Sentences with phrase «caucus leaders at»

Fasano was elected on a day when legislators picked their caucus leaders at the Capitol complex.

House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, D - Berlin, appearing with caucus leaders at a news conference in the Legislative Office Building, bristled at the narrative that Hartford was getting a sweetheart deal.

Not exact matches

In the upper chamber, Minority Leader Harry Reid (D - NV) will be retiring at the end of 2016, clearing the path for Senator Chuck Schumer (D - NY) to take the lead of the Senate Democratic caucus in 2017.

(There are 1,774 precincts in Iowa but only 900 caucus locations, so it looks like Paul will have at least one leader at every voting site.)

Half the caucus, including the rookie member from Vegas - Blackjack, comes from Quebec, meaning the next leader of the party will need to be at least fluently bilingual, if not Quebecois.

Clark quit as both BC Liberal leader and Kelowna MLA last August, after Abbotsford MLA Darryl Plecas dissented at a Penticton caucus retreat.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has removed Saskatchewan MP Erin Weir from caucus after an unsuccessful attempt at mediation following an investigation into harassment allegations.

Outspoken Wildrose Party MLA Derek Fildebrandt, who finds himself frequently at odds with leader Brian Jean, remains in his high - profile role as Official Opposition Finance & Treasury critic after a shuffle of critic portfolios in the Wildrose caucus this week.

It appears that the PCs are both understating the condition of disrepair of hospitals and in some cases, using their power to move projects up the priority list in order to benefit the political interests of PC caucus members at the expense of the health of those living in more needy communities» said Notley In a written response to a request from NDP Leader Rachel Notley, the Auditor General has committed to an audit of the government's capital planning process.

He is a former political assistant who publicly attacked former Wildrose leader Brian Jean after he lost his job at the UCP caucus due to budget cutbacks in September 2017.

At 8 p.m., Democratic Westchester County Legislature Majority Leader Catherine Borgia delivers a rebuttal to County Executive Rob Astorino's address and outlines her caucus» vision for Westchester.

The head of the Senate GOP caucus, Minority Leader Len Fasano, R - North Haven, has been peppering state Democrats for months with vocal criticism, and the Sept. 2 letter comes as an emphatic slap back at him.

Stating that his failure to be at the Presidential Villa for the APC caucus meeting is not worth any fuss, he explained that some young Nigerians, ahead of his birthday, organized an event in Lagos on Monday where they expressed their impression of him as a leader and motivator, hence the need for him to honour them with his presence.

National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday opened up on why he did not attend yesterday's national caucus meeting of the APC presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the new Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

These are some of the Democrats already moving: Mr. Kaminsky, a former prosecutor who is rumored to be eyeing a run for Mr. Skelos» Senate seat; Mr. Kavanagh, the leader of the reform caucus that emerged during the speaker's race; Mr. Perry, the chairman of the powerful Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus; Mr. Mosley, who took on his seat from now - Congressman Hakeem Jeffries and almost got the Caucus nod Mr. Perry did; Marcos Crespo, new Bronx Democratic chairman and close friend of Mr. Heastie; Mr. Blake, a former Obama staffer from the resurgent Bronx; and Ms. Rozic, who at the time of her election was the youngest woman ever elected to the Assembly.

In theory this could be interpreted to support an argument that a parliamentary party ought to have the power to elect their party leader directly, and indeed, at least historically, parliamentary system parties» leadership electoral procedures usually called for the party's legislative caucus to fill a leadership vacancy by electing a new leader directly by and from amongst themselves, and for the whole succession process to be completed within as short a time frame as practical.

Just a day after she «chafed at the decision by California Republican Party Chair Jim Brulte to target Democratic Assemblyman Adam Gray of Merced,» Assembly GOP leader Kristin Olsen turned her fire on the caucus staff who helped her...

Jeffries backed Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's effort to hold her post against a challenge from Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan in November, and he praised the San Francisco Democrat at the time for being «incredibly open - minded» about possibly allowing junior members of the caucus to wield more authority.

Just a day after she «chafed at the decision by California Republican Party Chair Jim Brulte to target Democratic Assemblyman Adam Gray of Merced,» Assembly GOP leader Kristin Olsen turned her fire on the caucus staff who helped her pick up three seats on election night.

Speaker of the House Joe Aresimowicz and House Majority Leader Matt Ritter address the media after the democratic caucus broke for the day at the Capital Tuesday evening in Hartford.

The caucus, at a news conference addressed by their leader, Haruna Iddrisu, threatened to initiate processes...

Kevan Abrahams, the legislature's Democratic minority leader, said his caucus looks forward to questioning Krumpter on policy decisions at a hearing, including precinct closures, cuts to POP cops and overtime management.

But his caucus will hold the majority next year at 21 to 15, and the election of the top Senate leader is traditionally done on a bipartisan vote.

In Klein, the caucus has a leader especially adept at triangulating Albany: meeting the IDC's wants and needs while understanding the differing demands of Senate Republicans, Assembly Democrats and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Well, the facts don't prove that out,» the Governor said at Thursday's Democratic House Leaders caucus meeting on Obamacare.

McCaffrey, minority caucus leader, said that although he hadn't yet seen the capital plan, «we have to take a hard look at his spending.»

The source added that late into Saturday night, [CTU President Karen] Lewis» caucus shouted obscenities at her and the other leaders.