Sentences with phrase «appointed junior senator»
New York's newly appointed junior senator Kirsten Gillibrand has been in office for a little over...
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Economist David Malpass formally kicked off his campaign against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand this morning, making him the third Republican to declare his intention to try to knock the Democratic junior senator from her appointed perch.
New York's Junior Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has had very close ties to the White House, ever since she was appointed to fill Hillary Clinton's vacant seat.
Embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich appointed him to fill the junior senator position vacated by President - elect Barack Obama.
Some Senate Democrats had argued that Burris should not be seated because he was appointed by embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to fill the junior senator position vacated by President - elect Barack Obama.
That aggressiveness and self - confidence has endeared her to the powerful politicians who share her impatience to get ahead — including Hillary Clinton, whose seat she'll take; David Paterson, who appointed her to it; and Chuck Schumer, who'll be the senior senator to her junior.
The President pro tempore has the power to appoint any other senator to preside, and in practice junior senators from the majority party are assigned the task of presiding over the Senate at most times.
9:30 am — TCM — Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Frank Capra puts on his idealist hat to tell the story of Jefferson Smith (James Stewart), an inexperienced young man appointed as a junior senator because the corrupt senior senator thinks heíll be easy to control.
9:15 am — TCM — Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Frank Capra puts on his idealist hat to tell the story of Jefferson Smith (James Stewart), an inexperienced young man appointed as a junior senator because the corrupt senior senator thinks he'll be easy to control.