Sentences with phrase «became majority leader after»

Caro anatomizes the genius for political strategy and tactics by which, in an institution that had made the seniority system all - powerful for a century and more, Johnson became Majority Leader after only a single term — the youngest and greatest Senate Leader in our history; how he manipulated the Senate's hallowed rules and customs and the weaknesses and strengths of his colleagues to change the «unchangeable» Senate from a loose confederation of sovereign senators to a whirring legislative machine under his own iron - fisted control.

Farley, like Nozzolio, was one of a handful of upstate Republican senators who backed Flanagan's bid to become majority leader after Dean Skelos was deposed following his arrest last May.

Not exact matches

That country was meant to be a homeland for South Asia's Muslims, some of whose leaders were apprehensive about becoming a minority in Hindu - majority India after the British departed.

Bruno became Senate majority leader in 1995, less than a year after Silver ascended to the post of speaker in 1994.

Bruno became majority leader a year later after Republicans in the Senate overthrew Long Island Sen. Ralph Marino.

Dean Skelos was about to become the sole Senate leader — no longer needing to share the title with anyone after Republicans won a majority of seats in November elections.

Bruno signed on with Wright / Winthrop in the mid 1990s after becoming Senate Majority Leader.

If a government falls and an opposition can muster up a majority then an opposition leader could become Prime Minister without an election (but would probably want to call a General Election soon after).

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.

This has become almost routine in the state Legislature: In early 2015, state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was arrested on charges of extortion, fraud and bribery, barely four months after former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver resigned over federal charges that he had taken millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks.

Compromise in Congress will be key to changing the public's mood after the election, according to U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, who is poised to become majority leader if the Democrats take control.

In the last three years, the Long Island Nine has become the not - so - solid seven with the conviction of ex-GOP Senate Majority leader Dean Skelos on federal corruption charges and the election loss of freshman Sen. Michael Venditto after federal charges were leveled against his father, former Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto, who is now on trial.

After he became majority leader in May of 2015, Flanagan (R - Suffolk County) told reporters that he'd stopped working for the firm to fully concentrate on his legislative job.

Liz Benjamin reports that State Senator Jeffrey Klein strongly backs Malcolm Smith to become majority leader (despite rumors that the knives were out after Smith's backed out of a deal to give leadership position to Pedro Espada and two other renegade Dems).

Smith, 55, was named majority leader after the Democrats took control of the Senate in 2008, becoming the first African - American to hold the post.

Bill sponsor and Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle says he's become a supporter, after initially opposing MMA, saying other sports that have been played for decades are also violent, like football, hockey and basketball.

After all, dirt that the commission dug up became part of the evidence that got Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos convicted for corruption.

He did, however, lament the fact that a number of high - profile corruption inquiries — including those surrounding former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, former Speaker Sheldon Silver and allegations of Buffalo Billions bid - fixing — didn't become public until after last November's election.

As Harry Reid watched the unfolding urgency of climate science after he became Majority leader in 2005, one of his earliest policy initiatives was to...

First elected in 2002, the five - term senator and former majority and minority leader became a clean energy advocate after visiting Germany six several times through an exchange program funded by the German government.