Sentences with phrase «current house majority»

With Cantor stepping aside at the end of July, current House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy is the favorite to become the next majority leader.

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Speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday acknowledged the current House plan can't muster a majority in his chamber.

The current limit of INR 2 lakh is insignificant given the ticket sizes in cities, especially in bigger metros like Mumbai, where an overwhelming majority of the available housing is priced at, or above, INR 1 crore.

Yet current polls show a greater likelihood of a Democratic takeover in the House of Representatives following the midterm elections, while they suggest that Republicans likely will maintain a hold on a Senate majority.1

I keep seeing headlines about how excited the current Republican majority is to pass all the legislation they ever wanted now that they have control of the House, Senate, and Executive office.

Instead he joined six current New York Democratic House members, former Rep. Charles B. Rangel and former Rep. (and current Lieutenant Governor) Kathy Hochul in urging a crowd of 500 or so to work toward electing a Democratic House majority in 2018.

Going through the more formal, restricted process of proposing a specific Amendment that must be introduced in Congress, be passed by 2/3 majorities in both houses, and then be ratified by the required number of states (3/4, which would still have to approve amendments from a convention, as well) seems doomed to fail in this current period of hyper - partisanship and gridlock, but the alternative of calling a Constitutional Convention is so broad that it can easily have unexpected results, in the opposite direction that those originally organizing had hoped for.

If current polling projections are correct, none of the different permutations of coalition government will be able to command a majority in the House of Commons after May 7.

Endorsements (announced June 9, 2011) Former U.S. Sen. Jim Talent Auditor Tom Schweich Senate Majority Leader Tom Dempsey House Majority Floor Leader Timothy Jones (announced Sept. 20, 2011) U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (announced Oct. 4, 2011) Michael Gibbons; Former Senate President Pro Tempore Catherine Hanaway; Former Speaker of the State House Doug Russell; Former Missouri Republican Party Chairman Mike Kehoe; State Senator John Griesheimer; Former State Senator & Franklin County Commissioner Sue Allen; State Representative Cloria Brown; State Representative Mike Cierpiot; State Representative John Diehl; State Representative Tom Flanigan; State Representative Glen Klippenstein; State Representative Bill Lant; State Representative Noel Torpey; State Representative Chuck Pryor; Former State Representative Todd Smith; Former State Representative Dean Dankleson; Jasper County Prosecuting Attorney Eric Zahnd; Platte County Prosecutor Kathy Swan; Cape Girardeau City Council Member Jeremy Boucher; St. Clair County Republican Chairman Robert Hull; Worth County Republican Chairman (announced Dec. 1, 2011) Steven Tilley; Speaker of the House George H. Walker III; Former U.S. Ambassador Harry Otto; Deputy State Auditor Ron Richard; State Senator Betty Sims; Former State Senator John Griesheimer; Former State Senator & Franklin County Commissioner Gary Nodler; Former State Senator Jay Barnes; State Representative Scott Dieckhaus; State Representative Delus Johnson; State Representative Cole McNary; State Representative Dwight Scharnhorst; State Representative Sheila Solon; State Representative Gary Dusenberg; Former State Representative Brian Stevenson; Former State Representative J. Daniel Patterson; Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Steven Stevenson; Andrew County Prosecuting Attorney Adam Warren; Livingston County Prosecuting Attorney Gregg Grounds; Former Mayor of Blue Springs Stephen Holt; Jasper Collector of Revenue Dale Carter; Blue Springs City Council Member Larry Vincent; Cole County Collector Chris Wrigley; Cole County Commissioner Judy Lohman; Vice Chair, Morgan County Republican Central Committee Karen McCutcheon; Vice Chair Morgan County Republican Central Committee Louella Pryor; Treasurer, Morgan County Republican Central Committee Katie Smith; Former Director, Missouri Department of Agriculture Trish Vincent; Former Director, Missouri Department of Revenue (announced Dec. 2, 2011) Former U.S. Sen. John Danforth (announced Jan. 12, 2012) U.S. Rep. Billy Long (CD - 7, SW corner of Missouri) Senate President Pro Tem Rob Mayer State Sen. Dan Brown State Sen. Mike Parson State Sen. David Pearce State Sen. Kurt Schaefer State Rep. Kathy Conway Cass County Committeeman Ryan Johnson St. Louis County Committeeman Jim Gwinner (announced March 5, 2012) Former Attorney General John Ashcroft (announced March 8, 2012) Former U.S. Sen. Kit Bond (announced March 15, 2012) 14 more current and former officials including Jefferson City Mayor Eric Struemph

Given the retirements in their ranks and the NRCC's current cash shortage, it's hard to see how Republicans can regain their majority in the House this November.

The maps were drawn according to current state law by the Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment, which is controlled by the majority parties in each house.

Not long after, our spies are telling us she had a highly productive dinner meeting at the Buffalo Chop House with Congressman Brian Higgins and Pigeon, the current chief counsel to Democratic State Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada.

Your baseless claim and your use of exactly the kind of political rhetoric that they abhor is reason enough to remove the current majority and replace it with the GOP who run the house on behalf of the people rather than on their own behalf.

Rice, a Garden City Democrat in her second term, voted instead for Rep. Tim Ryan (D - Ohio)-- who is not related to Speaker Paul Ryan — to continue her protest of the current leadership and the Democrats» failure to determine why they have not won back the House majority.

In letters to President Donald Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senator Chuck Schumer, Senator Kristen Gillibrand and Congresswoman Claudia Tenney, Picente said the current way FEMA aid is granted and allocated is fostering needless suffering in smaller communities that are hit with natural disasters.

I don't think there will be a parliamentary majority in the House of Commons for the current plans.»

House Minority Leader John Boehner, R - Ohio, and House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, R - Virginia, sent a letter to Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D - Maryland, arguing that current efforts to stimulate the economy haven't worked.

Also, I can understand why the idea of a Democratic majority in the House is so nauseating to you, given what actual oversight over the current administration will unquestionably bring to light.

The two agencies that lease or own a majority of the underutilized property — those classified as having no current use — are the Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, the agency that lifted Rivington's deed restriction.

«Although there are no easy solutions, this proposal is a balanced approach that respects our priorities while recognizing our current fiscal realities,» said House Majority Leader Joe Aresimowicz, D - Berlin.

But the Minority Speaker of Parliament, who will soon lead the NPP majority side, Osei Kyei Mensah - Bonsu said the House in its current state may not be able to pass the Bill.

(Congress has the extra ability to wipe out rules within two months of their effective date with majority votes in the House and Senate; the current legislature used this procedure to repeal 14 last - minute Obama rules.)

The study goes on to find that the majority of homeowners in danger of foreclosure could afford to rent their current house at a fair market price, which makes the proposed legislation viable.

Following the current legislative issues affecting the veterinary profession, we were lucky enough to attend the House Agriculture Committee Farm Bill Markup, attend a hearing on the 2019 Budget of the US Department of Agriculture involving the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, and attend a discussion at the Newseum hosted by the Retail Industry Leaders Association about the current Supreme Court Case involving online sales tax collection (the majority of veterinary clinics are small businesses largely affected by this issue).

In the current Legislature, a majority of Democratic lawmakers has co-sponsored identical bills in both the House and Senate to increase the mandate to 20 percent.

A portion of this money would go to construction of new affordable housing units, although the majority of it will expand on the current focus on renovation and repair of existing affordable housing, as well as measures to support housing affordability such as rent supplements.

The majority of it will expand on the current focus of funding renovation and repair of existing affordable housing, as well as measures to support housing affordability such as rent supplements.

Talk in some detail about food, housing, heating, clothing, transportation, and how the vast majority of our 7 billion who live in cities are going to survive on less than 10 % of current energy use.