Sentences with phrase «means chairmanship»

Rangel worked for years to land the Ways & Means chairmanship, only to see it slip rapidly from his grasp.

, regardless of the fact that he has lost his Ways and Means chairmanship and the Democrats are now back in the minority.

He was working hard to help the Democrats gain control of the House so he could land that coveted Ways and Means chairmanship, which he didn't get to keep very long, as the Times» Jim Dwyer rather poignantly wrote last Friday.

He also lost his Ways and Means chairmanship.

Not exact matches

A number of lawmakers with deep ties to the embattled incumbent speaker, Sheldon Silver, have key committee chairmanships: Denny Farrell at Ways and Means, for example; Joe Lentol at Codes and Deborah Glick at Higher Education — to name a few.

Another perk: The Ways and Means Committee chairmanship carries a pretty hefty stipend, known as a lulu in Albany parlance, of $ 34,000.

As for Rangel, Tasini predicted the scandal - scarred congressman, who was forced to give up his Ways & Means Committee chairmanship in the wake of a critical ethics committee report and remains under investigation, will «cost Democrats seats all across the country» if he's the nominee.

Nearly a dozen struggling House Democrats have called on Rangel to resign and end the painful inquisition that this year forced him to give up the chairmanship of the House Ways and Means Committee.

Embattled Rep. Charlie Rangel has lost clout in Washington after being forced to give up his powerful Ways & Means Committee chairmanship and faces both an ethics investigation and multiple primary challenges, but he still has support in his Harlem district.

And on Wednesday, Rangel said he was stepping down from his chairmanship of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee amid an ongoing ethics inquiry.

The veteran Harlem Democrat - who has already been forced to give up his plum chairmanship of the tax - writing Ways and Means Committee - only managed to raise $ 108,327 from January through March.

«The Ways and Means Committee is a lot of work and it's important,» Farrell said of the chairmanship he's held since 1994.

The reports had it that Ola - Oluwa in connivance with the party State Chairmanship Aspirant, Mr. Soji Adagunodo had collected over 80 percent of the forms meant for the congress.

The reports had it that Ola - Oluwa in complicity with the party State Chairmanship Aspirant, Mr. Soji Adagunodo had collected over 80 percent of the forms meant for the congress.

I guess you could take this claim to mean Monserrate's chairmanship of the Senate Consumer Protection committee was a leadership post.

Rangel fought the charges at the time, and said they were politically motivated, but was forced to give up his chairmanship of the powerful Ways and Means Committee.

He chaired the powerful tax - writing committee, ways and means, until a House of Representatives censure following an ethics scandal stripped him of his chairmanship and clout.

«It is my privilege to accept the chairmanship of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee,» said Assemblywoman Weinstein.

He gave up his Assembly seat and wound up jumping into a crowded field of challengers to Rangel last year, as the 81 - year - old Democrat suffered an embarrassing ethics probe, censure and loss of his chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee.

Rangel announced he would step down from his powerful chairmanship of the House Ways and Means Committee following an official admonishment from the House Ethics panel and an ongoing investigation.

THEN Nancy Pelosi gives the Chairmanship of Ways and Means to SENATOR CARL LEVIN»S BROTHER, SANDER LEVIN.

House Republicans will move again on Tuesday to strip Rep. Charlie Rangel of his chairmanship of the powerful Ways and Means Committee — and after last week's admonishment of the veteran New York lawmaker by the House ethics committee, Republicans are confident that they will be pick up more Democratic votes.

The RNC ad - titled «Pelosi's Failure» - highlights Rep. Eric Massa's sudden resignation from Congress following allegations that he sexually harassed a male staff member and Rep. Charles Rangel's decision to relinquish the chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee as he battles his own ethical issues.

Vanessa's involvement with NAWIC includes past and present chairmanship stints on a variety of committees, ranging from Technology (she was instrumental in revitalizing the chapter's Facebook presence) to Ways and Means (she is a record - breaking fundraiser!).