Sentences with phrase «ran the house committee»

Some senior officials have discussed nominating Rep. Trey Gowdy, the South Carolina Republican who ran the House committee that investigated Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's actions in connection with the 2012 attack on a U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya.

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The Republican chairman of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday promised a thorough investigation into any direct links between Russia and Republican Donald Trump during his successful 2016 run for the White House.

Texas Rep. Pete Sessions, the top Republican on the House Rules Committee, told Business Insider that the process by which the spending bill was crafted was long and bipartisan, but «once that was done, we did run into problems.»

«This year one of the things we're looking at is we are running two pilot programs,» House reportedly said in addressing the home affairs select committee about countering online recruiting of terrorists.

A 20 - year veteran of the media industry with a resume listing a plethora of titles including president of Macmillan Publishing, chairman and CEO of Columbia House Company, and CEO of Freedom Communications, Flanders possessed the skill set and experience to hit the ground running — a consensus the Playboy search committee came to after a painstaking selection process that lasted six months and vetted more than 180 candidates.

If the House passes their bill and the Senate passes theirs, they'll have to hammer out a version in conference committee that satisfies House leaders while not running afoul of the long - run deficit rule.

Eric Sapp, who runs a faith - focused consulting firm with Strider, said he wasn't hired by the House and Senate Democratic campaign committees or by candidates for Congress or governor, for the first time since he started doing such work.

Stringer, who is preparing for a likely 2013 NYC mayoral bid, actually opened a federal committee to explore a run against Gillibrand, backed off after other, more high - profile, Democrats got calls from the White House to cease and desist.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Ed Royce announced he will not run for reelection, boosting Democrats» chances of winning his Southern California district as they work to regain control of the majority this year.

House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, a Utah Republican best known for his handling of multiple investigations into former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, announced he will not run for reelection when his current term concludes at the end of 2018.

The DCCC did, and didn't get any love in return from the protestors, who subsequently demonstrated outside a high - dollar fundraiser the committee held to benefit 15 House members seeking re-election this fall — including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (even though the Arizona congresswoman, who's still recovering from her near - fatal head wound, hasn't said yet if she's running).

This time around, Lopez himself, having been stripped of his Housing Committee and Kings County Democratic Committee Chairs following his groping scandal, has decided to run for the very Council seat that his former Chief of Staff is vacating.

Carolyn McLaughlin, the president of the Albany Common Council and the Albany County Democratic Committee chair, seconded the nomination by noting Schumer's work on behalf of Henry Johnson, a World War I veteran, and in cracking down on oil trains that run next to Albany's public housing.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has met with five possible contenders to run the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2016, according to her office, though she has not decided whom she will ultimately select.

The V.I.D. endorsed the following 2010 candidates: New York State Governor — Andrew Cuomo New York State Lt. Governor — No Endorsement New York State Comptroller — Thomas DiNapoli New York State Attorney General — Liz Holtzman (run - off vote with Eric Schneiderman) Female State Democratic Committee — Rachel Lavine Male State Democratic Committee — Arthur Schwartz U.S. Senate — Kirsten Gillibrand U.S. Senate — Charles Schumer U. S. House 4th Dist.

Washington (CNN)- The House ethics committee will hold trial - like hearings on allegations against two Democratic members - Rep. Charles Rangel of New York and Rep. Maxine Waters of California - after the November 2 congressional elections in which both are running, the panel's chairwoman announced Thursday.

Collum, the founder of Women's March FL and the national head of field operations for the National Committee of Women's March, announced Thursday she was running in House District 93.

Paterson noted the committee that found Rangel guilty of breaking House rules did not find evidence of outright corruption, instead chalking up his misdeeds to a «violation,» which, according to the governor, is tantamount to «disorderly conduct, or running red lights.»

The report's release was timed to coincide with the launch of the new «No Labels» committee that is being widely viewed as a potential jumping off point for a White House run in 2012, despite the fact that Bloomberg has repeatedly insisted he's not running.

Former Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi, a Democrat who is looking anew at a political comeback, said he is forming an exploratory committee and will begin raising money for a possible run for retiring Rep. Steve Israel's Gold Coast House seat.

Last summer, Rangel - the subject of a longstanding House ethics committee investigation - warned of «racial polarization» if Cuomo runs.

New York's 24th District: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Rahm Emanuel (Ill.) is as high on Oneida County Attorney Michael Arcuri (D) as he is on any other candidate running for the House this year.

The ad, which will run on cable stations in Washington, D.C., seeks to link House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (Calif.) pledge to run the «most open and ethical Congress in history» with Rep. Charlie Rangel's recent decision to step down as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee and Rep. Eric Massa's resignation amid allegations of sexual harassment.

Gibbs won't seek DNC chairmanship: Former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs tells CNN's Ed Henry that he won't seek to replace Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine if Kaine runs for Senate in Virginia.

Questioned about it during testimony in November before the House Intelligence Committee, Mr. Prince dismissed his encounter with Mr. Dmitriev as little more than a chance run - in.

The straw poll, which was conducted by ABC News and Manchester - based WMUR - TV at the state party's annual gathering in Derry, asked state committee members to choose from 20 potential White House contenders, including those such as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) who have ruled out of the running.

Lopez, as chairman of the Assembly housing committee, helped steer millions to groups run by friends and associates, including his longtime girlfriend, sparking investigations; this spring, in his role as Brooklyn Democratic Party boss, Lopez sponsored a nasty primary challenge to incumbent Brooklyn congresswoman Nydia Velázquez, an ally of Silver's.

The Democratic nominee in one of the party's targeted House races in New Jersey is running even with her Republican opponent, according to an internal Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee poll obtained by CQ Roll Call.

Holtzman, best known for serving on the House committee that voted to impeach President Richard Nixon over the Watergate scandal, had flirted for months with running again for statewide office.

The mayor has argued that he started the nonprofit to counter the political action committees run by the wealthy who were out to stop his implicitly good agenda of universal pre-K and affordable housing for the city.

The House Armed Services committee chairman announced in January that he wouldn't run for re-election this November.

Updated 3:54 p.m. National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Greg Walden announced Tuesday he will seek a second term running the House GOP's campaign arm.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) will run automated phone calls, web ads and emails throughout the week aimed at 50 House Republicans for «backing partisan plans that make the wrong budget choices.»

At least two candidates who ran against Johnson for speaker will also get plum positions: Sources say Robert Cornegy of Brooklyn will chair the council's Housing Committee, and Mark Levine of Manhattan will chair the Health Committee.

said Adam Green, an activist who runs a group called the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, which ran ads this week in the congressional district of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D - Calif.)

Sen. John McCain, an Arizona Republican, called Obama's foreign policy «feckless» on Monday, after House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers of Michigan said on «Fox News Sunday» that Putin and Russia had been «running circles around us.»

«WASHINGTON (CNN)-- Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will take his first official step towards a White House run Wednesday when he creates an exploratory committee, which will allow him to raise money under federal campaign finance rules.

According to The Fix's analysis of campaign ads from the National Republican Congressional Committee — the House GOP's campaign arm — the committee has run an anti-Pelosi ad in 47 of the 56 districts where it has run independent expenditure adCommittee — the House GOP's campaign arm — the committee has run an anti-Pelosi ad in 47 of the 56 districts where it has run independent expenditure adcommittee has run an anti-Pelosi ad in 47 of the 56 districts where it has run independent expenditure ads so far.

So embittered was Hackett that he refused pleas from Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Rahm Emanuel (Ill.) to run for the 2nd District House seat against Rep. Jean Schmidt, whom Hackett had nearly beaten in an August 2005 special election.

Williams, who previously chaired the housing and buildings committee, ran for speaker and objected to the selection of a white candidate for the post.

Prior to that, the last contribution Cuomo gave to a federal candidate, according to the FEC, was a $ 1,000 donation to Kirsten Gillibrand's House committee in 2006, when he was running for attorney general after a political hiatus.

Who is the best candidate to represent Staten Island in Congress?customer surveys Molinari predicted that if Fossella were to win the primary, the House Ethics Committee investigation that was dropped when he declined to run for re-election would be reopened.

Martins is one of 15 Republican House candidates that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on Thursday targeted with a digital ad that runs through Tuesday that questions their «standards» because of their support Trump and his controversial remarks.

Still, the battle between Cuomo and Collins took on a bit of the look of a political race, as the National Republican Congressional Committee — which aids Republican House members running for re-election — sent out a press release Thursday attacking Cuomo.

(Left to right) Erie County Democratic Committee Chairman Jeremy Zellner and Erie County Republican Committee Chairman Nick Langworthy both believe Joseph Biden's decision to not run for the White House gives a boost to their respective candidates, for different reasons.

The Michigan Republican said last week that he isn't running for re-election this fall, after serving a little over a decade in office, the last few years as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.

The Democratic House committee also dumped $ 100,000 more onto television in New York's 25th District where former congressional aide Dan Maffei (D) is running a stronger - than - expected race against Rep. James Walsh (R).

Onondaga County Comptroller Bob Antonacci said he will meet this month with the National Republican Congressional Committee in Washington, D.C., as he explores the idea of running for the House seat.

The six - figure ad buy from the independent expenditure group will run through Thursday as Democrats continue to hit Republicans over tax and Medicare proposals in the budget of Rep. Paul Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee.

The Democratic State Committee previewed this message last week when they released an ad comparing Astorino to Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, who was Mitt Romney's running mate, and House Speaker John Boehner.