Sentences with phrase «democratic leader of»

The proposal has support from the Democratic leader of the state Assembly and Republicans in the GOP - led Senate, a key to its chances of passage.

The Democratic Leader of the Senate, Andrea Stewart Cousins, is also a former teacher.

RI: I didn't have any direct conversations with Speaker of the Assembly [Sheldon] Silver [Democrat] or [Democratic leader of the Senate John] Sampson.

The Democratic leader of New York's state Senate and the head of a breakaway faction of Democrats are criticizing each other over their continuing rift.

But the Democratic leader of the state Assembly, Carl Heastie disagrees.

They also point to the Democratic takeover of the Senate after the 2008 elections, a period marked by infighting and an eventual coup when two Democrats joined with Republicans to topple the Democratic leader of the Senate.

Still, it's hard to see it as anything other than a naked political ploy when the GOP / Conservative gubernatorial candidate appeals to the Democratic leader of the free world to intercede in a controversial local issue when his spokesman just made it clear his boss doesn't want to touch it with a 10 - foot pole.

The Democratic leader of the state's fifth largest city will be term - limited out of office by year's end, so she is trying to wrap up as much business as she can.

«We're attempting to come up with ways to negate and blunt the harsh and unfair Republican tax policy,» Kevin de Leon, the Democratic leader of the California Senate, told CNBC.

On Thursday night, the New York Times reported that Loeb wrote in a Facebook post that Andrea Stewart - Cousins, the black Democratic leader of the New York State Senate, has done «more damage to people of color than anyone who has ever donned a hood.»

That is the job of the Democratic leader of the State.

ALBANY - The Democratic leader of New York's state Senate and the head of a breakaway faction of Democrats are criticizing each other over their continuing rift.

State Sen. John Sampson (D - Brooklyn), the Democratic leader of the Senate, acknowledged sending a memo to a former colleague - turned - lobbyist representing Aqueduct Entertainment Group that led to AEG changing the terms of its bid for the video lottery terminal contract at Aqueduct.

Sampson, the former Democratic leader of the Senate, is accused of obstructing justice, witness and evidence tampering and lying to an FBI agent.

The Democratic leader of the State Senate, Andrea Stewart - Cousins of Yonkers, said Mr. Sampson had been stripped of his committee assignments and would no longer caucus with his fellow Senate Democrats.

The Democratic Leader of the Senate, Andrea Stewart - Cousins, is also a former teacher.

While Long did not come anywhere close to defeating Gillibrand — the incumbent Democrat broke a statewide record held by Schumer when she secured 72 percent of the vote — she is the highest profile Republican candidate to emerge as a potential challenger for Schumer, a former assemblyman from Brooklyn who is in line to become the Democratic leader of the U.S. Senate.

Silver, the Democratic leader of the Assembly, was looking somberly away and offering half - hearted applause.

The Democratic Leader of the Senate, Andrea Stewart Cousins, is also a former teacher.

The Democratic leader of the Wisconsin Assembly said Thursday that Gov. Scott Walker should «put on ice» his proposed merger of the state's chief economic development agency with one that hands out low - interest housing loans.

The five - count complaint on charges of wire fraud, mail fraud, conspiracy, and extortion outlines two schemes Mr. Silver used to leverage his official position as the powerful Democratic leader of the Assembly to rake in cash, which he presented as legitimately earned income for representing private clients.

Lee's colleague, Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic Leader of the House and a representative of San Francisco, is also pulling for the Warriors to come to Congress.

Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate committee that oversees transportation have questioned United's actions.

Confirmed just last month, he made a trip to Capitol Hill on Thursday for a previously unannounced meeting with the Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Democratic leaders of the House discuss reports of Aetna moving its headquarters out of Hartford.

He has the republican and the democratic leaders of both the house and senate come and within minutes he's struck a deal with the democratic leaders.

Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate and House VA committees — who were briefed by Missal on Wednesday morning — said in a joint statement that they were «disappointed» by the findings and urged Shulkin to «actively address» all of the allegations.

And the Democratic leaders of the House and Senate agreed with him, as did the vast majority of rank - and - file members and Democratic voters.

Thus, it is important to question why some of the democratic leaders of Central Europe are repeatedly labelled as «tyrants», «dictators», «strongmen», «demagogues», or «Putin's puppets» by the Western Press.

Rice has the support of the more conservative elected officials including the democratic leaders of Queens, Brooklyn, Nassau and Suffolk as well as considerable support among those who are «tough on crime» including the Nassau County Patrolman's Benevolent Association.

The council includes Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Democratic leaders of the Assembly and Senate, Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.

Around the table sat Mr. Cuomo; the leaders of New York's most powerful labor unions; Joseph Crowley, the top - ranked New York Democrat in the House of Representatives; and the two rival Democratic leaders of the State Senate — Andrea Stewart - Cousins, who leads the main group of Democrats, and Jeffrey D. Klein, who leads the breakaway group — among others.

In an election year in which the front - running Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo is pitching a statewide property tax cap, New York State United Teachers» backing of Mangan may be calibrated to remind Democratic leaders of the union's political clout.

In December 2005, the Democratic leaders of the state legislature exulted across party lines with then - Gov.

On Monday, California officials led by Gov. Jerry Brown announced a deal on a $ 15 statewide minimum wage, possibly setting off a progressive arms race between the Democratic leaders of two of the most populous states.

Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate and Assembly declined to disclose their schedules and emails, citing rules that don't require it.

Democratic leaders of the California legislature have hired former attorney general Eric Holder as they prepare for «the legal fight of a generation» against the incoming administration.

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.

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy met with the Republican and Democratic leaders of the State Senate this week in an effort to get his nominee for state chief justice confirmed.

ALBANY — On Friday, Republican and Democratic leaders of the Assembly and Senate, along with two major law firms that employ some of their members, legally challenged subpoenas by the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption.

The Democratic leaders of the Connecticut legislature said on Tuesday that they won't have a budget ready for a vote this week.

WHITE PLAINS, NY — Two Democratic leaders of the Westchester County Board of Legislators maintained today that the 2013 County Budget presumably passed by legislators aligned with County Executive Ro

The climate crusader role has already given the three Democratic leaders of the governors» alliance unusual prominence within the United Nations.

Washington — In the wake of the Senate's passage of sweeping anti-busing legislation last week, Democratic leaders of the House of Representatives are acting to prevent the bill, which must be passed by the House to become law, from being brought to the House floor for a vote.

This year, the Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate and House education committees asked CEP to brief staff members on our organization's latest NCLB report.

Democratic Senators Offer Alternative to Brown's Funding Formula Democratic leaders of the state Senate want to delay Gov. Brown's sweeping plan for changing how schools are funded by a year and will recommend significant changes to it in a bill that they will reveal on Thursday.

Doing Malloy's bidding, rather than what was right for Connecticut's children, parents, teachers and public schools, the Democratic leaders of the Connecticut State Senate and Connecticut House of Representatives refused to even bring this important bill up for a vote, thereby killing the legislation.

In synchronized statements, Democratic leaders of the State Assembly joined Republicans in the State Senate to propose that the tests, which are aligned with the new curriculum standards known as the Common Core, be excluded, for now, from the state's new teacher evaluation system, which Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed into law in 2012.

Last week, the Republican and Democratic leaders of the House and Senate commerce committees formally invited him to testify.

Negotiations between the Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on how best to stabilize individual insurance markets that were underway since the last unsuccessful repeal effort have resumed.