutors in New York, who still are probing a $ 130,000 payment Cohen made to porn star Stormy Daniels in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair with Trump.»
Federal prosecutors investigating President Trump's personal attorney, Michael D. Cohen, are seeking records related to two women who received payments in 2016 after alleging affairs with Trump years before — adult - film star Stormy Daniels and ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal — according to two people familiar with the matter.
«The Federal Election Campaign Act's prohibition on foreign contributions is the broadest prohibition in the entire statute,» said Brett Kappel, a partner in the government affairs and public policy practice of the law firm Ackerman in Washington, D.C.
Over a 30 - year career in government affairs, he worked in private practice as well as stints with the federal and state governments.
NEW YORK (AP)-- In newly released documents, federal prosecutors say former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver abused his power to help two women, including a lobbyist, with whom he had extramarital affairs.