Sentences with phrase «one's congressional colleagues»

I was in close contact throughout the past three days with Congressional colleagues to assist the lawyers and families in any way possible.

At one dinner, in 2012, I was chatting with a powerful Republican congressional colleague.

«Even her opponents couldn't help liking her and respecting her,» Hillary Clinton said inside a Rochester, New York, auditorium filled with family, constituents from her western New York district and two planeloads of congressional colleagues and staff.

«Given the high stakes, I join my New York Democratic Congressional colleagues in urging all New York State Senate Democrats join the fight, and caucus and work together for New York's working families.»

«would «relieve some of the stress on families facing hardship in this economy» by providing this direct service, DeLauro said in a letter to congressional colleagues urging them to co-sponsor her bill.

«Given the high stakes, I join my New York Democratic congressional colleagues in urging all New York State Senate Democrats join the fight, and caucus and work together for New York's working families,» Pelosi said in the statement, alluding to her visit yesterday.

In addition, several of Sweeney's former congressional colleagues have been very outspoken in their opposition to Gingrich.

Since engineering that self - inflicted fiscal wound, House Speaker John Boehner, R - Ohio, has reportedly told congressional colleagues that they won't let the debt ceiling standoff force the government to default.

, who represents part of the Houston metropolitan area, said Monday that he has conferred with some of his Texas congressional colleagues about an emergency spending request and that he hopes political squabbles will be set aside.

Civil rights icon and congressional colleague John Lewis will also speak at the service.

Though a number of high - profile Democrats have defected from Rep. Charlie Rangel's side to back Sen. Adriano Espaillat's second primary challenge to the veteran Harlem lawmaker, at least one powerful party leader / elected official is refusing to turn his back on his long - time congressional colleague.

Sign the petition, demand that Congressional Democrats hold Donald Trump as accountable as they do their own congressional colleagues.

Even nine Democrats voted along with us on this, including my New York congressional colleagues Dan Maffei and Sean Patrick Maloney.»

Hinchey was joined by two of his Democratic congressional colleagues from New York, Jerrold Nadler and Carolyn Maloney, in calling for hearings.

Weiner's former Congressional colleagues were critical of his comeback attempt, but the scandal - scarred pol received a warm reception in Queens.

In May 2017, Sessions sent a letter to a handful of his congressional colleagues asking for this Amendment to be repealed.

Democrats have suggested he inappropriately gave stock tips about the company to congressional colleagues and friends in Western New York.

His congressional colleague Rep. Charles Rangel — who's been on the wrong side of his own House ethics probe — said today that things could be a lot worse for the pervy pol.

Cuomo is also lobbying Schumer's congressional colleagues.

It's also yet unclear — at least publicly — who Queens Democratic Chairman Joe Crowley might back for the new seat: His congressional colleague or a member of the Legislature?

Alan Grayson, the Florida representative and liberal firebrand hoping to win Marco Rubio's U.S. Senate seat, was attempting to explain the recent avalanche of explaining he's had to do as he runs in the Democratic primary against his congressional colleague Patrick Murphy, the preferred candidate of the Democratic Establishment.

The White House defended the House intelligence committee chairman's extraordinary decision to openly discuss and brief Trump on typically secret intelligence intercepts, even as Rep. Devin Nunes privately apologized to his congressional colleagues.

-- who faces a competitive primary next week — said his visit to the lake where biblical scripture says Jesus Christ walked on water came at the end of a long day of meetings and travel with his congressional colleagues and his wife.

was burning up the phone lines to his Congressional colleagues in March, just a few weeks ahead of his competitive primary.

Mr. Rangel's congressional colleagues will be supporting Mr. Rangel at a fund - raiser later this week headlined by Queens Democratic Party Chair Joe Crowley, two other federal lawmakers — Grace Meng and Gregory Meeks — and former Gov. David Paterson, an ex-state senator from Harlem.

He is an institution, and he has the strong support of his congressional colleagues and national Democratic leaders, and of local Democratic clubs on the Upper West Side and Morningside Heights.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- Congressional colleagues of the late New York Democrat Louise Slaughter are praising her as a patriot and champion of women and her western New York district.

Borough President James Oddo told the Observer there was «not one iota of a reason» to question Mr. Donovan's ability to handle the case; in a statement, Congressman Michael Grimm blasted his congressional colleagues for what he called a «baseless, political attempt to undermine the authority, competence, professionalism, and demonstrated expertise of District Attorney Donovan.»

Collins allegedly touted Innate's stock to his congressional colleagues and leading figures in the Buffalo community.

«Time to Wake Up» to the threat posed by global warming a group of young senators urged Congressional colleagues

She vowed to work with White Coat Waste and her congressional colleagues to bring more transparency to government research and help phase out wasteful and unnecessary experiments.

In the third part of Education Reform Now's series, Charles Barone and Dana Laurens write that «it would be more than a little surprising if a seasoned pro like Senator Lamar Alexander (R - TN) were to break the deal he made with his Congressional colleagues on...