Sentences with phrase «senate committee positions»

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«The life and professional background I offer to this position are unique,» the Rev. Suzan Johnson Cook told members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Dianne Feinstein, chair of the Senate committee, said CIA tactics, which included repeated waterboarding, slapping, stress positions and sleep deprivation amounted to torture.

Smith, who was named in the scathing IG report on the AEG mess along with Senate Minority Leader (then Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson) and Sen. Eric Adams, among others, also said the question of whether Kruger should retain his ranking position on the Senate Finance Committee is «a matter for the leader to decide in the conference.»

Falsely reporting senators as committee chairs so they can receive lucrative stipends has shined a light on a more commonplace practice in both the Senate and Assembly: The so - called lulu system of doling out extra pay for leadership positions.

An imbroglio over cash stipends for state senators with committee leadership positions veered into the legal weeds as attorneys for mainline Democrats and the Senate's top Republican offered differing opinions on the legality of the payments.

Officials in the state Senate insist vice chairs are eligible for committee stipends normally afforded to chairman or to those with leadership positions, pointing to wording in a state legislative law that allows for the payments.

The other really significant position in the upper house is Senate Finance Committee chair, which is currently occupied by Sen. John DeFrancisco, a Syracuse - area Republican.

To facilitate payments, false statements identifying the eight senators as committee chairmen were sent by Senate staff to the state comptroller's office, when in fact each served as vice chairman, a position that does not carry any pay or specific duties.

«Without opining on anything that's been decided on or happened in the past, I want to move that the committee recommends to the Senate that going forward, only senators that hold specific positions enumerated in legislative law receive the allowances that that law provides,» Gianaris said.

«That is for the Senate; that is not for this committee,» she said while explaining her position after the meeting.

Speaking on Channels on Friday, the Chairman Senate Committee on Media, Senator Aliyu Sabi - Abdullahi wondered how Maina came back and assumed a higher position than he left.

We will be voting our endorsements for: N.Y.S. Governor, N.Y.S. Lt. Governor, NYS Attorney General, N.Y.S. Comptroller, both U.S. Senate Seats, both Districts» 8th and 14th U.S. House of Rep., N.Y.S. Assembly, N.Y.S. Senate, and Male and Female State Committee Positions.

The video, released Monday, comes after a week and a half of controversy over the Senate GOP majority's controversial payment of lulus to its own members and a disproportionate number of IDC lawmakers for committee positions that they do not actually hold.

Days later, after meeting with labor groups, Clinton explained her position further by aligning herself with Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, the top Democrat on the Senate's health, education and labor committee, who had introduced a $ 12 - an - hour federal wage bill.

The pair of Democratic committees tasked with raising money for House and Senate candidates — and doing so at a time when the party holds its strongest position on Capitol Hill in a generation — have watched their receipts plummet by a combined 20 percent with little more than a year to go before the November 2010 midterm elections.

Young, who chairs the senate's housing committee, was tapped to be the chair of the Senate Republican Campaign Committee in August 2013, inheriting the position from deputy majority leader Tom Lsenate's housing committee, was tapped to be the chair of the Senate Republican Campaign Committee in August 2013, inheriting the position from deputy majority leader Tocommittee, was tapped to be the chair of the Senate Republican Campaign Committee in August 2013, inheriting the position from deputy majority leader Tom LSenate Republican Campaign Committee in August 2013, inheriting the position from deputy majority leader ToCommittee in August 2013, inheriting the position from deputy majority leader Tom Libous.

Both men rose to powerful positions in the Senate — DeFrancisco as deputy majority leader, and Lombardi as chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee.

WASHINGTON — A GOP - led Senate committee backed U.S. intelligence agencies» finding that Moscow tried to boost Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign by hacking and spreading misinformation, a bipartisan conclusion that breaks with a House panel's position and the president's rejection of the notion that Russia wanted him to win.

Transportation and Infrastructure — Dilan is a ranking member of the transportation committee, and he believes that a senate Democratic majority will put him in the chair position.

Former Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., who also chaired the Housing Committee, liked to point out that he was the highest - ranked Latino in the Legislature, even though his position was little more than a title (with a lot of cash for staff and offices behind it, as it turns out).

A source told Vanguard that following the recommendation of the PDP post-election assessment committee headed by Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, recommending that the north should produce the Presidential candidate for 2019, which was immediately endorsed by the National Working Committee, NWC, some powerful stakeholders of the party with Dankwabo were said to be pushing for the north, especially the North East, not getting the position of national committee headed by Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, recommending that the north should produce the Presidential candidate for 2019, which was immediately endorsed by the National Working Committee, NWC, some powerful stakeholders of the party with Dankwabo were said to be pushing for the north, especially the North East, not getting the position of national Committee, NWC, some powerful stakeholders of the party with Dankwabo were said to be pushing for the north, especially the North East, not getting the position of national chairman.

Senate Democrats announced their committee assignments this afternoon, with freshmen Sens. Ted O'Brien, Terry Gipson, Geroge Latimer and Cecilia Tkaczyk all scoring ranking positions.

«I've served on the Senate Finance Committee for many years so I think with that basis of knowledge and experience, they had the confidence in me to name me to this most important position with the finance committee,» YoCommittee for many years so I think with that basis of knowledge and experience, they had the confidence in me to name me to this most important position with the finance committee,» Yocommittee,» Young said.

An imbroglio over cash stipends for state senators with committee leadership positions veered into the legal weeds Monday as attorneys for mainline Democrats and the Senate's top Republican offered differing opinions on the legality of the payments.

Now in one of state government's most powerful positions, the 47 - year - old Heastie will work alongside Governor Andrew Cuomo and State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos — the proverbial «three men in a room» — to lead budget negotiations, set committee assignments and direct the flow of legislation.

The state Senate and Assembly are scheduled to begin conference committee meetings on Monday, now that both houses have finished with their resolutions laying out their positions.

The Assembly Speaker and Senate Majority Leader control the assignment of committees and leadership positions, along with control of the agenda in their chambers.

Carl Heastie, the State Assembly speaker and until recently the chairman of the Bronx Democratic Committee, said, «She did mention that [Vermont] doesn't have gun laws, and she brought that up when she was contrasting her position on guns and votes in Senate with Senator Sanders.»

«I've been in the Senate for 20 years, and I'm chairman now of the Finance Committee, an important position for the state of New York and for Central New York,» he said.

The last Democrat to represent Binghamton in the Senate took over the chair of the agriculture committee after Sen. Franklin Roosevelt vacated the position to begin serving as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, four years before the United States entered World War I.

Just yesterday, Klein announced that he and his fellow IDCers would accept Senate Minority Leader John Sampson's offer of committee assignments that included only four committees per member and no ranking positions (hence, no lulu).

«I'm not sure how the Senate handles things, but for us, anyone who is a chair of a committee or in a leadership position, they get the corresponding statutes that is written in statute,» Heastie said.

Washington (CNN)-- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is stepping up their attack on Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy by airing an ad that hits the Senate hopeful for his position on Medicare.

The newest member of the state Senate's ruling coalition is getting leadership positions on the chamber's environmental and social services committees.

Members of a breakaway group of Democrats who voted with Republicans since 2011 but rejoined their conference in the state Senate this week have lost their committee - chair positions.

The Washington Post did not receive comment about those claims from the offices of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) or Sen. Ben Cardin (D., Md.), who has held Menendez's position on the Foreign Relations Committee since Menendez stepped aside.

Senate Independent Democratic Conference Leader Senator Jeff Klein, for the first time publicly answered questions from the media about news stories that some of his members received stipends for committee chair positions that they do not actually hold.

Syracuse, N.Y. — New York state Sen. Malcolm Smith, who was charged this morning in a political bribery case, has been stripped of his Senate committee assignments and leadership position in the Independent Democratic Conference.

Cullen turned the position down, saying the panel doesn't matter, and Miller responded by making him the only Senate Democrat without any committee chairmanship.

A key Senate committee approved Trump's top diplomatic pick yesterday, but Democrats cited concerns about Tillerson's position on climate change issues

She has extensive experience on Capitol Hill including staff positions at the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, Office of Senator Robert Packwood (R - Oregon), the Senate Computer Center, and the Senate Press Gallery.

Three of President Bush's nominations for Education Department positions came before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on March 8.

«His work with Senator Kennedy on the Senate's HELP Committee, followed by his extended service in the Obama White House on matters of education, has positioned Roberto as one of the most influential players on the federal education scene.

Bill status: Passed Senate (23 - 16), Not Heard in Assembly Education Committee — Died Students Matter's position: OPPOSE

Ms. Kassebaum, who became the first woman to chair a major Senate committee when she assumed the top position on the Labor and Human Resources Committee this year, was first electedcommittee when she assumed the top position on the Labor and Human Resources Committee this year, was first electedCommittee this year, was first elected in 1978.

Spent yesterday dropping off PAA position packets with each member of the Senate Education Committee.

Unfortunately, given the Governor's position SB - 6596 is unlikely to even get a hearing in the Senate Education Committee.

Senate President Joe Negron, R - Stuart, and Senate Appropriations Chairman Rob Bradley, R - Fleming Island, reiterated their position that the Senate is willing to consider the numerous education policies proposed by the House, but the measures need to go through the normal committee process.

On Tuesday, Jan. 17 the U.S. Senate Health, Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee will begin proceedings to confirm President - elect Donald Trump's nominee for the position of Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos.

«We believe that a greater FHA presence in the mortgage market could have prevented the recent turmoil and that FHA is well - positioned to offer borrowers in trouble a simple and practical solution that will bring much - needed stability to local real estate markets,» the FHA Alliance members say in a letter to leaders of the Senate Banking Committee.