Sentences with phrase «upper chamber on»

The minister is also expected to brief the upper chamber on how the ministry intended to ensure protection of the residents of mining host communities against lead poisoning and other hazards.

The upper chamber on Thursday plenary, also sought the release of the remaining 112 Chibok girls in captivity.

As the Brexit bill heads to the House of Lords this week, Mandelson also said he believed the government could be defeated in the upper chamber on the issues of a meaningful parliamentary vote at the end of negotiations and guaranteed rights for EU citizens in the UK.

Recall that Lawal, in the letter to the upper chamber on Wednesday, had said he had dragged the Senate to court over the probe.

Sunday PUNCH reliably gathered on Saturday that although the APC was happy with the appointments, which the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, made in the committees of the upper chamber on Thursday, the party believed that for the peace process to complete, Ekweremadu must resign or be removed.

The only promise there was to «establish a committee to bring forward proposals for a wholly or mainly elected upper chamber on the basis of proportional representation».

A committee will look into ways of creating a wholly or mainly elected upper chamber on the basis of proportional representation.

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He recently voted with 51 senators on a bill to gut the Affordable Care Act, the first such bill to pass in the upper chamber.

The Senate Budget Committee approved the Senate's tax plan on Tuesday, bringing the upper chamber closer to a floor vote, which is expected to take place Thursday.

The note, signed on Friday by 43 Republicans and 23 Democrats in the upper chamber of the US Congress, describes Andrew Brunson as a «law - abiding American citizen».

In a similar vein, Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory, Senator Dino Melaye, who is also a member of the committee told newsmen in Abuja that the upper chamber was set to resume the probe of the EFCC boss.

Races are believed to be especially tightening on Long Island, which could decide which party has the upper hand in the chamber.

Drawing on a range of internal sources, the paper claimed that the Russian Presidential Administration was increasingly using members of the Federation Council — the upper chamber of the Federal Assembly, whose members are colloquially referred to as «senators» — to introduce bills into the federal legislature.

The House appeared on track to pass a stopgap continuing resolution bill Thursday night, but Senate Democrats said they had enough votes to block the legislation in the upper chamber, raising the possibility that the current budget will expire without a replacement.

Heller, who confirmed he asked Trump not to shut down the government, was speaking for Republican lawmakers who fear that the president's desire to follow through on one of his signature campaign promises could undermine their attempt to maintain control of the upper chamber.

She also urged the House of Lords not to defy the «long standing convention» that the upper chamber does not over-rule the Commons on financial matters.

If Labour had won, its referendum would have included questions on whether to elect MPs by the Alternative Vote (AV) system and whether to introduce a fully elected upper chamber in stages.

The letter was released as Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat deputy prime minister, prepared to appeal for unity over proposals for an 80 % - elected upper chamber as he opened a two - day debate on the bill on Monday afternoon.

The basis of the face - off came on the heels of a letter sent to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, urging the upper chamber to confirm Lanre Gbajabiamila as the substantive Director - General of the National Lottery Commission (NLC).

The move was based on a point of order raised by Ndume, who also called on the upper chamber of the National Assembly to investigate the certificate scandal involving Senator Dino Melaye.

After the viral constituency briefing and empowerment done by a member of the of representative Honourable Ahmed Babawo The senator 9f the upper chambers made his opinion know on Twitter below is the tweet as captured by our blog.

The Senate on Thursday confirmed that the Police has handed to it the mace which was snatched from the floor of the upper legislative chamber yesterday...

The letter noted that, with the victory of Brian Benjamin in a special election in Harlem on Tuesday, registered Democrats enjoy a one - seat numerical advantage in the upper chamber of the State Legislature.

While criticising the Independent National Electoral Commission for its speedy handling of the process, the upper chamber of the National Assembly alleged that the electoral empire was making extra-budgetary spendings on Melaye's recall.

The confirmation came hours after the senator, who represents Kogi West at the upper legislative chamber, announced the arrest on his Twitter handle at 7:32 am.

Scandals have ripped through both parties in the upper chamber since 2010, replacing much of the leadership on both sides of the aisle.

(CNN)- Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R - Kansas, faulted Senate Democrats on Saturday for this week's hike in student loan interest rates and urged the upper chamber to pass legislation that resolves the issue as soon as the holiday recess ends.

In a letter read on the floor of the upper legislative chamber by Saraki, the president hinged his request for a supplementary budget on the shortage of funds required for carrying out important projects.

The peer and novelist, who boasts on his website that he has «never had a proper job», will attempt to win support for the bill in the upper chamber, where it may run into trouble as it is opposed by both Labour and the Liberal Democrats.

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, for the first time since 2015, bowed to the wish of the Senate Unity Forum on the composition of committees in the upper chamber.

As previously reported on Florida Politics, state Democrats are systematically laying out a plan to recapture the upper chamber.

Saraki, however, said members of the upper chamber had resolved to start consideration of the 2016 Appropriation Bill on January 19, 2016 with only the original document submitted to the National Assembly by Buhari.

The Senate on Wednesday sermouned the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir David Lawal, and the Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyema, to appear before the upper chamber to explain the lopsidedness in the nomination list sent by the president.

The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, after a two - hour executive session with his colleagues on Friday explained that the upper legislative chamber deliberated extensively on the report of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions set up to investigate the circumstances surrounding the issue behind closed doors.

In a statement by its spokesperson, Sen. Sabi Abdullahi, in Abuja, the upper chamber said that Fashola did not give the public details about the Lagos - Ibadan Expressway, which was on private finance initiative from the beginning.

The Senate has on Tuesday confirmed its rejection of Mr. Ibrahim Magu as the Chairman of Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, by rejecting the submission of its Majority Leader, Ali Ndume, that the upper legislative chamber did not reject his confirmation.

Sabi said that the upper chamber had not taken a decision on removal of subsidy, adding that the chamber would not support any move that would put further pressure on Nigerians.

Thus Democrats would need to capture both seats on Long Island and convince the IDC to collaborate with them in order to have a one - seat majority in the upper chamber.

Meanwhile, the leadership of the Senate on Tuesday night was at the Presidential Villa to deliver the resolutions by the upper chamber of the National Assembly to President Buhari.

The upper chamber of the National Assembly accused Lawal of corruption in the award of contracts at the Presidential Initiative on North East (PINE).

And they're eager to deliver for the hedge fund vultures that just might save, or even strengthen, their grip on New York's upper chamber.

an unsmiling Hochul asked reporters who cornered her on the floor of the state Senate chamber, where she had just sworn in Luis Sepulveda and Shelley Mayer to their new seats in the upper chamber.

Cotton is perhaps the leading conservative holdout on the prisons bill, for which Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R - Texas) is leading the push in the upper chamber.

-- CHALLENGING THE I.D.C.: Before Teachout took center stage, the biggest expected battle on primary night was a series of challenges to senators from the I.D.C., a five - member group that broke with their partymates to ally with Republicans in 2012, thereby denying Democrats control of the state's upper chamber over the last two years.

Former Tory chancellors Ken Clarke and Lord Lawson were seated in the upper gallery, where the peers sit to watch the Commons chamber, as was high - profile Labour MP Keith Vaz on the other side.

His spokesman, Garba Shehu, in a statement on Saturday said: «As Sen. Mark turns a septuagenarian, the President commends the maturity, stability and focused legislation that he instituted in the upper chamber during the eight years he served as Senate President, and the dutifulness that culminated in the passing of many bills.

GOP leaders are looking to advance the tax bill in the upper chamber this week in a race to get a bill on Trump's desk by the end of the year.

Ekwunife, a first time Senator who was inaugurated into the upper chamber of the National Assembly on June, 2015, had her election invalidated by Appeal Court in Enugu on December 6, 2015, on grounds of irregularities.

Looney is one of several leaders of the upper chamber of the state General Assembly selected by their members on Thursday.

David Cameron is not in favour of a referendum on reforms to the House of Lords, he has said ahead of the release of a report which is likely to call for a mainly elected upper chamber.