Sentences with phrase «as chairman of the legislature»

As chairman of the legislature, Reynolds has the power to not bring a resolution to a vote or table it until a future date.

Democrat Parete, recall, won election last month as chairman of the legislature by forming a coalition of Republicans and three Democrats, much to the dismay and irritation of majority Democrats.

[4] He served as the Chairman of the legislature in from 2013 to 2016.

Not exact matches

Similarly, Delta State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa congratulated the Senate President, Dr Olubukola Abubakar Saraki just as he lauded the remarkable contributions of the Senate President to the development of Nigeria and the legislature as Chairman of the 8th National Assembly.

A former chairman of the Ulster County Democratic Party who helped shepherd his candidates to a 2007 takeover of the county legislature, as well as a former Democratic commissioner at the Board of Elections, the 69 - year old Parete is the long - time owner of the Boiceville Inn in the Town of Olive.

Sinagra, still very much active as chairman of the Hurley Republican Committee, left the legislature shortly thereafter.

If things go the way they seem to be headed, Ulster County, which elected a 12 - 11 Democratic majority in the county legislature, will have the leader of the Republican minority as chairman next year.

As the sitting chairman of the legislature rarely gets challenged, this face - off brought some heavy hitters to the Kerhonkson firehouse.

I'm not sure when the last time you had a city councilor take over as chairman of the county legislature.

The Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC), which has been around since 2002 to help aid GOP candidates running for state legislatures and other state offices, is getting something of a makeover — bringing on former Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie as its chairman and former National Republican Congressional Committee chairman Tom Reynolds (N.Y.) as its vice chairman.

As a vice chairman of the legislature's tax - writing committee, Elliott has said repeatedly that taxing the wealthy is an important way to help close the state's projected deficit of $ 3.5 billion over two years.

In a statement Wednesday, Nassau Republican chairman Joseph Mondello alluded to the wave that elected Democrats Tuesday as a natural blowback similar to the one that gave Democrats control of the county legislature for the first time in 1999, or when Republicans retook power in 2009 after President Barack Obama's policies had energized the opposition.

Rather than apologise as the Senate is demanding, Osinbajo recently said the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu — whose nomination was rejected and his retention pitched the executive against the legislature — would remain in office...

But now it seems the Boiceville Inn, what with the election of Olive son and proprietor John Parete as county legislature chairman, has become something of the western county office building.

Tom Dadey, chairman of the Onondaga County Republican Committee, says as Democrats run more candidates in the county legislature this fall, Republicans will run more candidates in the city of Syracuse.

Saraki who is also the Chairman of the National Assembly, further noted that it has not been easy for Nigerians to appreciate the various roles of the legislature as an arm of government being the youngest of the three arms of government.

However, the Deputy Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Senator Shehu Sani, told one of our correspondents that the probe is the same as meddling in the affairs of the legislature by the executive.