Sentences with phrase «be majority leader told»

In his first one - on - one interview after Republicans took control of the Senate, the soon - to - be majority leader told the Lexington Herald - Leader that his No. 1 priority is «to try to do whatever I can to get the EPA reined in.»

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«Ben Nelson is under the illusion he can get reelected in 2012,» McConnell told Henrikson, adding that Nelson would have to act like a Republican in order to win — and that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D - Nev.)

«Trump is no Lyndon Johnson,» says Robertson, «and while he is better than Obama at working congressional leadership, my friends tell me there are already antagonisms at the staff level between the Speaker / majority leader in the Senate and the White House.»

Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy told his colleagues last year that he thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin «pays» Rohrabacher, whose contact with and sympathy for pro-Russian entities has long been viewed with suspicion.

After the majority leader's speech, Republican Sens. Jeff Flake, Susan Collins and Lindsey Graham told reporters they were optimistic that a deal was close on several issues.

«It's not surprising to anybody who knows Rob that he's avoided the squabbles and turf battles that have consumed so many others in this White House,» Brian McGuire, a former chief of staff to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, told Business Insider.

M5S has not entered any coalition, although party leader Luigi Di Maio told CNBC in early February that if the party did not gain a majority to govern alone, it was willing to speak to other parties, although he did not say which ones.

«I don't know if is all [man's fault] but the majority is, for the most part, it is man who continuously slaps down nature,» Pope Francis, No. 4 on Fortune's list of the world's greatest leaders, told Reuters earlier this year.

Speaking at a party retreat, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor told his colleagues that the party had spent too much time talking about the concerns of business owners and entrepreneurs and not enough about the concerns of that majority who were not (and in many cases did not want to be) busiMajority Leader Eric Cantor told his colleagues that the party had spent too much time talking about the concerns of business owners and entrepreneurs and not enough about the concerns of that majority who were not (and in many cases did not want to be) busimajority who were not (and in many cases did not want to be) business....

«Muslim majority nations are now making statements globally and nationally to push back on extremism, and you will see more of it,» the evangelical interfaith leader told CT. «This is sending signals to their citizens and the world that the tide is turning.»

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters today that no DACA legislation would be addressed until 2018.

«Don't think that this blog and others are up here by accident, if you really want to do something then write congress, tell our leaders that they had better start listening to the majority of the people»

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb told Kaitlyn Ross on CapTon last night that he expects to have «anywhere from 49 to 51 seats» come Jan. 1, and predicted the GOP will be a power the Democrats are forced to reckon with — even if Speaker Sheldon Silver maintains his veto - proof majority.

Also on Cuomo's call list: Dean Skelos, the Republican State Senate leader (and maybe Majority Leader, though it's too soon to leader (and maybe Majority Leader, though it's too soon to Leader, though it's too soon to tell).

Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, who (thankfully) belongs to the early - risers club of which I am a card - carrying member, told me this morning that he has not been informed of a reported move by state Democratic leaders to oust controversial Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. from the party.

Eliot Spitzer, who was the target of the Troopergate investigation (remember: it all stems from the then - governor's efforts to use the State Police to track the use of state aircraft by his political nemesis, then - Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, in hopes of catching him breaking the rules), told the Times he was «deeply troubled» by Cuomo's treatement of this document, which he believes «would reflect upon the underlying integrity of a report that I always viewed to be fundamentally flawed.»

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan on Sunday night told a group of statewide business leaders it was «not unreasonable» to ask New York City to pay more for transit given a $ 4 billion surplus.

Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz, who is none too pleased about being tossed the political hot potato on Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr.'s future by the state Democratic Party, told me today there is «no certainty» the Bronx Dems will move to oust the controversial lawmaker.

Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson told Greg Kelly on «Good Day NY» this morning that ethics and campaign finance reform is a priority for the majority, but defended his fundraising from special interests insisting «a nickle, a penny, a dollar or a dime doesn't influence me whatsoever.»

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.

Cuomo, I'm told, also reached out to unions and other power brokers but on behalf of Majority Leader Joe Morelle.

In fact, the senator told me he was not at all happy to see Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan predicting during an interview on WCNY's The Capitol Pressroom that Felder would be staying put, and also downplaying his obviously outsized role in determining the budget outcome — not to mention the battle over the mMajority Leader John Flanagan predicting during an interview on WCNY's The Capitol Pressroom that Felder would be staying put, and also downplaying his obviously outsized role in determining the budget outcome — not to mention the battle over the majoritymajority.

But that may not necessarily be the bill backed by Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, he told reporters on Tuesday.

His law firm bonanza was simultaneously deplored and celebrated — with former Republican Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno telling a prospective client that he was inspired by his counterpart's trial lawyer paychecks to jumpstart his own consulting firm, leading to his own indictment.

«I can tell you that in private meetings with the speaker, the Senate majority leader and the governor, our past efforts to maintain a personal and supportive relationship was critical in shaping the outcome» of legislation,» wrote Spinola, in a portion of a memo that was obtained by the New York Times.

ICYMI: Deputy Senate Majority Leader Tom Libous told me last night on CapTon that the GOP is «strongly behind» their two colleagues who are locked in life - or - death primary battles with conservative challengers.

In his first comments since the Long Island Republican's arrest, Cuomo called the charges against Skelos «disturbing and troubling,» if they are true, but he stopped short of calling for the majority leader to give up his post, saying: «It's not my place to tell them who their leader should be.»

«He's salivating, basically, to become the majority leader of the U.S. Senate,» Long told reporters in the Binghamton area on Tuesday.

Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie, who was appointed to replace scandal - scarred Speaker Sheldon Silver in 2015, told reporters Tuesday that the Assembly is still figuring out the process, and that he would be discussing potential replacements for Schneiderman with Republican Senate Majority Leader John F. Flanagan.

Cuomo told aides over the weekend that due to the high - profile criminal and civil investigations of Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada (D - Bronx) that became public last week, he was shelving tentative plans to announce later this week right before a Waldorf - Astoria fund - raiser and a meeting of the Democratic Rural Conference.

There is increasing daylight between the Legislature and the governor — with Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos telling Liz last week that he sees shades of Eliot Spitzer in Cuomo's behavior.

Here's Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos telling me in an interview that will air on CapTon tonight (8 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.) that he's focused on getting an on - time, three - way budget deal — something he believes is well within the realm of possibility.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos told me recently in a CapTon interview that he thinks the chances of all that occurring are pretty low.

You may recall Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos telling Nick Reisman last week there would be «uncoupling of some of the combinations where there are two Democrat senators in the same district» when the Republicans finished revising their redistricting map.

Attorney Christopher McGrath officially launched his state Senate campaign, telling several hundred supporters in Inwood that the April 19 special election to replace convicted former Majority Leader Dean Skelos is «the most important election in the history of New York State.»

«Unless it's a necessity I won't use it, and right now we don't have any plans for messages,» the Democratic governor told reporters, echoing comments made last Thursday by both Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan.

He cites disgraced former State Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith who told a government informant, «that's politics in New York.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, R - Nassau County, told reporters there was a «good chance» the chamber would grow by one.

Update: Republican Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos just told reporters that there would be a «lengthy» GOP conference on the marriage equality bill today, during which they'd consider the religious exemption amendments.

The three full days of campaigning in late October will focus on trying to save incumbent Sens. Patty Murray of Washington, Barbara Boxer of California and Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, with the senior Democratic officials telling CNN that party leaders are privately growing particularly worried about whether Reid can survive.

A source tells the paper that he's worked out a deal to let five veteran Assembly Democrats — Majority Leader Joseph Morelle, Herman «Denny» Farrell, Joseph Lentol, Cathy Nolan, and Carl Heastie — run the chamber in his stead.

Paterson, who became governor after Spitzer resigned amid his own scandal in 2008, told The Post, «Records now show that the last four Senate majority leaders, not counting Skelos, have been indicted, that two of the last four Assembly speakers were indicted, and one of the last three governors had to resign.

Mr. Cornegy, who issued a public congratulations on Twitter on Friday, told Mr. Johnson that he wanted a position with real power, not just the role of majority leader, which had been offered to him, according to a person briefed on the discussion.

«I know that there are times I am told that I get on your nerves,» Senate Majority Leader Reid said to some laughter in a gathering of progressive activists.

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- The FBI and federal prosecutors have begun investigating New York State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) and his son, sources told CBS2.

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.

I just got off the phone with Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr., which is more or less like talking to Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. because the two Bronx Democrats are that close, and he told me in no uncertain terms that Espada has had a change of heart and will be in Albany within the hour — if not sooner.

-- School runs are out in a few hours, according to Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who also told reporters: «Most of the bills are being printed we passed at least two and were working on the third, and I think we'll finish the budget expeditiously.»

He told reporters then that he did so because he wanted to devote himself full time to Senate as he was preparing to stand for majority leader.