Sentences with phrase «become the majority leader for»

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In the meantime, the political math has become far more demanding for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, with key GOP Senators saying they won't even vote yes on the motion to proceed on the bill, much less the legislation itself.

But there was little motivation for reconciliation among the majority of leaders on the two sides (and very soon more than two sides, because the reformers began to differ fiercely among themselves), who soon became polarised and set in confrontation.

McConnell was Senate minority leader for eight years before becoming majority leader when the GOP took control in 2015.

While Ataka's leader refused to back any government and claimed to become «a nightmare» for any government, the decision of some of its parliamentarians not to register for the government - related vote lowered the majority threshold, allowing the Socialist government to be appointed.

Is this limit just a way to prevent a leader from becoming too «popular» by doing something that would be good for the majority and bad for the Western elites (the wealthiest 0.01 %)?

The agreement would put the Democratic conference on track for Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins to become the first woman to lead a Senate majority conference — provided the Democrats pick up two Senate seats in special elections later this month, and the conference can secure Felder's loyalty.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, R - Nassau County, acknowledged yesterday's contretemps over $ 9.9 million in bullet aid for education became «testy» but defended the money, which was doled out exclusively to Republican - represented school districts.

If Andrea Stewart - Cousins ever became the NYS Senate majority leader is would a calamity for taxpayers across the state.

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.

At a rally in Harlem, many of the state's top African - American politicians, chanting «Andrea, Andrea,» voiced their support for the current leader of Senate Democrats, Andrea Stewart - Cousins, to become the majority leader of the Senate.

«Chuck Schumer, who wants to become the Rigged System's Senate Majority Leader under the Rigged System's President Clinton, refuses to say whether he wants Preet Bharara to remain as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York,» Long said.

Alban Bagbin has become the face of Ghanaian politics not for his 25 years so far in parliament and still counting, but for the extraordinary role he played as two terms Minority Leader, twice Majority Leader and Chairman of some strategic committees of Parliament such as Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Committee, which he chaired twice, Public Accounts and Appointments Committee.

Cuomo said it became too complex to determine the criteria for a task force, so he and the leaders decided to «trust» one another — a point Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos reinforced.

Skelos is a longtime lawmaker who became Senate majority leader for several months in 2007 before the Democrats took control of the chamber last year with a slim 32 - to - 30 margin.

Dean Skelos is a longtime lawmaker who became Senate majority leader for several months in 2007 before the Dems took control of the chamber last year with a 32 - 30 margin.

State senators in favor of this bill made a three - pronged argument: property taxes have become too burdensome for middle - class homeowners; the property tax caps for municipalities outside the city have been — according to Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan — «a tremendous success,» as well as a job creator; and that the city had benefitted so much from uncapped property tax collections that the mayor shouldn't be surprised about the governor's proposal to shift Medicaid cost to the city.

For the conservatives the benefits were obvious, having not managed to win a majority they would still form a government and see their leader become prime minister.

Young said there was no «arrangement» for her backing of Flanagan, though senators have said she could be in line to become Senate deputy majority leader, should something happen to Tom Libous.

Clearly if one becomes the leader that's because the vast majority of Democrats voted for the leader,» she said.

-- CU backed Gustavo Rivera over Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., saying the Bronx lawmaker has «has become a symbol for hubris, corruption and wrongdoing in the state legislature due to ongoing investigations by the attorney general and federal authorities and his leadership in bringing Senate business to a month - long halt last summer.»

Kathy Marchione became the latest Republican senator to call for Dean Skelos to step down as majority leader while he faces corruption charges.

Many bigwigs of the NDC such as former Trade Minister Ekow Spio - Garbrah, former CEO of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Sylvester Mensah, former Vice President Kwesi Amissah - Arthur, Goosie Tanoh, Majority Leader Haruna Iddrisu, former Vice Chancellor of UPSA Prof Joshua Alabi, and Second Deputy Speaker Alban Bagbin have emerged or shown interest in contesting to become the flag bearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2020 polls.

State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan toured Fort Drum Wednesday for the first time since becoming a state lawmaker in 2002.

Rivera, a former community organizer and one - time aide to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, became the posted boy for good government groups, progressive labor unions and Albany reform advocates when he ousted former Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. in the September primary.

State Sen. John DeFrancisco, R - DeWitt, has served in the 50th District seat for the past 25 years, rising through the ranks to become deputy majority leader.

Labour leader Ed Miliband has said he wants to win an overall majority in the general election as the coalition government «has become an excuse for broken promises».

Labour leader Ed Miliband has said he wants to win an overall majority at the general election because the coalition government «has become an excuse for broken promises».

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - Suffolk) «is furious with Martins, the GOP Senate's legendary rank - and - file discipline is quickly breaking down, and it's becoming every man for himself,» said a veteran GOP activist.

Oh, and the «brains» of that operation was a Democratic state Senator, a former Senate Majority Leader * and one of the highest ranking African American elected officials in New York history, was bribing everyone he seemingly could find so that he could become the Republican nominee for NYC mayor.

The NPP on the other side per information available to citifmonline.com, will select Professor Mike Aaron Oquaye, a former Member of Parliament for the Dome - Kwabenya constituency as next Speaker of Parliament, whilst Minority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah - Bonsu, will become the Majority Leader.

The stakes of this coming election are the highest they've been for U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, who is in line to become the leader of the Senate Democrats and potentially the majority leader next year.

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.

Returns to the Democrats in exchange for becoming majority leader.

1) 2012 Democratic Presidential nominee Robert Wexler beats Obama as libertarian / progressive fusion Democrat with 4 wars going and national debt at $ 16 trillion 2) Cory Booker for Lautenberg's seat in NJ; expect retirement soon 3) New House Majority Leader Debbie Wasserman - Schultz 4) Junior Senator Nevada Republican Jon Porter takes care of Reid 5) Jeff Flake moves up to a leadership post among House Republicans, will become # 2 when Cantor replaces Boehner 6) Joe Sestak, Jr, upsets Specter in PA 7) Raul Grijalva beats random Minuteman for retired John McCain's seat 8) Xavier Becerra next Governor of California 9) Bill Thompson next Mayor Of New York City 10) Next Speaker Of The House (2010): Melvin Watt

The coalition is calling for Assembly majority leader Joe Morelle of Rochester — a Silver loyalist who is one of the five members of the proposed leadership group — to become interim speaker.

[48] When it became clear that no party would achieve the outright majority needed to form the next government, the three main party leaders made public statements offering to discuss the options for putting together an administration with the other parties.

There are no issues too small for Sen. Charles Schumer (D - NY), who is expected to become the next majority leader in the U.S. Senate.

At the Democratic Party's lunchtime meeting in Tarrytown, Schumer spoke to his hopes for the future, including that he will become Senate majority leader and, in the event the Republican - controlled Senate does not relent in its opposition to an Obama nominee, «our madam president will surely nominate a person for the Supreme Court who is in the legal mainstream (and) will uphold fundamental rights and common sense precedents now so severely under attack by the right - wing.»

At the Democratic Party's lunchtime meeting in Tarrytown, Schumer spoke about his hopes for the future, including that he will become Senate majority leader, Hillary Clinton will be elected president and she will «nominate a person for the Supreme Court who is in the legal mainstream (and) will uphold fundamental rights and common sense precedents now so severely under attack by the right wing.»

Majority Leader Peter Grimm, D - Troy said it would be interesting to see what becomes of the two Ford Utility Police Interceptor vehicles the legislators approved Tuesday to be bought purchased for $ 94,296.

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.

Torturing de Blasio over mayoral control has been a somewhat lonely quest for Flanagan, a Long Island senator who led the chamber's education committee before becoming majority leader last year.

ALBANY - Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle has abandoned his campaign for speaker, all but assuring that Bronx Assemblyman Carl Heastie will become the chamber's next lLeader Joseph Morelle has abandoned his campaign for speaker, all but assuring that Bronx Assemblyman Carl Heastie will become the chamber's next leaderleader.

as Majority Leader became Acting Speaker upon the death of Oswald D. Heck, elected Speaker on July 1 for the remainder of the term, then re-elected to another two terms

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.

It is a time that would see him trade the extraordinary power he had created for himself as Senate Majority Leader for what became the wretched powerlessness of a Vice President in an administration that disdained and distrusted him.

Until just before the speech, the last words quoted here were «scientific - technological - congressional elite», which would have insulted the new Vice President, Lyndon Johnson, who, as majority leader in the Senate, had pushed for NASA as part of his campaign to become president.

This momentum validates that ChainLink is already providing value to industry leaders and solidifies our belief in the ability of the network to securely connect smart contracts to the key off - chain resources they need to become useful for the majority of real world use cases.»

The issue became a threat in July when Senate Majority Leader MitchMcConnell included G - fees as a funding measure for the U.S. Senate's transportation bill.