Sentences with phrase «being majority leader means»

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said Republicans» slim 51 - 49 majority in the Senate most likely means that won't be anMajority Leader Mitch McConnell has said Republicans» slim 51 - 49 majority in the Senate most likely means that won't be anmajority in the Senate most likely means that won't be an option.

They are expected to meet with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R - Ky., House Speaker Paul Ryan, R - Wis., Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R - Utah, and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R - Texas.

At the end of March, for example, Musk chipped in $ 50,000 to an organization run by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy that's meant to boost his GOP allies.

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump is set to unveil a framework for tax reform, building off work done by the so - called Big Six: a group of top tax policymakers in the Trump administration (Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and National Economic Council director Gary Cohn), the Senate (Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Finance Committee chair Orrin Hatch), and the House (Speaker Paul Ryan and Ways and Means Committee chair Kevin Brady).

This week was meant to be dedicated to robust and open immigration debate — a promise Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made to Senate Democrats to end the three - day government shutdown in January.

Lawrence K. Frank, a leader in the mental health movement has observed that if a community's mental health program is to draw on the strengths of our culture and to have meaning for the majority of people, it must be presented as more than a psychiatric proposal.

As long as the vast majority of the Palestinians and their democratically elected leaders are willing the war against Israel to continue it means that they're happy with the results and that Israel is under NO OBLIGATION to deliver ANYTHING to Gaza... and NO, Congo is NOT AT WAR with either Israel or the US.

«I mean, my visceral reaction is I think all of our colleagues are opposed to it,» Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said Tuesday morning at a press conference unveiling his conference's package of tax cut and regulatory reform proposals.

This places the vote on the Senate Calendar but that doesn't mean it will come up for vote as the Senate Majority Leader is ultimately responsible for scheduling the debates and votes and may simply not schedule them.

But SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, with 63 of Holyrood's 129 members, will continue as First Minister with a thwocking great personal mandate (and the election of six Green MSPs means there will continue to be a majority of pro-independence members in the Scottish Parliament).

KR Lohse responded to Dan Hodges» piece wondering where Ed Miliband stood on the issue of Europe and a new EU treaty by roundly condemning the means by which the Labour leader was elected: «Ed's luck ran out the day the unions propelled him into a position that the majority of the party didn't want him in.

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.

But we know all too well what the reality of those victories have meant — corruption scandal after corruption scandal, with politicians like Ed Mangano, (former Senate Majority Leader) Dean Skelos, and (former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor) John Venditto being dragged out in handcuffs for using our tax dollars to enhance their own bottom lines.»

As disgraced Republican former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said about the IDC: «[Jeff Klein] is going to be co-coalition leader, which means noLeader Dean Skelos said about the IDC: «[Jeff Klein] is going to be co-coalition leader, which means noleader, which means nothing.

As leader of the five - member breakaway faction that allied with Republicans to form the chamber's governing coalition (and keep Democrats from assuming the control that should have accompanied their mathematical majority), Klein has been justifying the partnership since it formed in 2012 as a win for progressives, rather than as a means of self - empowerment.

One of those factors will likely be what his run would mean for his fellow Senate Republicans, who are gearing up for a re-match with the Democrats for control of the chamber in what's shaping up to be a challenging year, thanks to the twin corruption convictions of two former top conference leaders — ex-Deputy Majority Leader Tom Libous and ex-Majority Leader Dean Skelos — as well as a presidential election that will likely boost Democratic turnout in this Democrat - dominated state.

Those close to Paterson countered that the new attack was meant to divert attention from the failure of Senate Majority Conference Leader John Sampson (D - Brooklyn) to muster the 32 votes needed to pass a final budget bill that has already cleared the Assembly.

Silver arrived at his ninth floor office in the L.O.B. shortly after 9 a.m., and was soon joined by the five members he had proposed to delegate some leadership responsibilities to: Majority Leader Joe Morelle, Bronx Democratic chairman Carl Heastie, Joe Lentol of Brooklyn, Cathy Nolan of Queens and Denny Farrell, who chairs the chamber's Ways & Means committee.

This means that if the Majority Leader resigns, [6] or is ousted from office, or if the majority changes [7] and a new Majority Leader is chosen, the offices of acting lieutenant governor or acting governor were transferred at the same time to the new MajorityMajority Leader resigns, [6] or is ousted from office, or if the majority changes [7] and a new Majority Leader is chosen, the offices of acting lieutenant governor or acting governor were transferred at the same time to the new Majoritymajority changes [7] and a new Majority Leader is chosen, the offices of acting lieutenant governor or acting governor were transferred at the same time to the new MajorityMajority Leader is chosen, the offices of acting lieutenant governor or acting governor were transferred at the same time to the new MajorityMajority Leader.

While the Senate will have 63 seats come January, Senate rules and the state Constitution are being read by Republicans and Democrats alike to say that a majority leader is selected by a majority vote of the elected members — meaning if two Senate seats haven't yet been decided, there are only 61 members eligible to participate.

Scandal - scarred Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. is almost universally known in his Bronx district, but that doesn't mean he's unbeatable in the Sept. 14 primary.

This means that any battles over changes that Corbyn and his team want to make to the party's structure, how the leader is elected in future and deselections of MPs and so on, now have a Corbynite majority supporting them on the NEC.

That means that Republicans can't officially install Skelos as majority leader and Espada as Senate president until the court matter is settled, say aides to Malcolm Smith.

Earlier this year, Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) bickered over whether to move the primary from September to comply with federal laws meant to ensure that military ballots were counted in a timely manner.

Lomita's best line — bipartisanship in Albany means Democratic former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver and Republican ex-Senate majority leader Dean Skelos could share the same jail cell — was the laugh riot of the night.

I mean, will having another Democrat in the House really change the fact that, as of now, Speaker Pelosi is bringing a weak health care reform bill to the House floor and that Majority Leader Reid is bringing an even weaker one to the Senate floor.

National governments are derived from the majority in the Parliament, which means that the head of the government is generally the leader of the winning party.

Mr Shapps claimed anything under an 11,000 majority in Corby would mean Labour leader Ed Miliband was «under pressure».

This alone would be a significant problem for the solar industry (and the nation); however equally problematic is that the Republican Party has retained control of the U.S. Senate, meaning that Mitch McConnell (R - Kentucky) remains as Majority Leader and Lisa Murkowski (R - Alaska) will remain Chair of Energy and Natural Resources Committee.