Sentences with phrase «meeting with lawmakers including»

President Trump hosted a bipartisan meeting with lawmakers including Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D - Calif., discuss guns and school safety on Wednesday.

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In its stead, the PDP bigwigs, including governors, senators, lawmakers and former ministers, at the end of a meeting in Lagos resolved that the principle of zoning would be adopted only after a formidable new national chairman with weight and integrity has emerged.

Top lawmakers met privately with Gov. Andrew Cuomo to discuss a potential package of measures that could include a variety of issues, such as a new agreement on upstate flood relief.

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.

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.

Cuomo's schedule, released last night, included a meeting with House Speaker John Boehner, at which he was to be joined by three Republican lawmakers from New York — Reps. Bob Turner, Michael Grimm and Pete King, on whom the governor is leaning quite heavily as he pushes for the $ 42 billion worth of federal disaster aid he's seeking after Sandy.

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.

The Chancellor traveled to Albany today to address the Assembly Education Committee and meet with lawmakers, including Senators Flanagan and Golden, on key education policy and local school issues.

As federal lawmakers continue to try to reach a budget deal, Sheehan and Adirondack Council Executive Director William Janeway traveled to Washington, D.C., where they met with members of the North Country delegation, including Rep. Paul Tonko (D - Amsterdam) and former army secretary and Rep. John McHugh, who now works as a lobbyist.

I noted to Smikle that the bulk Democratic establishment, including (I believe) the lawmakers with whom he met today, is backing Perkins in September.

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.

Hillary Clinton's planned visit to Albany on Monday will include a meeting with Democratic state lawmakers, a meeting Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said was a wise way of having her connect with her supporters ahead of the April 19 primary.

Though several lawmakers met with Gov. Andrew Cuomo to hammer out broader religious language that was eventually included in an amendment, Ball said they did not go far enough.

A number of Republican lawmakers have been met with questions and criticism revealing concerns, including the future of health care.

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 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.

On October 9, lawmakers held a special meeting to meet with and question officials from VestraCare, including co-owner Edward Farbenblum.

The lawmaker has met with high school students in recent weeks to discuss gun violence, including groups in St. Lawrence County and Whitehall in Washington County.

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.

UFT officials including UFT President Michael Mulgrew and his fellow officers met one - on - one with about 70 lawmakers to stress the UFT's legislative priorities this year.

President Donald Trump again lobbied for increased school security measures, including armed staff, in a meeting with congressional lawmakers from both parties on Feb. 28.

Despite the fact that North Carolina already ranks near the bottom nationally in the generosity of its retiree health plan — better only than Georgia — Senate and House lawmakers met on Monday to mull over ways to address the plan's looming unfunded liability, with some options including a reduction and even elimination of the state's commitment to providing its workers with retiree health benefits.

With another billion in new basic education spending for teacher salaries included in the 2018 supplemental budget by the state legislature this session, lawmakers say they're meeting the State Supreme Court's mandate to fully fund K - 12 education as part of its 2012 McCleary decision.

The governor called a meeting to work out a compromise with lawmakers, but sticking points remain, including a proposal to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 18 from 16.

Citizens from across Montana, including members of the Montana Girl Scouts Lone Rock School Cadette Troop # 3756, are participating in Humane Lobby Dayto meet with lawmakers and lobby for better animal welfare laws for pets.

These efforts include meetings with European policymakers last year, his current Chinese trip, an upcoming confab with lawmakers in Oregon, and a planned trip to Italy to help opposition to new coal plants there.

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.