Sentences with phrase «of closed door discussions»

Democrats in the state Assembly have emerged from two days of closed door discussions on whether, then how, to remove and replace the leader of their conference, who has been charged with corruption.

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As none of the parties were able to achieve an absolute majority at the elections, the selection for the speakers could provide some clues as to what discussions have been going on behind closed doors.

So whilst the closed door discussions will be about how to keep the status quo regardless of the rapidly increasing power costs and breakdown of service that is now being experienced around the country, the open conversations being had by the people are excited discussions about the future because we trust the likes of Elon Musk and Mike Cannon - Brookes to get the job done more than we trust big power and Government to come to any kind of meaningful and affordable long term solution.

However, given the ageing of the population and the accompanying pressures on health care costs, it is important that such discussions begin much earlier and involve the public, rather than being held behind closed doors.

Plus, many deals that would have taken place behind closed doors before are now routinely the staple of social media discussions.

Since the press is generally ignoring the panicked statements of experts who recognize the breakdown crisis in process, we provide a glimpse of some of the discussions «behind closed doors» — from the World Economic Forum to the Council on Foreign Relations.

Still, Heastie wouldn't completely close the door to the approval of the tax credit, calling it an «open discussion.»

Trump's account, in a thread of morning Twitter posts, of his lengthy and closely scrutinized closed - door meeting with Putin was an attempt to move beyond the controversy after Moscow characterized the election discussion as a meeting of minds rather than a showdown between the two leaders.

Paladino's lawyers also pointed out that the board issued press releases regarding the status of contract negotiations with the Buffalo Teachers Federation, which remain on the board's website, in an attempt to contradict the assertion by Nevergold that all closed - door discussions regarding the teachers contract were barred from disclosure.

Sen. Jeff Klein, leader of the chamber's GOP - allied Independent Democratic Conference, said the Child Victims Act did not come up in Tuesday's closed - door discussions.

«President Mahama, at the invitation of the Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC) of Sierra Leone, will lead the discussions in a closed - door high - level breakfast meeting between the Presidential Candidates and their Running Mates, Commissioners of the PPRC, Electoral Officials, Police Chief, Paramount Chiefs and Eminent Persons,» the statement said.

Senate Democrats, who are a minority in the chamber, denounced their exclusion from the closed - door negotiations, which came after the governor's office said in February that their conference leader, Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins of Westchester, would be included in discussions.

The closed - door discussion was part of a series the organization arranges every election year with major political candidates.

During a closed - door discussion last year, Silver cut off debate and called it a draw even though the bulk of those who spoke supported the bill, sources said.

But after days of contentious discussion capped by a marathon nine - hour closed - door debate on Friday, Republicans came to a fateful decision: The full Senate would be allowed to vote on the bill, the majority leader, Dean G. Skelos, said Friday afternoon, and each member would be left to vote according to his or her conscience.

Four days of floor debates, panel discussions, and closed - door sessions produced an ambitious manifesto calling for, among other things, the following:

When the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)-- an organization under the auspices of the United Nations that periodically evaluates the effects of climate change — tried to determine the ice loss from Antarctica for its Fourth Assessment Report released in 2007, discussion by the authors largely occurred behind closed doors, said Oppenheimer, who has been long involved with the IPCC and served as an author of its Assessment Reports.

The film keeps the repeated knowledge from becoming boring by giving us the feel of an insider's view into the workings of the CIA and the closed doors of key political discussions.

The Madison School Board met behind closed doors last month to discuss one way to shore up a nearly $ 15 million budget gap, leading some open meetings experts to question the legality of those discussions.

The Advocate reports BESE will hold a closed - door discussion Aug. 16 on state Superintendent of Education John White's contract.

The Common Core standards were not on the formal agenda during a three - day meeting of the National Governors Association that ended Sunday, relegated to hallway discussions and closed - door meetings among governors and their staffs.

Good Morning The Advocate reports BESE will hold a closed - door discussion Aug. 16 on state Superintendent of Education John White's contract.

District officials say the closed - door discussions were proper because the job status and performance of specific district employees were discussed.

Choosing topics about things that directly influence your child, such as different views about their favorite sport, the influence of network TV or political topics that hit close to home may open the doors for lively discussion and insight into your child's mind.

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Moving the tree after the controversy refused to go away, especially in the still - baffling absence of that discussion, doesn't undo the Menil's mistakes, but it sure beats permanently displaying an artwork you're only willing to discuss behind closed doors.

Virtually all of the bluefin tuna discussions, however, are continuing behind closed doors.

After intense behind - closed - doors discussions with fellow senators since last fall, Sens. John Kerry (D) of Massachusetts and Joe Lieberman (I) of Connecticut released details of the bill to mixed reviews.

Now I do nt think our hostess wants to close the door firmly on the idea that CAGW does not exist, so I suspect that she will be extremely reluctant to add a discussion of Antarctic sea ice to this thread.

However, when the details of the government's proposal for a new planning law were unveiled last month, after several months of closed - door discussions, a storm erupted that led all the way to the High Court.

The event came on the heels of closed - door discussions of the topic at AEI and «a cascade of carbon - tax advocacy in recent days from the chattering classes and a slate of academic work over the summer,» as the Wall Street Journal noted, lending credence to the newspaper's article title: «Carbon Tax Idea Gains Wonkish Energy.»

If that discussion about what matters in choosing new colleagues was done behind closed doors and not open to everyone, then we would miss out on the benefit of the group discussion about what we value in colleagues and what we see as important attributes for future success.

Nevertheless, no public information regarding the process and the subject of the closed - door discussion has emerged yet.

The agenda for the closed - door meeting included discussion of vulnerability issues of the public blockchain and coordination between regulators and academia.

Perhaps we would all benefit from a more honest discussion of what goes on behind closed doors after the vows have been taken.

«There are plenty of discussions behind closed doors,» says Le Goff.