Sentences with phrase «joint sessions of»

Next, we set up individual sessions if needed, and then schedule two or more joint sessions of about two hours each.

It was actually the second time that Zuckerberg had to deny the practice in as many days: On Tuesday, Zuckerberg told a joint session of the Senate that it was a «conspiracy theory,» and denied the practice with a flat «no.»

«Since my election, Ford, Fiat - Chrysler, General Motors, Sprint, Softbank, Lockheed, Intel, Walmart, and many others, have announced that they will invest billions of dollars in the United States and will create tens of thousands of new American jobs,» Trump said during his first address to a joint session of Congress in February.

The tradition dates back to 1790, when George Washington delivered the first regular, annual message before a joint session of Congress in the then - U.S. capital of New York City.

«I agree we are responsible for the content [on Facebook],» CEO Mark Zuckerberg told a joint session of the United States Congress today.

But Republicans are decidedly split on how to proceed as President Donald Trump is slated to give his first - ever address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night.

In front of a joint session of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg answers questions from Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D - Calif.)

In a persuasive speech before a joint session of Congress last night, President Barack Obama revealed his American Jobs Act, which he hopes will improve unemployment and get Americans working again.

President Donald Trump, center, gestures while delivering a State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018.

Zuckerberg will testify before a joint session of two Senate committees on Tuesday and before a House panel on Wednesday.

Facebook's chief executive testified before a joint session of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees.

WASHINGTON — French President Emmanuel Macron, speaking before a joint session of Congress, warned the US against retreating from the global community.

President Trump will deliver his first State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress at 9 p.m. ET.

President Donald Trump's first address to the joint session of Congress in February may have elicited comparisons with some of President Ronald Reagan's finest moments, but even the Gipper couldn't compete with the Donald when it comes to setting market records.

Just four months into his term, President Kennedy spoke before a joint session of Congress and announced the goal to send a man to the moon.

Today, IAVA Chief Policy Officer Melissa Bryant provided testimony before a joint session of the House and Senate Veterans Affairs Committees.

In his testimony before a joint session of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company is working with Special Counsel Robert Mueller, but said he was «not aware» if it had been issued a subpoena.

In his address to the joint session of Congress, he seemed to stay the course, referring...

29 / Not long before his death, General Douglas MacArthur in an address to a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines, said:

In a whirlwind tour, the Nobel laureate who is democracy's champion in Poland, received the Medal of Freedom from President Bush, addressed a joint session of Congress, spoke to his fellow trade unionists in the AFL - CIO, went to New York to engage questions about Polish - Jewish relations, and there was complete silence from the paper that claims «to cover the news from the angle where church and world intersect.»

After a disappointing performance on September 11, President Bush has gotten better with each delivery: at the National Cathedral, at the joint session of Congress, from the White House treaty room.

He criticized the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. the Board of Education, and in 1956, at the invitation of the governor, he addressed a joint session of South Carolina's legislature to support the concept of separate but equal for churches as well as for the public schools of the land.

In his address to the joint session of Congress, he seemed to stay the course, referring to the United States as being in a state of «lawless chaos» and calling for «rule of law» at our Southern border.

Tonight at 9 PM ET, President Donald Trump will address a joint session of congress for the very first time.

As outrage continued to trail the reportedly missing 2016 Budget presented to the joint session of the National Assembly on Tuesday, December 22, 2015, by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Presidency, on Tuesday night, distanced itself from the missing budget.

Flanagan insisted there was no plan to block a joint session of the Legislature to fill the AG vacancy.

COLLive.com article on most NYC Congressional members attending Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech to a joint session of Congress, quoting BP Adams:

Following President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, the Democratic Party gave its response.

Subsequently, the joint session of Congress certified the electoral votes from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Vermont Governor Phil Scott delivered his annual budget address to a joint session of the legislature this afternoon.

But for the moment, amid a sea of names being floated — New York City Public Advocate Tish James, Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein, Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas among them — lawmakers are still working out more thorny legal questions of a joint session of the Senate and Assembly, which would be required to fill the post.

However, the joint session of the delegates later decided not to approve the resolution concerned.

After extensively debating the issues for two days, each committee approved a number of resolutions, which were again voted upon in a joint session of the student delegates during the third day of the conference.

Her spokesperson told the media «she (Stefanik) is excited to attend the historic joint session of Congress to attend Netanyahu's speech.

Most of New York's Democratic lawmakers plan to attend a controversial address next month by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before a joint session of Congress despite announcements by some Democrats that they will boycott the speech.

State law allows the governor to appoint a U.S. senator, but vacancies in the office of attorney general and comptroller are filled by a joint session of the Legislature.

Cuomo is traveling the state this week giving the annual address instead of the century - long tradition of governors addressing a joint session of the Legislature in Albany.

A contested gubernatorial election is supposed to be decided by a joint session of the General Assembly, according to statutory law.

«I would assume that the joint session of the Legislature will pick four appropriate candidates,» Silver said.

Regents are elected during a joint session of the Legislature, which means the Assembly Democrats, which are most numerous, usually decide the contests.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday said the 2017 Appropriation Bill that he will present to the joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday would take Nigeria out of its current economic woods.

The Regents, which are elected by a joint session of the State Legislature, approved a slate of regulatory and policy changes last week that are meant to address teachers», parents» and lawmakers» concern about the rocky rollout of the more difficult curriculum guidelines.

President Muhammadu Buhari, had at the joint session of the National Assembly, presented a proposed budget of eight trillion, six hundred and twelve billion, two hundred and thirty - six million, nine hundred and fifty - three thousand, two hundred and fourteen naira (N8, 612, 236,953,214) to the lawmakers

On February 7, 2007, in a joint session of the New York State Legislature, DiNapoli was elected as New York State Comptroller, succeeding Alan Hevesi by a vote of 150 to 56.

As President Goodluck Jonathan presented the 2012 budget to the joint session of the National Assembly on Tuesday, the President of the Senate, David Mark, on Tuesday, called...

By Ikenna Asomba As outrage continued to trail the reportedly missing 2016 Budget presented to the joint session of the National Assembly...

State law empowers the Legislature to appoint a new attorney general in a joint session of both chambers when there's a vacancy.

When President Donald Trump makes his first address to a joint session of Congress tonight, at least four undocumented immigrants whose temporary legal status could be revoked will be in the House watching him speak as guests of Democratic members of Congress.

Trump is expected to sign a new executive order on immigration and refugees on Wednesday — a day after his first speech before a joint session of Congress.

Sticking largely to the prompter in front of him, Trump softened his tone in his first address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night as he seeks to turn the page on his presidency.