Sentences with phrase «state house member»

The list includes Anthony Brindisi (D), a New York State assemblyman looking to run against Rep. Claudia Tenney (R); Paul Davis, the former Democratic gubernatorial nominee in Kansas hoping to win an open seat; and Gretchen Driskell, a former Michigan state House member running for a rematch against Rep. Tim Walberg (R - Mich.).

Texas — Texas» school voucher bill, the «Equal Opportunity Scholarship Program,» died before it even reached the Senate floor, thanks in no small part to the clear lack of support it received from state House members.

Not exact matches

«I have little doubt in my mind that Gov. Daniels and Indiana's Republican members of the state House and Senate will see a tremendous backlash from their constituents if right - to - work is passed,» Hoffa said.

«I have little doubt in my mind that Gov. Daniels and Indiana's Republican members of the state House and Senate will see a tremendous backlash from their constituents if right - to - work is passed.»

Knowing many of Perth's homeless people by name, Kris Halliday, along with state Member for Perth Eleni Evangel, is championing a new housing model.

Members of the Alaska House of Representatives recently passed a resolution asking the federal government not to crackdown or interfere in any way with states that have legalized marijuana of which, of course, Alaska is one.

An April 12th letter from Republican members of the House of Representatives, sent to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in support of Pompeo's nomination, approvingly cited Pompeo's «five years serving in the United States Army, including in the Gulf War.»

It's an agenda that Obama started selling in the run - up to his State of the Union address this month, and that House Democrats have sought to echo as they regroup after losing more members in the midterms.

Monica Stonier is a member the Washington House of Representatives, representing the state's 49th legislative district.

The Committee on Foreign Investments has nine members, including the secretaries of the treasury, state, defense, homeland security, commerce and energy; the attorney general; and representatives from two White House offices (the United States Trade Representative and the Office of Science and Technology Policy).

The White House wants to reduce what it maintains is the United States» trade deficit with the 28 - member European Union and is seeking concessions, such as lower tariffs on American cars sold here.

Devin Nunes, a Republican member of Congress and chair of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, authored the memo.

The German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung cited a plan to target the home states of influential members of the Republican Party, including Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and the House speaker, Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin.

Here in China where I live and work as a teacher, there is a state church that is monitored heavily by the government and there are the House churches that are now beginning to be heard and are holding there services out in public, but the members are being arrested and thrown in jail and yet they continue to hold there services.

Since you mentioned both houses, you must know that if the percentage of Democrats opposing the war kept the same percentage for all House members, the war NEVER would have happened; just like I have stated.

Though Barna reports that the house church movement in Western Christianity is multiplying rapidly (somewhere between 5 - 20 million people in the United States attend a house church), the statistics also show that the vast majority of these house church members transferred from an «institutional» church to a house church.

Then, a high - ranking State Department official proposed that if members of Congress disagreed with the administration's policy, they could send private letters to the White House or State Department, but should not voice their criticism publicly.

If people knew history and any meaning of hidden messages of words, the following wouldn't need to be pointed out: Is it not interesting that the Muslim member quoted in the article states he supports the Cordoba house mosque aka ground zero mosque.

Some members have held high - level meetings with foreign leaders, urged U.S. embassies to investigate situations of repression, and lobbied the White House and State Department to address particular issues in bilateral discussions.

The vast majority of the United States Congress — including 77 U.S. Senators and 296 Members of the House — supported the war before it began.

Pro-life members of Congress outmaneuvered President Clinton for one of the rare occasions during his seven years in the White House, and only a small percentage of United States funds for international family planning will go to abortion advocacy organizations as a result.

In the name of decency, humanity, and truth, we call on President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry, and all members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives to recognize and give public expression to the fact that Christians in Iraq and Syria — along with Yazidis, Turkmen,....

Every spring, the members of the New York State Maple Producers Association invite families and friends into their «sugar houses» to experience the world of pure NY maple syrup.

State Farm Bank, F.S.B., Bloomington, Illinois («Bank»), is a Member FDIC and Equal Housing Lender.

Matt Huffman, a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives (term - limited out), and now running for state senate in Jordan's district, remembers going to Jordan's daughter's wedding a few years ago and being surprised at who he ended up sitting with for dinner.

It was mostly members of the Ohio State media, because the Buckeyes» press corps is about the size of the White House's.

WASHINGTON — Members of Congress have extended a joint welcome to the Golden State Warriors to celebrate their NBA championship, preempting President Trump's White House.

Michigan State announced Thursday evening that three football players have been suspended from team activities and removed from on - campus housing, and also that one football staff member has been suspended relating to a sexual assault investigation.

When the House version of the proposed legislation, with the support of the state's 350,000 member youth soccer association, passed unanimously last week, Zackery and his father, Victor, were on the statehouse floor to witness the vote and hear Rodne tell them, though Zakery might never play football again, that the statute would be his legacy forever.

A proposed state law that would expand the Plainfield Park District from five to seven members passed out of the Illinois House on Tuesday and moved on to the state Senate for consideration.

The New York State United Teachers union on Friday blasted the appointment of former Education Commissioner John King to become the acting secretary of education and urged its members to call the White House to «express their displeasure.»

The president, 33 Senators, all 435 House members, scores of statewide officeholders and thousands of state legislators, mayors, city councilmembers, etc, all up for election.

Hundreds of Ghanaians, particularly members and executives of the New Patriotic Party have gathered at the forecourt of the State House in Accra to bid their final farewell to the late chairman of the party Jake Obitsebi Lamptey.

A given member of the U.S. House of Representatives or of the legislature of a state represents (in theory) only the people of their own district, giving the people of that district influence in federal or state - level decision making.

NYC Council members said they found «common ground» with Cuomo on public housing issues after a lengthy, closed - door meeting at the state Capitol.

Items recovered by the Police from this notorious gang, which specialised in car snatching and truck hijacking in the State and selling same to unsuspecting members of the public, include one AK 47 rifle, two magnum pistols, one Nissan Pathfinder Jeep and documents of six (6) houses located in Anambra State of which Emeka Okeke Cyprian confessed were proceeds of his previous criminal activities.

Dabiri - Erewa, a former member of the House of Representatives from Lagos, received her appointment letter at the State House in Abuja few minutes ago.

However, members might wish to tread carefully when bringing such resolutions before the House, because in 1869 Rep. Edward Holbrook was censured for «unparliamentary language for stating in debate that another Member made false assertions».

Former Minority leader of Kogi state House of Assembly and member representing Igalamela / Odolu State constituency Hon. Friday Sani Makama has filed a suit against the House Speaker, Hon. Matthew Kolawole demanding his imprisonstate House of Assembly and member representing Igalamela / Odolu State constituency Hon. Friday Sani Makama has filed a suit against the House Speaker, Hon. Matthew Kolawole demanding his imprisonState constituency Hon. Friday Sani Makama has filed a suit against the House Speaker, Hon. Matthew Kolawole demanding his imprisonment.

The ban on hats in the HOC was passed in 1988, with then leader of the House Ann Taylor stating: «I know some members may feel that they look particularly fetching in the opera hat, but it really does make the House of Commons look ridiculous».

I have been a member of the Oyo State House of Assembly; I have been a commissioner twice - 1983 and 2007.

State Senate Democrats earlier on Wednesday met with Democratic members of the state's House delegation to discuss support for the unity efState Senate Democrats earlier on Wednesday met with Democratic members of the state's House delegation to discuss support for the unity efstate's House delegation to discuss support for the unity effort.

As Entergy Corp. moves to close the FitzPatrick Nuclear Plant in Oswego County, the area's two House members are urging the state to reconvene negotiations to keep the facility open.

Collins also defended his amendment that would shift the counties» share of Medicaid to the state — a move designed to appeal to his fellow moderate upstate House members and would only apply to New York.

A little march to and rally outside where he was staying, in support of the action being taken to preserve the eight indigenous ethnic groups, the small but very ancient and entrenched Jewish community, the Gulf's only synagogue and Jewish cemetery, the black community that is part of the East African diaspora, the fifth of the population that is non-Muslim, the half of that fifth which is Christian, the strictly optional status of the women's headscarf, the Sunni third of Bahraini Muslims, the requirement that all legislation be approved by both Houses of Parliament, the election of the Lower House by universal suffrage, the regular appointment of women to the Upper House to make up for their dearth in the elected Lower House, the presence in the Upper House of a Jewish man and a Christian woman (the latter the first woman ever to chair a Parliament in the Arab world), the present position of a Jewish woman as Ambassador to the United States, the very close ties to Britain, and the fact that all of this is perfectly acceptable even to Salafi Members of Parliament.

Rep. Jerry Nadler, a Manhattan Democrat and the most liberal member of the state's House delegation, tore into Trump's Syria strike, and further assailed the Republican commander - in - chief's opposition to admitting refugees from the war - bloodied country.

If the state Senate remains in Democratic hands, the few remaining GOP House members (there are two right now, but that's likely to grow by at least one — NY - 29 is a likely pick - up for the Republicans) will be in the crosshairs.

The state Senate Democratic conference will holda Washington, D.C. fundraiser on June 28 with members of the state's House Democratic delegation with tickets going as high as $ 10,000.

But Gillibrand, a former upstate House member who was elevated to the Senate by Gov. David Paterson in 2009 to replace Hillary Clinton upon her nomination as secretary of state.

The National Media Commission (NMC) in consultation with the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo appointed these persons and others as Chairpersons and members of governing boards of public corporations to manage State - owned media houses.