Sentences with phrase «on federal representatives»

One hundred and eighty thousand emails received in constituency offices across Canada within a very short time frame (soon) can't help but have some kind of an effect on our Federal representatives.

By prevailing on your federal representatives (202-224-3121) to sponsor the proposed D.C. Civil Rights Act for Equal Educational Opportunity you will help usher in a new period of growth and prosperity, with boundless blessings that are sure to grow and blossom for generations to come.

Keep the heat on your federal representatives to ensure that they do not buckle in the face of pressure.

At 1 p.m., IDC lawmakers will hold a news conference to call on federal representatives to block right - to - work legislation and announce a four - point IDC Labor Protection Plan to combat anti-worker legislation being pushed at the national level, RWDSU Headquarters, 370 Seventh Avenue, New York City.

Not exact matches

U.S. authorities could have prevented the bombings by acting on these warnings, senior members of the Russian Federal Security Service told U.S. Representative William R. Keating of Massachusetts.

Rather, this huge sample is fairly representative of the U.S. commercial bank population on the whole — which totaled under 4,900 in the latest quarter, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

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.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- U.S. President Donald Trump's push for a major military buildup suffered a setback on Thursday when the House of Representatives put plans on hold to fully fund the federal government through next Sept. 30 and instead resorted to temporary measures freezing spending at current levels.

An Air Force review has found that the branch failed to report «several dozen» service members found guilty of violent offenses to the federal gun background check database, with representatives of the service telling the New York Times that the reporting failure that allowed disgraced airman Devin Patrick Kelley to purchase the firearms he used to murder 26 parishioners in a Sutherland Springs, Texas, church on Nov. 5 «was not an isolated incident.»

In a letter to U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, Democratic Senator Ron Wyden and Representative Richard Neal said they were concerned that the U.S. Treasury could be pressured to adopt tax withholding tables that take too little federal tax out of employee paychecks to make good on White House predictions of a middle - class windfall.

A tax plan approved by the House of Representatives on Thursday would sharply curtail a federal deduction that millions of Americans can now claim for tax payments to state, county, city and town governments.

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives forged ahead on Tuesday with legislation to reshape the federal tax code, while a top credit - ratings agency said the bill would balloon the budget deficit and give only a temporary boost to the economy.

E.J. Burke, Chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), today issued the following statement on the confirmation of U.S. Representative Mel Watt to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA): «MBA commends the confirmation of Mel Watt as the next Director of

A freshman Republican representative from Virginia introduced legislation this week that would end the federal prohibition on marijuana use and allow states to fully set their own course on marijuana policy.

WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Friday to name the Federal Reserve as the primary regulator for the «Volcker Rule,» which bars banks from speculative trading.

Under House Bill 2014, introduced by Representative Mark Finchem (R - Tucson), Arizona taxpayers will simply back out all precious metals «gains» and «losses» reported on their federal tax returns from the calculation of their Arizona adjusted gross income (AGI).

NETWORK, a group founded by 47 Catholic sisters that speaks out on social justice issues in particular, will be hitting states like Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia in order to reveal «how federal budget cuts proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan, (R - WI), and passed by the House of Representatives will hurt struggling families in these states,» a release by the group reads.

Rather, several district food services officials, as well as relevant industry representatives, indicated the need for a permanent federal decision on these restrictions, which USDA has also acknowledged.

The only problem, industry representatives say, is that current federal rules on such products require prominent «reduced calorie» labeling on the front of the package, which is «not attractive to children» and contributes to an «overall decline in milk consumption.»

You can't easily change your political representatives (in lots of cases people don't even know who is representing them on local / state / federal levels)

Pluralistic democratic politics was constitutionally hardwired into the three traditional parties as a basis for securing the peace of the federal republic, whereas in this country the perpetual evolution of party structures means that there remains a representative body of opinion on both right and left within Labour and the Conservatives which tends to revert to dogma.

Judge Joan M. Azrack, in addressing a room full of prospective jurors on Monday, let it be known that they'd been selected as representatives of one of the largest federal district court jurisdictions in the nation, covering Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Nassau and Suffolk counties.

«What I believe here is that this gives the backing to the MTA and the Long Island Rail Road to stop payments, and as I've been reading in the news and hearing on the news is Amtrak, after the governor and our national representatives... have gotten together calling on Trump for federal funding, which I fully support, Amtrak came out and said that they have the money to do this fix,» said state Sen. Elaine Phillips, the bill's sponsor who also chairs the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee.

«U.S. Representatives Hakeem Jeffries and Yvette Clarke announced on the steps of City Hall on Monday that they had written a letter to the president urging him to increase funding for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the federal agency charged with enforcing the nation's gun laws.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to expand restrictions on abortion, prohibiting individuals and small businesses from claiming federal tax credits through the Affordable Care Act if their health plan includes abortion coverage.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Drawing on the active participation of other LGBT and civil rights advocates, non-profits engaged in housing development and financing, and a top representative of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE) has announced a bold plan to remake the housing opportunities and -LSB-...]

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday has adjourned indefinitely a suit filed by a former Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, seeking an order setting aside his suspension for 180 legislative days by the House of representatives.

«If the November 8, 2016, election results in a one - vote majority in the House of Representatives, for example, a December 6 special congressional election in New York would take on far greater importance than the others,» argued Martins» primary challenger, Republican Philip Pidot of Glen Cove, through his filings in a federal appeals court Thursday.

Following the incessant killings of Nigerians by suspected killer herdsmen with no solution at hand, a House of Representatives hopeful for Ughelli and Udu Federal Constituency, Comrade Akpokona Omafuaire, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign, stressing that,» He is incompetent.»

«While the state legislature works to protect the rights of parents to refuse the Common Core tests, we need our congressional representatives to referee on the federal level and send Secretary Duncan a clear message there will be consequences for penalizing our schools.

Mr. Farrell revealed the news district lines at a town hall meeting on 147th Street last night where he said the rest of New York's federal legislative lines have been held up as the State Assembly tried to figure out a way to create a district that would set up Mr. Rangel to win a 22nd term in the House of Representatives.

The House of Representatives on Tuesday evening approved a bill that funds the federal government past midnight on Thursday.

Hanna is chairman of the House of Representatives» Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce and the focus of the hearing was on the importance of federal funding.

They are protesting the January 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion, Thousands of protesters converged in D.C. last week as the House of Representatives passed a bill baring federal spending on abortions.

The Senate Committee on States and Local Government Administration and the House of Representatives Committee on Special duties on Tuesday commenced inspection of Federal Government's N300m intervention projects in Bakassi Local Government of Cross River.

The statement signed by its spokesman, Mudoch Agbinibo, said, «We are going to support any collective / negotiation team emerging from the Chief (Dr.) Papa Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, Niger Delta elders and genuine stakeholders conference to engage with the Federal Government of Nigeria, representatives from the home countries of all multinational oil corporations and neutral international mediators that will be focused on achieving the short, medium and long term frameworks and objectives to de-escalating conflicts in the Niger Delta.

Trained staff to help Sandy victims with applications for federal housing and business recovery aid Governor Andrew M. Cuomo is deploying Sandy Help Team representatives to locations in Rockland County on Monday, May 13 and Tuesday, May 14 to help homeowners and business owners affected by Superstorm Sandy apply for recovery aid.

A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has on Wednesday fixed Feb. 20, for hearing in the case against the Clerk and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara over the suspension of Abdulmumin Jibrin.

Representatives from the local, state and federal level were all on hand to take part in the discussion.

They also fill the role of recording / records management officers as well as representatives of many government agencies on all levels: federal, state, county, town and village.

«Last month I wrote to all our state and federal representatives requesting emergency funds to help repair the road collapse on Tonawanda Creek Road east of Transit.

A member of the House of Representatives, representing Irele / Okitipupa Federal Constituency, Mr. Mike Omogbehin, described the kidnap attempt as an affront on the traditional institution in Ondo State.

The House of Representatives on Monday commenced investigation into the disbursement of N23 billion released by Federal Government to Academic Staff Union of Universities...

The House of Representatives on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to suspend the proposed sale of Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG).

An on - going hearing of the controversies surrounding the Centenary City Project by the House of Representatives Committee on the Federal Capital Territory rowdy as the committee and the guests end up in a fiasco at the hearing.

«We must therefore constantly engage our representatives in the Federal House of Representatives, House of Senate as well as our traditional rulers to use their God - given positions to serve our people by briefing us on what they are doing as they represent our people»representatives in the Federal House of Representatives, House of Senate as well as our traditional rulers to use their God - given positions to serve our people by briefing us on what they are doing as they represent our people»Representatives, House of Senate as well as our traditional rulers to use their God - given positions to serve our people by briefing us on what they are doing as they represent our people», he stressed.

MTA representatives said they had begun implementing a federal transportation agency's safety recommendations to avoid crashes on the same day that a LIRR train slammed to a stop and injured more than 100 people in Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn this month.

A former Chairman, House of Representatives Ad - hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy, Mr. Farouk Lawan, on Tuesday appeared before a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Lugbe, as the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission reopened its case of alleged bribery.

Akintola's refusal to quit, after he had lost the numbers to stay on as Premier, triggered the House of Representatives federal self - help to declare a state of emergency in the West.

A coalition including cooling industry representatives and environmental activist Erin Brockovich called on the state to enforce federal water regulations, regularly test the water supply and improve New York's water infrastructure, as data show the state has the highest number of Legionnaire's disease cases in the nation.