Sentences with phrase «against the majority leader»

Russo said the «very serious» charges brought against the majority leader by AG Andrew Cuomo «compromise Senator Espada's ability to serve in the State Senate, and once again show Democrats aren't serious about cleaning up the corruption in Albany.»

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The federal complaint against Majority Leader Dean Skelos paints a riveting and, at times, pathetic picture of a father using his political clout to help his son make a living.

He even went so far as to upset his Republican counterpart, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, by voting against the majority leader's wife, Elaine Chao, a relatively uncontroversial pick to run Trump's Department of Transportation.

West Virginia Senate hopeful Don Blankenship is intensifying his offensive against Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, calling him «Cocaine Mitch» in a new TV ad released just more than a week until the Republican primary.

Not exact matches

Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein became the first major Wall Street leader to speak out against President Donald Trump's order to halt arrivals from several Muslim - majority countries.

McCain joined two other Republican senators, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who voted against the bill and quashed Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's plan to upend the US healthcare system after 20 hours of debate.

Top allies of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blasted Bannon, the head of the far - right website Breitbart News who pledged to run opponents against McConnell - backed candidates whom Bannon deemed not sufficiently conservative.

Stephen Harper, Kenney and party repeated the trick with «just visiting» ads against Michael Ignatieff in 2009, defining the subsequent Liberal leader before he could define himself, and in so doing they pummeled their way to a majority.

If the proposal doesn't comply with the Senate's rules, an ensuing fight could pit conservatives against moderates and institutionalists — and could edge Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R - KY) closer to completely eliminating the legislative filibuster, a move with far bigger implications than health care policy.

Religiously it was jihad against evil society and the infidels in America, an interpretation that was not accepted by the majority of Islamic leaders, theologians, and communities the world over.

As long as the vast majority of the Palestinians and their democratically elected leaders are willing the war against Israel to continue it means that they're happy with the results and that Israel is under NO OBLIGATION to deliver ANYTHING to Gaza... and NO, Congo is NOT AT WAR with either Israel or the US.

A few days ago I lamented the fact that so many prominent Mormons, including Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid and Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, had come out against the mosque.

But state GOP Chairman Ed Cox and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos intervened and brokered a deal that resulted in the candidacy — and eventual victory — of Rep. Bob Turner, who had run against former Rep. Anthony Weiner in the district in 2010.

He's intent on running primary candidates against key WNY Republican senators and on ousting Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Binghamton Mayor Matt Ryan is not challenging Deputy Senate Majority Leader Tom Libous, but did file an ethics complaint against him.

His loss would be a win for Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson, who has pledged to support all incumbents — even Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., and tried — albeit unsuccessfully — to convince some big LGBT stakeholders like the Empire State Pride Agenda not to endorse Nunes against Huntley.

Second: Cuomo was AG when the Spitzer administration tried — and failed spectacularly — to use Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno's use of the state fleet against him.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins earlier today was critical of the proposal to end deductions, while Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie have also previously come out against the plan.

AG Andrew Cuomo just announced he has filed suit against Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. and 19 former and current executives of his Bronx nonprofit, Soundview, accusing them of «looting» the organization's charitable assets and using the money for the senator's personal and political gain.

(Recall that Diaz Sr. is the most outspoken defended of another Bronx Democrat, Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., who insists the Democratic gubernatorial frontrunner, AG Andrew Cuomo, is on a political witch hunt against him).

«The charges outlined today by the Attorney General against the Democrat Majority Leader of the Senate are very serious.

Bill Samuels joined me on «Capital Tonight» yesterday to explain why he and his New Roosevelt Initiative PAC have endorsed Gustavo Rivera against Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. in hopes of winnowing the field of primary challengers vying to oust the controversial Bronx Democrat.

One of the most prominent was Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who on Friday tweeted out his support for Trump's strike, writing, «This was a clear signal from America that Bashar al Assad can no longer use chemical weapons against his own people with impunity.»

Now that it has officially endorsed a primary opponent against him (Gustavo Rivera), the Working Families Party is stepping up its effort to oust Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., sending out an on - line fundraising appeal that deems the controversial Bronx lawmaker «the worst politician in Albany.»

Republicans, particularly Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, have worked hard to woo Latino voters in recent years, and some worry that a single negative ad run against Long featuring comments like these would tank her — and fellow GOP candidates — in the general election.

Here's some early — and very rough — video from Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr.'s defiant press conference this afternoon, during which he slammed AG Andrew Cuomo's lawsuit against him, saying it is full of «lies and falsehoods.»

This comes on the heels of yesterday's bombshell civil suit filed by Cuomo against Espada in which the AG accused the Democratic majority leader of treating Soundview like his «personal piggybank,» looting the nonprofit of more than $ 14 million worth of charitable funds to pay for everything from lavish trips for himself and his family to $ 20,000 worth of sushi — some of which was delivered to his Mamaroneck home.

British leaders were celebrating a UN vote against the Syrian regime last night, after an overwhelming majority of member states condemned the violence.

During my interview with Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy earlier today, I asked for his thoughts on AG Andrew Cuomo's case against Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. and whether he believes, as Espada has asserted, the AG's investigation was politically motivated.

Sen. Neil Breslin, who has made no secret of his dislike for Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. since last summer's coup, said today the latest charges against his colleague only proves his worst fears were correct.

Here's AG Andrew Cuomo's lawsuit against Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., which makes for fascinating reading.

AG Andrew Cuomo filed a second civil lawsuit against Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., accusing him of running a «sham» job training program and pocketing $ 1.35 million from it.

(Nice public integrity mention on the day that AG Andrew Cuomo filed his second lawsuit against Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr..)

There have been reports that Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos is tacitly supporting Felder, even though freshman Sen. David Storobin, who complicated things for the GOP by winning a long - fought special election against Democratic NYC Councilman Lew Fidler for ex-Sen.

Also from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., New Yorkers Against Hidden Predators, an organization of advocates and sex abuse survivors from across New York, will be at the state Capitol, urging Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Senate Republicans to include the Child Victims Act in the state's budget.

RWDSU and the TWU have joined a growing list of unions siding with Gustavo Rivera against Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. in the upcoming Sept. 14 primary, playing up his ties to organized labor and pledge to support «fair wages» and «good health care.»

Queens City Councilman Eric Ulrich said he's «seriously considering» a bid for lieutenant governor against Cuomo's running mate, Democratic incumbent Kathy Hochul, after being approached by Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, who's running for governor.

Anthony Bonomo, described by one insider as «just one of those guys everyone in state government knows,» is believed by many to be cooperating with U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's case against former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam.

It's been over 20 years since they won a majority, nine years since Cameron became leader and four years since they failed to win an election against a hugely unpopular Labour government.

One other interesting note: Schumer was out of the limelight before polls in Nevada (at 10 p.m. EST) where Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is facing a very tough re-election battle against Sharron Angle.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who got the ball rolling against Pedro Espada Jr. during his stint as state attorney general, clearly feels vindicated by the jury's conviction today of the former Senate majority leader on four counts of theft from his taxpayer - funded Bronx health clinic.

Michelle Schoeneman, the activist responsible for two recent billboards criticizing Republican Rep. Chris Collins, is emerging as the Democratic candidate against Erie County Legislature Majority Leader Joseph Lorigo in November.

Here's a brief clip, compliments of Capital Tonight's Kaitlyn Ross, of Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr.'s hastily - called press conference in response to AG Andrew Cuomo's latest lawsuit against him.

Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFranciso, so far the only formally announced candidate seeking the GOP nod against Cuomo, deemed Nixon's run «great,» adding:

State Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco said there should be an investigation into the sexual misconduct claim made against Klein, though he cautioned that the allegation could become a political vehicle in the fractured chamber.

Add to that Blankenship's willingness to savage Mitch McConnell as «Cocaine Mitch» and call the father of his wife, Elaine Chao, a «Chinaperson,» and it would take a Herculean amount of strength for the Senate majority leader and his supporters not to get sucked into a fight against one of their own.

Brooklyn federal prosecutors yesterday slapped the disgraced former state Senate majority leader with yet another round of charges in the growing corruption case against him.

Andy would have been the best leader we never had last time, he's not right this time, incidentally your choice for Mayor Diane Abbot comes out with her usual nonsense regarding, her 24,000 majority compared to Khans 2,000 majority, When she was first elected in 1987 ′ she had a swing against her, even though, any really after the 1983 election, it would be expected, that a labour politician would have a swing towards them as 1983 was our all time low, and I could be said her swing against her at the time was due to racism, but Paul boeteng stood for the first time, next to her in 1987 ′ he never had a swing against him,

In another sign of heightened tensions, Newsday reported that GOP Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, who has been at odds with Cuomo recently, might even run for governor against him.

Then, as recently as Feb. 2, Sen. David Perdue, R - Ga., slammed Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D - N.Y., for shedding tears as he spoke out against President Donald Trump's executive order freezing travel from several Muslim - majority countries.