Sentences with phrase «powerful committee members»

Like many PACs, Novo Nordisk spreads money to both parties, concentrating on powerful committee members and other leaders.

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What we in the West definitely don't know is the current location of Bo or Wang, what repercussions will be felt by Bo's powerful allies in politics, business and the military (the Financial Times reported May 14 that Bo's mentor and standing committee member Zhou Yongkang had been relieved of his duties as head of China's police, courts and spy apparatus), and who is going to lead China for the next 10 years, let alone what their policy leanings may be.

Another Tea Party freshman, Graves sits on the powerful House Committee on Appropriations, and is another member of the Republican Study Committee and the Tea Party Caucus.

During his 10 years in the House, he served on the powerful Appropriations Committee, and as a member of the Liberty Caucus and the Republican Study Committee.

If forced to make prognostications, the two of us would predict a Party Congress that does not break any major taboos (e.g. scrapping tacit age or term limits for Politburo Standing Committee members), but one that also portrays Xi as powerful and thoroughly in command of the Party (e.g. following previous leaders in having his wisdom included in the Party's constitution).

EMILY»S List, a powerful fundraising political action committee for Democratic women candidates, has endorsed North Hempstead Town Board member Anna Kaplan in the five - way Democratic primary for retiring Rep. Steve Israel's NY - 3 seat.

Senior Council Members typically jockey for powerful committee chairs, where they can help steer important legislation and run oversight hearings.

Greenfield (D - Brooklyn) was appointed to the powerful Land Use Committee, a position previously held by former Queens Council members Leroy Comrie and Melinda Katz.

Jeffrey R. Gural, the chairman of Newmark Knight Frank and the owner of two upstate racinos that are members of the New York Gaming Association, said he had contributed about $ 200,000 last year to the committee, chiefly because he supported Mr. Cuomo's agenda and shared the governor's view that public employees unions had grown too powerful in Albany.

The Momentum chief will go head - to - head with Unite official and fellow Labour national executive committee member Jennie Formby in what is likely to be a bitter race to succeed Iain McNicol in the powerful role.

The Cuomo administration aggressively interfered when the Commission started asking questions of the Real Estate Board of New York, the powerful trade group that has donated generously to Governor Cuomo, and forbade members from investigating the Committee to Save New York, a lobbying group created to support Cuomo,» Teachout said in a statement.

«I don't see the need for it; you're only shaving 15 to 20 minutes off a trip,» said State Sen. Carl Marcellino (R - Syosset), a member of the powerful Senate transportation committee.

In Evan's case there is the added ethical problem that his Mommy Toby Stavisky is a powerful member of the Queens political establishment and a powerhouse in the Democ» RAT» ic Senate «Crazy» (corrupt) Committee.

In deciding whether to use nuclear weapons, Jiang certainly has to consult other powerful figures in the Party, particularly the seven members of the Politburo Standing Committee and the two vice-chairmen of the CMC, namely Zhang Wannian and Chi Haotian.

He is a member of the powerful Ways and Means Committee and serves as Vice Chair of the Democratic Caucus in the House of Representatives.

The endorsement roll out of Farrell, the chairman of the Assembly's powerful Ways and Means Committee, was coupled with the backing of Councilwoman Inez Dickens, Harlem clergy members and the support from former Gov. David Paterson.

«I'm disappointed some members of the committee did not feel they could hold the powerful to account,» he said.

When they're not fundraising, members may be anxious about meeting their fundraising quotas set by the national committees, or worried about offending the secret donors to powerful super PACs.

(CNN)- Sen. Carl Levin, the powerful chairman of the Armed Services Committee, said Wednesday he would like the Armed Forces Network to drop the controversial Rush Limbaugh program from its service that provides radio and television shows to U.S. service members around the world.

For the past six years, he has served as ranking member of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee, the powerful tax - writing committee with influence over the state's $ 168 billioCommittee, the powerful tax - writing committee with influence over the state's $ 168 billiocommittee with influence over the state's $ 168 billion budget.

Slaughter was the first woman to chair the powerful House Rules Committee, leading it from 2007 through 2010, and was her party's top member on the panel when she died.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- The House Ethics Committee voted unanimously Thursday to expand its investigation of Rep. Charlie Rangel, one of the most powerful members of Congress.

That year, part of the GOP strategy was to remind voters about the House bank scandal and a stamp scandal involving the powerful Democratic chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee as symbolic of the corruption that had infiltrated the Capitol building (even though Republican members had also been implicated in the bank scandal).

Assemblyman Keith Wright, a leader in the state Democratic Party, and Kevin Finnegan, · the political director of 1199 SEIU, the powerful healthcare workers» union, spoke to about 100 members of the WFP state committee, stressing what they painted as Mr. Cuomo's lengthy progressive record.

«Mr. Felder is a powerful member of the State Senate who sits on the Health Committee,» said David Goldberg of NYSD 17 for Progress in a statement.

When new City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, the first openly gay and openly HIV - positive person to hold the powerful position, unveiled his leadership team and Council committee assignments, he appointed two anti-LGBT Council members to chair committees, and named one to senior leadership in the 51 - member legislative body.

«Tomorrow's 1922 Committee Elections - nominations in full Main Peter Bone and Philip Hollobone can be proud of their work on the BackBench Business Committee — but it may never be as powerful / awkward for the govt again if the new members get their way...»

North Korea stripped Jang of his powerful posts and expelled him from the ruling Workers» Party of Korea during a meeting of the Political Bureau of the party's Central Committee on Sunday, but many analysts doubted Kim would go so far as to execute a member of his own family.

«This committee will be able to make direct contributions to candidates, giving us a powerful new tool to push education reform in the Capitol,» read an e-mail to members.

Telephone surveys were conducted among voters who live in the congressional districts of six members of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee (which will be considering new global warming emissions legislation in the fall).

The World Energy Council's autonomous member committees provide a powerful forum for debate and knowledge - sharing within a country and offer neutral, high - level interaction across borders to facilitate the world's energy policy dialogue.