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Board members praised Superintendent Robert Runcie's handling of the crisis as well as the many students who have turned into activists, meeting with lawmakers in Tallahassee to call for stricter gun laws.

Get tips for scheduling a meeting with your lawmakers in the story below and access ASCD's updated sequestration page, which shares estimated cuts and their timing for key education programs.

ALBANY, NY (05/11/2015)(readMedia)-- Hundreds of nurses, caregivers and advocates will be meeting with lawmakers in Albany on Tuesday, May 12 to discuss lifesaving legislation.

During a televised gun meeting with lawmakers in late February, Trump wagged his finger at a Republican senator and scolded him for being «afraid of the NRA,» declaring that he would stand up to the group and finally get results in quelling gun violence.

«Many of our members can't justify a trip to Washington so it can be difficult to participate even though it is also important to meet with our lawmakers in Washington.

While FES typically held its Albany rallies late in the legislative session, close to final budget negotiations, next month's rally day will be held as other groups are flooding the Capitol to meet with lawmakers in the wake of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's State of the State on Jan. 13, when he will lay out his legislative agenda.

The superintendents planned to meet with lawmakers in Raleigh Tuesday to express their concerns and hopes for the 2014 state budget.

Kenya Green, HOPE High Class of 2014, was chosen by the American Federation for Children (AFC) to meet with lawmakers in Washington D.C. to share her story about the opportunity to attend HOPE through the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program.

Some students rode a bus to meet with lawmakers in Tallahassee.

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Zuckerberg, who is speaking with a handful of lawmakers before his congressional hearings over the next few days, spent more than an hour in a one - on - one, closed - door meeting with Nelson.

Trump's widely reported comment, which the White House did not deny, came Thursday during a bipartisan meeting with lawmakers on immigration in which he used the term to describe Haiti and African countries and instead expressed an interest in accepting immigrants from countries like Norway, whose prime minister he had spoken with the day before.

Oregon Representative Peter DeFazio, the top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, who was in Trump's meeting with a dozen Democratic and Republican lawmakers, said the president also told them he would be willing to increase the amount of federal spending beyond the $ 200 billion he is seeking for the infrastructure program.

At a news conference following a series of meetings with senior U.S. trade officials and lawmakers in Washington, Guajardo said that Mexico was still trying to understand the U.S. proposals that would require 50 % of vehicles» value content be produced in the United States as part of updated North American Free Trade Agreement rules.

In the months and weeks leading up to the congressional debate, she's met with dozens of lawmakers, conservative advocacy organizations, and business groups to build consensus and support for a plan that adopts parts of a 2015 proposal by Republican Sens. Marco Rubio and Mike Lee.

Republicans in the House of Representatives were told at a Monday night meeting that the stop - gap measure would extend funding through March 23, along with a year of defense funding and two years of funding for community health centers, lawmakers said.

The organizers and their families will be in Washington, D.C., on that day to meet with lawmakers, and they've invited students from around the country to join them, either in D.C. or in their own communities.

At a meeting with lawmakers on Monday, Trump falsely claimed that he lost the popular vote because 3 to 5 million undocumented immigrants had voted in the election.

Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady, R - Texas, talks with President Donald Trump during a meeting on tax policy with Republican lawmakers in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Thursday, Nov. 02, 2017.

Only 36 days into her premiership, Alberta's new premier, Alison Redford, was already in Washington this week, meeting with lawmakers and administration officials.

In 2011, when congressional Republicans were threatening to allow the government to default on its debts if their policy wish list was not met, Powell met with a number of GOP lawmakers, urging them to reconsider their strategy by pointing out the serious risks involved.

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.

Softwood lumber was the top issue as Oklahoma builders held several in - district meetings with their federal lawmakers this week.

Lively met with Ugandan lawmakers during the conference, and in a blog post later he likened his campaign against LGBT people to a «nuclear bomb» against the «gay agenda» that had gone off in Uganda.

The Illinois lawmakers requested a meeting with Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman afterthe Tribune reported Sunday that ammonia - laden chicken, beef and potato wedges landed in Illinois school cafeterias.

When his proposal to overhaul ethics at the state Capitol were met with shrugs by lawmakers, Astorino's top advisor blasted them in a column for Newsday.

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The lawmakers have previously held meetings in Johnstown, Buffalo and on Long Island to discuss legislative recommendations with law enforcement, educators and family members.

A range of outstanding issues remain: Lawmakers in the black and Puerto Rican caucus met privately to air their concerns with a measure designed to raise the age of criminal responsibility in New York to 18 that some feel leans too heavily on criminal courts.

The meetings will be held on Oct. 25 in Cortland and Nov. 14 in Newburgh as state lawmakers and other policy makers grapple with how to combat addiction, which has afflicted rural, suburban and urban parts of the state.

While lawmakers tried to hammer out a deal in Albany, Gov. David Paterson was in Manhattan meeting with his criminal defense attorney.

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.

De Blasio compared Trump's policies to the wolf at New York's door in a meeting last night with Democratic lawmakers in D.C.

In the afternoon, Pence will travel to U.S. Capitol to participate in the Senate Republican Policy Lunch and hold a series of meetings with lawmakerIn the afternoon, Pence will travel to U.S. Capitol to participate in the Senate Republican Policy Lunch and hold a series of meetings with lawmakerin the Senate Republican Policy Lunch and hold a series of meetings with lawmakers.

-- NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio is in Albany to meet with lawmakers and the governor — what's he pushing this time around?

In the afternoon, Pence will travel to the Capitol to participate in the Senate Republican Policy Luncheon and hold a series of meetings with lawmakerIn the afternoon, Pence will travel to the Capitol to participate in the Senate Republican Policy Luncheon and hold a series of meetings with lawmakerin the Senate Republican Policy Luncheon and hold a series of meetings with lawmakers.

Afterwards, he'll be at the U.S. Capitol to participate in the Senate Republican Policy Lunch and host a series of meetings with lawmakers.

In an Oval Office meeting with congressional lawmakers this month, Trump reportedly derided protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries.

WASHINGTON — Mayor Bill de Blasio compared President Trump's policies to the wolf at New York's door in a meeting Tuesday night with Democratic lawmakers.

Two groups, Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) and Allied Progress, have launched TV ads in the senators» home states that aim to tie the two GOP senators to President - elect 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's Cabinet and White House staff picks.

Concerned about children's exposure to lead found in drinking water, lawmakers met with reporters today at the state capitol in Albany to discuss a last - minute push to require lead testing in all public schools.

Cornyn, who met with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellGOP lawmakers want Trump to stop bashing Congress Parkland father calls out Trump, McConnell, Ryan after Santa Fe shooting Overnight Finance: House rejects farm bill in conservative revolt NAFTA deal remains elusive as talks drag on Dodd - Frank rollback set for House vote MORE (R - Ky.)

The very first question Andrew Cuomo was asked at his Cabinet meeting this afternoon was in reference to an interview he gave with the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle in which he sounded like he was backing down from his threat to veto any lines drawn by lawmakers in the once - a-decade redistricting process.

President - elect 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 dismissed talk of sanctioning Russia as some lawmakers and President Obama push for the U.S. to act in light of Russian interference in the election.

Clinton is weak with white men, and Democrats think Biden could be particularly useful with that group in a general election against Republican presidential front - runner 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.

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner is facing mounting backlash from U.S. Senate Democrats for participating in the controversial meeting between Trump Jr. and the Russian lawyer, with lawmakers calling for his security clearance to be revoked and questioning his place in the Trump administration.

It already is apartheid, said a leading independent Palestinian lawmaker, Mustafa Barghouti, whom I had met in Ramallah with Kerry during the optimistic presidential election in 2005.

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.

In D.C. this morning, Vice President Mike Pence will participate in a series of meetings with lawmakerIn D.C. this morning, Vice President Mike Pence will participate in a series of meetings with lawmakerin a series of meetings with lawmakers.

In the afternoon, Pence will travel to the U.S. Capitol to participate in the Senate Republican Policy Lunch, and later host a series of meetings with lawmakerIn the afternoon, Pence will travel to the U.S. Capitol to participate in the Senate Republican Policy Lunch, and later host a series of meetings with lawmakerin the Senate Republican Policy Lunch, and later host a series of meetings with lawmakers.

She said the two met in the lawmaker's office late last year, with Ms. Malliotakis advocating for increased Con Edison rate hikes.