Sentences with phrase «on congressional efforts»

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Their efforts were complicated on Thursday by a Congressional Budget Office report that said the Senate proposal would cut spending on government Medicaid for the poor by 35 % come 2036.

The New York Times» Margot Sanger - Katz points out that earlier studies by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)-- the independent scorekeepers who keep tabs on how legislation affects the budget and the country and whose report on the GOP repeal - and - replace effort last week sent Obamacare opponents into disarray — found that simply repealing Obamacare would only lead to 23 million fewer uninsured Americans.

Net neutrality supporters are focusing their efforts in part on the Congressional Review Act, a once - obscure law that allows Congress to overturn regulations enacted by federal agencies within 60 days of when they take effect.

The group's vice president for international economic affairs, Linda Menghetti Dempsey, told a congressional subcommittee in April that such an effort would be «at once both a radical idea and, in our estimation, the most pragmatic and effective way forward» on trade with China.

Republican congressional leaders stepped up their efforts Monday to stop President Donald Trump from implementing global tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, warning that the protectionist move would damage the economy and muddle the party's message...

Politico: «U.S. investigators are focusing on an enduring mystery of the 2016 election: whether Trump campaign officials made the Republican Party platform more friendly to Russia as part of some broader effort to collude with the Kremlin, according to congressional records and people familiar with the probes.

Chairman Nunes» decision, supported by House Speaker Ryan and Republican Members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, to publicly release misleading allegations against the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation is a shameful effort to discredit these institutions, undermine the Special Counsel's ongoing investigation, and undercut congressional probes.

«Chairman Nunes» decision, supported by House Speaker Ryan and Republican Members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, to publicly release misleading allegations against the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation is a shameful effort to discredit these institutions, undermine the Special Counsel's ongoing investigation, and undercut congressional probes,» the committee's Democrats said in a statement.

After launching its services for congressional candidates in the 2014 cycle, Cambridge Analytica made a dramatic public entry into U.S. presidential politics in 2015, working on what was touted at the time as a groundbreaking voter outreach effort on behalf of Sen. Ted Cruz (R - Tex.).

On the basis of the First Amendment, as well as the general principles of the Constitution, he opposed public payment for chaplains in Congress and the military, spoke out against national proclamations of days of prayer (though as president he did «recommend» them) and while president vetoed congressional efforts to incorporate churches in the District of Columbia (fullest statement, V: 103 - 105) At the same time, Madison frequently opined that it was appropriate for private citizens to support chaplains and various kinds of semiorganized public religion through voluntary contributions (V: 104,105)

Family Online Safety Institute Applauds Congressional Efforts to Protect Children on the Internet

Republican congressional candidate George Phillips, whose effort to oust veteran Democratic incumbent Rep. Maurice Hinchey has garnered national attention of late, told me without hesitation during a CapTon interview last night that he will definitely be voting for Carl Paladino on Nov. 2.

The email also takes noted of the first rally to be hosted by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on the effort, which is due to take place in the state's 1st congressional district on Long Island, currently represented by Rep. Lee Zeldin, a Republican.

Off topic questions included his speech tomorrow to Britain's Labour Party, Chirlane McCray's attendance at an NYPD CompStat meeting, whether ISIS and the recent U.S. military strikes will cause a ramped - up security / counter-terrorism effort by the City, Governor Cuomo's efforts at supporting a Democratic state senate, Congressional approval of military strikes ordered by President Obama, the City school system's policy on student cell phones and continuing problems at Rikers Island.

The comments are in response to the DCCC's apparent effort to get Perez Williams, who ran unsuccessfully for Syracuse mayor last year, on the Democratic congressional primary ballot.

As federal courts move to decide whether to intervene on the Congressional redistricting process, the last ditch legal efforts on behalf of Albany's legislative leaders to dismiss the lawsuit was rejected by a three judge panel this evening.

The GOP effort to make an issue of the Working Families Party line has reached new heights today, with a Republican congressional contender calling on his Democratic target to reject Row E despite the fact that it has been very publicly yanked from him.

As congressional Democrats on Monday move to lay down a populist platform ahead of the 2018 elections, a GOP - aligned super PAC has released a digital ad knocking the effort.

The scope of congressional investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential contest came into sharper focus on yesterday as lawmakers said they intended to question the former chairman of the Trump campaign and to determine whether Russian social media «trolls» were connected to Trump's election efforts.

On Tuesday, the groups will kick off the effort with a rally near the Capitol, from which they will dispatch activists to congressional offices.

Intelligence officials have said Russian - backed hackers played a key role in disrupting the presidential election in 2016 by injecting fake news on social media and may be trying a similar effort this year with the congressional elections.

The party will not only focus on the governor's race, but also on Cuomo's announced effort to target at least six state congressional Republicans in the effort to reclaim the House for the Democrats.

Her refusal to take a stand on Cuomo's order prompted the National Republican Congressional Committee to blast Teachout's position as «shameful,» contending she was failing «to say whether she supports an effort to destroy the Israeli economy in the name of Palestine.»

HARTFORD — One of the chief architects of the 25 - hour takeover of the U.S. House of Representatives to force a vote on gun control legislation said Friday he didn't agree with efforts by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to raise money off...

KINGSTON — Republican congressional candidate George Phillips on Monday called Iran's efforts to develop nuclear technology «a grave threat» to Israel and the international community, and criticized the incumbent Democrat, U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey of Hurley, for voting against a bill urging the president to press for sanctions.

In the third congressional district on Long Island, former adviser to the governor on Sandy relief efforts, is running for an open seat being vacated by Rep. Steve Israel.

For the many congressional Democrats in the region who haven't taken a stance on President Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran, political pressure has intensified as the White House courts their support and the pact's opponents escalate their lobbying efforts.

The entire faction of former John McCain advisers that had been working on the Chris Cox congressional effort has abruptly quit his effort to win the nomination in New York District 1 in Suffolk County, several sources told me.

AP Photo / Evan Vucci Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel (N.Y.) has formed an alumni association of members defeated in the landslide 2010 election in an effort to capitalize on their political knowledge and connections to help the party regain the House majority next November.

After launching its services for congressional candidates in the 2014 cycle, Cambridge Analytica made a dramatic public entry into U.S. presidential politics in 2015, working on what was touted at the time as a groundbreaking voter outreach effort on behalf of Sen. Ted Cruz (R - Tex.).

President Obama cited Slaughter by name during a signing ceremony today for the the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, lauding her six - year effort in getting the bill passed.

On the same day the Congressional Budget Office issued its assessment of the Senate's proposed health bill, the Cuomo Administration offered its own sharp criticism of a bill they say will prove devastating to everyday New Yorkers while seriously harming efforts to battle an ongoing opioid addiction epidemic.

Meanwhile, there was more backlash Tuesday over outside efforts, one source said were connected to the governor's office, to potentially replace McMurray on the congressional ballot with Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday in a statement credited the congressional lawmakers from New York who voted against the Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act through what is considered a slimmed - down version of the legislation.

Former Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi savored his first step toward a possible political comeback following a victory in a low - turnout congressional primary Tuesday that relied heavily on grass roots efforts in Queens and his home base of Glen Cove.

The State Elections Enforcement Commission on Tuesday sent federal election regulators a strongly worded denunciation of the state Democratic Party's plan to pay for part of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's re-election effort with money raised for federal congressional campaigns — saying that it would «circumvent and violate» state clean - election laws.

The two women on the Connecticut Congressional Delegation, Democrats Elizabeth Esty and Rosa DeLauro, say they are not giving up on efforts to get the U.S. House of Representatives to vote on gun control legislation.

Mr. Rangel, the dean of the city's congressional delegation, is winding down his final term in office and has little reason to succumb to fierce lobbying efforts on either side of the aisle.

Not content with their efforts to knock a top - tier Democrat out of the Ohio 6th District race, the National Republican Congressional Committee is trying to capitalize on the ethics question currently surrounding Rep. Alan Mollohan (D - W.

Senate Democrats have already put $ 10 million into turnout for contested races and began a detailed voter - identification effort months ago, while the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has brought on grass - roots organizing expert Michael Whouley to head up its turnout efforts.

The collapse of the bipartisan congressional supercommittee's effort to agree on a plan to slash the federal budget deficit isn't just a defeat for congressional Republicans who, as AFT President Randi Weingarten said, «insisted on protecting the 1 percent from any additional taxes.»

«This latest Republican effort has already put Republicans on the defensive over whether this is the best use of taxpayer dollars especially in these tough economic times,» said Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spokesman Ryan Rudominer.

Last week, Governor Paterson met with the New York State Congressional Delegation to thank them for their efforts on behalf of the State and urge them to act on a number of key legislative issues that must be addressed before the end of the year, including the maintenance of funding for the LIHEAP program.

Krueger said she is hopeful that Democrats will capitalize on the moment and harness frustrations into efforts to swing state - level government in 2017 and Congressional seats in 2018.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden met with Democratic and Republican congressional leadership to discuss his stimulus proposal, trying to sell both sides on a plan that includes both tax cuts and massive spending efforts.

The New York People's Convention, a group funded heavily by Bill Samuels, a New York City businessman and promoter over the years of everything from improving how congressional and legislative district lines are drawn to term limits, has raised — and spent — $ 251,000 on a Proposal 1 yes effort.

Alan I. Leshner, chief executive officer of AAAS and executive publisher of Science, sent letters to U.S. President Barack Obama and two congressional representatives commending their efforts to end a long - standing federal freeze on gun violence research.

► «A major congressional effort to spur medical innovation passed another milestone today when a House of Representatives committee signed off on the 21st Century Cures Act,» Jocelyn Kaiser wrote Thursday at ScienceInsider.

The Congressional requirement (America COMPETES Act) that the NIH expand data collection efforts regarding postdocs supported on research grants.

Strong chapters on school desegregation, bilingual education, education for the disabled, and school finance all support Davies's argument that «in the 1970s, reform often emanated from... within the federal bureaucracy, from the lower federal courts, and through the energetic efforts of congressional staffers, lobbyists, and public interest law firms.»