Sentences with phrase «democratic majority leadership»
Republicans and Democrats in the Senate have remained at an impasse since Sen. Pedro Espada (D - Bronx) helped Republicans overturn the Democratic majority leadership, a move Democrats have since called illegal.
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From the «I can't believe my eyes and ears» file: A group called Majority Action ¯ which describes itself as being «led by veteran Democratic activists and [having] a leadership board that consists of prominent political figures, including several former Members of Congress,....
Also, even though this alliance forces Smith to let bygones be bygones with a guy who once reportedly tried to oust him from his majority leader post (that would be Sen. Jeff Klein back in 2008 when the leadership struggle No. 1 took place), it could hardly be any worse than being the deposed former majority leader of the Democratic conference where he's pretty much just a back bencher since losing his power in the 2009 coup.
Unfortunately for the volunteers, as the democratic leadership knows, the Democrat majority will come to an end in 24 hours.
Sen. David Valesky has joined his upstate Democratic colleague, Sen. Neil Breslin, in calling for embattled Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada, Jr. to voluntarily step down from his leadership position.
«While we all support a unified, progressive Democratic majority in the State Senate under the leadership of Andrea Stewart - Cousins, your claims of unity can not undo the damage that you have done by blocking a single Democratic State Senator in the room to advocate for common - sense progressive priorities.
In the Senate, even he is tainted by the formation of an IDC Coalition, which usurped the voter's wishes as indicated through the ballot box count, to have a Democratic Majority in the house, when Sen. Jeff Klein went rogue and aligned himself with the Republicans in a leadership sharing arrangement that failed to deliver for the Governor this session.
«Because we now have 32 registered Democrats under the leadership of Andrea Stewart - Cousins and we expect and believe 32 registered democrats are going to come together and form a Democratic majority.
A Brooks win would solidify the claim the mainline Democratic conference leadership has been making for the last several weeks: A numerical 32 - lawmaker majority in the Senate should be enough to hand them control of the chamber.
Klein agreed with Peralta's criticism of the mainline Democratic leadership in the Senate, adding the conference is yet to fully address why it has failed to win key legislative races in order to gain a working majority.
Majority of taxi of drivers interviewed by The aL - hAJJ in the capital city, Accra, on the leadership struggle in the opposition National Democratic Congress over who leads the party into the 2020 elections, endorsed Mr Mahama as the marks man to kick out the Akufo - Addo government.
Krueger's comment came in response to my question about whether Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson will retain his leadership role in light of the fact that he backed a number of incumbents — notably Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. — against whom rank - and - file members like Krueger campaigned.
An (English) public outcry, as noted in the previous paragraph would be feared, and the Labour leadership might feel democratic principle dictates that they do not govern rump UK without a rump UK majority.
The incoming GOP majority has told the defeated Democratic leadership to cut hundreds of staffers by Jan. 20 to help close a $ 7 million to $ 14 million hole blown in the Senate budget during the Dems» leadership tenure.
If both Gipson and Tkaczyk win, they will have a numerical 32 - member majority in the Senate and make the four - member Independent Democratic Conference more important in leadership negotiations.
Washington (CNN)- Landra Reid, the wife of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, has been diagnosed with stage II breast cancer, according to a Senate democratic leadership aide.
Klein's eight - member Independent Democratic Conference was formed in 2011 and is currently aligned with the Republicans in a majority leadership coalition.
The candidate's campaigns, the DSCC, and the Senate Majority PAC (a super PAC linked to the Senate Democratic leadership) together constitute the overwhelming bulk of ad spending for Senate Democrats.
Wisconsin Assembly Democratic Leader Peter Barca, who broke with the majority of his party in supporting a $ 3 billion tax incentive package for Foxconn Technology Group and has been in charge while Democratic seats dropped to their lowest levels in 60 years, announced Thursday he is leaving his leadership post at the end of the month.
The Senate Republicans have been using the Heastie - Wright fight as an explanation for why they were unable to come up with a House redistricting deal with their majority counterparts on the other side of the Capitol, and the Assembly Democratic leadership has done nothing to dispel that.
«I support a unified, progressive Democratic majority in the state Senate under the leadership of Andrea Stewart - Cousins,» said former New York City Councilman Robert Jackson, who is challenging IDC state Sen. Marisol Alcantara of Manhattan.
California's Assembly speaker has played a classic legislative leadership role as the bridge between a Republican governor and a strongly liberal majority Democratic caucus, helping to forge and shepherd through a long list of impressive legislation over the past couple of years.
There seems to be little appetite to upend the leadership structure within the Senate Democratic conference after Republicans gained an outright majority in last month's elections.
IDC Leader Jeff Klein, whose breakaway Democratic conference has a relationship — though no longer a power - sharing deal — with the Senate Republicans, issued a statement calling the corruption charges outlined today by the US attorney against Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos «serious and distburing,» but did not join fellow Democrats in calling for the senator to give up his leadership post.
Skelos also reportedly threatend to resign his seat altogether if he didn't get his way in the leadership fight, which would have left his fellow Republicans in a significant lurch, due to their razor - thin 32 - seat majority, which is cushioned only slightly by the addition of Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder, of Brooklyn, who reportedly would have contemplated going back to the Democrats if the GOP no longer controlled the chamber outright.
Two people briefed on the proposal, which Silver arrived at late Sunday, said the leadership team would include majority leader Joe Morelle, Bronx Democratic chairman Carl Heastie, Cathy Nolan of Queens, Joe Lentol of Brooklyn, and Denny Farrell, a Democrat from Harlem who chairs the chamber's Ways & Means committee.
WASHINGTON (CNN)- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other Democratic leaders are devising a plan to block the appointment of Roland Burris to the Senate for weeks in hopes it will prevent Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich from deciding who fills the seat vacated by President - elect Barack Obama, a Senate Democratic leadership aide told CNN Wednesday.
Silver arrived at his ninth floor office in the L.O.B. shortly after 9 a.m., and was soon joined by the five members he had proposed to delegate some leadership responsibilities to: Majority Leader Joe Morelle, Bronx Democratic chairman Carl Heastie, Joe Lentol of Brooklyn, Cathy Nolan of Queens and Denny Farrell, who chairs the chamber's Ways & Means committee.
«While we all support a unified, progressive Democratic majority in the state Senate under the leadership of Andrea Stewart - Cousins, your claims of unity can not undo the damage that you have done by blocking a single Democratic state senator in the room to advocate for common - sense progressive priorities,» the challengers wrote.
In his first term in Congress, Roemer was denied a seat on the Banking Committee by the Democratic leadership and instead was assigned to the Public Works and Transportation Committee due to Roemer having voted with the Republican minority on extending the debate on House rules proposed by the Democratic majority.
«Schumer and the vast majority of the caucus like Sen. Franken and will miss him,» said a Senate Democratic leadership aide, «but did what they felt was best and stand by it.»
He was «deeply involved,» they say, and «absolutely» encouraged the marriage that allowed the Republicans to remain in leadership even after the election of a Democratic majority.
In the House, Speaker Brendan Sharkey and Majority Leader Joe Aresimowicz were both expected to be reelected to their leadership positions for another two years by their new, 87 - member Democratic caucus.
With the new majority leading the Legislature, I thought it was essential that we fully understood what had been happening for several years under Democratic leadership,» said Chairman Mills.
The big question is whether the Democratic minority will reunify with nine breakaway Democrats who are currently in a majority leadership coalition with the Republicans.
1) 2012 Democratic Presidential nominee Robert Wexler beats Obama as libertarian / progressive fusion Democrat with 4 wars going and national debt at $ 16 trillion 2) Cory Booker for Lautenberg's seat in NJ; expect retirement soon 3) New House Majority Leader Debbie Wasserman - Schultz 4) Junior Senator Nevada Republican Jon Porter takes care of Reid 5) Jeff Flake moves up to a leadership post among House Republicans, will become # 2 when Cantor replaces Boehner 6) Joe Sestak, Jr, upsets Specter in PA 7) Raul Grijalva beats random Minuteman for retired John McCain's seat 8) Xavier Becerra next Governor of California 9) Bill Thompson next Mayor Of New York City 10) Next Speaker Of The House (2010): Melvin Watt
Brooklyn's Simcha Felder, who represents portions of that borough's socially conservative Orthodox Jewish community, has caucused with the Republicans, and five other Democrats, under the leadership of Jeff Klein from the Bronx, caucus as the Independent Democratic Conference, and also give their votes to Long Island GOP Senator John Flanagan as majority leader.
The majority leader has been hobbled by Albany's Independent Democratic Conference, a splinter group of Democrats who vote with state Republicans, undermining the Westchester legislator's leadership.
That victory effectively removed State Senator Jeff Klein — the leader of the Independent Democratic Conference and a de Blasio ally — from the chamber's coalition leadership, leaving it under the sole control of Republican majority leader Dean Skelos.
A prominent LGBT political club is demanding City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and Democratic Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer step down from their leadership posts for refusing to bring a set of proposed police restrictions to a vote.
A prominent LGBT political club is demanding City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and Democratic Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer step down from their leadership posts for refusing to bring a...
In the House, Speaker Brendan Sharkey and Majority Leader Joe Aresimowicz both were selected Thursday night to return to their leadership positions for another two years by their new, 87 - member Democratic caucus.
One Democratic leadership aide tells CNN specifically that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will sit down with the president - elect one day before calling the new Congress into session.
Casey seemed to part ways with his party's leadership when asked by CNN's John King whether Democratic Party leaders - including President Obama, Vice President Biden, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell - should be making public pledges of support to Specter in an apparent effort to dissuade any would - be primary challengers to the former Republican.
WASHINGTON — Hoping to put together the two - thirds majority needed to override an expected veto, the House Democratic leadership last week signed on to a compromise family - leave bill that is somewhat more restrictive than the one approved by the Senate last month.
The legislation is similar to a bill supported by Gov. Booth Gardner last year, which died amid partisan conflict between the Democratic Governor and House leadership and the Republican - majority Senate.
«Denial of the problem at the federal level — where leadership should be paramount — is a national disgrace,» charges the report, which was compiled by the committee's Democratic majority.
A Republican majority would usher in major changes in committee leadership, with political opposites replacing the current Democratic chairmen and setting a markedly different agenda from the past eight years of Democratic control.
The rules were approved in October 2016 by the Federal Communications Commission's then - Democratic leadership, but are opposed by the FCC's new Republican majority and Republicans in Congress.