Sentences with phrase «house leadership post»
He tried to run for a House leadership post and lost badly.
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The bill would require eight - year caps on leadership posts in the Assembly and Senate — applying to the temporary president of the Senate, speaker of the Assembly and the minority leaders of both houses.
* House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ordered an ethics probe, and a senior Democratic aide told The Post that «the [party] leadership is obviously very furious about the way he handled this.
will not seek the top House Republican leadership post.
WASHINGTON (AP)-- Repudiated at the polls, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor announced Wednesday that he will resign his leadership post at the end of next month, clearing the way for a potentially disruptive Republican shake - up just before midterm elections with control of Congress at stake.
Washington (CNN)-- Multiple senior Democratic sources say House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has stepped into the battle between Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland and Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina, for the number two Democratic leadership post, and is personally trying to negotiate a compromise.
The measures have differing chances in either house: Senate Republicans have supported term limits for leadership posts in the Legislature, having enshrined the provision in their chamber's rules.
(CNN)- Newt Gingrich is calling on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to resign her leadership post Tuesday, days after deriding the California Democrat as a «trivial politician» over her description of what the CIA has told her about aggressive government interrogation techniques.
Zeldin's post dovetails with growing calls from the GOP's congressional leadership, including House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, that he leave the race.
He also sought to distance himself from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, refusing to say whether he will vote for her to retain her leadership post if and when he returns to Washington, D.C. in 2011.
It would take 50 Republican House members to force leadership elections when the House reconvenes later this month — a move that would likely end DeLay's chances of reclaiming the post as majority leader.
Indiana House Democratic leader Scott Pelath is announcing he is not running for re-election in 2018 and is stepping down from his leadership post.
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
Washington (CNN)-- House Speaker John Boehner had a message to all those wondering if he's planning to run for his leadership post after the midterm elections: «I'm all in.»
At the same time, even though former House Majority Leader Tom (the Hammer) DeLay got hammered and officially ended his bid to regain his leadership post last week, the Texas and Washington parts of the DeLay corruption scandal are likely only to grow and spread.
Unlike other leadership posts, which are selected by secret ballot in the respective caucuses, the entire House must vote for the speaker in early January.
GOP officials told The Washington Post that the White House has communicated with Republican congressional leadership about the shift in Trump's position.
Fact 1: Republicans control both houses of Congress Fact 2: A Republican controlled ethics committee voted THREE TIMES to censure Tom Delay for ethics violations Fact 3: The Republican leadership, not liking this, removed the Republican on the committee who was voting to censure Delay and replaced him with a Republican who accepted Delay's leftover campaign money for his own campaign Fact 4: The Republicans further tried to shield Delay by making a change to the rules to allow a Congressman under indictment to retain their leadership post, relenting only when Democrats had a field day trumpeting that little change in the media
The House will definitely get a new speaker, its top officer; in addition, the majority leadership, other posts in the gop conference, and several key chairmanships could also change hands.
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