Sentences with phrase «senate committee chairmanships»

The Republicans gave three of the four — including Valesky — Senate committee chairmanships, which come with $ 12,500 stipends.

Not exact matches

But he could use his mastery of the chamber's byways, honed during his chairmanship of the Senate Rules Committee and years of running floor operations as his party's whip, to work the margins.

In the Senate, lawmakers there have already enshrined into the chamber's rules that legislative leaders and committee chairmanships be term limited.

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.

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.

The Senate Leadership announced new committee chairmanships Thursday, including a new head of the Transportation Ccommittee chairmanships Thursday, including a new head of the Transportation CommitteeCommittee.

Mr. Bond also said a Pataki victory would impress Mr. D'Amato's Senate colleagues and help him secure the chairmanship of the National Republican Senatorial Committee next year.

County Executive George Latimer has always made a point to highlight his political history of working with Republicans in a bipartisan manner, whether it was giving committee chairmanships to Republicans when he served as chairman of the BOL, or getting Republican support for his bills while in the State Senate.

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

The State Senate's Republican majority gave committee chairmanship roles to Jeff Klein and the other members of his Independent Caucus.

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.

There is still no word on whether Avella will receive a committee chairmanship now that he is part of the IDC - GOP majority coalition in the Senate.

There's a more complicated situation in the Senate, where the five - member IDC holds several committee chairmanships, including Social Services (Sen. Tony Avella), Labor (Sen. Diane Savino), Mental Health (Sen. David Carlucci) and Aging (Sen. David Valesky).

Sen. David Valesky will hold a vice chairmanship of the Senate Health Committee, while Avella will also be vice chairman of the Environmental Conservation Committee.

He stands to win the chairmanship of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee if he's re-elected and the Democrats retake the Senate.

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.

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

Hamilton was a former aide to Democratic Brooklyn borough president Eric Adams — who accepted a committee chairmanship from Klein when he was in the Senate.

The Senate majority leader and Assembly speaker control the flow of legislation; distribute millions in campaign cash to colleagues; and decide on members» staff and supply allotments, committee chairmanships and lucrative stipends.

Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele (R), who came up just short yesterday in his Senate race against Rep. Ben Cardin (D), is mulling a bid for the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee, according to an informed GOP source.

The I.D.C. consists of eight Democrats who collaborate with Republicans in the Senate, a situation that has allowed Mr. Klein and his group to enjoy perks like increased pay from committee chairmanships, but has deeply vexed grass - roots progressive groups both in the state and nationally.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) and other senior Democratic senators are courting Washington Sen. Patty Murray to take the chairmanship of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and she huddled with White House deputy chief of staff Jim Messina on Thursday to discuss the possibility, according to a senior Democratic source.

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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.