Sentences with phrase «last official acts»

The bill signing marks one of Obama's last official acts in a year beset by a partial government shutdown, a near - default by the Treasury, a calamitous health care rollout and near - perpetual congressional gridlock.

In the event that the orders were to be carried out, the action taken could be the last official act of Her Majesty's Government.

This is the last official act as Sopranos, together,» he said as he collected his statuette.

Not exact matches

The United States, which in July said would take «strong and swift economic actions» if President Nicolas Maduro goes ahead with the Constituent Assembly, could also further sanction senior Venezuelan officials after acting against 13 prominent figures last week.

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A senior Treasury official said last month the department is considering using the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act as a way to restrict Chinese investment.

The Public Order Act Last month, we published English barrister Paul Diamond's report on official bigotry against Christianity in England, which uses the Public Order Act and its outlawing of speech that is «threatening, abusive, or insulting» as an excuse.

The church split certainly became a defining moment of my spiritual life as I unhappily bounced between churches for the last 9 years, praying all along to see an official forgiveness session, watching with hope as small acts of kindness mended some wounds... noting as well how others remained gaping obviously.

An ACCC official said in a Senate hearing last week that the watchdog was preparing to act on the complaints and would make an announcement within weeks.

Last December, after DuPage County board members denied a request to build a gas station and convenience store there, park district officials wanted to act fast.

The case against the park district, brought in a civil action filed last May by the Cook County state's attorney's office, alleges that park district officials improperly took office in the Southwest suburb, misspent hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayers» money, failed to hold any recreational events and violated numerous governmental codes, including the Open Meetings Act.

The state's attorney's office sued the park district last May, alleging district officials improperly took office in the southwest suburb, misspent hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayers» money, failed to hold any recreational events and violated numerous governmental codes, including the Open Meetings Act.

The Cook County state's attorney's office filed a civil lawsuit last May that alleged Park District officials improperly obtained their offices, misspent hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayers» money, failed to hold any recreational events and violated numerous governmental codes, including the Open Meetings Act.

Silver's convictions were overturned last year based on a Supreme Court decision which narrowed the definition of an official act and how it can be used in a corruption trial.

Last year, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Joon Kim, who closed a probe of whether de Blasio traded favors for contributions from donors that included Singh, said prosecutors found «several circumstances» where the mayor «made or directed inquiries to relevant City agencies» on behalf of donors seeking «official favors.»

The Supreme Court, in a case last year involving former Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell, ruled that corruption convictions could only be based on performance of an «official act» that represented a formal exercise of government power — not just a phone call or a meeting with a lobbyist.

Silver's retrial began last week, and Skelos is scheduled to be retried later this year, both on the narrower theory that official acts must be formal government actions.

Indeed their was a plan last year that the co-operative party could sign up MP's dissatisfied with the Labour leadership and act as the official opposition themselves.

While some officials who took part in the meeting voiced support for Schumer afterward, others said they would consider it a strike on his record if the provision is left out, noting that he voted for the Defense of Marriage Act and was the last of New York's major elected officials to voice support for gay marriage.

Last month, the US Supreme Court vacated McDonnell's corruption conviction and ruled that gifts to public officials must result in «official acts,» like legislation, to count as bribery.

The acting attorney general informed the Trump White House late last month that she believed Flynn had misled senior administration officials about the nature of his communications with the ambassador, and warned that the national security adviser was potentially vulnerable to Russian blackmail.

The wife of former U.S. Sen. Alfonse D'Amato has started legal action against Nassau County and its police department, claiming law enforcement officials «falsely imprisoned her» in a hospital last year while «acting in concert» with her estranged husband — causing her to lose custody of her children.

Silver was convicted of using his political influence for political favors; the conviction was tossed last summer, when appellate judges in the 2nd Circuit ruled that the definition of «official acts» had been changed by a previous Supreme Court decision in the public corruption case of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell.

«A more limited interpretation of the term «official act» leaves ample room for prosecuting corruption,» he said last year.

McDonnell's bribery conviction was tossed last month after the Supreme Court ruled that his conduct — accepting lavish gifts from a businessman in exchange for meetings and a lunch at the governor's mansion — fell short of bribery because the government could not prove he accepted the gifts in exchange for an «official act,» like legislation.

In separate federal court trials in Manhattan last year, each man's alleged «official acts» included a mixture of actual exercises of governmental power — like casting votes and providing funding — and more subtle behavior, like arranging meetings, providing job references and making phone calls.

DNAinfo New York reported last week that the federal probe is now eyeing the mayor's entire fundraising apparatus as a potential criminal enterprise — with many of the same advisers, campaign officials or lobbyists acting in a «conspiracy» to circumvent election laws.

Jurors found Silver guilty on all counts, but his conviction was overturned based on a US Supreme Court ruling last year that narrowed the definition of an «official act» in government bribery cases.

We applaud Governor Cuomo for acting on the evidence that has accumulated over the last few months that indicate that Secure Communities is not fulfilling its stated mission as well as evidence that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have misled elected officials in New York and throughout the country.

Both father and son were convicted during a first trial, but a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year narrowing the definition of an «official act» led to an appeals court vacating the conviction in September 2017.

«Conduct and activities of The Advance Group during the last election cycle may have involved the coordinating of independent expenditure Super PACs with official campaigns, and The Advance Group provided unpaid lobbying services to a public official and, as a consequence, The Advance Group will benefit from selling access to the public official to influence official acts,» the complaint alleges.

Prosecutors» claims that Percoco engaged in an extortion scheme in 2014 was, however, «far before the government has alleged that Percoco performed any «official act» relating to the Syracuse developer,» Bohrer wrote last week.

Professor Martey at a lecture in the Ashanti Region last week stated that, some officials of the Akufo - Addo government, are already exhibiting signs of corruption and cautioned against such acts.

He claimed raises passed last year for county officials were illegal and that Troiano acted illegally to uphold those raises.

After an official investigation concluded last week that the state Legislature, under Silver's direction, paid two female staffers $ 103,000 to stay quiet about Lopez's crude come - ons, two other staffers believe they would not have been harassed had the speaker acted more aggressively, the New York Post reported.

What: Press conference with a diverse set of community leaders — including some who were arrested for acts of civil disobedience during last year's «debt ceiling» debate — calling on their federal officials to demand a fair deal that protects jobs and services and ensures the wealthiest pay their fair share.

PLATTSBURGH — State education officials visited SUNY Plattsburgh last week to hear comments on the latest draft of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

The Borough President acted under the authority of a new state law enacted last month that gives the two elected officials who appoint the Board's members the power to remove the Trustees they have appointed when those Trustees fail to satisfactorily perform their duties.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year that a «quid pro quo» bribery scheme had to involve a so - called «official act» that was a formal exercise of government power.

The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan overturned his conviction last month because Caproni did not correctly describe the type of «official act» Silver had to perform to be guilty in a bribery scheme, but it said there was sufficient evidence for a properly instructed jury to convict.

The publication of the data comes after last year's spending was released under the Freedom of Information Act, revealing # 25m of previously secret spending by Whitehall officials in the year that the government implemented its deficit reduction programme.

Acknowledging that the Goals 2000: Educate America Act «has some political baggage,» a senior Education Department official last week urged state officials and members of the business community to redouble their efforts on behalf of the standards - based school - reform strategy and of school reform in general.

With the governor likely to act soon on a state budget that includes a funding increase at long last for public schools, WEAC members are pleased elected officials have responded to the public's call to increase funding for public schools.

Sentance told board members he and other state education staffers held a phone conference last week with Acting Assistant Secretary of Education, Jason Botel, and other federal education officials to ask for permission to stop using the ACT Aspire.

Although four years have passed since Congress approved the last major rewrite of the Americans with Disabilities Act, federal education officials are continuing their efforts to further clarify the 2008 Amendments Act» legislation for local school districts.»

While the election of Donald Trump raises many questions about the future of public education, state Department of Education officials remained cautiously optimistic yesterday that the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) signed into law last year will allow Connecticut schools to move in a positive direction.

Obama administration officials say that they are seeking to uphold the civil rights intent of the Every Student Succeeds Act, which passed into law with bipartisan support last year.

With NCLB Waiver All but Dead, State Officials Look to Soften Federal Sanctions In a largely overlooked action last month, the California State Board of Education formally designated another 56 local educational agencies as failing as defined by the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

According to the list, and according to records KTVO obtained through The Humane Society of the United States from the USDA and Missouri Department of Agriculture, Beauchamp has official warnings for failing to meet minimum requirements for basic care, and just last February, was charged with violating the federal Animal Welfare Act.

Finally, the last act of official recognition happened in 1992 when he was knighted.