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Check out this thorough round - up of pipeline politics that details what federal leaders are saying so far about the tar sands.

Not exact matches

Republican leaders have significant differences on what the party's policy agenda will entail for 2018 after securing a major legislative victory in overhauling the federal tax code with a law that included a blow to the Affordable Care Act.

Jagmeet Singh, meanwhile, waded into the impasse in Ottawa by proposing that the Trudeau Liberals work with the British Columbia government on a joint reference question to the Supreme Court of Canada, fast - tracking a resolution to what the federal NDP leader calls jurisdictional issues arising from B.C.'s objections to the project.

Andrew Weaver, BC Green Party leader, said that while what happens on the ocean is clearly a federal responsibility, spilled oil washing up on the coast is well within provincial jurisdiction.

The CCCU, NAE, and the ministry leaders they've invited into conversation thus far have yet to get into the specifics of what kinds of protections would be included in a potential federal Fairness for All proposal.

Despite being described by Democratic leaders as an «economic missile,» the federal tax cuts are doing precisely what congress predicted they would do: giving middle class people, like our $ 79,500 earning state lawmakers, a financial break.

But in the long term, if New York politics start to resemble what has happened at the federal level, New Yorkers will have very different types of leaders and a very different generation of politicians.

A spokesman for Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos said «it may be best to wait and see what the federal government does before the state acts».

In federal court, legislative leaders do not get to control anything except maybe what soft drinks they want from vending machines.

Albany scandal could be a wash this fall, what with former Republican leader Dean Skelos also a guest of the federal penal system.

Yet Anthony J. Bonomo, a star federal witness in last fall's corruption trial of ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, has been in talks to sell the company that runs PRI to a firm in California for what could be a significant amount, according to multiple sources.

Ethics reform is being discussed, but in a year where both former leaders of the legislature have been sentenced to prison, and there's on going state and federal investigations of the governor's economic development programs, it's unclear what will ultimately be agreed upon.

When Silver's corruption conviction was tossed by a federal appeals court, there was one Albany veteran who knows exactly what the former Assembly speaker is going through: ex-Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno.

The Met Council report and the federal charges exposed what many see as the undue influence of the real estate industry on New York State lawmakers and industry leaders» willingness to lavish lawmakers with cash legally and illegally to get what they want.

That's what former state Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno did after he was found not guilty of federal corruption charges.

Now, Skelos and his father, State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre), face federal extortion, conspiracy and bribery charges in what prosecutors call the senator's «monetizing» of his office to «take care of Adam's needs.»

ALBANY, N.Y. — When Sheldon Silver's corruption conviction was tossed by a federal appeals court, there was one Albany veteran who knows exactly what the former Assembly speaker is going through: ex-Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno.

I'm going to bring community leader, other elected officials at the local, state and federal level, have access to other financial and human resources to give the school board and the superintendent what's needed to turn the city around, which is to turn the school district around.

What with both Assembly and state Senate leaders currently in the federal dock on corruption charges, the media, naturally, had to ask about corruption in Albany.

«I thank the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and leader of our great party, President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR, for his leadership and unwavering stance to support what is just and noble.

And that's what broke out this week when Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer announced he would support the nomination of Buffalo attorney John L. Sinatra to the federal bench.

What: Press conference with a diverse set of community leaders — including some who were arrested for acts of civil disobedience during last year's «debt ceiling» debate — calling on their federal officials to demand a fair deal that protects jobs and services and ensures the wealthiest pay their fair share.

And it's worth remembering what happened after former Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, a Republican, was charged in a federal indictment with directing state grants to a favored business client.

Leaders of the South and Middle Belt, Thursday condemned the President Muhammadu Buhari - led federal executive for what they described as flagrant disregard for the legislative arm...

As a leader in education, what non-academic factor will you be using under the new federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)?

Many feel powerless against state and federal laws, uncertain as to what their district leaders will endorse, unsure how to steer anger into action, or overwhelmed by a torrent of youthful voices.

I would set up a national scholarship program for teachers, school leaders and state policy officials to dedicate some of their own vacation time at federal expense to visit high performing systems outside and across the United States and to report on what they have learned to their own legislatures.

For instance, Scott conducted a national survey of state leaders that asked how states were implementing new federal school - turnaround principles and what assistance they need to support their efforts.

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.

Roadmap for Systems Change This two - page summary includes key considerations on what federal, state, and local policy leaders can do to seize benefits of personalized learning for students with disabilities (developed through the support of NCLD's national convening on meeting the needs of students with disabilities in personalized learning systems).

Sadly, the 21st century has witnessed a feudalization of American education and created a generation of education leaders used to asking federal officials what they may do.

Federal and state dollars had what I like to call a «Frankenstein effect» — they led district leaders to add roles and responsibilities in piecemeal fashion, even though those pieces didn't always fit together.

LILA is a great opportunity to learn about major education reforms from national leaders, network with fellow educators, and share your expertise with federal lawmakers on Capitol Hill so that what gets decided in Washington helps, not hinders, educators.

At LILA, you will hear from and speak with national education leaders, including U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, and proactively advocate for what matters most in your school and district by participating in Capitol Hill meetings with your federal policymakers.

I would set up a national scholarship program for teachers, school leaders and state policy officials to dedicate some of their own vacation time at Federal expense to visit high performing systems outside and across the US and to report on what they have learned to their own legislatures.

Finally, New Leaders is concerned about what the overall cuts mean for other federal programs not specifically mentioned in the budget proposal — especially the School Leader Recruitment and Support Program (SLRSP), which supports evidence - based, locally - driven strategies to strengthen school leadership.

Alyson Klein and Andrew Ujifusa, Assistant Editors, Education Week, authors of Politics K - 12 • Title of talk: Inside ESSA — the Nation's New K - 12 Law • EdWeek's expert team on federal policy will walk you through the main features of the new federal K - 12 law — the Every Student Succeeds Act — what's new, what's the same, and what a smaller federal role will mean for school districts and their leaders.

The time has come for federal and state education leaders to ask themselves, If social - emotional and character development (SECD) is as important as researchers and employers are telling us, then what can we do to promote such development in our schools?

My goal would be to create feedback loops that provide information to state and federal leaders about how their reforms are implemented, how the reforms are viewed by practitioners, and what impact the reforms have.

What does it take to jog federal and state leaders to toughen rules curbing industrial pollution?

Bart, what you would consider center left, our left, NDP, installed the leader of the dissolved Communist Party in the local riding of the NDP leader when he went federal, and she was elected.

17 January 2017 One month after an opposition leader of the Paiter - Surui indigenous people sparked an uncharacteristically public debate about the people's landmark forest carbon project, several village and clan leaders sent a «letter of clarification» to the Federal Public Ministry (Ministério Público Federal) outlining what they see as flaws in the governing mechanisms designed to handle community finances.

What I've heard in conversations with Standing Rock Chairman Dave Archambault II and other leaders is that Indian Country is tired of being treated as an afterthought or a nuisance in federal decision - making.

We can't know with certainty what's in UCP Leader Jason Kenney's heart, but it's reasonable to suspect he still harbours long - term federal ambitions.

What about doing it Federal Reserve Bank - style, which essentially creates a reign by a single leader?

The time has come for federal and state education leaders to ask themselves, If social - emotional and character development (SECD) is as important as researchers and employers are telling us, then what can we do to promote such development in our schools?

What do many neuroscientists, economists, psychologists, generals, faith leaders, parents, Republican and Democratic governors, teachers, principals, researchers, state and federal legislators, and business leaders all have in common?

Likewise, the time has come for federal and state education leaders to ask themselves, If social - emotional and character development (SECD) is as important as researchers and employers are telling us, then what can we do to promote such development in our schools?

For a week in 2011, she and two dozen other business leaders and public officials in and around Terre Haute pledged to do what thousands of Indiana residents must do every day: feed themselves on a bare - bones allocation of food stamps under the federal government's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.