Sentences with phrase «senate by resigning»

After threatening Friday to end the Republican majority in the Senate by resigning his seat if his members push him out as leader, Skelos on Saturday was softening his position as key donors threatened to abandon the Senate GOP if he followed through on his plan, sources close to Skelos said.

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He won by 342 votes to 198 with 2 abstentions in the lower house, a much wider margin than in Wednesday's vote in the Senate, where he remains vulnerable to further defections by allies like one that forced him to resign temporarily last week.

Voter turnout ranged from a low of 20.4 % in the 2000 Red Deer - North by - election, held to replace PC MLA Stockwell Day who resigned to run for the leadership of the Canadian Alliance, to 45.5 % in the 1996 Redwater by - election, held to replace Liberal MLA Nick Taylor who had been appointed to the Canadian Senate.

When the Saxbe fix was used for Hillary Clinton, who had the same problem, there was some debate over whether it would be valid, due to the timing of when the raise by the Executive Branch took effect compared to exactly when Clinton resigned from the Senate and when her term of service began at the State Dept.. The Constitutionality has nothing whatsoever to do with Clinton's personal actions and these particulars would hold for others too if the timing was similar.

Heller was appointed by Republican Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval to fill the seat vacated by Sen. John Ensign, who resigned in April amidst a Senate ethics investigation.

Former state senate president Codey became governor by fiat, when Governor Jim McGreevey resigned in 2004.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- Republican Sen. John Ensign of Nevada, who is under an ethics investigation by the Senate, announced Thursday that he will resign his seat on May 3.

Democrats in the Western New York congressional delegation — led by Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer — uniformly said Sessions should resign.

Since then, a Bronx Assemblywoman has resigned and pleaded guilty to fraud, the State Senate Republican Deputy Majority Leader, from Binghamton has been indicted, and another Senator from Western New York has resigned as a top aid has been subpoenaed by Bharara's office.

-- Hoping to persuade former state Rep. Amanda Murphy to run for the open seat in Senate District 16, once held by Clearwater Republican Jack Latvala, who resigned in the wake of a sexual harassment scandal.

Her election makes for 14 women in the state Senate and cuts the Republican advantage in the chamber to 23 - 16 — the SD 16 seat resigned by Clearwater Republican Jack Latvala will remain vacant until November.

The Senate seat was vacated five months ago by former Sen. Frank Artiles, a Cuban - American Republican who resigned in the midst of this spring's Legislative Session after a profanity - laced and racially charged outburst at a private club near the Capitol.

He resigned from the Senate, where he had served since 1976, in mid-2008 while under investigation by federal authorities.

Thanks to a tie - breaking vote cast by Vice President Mike Pence, the Republican - led Senate narrowly approved Sam Brownback's bid to be U.S. ambassador for international religious freedom, setting the stage for him to resign the governorship in Kansas after seven contentious years in office.

U.S. Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota, in an emotional speech on the Senate floor, announced that he would resign from Congress, the most prominent figure in a growing list of lawmakers felled by charges of sexual harassment or indiscretions.

Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota announced he would resign «in the coming weeks» from the U.S. Senate after his support among Democrats crumbled, becoming the highest - profile casualty in the growing list of lawmakers felled by charges of sexual harassment or indiscretions.

Schneiderman, meanwhile, also called on Sessions to resign, echoing a call made this morning by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.

Sen. Bob Menendez says he won't resign, launches attack on Republican opponent Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, in his first press conference a week after being «severely admonished» by the Senate's ethics committee, said he has no plans to resign and launched an attack on his likely Republican opponent in November, calling him «unethical.»

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval appointed Heller to the seat vacated by former Nevada Sen. John Ensign, who resigned his seat Tuesday amid a Senate ethics investigation.

The state senate seats were left vacant by Democrat Eric Coleman, who resigned to pursue a judgeship, and Republican Rob Kane, who resigned to become state auditor.

Republican congressional and State Senate candidates Thursday called on Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto to resign after the GOP lawmakers were charged by federal prosecutors with receiving bribes from a businessman.

McHugh was nominated to become United States Secretary of the Army on June 2, 2009, and resigned as representative of New York's 23rd congressional district on September 21, 2009, after being confirmed by the Senate.

As part of the rumored deal (though denied by all parties), Boyle will resign his Senate seat after winning the primary so that there is a special election in November.

This seat was last held by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who resigned to take Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's place in the Senate.

The winner of the 36th Senate District primary in the overwhelmingly Democratic district will likely fill the seat left vacant by former Sen. Ruth Hassell - Thompson, who in July resigned from her post to work for Gov. Andrew Cuomo as a special adviser for policy and community affairs of state Homes and Community Renewal.

Asked by a reporter if the Senate Republicans are resigned to agreeing to some sort of a minimum wage hike as part of the budget, Flanagan balked at the word resigned.

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- No resolution appeared imminent Monday to the stalemate over union rights in Wisconsin, leaving Senate Republicans resigned to forge ahead with less - controversial business such as tax breaks for dairy farmers and...

While this isn't a huge investment (a full - page ad set him back several thousand dollars), this move was described by two different people as a «pre-emptive» strike by the Democratic councilman — just in case anyone hasn't yet gotten the message that he intends to run, either for Sen. Carl Kruger's seat, assuming Kruger 1) is convicted of a felony in his corruption trial, which is scheduled to start Jan. 17, or 2) resigns as part of a plea deal; or for the so - called «super» Jewish district Senate Republicans are dreaming of having tailor - made for Fidler's former Council colleague, Simcha Felder.

The commissioner appointed by Senate Democrats, Ravi Batra, resigned over the weekend, saying he'd asked the FBI to investigate the inner workings of the ethics commission.

In September, it was revealed that Yassky was seeking to fill the state Senate seat vacated by Daniel Squadron, who abruptly resigned over the rampant corruption and «cynical political deals» infesting state government.

Paterson also didn't endear himself with Obama when he passed over Caroline Kennedy, a big supporter of the president, in favor of then little - known upstate Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand to fill a Senate seat vacated by Hillary Clinton, who resigned to become secretary of state.

The top Democrat in the state Senate is joining a groundswell within the party calling for U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty to resign over her handling of repeated acts of domestic violence by a since - fired chief of staff against a former aide.»

Blagojevich, a two - term Democrat, resigned in January 2009 amid accusations that he had attempted to sell the U.S. Senate seat that had been occupied by newly elected President Barack Obama.

Maziarz has been charged by State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman with allegedly diverting money from his campaign fund to a former Senate staffer he wanted to retain as a campaign aide after the staffer resigned amid charges of sexual harassment.

After his indictment last week, Mangano resisted immediate calls to resign by Nassau County state Senate Republicans.

ALBANY — After two days of public scrutiny and a review by the state attorney general of his hiring, the son of Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. has resigned from a newly created $ 120,000 job in the state Senate.

The April 24 special election between Killian and Democrat Shelley Mayer, currently a state assemblywoman, to fill the seat vacated by Democrat George Latimer, who resigned in January to become Westchester County executive, is expected to be high - stakes as it could help determine which party controls the state Senate.

Presumably the discussion thread addressing Senator Inhofe's comments before the senate and the multiple characterizations of it posted here passed your test for scientific or newsworthy content while my [discarded] post citing Dr Chris Landsea's comments concerning his reason for resigning from the IPCC were considered to be of no value by either standard of editorial judgement.