Sentences with phrase «floor leader who»

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has called for the move for some time, said on the Senate floor that Grassley's move was «sensible.»

Modern organizations need leaders who are experts at moving from the balcony to the dance floor and back again.

Like the Wildrose Party, who lost leader Danielle Smith and 10 other MLAs when they crossed the floor to the Progressive Conservatives in the final months of 2014, the Liberals will now need to find someone to lead them into the next election.

Numerous local conservatives were at the packed meeting hall in Cochrane's Royal Canadian Legion, including former Wildrose leader Danielle Smith, who crossed the floor to the PCs in December 2014 and wasn't re-elected.

So, Democrats — including several Catholics, such as Senator Tim Kaine, who are «personally» though not professionally opposed to abortion — voted to filibuster the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, and the Republican leaders who could have moved a bump stock ban bill to the floor after the Las Vegas massacre did not.

John Tidwell, who plays anywhere, is the heart of this year's team, along with Guard Terry Miller, its floor leader.

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.

However, their floor leader is senior guard Lazeric Jones who leads the team in scoring at 13.4 per game, while ranking second in assists at 4.2.

The leading scorer for Team AEPi FR was leader and floor general, Captain Griffin Lowy who scored 15 points.

Former Bronx Councilman Oliver Koppell, who is reportedly mulling a primary challenge to IDC Leader Jeff Klein this fall, issued a statement this morning blaming Klein for the refusal of his power - sharing partner, Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos, to allow a bill establishing NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's tax - the - rich - for - pre-K plan to the floor for a vote.

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.

Republican Floor Leader Patrick Kilmartin, R - Onondaga, suggested the people making $ 31,000 a year do not have the same responsibilities as the county executive, who oversees 3,500 employees and a budget of $ 1 billion.

Tedisco said the Majority's plan does not contain provisions for pension forfeiture for convicted felon elected officials who betray their oath of office, term limits for leaders, truth in spending to bring sunlight to state spending in the shadows to end quid pro-quos, or giving rank and file members the ability to bring legislation to the Floor for a vote and diminish the unbridled power that's been given to legislative leaders.

These include: pension forfeiture for convicted felon elected officials who betray their oath of office, term limits for leaders, truth in spending to bring sunlight to state spending in the shadows to end quid pro-quos, equal staffing and resources for members, and giving rank and file members the ability to bring legislation to the Floor for an up or down vote.

IDC Leader Jeff Klein, who exited the meeting shortly after Skelos went back to his third - floor office, had a different take.

When pressed by Gov. David Paterson today on why they won't simply vote the executive budget up or down and call it a day, Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos replied he considered the question moot, since the Democrats who control the Legislature won't bring the plan to the floor in the first place.

He has effectively run action on the Senate floor in the health - related absence of Deputy Majority Leader Thomas Libous (R - Binghamton), who has been indicted on charges that he lied to federal agents in an alleged scheme to land a job for his son.

The man who refused to bring a gay - marriage bill to the floor of the State Senate when he was majority leader has come out today in favor of marriage rights for same - sex couples.

The late former Senate Deputy Majority Leader Tom Libous, 63, who died May 3 after a long battle with cancer, was remembered by his colleagues yesterday on the Senate floor.

Savino has said she believes there are 39 «yes» votes for the measure if the act makes it to the floor for a vote, and GOP Senate Leader Dean Skelos, who opposes the idea of letting people smoke marijuana, has suggested a vote might be possible before the session's scheduled end on June 19.

What makes it more expensive for the rest of us is the corruption involved in government — and the strongest remaining champion of continued corruption is your boss and friend JOhn Flanagan — a leader who can not bring a bill to the Senate floor on an issue that 97 % of New Yorkers demand action.

Also at 10:30 a.m., Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb and Lester Chang, who is running for former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's seat in the 65th A.D., will hold a news conference and round - table discussion with community media outlets, 217 Park Row, 2nd Floor, Manhattan.

The Assembly bill, which was defended during floor debate by its lead sponsors, Rockland County Democrats Ellen Jaffee and Kenneth Zebrowski, would require state education officials to appoint a monitor who would have broad authority over district leaders» decisions for five years.

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.

Lipton's view is shared by Zephyr Teachout, the Fordham Law professor and former Howard Dean aide who nearly won the W.F.P. gubernatorial nomination until party leaders whipped up enough support on the convention floor to put Cuomo over the top.

Federal authorities used a wiretap and caught Skelos bragging about the extent of his influence, saying on the call that as senate president and majority leader «I'm going to control everything,» including who sits on which committees, which legislation makes it to the floor and the budget.

«This is what the public wants,» said Sampson, who as the former majority leader brought a similar gay marriage bill to the floor in 2009 only to see it defeated.

In fact, Valesky sits on the Senate floor directly behind Sen. Michael Gianaris, D - Queens, the deputy Democratic leader, who said earlier this week in an interview that some Democrats are actively looking for a Democrat to challenge Valesky.

Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr., who opposes same - sex marriage and who «pledged not to support anyone for majority leader who would not promise him - in writing - never to bring the bill that would legalize same - sex marriages to the floor» was asked by reporters, dodged questions about whether he thought same - sex marriage would come to the floor for a vote this year, saying only that he was «satisfied with whatever happens.»

«The people of New York are entitled to know where their senators stand on this critical issue right now,» said Senator Michael N. Gianaris of Queens, the deputy minority leader, who led the effort to force a vote on the Senate floor.

Sal Albanese said that the City gay rights bill was bottled up by then - Majority Leader Tom Cuite who prevented it from coming out of the General Welfare Committee — except once in 1974 when it became the first bill in the history of the Council to clear committee and lose on the floor.

Niagara County Majority Leader Randy R. Bradt, R - North Tonawanda, who helped author the resolution that was introduced on the floor of the Legislature, noted that Nik Wallenda's 2012 walk not only captured the imagination of a billion people around the world, but offered a big boost to the local economy.

Assembly minority leader Brian Kolb, who like the Democrats in the Senate will drive the length of the floor debate with their questions, said he was betting the budget bills would not be completed before midnight.

«Raising the wage floor in New York that far that fast could lead to unintended consequences such as severe job losses and negatively impact many businesses who are already struggling just to keep their heads above water,» said Republican Senate Leader John Flanagan of Long Island.

Flake, who had pressed for a guarantee during talks for his support on the tax bill, said in a statement he was pleased that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R - Ky., was committed to bringing the immigration bill «we are currently negotiating to the Senate floor in January.»

The hydroponic growth chamber's home is a hallway on the second floor of Amundsen - Scott South Pole Station, named after the expedition leaders who first arrived here nearly a century ago.

Equally repulsive is a scene that follows soon after at a «mega-block,» a 200 - story tenement complex that takes up an entire city block, where Ma - Ma (Lena Headey), the ruthless criminal leader of the place, orders that some other drug dealers who have invaded her turf be dropped from the top floor.

In June last year, Bexon - Smith was overruled by former education secretary Nicky Morgan after she told a councillor not to hold an annual meeting with those academy leaders who had fallen below floor standards.

Then Thompson — who once served as the Democratic majority floor leader — rose in defense of the bill.

Much is at stake in the competition: The leader of the Senate picks the majority party's floor leader, chooses which senators sit on which committees and who chairs those panels, and influences which bills the committees will hear.»

If I am the one who puts the food bowl down on the floor, and controls when the dog gets to eat, does that make me the dog's leader?

, a state legislator who has led the opposition to wind power in Ohio and now serves as the Republican Majority Floor Leader for the Ohio House of Representatives.

One gets a great sense of «what's to come» by walking the floor, checking out the new technologies and talking to the many industry leaders who attend the conference.