Sentences with phrase «senate majority caucus»

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If the Senate's two independents continue to caucus with them, Democrats only need to pick up two seats to win a 51 - 49 majority.

«We're thrilled with Senator Felder's decision to continue to caucus with our Majority,» said Senate Republican spokesman Scott Reif.

But City & State has reported while Felder would likely caucus with his fellow Democrats, he would also probably cast a tie - breaking vote — if necessary — for Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos over Minority Leader John Sampson.

Sen. Jeffrey Klein, of New York City, the leader of a renegade caucus of Senate Democrats who temporarily shared power with the Republican majority, had the second - highest amount in campaign funds, $ 1.1 million.

«People across the country are fed up with Republicans putting politics ahead of the public good and McConnell's unprecedented obstructionism has made his entire caucus that much more vulnerable this November,» Shripal Shah, a spokesman for Senate Majority PAC, said in a statement to Roll Call.

As Clio Chang wrote at Splinter, Cuomo «has also worked to prop up the Independent Democratic Conference, a group of eight breakaway state Senate Democrats who caucus with Republicans, effectively giving them the majority.

The Democratic Party actually currently holds a majority of the seats in the Senate but the Republicans control the chamber thanks to Sen. Simcha Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat who caucuses with the GOP, and a group of eight other breakaway Democrats aligned with them.

He became the eighth Democratic member of what is known as the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC), a breakaway faction that caucuses with Republicans in the New York Senate, effectively giving the GOP a majority in a chamber that voters have all but decided should be in Democratic control.

Next year, Democrats will try to maintain their majority in the Senate, where they currently hold a 54 - 46 edge (including two independents who caucus with the party) over the GOP.

Senate GOP leader Dean Skelos» win of an outright majority last month strengthens the hand of a caucus that has been quite cordial with Cuomo.

Traditionally, the minority caucus votes with the majority one, though some conservative Democrats are considering allying with Republicans to choose a different Senate President.

After meeting with Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, Felder has decided to turn his back on his fellow Democrats and caucus with the Republicans next year.

«One of the primary reasons, not to be using any puns, that I have considered running in this race was my unhappiness with the fact that my representative in the Senate was caucusing with the Republicans and denying the Democrats a majority,» Cappelli said.

The Democrats currently have a 53 - 47 (51 Democrats and two independents who caucus with the party) majority in the Senate, but they are defending 23 of the 33 seats up for grabs this November.

To complicate matters further, one other democratic state senator will also have to be convinced to come home to the democratic senate caucus before Senator Stewart - Cousins is named Majority Leader or co-Majority Leader.

Republicans had long opposed the minimum wage increase pushed by Cuomo, the Assembly's Democratic majority, and a group of Democratic senators who caucus separately from the party and share control of the Senate with Republicans.

The former deputy majority leader, who now heads an independent caucus of Democrats, has received almost $ 320,000 since his election to the Senate in 2004 from big developers with 421a subsidies.

«We're thrilled with Senator Felder's decision to continue to caucus with our majority,» said Senate GOP spokesman Scott Reif.

With 31 seats, Ms. Stewart - Cousins's Democrats are tantalizingly close to claiming the majority in the 63 - seat Senate, an ambition which is currently only thwarted by the ongoing defection of Senator Simcha Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat who sits and caucuses with Republicans.

Business groups see the issue as one that could boost the upstate economy, and the Republican - led State Senate — whose majority caucus includes a number of upstate lawmakers — has been supportive.

Democrats hold a 55 - 45 majority in the Senate (53 Democrats and two independents who caucus with the party), but are defending 21 of the 36 seats up in November, with half of those Democratic - held seats in red or purple states, like Arkansas, Louisiana and North Carolina.

Steiner referred to the delicate balance of power in the state Senate, where Republicans hold a slight majority due to the Independent Democratic Conference, a group of eight breakaway Democrats who caucus with the Republicans, and Sen. Simcha Felder, who — although he is not allied with the IDC — also caucuses with the Republicans.

The senate math today is murkier, but it's possible that by the end of May, with the help of a conservative Democrat from Brooklyn who caucuses with the GOP and has expressed interest in returning to the Democratic fold, the numbers will be there to form a numerical majority.

New York Sen. Chuck Schumer was easily elected by his caucus to lead Senate Democrats for the next two years and Republicans unanimously re-elected Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky to serve as Majority Leader.

Mr. Felder, a Democrat who caucuses with the Republicans and therefore allows them to sit in the majority in the Senate, often wields disproportionate influence in the Legislature.

One member of that group has suggested it will caucus with the Senate Republicans, who currently hold the majority.

The Senate began an all - day session, to be followed by a crucial vote scheduled for after midnight, on changes crafted by Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada to gain support for the bill from all 60 members of the Democratic caucus.

Overall, the Democrats hold a 55 - 45 majority in the Senate (including two independents who caucus with the party).

The President Pro Tempore is elected by the majority party caucus followed by confirmation of the entire Senate through a Senate Resolution.

The 31 Senate Republicans hold a majority in the 63 - seat chamber by counting Sen. Simcha Felder of Brooklyn as a member of their caucus, but the IDC has been a buttress for the GOP on procedural votes.

Democrats now have a one - seat majority; but even before the results of two special elections Tuesday in the State Senate were decided, the lone Democratic Senator who caucuses with the Republicans says he's sticking with the GOP.

However, on April 24, state Sen. Simcha Felder (D) announced he would continue caucusing with the Senate Republicans regardless of the race's outcome, leaving them with a 32 - 31 effective majority.

The Democrats currently have the numerical majority in the Senate, but in a complicated political scenario, one of the Democrats meets with the Republican caucus and five other breakaway Democrats meet in their own separate group.

«Schumer and the vast majority of the caucus like Sen. Franken and will miss him,» said a Senate Democratic leadership aide, «but did what they felt was best and stand by it.»

The latest setback this week was the reuniting of Senate Democrats, in which eight dissident Democrats who have propped up GOP Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan's control of the house decided to rejoin their party caucus.

That's the problem facing Democrats this November, as they try to hold onto their 55 - 45 majority in the Senate (53 Democrats and two independents who caucus with the party).

The Democratic National Committee waded into the bitter fray between clashing factions of the party in the State Senate — demanding that nine members currently cooperating with the Republicans form a majority with the larger 23 - seat caucus.

But his caucus will hold the majority next year at 21 to 15, and the election of the top Senate leader is traditionally done on a bipartisan vote.

Felder, who has run and won on both Democratic and Republican ballot lines, caucuses with the GOP and for now gives them their one - person majority in the Senate.

Democratic victories would give the party a numerical lead and its first majority in the Senate in eight years; however, the party would need to reunite with Democratic state Sen. Simcha Felder, of Brooklyn, who caucuses with the Republicans.

Democrats hold a 55 - 45 majority in the Senate (53 Democrats and two independents who caucus with the party), but are defending 21 of the 36 seats up in November, with half of those Democratic - held seats in red or purple states, like New Hampshire.

The renegade foursome of Senate Democrats who broke away from their conference to caucus on their own have received committee assignments, but the offer did not, as was expected, come from the Republican majority.

Ms. Mayer will become the 32nd Democrat in the state Senate, although the party doesn't have a majority caucus yet as one Democratic senator sits with Republicans in Albany.

And as IDC's members have been quick to point out, it's not solely their existence that's handed the GOP its majority in the Senate — they say Felder's move to caucus with the GOP is also a culprit.

Sharkey and House Majority Leader Joe Aresimowicz issued statements Monday blasting the contract that the state Senate Republican caucus has with a Texas - based consulting firm called Align Media LLC to run the Senate Republicans» taxpayer - funded government website, ctsenaterepublicans.com.

Democrats hold a 55 - 45 majority in the Senate (53 Democrats and two independents who caucus with the party), but are defending 21 of the 36 seats up for grabs in November's midterm elections.

But the political power of ethics as an electoral issue will also be an undercurrent in 2016: The Republicans currently hold the slimmest of majorities in the 63 - seat Senate, with 31 seats and the help of Simcha Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat who caucuses with the Republicans.

Multiple members of the state's Independent Democratic Conference, which, along with Republican - caucusing Democrat Simcha Felder, is aligned with the Republicans in the State Senate and effectively gives that party majority control, are expected to be challenged in the Democratic primary next year.

From the caucus are President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki; Majority Leader, Senator Ahmad Lawan; Deputy Majority Leader, Senator Bala Ibn Na'Allah; Chief Whip, Senator Shola Adeyeye, and other members.

The Republicans enjoy only the narrowest of numerical majorities in the State Senate — 32 out of 63 seats — but conservative Brooklyn Democrat Simcha Felder caucuses with them, and their control is further fortified by a «co-leadership» arrangement with the five - member Independent Democratic Conference led by Bronx State Senator Jeffrey Klein.