Sentences with phrase «states senate into»

CEDAW is one of two ostensible human rights treaties that the «international community» has been trying to coax the United States Senate into ratifying for years.

Cuomo today kicked off a Get Out The Vote rally and canvass to flip the state Senate into Democratic hands and elect Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer ahead of the April 24 special election in Westchester.

The coalition created out of the Working Families Party convention to flip the state Senate into Democratic hands is quickly putting together its list of seats to target and / or protect, and apparently one of just two remaining Republican senators representing New York City is in its crosshairs.

Appearing this morning on MSNBC, Working Families Party official Dan Cantor admitted that the party is taking a huge gamble on Gov. Andrew Cuomo by giving him its ballot line in exchange for a vague promise that he'll help flip the state Senate into Democratic hands this fall.

Much to the audible chagrin of the more than 200 state committee members, activists and officials who gathered at a suburban hotel for the W.F.P.'s quadrennial convention, Teachout's last - minute candidacy was rejected after Governor Andrew Cuomo promised party leaders he would throw his might behind flipping the State Senate into Democratic hands.

Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, who was boosted in his 2014 run for a Long Island Assembly seat by robocalls from his legendary relative, may now deliver the State Senate into Democratic control next month by winning a special election that will reverberate heading into the November elections.

The endorsement comes after 1199's political director, Kevin Finnegan, announced his group was committed to swinging the State Senate into the Democratic column, in order to pass its liberal statewide initiatives — including college tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants, a locally set minimum wage and taxpayer - funded elections.

Sen. Simcha Felder threw the state Senate into a new level of uncertainty on Wednesday when he sent a letter to IDC Leader Jeff Klein urging him to return to the mainline fold in the chamber.

Mr. Cuomo has long had a fractious relationship with the left - leaning WFP, which endorsed him for governor for a second time at its June convention only after he committed to campaigning to flip the State Senate into Democratic hands — a promise many feel Mr. Cuomo has not lived up to.

A newly unsealed motion by the defense attorney for Republican Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano alleges his indictment on corruption charges was possibly part of a complicated plot involving former President Bill Clinton to tip the state Senate into Democratic hands.

But the scale and details of these civil charges are plenty problematic for Espada, and they're likely to throw the State Senate into greater turmoil, with the Republicans demanding Espada's demotion or ouster.

But this year its members weighed Cuomo's past achievements, and the access he has given the group's members through regional economic development councils, against the governor's promise to work with the Working Families Party to flip the State Senate into Democratic hands.

On Long Island, incumbent Jack M. Martins, whose narrow victory in 2010 helped tip control of the State Senate into Republican hands, solidly beat Adam Haber, a Nassau County businessman who has helped finance his own campaign.

She had sought to run on the Working Families Party line, but a majority of W.F.P. delegates voted to endorse Cuomo after he committed to join efforts to flip the state Senate into Democratic hands.

The party was a longtime critic of the governor's conservative fiscal policies, but voted at its convention in May to endorse the him for a second time in exchange for his promise to help flip the State Senate into Democratic hands.

Not exact matches

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There's also the multi-state investigation into various opioid manufacturers that a bipartisan coalition of 35 state attorney generals launched in June, and Congressional and Senate investigations into the matter underway.

Missouri House and Senate leaders are expected to announce Thursday night that they have gathered enough support from lawmakers to call the state legislature into a special session for impeachment proceedings against Gov. Eric Greitens.

If passed in the Senate and signed into law by President Donald Trump, the measure will preempt state interest rate caps that now limit the annual percentage rates (APRs) on loans to no more than 36 percent.

In November 2003, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch published a fourpart special report referencing her «$ 10 million corporate jet, her husband's $ 107,000 Mercedes sedan, her $ 2 million home...» Meyer and her family were subsequently investigated by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Joyce Meyer Ministries was later one of six investigated by the United States Senate inquiry into the tax - exempt status of religious organisations by Senator Chuck Grassley.

Rhode Island's Senate has voted 26 to 12 to allow gay couples to get married in the state, in a law that could go into effect as early as August, provided the House falls in suit.

Secretary of State John Kerry is already called upon by the U.S. Congress through the proposed U.S. Senate Resolution regarding the matter to call for the release of Merriam Ibrahim and to grant her «Political Asylum» into the U.S.

n 1797, the United States Senate ratified a treaty with Tripoli that stated in Article 11: As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen; and, as the said States never entered into any war, or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that no pretext arising from religious opinions, shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.

It was not until Senator McCarthy was «condemned» by his colleagues in the United States Senate in 1954 that anti-Communist hysteria was brought into control.

The New Mexico State Legislature and Governor King quickly passed Senate Joint Memorial 5, which stated, in part and with considerable exaggeration: «Whereas, despite New Mexico's long and rich chile history and prehistory, with solid archaeological evidence indicating the continuous use of both red and green chile since the time of Folsom Man some twelve thousand years ago [this is not true], we now find «Texas Man» claiming the noble chile as his; and whereas despite the facts, we hear boasting from east of the Pecos that «The Lone Star State» is the chili capital of the Southwest... and Texas chefs malign the noble «red and green» by blending it into a slurry of kidney beans and onions called chili; now, therefore, be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico that the Land of Enchantment bets the «whole enchilada» and its reputation as the Chile Capital of the World against the Lone Star State in the Mother of All Chile Wars Festival to be held May 29 - 31, 1993 at the Doña Ana County Fairgrounds.»

But with the help of government leaders ranging from Illinois Senate President James «Pate» Philip (R - Wood Dale) to the DuPage County Forest Preserve District to the village's Park District, Redmond's vision of a state - of - the - art recreational facility slowly evolved into a $ 5 million reality.

Governor Inslee just signed Senate Bill 6037 into law, allowing for compensated surrogacy — and other parentage changes — in the state of Washington.

«The Governor remains 100 percent focused on taking back the House and the State Senate and maintaining unity within the Democratic Party going into the fall.»

But a bill legalizing the combat sport was passed Wednesday by the State Senate, thanks in part to the efforts of lead sponsor State Sen. Kevin Parker, who has been known for getting into a few altercations of his own over the years.

A Long Island Republican wants the state Board of Elections to expand an investigation into the use of county party committees by de Blasio and his team to help Senate Democratic candidates in 2014.

In other words, it sometimes seems like the governor would prefer a negotiated settlement on redistricting than an all - out war with the Legislature, which, particularly if the DOJ doesn't grant the state a waiver and requires the 2012 primaries to be moved from September into the summer (the Assembly Democrats are angling for June, the Senate Republicans for August), could come smack in the middle of budget negotiations.

In order to get a person into a state senate or state assembly, that person needs to run in one voting district and gain the majority of votes there.

AG Andrew Cuomo is trying to determine if Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr.'s alleged misconduct reaches into the state Senate and if Espada aides were double - dipping.

The investigations into SUNY Polytechnic and economic development programs like the Buffalo Billion shouldn't stop state investment into growing private - sector jobs, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan on Tuesday said.

Thank you John Flanagan for helping to run the State Senate GOP into the ground.

That's a clear indication of the cancerous results such monies spawn — the, «Perpetuation & Maintenance» of an IDC Coalition, bought into being by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, which denied Democrat Voters the «Majority» role in the NYS State Senate for 2 Election cycles now!

A Senate campaign isn't going to «invest» money into the state party out of some altruistic sensibility because it has but a single mission: win that one election.

Spitzer (AKA the steamroller) was hardly a shrinking violet during his brief stint as governor, and according to a report by Cuomo — who was AG at the time, having followed Spitzer into that office — he misused his executive power over the State Police in a botched attempt to smear his top political rival, then Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno.

Primary campaigns have not kicked into high gear for the state Senate, though Klein's conference is expected to once again face challenges.

Democrats are counting on a «blue wave» to sweep down - ballot candidates running this year into office and potentially gain a working majority in the state Senate.

Bill Clinton has recorded a robocall for Democratic state Senate candidate Tim Kennedy in what I believe is the first time the former president has injected himself into the battle for control of the chamber — at least in this campaign cycle.

«It should be no surprise given the nature of these abuses that we would look to determine whether the misconduct reaches into the State Senate.

Also at 11 a.m., Sens. George Amedore and Jesse Hamilton, and Assembly members Patricia Fahy, Andrew Hevesi and Linda Rosenthal, join nonprofits to call for state investment into human services, outside Senate Chambers, state Capitol, Albany.

However, the party has also reiterated its belief in City Regions, a policy first mooted in the wake of the 2004 North - East regional assembly referendum defeat — stating that it will pass an «English Devolution Act» if elected into government, giving more powers to City and also County regions, and replacing the House of Lords with an elected Senate of the Nations and regions to work as a forum for regional representation.

Stipends specifically marked for Senate committee chairs that are paid to three IDC members — Sens. Diane Savino, Jose Peralta and Dave Valesky — by the majority despite the fact that the three don't chair committees appear to fall into a gray area of state law.

The fight over who should have majority control of the state Senate has devolved into a friendly back - and - forth between Bronx state Sen. Ruben Diaz and former Democratic Committee Executive Director Charlie King.

«It is on record that consequent on the confession of criminal offences indicting Senator Dino Melaye by the principal suspect KABIRU SAIDU a.k.a OSAMA «31 YRS», The Nigeria Police Force, sent a letter of investigation activities / invitation dated 2ndMarch, 2018 addressed to the Senate President, Federal Republic of Nigeria informing and requesting him to release Senator Dino Melaye to report to Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Command on the 7th of March, 2018 to answer to criminal offences of Conspiracy and Unlawful Possession of Prohibited Firearms levelled against him, this is to enable the Police Investigation Team carryout a discreet and thorough investigation into the case.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed Senate Bill 7026 into law, the first gun control legislation enacted in the state after the Parkland school massacre on Feb. 14.

Onondaga County Comptroller Bob Antonacci is throwing his hat into the ring for the state Senate seat being vacated by Republican John DeFrancisco.

Also at 1 p.m., U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will launch a major effort to push a new bipartisan bill that would help cutoff the flow of illicit fentanyl from China, Mexico, and other countries into Staten Island and across the United States, 121st Precinct House, Graniteville, 970 Richmond Ave., Staten Island.