Sentences with phrase «be majority leader next»

Sen. John DeFrancisco, a potential Skelos replacement, says he has «no idea» whether Skelos will still be majority leader next week.

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If a founder won't relinquish their majority ownership position to the next leader, Fischer says, «There's always going to be that power imbalance.

The SegWit2X hard fork planned for next week has been called off by a majority of the miners as well as the development leaders of the effort.

First, incoming House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R - Virginia) blasted the National Portrait Gallery for its «obvious attempt to offend Christians during the Christmas season,» while the incoming House Speaker John Boehner (R - Ohio) and other Republicans threatened to scrutinize Smithsonian funding next year.

The next day, assistant Senate majority leader Don Nickles (R - Okla.)

A special election being held next could add Chris McGrath, but he is locked in a tight race with Democratic Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky for the district formerly led by disgraced former Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, a Syracuse - area Republican who is mulling a challenge to Cuomo next fall, recently said it's «premature» to suggest the IDC would sever its power - sharing deal with the GOP and re-join — or at least realign — with the regular, mainline Democrats, despite the fact that both sides initially signaled a willingness to do so.

Barring a successful legal challenge from Republicans, Democrat Todd Kaminsky is likely to be seated as the next senator from the 9th district, replacing scandal - scarred Dean Skelos, the former majority leader.

After telling reporters in no uncertain terms that his conference would be leaving Albany, not to return until next week, Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson and his fellow majority members did not go home.

People know that I will take the steps that are in the national interest but I think I am perfectly entitled as the leader of a political party to say that I will spend the next 50 days fighting for a majority government.

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,

House Majority Leader Matthew Ritter wants to see more substance from the men and women seeking to be Connecticut's next governor.

He's about 40 points ahead of his nearest opponent in the polls, and the bigger question now is: Will Schumer be the next Senate minority leader or majority leader?

Their effort came on the same day Senate leaders including Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R - Ky., reiterated their belief that the next president should choose a nominee to take the place of Scalia, who died earlier this month.

As a harbinger of how an Internet presidency could take form, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle — who may be nominated as the next Health and Human Services secretary as early as next week — has embarked on a new format for leading the charge on new health care policies, online and off.

Haile Rivera, a Bronx activist who worked on Espada's campaign, is floating Sen Ruben Diaz Sr. as the next majority leader.

Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson said his 32 - member majority conference will be voting «yes» on the budget extender bill next week — even if it includes public employee furloughs, as Gov. David Paterson has threatened — because he is «not in the business of shutting downs state government.»

Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. is now keeping his cards fairly close to his vest as to whether he'll be voting «yes» or «no» on the next round of extenders, preferring, in his usual way, to keep everyone guessing as to whether he'll wreck havoc on state government.

Even though he's a U.S. Senator and, hopefully, he becomes the next majority leader of the U.S. Senate.

Republicans are getting ready for U.S. Senate votes on legislation scuttling former President Barack Obama's health care law, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said yesterday among growing indications that the climactic vote could occur next week.

His withdrawal, after Mr. Cox amassed the support of a vast majority of the party's county leaders, is a setback for Mr. Giuliani as he considers entering next year's race for governor.

They buzzed that Cuomo was tight with Majority Leader Bruno and hoped to run for governor next election.

ALBANY --- Embattled state Sen. Dean Skelos last week lost his powerful majority leader position — can his park be next?

Schumer, D - N.Y., the Senate Democratic leader, invited McConnell, R - Ky., the majority leader, to join him at the Carrier Dome next year for a basketball game between the Syracuse Orange and Louisville Cardinals, a Schumer aide confirmed Thursday.

Of course, the wildcard here is what the four - member IDC, led by Sen. Jeff Klein (who, by the way, is running on the GOP line next Tuesday), will do in the event of a close divide in the Senate when it comes time to vote for a majority leader.

We sit down with Joe Morelle, the majority leader of the State Assembly, and discuss the issues around the Sheldon Silver incidents (including the indictment that came down during the program), who may be the next assembly speaker after he pulled himself out of contention, and the status of the Democratic party in Monroe County.

With Cantor stepping aside at the end of July, current House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy is the favorite to become the next majorityMajority Whip Kevin McCarthy is the favorite to become the next majoritymajority leader.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wants to hold a floor vote by the end of next week, although it is unclear whether enough of his Republican members support a plan to do so.

Senator Schumer is also likely to be the next Senate majority leader, should Democrats regain control of the U.S. Senate.

Cuomo, meanwhile, was described by one associate as «edgily nervous» about the next move to be made by federal prosecutor Bharara, whose successful prosecutions of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Nassau) and startling admonition to «stay tuned» has led to widespread speculation that the governor is his next target.

As majority leader, the No. 2 post in the chamber, Morelle will be the interim speaker from the moment Silver resigns until the lawmakers next formally convene.

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.

(1) The Policy Committee shall be composed of the County Leader, the Chairperson of the County Committee, the Chairperson of the Executive Committee, the Chairperson of the Policy Committee, the Vice Chairperson of the Policy Committee and one member of the Executive Committee from each Assembly District appointed by the County Leader with the approval of a majority of the Executive Committee present and voting at the meeting next held after the election of the County Leader.

Former Senate Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who was convicted of corruption charges alongside his son just weeks after Silver heard the jury's verdict, will be sentenced next week.

It's looking increasingly like U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer will be Majority Leader Schumer next January.

He has, however, talked with Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, whose push to retain the GOP's lone toehold in state government will be the state party's next big challenge.

The cuts to education aid from the Gap Elimination Adjustment will be cut by «well over 50 percent» and a full restoration will be made next year, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos on Monday told reporters.

The likelihood is that he is positioning himself to retain his Majority Leader position or to get a good chairmanship next time.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos is confident Gov. Andrew Cuomo will keep his vow to not increase taxes in order to balance the state budget next year, even on the rich.

New York Sen. Chuck Schumer was easily elected by his caucus to lead Senate Democrats for the next two years and Republicans unanimously re-elected Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky to serve as Majority Leader.

He added that it's important the next majority leader of the chamber be someone from the upstate region.

I talked to the speaker and he's said he's certainly willing to entertain it next week even though we're trying to close down other issues today,» said Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle.

In a letter sent today to Bonacic and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, Koch noted the bill in question — S3331 — «would not apply for the current redistricting cycle to be completed next year and therefore would not meet the requirements of the New York Uprising pledge, which specifies that the reforms apply to the redistricting pursuant to the 2010 Census.»

Those backing John DeFrancisco's bid to become the next majority leader of the state Senate, the key question is whether the upstate lawmakers in the GOP conference can hang together and back one of their own.

But the fact that Flanagan did not mention the issue in his priority list statement released yesterday was not a good sign, though he has said since ascending to the majority leader's post that he expects both the rent laws and New York City mayoral control, which is also set to sunset next month, will likely be extended before the session's scheduled end on June 17.

But Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson, who said any prospect of the issue being reopened in the next five years had been «utterly shredded» by the SNP's failure to win a majority.

The $ 300 million in tax cuts spread out over the next several years in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget proposal aren't enough to offset a minimum wage increase to $ 15, Majority Leader John Flanagan told reporters on Monday.

Long also suggested that allowing the tax to continue — which he considers to be an increase in taxes — could hamper Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan should he run for governor next year.

ALBANY — Democrats in the State Assembly are considering a rules change that would allow majority leader Joe Morelle to continue to act as speaker as negotiations over the state budget intensify in the next few months, according to several members.

Next week, when former Senate Majority Leader Dean G. Skelos, R - Rockville Centre, is sentenced in his separate corruption case, it will be the Senate's doors where reporters will descend seeking reaction.