Sentences with phrase «n't chair committees»

At issue is the decision by Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - East Northport) to provide lucrative stipends of about $ 12,500 to chairmen of committees even though the three IDC senators don't chair their committees.
IDC Leader Jeff Klein defended the GOP for giving his members committee chair stipends though they don't chair committees.
Stipends specifically marked for Senate committee chairs that are paid to three IDC members — Sens. Diane Savino, Jose Peralta and Dave Valesky — by the majority despite the fact that the three don't chair committees appear to fall into a gray area of state law.
There are worse things than not chairing a committee, esp» after they get rid of their lulus.
If he's a Republican, then he might be on the lowly housing committee (Republicans can not chair committees).
In contrast, most Assembly Democrats who do not chair a committee have a little over $ 100,000 every six months for staff salaries and office expenditures.

Not exact matches

A Republican National Convention delegate screams as the Chair announces that the convention will not hold a roll - call vote on the Republican National Convention Rules Committee's report and rules changes and rejects the efforts of anti-Trump forces to hold such a vote.
Sums up David Eaton, chair of the committee authoring the report, in an accompanying press release: «E-cigarettes can not be simply categorized as either beneficial or harmful.»
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R - Alaska), who chairs the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, told Politico earlier this week that she had not heard anything from the White House about filling the vacancies.
That's because it will be one of the few remaining data points that Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and the rest of the Federal Open Market Committee will have before they decide whether or not to begin the process of raising interest rates at their upcoming meeting December 15th and 16th.
The chair of the UK Commons media committee, Damian Collins, told the BBC he thought the latest investigation «raises the question of how can users make effective complaints to Facebook about content that is disturbing, shouldn't be on the site, and have confidence that it will be acted upon.»
Although Hensarling, who chairs the House Financial Services Committee did not respond to a request for comment, he has said the battle over the bank is one of philosophy, which for conservatives dictates that the government should stay out of free enterprise.
About two years ago, the attorney at law firm Cooley took over as chair of the Partnership Nominating Committee, and the numbers weren't inspiring when it came to women's progress.
Those appointments came under fire earlier this year as it became clear that HP's newly appointed chair, Ray Lane, circumvented the board's independent nominations process by involving the CEO in identifying board candidates and deciding to oversee the process himself (although he had a long - standing relationship with the CEO and was not a member of the nominations committee).
Damian Collins, the chair of the British parliament's Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, said he would not rule out asking more technology firms to give evidence on their data collection practices, but there are no plans currently.
Committee chair Damian Collins repeatedly asked Downs how much YouTube earns annually, something Google doesn't disclose in its earnings.
Omar said he could not give a timeframe for recovery, but a special economics committee he chairs was recommending «proactive measures to be taken from time to time to deal with the current situation.»
«The wireless industry has done everything it can to persuade federal regulators and state regulators not to require that backup power be put in place,» said Regina Costa, chair of the telecommunications committee of the National Association of State Utility Advocates, which speaks for consumer representatives.
Insisting on more diversity for the panels you sit on, the committees you chair and the teams you lead is probably not the diva move most people are expecting, but it helps the cause.
Thune chairs the Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee, which is one of several that combined for today's hearing, but he did not indicate whether it would be that or another committee, or another group of them, that will talk to Cambridge Analytica and whichever other companies are deemed to be aliCommittee, which is one of several that combined for today's hearing, but he did not indicate whether it would be that or another committee, or another group of them, that will talk to Cambridge Analytica and whichever other companies are deemed to be alicommittee, or another group of them, that will talk to Cambridge Analytica and whichever other companies are deemed to be alike to it.
«A Fed chair not only has to have good views on substance but also the managerial skills and personality to win over a large committee,» said Christina Romer, who was chairman of Obama's Council of Economic Advisers.
«Financial planners who are serious about their craft should not miss this chance to connect with the brightest planning minds in the country,» said Ted Sarenski, CPA / PFS, chair of the 2018 PFP Conference Planning Committee.
«Our committee has been focused on seeing the government return to pre-2009 / 10 debt - to - GDP levels, not increasing taxes for businesses, and controlling spending,» said George Kondopulos, Tax Partner at KPMG LLP and volunteer Chair of The Vancouver Board of Trade's Government Budget and Finance Ccommittee has been focused on seeing the government return to pre-2009 / 10 debt - to - GDP levels, not increasing taxes for businesses, and controlling spending,» said George Kondopulos, Tax Partner at KPMG LLP and volunteer Chair of The Vancouver Board of Trade's Government Budget and Finance CommitteeCommittee.
«It's the same old argument: not being able to charge commissions limits choice and prevents the small investor from receiving financial advice,» says Dave O'Brien, principal, O'Brien Financial Planning, Richmond, Va. and chair of NAPFA's public policy committee.
Larry Wright, chair of the Launch Detroit planning committee, knows that it doesn't take a lot of money to get a business up and running.
Not only was the supervisor of Foreign Exchange at JPMorgan not fired, but as we reported last week, that individual, Troy Rohrbaugh, who has been head of Foreign Exchange at JPMorgan since 2005, is now serving in the dual role as Chair of the Foreign Exchange Committee at the New York Fed, helping his regulator establish best practices in foreign exchange tradiNot only was the supervisor of Foreign Exchange at JPMorgan not fired, but as we reported last week, that individual, Troy Rohrbaugh, who has been head of Foreign Exchange at JPMorgan since 2005, is now serving in the dual role as Chair of the Foreign Exchange Committee at the New York Fed, helping his regulator establish best practices in foreign exchange tradinot fired, but as we reported last week, that individual, Troy Rohrbaugh, who has been head of Foreign Exchange at JPMorgan since 2005, is now serving in the dual role as Chair of the Foreign Exchange Committee at the New York Fed, helping his regulator establish best practices in foreign exchange trading.
On Sunday, Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez doubled down on his statement that «Republicans don't give a shit about the people» during a panel discussion with Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel on NBC's Meet the Press.
«We're not just putting higher - octane fuel in an old clunker of a tax car; we've proposed to drive a newer tax car that can beat and win against any country in the world,» Rep. Kevin Brady (R - TX), who chairs the tax - writing Ways and Means Committee, said.
Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R - VA), chair of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Trey Gowdy (R - SC), chair of the House Oversight Committee, sent a letter to Wray asking the bureau to brief their committees on why the FBI didn't act on the tip, and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R - IA), chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, also asked the agency to brief his staffers.
Senate Finance Committee Chair Orrin Hatch (R - UT) said the tariffs are «not going to help America» and whoever recommended them to Trump should be «reprimanded.»
The committee will be chaired by the Special Secretary (Economic Affairs) and will include a diverse group of representatives from a number of government bodies including, but not limited to: the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the State Bank of India, and Indian policy think - tank NITI Aayog.
Cassidy has run ads attacking Landrieu for not forcing a vote in the senate to approve the pipeline while she has been chair of the senate energy committee.
A few of the old venerables, like committee chairs Ike Skelton (Armed Services) and John Spratt (Budget) were not so fortunate.
If a Complaint concerns the General Counsel or the complainant is not comfortable reporting to the General Counsel, then the complainant should submit the Complaint to the Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Board or another member of the Audit and Risk Committee instead.
The General Counsel or the Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee shall cause all Complaints to be investigated, unless he or she believes that the Complaint was not made in good faith or unless the Complaint was made anonymously and does not contain sufficient information to conduct an investigation.
A Senate committee (Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee), chaired by Bill Heffernan, released an Interim Report on 30 August calling on the ACCC to reopen is review of the proposed takeover of GrainCorp by Archer Daniels Midland, which it indicated it will not oppose on 27 Jcommittee (Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee), chaired by Bill Heffernan, released an Interim Report on 30 August calling on the ACCC to reopen is review of the proposed takeover of GrainCorp by Archer Daniels Midland, which it indicated it will not oppose on 27 JCommittee), chaired by Bill Heffernan, released an Interim Report on 30 August calling on the ACCC to reopen is review of the proposed takeover of GrainCorp by Archer Daniels Midland, which it indicated it will not oppose on 27 June 2013.
During his presentation, «The Coffee Journey,» Brett Anderhub of Rekerdres & Sons Insurance, covered the perilous movement from farm to cup (who knew that the concept of General Average is actually in the Bible), while Jack Steijn, chair of ISO and CEN committees on sustainable and traceable cocoa and co-founder of Equipoise, a consultancy for sustainable commodities, talked about the new ISO Standards for sustainability that will be issued in 2018, and whether or not sustainable practices that are being used in cocoa production can be applied to coffee.
(Revised May 2007)(E) Honorary Members - Any person, who may or may not be active in the foodservice industry, from an active CFESA Voting Member firm in good standing at the time of the nomination and who has rendered outstanding service to the Association by having faithfully served as an officer, director or committee chair to better our Association, shall be eligible for membership as an Honorary Member.
Pediatrician Jeffrey W. Britton, chair of the Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention of the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), says to keep in mind «monkey see - monkey do»: If parents don't wear helmets, neither will kids.
Carl Schlyter, Green Group, European Free Alliance (EFA), Vice Chair of ENVI Committee said: «Health claims on food products are there to help consumers to do healthier choices, not to mislead.
«This has been a cooperative effort between the county and the City of Wheaton, but the city and the Park District have not approved the plan,» said County Board member John Case (R - Naperville), who chairs the Stormwater Management Committee.
Gennaro, who has a bachelors degree in geology and environmental science and chairs the Council's Environmental Protection Committee, said as recently as March that Cuomo is «being ill - served by the people who are not being completely true to his good vision» on fracking.
That comes after Treasury committee chairman Andrew Tyrie - who is supposed to be chairing the joint committee too - said he wouldn't do it if there was a vote, which there will be.
«The shift to the focus on victims is not only the morally right thing to do in and of itself, it is essential if we are to get the prosecutions necessary to try to end this evil,» chair of the committee Frank Field said.
«We can't carry on as we are, expecting the next generation of taxpayers to pick up the tab,» Treasury committee chair Andrew Tyrie said.
The chair of the 1922 Committee of backbench MPs said his claims for # 106,141 of maintenance work over five years were «acceptable», including the work he had done on his «helipad» - which he held was not a real helipad.
In a letter to John Whittingdale, chair of the media committee, it said that it regarded evidence that the News of the World newsroom was out of control as relevant to its judgement on the character of News Corp's owners but that it could not act until the «whilst allegations are unsubstantiated».
It's important to remember that not all Committee Members vote the way their respective county chairs wish them to vote.
No wonder Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz, chair of the party committee and a Rainbow Rebel himself, wasn't in any big rush to heed the call of state Democratic Party leaders» to start proceedings to dis - enroll Espada.
«This is what gives politics and government a bad name and I don't blame the county executive for taking a stand on this as he did today,» said Erie County Democratic Committee Chair Jeremy Zellner.
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