Sentences with phrase «democratic leader of the legislature»

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.

Not exact matches

He was first elected to the provincial legislature in 1998, and became leader of the New Democratic Party in 2002.

But it's clear that Gregorius, as Democratic majority leader, is not enamored with a county legislature that has more members of his own party seated (13 - 10), yet is controlled by Republicans in league with a small Democratic breakaway faction that, together elected Democrat John Parete as its chair.

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

If things go the way they seem to be headed, Ulster County, which elected a 12 - 11 Democratic majority in the county legislature, will have the leader of the Republican minority as chairman next year.

At 29, O'Connor is one of the youngest county legislators in the Hudson Valley and already Democratic minority leader of the Greene legislature.

The three current major leaders of the legislature, Senate Leader John Flanagan, Independent Senate Democratic Leader Jeff Klein, and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, say they will no longer earn any outside income.

But given the Democratic governor's often rocky relationship with the legislature, including leaders of his own party, his lame - duck status could embolden lawmakers to ignore some of his less popular initiatives, such as cutting money for cities and towns, or allowing cities and towns to assess a new tax on hospitals.

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.

Former Gov. Lowell P. Weicker Jr., a veteran of protracted budget battles, including in 1991, when the legislature voted to levy a state income tax for the first time, said Malloy had gotten «pretty raw treatment» from Democratic leaders who cut him out of budget negotiations.

Leaders of the legislature's Democratic majority last month proposed cutting state spending by 2.5 percent across the board.

That decision prompted intense criticism from Democratic and Republican leaders in the state legislature, who said pay raises should be considered on their own terms instead of tied to other issues.

Government reformers say with a burgeoning scandal involving potential violations of campaign limits in Democratic Senate races in 2014, and the scheduled sentencing of the two former leaders of the legislature in early May, it's time to focus on ethics fixes.

The Senate GOP leader has tried to counteract Cuomo's efforts to elect Democrats, saying a vote for a Democratic candidate is a vote for New York City control of the legislature, and it's Mayor, Bill deBlasio.

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

With support from the Senate president pro tem, the House speaker and both majority leaders in the Democratic - controlled legislature, the chances of action by the General Assembly this year are virtually guaranteed.

House Republican leader Larry Cafero of Norwalk said he is not sure if the Democratic - controlled legislature will move in lock - step to approve Malloy's agenda in the same way that it did in 2011.

Joyce, a deputy director in the Office of General Services, is the son of former legislature majority leader and Democratic party chair Harold L. Joyce and the brother of 13th District legislator Raymond Joyce.

This year's crop of Democratic contests is more than double the number in 2011, and with legislature Chairman Shawn Morse running for mayor of Cohoes the body is assured of having a new leader come January no matter what happens Thursday.

While making record cuts to public schools and human services the Hartford Courant is reporting that Connecticut's Democratic legislative leaders have caved in to Governor Malloy and agreed to force their follow Democrats in the legislature to vote in favor of giving two more charter school companies the money they want to open schools in Bridgeport and Stamford.