Sentences with phrase «floor leader from»

Honeyford served as deputy minority floor leader from 2009 - 2010.

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Former U.S. Senator from New Hampshire Gordon Humphrey, a leader in the «Never Trump» movement, holds a business card in front of his face as he arrives on the floor.

He yielded the floor at 2:11 a.m. EDT, saying he had won commitments from Republican leaders that they would hold votes on amendments to expand background checks and ban gun sales to suspected terrorists.

From easing the sale of water utilities to private companies to telling transgender students which bathroom to use, many high - profile — and controversial — legislative proposals have little chance of passage after the Assembly last week completed what leaders say was the final major floor session day.

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Natomas» up - tempo offense is quarterbacked by freshman point guard Mekhi Williams, who should have enough experience from a challenging Tri-County Conference schedule and playoff games to be a floor leader for head coach Brian Hamilton.

The governor also noted that the wage increase will likely face a tough time getting past the Republican - led Senate, though Majority Leader Dean Skelos hasn't ruled out blocking it from the floor and some moderate GOP lawmakers would possibly be open to a smaller increase.

Speaking from the floor Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson promising his colleagues he will continue negotiating on FMAP and other outstanding issues and call them back at some point in the future when there's a deal.

Reporters were very surprised a few years ago when we were staking out the leaders meeting in the hallway outside Governor Cuomo's office on the second floor of the Capitol for several hours with not a hint nor a peep from inside when suddenly Lanza came barreling out of Cuomo's office.

At 10:15 a.m., leaders from New York's organized labor movement will hold a news conference as the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Janus v. AFSCME, the latest in a series of attacks by the wealthy and corporate interests against ordinary working people, outside the Senate lounge, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

Advocates pushing for passage of the Child Victims Act have begun running a digital ad campaign that largely targets those living in the district of state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, who has kept the legislation from coming to the floor for a vote.

State Sen. John DeFrancisco, a Republican from Syracuse who serves as the chamber's floor leader, said during an interview on WCNY that talks are ongoing.

Just hours after the elections, Espada, Kruger, Monserrate and Diaz formed «the four amigos» and refused to back Smith as leader unless they were given plums — including titles, choice office suites (Espada's overlooked the chamber floor from the Capitol's fourth floor) and the chairmanships of committees like finance.

Just as Gov. Andrew Cuomo was wrapping up his Q - and - A with reporters by railing against New York Republicans, calling out state GOP Chairman Ed Cox and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos for failing to join Rep. Pete King in decrying the House leadership's failure to bring the Sandy disaster aid bill to the floor, the following statement from Skelos arrived in my in - box:

Libous also declined to say that the decision by Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos to allow the same - sex marriage bill to come to the floor for a vote last year — where it passed, thanks to «yes» votes from Saland and McDonald, along with Sens. Mark Grisanti and Jim Alesi — was a bad idea, though he did allow the Republicans knew quite well that the vote would cost them with the conservative grassroots in this election.

A few floors down from Canestrari, the Assembly Majority Leader, you have Jack McEneny and Bob Reilly.

It was a noisy and acrimonious scene on the floor of the Senate as Senator Thomas W. Libous, a Republican from Binghamton and the party's deputy leader, shouted for a roll - call vote, while Democrats attempted to stall the vote by asking to adjourn the session.

Currently, the Speaker and the Senate Majority Leader hold enormous power to abuse the system and stop bills from coming to the floor even if they are mathematically sponsored by a simple majority of members from each house of the legislature (76 out of 150 in the Assembly and 32 out of 63 in the Senate).

It appeared unlikely as of Friday that Pomepo's opponents would go so far as to force Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to make procedural moves to discharge Pompeo's nomination from the committee before a floor vote.

Libous, the conference's floor leader, also did not rule out a potential message of necessity from Cuomo.

GOP leaders say they are encouraged by a compromise deal reached by two groups whose members made up the core of Republican opposition to a bill that House Speaker Paul Ryan abruptly pulled from the House floor in March.

Party floor leaders would have increased to $ 34,608 and the chairman would have increased from $ 46,515 to $ 49,615.

Senator Jeffrey D. Klein, the former leader of the I.D.C., spent the hour before the session rearranging décor in his new office on the sixth floor of the legislative office building, three floors beneath the spacious office from which the Republicans had wasted no time in ejecting him after his defection.

Heastie exited last from Cuomo's office on the second floor of the Capitol; leaders of the Senate were more optimistic.

He assumed his new seat in the chamber Tuesday, as the previous floor leader, Queens State Sen. Michael Gianaris, moved his seat over from where it was Monday.

Sen. Pat Bates, a Republican from Laguna Niguel and the Senate minority leader, said she's hopeful Atkins will give Republicans more say in which committees they're assigned to and more notice before taking up legislation on the floor.

Democratic leaders did allow two bills to reach the floor for votes that year: a Krueger measure to stop landlords from collecting rent increases retroactively, and a bill by Manhattan Senator Daniel Squadron requiring owners to document rent increases used to justify vacancy decontrol.

«We have to get reform bills to the floor and we can't let the powerful leaders hold up those bills,» said Assemblyman Jim Tedisco a Republican from the Albany suburbs.

The very exciting day ended with a party which saw Senator Babafemi Ojudu and his entourage made up of political leaders, former political office holders, businessmen and women as well as colleagues and staff from the Presidency taking to the dance floor.

NOTE: I have been informed that this is a conference, not a caucus, (there is a organizational difference between the two) and it will be recognized from the floor this morning by the majority leader, which is why Klein was in touch with Sen. Tom Libous, ostensibly, and not Sampson, prior to this announcement.

At 2 p.m., leaders from Agudath Israel of America and other advocates hold a news conference to discuss the Education Investment Tax Credit, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, outside Senate lobby near the LCA Room, Albany.

Republicans have finished writing the final version of their tax bill, clearing the way for a floor vote that leaders say they are optimistic will pass — and at least one key Senate vote — Marco Rubio, of Florida — has gone from «no» to «yes.»

Also at noon, faith leaders from New York City and upstate will hold a press conference and vigil to call on the state Legislature to pass an increase in the minimum wage to $ 15 to be implemented as soon as possible, War Room, 2nd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

At 1 p.m., Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi, a coalition of faith leaders, elected officials and advocates for the homeless will deliver 25,000 letters from people across New York demanding Cuomo keep his promise to fund thousands of units of supportive housing for the homeless, 3rd floor, stat Capitol, Albany.

In the meantime we will be working with legislative leaders — Democrats and Republicans — and continuing to do what we've been doing all along, and that is working with our community and our allies across New York, including those from communities of faith and organized labor, to earn the votes we need to bring the marriage equality bill to the floor of the Senate for passage.»

At the start of session, Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle introduced four new Democrats to colleagues on the floor as the newest members of the Democratic conference, which runs the Assembly and decides everything from state budget issues to what bills get sent to the floor for passage.

Senate majority leader Dean Skelos cast doubt on whether he would bring the bill to the floor for a vote, given his unwillingness to do de Blasio any political favors, but the bill was finally reported from the rules committee and is now awaiting a vote on the Senate floor.

Though some Republicans are said to favor GENDA, if their party held an outright majority in the Senate, it is unclear whether their leader, Dean Skelos from Nassau County, would ask the full GOP conference to do what it did two years ago on marriage equality — allow a floor vote even with most of its members opposed to the issue.

Even with the votes, Mr. Cuomo still had to ensure that the Senate Republican leader, Dean G. Skelos of Long Island, would not try to prevent the bill from coming to the floor.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan has kept the Child Victims Act from reaching the floor for a vote.

At 7:11 a.m. Friday, Sen. John DeFrancisco, the deputy majority leader from Syracuse, was the last senator to stand up on the Senate floor to discuss the bill that provides $ 24.8 billion in funding for schools and also raises the minimum wage.

Flanagan, a Republican from Long Island, a GOP stronghold in the Senate, became the new leader of the Senate with a unanimous floor vote from his Republican conference.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said the Alexander - Murray bipartisan health care bill has support from a majority of senators, and he urged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to bring it to the floor «immediately.»

From 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., The New School's Center for New York City Affairs holds a discussion entitled «Choosing Leaders for a New Era: The NYC Post-Election Campaign Roundtables,» Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, 2nd Floor, 55 W. 13th St., Manhattan.

Party floor leaders would see increases from $ 31,608 to $ 34,608 and the chairman's salary would increase from $ 46,515 to $ 49,615.

Dozens of Democratic House and Senate lawmakers have been occupying the House floor since late Wednesday morning, calling on Ryan and other GOP leaders hold a vote on legislation to prevent terrorists from purchasing guns in the wake of the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando.

A spokeswoman for Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos says, however, that Republicans have not changed their minds about preventing the abortion rights bill from coming to the floor.