Sentences with phrase «by the deputy senate»

Sponsored by Ovie Omo - Agege (Labour Party, Delta State), the Senate Bill 329 which has already been gazetted and introduced to the lawmakers was referred to the committee on constitution review chaired by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu last December.

He did not seem terribly keen on the idea that has been voiced by Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco and others that the Senate and Assembly should do a two - way deal before the session ends, and then attempt an override should the governor respond with a veto.

The bill has languished for years, but under a compromise negotiated by Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, the new allowance on lawsuits would be limited to misdiagnoses of cancer only.

The endorsement, a unanimous decision of party members in the zone, was announced by the Deputy Senate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu.

A source told Vanguard that following the recommendation of the PDP post-election assessment committee headed by Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, recommending that the north should produce the Presidential candidate for 2019, which was immediately endorsed by the National Working Committee, NWC, some powerful stakeholders of the party with Dankwabo were said to be pushing for the north, especially the North East, not getting the position of national chairman.

The Customs boss arrived at the National Assembly Complex in a white traditional attire, and was received by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu.

... Those words were just spoken to me by Deputy Senate Majority Leader Jeff Klein, who assured me that a repeat of last week's extraordinary session, during which the Democrats didn't have enough members on hand to pass any deals — had there been any, which there weren't — is not in the cards.

A bill sponsored by Senator Ovie Omo - Agege (LP, Delta) on the immunity removal has been referred to the Senate Committee on Constitution amendment chaired by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu.

When asked by Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu why he failed to appear before the lawmakers in uniform as requested, Ali said the Senate did not state in its last letter to him that he should appear in uniform.

This followed a motion entitled, «Passage of Constitution (fourth) alteration bills, 2018», sponsored by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekwerwmadu and 49 other senators.

Not exact matches

Pompeo will be replaced, after a Senate confirmation, by deputy director Gina Haspel at the CIA.

Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates told a Senate Judiciary subcommittee earlier this year that she had warned the White House about Flynn's conversations with Kislyak so that the Trump administration «could take action» amid concerns that Flynn could be subject to blackmail by Russians.

They were also joined by Office of Senate President pro Tempore Senator Kevin de León Deputy Ben Pak, L.A. County Supervisor Hilda Solis Deputy Roberto Viramontes, Congressman Xavier Becerra Field Deputy Irvin De La O and several members of the Los Angeles Boys & Girls Club.

Members of the senate led by the Deputy Leader, claimed on Wednesday that they were not allowed access to the embattled senator who is being hospitalised at the National Hospital, Abuja.

The PDP stakeholders met at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos at the meeting that was hosted by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and had Senator Biodun Olujimi as MC.

The statement by Adesina reads further, «President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Mr. Edward Lametek Adamu to the Senate for confirmation as Deputy Governor of the CBN.

«It shouldn't be an obstacle course,» said Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins while flanked by Sen. Jeff Klein, the former IDC leader - turned - deputy, and Sen. Mike Gianaris.

Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco signaled Monday he would opposed efforts backed by Assembly Democrats to preserve a tax on those who earn more than $ 1 million.

Democrat Kerin Rigney, a DeWitt town councilor, is running for the 50th district state Senate seat that may be vacated by Republican John DeFrancisco, the deputy Senate majority leader who is seeking the GOP to run for governor.

Some Senators led by Senator Sulaiman Othman Hunkuyi (APC Kaduna North), and Senator Kabir Marafa (APC Zamfara Central) called on their colleagues to sheath their swords and withdraw the petition that had ked to the criminal prosecution of the Senate President and his deputy.

The Senate President also paid a condolence visit to the Government of Kogi State and was received by the Deputy Governor, Mr Simon Achuba.

K. T. McFarland, the former Fox News commentator appointed by Trump as deputy national security adviser and a onetime Senate candidate in New York, is expected to leave her administration position soon and may be nominated to be the United States ambassador to Singapore.

Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu who spoke at the convention said «Boko Haram is all over Nigeria» now that despite the PDP government chasing the Boko Haram insurgents to the Sambisa Forest by this time last year.

The nudging is subtle: Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos is under investigation by federal prosecutors, while the GOP's deputy majority leader, Tom Libous, is under indictment for lying to the FBI.

Queens City Councilman Eric Ulrich said he's «seriously considering» a bid for lieutenant governor against Cuomo's running mate, Democratic incumbent Kathy Hochul, after being approached by Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, who's running for governor.

The mayor's words of support come as Johnson is being targeted, along with Deputy Senate Majority Leader Jeff Klein, by the AFL - CIO for his «yes» vote on charter schools, as well as a host of other issues with which the union is displeased.

Senate Deputy Majority Leader Jeff Klein, one of several Democrats targeted by a recent AFL - CIO leaflet campaign for leaving a «trail of broken promises» to labor unions, is hitting back with a mailer that highlights his support for public education.

Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, meanwhile, expressed frustration over what he saw was a shifting set of priorities dictated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who initially proposed the amendments, as well as urged lawmakers to fund a hate crimes task force and back a memorandum of understanding for affordable housing money.

Unlike the top legislative leaders in both the Senate and Assembly, Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco is not condemning a proposal to end the state and local deduction as backed by President Donald Trump's administration.

«This explains why they have continued to keep people like the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) in detention, even after he has been granted bail by the courts and have been after figures like Senate President Bukola Saraki, Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu as well as politicians perceived to be interested in the 2019 Presidential elections.

At 8:45 a.m., Deputy Senate Majority Leader and gubernatorial candidate John DeFrancisco comments on recent testimony by Todd Howe in the Joe Percoco trial, 40 Foley Sq., Manhattan.

DeFransisco, who is deputy Senate majority leader, says the lesson from the Cuomo administration approach, is that all businesses should benefit from state help, not just those chosen by politicians.

DeFrancisco, the Senate's deputy majority leader, said he had not read the full 264 - page study issued by the state Monday morning.

The decisions by Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco of Syracuse and Sen. John Bonacic of Orange County come after a third Republican, Sen. Kathy Marchione of Halfmoon, announced Thursday she would not seek another term either.

The decision to write the CJN arose from a point of order which was raised by the Deputy Minority Leader of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, who called the attention of the chamber to newspaper reports indicating the decision of the Abuja to stop the process of amendments.

Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco confirmed during a CapTon interview last night that he is indeed considering a run for governor in 2018, but he refused to be nailed down to a date certain by which he'll make a decision about whether to formally throw his hat into the ring.

It was a noisy and acrimonious scene on the floor of the Senate as Senator Thomas W. Libous, a Republican from Binghamton and the party's deputy leader, shouted for a roll - call vote, while Democrats attempted to stall the vote by asking to adjourn the session.

He leads GOP front - runner Marcus Molinaro by a 57 % to 31 % margin and Senate Deputy Republican Majority Leader John DeFrancisco by a similar margin.

ABUJA - DEPUTY President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has warned that continued detention of the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh was designed by the Federal Government to gag the mouthpiece of the opposition.

Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has described as political witch - hunt by an illegal body, the assets» forfeiture case launched against him.

Alimikhena, who is also the Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, said the IGP was summoned on October 16 to answer allegations made against him by Senator Isah Misau (APC - Bauchi).

Since then, a Bronx Assemblywoman has resigned and pleaded guilty to fraud, the State Senate Republican Deputy Majority Leader, from Binghamton has been indicted, and another Senator from Western New York has resigned as a top aid has been subpoenaed by Bharara's office.

The Deputy Leader of the Senate, Senator Bala Ibn Na'allah has said the current problem facing Nigeria was not created by the All Progressives Congress, APC - led...

[247] As leader of the main party both in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic, he supported the new government led by his former Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni, also a Democrat.

His words, «The attention of the Office of the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has been drawn to a purported investigative report by an online medium, which claimed that he and other members of the Committees on Constitution Review of the seventh National Assembly, comprising the Senate and the House of Representatives, «pocketed» N8 billion in «failed» constitution amendment exercise.

While some expressed tepid support after the speech, Senate Deputy Republican Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, a longtime Finance Committee chair, was unmoved by what he heard.

The late former Senate Deputy Majority Leader Tom Libous, 63, who died May 3 after a long battle with cancer, was remembered by his colleagues yesterday on the Senate floor.

The legislation itself is sponsored in the Senate by Republican Deputy Majority John DeFrancisco, who has emerged as a prominent legislative critic of the governor.

Schenectady Deputy City Clerk Chad Putman today began a 120 - mile walking and biking tour of the sprawling 49th Senate District being vacated by Republican state Sen. Hugh Farley.

By Henry Umoru ABUJA - DEPUTY President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has warned that continued detention of the National Publicity Secretary of...