Sentences with phrase «key congressional leaders»

We are helping garner support from key Congressional leaders in eastern urban and industrial states to support the western states; we all need to get on board with opening access to foods that are good for people and the planet.»

Meanwhile, the Obama administration and some key congressional leaders have indicated a desire to reverse the cuts in the coming months as part of a broader discussion about continued deficit reduction.

They seem willing to ignore the fact that Trump Administration has proven spectacularly incompetent in rallying fellow Republicans in Congress around any legislation, and has sparred with key congressional leaders to boot.

Key congressional leaders, like speaker Paul Ryan and majority leader Mitch McConnell, have been at odds with Trump.

Washington — Not willing to risk a Presidential veto of a huge catchall spending bill and seeking to make good on a political vow to pass their own appropriations bill for the second straight year, key congressional leaders pushed through a weary 98th Congress, a record $ 17.6 billion in fiscal 1985 Education Department funding last week — not as part of the continuing resolution but in the $ 101 - billion bill for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education.

«One of the key Congressional leaders on this matter was Adam Clayton Powell, who was chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Education.

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN ONLINE To learn more about the intersection of science and key election issues, as well as to read the answers from the presidential candidates and key congressional leaders, visit ScientificAmerican.com/nov2012/science - debate

Not exact matches

Key administration and congressional leaders met Wednesday afternoon to discuss a path forward.

Republican NY - 23 congressional hopeful Matt Doheney is scheduled to meet privately this Monday in Washington, D.C. with leaders of the Club for Growth — the conservative organization that played a key role in the 2009 campaign of Doheny's primary opponent, Doug Hoffman, spending and / or bundling more than $ 1 million for his special election bid for the seat vacated by ex-Rep.

Congressional Democrats, disappointed in President Barack Obama's strategy to pursue legislation and not to use his executive power to ban discrimination against gays and lesbians, say the party's leader is ignoring a key problem: Republicans control the House.

Some of President Obama's key 2012 re-election campaign staff and a top Silicon Valley fundraiser have jumped into a 2014 cycle Congressional race to oust longtime Silicon Valley Democrat Mike Honda, and to replace him with the former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce Ro Khanna — even though Obama and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi have already endorsed the incumbent.

Clinton has key support from black leaders in Washington, including members of the Congressional Black Caucus.

Several key Puerto Rican leaders within the congressional district have already thrown their support to Rangel.

(CNN)- President - elect Barack Obama plans to meet with key Capitol Hill leaders on Monday to discuss his economic stimulus plan, according to congressional sources who say precise scheduling is underway.

On Monday, April 18th, Republican members of the Congressional delegation and key legislative Republicans sequestered themselves for a meeting in which resolving lingering difficulties over maps and making sure party leaders were on board were thought to be top agenda items.

Biden, who was a key player in the deal brokered between the White House and Congressional leaders, spent an hour talking to members of the House Democratic caucus explaining the negotiations step by step, the source said.

It's one of the key mantras in my life and it's something that I've harped on here before: Congressional Leaders Promote Individual Financial Un-Accountability.

Fortunately, we now have a President, a Speaker of the House and other congressional leaders, a White House Science Advisor and other key appointees who do understand how urgent action on climate is.

Deborah Daro, Ph.D., has played a key role in the development and assessment of evidence - based home visitation programs for 30 years and has worked with federal administrators and congressional leaders in crafting guidelines for the federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV), passed as part of the Affordable Care Act of 2010.