Sentences with phrase «not committee chairmanships»

Not exact matches

«Even if Speaker Silver were to leave tomorrow and you bring a new person, he or she would still follow the same archaic rules that are in place where we can't get bills to the floor, where the Speaker assigns chairmanships, where we don't have independent committees.

State Senate lawyers argued over the weekend that the Senate's practice of paying members stipends for committee chairmanships they do not hold were legal, constitutionally defensible and proper as «a classic example of internal administrative prerogatives.»

Lawmakers in the state Senate on Monday defended receiving stipends for committee chairmanships they don't actually hold, with some suggesting the story is being driven by a «political witch hunt» that wants to undermine a Republican - led chamber.

Lawmakers are being scrutinized for the system in which up to seven senators have received paid stipends or «lulus» for committee chairmanships they do not actually hold.

It's not yet clear if the unit will be preserved under Johnson's term, but earlier this month, when he announced committee chairmanships and leadership positions, Johnson said the Council's technology and digital communications efforts would be led by the a «deputy leader for digital communications» — a newly created post given to Council Member Rafael Espinal.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos gave the IDC members committee chairmanships and lulus, but he didn't include them when the governor invited his conference to the mansion.

Members of the State Senate majority have been receiving stipends for committee chairmanships they don't actually hold.

This year alone, three Senate Republicans held chairmanships of lesser paying committees but instead took the higher stipends from the panels where they served as vice chairs, which under law do not come with pay.

It's more likely that Klein and the IDC will continue to have committee chairmanships, but not be empowered at the same level.

«So, it is preemptive now to discuss anything considering the fact that one, the committee is under the chairmanship of the Vice President who is supposed to brief the president in that respect and two, the schedule for the committee's assignment has not elapsed.

It's not clear if Felder plans to leave the Republican fold, where he has enjoyed the perks of the majority conference, including a committee chairmanship.

Gibbs won't seek DNC chairmanship: Former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs tells CNN's Ed Henry that he won't seek to replace Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine if Kaine runs for Senate in Virginia.

The senator also noted that the recent reshuffle of committee chairmanship was not a new thing in the legislature, regardless of which sides of the divide lawmakers belonged.

«We need Democrats that actually care about Democratic values and not just personal or political perks,» he added, making a dig at Alcantara's and Hamilton's chairmanships of the labor and banks committees, respectively.

Though former Assemblyman and Judge Frank Seddio replaced Lopez as party boss late last month, at press time the party had not appointed a successor for the committee chairmanship.

Conspicuously overlooked were two veteran Brooklyn progressives — Councilmen Jumaane Williams and Brad Lander, who did not get committee chairmanships.

They believe the practice of paying chairmanship stipends to Senators who are not actually chairs of committees violates language in the state's constitution.

You might as well vote UKIP and have some people over there speaking out against he EU who aren't afraid of losing committee chairmanships and perks if they rock the boat.

He insisted he was not promised any committee chairmanships or stipends for jumping to the IDC, especially since those perks have already been handed out, he said.

Rangel has denied intentional wrongdoing, and has said he will not step down from his committee chairmanship.

Cullen turned the position down, saying the panel doesn't matter, and Miller responded by making him the only Senate Democrat without any committee chairmanship.

He's also not convinced that the front - runner for the chairmanship, Representative Jerry Costello (D - IL), will take the reins, noting that Costello may prefer a senior post on the higher - profile transportation committee if offered the choice.

«I don't do open houses (they're not standard with top - end homes, he says) and I don't prospect... I believe in social networking, old - school techniques, face - to - face,» he says, citing as an example his previous chairmanship of the Alberta Theatre Projects Patron Development Committee.