Sentences with phrase «key committees»

She has been a favorite of party leadership and rewarded with key committee posts.

In exchange, Council members from those boroughs expect to get chairmanships on key committees such as finance and land use.

It was 2010, the federal Race to the Top competition was well under way, and Terrance Carroll, a Democrat who was then the speaker of the House of Representatives, had the task of getting a bill that the state's largest and most powerful teachers» union refused to support through several key committee votes.

Finally, the chairs of key committees in the newly configured Congress offer a hope for support of such measures.

Also, the heads of key committees in the House, including the Appropriations, Banking, Environment, and Veterans committees, are all slated to change, as Republicans fulfill a pledge made six years ago to turn over committee chairs every six years.

We want to thank you for the support you've shown by reaching out to lawmakers, contacting key committee members, and continuing to back UAPCS.

A TEA - backed bill prohibiting the use of TVAAS in teacher licensure decisions also passed key committees in the House and Senate this week.

The new Congress will bring new leadership for several key committees that have jurisdiction over education policy and education spending.

Prosecutors say Weitz & Luxenberg hired Silver for $ 120,000 a year despite his having no clients and no prior experience representing asbestos plaintiffs, because as Speaker he controlled the flow of legislation through the statehouse as well as key committee assignments.

The boss of the country's largest multi-academy trust has admitted it will struggle to run key committees after the chair stood down and six trustees quit.

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He's also held crucial positions in the Assembly majority, chairing key committees like housing, and heads the New York County Democratic Party Committee.

To avoid a drawn - out battle, Maple Leaf gave West Face CEO Gregory Boland a seat on the board and on a few key committees, including a special working group tasked with reviewing the costly meat - processing modernization plan.

The bill, which cleared key committees in both the Assembly and Senate last week, is expected to be voted on by the full Assembly sometime this week.

Earlier Tuesday, key committee leaders released a detailed, 262 - page budget plan that called for rejecting Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's controversial plans to change the education cost - sharing formula and to force towns to share one - third of the cost of teachers» pensions.

The Cuomo plan to demolish the Javits Convention Center after hundreds of millions in renovations has long been supported by key Committee backers who want to develop the land it would open up.

Tax reform is revving up again on Capitol Hill, with the heads of key committees pledging to work toward a simpler and fairer tax...

As a legislator, he also served as a chair of numerous key committees, including Budget and Finance, and Planning and Public Works.

Former speaker Sheldon Silver, who was arrested on federal corruption charges in January and subsequently replaced with Heastie, held the position for more than 20 years and made decisions primarily with an inner circle of long - serving members who held key committee positions.

The labs «provide essential capabilities for university and industrial researchers» and have made important contributions to America's economic and military might, Moniz reminded a room packed with science policy heavyweights, including 15 lab directors, National Cancer Institute chief Harold Varmus, former White House science adviser Neal Lane, and lawmakers and staffers who serve on key committees overseeing federal research agencies.

During one key committee hearing, national and state leaders of BAEO were accompanied by two teenagers from Desire Street Academy, a private school in the New Orleans Ninth Ward.

Key committees use it all the time.

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The Oregon Association of REALTORS ®, through the Government Affairs Key Committee, actively tracks legislation relating to business and real estate taxation, distressed properties and foreclosures, economic development and housing affordability, land use planning, private property rights, and real estate license law.

I am a 23 - year member of the Ulster County Police Chiefs» Association, serving on the executive board for 18 years, including nine years as president, sitting on key committees, 911 and Victims» Impact Panel (STOP DWI), that are beneficial and assist all residents of Ulster County.

City government completed its dramatic shift to the left Wednesday when City Council members loyal to the progressive agenda were awarded with key committee chairmanships.

In the most recent elections, the Democratic party lost control of the U.S. Senate, and with that we'll see a comeback of the climate deniers running key committees.

A number of lawmakers with deep ties to the embattled incumbent speaker, Sheldon Silver, have key committee chairmanships: Denny Farrell at Ways and Means, for example; Joe Lentol at Codes and Deborah Glick at Higher Education — to name a few.

Cantor denied that Republicans were being hypocritical by blasting earmarks while some GOP congressional leaders and key committee chairs had hundreds of millions of dollars worth of that spending in the bill, saying he and House Minority Leader John Boehner had asked their party to adopt a moratorium on the practice.

The Boerum Hill resident and lawyer for disability rights replaces Millman and will assume her responsibilities immediately, overseeing a number of key committees.

Craig Holman, who advocates for campaign finance reform for the group Public Citizen in Washington, said it's clear the PACs want to influence Katko's vote on two key committee posts.

British lawmakers on a key committee investigating Facebook took the rare step Tuesday of formally demanding Zuckerberg's testimony.

We also discuss our findings regarding female representation in the boardroom, on key committees and in various other sectors.

The Florida state legislature — at least the key committees controlled by Democrats — refused in a special session called by the governor to consider abortion restrictions.

A key committee vote to determine support for the government's controversial plans on housing benefit takes place today.

Improvements in GCSE results have failed to keep pace with record investment in schools, a key committee of MPs has found.

Democrats won 15 seats in 2000, forcing a power - sharing agreement between the parties where a Republican served as Senate president while Democrats controlled key committees.

This would intensify the already existing corporatist dynamic that exists within the EP, whereby the socialist group and the centre - right EPP group often stitch up agreements on appointments to key committees and votes on key pieces of legislation in backroom deals.

In the city, meanwhile, the bosses who made Corey Johnson the new City Council speaker are choosing the key committee chairs, quickly extracting the spoils of their support.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- House Democrats split sharply over the issue of health care reform Friday as a key committee chairman said he would not negotiate further with party conservatives worried about spiraling medical costs.

An ad hoc group was formed to bring numbers down, legislators lobbied a state assemblyman from Lindenhurst to move on a bill he's kept in a key committee and, before long, the federal government is expected to bring in a team of sharpshooters to cull the herd and reduce the crisis.