Sentences with phrase «of meetings with lawmakers»

The Utah State Board of Education began a discussion Friday in advance of meetings with lawmakers next week on what data is available and how it can inform policy decisions to reverse the teacher shortage.

About four years ago, Richard Barth, CEO of KIPP Public Charter Schools, was visiting Capitol Hill with a few colleagues for a series of meetings with lawmakers.

In the afternoon, he will travel to the U.S. Capitol to participate in the Senate Republican Policy Lunch and hold a series of meetings with lawmakers.

Vice President Mike Pence will participate in a phone call with President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan, and will then travel to the U.S. Capitol to participate in a series of meetings with lawmakers and take part in the Senate Republican Policy Lunch.

This afternoon, Vice President Mike Pence will participate in the Senate Republican Policy Lunch, after which, he will participate in a series of meetings with lawmakers.

He almost never gave significant on - the - record interviews, reneged on a campaign pledge to post online his private schedule of meetings with lawmakers and lobbyists, and eschewed the public meetings with legislative leaders favored by his predecessors.

In the afternoon, Pence will travel to the U.S. Capitol to participate in the Senate Republican Policy Lunch, and later host a series of meetings with lawmakers.

In D.C. this morning, Vice President Mike Pence will participate in a series of meetings with lawmakers.

Afterwards, he'll be at the U.S. Capitol to participate in the Senate Republican Policy Lunch and host a series of meetings with lawmakers.

In the afternoon, Pence will travel to the Capitol to participate in the Senate Republican Policy Luncheon and hold a series of meetings with lawmakers.

In the afternoon, Pence will travel to U.S. Capitol to participate in the Senate Republican Policy Lunch and hold a series of meetings with lawmakers.

Not exact matches

Zuckerberg, who is speaking with a handful of lawmakers before his congressional hearings over the next few days, spent more than an hour in a one - on - one, closed - door meeting with Nelson.

When President Donald Trump appeared to chastise Republicans lawmakers and applaud Democrats during an informal meeting with a group of congressmembers at the White House on Wednesday, they seemed to have a hard time containing their emotions.

Oregon Representative Peter DeFazio, the top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, who was in Trump's meeting with a dozen Democratic and Republican lawmakers, said the president also told them he would be willing to increase the amount of federal spending beyond the $ 200 billion he is seeking for the infrastructure program.

At a news conference following a series of meetings with senior U.S. trade officials and lawmakers in Washington, Guajardo said that Mexico was still trying to understand the U.S. proposals that would require 50 % of vehicles» value content be produced in the United States as part of updated North American Free Trade Agreement rules.

In the months and weeks leading up to the congressional debate, she's met with dozens of lawmakers, conservative advocacy organizations, and business groups to build consensus and support for a plan that adopts parts of a 2015 proposal by Republican Sens. Marco Rubio and Mike Lee.

Republicans in the House of Representatives were told at a Monday night meeting that the stop - gap measure would extend funding through March 23, along with a year of defense funding and two years of funding for community health centers, lawmakers said.

Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady, R - Texas, talks with President Donald Trump during a meeting on tax policy with Republican lawmakers in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Thursday, Nov. 02, 2017.

Republican lawmakers from high - tax states such as New York exited meetings this week with Kevin Brady, chairman of the tax - writing committee of the House of Representatives, saying there would be some sort of compromise on repealing the deduction for state and local tax payments.

«Trump met w / lawmakers on gun control where he bullied GOP who defend the 2A & said govt should «take guns first, go through due process second,»» Fox News host Tucker Carlson said Thursday night, indicating his disapproval of Trump's conversation with lawmakers a day earlier.

He will take questions from members of both houses of Congress as well and spent Monday on Capitol Hill meeting with lawmakers.

Trudeau will head into his meeting with Trump after talks with the influential House of Representatives» Ways and Means committee, one of two bodies of U.S. lawmakers helping negotiators put forward the U.S. positions on trade.

But they also roved the hallways of the Capitol, meeting with lawmakers and lobbying for action on gun violence.

In 2011, when congressional Republicans were threatening to allow the government to default on its debts if their policy wish list was not met, Powell met with a number of GOP lawmakers, urging them to reconsider their strategy by pointing out the serious risks involved.

«Many of our members can't justify a trip to Washington so it can be difficult to participate even though it is also important to meet with our lawmakers in Washington.

-- At that White House meeting with lawmakers, Trump called for measures that sharply break with the NRA, as well as leaders of his own party, whom he accused of being too «petrified» to take action.

Our members got a lot out of this meeting, and I would encourage every HBA to host meetings with their federal lawmakers.»

During a televised gun meeting with lawmakers in late February, Trump wagged his finger at a Republican senator and scolded him for being «afraid of the NRA,» declaring that he would stand up to the group and finally get results in quelling gun violence.

NAHB Chairman Randy Noel and First Vice Chairman Greg Ugalde conducted two days of meetings this week with Republican and Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill, urging lawmakers to keep housing in the forefront of the national agenda.

We are encouraging all members of the Federation to schedule meetings with your federal legislators while Congress is out of session and lawmakers return to their home districts.

LAC is your best opportunity to learn firsthand how the results of the 2016 election will impact your programs, as well as meet face - to - face with lawmakers to educate them about the importance of school meals.

Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has confirmed that its representatives, yesterday, met with the Senate President, Bukola Saraki to discuss issues relating to details of annual salaries and allowances of lawmakers.

In its stead, the PDP bigwigs, including governors, senators, lawmakers and former ministers, at the end of a meeting in Lagos resolved that the principle of zoning would be adopted only after a formidable new national chairman with weight and integrity has emerged.

Top lawmakers met privately with Gov. Andrew Cuomo to discuss a potential package of measures that could include a variety of issues, such as a new agreement on upstate flood relief.

A range of outstanding issues remain: Lawmakers in the black and Puerto Rican caucus met privately to air their concerns with a measure designed to raise the age of criminal responsibility in New York to 18 that some feel leans too heavily on criminal courts.

Mick Mulvaney, the interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, told banking industry executives that they should press lawmakers hard to pursue their agenda, and revealed that, as a congressman, he would meet only with lobbyists if they had contributed to his campaign.

The meetings will be held on Oct. 25 in Cortland and Nov. 14 in Newburgh as state lawmakers and other policy makers grapple with how to combat addiction, which has afflicted rural, suburban and urban parts of the state.

After attending a closed - door meeting where Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, of Long Isand, was re-elected as head of the GOP conference, (Felder said he did not cast a vote), the Brooklyn lawmaker suggested he might even wait until the IDC announced which conference it would be aligning with in 2017.

The reports prompted Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other lawmakers — including several Republicans — to call for the White House to provide the Senate panel with any transcripts of the meeting.

Lawmakers have budgeted $ 5.9 million to pave 23 miles of road with hot mix asphalt this year, subject to approval at the May 1 meeting.

President - elect Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpGOP lawmakers want Trump to stop bashing Congress US ends aid for northwest Syria: report FBI informant met with three Trump campaign advisers: report MORE dismissed talk of sanctioning Russia as some lawmakers and President Obama push for the U.S. to act in light of Russian interference in the election.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins met privately in New York City on Wednesday with Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder, a lawmaker who is a key linchpin for control of the narrowly divided chamber.

Cuomo's schedule, released last night, included a meeting with House Speaker John Boehner, at which he was to be joined by three Republican lawmakers from New York — Reps. Bob Turner, Michael Grimm and Pete King, on whom the governor is leaning quite heavily as he pushes for the $ 42 billion worth of federal disaster aid he's seeking after Sandy.

On the heels of deeply troubling problems at the polls during the April 19th presidential primary, roughly 200 citizen advocates will meet with lawmakers to share their personal voting experiences and make the case for fundamental reform to New York's antiquated election laws.

President Trump on Sunday accused former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonTrump Jr. met with Gulf adviser who offered help to win election: report Voters Dems need aren't impressed by anti-waterboarding showboating After year of investigation, Trump can rightly claim some vindication MORE of colluding with her party to defeat her primary opponent Sen. Bernie SandersBernard (Bernie) SandersSunday shows preview: Lawmakers weigh in after Texas school shooting Voters Dems need aren't impressed by anti-waterboarding showboating Primary win gives resurgent left a new shot of adrenaline MORE (I - Vt.).

The Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpGOP lawmakers want Trump to stop bashing Congress US ends aid for northwest Syria: report FBI informant met with three Trump campaign advisers: report MORE campaign sent its first «emergency» fundraising email to supporters Saturday, seeking to raise at least $ 100,000 by the end of the day.

Gov. Cuomo held private meetings with majority - party lawmakers from both houses of the state Legislature, with markedly different receptions to his plans to cut costs without raising taxes.

Speaking with reporters after a closed - door leaders meeting, lawmakers said they haven't raised the issue of the 30 - day amendments with the governor, adding that it wasn't even discussed.

The Archbishop of New York spent much of the past two days at the capitol, meeting with lawmakers and getting his message out about the tax credit and other issues.

A group of prominent tech leaders on Thursday said that a Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpGOP lawmakers want Trump to stop bashing Congress US ends aid for northwest Syria: report FBI informant met with three Trump campaign advisers: report MORE presidency would be bad for innovation in America.