Sentences with phrase «of key committees»

The Senate's leadership and the gavel - holders of its key committees will comprise defenders of carbon, in every one of its combustible forms.

Finally, the chairs of key committees in the newly configured Congress offer a hope for support of such measures.

Tax reform is revving up again on Capitol Hill, with the heads of key committees pledging to work toward a simpler and fairer tax...

He also doles out Assembly leadership positions, which come with cash bonuses known as «lulus,» and his handpicked allies become the chairmen of the key committees that determine which bills come to the floor.

The Boerum Hill resident and lawyer for disability rights replaces Millman and will assume her responsibilities immediately, overseeing a number of key committees.

They gave themselves a fat 32 percent raise and now rake in $ 148,500 a year — but six City Council members didn't show up for work Friday, forcing the cancellation of a key committee meeting.

Not exact matches

Meanwhile, a key federal advisory board focused on driverless - car technology — a committee comprised of top executives from Apple, Ford, GM, Lyft and other tech and auto giants — has fallen entirely inactive, four sources told Recode.

By the end of the 16 - month program, Phelps received her master's in strategic marketing from Roberts Wesleyan College and also positioned herself as a comer at the company, joining a key leadership committee and getting a raise to boot.

Moreover, the spectrum auctions will be key in keeping the US at the forefront of 5G deployment, according to a joint statement by US House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden and Representative Marsha Blackburn.

A committee for women of color within Time's Up, the organization that played a key role in the #MeToo movement, is calling for a boycott of musician R. Kelly, who has been accused of a range of sexual misconduct.

«Throughout the investigation, committee Republicans chose not to seriously investigate — or even see, when in plain sight — evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, instead adopting the role of defense counsel for key investigation witnesses,» Schiff said.

Riddell donated $ 15 million to launch a graduate program in political management at Carleton University two years ago; the agreement originally stipulated Riddell's foundation could appoint three of five members on a key steering committee.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- A Senate committee voted along party lines Wednesday to advance President Donald Trump's picks for key posts at the Environmental Protection Agency over the objections of Democrats who pointed to the nominees» past work for corporate clients they would now regulate.

Georgia Congressman Tom Price has been cleared as the next Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services after an ugly confirmation battle which included Senate Democrats boycotting his vote by a key panel (a tactic that was rendered useless as the majority Republicans changed committee rules to push his nomination forward).

The resolution, which contains instructions for key health care - related committees to begin drafting legislation to undo the health law, must also be passed by the House of Representatives (and is expected to get a vote there this week).

The leaders of a key House oversight committee say Zuckerberg will testify before their panel on April 11.

The Compensation Committee also considered that the annual cash incentive plan already incentivizes performance on three key Company - specific financial measures, and the importance of emphasizing holistic Company performance, as opposed to an isolated metric; the importance of setting a sufficiently difficult target for maximum payout; the benefit of a large and objectively determined performance comparator group; and the overarching goal of an incentive clearly and directly aligned with stockholder interests.

Additionally, adjusted EBITDA is a key financial measure used by the compensation committee of our board of directors in connection with the payment of bonuses to our executive officers.

British lawmakers on a key committee investigating Facebook took the rare step Tuesday of formally demanding Zuckerberg's testimony.

From 2001 through 2015, he served as a director of IDEX Corporation (NYSE: IEX), a global industrial company with key growth platforms in Fluid Metering Technology and Health & Science Technology segments, where he chaired the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and Audit Committee and served on the Compensation Committee.

Incoming Senate Finance Committee Chairman Hatch has authored a bill that makes the expansion of MEPs a key part of 401k reform legislation.

The grade was determined by the Board of Trade's Government Budget and Finance Committee, based on four key criteria — economic vision, spending management, tax competitiveness, and debt management — which were originally submitted to Finance Minister Bill Morneau in December 2015.

This committee is responsible for facilitating the identification, assessment, monitoring and reporting of key risks across the company.

The intent of the committee would be to provide government and industry oversight to steward reform initiatives and drive performance on key files, with a view to minimizing cumulative costs on industry while still achieving government outcomes.

«Apple loses Rule 14a - 8 fight to exclude shareholder proposal requesting establishment of a human rights committee Main Francis Pileggi's 13th Annual List of Key Delaware Corporate and Commercial Decisions for 2017»

The Federal Open Market Committee has raised its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, in its attempt to leave zero rates behind.

The Steele dossier, Nunes alleges, «formed an essential part of the Carter Page application,» and he goes on to suggest that the application omitted several key facts about the dossier that undermine its credibility: most notably that the dossier was partially funded by the Democratic National Committee and that Steele himself has expressed his opposition to Donald Trump becoming president.

Timm is a member of the firm's Management and Executive Committees, a group of principals who serve as key advisors to the managing partner, directing and implementing the strategic direction of the firm.

The FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) will be holding its sixth policy meeting of 2017 from September 19 - 20, after the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System voted unanimously to leave its key interest rate unchanged in July.

As was widely expected, the Federal Open Market Committee (the FOMC) raised its key interest rate 25 basis points to a range of 1.50 percent to 1.75 percent following its March meeting.

A combination of bad economic news from Germany, hawkish comments from key Federal Reserve committee members that appeared to contravene Janet Yellen's doctrine, and the continued bullish endeavours of the markets ensured that the dollar started this week in a very similar position to last, as demonstrated by the chart (from IG's global forex trading system) that shows AUD, GBP and EUR retracing gains made on Wednesday October 8 by Sunday 12..

The panel - comprising former APRA chairman John Laker, former Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chairman Graeme Samuel and corporate director Jillian Broadbent - found unclear accountabilities, starting with a lack of ownership of key risks at the executive committee level.

Amid signs of stronger economic growth and a pick - up in inflation, as well as easier financial conditions, the Federal Open Market Committee, the policy arm of the U.S. central bank, is expected to raise its key federal funds rate in March by a quarter percentage point to a target range of 0.75 % to 1.00 %, says Ellen Zentner, Morgan Stanley's Chief U.S. Economist.

Presidents of both U.S. parties rely on Wall Street for major political campaign contributions, as do heads of the key Senate and Congressional banking and finance committees.

In the latest Proxy Statement, the compensation committee has stated that «over the past three years, we have increased our emphasis on non-GAAP operating profit and we now reward our executive officers for over-performance of this key financial measure.»

Some of the Church committee's key points of reform are these:

Teachers and administrators are keys to the growth climate of classrooms, faculty relationships, and administrative committees.

The minister and key lay persons — perhaps the marriage enrichment or family life committee — should develop a growth - oriented preparation - for - marriage program including a clear statement of what is expected of couples.

The clergy and the laity in one church that had an alcoholic in a key lay position spent an inordinate amount of energy «ignoring» the fact that he was not doing his job on a very important committee.

Later there was considerable disagreement within the Commission as to the exact wording of certain key passages in the report, and a number of professors who had conducted the basic studies publicly complained that the committee «s final report understated the cause - and - effect relationships they had found between media violence and aggressive behavior.

Workshop participants evaluate their vineyard and winery operations using a 490 - page workbook of best management practices, developed by a Joint Committee of 50 members from Wine Institute, CAWG and other key stakeholders.

Stabenow, who is the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, will be a key decision - maker in the 2018 Farm Bill.

The Presidents Conference Committee plays an integral part in the development of the annual conference's programming, including identifying key areas of focus, expert presenters, networking opportunities and more.

The key to the committee's success will be Brown, a 2009 second - round pick who has some of the quickness of Peppers but little of the power.

It's a little harder to trust him after some key members of the ethics committee were booted.

Key Games The Sun Devils» soft schedule won't impress the NCAA selection committee, butthe team could get a reading of its Pac - 10 chances — and improve its RPI — at the76 Classic if it can beat Charlotte and advance, perhaps, to play Baylor andmaybe even Wake Forest, two likely tournament teams.

He is the key professional on the University's Sports Strategy Committee and advises the Sports Federation as ex-officio giving a much needed level of continuity to the support services offered to the registered student clubs that the Sports Federation represents.

Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter is facing another corruption investigation after the ethics committee of world football's governing body announced it was opening proceedings against him and key lieutenants Jerome Valcke and Markus Kattner.

Scott served as president of the Chicago Park District Board from 1996 to 2001 and was a key member of the Chicago 2016 Olympic Committee.

He said copies of the proposed agreement have been sent to the mayor and his key department heads as well as the chairmen of relevant Chicago City Council committees.