Sentences with phrase «democratic votes in the chamber»

Their support, combined with 29 of the 30 Democratic votes in the chamber, enabled Gov. Andrew Cuomo to claim victory in his quest to see New York became the largest state in the nation to let same - sex couples legally wed..

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Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. was released from the hospital this morning and plans to be in the chamber tomorrow to vote on the budget extender bills, despite having received permission from Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson to remain home.

The IDC has been pushing for votes on key liberal measures in the state Senate, narrowly controlled by Republicans, amid pressure from left - leaning groups to rejoin the Democratic mainline conference in the chamber.

On the other hand, the presence of legislators in the chamber who have not received «positive» votes provides a check on the popular democratic legitimacy of the reformed body.

This effectively makes Felder the 32nd GOP vote in the chamber, assuming Long Island Sen. Carl Marcellino, who currently maintains a roughly 2,500 - vote lead over his Democratic challenger, James Gaughran, is officially declared the winner in that race.

The race is expected to be a pivotal contest with potential control of the chamber up for grabs given the narrow divide in the Senate and a unity deal reached between the mainline Democrats and the Independent Democratic Conference pending the outcome of the vote.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie told reporters on Tuesday he remains personally supportive of mixed - martial arts, but said whether it comes to the floor for a vote will be up to the Democratic majority in the chamber.

Democratic lawmakers, along with the League of Women Voters, rallied outside the Senate chambers Tuesday for bills that would allow same - day voting and early voting by mail in New York state.

The focus from liberal advocates has been on the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference, which remains a key bloc of votes in the Senate chamber and has in the past worked in a majority coalition with Senate Republicans.

The Erie County Conservative Party was poised to vote tonight to endorse Democratic County Legislator Chuck Swanick over Republican Sen. Mark Grisanti in a move that could have a significant impact on the impending battle for control of the Senate chamber.

The idea that a democratic chamber locks in an anti-anything majority permanently is palpably false, it relies on the voters voting for it.

Republicans regained a 32 - vote majority in November to control the chamber, ending a two - year period of Democratic control.

Twenty - two members of the Democratic minority in the 61 - member Senate signed a letter sent to Cuomo Wednesday, meaning the GOP majority in the chamber would not be able to get the two - thirds vote needed to overturn a gubernatorial veto.

Klein has countered by calling for votes on a variety of key, hot - button issues that are supported by the Democratic base, but not have the needed support in the sharply divided chamber, such as strengthening abortion rights and access to tuition assistance for undocumented immigrants.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in a private meeting with his Democratic members said he plans to allow the measure to come to the chamber floor for a vote for the first time, sources told the NY Daily News.

Back in March when a series of late - night votes were held on a package of contentious legislation, the Democratic minority conference walked out of the chamber in protest while Senate Republicans push forward on a vote that would ultimately approve the passage of a lawmaker - drawn redistricting plan for state offices.

New York is inching toward the legalization of mixed - martial arts as the Democratic - led Assembly plans its first - ever vote next week on the legislation that's stalled for years in the chamber.

Trump, one day after introducing his nominee for the Supreme Court, urged Republicans in the Senate to make a major change to the chamber's voting rules if Judge Neil Gorsuch can't attract the necessary Democratic support to win confirmation.

The Senate was last in session the Saturday before Thanksgiving, when all 60 members of the Democratic caucus voted to begin debating health care reform in the full chamber.

Democrats have the ability to demand changes in the spending bills because Republicans do not have enough Senate votes to block a Democratic filibuster in that chamber.

They give 29 Republicans the edge needed to garner more than the 32 votes necessary to control the chamber, despite 32 enrolled Democrats in Senate seats, with another reliably Democratic seat temporarily vacant.

Democratic lawmakers, along with the League of Women voters, rallied outside the Senate chambers for bills that would allow same day voting, and early voting by mail in New York State.

Votes to override the ruling of the chair failed three times, with the chamber's Republicans and their allies in the Independent Democratic Conference effectively voting to rule the amendments out of order.

Earlier this year, every Republican in the chamber as well as Democratic Senator Ted O'Brien voted against the measure, which fell two votes short of passage.

Rumors of his departure have been circulating for some time, and it was once speculated that he might be replaced by former Sen. Mark Grisanti, a Buffalo Republican who was the last «yes» voting GOP senator still in the chamber until he lost his seat in the 2014 elections to Democratic Sen. Marc Panepinto.

He's made the strongest effort yet to campaign for Democrats in the legislature's upper chamber since he's been governor, and he urged supporters to make sure voters come out and vote Democratic.

When House Republicans voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in criminal contempt of Congress for his role in the Fast and Furious scandal, Rangel called it a «perversion of the job of the House of Representatives» and «absurd political theater,» and he joined most of his Democratic colleagues in walking out of the chamber in protest.

But enough Democratic and Republican senators have announced changes in their votes that there may now be a tie in the chamber.

During her 19 months in the House of Representatives, Kathy Hochul was an outlier among the state's Democratic delegation, routinely breaking with her more liberal colleagues to vote with the chamber's Republican majority.

Though opposition to abortion rights is held by some mainline Democratic senators in the narrowly divided chamber — Sen. Ruben Diaz, Sr. chief among them — NARAL's ad takes on Skelos, who does not want to hold a floor vote on the bill (Cuomo is yet to release bill language on his women's agenda, first unveiled at the State of the State, and he says he's still piecing together the abortion rights proposal with women's groups).

He's made the strongest effort yet to campaign for Democrats in the Legislature's upper chamber since he's been governor, and he urged supporters to make sure voters come out and vote Democratic.

But others said it came down to not wanting to give the Democrats power to move legislation in the chamber, simiiar to the way Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie wouldn't allow a vote on a mixed martial arts bill unless the Democratic majority had enough votes to pass it on its own.

So if there's a party line vote in that chamber, Democratic Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman would have to break the tie, in order to approve the deal.

Two of Long Island's three Democrats and both of its Republicans in the House joined the veto - proof majority in a 289 - 137 vote, a setback for the president even though Senate Democratic leaders said a veto won't be needed because they'll block the bill in the upper chamber.

The Republicans in the chamber are also aided by an eight - member group of breakaway Democrats — the Independent Democratic Conference — who work with the G.O.P. and give them an extra buffer against some legislation they dislike, a list that this year includes early voting, gun control and any new taxes.

The Democrats have a narrow majority (32 - 31) in the chamber, but a breakaway independent Democratic caucus has been siding with Republicans on critical votes.

The bill is more restrictive than one introduced by Independent Democratic senator Diane Savino, who says she has 39 «yes» votes in the chamber for her Compassionate Care Act, enough to pass it into law.

It has passed in that chamber five times with solid, bipartisan support but has never come to a floor vote in the State Assembly because of the objections of several senior Democratic women who believe it is excessively violent.

A deal on public campaign finance, though, seems mathematically impossible: even if — and it's a big if — Cuomo was able to broker the reunification of the five - member Independent Democratic Conference with the mainstream Democrats in the State Senate, they will together not have a 32 - vote bloc needed to control the chamber.

The House on Wednesday rejected the Senate Democratic budget in a 154 - 261 vote, with 35 Democrats voting against the blueprint from their upper chamber colleagues.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in a private meeting with his Democratic members said that he plans next week to allow the measure to come to the chamber floor for a vote for the first time, sources said Tuesday.

Sen. Simcha Felder, who ran on the Democratic, Republican and Conservative lines, was first elected as a Democrat in 2012 but has conferenced and voted with Republicans as the two major parties slugged it out for control of the chamber.

While Minnesota generally votes Democratic at the presidential level, Republicans currently hold both chambers in the legislature.

Most of the reforms are opposed by Republicans in the state Senate who continue to control the chamber with the help of a rogue Democratic Senator, Simcha Felder of Brooklyn, who caucuses with the GOP to give them a one - vote majority.

The House Republican majority can pass a bill on its own, but Senate Republicans will need Democratic votes to move legislation in that chamber.