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Finally, members of congressional committees with jurisdiction over foreign affairs and related matters were more likely to participate in CODELs than other legislators.

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Facebook officials briefed staffers on various congressional committees on Thursday, but Business Insider has reported that many of the committees were unsatisfied with the answers they did receive, increasing the likelihood of marathon hearings for Zuckerberg soon.

«Pelosi is already the most unpopular politician in America — something House Democratic candidates would agree with — and the prospect of her implementing an extremely progressive agenda will be a huge motivator for Republicans this fall,» National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) spokesman Jesse Hunt wrote in an email to reporters.

According to Congressional Quarterly, with a last - minute barrage of earmark requests so great that it brought down the Appropriation Committee's servers.

The FBI and several congressional committees are investigating how Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election and whether associated of President Donald Trump may have colluded with Russian intelligence operatives during the campaign.

And the expense associated with the president - elect standing on the steps of the Capitol and putting his hand on a Bible comes from taxpayers, not donors; it's managed by a separate congressional planning committee.

Rep. Ann Wagner, R - Mo., who sponsored the Retail Investor Protection Act, bipartisan legislation passed in the House that would require the Securities and Exchange Commission, not DOL, to take the lead on crafting a fiduciary rule, said Wednesday that she was «working closely with House leadership and members of the Education and Workforce Committee on using the Congressional Review Act to stop [DOL's] ill - advised rule.»

(The process begins with a congressional resolution instructing committees in the House and the Senate to draw up legislation that saves the federal government a set amount of money.)

Investigators working with several congressional committees and the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, have delved into Mr. Steele's work as part of inquiries into connections between Russia and Mr. Trump and his associates, including whether they conspired to influence last year's election.

That committee is one of a number of congressional committees investigating Russian attempts to disrupt the 2016 election and whether there was any collusion with Mr. Trump's associates.

Following his involvement with the NCMEC task force, Brito took part in congressional hearings that were the result of a 2013 bitcoin investigation by the Senate Homeland Security Committee.

While the majority of that sum came from Trump's already - underway reelection bid, roughly $ 72,000 came from the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee, and fundraising groups affiliated with other elected GOP officials, including Republican congressmen.

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R - Utah, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said in a statement that «it is concerning the administration is moving forward with this rule after little to no consultation with congressional tax leaders.

The legislation enforces limits on discretionary spending until 2021, establishes a procedure to increase the debt limit, creates a Congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to propose further deficit reduction with a stated goal of achieving at least $ 1.5 trillion in budgetary savings over 10 years, and establishes automatic procedures for reducing spending by as much as $ 1.2 trillion if legislation originating with the new joint select committee does not achieve suchCommittee on Deficit Reduction to propose further deficit reduction with a stated goal of achieving at least $ 1.5 trillion in budgetary savings over 10 years, and establishes automatic procedures for reducing spending by as much as $ 1.2 trillion if legislation originating with the new joint select committee does not achieve suchcommittee does not achieve such savings.

Page, who testified last week before the House Oversight Committee as a part of its ongoing probe into Russian election meddling in 2016, told congressional investigators in testimony revealed Monday that he had asked the former Trump campaign chief and Hope Hicks, now the White House communications director, about his trip to Moscow in 2016 in which he met with Russian officials and discussed the presidential campaign.»

In order to facilitate appropriate congressional oversight, the Executive Branch may entrust classified information to the appropriate committees of Congress, as it has done in connection with the Committee's oversight activities here.

USTR has consulted hundreds of times with Congressional committees with jurisdiction over international trade negotiations, consistently requesting input on the direction, focus, and content of TPP negotiations.

Sen. Mary Landrieu, chair of the U.S. Senate energy committee, with Sen. Joe Manchin, a member of the committee, speak to reporters about the new urgency to get congressional approval for the Canada - to - Texas Keystone XL pipeline in Washington on Nov. 12.

The New York Times reported «charges of mismanagement and verbal abuse of subordinates» and that all four of his fellow commissioners, two from each party, complained about Jaczko to the White House and told a congressional committee that (the Times reported) he «unprofessionally berated the agency's professional staff and reduced female employees to tears with his comments.»

With the new rules, which would last for two years, the Office of Congressional Ethics would not take anonymous complaints and all of their investigations would be overseen by the House Ethics Committee — made up of members of the House.

Through contracts with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, those consultants arranged meetings between Democratic candidates and office holders with influential religious leaders in different parts of the county.

Lobbyists and interest groups stir up public opinion demanding action this way or that; the legislators bend to the winds of this pressure; the congressional committees and their friends in the bureaucracy write the immensely detailed and arcane rules that, with little oversight, put legislation into practice.

His executive order coincides with a congressional committee meeting on the amendment as well as his participation in the National Day of Prayer.

Congressional Record, August 5, 2008 Snowe Honors Waterford Business with Mention in Congressional Record «Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship U.S Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R - Maine) recognized Kelly Wels of Kelly's Closet Inc. in Waterford with a mention in the Congressional Record as a testament to her successful online cloth diaper business.»

Those of you following my Twitter and Facebook feeds know that on Wednesday I was watching with great interest the House Education and Workforce Committee «s Congressional hearing on the upcoming Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR).

A couple of weeks ago, a new application showed up on Boing Boing that at first glance would seem to be a reasonable approach to pressuring Our Elected Representatives: give the system your phone number, and CommitteeCaller will connect you with the office of each member of a given Congressional committee sequentially.

«My timeline has always been to make a decision by the end of the summer,» Antonacci said, adding he plans to meet with National Republican Congressional Committee officials in Washington in the next few weeks.

Chabot had just $ 62,000 in his campaign account on Dec. 31 and isn't among the nearly 50 candidates on the National Republican Congressional Committee's Young Guns program for aspiring candidates who have demonstrated a level of competency with their campaigns.

She worked at the two organizations charged with electing Democratic members of Congress — the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

In early February 2011, Michael Moran (Massachusetts)(D), chair of the Massachusetts House redistricting committee, met with all 10 of the current Congressional delegates from Massachusetts.

WBFO's Eileen Buckley caught up with a Western New York Congressional leader who is a ranking member of the counter-terrorism intelligence committee.

But Rep. Steve Stivers of Ohio, who heads the National Republican Congressional Committee - with overall responsibility for electing GOP House members - said that although 2018 is a challenging election year for Republicans, he is not worried about Faso.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the Washington, D.C. - based arm of House Democrats, fired back today with its own ads critical of Buerkle.

With Congress on recess, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is getting creative with its criticism of one New York state representatWith Congress on recess, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is getting creative with its criticism of one New York state representatwith its criticism of one New York state representative.

The National Republican Campaign Committee is having a little fun with Democratic congressional hopeful Sean Eldridge's birthday (He's 27, which the NRCC seems to revel in pointing out), the Hudson Valley resident is receiving a copy of «This Town» — a book that skewers Washington society.

The National Republican Congressional Committee outraised its Democratic rival for the month of May, finishing the reporting period with double the cash on hand as the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Intelligence experts had determined that two Kremlin hacking teams infiltrated the computers of the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and shared thousands of pilfered emails with the site Wikileaks.

Four days after being named chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, New Mexico Rep. Ben Ray Luján was among several lawmakers who flew to Las Vegas Friday on Air Force One with President Barack Obama for an immigration event.

Carroll, who will be term - limited out of her state Senate seat, had been considering a bid this spring and had met with both the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and EMILY's List in May.

Referencing a tax Cuomo threatened if Faso and Collins are successful having the state take over the local costs of Medicaid, National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Chris Martin said that «when Andrew Cuomo isn't pushing his $ 2.3 billion tax increase on counties, he's teaming up with Nancy Pelosi to collect checks from far - left special interest groups.

Lancman filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to begin an exploratory committee, which would investigate the feasibility of a congressional run.

During a joint conference call with reporters, California Gov. Jerry Brown, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Gov. - elect Phil Murphy of New Jersey denounced the bill heading toward a congressional conference committee as «dangerous,» «fraudulent,» «nefarious,» «a scam» and «trickle down on steroids.»

Rep. Steve Israel, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, was pleased with the outcome of Tuesday's primaries.

The National Republican Congressional Committee will go up with television and digital ads in three districts this week targeting Democratic incumbents the committee hopes to pick off in 2016, according to a source with knowledge of Committee will go up with television and digital ads in three districts this week targeting Democratic incumbents the committee hopes to pick off in 2016, according to a source with knowledge of committee hopes to pick off in 2016, according to a source with knowledge of the buys.

With EMILY's List endorsing Democrat Hiral Tipirneni and the Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee and Congressional Leadership Fund spending money to boost former state Sen. Debbie Lesko for the April 24 special election, I'm glad we moved the special election out of Solid Republican back in February.

Mowrer has met with staff at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and, per the source, will run regardless of whether King seeks the open Senate seat or re-election to the 4th District.

Faso, who is running for Congress in the 19th Congressional District (Gibson is not seeking re-election) on the Republican, Conservative, Independence and Reform lines, announced the formation of this committee earlier this year as a way to work with veterans to provide guidance and advice on a range of veteran - related issues, including access to quality healthcare and job placement.

Lavrov's visit comes amid heightened scrutiny of Russia, with the FBI and congressional committees probing Moscow's meddling in the 2016 race.

The National Republican Congressional Committee sent a staffer out to the Golden State last week to search for and meet with potential candidates and convince them to run in competitive districts in San Diego, Palm Springs and Sacramento, according to a source with knowledge of the visit.

The National Republican Congressional Committee will announce Friday its senior staff for the 2016 cycle and the return of several top aides, according to information shared first with CQ Roll Call.