Sentences with phrase «members federal house»

«I'm assuring you that with the experience I have in public office, I have been a deputy speaker of Abia Assembly, a commissioner, local government Chairman and member federal House of Representatives, I will ensure dividends of democracy gets to the doors steps of the people of Abia south».

Not exact matches

The New York Times reports that the witnesses told members of the House Subcommittee on Indian, Insular, and Alaska Native Affairs that Congress should appoint a federal control board — that is, take over management of the island.

Last week, a proposed alliance between China telecom manufacturer Huawei Technologies and U.S. carrier AT&T collapsed after members of the U.S. Senate and House intelligence committees dispatched a letter to the Federal Communications Commission citing concerns about «Chinese espionage in general, and Huawei's role in that espionage in particular.»

Members of the Alaska House of Representatives recently passed a resolution asking the federal government not to crackdown or interfere in any way with states that have legalized marijuana of which, of course, Alaska is one.

Several Republican governors and key senators and House members have expressed concern over abruptly cutting federal Medicaid funding and therefore taking insurance away from millions of people.

The disclosure forms released Friday for less senior White House staff members were not reviewed by the federal Office of Government Ethics.

Chairman Nunes» decision, supported by House Speaker Ryan and Republican Members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, to publicly release misleading allegations against the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation is a shameful effort to discredit these institutions, undermine the Special Counsel's ongoing investigation, and undercut congressional probes.

«Chairman Nunes» decision, supported by House Speaker Ryan and Republican Members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, to publicly release misleading allegations against the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation is a shameful effort to discredit these institutions, undermine the Special Counsel's ongoing investigation, and undercut congressional probes,» the committee's Democrats said in a statement.

She also worked with federal Members of Parliament at a House of Commons research bureau.

Many co-ops rely on federal subsidies to ensure that members pay no more than 30 per cent of their income towards housing costs.

The Federal Housing Administration allows borrowers to receive gift money from family members, employers, charitable organizations, and other sources.

Little things like mandatory chapel for members of the House and Senate, prior to starting the business of the say, when the Houses were in session, or Sunday being excluded as a day, for both legislative and executive government purposes, or maybe you'd prefer the Federal holidays that were Holy Days for Christians.

The group also asks its members to support the inclusion into the House bill of The Healthy School Meals Act (which would require more plant - based meal options in accordance with recommendations made by the American Medical Association and the American Public Health Association) and to provide comments to the House supporting changes to the Farm Bill (in 2012) to increase federal support for local, organic diversified agriculture.

House Republicans initiated the block - grant proposals under the Personal Responsibility Act to return control of the schools and curriculum to the local level, cut costs and reduce federal bureaucracy, said Kristin Woltemuth, a legislative assistant to Rep. Harris Fawell (R., Naperville) a member of the House Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities.

A given member of the U.S. House of Representatives or of the legislature of a state represents (in theory) only the people of their own district, giving the people of that district influence in federal or state - level decision making.

Rep. Dan Donovan, the lone Republican House member from New York City, took credit on Monday for the proposed federal budget agreement that reimburses New York City for strengthening security around President Donald Trump's 5th Avenue tower.

«It is also on record that in June 2013, President Buhari told the Federal Government to stop the clampdown of Boko Haram insurgents, accusing the government of killing and destroying houses belonging to Boko Haram members while the Niger Delta militants were giving special treatment.

Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion, who was up for an appointment in the federal department of Housing and Urban Development, was listed as a recipient but crossed off; Buffalo mayor Byron Brown got the application on January 9, the deadline by which other members of the «select group» were asked to reply.

Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, a formidable bloc in the House, have said they will not support the budget until they see the tax reform plan and want the resolution to contain more cuts to federal spending than the $ 203 billion over a decade that it already contains.

Cuomo will be demanding federal budget relief from Senate and House members representing states whose public university systems, for the most part, charge higher tuitions than New York's.

Members of New York's House delegation joined with Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday to call for federal emergency funding for Penn Station amid ongoing delays caused by track upgrades by Amtrak.

The Australian federal senate is a house of review, elected from multiple member state electorates.

As the Ranking Member on the House Appropriations Committee, which oversees federal funding allocations, I will continue to make sure that the Lower Hudson Valley has the resources to serve residents, support economic growth, and prosper.»

The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday, led ministers and other members of the Federal Executive Council to honour the State House Correspondent of Channels Television, Mr. Chukwuma Onuekwusi, who died on Tuesday.

«As Congress returns to Washington to confront the federal government's significant fiscal challenges, the members of the House of Representatives can not and must not ignore the critical needs still facing New Yorkers, and our entire region, in the wake of Sandy,» said Cuomo.

The Country Liberal Party of the Northern Territory participates through its affiliation with the Nationals (though the CLP's lone federal House member sits as a Liberal), and the Liberal National Party of Queensland participates through its affiliation with the Liberals (though some federal LNP parliamentarians sit as Nationals).

Here's the trouble: If legislators don't agree on a bill to move their own primary date to correspond with the one that US District Court Judge Gary Sharpe ordered for the federal races, then Assembly members and senators could theoretically challenge sitting House members and then, if that doesn't work out, fall back to run for their own seats.

A member of the House of Representatives, Olajide Jimoh, representing Lagos Mainland Federal Constituency, has assured of the return of the Chibok girls kidnapped by the...

The member representing Kiru / Bebeji Federal Constituency of Kano State who was at a time the chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, refused to give details of the meeting while speaking with State House correspondents.

Last month, the House Ethics panel said its members had voted unanimously to defer a separate investigation of federal tax charges against Grimm, which flowed from an ongoing investigation of his campaign fundraising.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, the same federal prosecutor who brought down the leaders of the legislature, has been investigating, and on Friday evening Governor Cuomo revealed that subpoenas had been issued to a former top member of his staff, and a lobbyist who used to work for the governor when Cuomo was at the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Ibrahim is the Director of Finance and Account in the Federal Ministry of Power, Works, and Housing, while his brother, Tijani, is a member of the Presidential Committee on North East Initiative and a former Interim National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress.

And House members — because they already hold federal office — can transfer their House committee coffers to a Senate campaign account.

A member of the House of Representatives, representing Irele / Okitipupa Federal Constituency, Mr. Mike Omogbehin, described the kidnap attempt as an affront on the traditional institution in Ondo State.

Sections 69 and 110 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and section 116 of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) empowers INEC to conduct Recall proceedings against a member of the National Assembly, State House of Assembly, or the Area Council of the FCT, upon the receipt of a valid petition alleging a loss of confidence in the member, by more than 50 % of voters registered to vote in that member's constituency.

The state Republican Party countered with a complaint against Mike Michaud that accused the U.S. House member of using federal campaign money for his gubernatorial campaign.

The member representing Jema'a / Sanga Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Shehu Nicholas Garba, has said that the PDP would employ every legitimate means to protect the people's mandate at the just concluded local government elections in Jema'a local government area.

Also at noon, IDC Leader Jeff Klein, attorney Susan Chana Lask and Soundview Homeowners Association members and officials hold a news conference to discuss a planned federal lawsuit accusing the city Department of Buildings and subcontractors of building substandard housing and depriving owners of certificates of occupancy; conference room, second floor, Hutchinson Metro Center, 1200 Waters Place, the Bronx.

Despite the flood of protest inundating Trump over his criticism of a federal judge who's Mexican - American, Rep. Chris Collins, the first House member to endorse The Donald for president, said he sees not even a hint of racism in the remarks by the presumptive nominee.

For example, John Kasich, Bobby Jindal, Jay Inslee, and Mike Pence were members of the federal House of Representatives.

In his own remarks, Hon. Babajimi Benson, Member, Federal House of Representatives, stated, «I really do not know late Alhaji Sanni but from what I have seen in his son that works with me in Abuja, the man was a good man.

Twenty members of New York's House delegation are calling on President Obama to name seven six additional counties as disaster areas in order for them to be eligible for federal aid.

«DioGuardi has said that Roe v. Wade should be overturned and, stunningly, as a House member he voted against federal funding for abortion even when a woman's very life was in danger,» the organization's statement proclaims.»

A member of the House of Representatives, Suleiman Kwande, representing Jos North / Bassa federal constituency, called on the Federal Government to investigate the kifederal constituency, called on the Federal Government to investigate the kiFederal Government to investigate the killings.

A bipartisan group of New York House members — including the first Republican congressman to endorse Trump's candidacy, Buffalo Rep. Chris Collins — urged the federal government to reimburse New York City the $ 25.7 million it spent on protecting Trump Tower during the presidential transition.

Rep. Tom Reed became the second House member from New York to back Trump for the Republican presidential nomination, prompting Democrats to say he was merely reacting to a threat from Buffalo developer Carl Paladino to attack federal lawmakers who don't endorse the GOP frontrunner.

Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has condemned the kidnapping of a member of the House of Representatives, representing Takai / Sumaila Federal Constituency, Hon. Garba Umar...

Members of the House of Representatives have decried an alleged violation of the federal character principle in recruitment by Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Fedfederal character principle in recruitment by Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the FederalFederal...

Officials from Western New York and the House members who represent them met with representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers, with both short term and long term relief in mind.

Member representing Jema'a / Sanga Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Shehu Nicholas Garba (Sarkin - Noma), has decried recent spate of killings in Southern Kaduna.