Sentences with phrase «came from state senate»

But an official with Perkins» campaign said 44 percent of the voters in the 2014 and 2012 congressional races there came from Perkins» State Senate district, slightly more than the 40 percent of the vote that came from the State Senate district currently represented by Espaillat.

Perhaps the most candid comments of the night came from state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, who had only been on the job about a month.

Not exact matches

When President Obama assumed office and Democrats controlled both chambers, only 35 percent of Senate committee chairmen came from coastal states.

Coming from an anecdotal perspective, he acknowledged that he approaches this issue as «a dad,» and went on to detail what he had previously stated in a Senate hearing on virtual currency:

In the Senate, one new Democrat, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, was elected by firing a shot at President Obama's cap and trade policy, and a large number of the 23 Democratic Senators up for re-election in 2012, especially those who come from redder states, have heard the footsteps.

Electrical Trades Union state secretary Troy Gray said demand for a Senate inquiry was coming from ordinary workers in factories, shops, offices and service providers, where «powerless and voiceless Australians spend their working lives, our of sight from the political and corporate elite».

Kennedy: «I'm disappointed with the addition of the 63rd Senate seat, besides adding to the cost of government, it was put in a place that has no impact on western New York and quite frankly has no impact on the population shift in New York state and if there was going to be an additional seat added that despite the fact that I disagree with you that the Constitution was in fact violated and you say that it was not violated — the fact that this additional seat adding to the cost and size of government was added to a place in the Capital Region rather than a place where distinctly the population grew down in New York City I believe was based upon the fact that had an additional district been added in the city where the population shift had come from it would have included that seat being an additional minority seat and that is why it was put up in the Capital Region and rather than in the New York City area.

In other words, it sometimes seems like the governor would prefer a negotiated settlement on redistricting than an all - out war with the Legislature, which, particularly if the DOJ doesn't grant the state a waiver and requires the 2012 primaries to be moved from September into the summer (the Assembly Democrats are angling for June, the Senate Republicans for August), could come smack in the middle of budget negotiations.

Folks know who I am and where I am coming from... I have given a lot of thought to having my next name be Phillip Goebbels, NY State Senate Mouthpiece!

«As long as Republicans hold power in the State Senate, New York can't stand up to President Trump and pass laws to protect our families from the awful policies coming out of Washington,» the fundraising email states.

The latest tax - the - rich argument is coming from Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein in the state Senate, who wants to close what's known as the carried interest loophole, which benefits wealthy hedge funds.

Business interests and Senate Republicans have argued the state doesn't necessarily need the money that would come from hiking taxes on the wealthy.

The memo from counsel David Lewis comes after it was revealed late last week seven lawmakers — three members of the Independent Democratic Conference and four Senate Republican conference members — were designated committee chairs on payroll documents given to the state comptroller's office when they are, in fact, vice chairs.

Late last year, he backed a plan that would unify the party in the state Senate in a bid to gain a governing majority for Democrats in the Senate, a move that came after pressure from the political left in New York.

The amendments, though voted down, come as Republicans in the state Senate have signaled support for possible gun control legislation, which could include making it harder for those deemed too dangerous to obtain a firearm and closing up loopholes in the prohibition against people convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence from keeping and obtaining guns.

Advocates pushing for passage of the Child Victims Act have begun running a digital ad campaign that largely targets those living in the district of state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, who has kept the legislation from coming to the floor for a vote.

The latest and strongest signal of support for complete restoration of funding came last week from State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - East Northport).

The four members of the State Senate's new Independent Democratic Conference, who split off from the minority Democrats last week, have come out with their agenda and included in it is a call -LSB-...]

The only thing clear from the day's appearances by top state officials at a joint Assembly and Senate fiscal hearing was that Cuomo's tuition plan is in store for some changes once budget negotiations begin in earnest in coming weeks.

The assumption was that the state Senate would eventually just come on board since they had no alternative to mayoral control and most of the Senate Republicans do not hail from New York City anyway.

Members of the state Senate's Independent Democratic Conference are coming under increasing pressure from the left to rejoin with the mainline conference, though the bloc of eight lawmakers showed little signs on Monday they will do so.

Newly - former state Senate candidate Dan Padernacht insists he came to the decision to drop his primary challenge to Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. and endorse Gustavo Rivera on his own and received no promises in return from party leaders.

It was gathered that crisis erupted when some youth barred Mr. Sha'aba, a former governor of the state, who is representing Kwara North in the Senate, from coming into the town.

The proposal came shortly after the State Senate passed a bill backed by Bloomberg that would reverse a rule protecting veteran city teachers from layoffs regardless of their effectiveness.

The letter comes as lawmakers in the state Senate held a public hearing on Tuesday to discuss issues stemming from the floods.

Schaffer came under fire from progressive activists for failing to back Pellegrino in her successful Assembly bid and for taking a hands - off approach to elections for Republican - held state Senate seats in Suffolk.

But Cuomo's support from the WFP also comes with the backing of key labor groups that are also pushing for a Democratic takeover of the state Senate.

If a threatened «blue wave» of new Democratic candidates propelled by popular disgruntlement with the Trump administration maintains its momentum, it seems feasible that the State Senate may be dislodged from GOP control this coming November.

State lawmakers in the Assembly and the Senate are coming under scrutiny from the FBI.

The seat came open after Obama selected Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state and Kirsten Gillibrand was plucked from her House seat by Gov. David A. Paterson to succeed Clinton in the Senate.

Most Republicans in the state Senate come from the upstate area.

The rallies come on the heel of yesterday's announcements by Senator Klein and Governor Andrew Cuomo on the future organization of the State Senate, in which the Independent Democratic Conference, which Koppell has railed against, will cease to maintain a separate conference from the Senate Democratic Conference.

Bloomberg is so far largely keeping his powder dry in state - level races, particularly when it comes to the battle for control of the Senate — a switch from his past largesse to the Senate GOP.

The Newburgh forum comes a few weeks after state Senate and Assembly hearings on the fallout from PFOA - contaminated water in Hoosick Falls, where officials and residents expressed anger and frustration.

While there are considerable pickup opportunities for Democrats under the court's map and no staunchly safe Republican seats, there are a number of ways a map drawn by the Democratic - controlled state Assembly and pushed through the Republican - held state Senate by Cuomo could have helped Democrats come away from the 2012 elections with more seats.

After a brief period of uncertainty, the co-leaders of the state Senate announced they would hold a vote on a medical marijuana bill on Friday morning, with at least one «yes» vote coming from Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos.

Now, after once again coming up short in last year's elections, Democrats in the mainline conference are making a public show of independence from a governor who, despite sharing their political affiliation, has shown little desire of seeing the conference take the lead in the state Senate.

The APC, in a statement by its state Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Sulyman Buhari, said: «We had initially chosen to ignore the banner as we believed it was fake, and especially coming from somebody not well known among the supporters of the senate president.

The release of the poll, conducted by BK Strategies, comes days after the state Senate moved to block the tax from being enacted.

At 11 a.m., elected officials from across New York state will come together to ask Cuomo to halt the projected $ 7.6 billion bailout of three upstate nuclear power plants, outside Senate chambers, 3rd Floor, State Capitol, Alstate will come together to ask Cuomo to halt the projected $ 7.6 billion bailout of three upstate nuclear power plants, outside Senate chambers, 3rd Floor, State Capitol, AlState Capitol, Albany.

Demos worked on Pataki's 1998 re-election campaign — the one in which Pataki cruised to victory against his Democratic opponent, former NYC Council Speaker Peter Vallone, after coming from pretty much nowhere (the back bench of the state Senate) to oust liberal icon Mario Cuomo from the governor's office four years earlier.

The redistricting order, which came after the State Assembly and Senate gave up trying to draw new Congressional lines, reduced the number of districts in New York to 27 from 29, as was required as a result of the 2010 census.

ALBANY — The hits keep coming from federal prosecutors in the capital, with the No. 2 Republican in the state Senate becoming the latest legislator to be indicted.

ALBANY — A bill that would reduce the New York City speed limit from 30 mph to 25 mph hit a sudden roadblock Wednesday when Republican state Senate leader Dean Skelos said he wasn't sure it would even come up for a vote.

Of course, New York might not have had the unusually high number of competitive congressional races underway across the state if Cuomo had heeded calls from national Democrats — including Pelosi — to intercede in the redistricting stalemate between the state Senate and Assembly when it came to the House lines.

Still, he argued that the opposition mainly comes from politicians from outside the five boroughs, and that it enjoys bipartisan support within the city limits — including business leaders who were «very forceful» in stressing the importance of mayoral control to the State Senate.

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — Newly elected Congressman Adriano Espaillat came under fire during a town hall over the weekend from locals angry about his chosen state senate replacement, Marisol Alcantara's choice to join the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference (IDC).

(Ulrich raised $ 1.3 million for his State Senate race, though much of that came from party committees.)

It said, «As long as Republicans hold power in the State Senate, New York can't stand up to President Trump and pass laws to protect our families from the awful policies coming out of Washington.

Of the $ 5.42 million spent on the New York State Senate races by independent groups thus far, close to $ 800,000 has come from real...