Sentences with phrase «of congressional»

A group of Democrats including members of the Congressional Black Caucus is privately urging Rep. John Conyers to resign after a third former staffer went public with allegations of sexual harassment against the longtime Michigan Democrat.

As a historical example, in 1854 it took 9 weeks and over 130 votes before a new Speaker was elected - prompting a change in rules to make winning easier (The winner only has to receive the most votes regardless of the number of ballots cast rather than an absolute majority of > 50 % of the congressional seats).

Clinton has key support from black leaders in Washington, including members of the Congressional Black Caucus.

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus say they're bracing for the worst in Trump, fearing a presidency that could set minorities back decades.

Most candidates made the cut ahead of the congressional primary, but other races are enjoying a much less crowded field heading into June according to filings posted by the Board of Elections Thursday.

Rep. Gregory Meeks, chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus political action committee and a Queens Democrat, not only condemned Trump for his «s $ # @hole countries» remark, but also called out his Republican colleagues who are refusing to rebuke the president.

Most Americans think the resignation of Michael Flynn as the White House national security adviser last week is worthy of a congressional investigation, a new HuffPost / YouGov survey finds, with a near - majority saying his conduct could be indicative of a broader issue.

The Times has more details on the Office of Congressional Ethics probe into eight House members, including two New Yorkers — Reps. Joe Crowley and Chris Lee — who held fund - raisers in the days leading up to the Wall Street reform bill vote, collecting checks from lobbyists prior to weighing in on this key initiative.

Also at noon, Chairman of the Immigration Task Force of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez, and NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, will campaign with Sen. Adriano Espaillat, who is running for retiring Rep. Charlie Rangel's seat, Casabe Houses Senior Center, 312 East 109th St., Manhattan.

To the contrary (and certainly to the contrary of what the Albany pay - for - play consultants and their friend LB say), Ed Cox has reinvigorated the GOP rank - and - file statewide, given us back control of the state senate and won back a number of congressional seats.

As to the Putin comments — all of the congressional hearings continue to show no evidence of collusion.

Did you care when Barney Frank's boyfriend was running a gay prostitution business out of his congressional office, or when the married President was getting blown in a closet in white house?

He visited a casualty unit in the Green Zone without photographers as part of the congressional delegation.

Weekend efforts to coax Democrat Nathan McMurray out of his congressional bid against Republican Rep. Chris Collins in favor of LG Kathy Hochul have apparently failed.

More recently, given the inability of congressional Republicans to agree on health care reforms, it's becoming clear that if Congress can produce a tax reform bill at all, it will quite possibly repeal the state and local tax deduction.

Any resident of the Congressional District can collect and file petitions to run in their respective party.

In recent years, the Supreme Court has overturned a growing list of congressional statutes on the grounds that they intruded into protected spheres of state sovereignty or exceeded Congress's delegated powers under the Constitution.

Each state has a number of electoral votes equal to the combined total of its congressional delegation, and each state legislature is free to determine the method it will use to select its own electors.

Also at 2 p.m., Rep. Louise Slaughter, co-chair of the Congressional Arts Caucus, will welcome Jane Chu, chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, to Rochester, Wolk Atrium, Eastman East Wing, 433 East Main St.

Their campaign contended that due to the surprising number of congressional candidates who were kicked off the Independence Party line this cycle — including a number of incumbents from across the state — the judge should reconsider the Board of Election's initial ruling.

In 2011, James Cottrill, a professor of political science at Santa Clara University, published a study of the effect of non-legislative approaches (e.g., independent commissions, politician commissions) to redistricting on the competitiveness of congressional elections.

AG Eric Schneiderman has shot down a request from Republican members of a congressional committee that he turn over a number of records related to an investigation into climate change and what ExxonMobil may have known about its effects on the environment.

Now he is one of the most liberal Democrats in the new class of congressional freshmen.

On the same day President Obama called on Republican party leaders to denounce Trump, Democrats in Western New York were denouncing the comments of the congressional representative in their district.

Rep. Raúl Grijalva, a Democrat from Arizona who serves as co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, has endorsed Eric Kingson in the three - way NY - 24 Democratic primary.

Oneida County is part of a congressional district where the Kasich campaign believes it can hold Mr. Trump to less than a majority and pick up a delegate.

The new part of the district is being lavished with attention, and from the perspective of a congressional candidate, it's easy to see why.

Served as president of the Congressional Hispanic Staff Association.

The Constitution grants Congress the power to make or modify regulations regarding the time, place, and manner of congressional elections, and Congress has done so.

Director of congressional relations at the Office of Personnel Management.

Cook's PVI is frequently cited in analyses of congressional races — though FairVote continues to rely on only one election as an effective predictor of outcomes.

And now, this individual is sending a crimes report to the Department of Justice on the actions of congressional staff — the same congressional staff who researched and drafted a report that details how CIA officers, including the acting general counsel himself, provided inaccurate information to the Department of Justice about the program.

The Court Of Appeals» Decision Upsets The Constitu tional Balance By Effectively Preventing Any Searches Of Congressional Offices

Katko, R - Camillus, said he has been studying the issue for the past two years, and saw the difference privatization can make when he was part of a congressional delegation trip to Canada.

During his 45 years in Congress, Rangel broke a host of congressional ethics rules, including failing to pay tax on income from a Caribbean villa he owned, which was first revealed by The Post.

The pipeline would have run through parts of the congressional district Faso now seeks to represent.

He was one of just a handful of congressional candidates to attend.

Soto's campaign contends that he has fought for reproductive rights for years, noting that he supported the opening of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Kissimmee, is a member of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, and, while in the Florida Senate, led the charge against a 24 - hour waiting period law, helping get it declared unconstitutional.

A small group of activists were at NY Congresswoman Elise Stefanik's office in Plattsburgh Thursday to drop off a copy of the Congressional Budget Office report on the American Health Care Act.

International election observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, who were invited to observe and report on the 2004 national elections, expressed criticism of the U.S. congressional redistricting process and made a recommendation that the procedures be reviewed to ensure genuine competitiveness of Congressional election contests.

The Office of Congressional Ethics found «substantial reason» to believe Honda and his staffers used official resources to advance his campaign, and tied official events «to past or potential campaign or political support.»

Since the start of the Congressional primary season, the super PAC has stumped many political operatives with its unique spending pattern.

In updates of congressional race assessments announced Thursday morning, Sabato's Crystal Ball changed its rating of Murphy's Florida's 7th Congressional District from «Leans Democratic» to «Likely Democratic,» and changed Buchanan's Florida's 16th Congressional District from «Safe Republican» to «Likely Republican.»

Arriving late to the fore last week, the soon - to - be-ubiquitous tandem of congressional candidate Zephyr Teachout and Ulster County Executive Mike Hein got their two cents in.

Linares candidacy for Rangel's seat earlier this year made for one of the congressional race's strangest subplots.

Republican hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer's Super PAC American Unity PAC has made its final round of House endorsements, Politico reports: American Unity PAC has announced its final round of congressional races targeted for independent expend... Read

In the case of Congressional, State Senate, State Assembly, and City Council districts, the legislators often work closely with the clubs that overlap with their district lines, as club memberships represent a vital part of their constituencies.

In these eight to 12 states, the double punch of the well - funded presidential campaigns and wealthy super PACs could overwhelm the resources of Congressional candidates and the national party committees that support them, and swamp their ability to push their messages on TV.

Just hours before Grimm said that, NY1 learned that a volunteer for Michael Grimm's campaign filed a complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics against Donovan's top staffer.

He is the DCCC Chair and Nancy Pelosi's lap dog (and rumored Baby Daddy of one of his Congressional staffers).