Sentences with phrase «leaders met with lawmakers»

«It's only the first week here, so I feel like things are just getting going, but in the coming days we will help business leaders meet with lawmakers to help bolster the U.S. position, and to make sure the official U.S. delegation is bold,» says Anne Kelly, senior policy director at Ceres, a business and sustainability nonprofit.

Not exact matches

-- At that White House meeting with lawmakers, Trump called for measures that sharply break with the NRA, as well as leaders of his own party, whom he accused of being too «petrified» to take action.

NAHB Chairman Randy Noel and First Vice Chairman Greg Ugalde conducted two days of meetings this week with Republican and Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill, urging lawmakers to keep housing in the forefront of the national agenda.

After attending a closed - door meeting where Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, of Long Isand, was re-elected as head of the GOP conference, (Felder said he did not cast a vote), the Brooklyn lawmaker suggested he might even wait until the IDC announced which conference it would be aligning with in 2017.

The reports prompted Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other lawmakers — including several Republicans — to call for the White House to provide the Senate panel with any transcripts of the meeting.

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Parent leaders met last month with lawmakers and the NYPD to discuss school safety, including locking doors, according to Community Education Council District 31 President Mike Reilly.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins met privately in New York City on Wednesday with Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder, a lawmaker who is a key linchpin for control of the narrowly divided chamber.

He did not focus on the New Jersey legislation during the news conference, but met with lawmakers, including Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg and Democratic state Sen. Joe Vitale, in Trenton on Monday about their bill.

Cuomo and state lawmakers held two separate meetings on Monday: The governor first huddled with the Senate Republican and Independent Democratic Conference leaders and then with Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

Speaking with reporters after a closed - door leaders meeting, lawmakers said they haven't raised the issue of the 30 - day amendments with the governor, adding that it wasn't even discussed.

A group of prominent tech leaders on Thursday said that a Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpGOP lawmakers want Trump to stop bashing Congress US ends aid for northwest Syria: report FBI informant met with three Trump campaign advisers: report MORE presidency would be bad for innovation in America.

Lawmakers noted that their leaders, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Democratic Majority Conference Leader John Sampson, have been working with one another all along and met in New York City on Wednesday.

He almost never gave significant on - the - record interviews, reneged on a campaign pledge to post online his private schedule of meetings with lawmakers and lobbyists, and eschewed the public meetings with legislative leaders favored by his predecessors.

President Trump, escorted by Sen. John Barrasso, R - Wyo., chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee, left, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R - Ky., right, arrives at the Capitol to meet with GOP lawmakers about passing the GOP tax bill.

Zebrowski, Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee, who represents East Ramapo, and Rockland County lawmaker Sen. David Carlucci, a member of the Independent Democratic Conference, met with leaders of the Assembly and Senate in Cuomo's office Thursday afternoon.

The Feerick Commission's investigation was not viewed positively by many lawmakers, including the legislative leaders (Senate Majority Leader Ralph Marino and Assembly Speaker Mel Miller), who declined to formally testify on campaign fund - raising efforts by their respective conferences, but did say they would meet in formally with commission members.

On Monday, following his arrest, Republican lawmakers emerged from a 3-1/2 hour meeting with Skelos in Albany to announced their was a «consensus» that he should remain leader, despite the charges.

About 25 Wall Street executives, many of them hedge fund managers, sat down for a private meeting Thursday afternoon with two of the most powerful Republican lawmakers in Congress: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, and John Cornyn, the senior senator from Texas who runs the National Republican Senatorial Committee, one of the primary fundraising arms of the Republican Party.

Senator Jeff Klein, the Bronx lawmaker who had headed the Independence Democratic Conference since January 2011, is being included in some of the leaders meetings, even though the power - sharing deal he brokered with Skelos in 2012 ceased to exist when the Republicans won a full majority in the 2014 elections.

One day after Gov. Andrew Cuomo arranged a meeting with some state lawmakers and Catholic Church leaders to promote the education tax credit, the measure seems to be losing support among Assembly Democrats, with some Democrats saying they are angered by tactics used by backers, which has included picketing their offices.

The Met Council report and the federal charges exposed what many see as the undue influence of the real estate industry on New York State lawmakers and industry leaders» willingness to lavish lawmakers with cash legally and illegally to get what they want.

The advocates also held private meetings with key lawmakers and their staffs, including Deputy Senate Leader John DeFrancisco, who is also a Republican candidate for governor.

The New York Republican said Trump was emphatic about his support for the bridge when he met several months ago with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D - N.Y.), New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other Empire State lawmakers.

Andrew Cuomo spent his day in private meetings with select groups of lawmakers and leaders in both the state Assembly and Senate.

He again spent his day in private meetings with select groups of lawmakers and leaders in both the state Assembly and Senate.

After meeting privately with a bipartisan group of business leaders at City Hall on Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio told members of the media that there is widespread agreement mayoral control of city schools must be extended by Albany lawmakers.

LaValle, in a Thursday meeting with the 10 town leaders, said Trump won in 12 of the 18 legislative district where all lawmakers must seek re-election next year.

Walker said he and his administration have been in communication with at least a couple of the AWOL Senate Democrats about a deal that could bring them back, but the lawmaker who asked for the meeting, Senate Minority Leader Mark Miller, «is firmly standing in the way.»

Gristanti could simply vote to support Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and conference with Senate Republicans, though certainly some GOP lawmakers would wonder why a registered Democrat was sitting in on their meetings.

One day after Governor Cuomo arranged a meeting with some state lawmakers and Catholic Church leaders to promote the education tax credit, the measure seems to be losing support among Assembly Democrats, with some Democrats saying they are angered by tactics used by backers, which has included picketing their offices.

For four weeks, lawmakers met, often with little to do, as leaders sought a deficit reduction deal, but didn't take up the ethics measure.

Malloy is meeting Wednesday afternoon with legislative leaders from both parties, with the hope of calling rank - and - file lawmakers to the Capitol by the middle of next week.

In addition to regular Wednesday night parties for lawmakers, now comes word he's planning semi-regular Wednesday morning meetings with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, according to administration and congressional officials.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — West Michigan lawmakers will meet with leaders of Grand Rapids Public Schools during a luncheon Monday, Dec. 11, to hear what they need to help students reach their full potential.

President Donald Trump is scheduled to discuss video game violence Thursday at a White House school safety meeting with industry leaders and their critics, as well as a handful of Republican lawmakers.

They have attended meetings with lawmakers of both parties, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D - Calif., and a Tuesday morning meeting of the House Democratic Caucus.

To make sure lawmakers know where NAR stands on tax reform and other legislative priorities, including reauthorization of federal flood insurance, NAR President - elect Elizabeth Mendenhall spent the day in Capitol Hill meetings with leaders in both the House and the Senate.