Sentences with phrase «what congressional leaders»

And what congressional leaders have agreed on falls far short of what's needed to do the job right and hold down costs, says Phil Sparks, a former Census official who is now co-director of The Census Project in Washington, D.C.

Not exact matches

We asked Republican congressional candidate and Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan about the reported arrest of New York State Senate Temporary President & Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos and what it says about the party or state government.

As Barack describes himself, the «hopeless optimist» will meet with Congressional leaders today to engage in what one humorist described as «constructive commentary for the acutely farsighted.»

That's exactly what the tax reform plan released by the White House and congressional leaders will do,» said Corry Bliss, the group's executive director.

What sets Schumer apart from past congressional leaders is the sheer amount of money being raised by the man who wants to become majority leader next year.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo called on Washington Democrats to «show us what you're made of» by pushing back hard against President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans on the Affordable Care Act and other issues, appearing to position himself as a national leader as rumors of his potential 2020 presidential bid run rampant.

The 4 % increase for the National Science Foundation (NSF) in Alexandria, Virginia, in the 2018 omnibus spending bill hammered out by congressional leaders this week may be modest next to what its peer science agencies received.

In May, congressional leaders wrote to the tech giant to establish what controls will be put in place to protect consumer privacy.

Congress is not known for leading the charge — Congress is the tail that is wagged by the dog, and the dog is the American public, so we've got to let people know that they need to let their congressional leaders know that we've got to start to create a level playing field when it comes to what foods are chosen.

After all, Brown knows full well that any attempt to withhold federal funding will be challenged by Golden State's influential congressional delegation (including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Dianne Feinstein); the former state attorney general is also likely betting that the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling last year on the Affordable Healthcare Act, which effectively makes it impossible for the federal government to withhold subsidies from states for not implementing new regulations, can also be applied to what the administration can do on the education policy front.

What these reformers should do now is call upon the Obama Administration to call off the waiver gambit, fully embrace the approach to accountability put in place under No Child, and begin negotiating with congressional leaders on a reauthorization of the law as it should have done a long time ago.

On Tues., March 15, principals visited their congressional representatives on Capitol Hill, contributing to spirited discussions about the future of ESSA and what it means to them as school leaders.

Seung Min Kim discussed what changes the president and Republican congressional leaders are considering to the nation's entitlement programs.

So here's a message from planet earth to our newly elected Congressional «leaders:» You've made it clear that you're not planning to protect the climate because of what's happening to polar bears, or the islands that are sinking beneath the waves, or even because you care about the lives of your great - grandchildren.

Unfortunately, that isn't what we've seen so far in proposals released by congressional leaders and the White House.