Sentences with phrase «63rd seat in their chamber»

Democrats have decried the proposal to add a 63rd seat in the chamber, calling it a blatant power grab.

The call comes after the lawmaker - driven commission charged with redrawing lines met in Albany and faced questions over why Senate Republicans were planning to add a 63rd seat in their chamber.

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Democrats in the State Senate are also suing in state court to challenge the addition of a 63rd seat to the Senate, a move that Republicans say is required by the Constitution but that Democrats say is a ploy by Republicans to improve their odds of keeping a majority in the chamber.

Republican state senator Michael Nozzolio played the upstate - downstate card to defend the idea of a 63rd State Senate seat, the creation of which is central to a Republican - backed redistricting scheme that would likely allow them to hang onto their narrow majority in that chamber.