Sentences with phrase «democratic appointees»

Some members of the board, including Democratic appointees who make up the 5 - 4 majority, had told The Washington Post on Tuesday they would be guided by advice from Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II.

Bellows again reiterated his years of experience, his ability to work with the town board, and the way he kept on Democratic appointees after losing a term to Democrat Mike Shultis, now running for highway superintendent, a decade ago.

Democratic appointees, like Deputy Mayor Diane Savino?

Democratic control of all aspects of NY government is really working out well... now Democratic appointees get to investigate Democratic corruption.

Particularly if Stephen Breyer uses the opportunity to retire, removing the Democratic appointee most prone to taking a judicial position opposed to partisan interest.

If he is unsuccessful, Republicans and Conservatives will be unable to present a united front against Gillibrand, a Democratic appointee who has struggled to gain recognition in statewide polls.

And at that time, Democratic appointee Byron White (John F. Kennedy) was pro-life.

But Chief Judge Merrick Garland, a Democratic appointee, questioned Gordon's argument, saying, «nowhere does Congress require (the EPA) to evaluate cost» in its determination for the need to curb mercury and other toxic substances to protect public health.

Consider, for example, the famous demonstration by a Democratic appointee before a committee of Congress that vinegar dissolves chalk: that provides no basis for the belief that reducing CO2 emissions will provide any benefits to the environment.

Not exact matches

We have no way of knowing whether that accusation is true or not (and there are some reasons to doubt it), but the implication is that Rosenstein, a Republican Trump appointee, is somehow part of the same Clintonite - Democratic - Obama administration plot against Trump.

Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen has stated not every appointee in the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) under former President John Mahama engaged in corrupt practices.

Some National Democratic Congress Members of Parliament and former appointees have paid a visit to Maame Nhyira Dadzie, the NDC youth activist who was brutalized and injured by gunshots at the Ghana Police Criminal Investigation Department Headquarters during the arrest and detention of a Deputy General Secretary of the main opposition party Koku Anyidoho.

In the statement, Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan knocked Gov. Andrew Cuomo's appointees on the commission for calling for ethics measures be linked to the first pay hike in 18 years.

As state legislators plan to start interviewing potential appointees to replace former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman next week, the State Democratic Party is also considering how to address the vacancy.

Former President John Dramani Mahama has said members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), are not scared of the Office of the Special Prosecutor despite the threats by some political commentators that the office will jail many appointees of the former government for allegedly indulging in corruption - related activities.

The shadow of a potential Democratic victory moderates Republican expectations and makes them open to compromise; the longer a shadow, the more liberal an appointee they should be willing to accept, given on our liberalness scale as x = 90 * P.

Under past Republican and Democratic county executives appointees were frequent contributors to political campaigns and often were leaders of local political clubs.

While many decisions are made by democratic vote in the committee, day - to - day operations are run by the government appointees.

Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie's appointees are Gary LaBarbera, the president of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York and New York Workers» Compensation Alliance Chairman Robert Grey.

Cuomo, a Democrat who has long observed an unofficial nonaggression pact with Christie, has been placed on the defensive by David Wildstein, a former Christie ally and authority appointee who pleaded guilty to closing lanes on the George Washington Bridge as an act of political retaliation against a Democratic mayor who declined to support Christie's re-election.

The appointee of the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration has said in a release that the claim by PIAC is an attempt to twist facts and achieve a politically motivated interest.

The authority, controlled by appointees promoted by the local Democratic and Republican parties and approved by the Erie County Legislature, has long been the source of criticism for what some consider its patronage - driven personnel practices.

«If Melissa puts in her person as commissioner, she gets to place all kinds of friends in jobs,» said Arthur Schwartz, a borough Democratic district leader who filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Manhattan Democratic Party and leader Keith Wright to block her appointee.

[4] Morelle's political experience outside of the New York State Legislature includes being a New York Appointee for the Council of Young Political Leaders, a county legislator for Monroe County, and a leader of the Irondequoit Democratic Committee.

In November, Lisa Marie Cater, a former state employee, filed a lawsuit against Sam Hoyt, a former Cuomo appointee and former Democratic assemblyman from Buffalo, accusing him of paying $ 50,000 to buy her silence after he sexually harassed her.

The Nassau Board of Elections, which has separate staffs for the Democratic and Republican commissioners, gave out raises to 11 of its 25 appointees totaling more than $ 183,000.

The report released on Tuesday blamed Board of Elections spokesman John Conklin, a Republican appointee on the board, for the release of the «privileged and confidential» material compiled by Independent Enforcement Counsel Risa Sugarman related to efforts by de Blasio and his political team on behalf of Democratic candidates in 2014.

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has hit back at critics suggesting that the Special Prosecutor will prosecute only former appointees of erstwhile Mahama administration.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer warned that Trump's attack on Robart, a 2003 George Bush appointee, would firm Democratic resistance to the presient's nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Koku Anyidoho, deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused him of surrounding himself with inexperienced appointees.

National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer hopeful, Sylvester Mensah, says generalizing all former appointees as corrupt is bad and does not augur well for the country's democracy.

In the meantime, the Democratic committee can decide on a potential appointee it wants and send that name to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has the power to fill the job.

General News of Monday, 14 May 2018 Source: adomonline.com play videoSylvester Mensah National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer hopeful, Sylvester Mensah, says generalizing all former appointees as corrupt is bad and does not augur well for the country's democracy.

General News of Monday, 14 May 2018 Source: adomonline.com play videoSylvester Mensah National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer hopeful, Sylvester Mensah, says generalizing all former appointees as corrupt is...

A large number of Mayor Giuliani's appointees are placing their bets in this year's mayoral sweepstakes on Comptroller Alan Hevesi — the Democratic candidate who infuriated Giuliani last week.

The RAP petition received public support from notable Government appointees and officials of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC).

After senators posed a series of on - topic questions to the CUNY appointee, Bronx Democratic Sen. Gustavo Rivera started to vent about the «ridiculous» process when it was his turn to talk.

Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo repeatedly ignored a woman's complaints about a «barrage» of unwanted sexual advances by one of his appointees, according to a federal lawsuit filed Saturday in New York City.

The Democratic Nassau County executive - elect criticized a deal allowing nearly 40 appointees to move into union jobs.

John lobbying firm and a vice chair of the State Democratic Party, Peter Ajemian, who is State Senator Brad Hoylman's chief of staff, Brian Ellner, who was a Bloomberg appointee at the Department of Education and later played a leading role in the marriage equality fight in Albany, Matthew McMorrow, who is an aide to Mayor Bill de Blasio on gay issues, and Dirk McCall, who works for Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr..

Paterson will also be on the ballot in 2010, so his Senate appointee would be running alongside the governor on the Democratic ticket.

Under the complex rules governing the authorizing of JCOPE investigations, it takes the approval of at least two appointees of Democratic leaders of the legislature for a probe to of any elected Democrat in the legislature to begin.

The state's all - Democratic congressional delegation has aggressively pushed back against Trump's policies and many of his cabinet appointees.

Lillian Salerno, an Obama administration appointee and Democratic House candidate in the Dallas - area 32nd congressional district, sent out a press release on Thursday blasting the DCCC for getting involved in another primary, adding that people in Texas are «sick and tired of a bunch of Washington insiders trying to make their decisions for them.»

The eight - member commission consists of four Republican and two Democratic lawmakers, as well as Republican Gov. Scott Walker and a citizen appointee.

Nassau County and its three towns say new or strengthened ethics laws will curb nepotism, but more than 100 current or former elected officeholders, high - level appointees and political club leaders — Republican and Democratic — have had at least one family member working in local government at some point since 2015.

Commissioner Mary Lou Rath, who was appointed by Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, partially sided with the Democratic legislative appointees, saying she wanted to explain her vote after the private meeting had taken place.

The Republican - appointee agreed to the deal just days after Democrats took control of the Erie County Legislature, a precursor to Democratic control of the Water Authority later this year.

For the first time, the redistricting process includes equal representation among the four legislative leaders and appointees not of the Republican and Democratic parties.

The Issachar Prophetic and Leadership Institute, (IPLI), has asked youthful appointees in President Nana Akufo - Addo's administration, to tread cautiously and avoid repeating mistakes of other young appointees under the John Mahama led National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration.