Sentences with phrase «republican side of the chamber»
Democratic leadership placed the new assemblyman on the Republican side of the chamber, but the GOP moved a desk to a space by itself with no one on his right or left, so it didn't appear he was a member of its conference either.
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What incentive do the Senate Republicans have to play ball during the upcoming budget talks, which all sides agree are going to be challenging due to a growing multibillion - dollar deficit, if the governor has already signaled whose side he'll be on in the rematch for control of the chamber next fall?
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.
His call comes as Brooklyn Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder has signaled he will once again side with Republicans in the chamber, giving the GOP conference a near - lock on control of the chamber, pending the outcome of two races on Long Island.
Nevertheless, the Senate Republicans and Democrats exhausted their main campaign accounts, and slug fest resulted in no side emerging a clear winner in the sense that they have firm control over the chamber (Democrats have already won a majority of the seats giving them a numerical advantage and two races remain undecided).
Even if the deal to merge the I.D.C. with the mainline Democrats was to go through, the Democrats would still be one vote short of the 32 they need to lead the 63 - seat chamber: Another Democratic senator, Simcha Felder of Brooklyn, has been siding with Republicans since 2012, and has been noncommittal about his alliances.
Progressive activist groups angered over the IDC's siding with Senate Republicans are calling on Klein to resign, a move that could weaken the breakaway faction's cohesion and improve the chances of mainline Democrats gaining the majority in the chamber.
Democrats won two special elections for the New York state Senate Tuesday but Republicans will remain in charge of the chamber after a key Democratic senator who has sided with Republicans announced that he'll stay put.
Over on the Senate side, the Republican leaders of that chamber say they'll soon unveil a comprehensive legislative package including measures to help schools improve security.
However, with 33 votes on the Republican side of the Senate chamber, Klein's power to decide which bills come to the floor for a vote and when appears unlikely to continue.
On the other side of the aisle, Assemblyman Ed Ra, a Long Island Republican who is the ranking minority member on the chamber's education committee, explained his «no» vote by arguing the legislation was too controversial to bring peace to the community.
Abortion is just about the most emotionally - sensitive issue for lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, but passions were kicked into overdrive in that afternoon's debate after Assemblyman Ron Castorina, a Republican who has been in the chamber for a little more than a month, compared the procedure to «African - American genocide.»
In the view of Senator Brad Hoylman, a West Side Democrat who is his chamber's only out LGBT member, at least 10 seats are in play, with nine of them currently held by Republicans.
«The deal that enabled the Republicans to woo Democratic Sens. Pedro Espada and Hiram Monserrate to their side in today's coup has been months in the making and will result in an unusual degree of power - sharing in the chamber, according to one insider with knowledge of the deal.
There are currently 32 Democrats in the Senate, but the breakaway faction and Mr. Felder side with the Republicans, giving them control of the 63 - seat chamber under the majority leader, Senator John J. Flanagan of Long Island.