Sentences with phrase «senators as committee»

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.

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.

Not exact matches

«He was asked during the hearing about communications between Russia and the Trump campaign — not about meetings he took as a senator and a member of the Armed Services Committee,» she said in a statement.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday gathered with senators on the chamber's tax - writing committee — including Democrats — as the GOP crafts a plan it hopes to pass this year.

«These fighters will have a positive impact on Taiwan's self - defense and would act as a necessary deterrent to China's aggressive military posture across the Asia - Pacific region,» Senators John Cornyn, the assistant majority leader, and James Inhofe, a senior member of the Armed Services Committee, said in a letter to President Donald Trump.

Ashley Schapitl, a spokeswoman for Dianne Feinstein of California, the top Democrat on the committee, said the senator is working with the Justice and Treasury departments to get technical assistance as the bill moves forward.

U.S. Senator Mark Warner, vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said in a statement that it would not be an «exaggeration to suggest that a breach such as this represents a real threat to the economic security of Americans.»

«I just think the White House does not vet their nominees so it leaves us as members having to look at their personal and leadership and other qualities,» said Democratic Senator Patty Murray of Washington, a member of the Veterans» Affairs Committee.

The strategy is intended to produce a bipartisan majority vote for Mr. Brennan in the Senate Intelligence Committee without giving its members seven additional legal opinions on targeted killing sought by senators and while protecting what the White House views as the confidentiality of the Justice Department's legal advice to the president.

After earning his law degree in 1979, Jones worked as staff counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee for Alabama Senator Howell Heflin.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is facing 44 senators as part of a rare joint committee hearing to address how his company handles user privacy and other issues.

Zuckerberg is facing 44 senators as part of a rare joint committee hearing to address how his company handles user privacy and other issues.

Texas and South Carolina are home to leading opponents of the bank, including Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, a Tea Party favorite and Republican presidential candidate; Representative Jeb Hensarling of Texas, who, as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has defied Speaker John A. Boehner and refused to bring any bank bill to a vote in his panel; and Representative Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina, a leader among conservatives in the House.

The president has responded harshly toward Republican congresspeople whom he considers insufficiently supportive of his agenda, even going so far as to meet with their primary challengers, while a pro-Trump political action committee at one point purchased, then withdrew, campaign ads against a senator who was wavering on the Senate GOP's health - care bill.

Senator Sherrod Brown (D - Ohio) will convene a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Tuesday during which MillerCoors and experts critical of banks» involvement in physical commodities activities and infrastructure assets such as storage facilities and pipelines are likely to heavily criticize banks like Goldman and JPMorgan, which both own large warehouses that store aluminum and trade derivatives contracts reflecting commodity prices.

Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine, who also serves on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Tuesday that she has «grown increasingly concerned as we're learning more and more about the manipulation of data, the harvesting of data from Facebook, the ads that were placed to sow the seeds of discord in this country.»

In addition to the briefings, Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said he wants to hear testimony from Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, as well as Twitter Inc..

Senator Doug Black is pleased that the National Finance Committee has taken on the task of reviewing the Government's proposed tax changes, as he called for in August.

Judd Gregg, a former Republican senator from New Hampshire, served as chairman of the Senate Budget Committee from 2005 to 2007 and ranking member from 2007 to 2011.

United States Newsmakers After the Republican victory in the 2014 US midterm elections and an eight - year hiatus, Richard Shelby, a senior senator from Alabama, has taken over his old post as chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.

Senator Kerry himself led Astrue into the Senate hearing room and introduced him to the Finance Committee as one of Massachusetts» favorite sons, a man whose appointment no one would ever dream of opposing.

(Kerry's record on national security as a Senator and his overheated testimony on Vietnam to a Senate committee as a young veteran were emblematic here.)

Other Members Weigh In — As is the case in any conference negotiation, Senators and Representatives not on the conference committee want to weigh in on their key priorities.

Congressional Record, August 5, 2008 Snowe Honors Waterford Business with Mention in Congressional Record «Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship U.S Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R - Maine) recognized Kelly Wels of Kelly's Closet Inc. in Waterford with a mention in the Congressional Record as a testament to her successful online cloth diaper business.»

Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson on Tuesday urged the IGP Ibrahim Idris - led Police Force and Senator Misau, who is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Navy to settle the indifferences between them as it is becoming embarrassing.

«Senator Marcellino and the members of the education committee will seek information about what is being done to fix underperforming schools and other specific plans to improve and strengthen the city school system so that the state's examination of mayoral control is as comprehensive as possible.»

The controversial conventions of the Peoples Democratic Party holding in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and Abuja have produced a new caretaker committee headed by former Kaduna Governor Senator Ahmed Makarfi with Senator Ben Obi as his Interim Secretary.

As the head of the Democrat Senate Campaign Committee, it's unfortunate that Senator Gianaris continues to politicize this issue, but frankly we're not surprised.»

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office has threatened to reject future requests for lucrative stipend payments — AKA lulus — worth tens of thousands of dollars from the Republican - led state Senate as a result of its continued use of false committee titles to draw down payments for senators who are part of its ruling coalition.

«In light of Senator Pedro Espada's indictment, he has been removed as Majority Leader and Chair of the Senate Housing Committee effective immediately.»

One of the seven senators involved in the stipend dustup, Patty Ritchie, said she would consider returning some of the $ 15,000 she was paid this year after being misidentified as the Health Committee chair.

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.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office has rejected tens of thousands of dollars in stipends for five state senators — including two IDC members — after an investigation revealed that the lawmakers had been assigned false titles as chairs of committees they did not lead and as a result had been paid for jobs they did not hold.

Our correspondent reports that Deputy Senate Leader, Senator Na'Allah would serve as Chairman of the committee.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office has rejected tens of thousands of dollars in stipends for five state Senators after an investigation revealed that the lawmakers had been assigned false titles as chairs of committees they did not lead and as a result had been paid for jobs they did not hold.

Scrutiny on committee attendance comes as the Senate is under fire for doling out thousands of dollars in stipends, called «lulus,» to seven senators for jobs they don't actually hold.

Percy described the move as a» pretty transparent» maneuver to insure his defeat so that Republican conservatives could install Senator Jesse Helms, an arch-conservative Republican of North Carolina, as chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee — a post held by Percy in the Republican - controlled Senate since 1981 when he succeeded Idaho's Frank Church.

He gave over $ 170,000 to Cuomo, more than $ 19,000 to Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul and $ 50,000 to the Senate Republican Campaign Committee, as well as tens of thousands of dollars to individual GOP senators» campaigns.

Press Release: Dole, a former five - term Senator from Kansas who served as Senate Majority Leader and former Chairman of the Republican National Committee, was the Republican Presidential nominee in 1996.

From 2007 through 2008, Senator Johnson served as the Ranking Member of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee.

Senator Ndume also speak on the ongoing crisis in the House of Representatives saying it was as a result of personal differences between Yakubu Dogara and Abdulmumin Jibrin, former chairman of the house committee on appropriation, denying the allegation that the 2016 budget was padded.

A statement by Samuel Olowookere, Deputy Director (Press), on behalf of the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Senator Chris Ngige, said, «following due deliberation on the issue, the government resolved with the Federation of Trade Unions as follows That the government will expedite action on the composition of the minimum wage review committee and the committee is expected to complete its assignment and submit its report within six months of its constitution.

By being listed as chair of a committee, the senator receives a stipend.

State Senator John Bonacic, (R, Mount Hope) as chairman of the Standing Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wagering is more intimate with the issues than most other officials.

This news story, from a blog that covers North Carolina politics, quotes Senator Tom Apodaca, chair of the Senate Rules Committee, as predicting that the legislature will consider ballot access this year.

Helming, R - Canandaigua, has been identified as one of seven senators who have received stipends this year for committee chair assignments they do not hold.

He «took advantage of his position as senator and chairman of the Transportation Committee by corruptly causing lobbyists, who wanted Libous» influence to benefit their clients, to funnel money through a law firm to his son,» Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara explained.

That possibility has been raised by critics who believe the documents contain false information — that senators are inaccurately listed as committee chairs.

He was previously Governor Cuomo's Chief of Staff and began his career as Chief Counsel to U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

(Albany, NY)-- Today, Senator Brian Kavanagh announced that Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins has appointed him as the Ranking Democratic Member of the Senate Elections Committee.