Sentences with phrase «chamber floor as»

State troopers were called to the Senate chamber floor as the two groups started to merge and talk with each other, but there was no escalation in the jammed hallways that turned stifling hot from the number of people and TV cameras.

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But he could use his mastery of the chamber's byways, honed during his chairmanship of the Senate Rules Committee and years of running floor operations as his party's whip, to work the margins.

Rep. Louis Gohmert, R - Texas leaves the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, after lending encouragement to Sen. Ted Cruz, R - Texas, with his overnight fight on the floor of the Senate against the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as «Obamacare».

«Today I am announcing that in the coming weeks I will be resigning as a member of the United States Senate,» he said during a speech on the chamber floor.

While the main floor serves as a visitor centre for the Park, the upper level holds the town council chambers.

As deputy majority leader, Libous was the leader of the GOP conference's floor operations, including the infamous 2009 coup in which two Democratic lawmakers switched to the Republican side, stalling any activity in the chamber for a month.

The video offers a window into just how tense things have become on the floor of the Senate as the latest battle for control of the chamber heats up.

«I'm hopeful that as they integrate and incorporate new reforms, they'll allow legislation like this to the floor for a vote,» said Sen. Joe Griffo, a Republican who is the main backer of the bill in his chamber.

State Sen. John DeFrancisco, a Republican from Syracuse who serves as the chamber's floor leader, said during an interview on WCNY that talks are ongoing.

Just hours after the elections, Espada, Kruger, Monserrate and Diaz formed «the four amigos» and refused to back Smith as leader unless they were given plums — including titles, choice office suites (Espada's overlooked the chamber floor from the Capitol's fourth floor) and the chairmanships of committees like finance.

As the events were unfolding on the floor, Mr. Smith huddled in the hall just off the Senate chamber and consulted with his staff.

Drama ensued on the floor of the red chamber on Wednesday as the motion for the payment of N5, 000 monthly allowance to unemployed youths in the country was opposed.

ALBANY — Sen. Neil Breslin has been tapped as deputy leader of the 26 - member Democratic Conference, a post that requires him to coordinate the legislative flow on the chamber floor and serve as the second - in - command to Minority Leader John Sampson, D - Brooklyn.

He assumed his new seat in the chamber Tuesday, as the previous floor leader, Queens State Sen. Michael Gianaris, moved his seat over from where it was Monday.

ALBANY - It was a heated scene on the State Senate floor Wednesday as Senate Democrats walked out of the chamber after being refused to vote for new leadership in the wake of the Dean Skelos corruption allegations.

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He said the house was expecting the committee's report so as to serve as a guide when discussing the matter on the floor of the hallow chamber.

Schumer promised at the Brady Campaign's gala last November that he would introduce expanded universal background checks legislation in early 2016, as well as press for a floor vote in the Republican - controlled chamber.

Senate Democrats are claiming that as they gaveled in to yet another useless extraordinary session, Republican Frank Padavan briefly walked through the back chamber, granting them the necessary quorum and tacitly granting his vote to any bills that came to the floor.

Following the conference's decision, Silver stayed another two hours in his private office just off the chamber's floor, huddling with his most senior lieutenants as Assemblyman Herman (Denny) Farrell read the newspaper at a nearby desk.

But the tension dissipated when Mr. Garodnick, whose last - ditch efforts to peel off votes were unsuccessful, dramatically entered the chamber, strode across the floor and embraced Ms. Mark - Viverito, as their colleagues erupted in applause.

A summary of phone records entered by prosecutors as evidence today suggests that Percoco used his old 39th floor office in the executive chamber offices with some regularity while he was working on the campaign.

Flanagan did not speak with reporters on Tuesday, and at one point declined a request for an update on outstanding issues as he walked off the chamber floor.

On Tuesday, Taylor walked onto the chamber floor at 5:52 p.m., as Keith Wright and Al Graf entered the third hour of racially tinged debate about criminal justice issues and changes that should be made after the fatal arrest of Eric Garner.

With a chamber staffer trailing, she snaked up the red carpeted aisle for a smiling exchange with the Republican floor counsel, continuing through the narrow spaces between pupil - style Assembly desks as the grown men she brushed by smiled.

On the floor of the chamber after being elected, Mark - Viverito promised to bring the council together as a body to work towards addressing social justice reforms.

The researchers then placed the mutant mice, as well as normal mice, in a chamber with a metal floor connected to an electrical source.

The next day, the mutant and normal mice were placed in the same shock chamber and then were put in a cage that was similar but had subtle differences such as its odor and the shape of its roof and type of floor.

Sen. Mark Miller, D - Monona, speaks during floor debate as Sen. Dave Hansen, D - Green Bay, listens in the Senate chamber at the state Capitol on Tuesday, June 14, 2011.

So called «school safety bills» SB 7026 and HB 7101 are poised to hit the floor of both chambers setting them up for a final vote as early as tomorrow.

Event Description, Location and Time: On Nov. 19th at 5:30 p.m., parents, students, and community leaders and organizations will pack the Board of Education Meeting (13th Floor, Council Chambers, 65 Niagara Square) to support representatives from four «out of time» schools as they promote their plan to turn their schools into Great Community Schools.

Chambers had moved from another location on a higher floor just this year, as a measure of success but also in search of street traffic.

This site - specific performance and installation consists of projections on Toshiba Vision, the iconic Times Square screens, as well as a conceptual installation on the 33rd floor of 1500 Broadway, functioning as an «echo chamber» for the projections in Times Square.

The work is meant to be seen in daylight as when the sun shines through the windows, it casts evocative shadows on the walls and floor, many stemming from the slender pillars (white columns) Irwin erected in the space surrounding the chambers to emphasize the original architecture of the gallery.

The day before opening, two closed - off floors in the Anne Cox Chambers wing at the High Museum reverberate with the bang of hammers and the buzz of drills as a bustling crew of assistants help prepare for artist Daniel...

The day before opening, two closed - off floors in the Anne Cox Chambers wing at the High Museum reverberate with the bang of hammers and the buzz of drills as a bustling crew of assistants help prepare for artist

The day before opening, two closed - off floors in the Anne Cox Chambers wing at the High Museum reverberate with the bang of hammers and the buzz of drills as a bustling crew of assistants help prepare for artist Daniel Arsham's new exhibition, Hourglass.

Seven Wentworth & Selborne Chambers is a leading Australian commercial floor of barristers based in Sydney with a leading group of practitioners specialising in Building & Construction law and dispute resolution recognised in such publications as Best Lawyers in Australia, Doyle's List, Chambers Asia Pacific.

However, here's the most important part: House and Senate officials should be permitted to disclose specific examples of Executive or Judicial overreach from the plain reading of the law, as long as it occurs during an open debate on the floor of their respective chambers or in their committees.