Sentences with phrase «republican majority conference»

This legislation is sponsored by 16 of the 36 members of the Senate's Republican Majority Conference.

Sen. John Flanagan, the leader of the Republican majority conference that has been the main source of opposition to changing the treatment of LLCs, did have something to say about that.

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, right, speaks during a news conference on tax reform in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017.

He is proud of what this majority has accomplished, and his Speakership, but for the good of the Republican Conference and the institution, he will resign the Speakership and his seat in Congress, effective October 30.

The speaker has in the past deemed the so - called «veto - proof majority» (having enough members to guarantee overrides of a gubernatorial veto) a «fiction», noting it's not easy to get every single member of his conference to vote «yes» on controversial issues and see absolutely zero support from the Republicans.

Democrats are in no danger of losing the majority to the Assembly Republicans, but Silver does want to expand his conference in order to maintain the veto - proof majority.

In the Democratic - dominated Assembly, Assembly Robin Schimminger, a usual outlier for the majority conference, voted with Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb more than 93 percent of the time, outpacing nearly half of the Republican minority conference.

I am proud to have the backing and full confidence of the Senate Majority Leader and of the entire Republican conference.»

Arriving at his office shortly before the Senate Republican conference meets to discuss the rent / tax cap «framework» deal, Majority Leader Dean Skelos says some key aspects of bill language are still being worked out — casting blame on Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver:

Her victory would give Democrats 32 enrolled members in the chamber and potentially a working majority, depending on whether Sen. Simcha Felder leaves the Republican conference.

While Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo is a Democrat, he ran on a fiscally conservative platform that had more in keeping with the Senate Republicans» interests — property tax cap, public employee wage freeze, spending reductions — than the majority of Democrats (particularly those who hail from downstate) in the Senate and Assembly conferences.

Schumer was also scheduled to meet with leaders of the Senate Democratic conference to discuss their re-match with the Republicans this fall for control of the majority.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan on Tuesday endorsed his deputy in the Republican conference, John DeFrancisco, in his bid to become the next governor.

Flanagan, too, has sought to maintain the Republican conference's ties with the five - member Independent Democratic Conference, which has in the past formed a majority coalition with the Sconference's ties with the five - member Independent Democratic Conference, which has in the past formed a majority coalition with the SConference, which has in the past formed a majority coalition with the Senate GOP.

But Felder's membership in the Republican conference gives the GOP a working majority.

Senate Republicans have a working majority in the chamber with the aid of Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat who conferences with GOP lawmakers.

Felder has insisted the «onus» is on Klein return to the Democratic conference and has given no indications he will bolt from the Republican majority.

Deputy Senate Majority Leader Tom Libous said the Republican conference would take up an ethics package later this session, but he said it's unclear what the final bill would look like.

As deputy majority leader, Libous was the leader of the GOP conference's floor operations, including the infamous 2009 coup in which two Democratic lawmakers switched to the Republican side, stalling any activity in the chamber for a month.

Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan reiterated his push on Monday for a permanent cap on the state's property taxes, indicating it will be a plank for the GOP conference in the 2018 legislative session.

Currently, Simcha Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat, conferences with Senate Republicans in the chamber, giving them the needed 32 - members to govern as a majority.

The IDC in the past has aligned with Senate Republicans to form a majority coalition, but could forge a similar arrangement with the mainline Democratic conference.

Senate Democrats retained two open seats in a Tuesday special election, giving them a numeric 32 - member majority in the chamber, but Sen. Simcha Felder will continue to conference with Republicans, keeping the GOP in control.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is backing a push by the state Democratic Committee to find a primary opponent against Sen. Simcha Felder, the Brooklyn Democrat who conferences with Republicans in the state Senate and is a pivotal member of the GOP's retained majority in the chamber.

The development puts Democrats in a numerical majority, but does not give them control of the chamber, given the alliance of Brooklyn Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder with the Senate GOP (Republicans have aligned themselves in the past with the five member Independent Democratic Conference).

Republicans maintain the majority in the chamber with the aid of Sen. Simcha Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat who sits with the GOP conference, providing them with a 32nd member in the 63 - seat Senate.

This November is a critical election for Republicans, who hold a majority in the chamber as part of a coalition government with the Independent Democratic Conference.

The GOP conference holds a narrow majority in the chamber with the aid of Brooklyn Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder, who is aligned with Republicans.

In an op / ed submitted to Capital Tonight's State of Politics, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan insisted Republicans will hold control of the chamber and even grow its narrow majority in the chamber in part by targeting seats held by members of the defunct Independent Democratic ConMajority Leader John Flanagan insisted Republicans will hold control of the chamber and even grow its narrow majority in the chamber in part by targeting seats held by members of the defunct Independent Democratic Conmajority in the chamber in part by targeting seats held by members of the defunct Independent Democratic Conference.

The race is a key one for Senate Republicans, who have held the Southern Tier - area seat for the last 100 years, as the conference holds a narrow majority in the chamber.

He has worked closely and allied the conference with the Senate Republicans, forming a governing majority when the GOP fell into a numerical minority for two years.

The GOP conference has in the past been allied with the five - member Independent Democratic Conference, which for a term formed a majority coalition that kept Senate Republicansconference has in the past been allied with the five - member Independent Democratic Conference, which for a term formed a majority coalition that kept Senate RepublicansConference, which for a term formed a majority coalition that kept Senate Republicans in power.

Although the Assembly Republicans are still, proportionally speaking, the least - powerful legislative conference, Kolb has won enough seats in recent years to break the Democrats» veto - proof majority, whittling their number to 99.

Morris is the lone Democrat running against Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat who conferences with Republicans and gives the GOP its needed 32nd vote in the chamber to maintain its narrow majority.

Sen. John Bonacic, the lone member of the Republican conference to call for then - Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno to give up his leadership post after learning of the FBI's probe into his outside business interests, released a statement this evening calling Bruno's two - year sentence «appropriate.»

Republicans maintain majority control outright with the help of Sen. Simcha Felder, a Democrat from Brooklyn who conferences with the GOP.

Klein, at a news conference on Monday, said he had not spoken with Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan about the legislation.

The seven - member Independent Democratic Conference is retaining its alignment with the Senate Republican conference, who are retaining a narrow majority in the chamber with the help of Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder, a Democrat who sits witConference is retaining its alignment with the Senate Republican conference, who are retaining a narrow majority in the chamber with the help of Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder, a Democrat who sits witconference, who are retaining a narrow majority in the chamber with the help of Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder, a Democrat who sits with the GOP.

«Our Senate Republican conference benefits greatly from the experience and the perspectives of these outstanding female legislators and leaders for New York, and I am confident the entire state will as well,» said Majority Leader John Flanagan.

Republicans maintain a working majority in the Senate with the help of Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder, a Democrat who is not a member of the IDC, but conferences directly with the GOP.

Senate Republicans maintain a majority with Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder, a Democrat who sits with the GOP conference.

Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFranciso disputed the charge from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office on Monday that the Republican conference was practicing «fuzzy math» in its assessment the proposed state budget includes $ 803 million in new fees and taxes.

The race on Long Island remains too close to call, but Republicans are likely to retain a working majority in the state Senate with a western New York seat flipping to the GOP column and Brooklyn Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder announcing his intention to once again align with their conference.

The proposals come as the majority conferences in the Republican - led Senate and Democratic - controlled Assembly are releasing their one - house budget resolutions.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins on Monday did not rule out further primary challenges to members of the Independent Democratic Conference and derided their coalition with the Senate Republicans as a «false majority.»

In the interview, Klein was responding in part to questions over whether his conference empowers Republicans — who hold a slim majority in the Senate — over the interests of the Democrats in the Senate.

The running feud is to the delight of Senate Republicans, who are in a numerical minority in the chamber, but retain a working majority with the help of Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder, who sits with the GOP conference.

Rather than support the leader of the mainline Democratic conference, Andrea Stewart - Cousins, they've supported Republican Senator John Flanagan as Senate Majority Leader.

This is no new arrangement, nor does the IDC relent when Democrats have a stronger majority in the Senate: in 2012, Democrats won a majority of seats in the State Senate, but the IDC broke away from the main Democratic conference to give Republicans control.

In the unlikely event that the Senate's current Independent Democratic Conference - Republican powersharing agreement (in which the leaders of the two conferences divide time serving as majority leader) continues in perpetuity, Senator Dean Skelos would break Warren Anderson's record for most days as majority leader on December 21, 2039.