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Fox Baltimore
April 3, 2018
The Accountability in Education Act, which was partially spurred by Project Baltimore investigations, creates a state-wide Investigator General devoted to investigating our state's public education system. Governor Hogan introduced the bill. But so far, it's stuck in both House and Senate committees where it was introduced.
The Hill
April 3, 2018
... my committee, the counsel would give me a long list of past instances in which various Senate committees had compelled line agents and line attorneys to testify. If the general counsel of an agency would say their policy is to not allow such witnesses, I'd show them the list and they would reluctantly cave.
Hawaii Tribune Herald
April 3, 2018
The new version will be heard before the Senate committees on Water and Land, Ways and Means, and Higher Education at 9:30 a.m. Thursday. Sen. Kai Kahele, one of the sponsors of SB 3090 who has been championing the proposed new authority, said the Senate wants to “continue the conversationÃâà...
Arizona Capitol Times
April 3, 2018
Another year, another failed effort in the Legislature to ban red light and speed enforcement cameras statewide. Complete access to news articles on azcapitoltimes.com is available to Arizona Capitol Times' subscribers who are logged in. Subscribers may login at the login tab below. Others may join ourÃâà...
The Rensselaer Polytechnic
April 3, 2018
IN THE LAST SENATE MEETING OF THE CURRENT TERM, SENATE COMMITTEES PRESENTED on their accomplishments and on what they home to acheive in the future. (file photo). In the last Student Senate meeting of the semester, each committee, as well as the grand marshal and vice grandÃâà...
Gulf Times
April 3, 2018
Political parties having representation in the upper house of parliament are eyeing the chairmanship of key committees after the election of chairman and deputy chairman of the Senate, though there seems to be an understanding between the ruling and opposition parties over the share of each side.
DAWN.com
April 2, 2018
ISLAMABAD: Political parties having representation in the upper house of parliament are eyeing the chairmanship of key committees after the election of chairman and deputy chairman of the Senate, though there seems to be an understanding between the ruling and opposition parties over the share ofÃâà...
WCVB Boston
March 24, 2018
Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee have requested that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testify before their committees. The letter from the House Energy and Commerce Committee came from ChairmanÃâà...
Greenville News
March 19, 2018
... Gatling said, “because in the Senate, one senator can block legislation and you have to have 26 senators to overcome that one senator.” She said pro-life bills have historically found easier paths in the House but then have to get through Senate committees and are objected to on the floor, often by Hutto.
CNN
March 19, 2018
... public missteps. Embattled Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson will appear before both House and Senate committees and will face new questions about his and his wife's involvement over a $31,000 furniture set purchased -- and then canceled following news reports -- for his office.
The Chattanoogan
March 18, 2018
Senate Committees worked diligently this week, wrapping up budget hearings for various agencies and departments of state government and moving a number of important bills to the Senate floor for final action. The budget will be a key area of focus for the General Assembly during the final weeks ofÃâà...
Omaha World-Herald
March 18, 2018
Even bills that have come to the floor without extensive work by Senate committees represent areas that have been thoroughly debated, such as immigration, she said. “As long as you can have a discussion that our constituents can see happen, whether it's on the floor of the Senate, in a committee, throughÃâà...
WatertownDailyTimes.com
March 17, 2018
Ritchie, received stipends worth thousands of dollars for serving on Senate committees that they do not chair. The stipends are meant only for lawmakers who chair committees. Sen. Ritchie reportedly received a $12,500 stipend for her role as deputy vice chairwoman of the Senate Health Committee.
New York Times
March 17, 2018
Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, a Democrat, took his action shortly after his office received so-called Senate certifications falsely listing five senators — all Republicans or members of a group of renegade Democrats who collaborate with the G.O.P. — as chairmen and chairwomen of Senate committees.
The Preston Citizen
March 14, 2018
Many of the Senate Committees are starting to finish their work. The Senate Floor calendar is filled with House Bills as we are sending what is left of the Senate Bills to the House to be heard. It seems like a race now to see who can get finished first. The Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee (JFAC)Ãâà...
Arkansas Online
March 14, 2018
Senate committees are scheduled to consider bills today. The House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee approved on a voice vote with no dissent House Bill 1007, sponsored by Rep. Jeff Wardlaw, R-Hermitage. HB1007, which now will be considered by the full House, states that animal farms inÃâà...
KATV
March 14, 2018
... applies to insurance companies and HMO's - not self-funded plans. The PBM bill is one of seven bills that were advanced to a full house vote on Tuesday. Representatives will vote on the bills on Wednesday at 10:00 AM. Senate committees will begin to discuss and vote on mirror legislation Wednesday morning as well.
The Independent Florida Alligator
March 14, 2018
Impact Party senators will chair all UF Senate's committees, including the budget committee, which allocates about $20 million to student organizations. Emily Dunson was elected to the budget committee chair, Trevor Pope was elected to allocations committee chair, Nick Adams for judiciary committeeÃâà...
Mcalester News Capital
March 4, 2018
We've wrapped up our fourth week of legislative work and this week was the deadline for all Senate measures to be out of their respective Senate committees. I am still working very hard to keep the Talihina Veterans Center open. Senate Bill 1347 was only one vote shy of failing in committee, so I'mÃâà...
FCW.com
March 1, 2018
Johnson noted that "we could not get that MOU" from Senate committees. He said that he hoped that some Senate panels would be willing to relinquish oversight authority "where it's marginal," to reduce the number of committees DHS reports to. "Oversight is important, but it needs to be streamlined,"Ãâà...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
March 1, 2018
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Teachers could take up arms under wide-ranging measures dealing with mental health, school safety and gun access that are headed to the floor of the Florida House and Senate after passing through final committee hearings Tuesday. But the two bills grew further apart in theirÃâà...
Miami Herald
February 28, 2018
Facing anguished relatives and classmates of shooting victims, two House and Senate committees advanced legislation Tuesday to create a new statewide program to put armed teachers in classrooms — over the vocal opposition of teachers, parents and many Parkland residents. In the House, theÃâà...
Sun Sentinel
February 28, 2018
As students rally in Washington, the Florida Legislature considers its responses to the Stoneman Douglas shooting. (J. Scott Applewhite / AP). Dan Sweeney and David FleshlerContact ReportersSun Sentinel. Privacy Policy. Teachers could take up arms under wide-ranging measures dealing with mental health, schoolÃâà...
Bradenton Herald
February 26, 2018
He told The Associated Press via email: "This procedure is utilized frequently in Senate Committees." That argument requires context. Few bills advance so quickly unless there's a looming legislative deadline known as funnel week, which requires legislation to have a threshold of votes to stay alive for theÃâà...
Montgomery Advertiser
February 19, 2018
Two legislative committees will take up bills this week that, if approved, could ease punishments for simple possession of marijuana. Sen. Dick Brewbaker on the senate floor at the Alabama Buy Photo. Sen. Dick Brewbaker on the senate floor at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., on ThursdayÃâà...
The Tennessean
February 19, 2018
A spokesman for Tennessee's lieutenant governor said Monday two state Senate committees are "looking into" a law that allows county jails to send Tennesseans not convicted of a crime to solitary confinement in state prisons as they await trial. "The Senate's State and Local Committee chairman andÃâà...
The Columbian
February 13, 2018
But the real action in the last week came from two Senate committees that released information that should give readers pause about the FBI's conduct during its Russia probe. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, released a letter to the FBI, co-signed by Sen. Lindsey GrahamÃâà...
The Spokesman-Review
February 11, 2018
But the real action in the last week came from two Senate committees that released information that should give readers pause about the FBI's conduct during its Russia probe. On Monday, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, released a letter to the FBI, co-signed by Sen.
RealClearPolitics
February 11, 2018
WASHINGTON -- In the last two weeks, cable news has been consumed with the feud between Republicans and Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee. The committee released a declassified five-page memo by Chairman Devin Nunes that questioned the "legitimacy and legality" of methodsÃâà...
Tulsa World
February 8, 2018
Teacher pay raise, revenue bills advance through House, Senate committees. $750M plan, including teacher raises, sent to House floor for vote. By Randy Krehbiel & Barbara Hoberock Tulsa WorldÃâà...
Advocateanddemocrat
December 31, 1999
State Senator Shane Reeves (R-Murfreesboro) has been appointed to two committees in the Tennessee Senate. Reeves was appointed by Lt. Governor Randy McNally to serve on the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Government Operations Committee as the new senator completed his first fullÃâà...
Tallahassee.com
December 31, 1999
The proposals expected to move this week in House and Senate committees would arm teachers with weapons, make it easier to take into custody people suspected of mental illness, impose a three-day cooling off period and a minimum age for weapons purchase, and spend more money on mental healthÃâà...
