Sentences with phrase «senate majority leader post»

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According to The Washington Post, Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wanted Bryant to appoint himself to the position.

Cornyn is the No. 2 Republican in the Senate behind Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who said Tuesday that he'd recommended that Trump nominate Garland for the post.

From left: Republicans House SpeakerPaul Ryan, Sen. Orrin G. Hatch and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Melina Mara / The Washington Post)

Suffolk County is also home to Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, who is seeking a full term at the top post after succeeding the scandal - scarred former Sen. Dean Skelos as GOP leader last sLeader John Flanagan, who is seeking a full term at the top post after succeeding the scandal - scarred former Sen. Dean Skelos as GOP leader last sleader last spring.

AG Andrew Cuomo said this morning it's completely «appropriate» for senators to be asked to publicly state whether they believe scandal - scarred Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. should retain his leadership post after he's been charged by the AG with allegedly looting his Bronx nonprofit of more than $ 14 million.

Add Nasasu County DA Kathleen Rice to the list of elected officials calling on Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. to voluntarily abdicate his leadership post and the perks that come with it in light of his current legal troubles.

Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan celebrates his one - year anniversary for assuming the leadership post following the indictment of Dean Skelos.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said the legal mess surrounding Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. is a «horrendous situation,» but he declined to opine on whether the embattled Bronx Democrat should step down from his leadership post.

Sen. Marty Golden was one of the few senators willing to talk on the record — and on camera — about the latest legal troubles to beset Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., pledging to introduce a resolution that seeks to strip the Bronx Democrat of his leadership post.

Following his arrest in the spring of 2009, Parker was stripped by Senate Democratic leaders (at the time, Senate President Malcolm Smith still held the majority leader title) of his posts as majority whip and Energy Committee chairman, which carried a $ 22,000 stipend.

Seeking to bolster their argument, the Republicans released letters dating back to 2013 signed by then - Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos that listed various lawmakers in leadership posts and chair titles in order to receive stipends.

The Senate presidency — a key constitutional post unlike the majority leader job — would rotate between Klein and Skelos every two weeks.

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.»

Gadfly blogger Rafael Martinez - Alequin posted this priceless video of his interview with the owner of a two Westchester County sushi restaurants where Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. is alleged to have dropped $ 20,000 on meals that he billed to his Bronx nonprofit.

Interestingly, we haven't heard a PUBLIC word from Skelos since Klein's big reveal, although Deputy Senate Majority Leader Tom Libous went on Talk 1300 this morning with the NY Post's Fred Dicker and called Klein's coalition government statement «very powerful,» without either confirming or denying that talks to form a coalition are actually underway.

John Flanagan's ascent to State Senate Majority Leader makes the first time in more than four decades a Suffolk official has had a leadership post in Albany.

When he took over the top post last year as Senate majority leader, John Flanagan announced he was leaving his private - practice law firm.

«I think Speaker Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan did the right thing when they assumed their new posts of disavowing any outside income,» said Citizens Union Executive Director Dick Dadey.

He wouldn't back Marchione because she wasn't sufficiently vehement in opposing Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, whom Paladino very much wants to see ousted from his leadership post.

And, as a reader pointed out, it was produced and posted by the Senate Democrat - controlled (and taxpayer - funded) media services unit just two weeks before Espada faces off against his two primary opponents: Gustavo Rivera (who is being backed by a number of the majority leader's colleagues and labor unions) and Dan Padernacht.

ALBANY — State Democratic leaders, disgusted with scandal - a-minute Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada of The Bronx, will move to oust him from the party, The Post learned yesterday.

Even if he can't defeat DeFrancisco, Greenberg said he'll use his money to try to defeat a few other Republican senators who oppose the bill so that Republicans lose the majority in the Senate and DeFrancisco loses his deputy majority leader post.

Republican state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan will insist that more charter schools be allowed to open in New York City as part of any deal to extend Mayor de Blasio's authority over the public - school system, The Post has learned.

Bruno became Senate majority leader in 1995, less than a year after Silver ascended to the post of speaker in 1994.

Republican Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino criticized Senate GOP lawmakers on Tuesday for not moving to have Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos step down from his leadership post as he fights corruption charges.

Several people have called on Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. to be stripped of his leadership post in light of the recent civil charges against him, levied by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.

Mondello got the post largely due to his close relationship with former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno.

Parker was stripped of his leadership post by then - Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith in the wake of the incident.

The top two leadership posts in the State Senate has changed hands due former Majority Leader Dean Skelos being forced to step down after being indicted by federal prosecutors on bribery and extortion charges a few months ago.

Angle, a Tea Party - backed candidate who lost to Democrat and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the 2010 election, said in a statement posted on her Facebook page, «The tea party movement stood with me through a hard fought race against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.»

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, over a four - day period, repeatedly ducked and dodged after The Post asked the simple question of whether he's representing legal clients who have business before state government.

The dramatic predawn raid on Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada's health - care empire by state and federal investigators yesterday will likely result in his indictment on multiple federal charges in as soon as a month, law - enforcement sources told The Post.

ALBANY — Senate Republicans are now «nearly unanimous» in believing Majority Leader Dean Skelos must resign his leadership post as he faces federal corruption charges, according to two leading Republicans close to the situation.

After then - Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was indicted by a federal grand jury in 2015, fellow senators forced Skelos to give up his leadership post.

Paterson, who became governor after Spitzer resigned amid his own scandal in 2008, told The Post, «Records now show that the last four Senate majority leaders, not counting Skelos, have been indicted, that two of the last four Assembly speakers were indicted, and one of the last three governors had to resign.

Speaking of Espada, the NY Post reports that the Senate Majority Leader failed to disclose campaign spending for at least two food giveaways — one on Reservoir Avenue and one across the street from St. Brendan's Church in Norwood.

A full - blown battle to succeed soon - to - be-arrested Republican Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos got under way this weekend as Finance Committee Chairman John DeFrancisco, who had planned to retire next year, signaled he wanted the job, The Post has learned.

Battle heating up in Nevada over whether Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's coloring inside the lines of the law by posting an old copy of his Republican opponent Sharron Angle's (pre-primary) website.

The complaint said Dean Skelos bragged to his son recently in one conversation after he was re-elected majority leader in January, a post he shared with another senator from 2011 to 2013: «I'm going to be president of the Senate.

DiFrancisco, who once challenged Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan for his post, was an early supporter of the DiNapoli bill.

Earlier Thursday, jurors heard testimony from Elizabeth Garvey, a lawyer for the Senate majority leader who worked under Dean when he held the top post.

Stipends range from $ 9,000 for lower leadership posts to the $ 41,500 stipend collected by Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan.

John Flanagan's ascent to Senate majority leader marks the first time in more than four decades a Suffolk official has held a leadership post in Albany.

Last last night, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» office released a list of 16 senators — 15 Republicans and one Democrat (Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder)-- who have pledged their support for Skelos» effort to remain in his leadership post.

Anonymous sources quoted by the NY Post's Fred Dicker bashed the leadership of both Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in the wake of a lackluster end of session.

Deputy Senate Majority Leader Tom Libous remains in the number two post after he was indicted on a charge of lying to the FBI.

Flanagan took control of the Senate majority this spring after former Leader Dean Skelos was forced to resign the leadership post due to federal corruption charges.

Then he was lured back to the Democrats, who rewarded him by naming him Senate majority leader, with all the perks that post provides.

John Flanagan, the newly elected majority leader of the state Senate, told reporters on Monday he had stepped down from his law firm as he takes on the new post in the chamber.

Paterson also gave a shout - out to Smith, who lost his majority leader post in the coup, saying the Queens Democrat, who succeeded Paterson in the Senate minority leader post in 2006, doesn't get sufficient credit for showing leadership by denying a member item to Espada, even though that made him angry enough to join the the GOP.