Sentences with phrase «of bipartisan talk»

Meanwhile, the border wall, DREAMers and DACA are scheduled to be at the top of bipartisan talks at the White House on Tuesday as both sides hope to end a standoff on immigration as a potential Jan. 19 government shutdown looms.

Not exact matches

Republicans and Democrats began this year with ambitious talk of reaching a bipartisan agreement on tax reform, but it has now become clear to most that it will require the investment of more time and political capital than President Obama has remaining.

«There's a lot of talk the way Albany politics works... But what we have focused on is governing in that bipartisan fashion, and when the results are what they have been, it's difficult to imagine why we would move in another direction at this point in time,» Valesky said.

Senate President Pro Tem Martin Looney of New Haven said Friday that he was «encouraged» by the bipartisan talks in an effort to reach a budget deal.

The former career Army officer and former West Point instructor talked of his role as a member of the No Labels bipartisan group of senators and congressmen headed by Joe Manchin and Jon Huntsman, and including congresspersons Maffei, Maloney and Bill Owens amongst its membership.

Cuomo, in a morning radio interview, said he took issue with «the starting point» of negotiation talks between Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Trump, saying there was already growing bipartisan support in Congress to salvage the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program before the leaders met last week.

There was no indication Monday afternoon that the bipartisan talks were close to any kind of budget breakthrough to solve the two - year deficit estimated at $ 3.5 billion.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- Two sources familiar with the «Gang of Six» bipartisan talks say Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus, D - Montana, could distribute a proposal to the other five negotiators as early as this afternoon.

Last week, a bipartisan dozen of us gathered in DC at AEI to try to push past the kumbaya of the moment and seek some clarity about what personalized learning actually is, what gets lost amidst the happy - talk, and where the real tensions might lie.

While the talk of a bipartisan approach was encouraging, it is even more encouraging to see this joint invitation.

By contrast, Miller and Rep. John Kline, R - Minn., the chairman of the panel, talked up the bipartisan nature of the charter measure.

* Bipartisan group of lawmakers is behind the letter * Japan's entry into trade talks has raised concern By Doug Palmer WASHINGTON, May 30 (Reuters)- Nearly 200 U.S. lawmakers have signed a letter urging President Barack Obama to insist on new rules against currency manipulation in a proposed trade agreement with Japan and 10 other countries in the Asia - Pacific region.

Charles Blahous and Robert Reischauer talked about a Bipartisan Policy Center report looking at the fiscal condition of both the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds.

I'll be talking with three scientists working to shake America out of its long, and bipartisan, slumber party on energy innovation and get to work — the physics Nobelist Burton Richter, Martin Hoffert, a professor emeritus of physics at New York University, and Nathan Lewis, a chemist at the California Institute of Technology who heads the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, one of three «innovation hubs» created (so far) by the Department of Energy.

He talked to us how he orchestrated the House of Representatives bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus.

This deceptive talking point was called out by Susan Tierney of the Analysis Group at yesterday's event at the Bipartisan Policy Center.

But this latest speech also indirectly addresses the latest bipartisan talk of federal sentencing reform and covers some other new ground.

Bipartisan talks will have to take place — this can't be done without work on both sides of the aisle.

Curbelo, a rarity among the Florida Republicans in that he can talk sensibly on the issue, is the sponsor of a bipartisan bill, HJR 3999, that would ban «bump stocks» and other enhancements to make AR - 15s and similar weapons fire faster.