Sentences with phrase «election of a new speaker»

Our tennis coverage is interrupted only by the election of the new speaker.

Layoffs are somewhat commonplace following the election of a new speaker.

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During election years, the gala — an annual fundraiser for the Archdiocese of New York — typically features the rival presidential contenders as speakers.

Mr. Espaillat cited a number of what he described as «irregularities» on Election Day, including an unusual lack of bilingual inspectors, the absence mailed notifications alerting voters to the new Election Day date this year, and Spanish language speakers being handed affidavit ballots instead of regular ones.

«With this development, I hereby declare the seat of the Speaker vacant and a fresh election should be conducted to elect the new speaker,» he said.

Assembly Democrats held two days of closed door meetings and then issued a brief statement, short on details, that the Assembly will vote on Monday to appoint Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle as acting Speaker, with an election on February 10th for a permanent new speaker.

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.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will end his long reign as the head of the Assembly on Monday, say the Democratic members of the Assembly who announced they will hold a new election for speaker on Feb. 10.

Democratic members of the Assembly have hashed out a deal to make one of Silver's allies, Majority Leader Joe Morelle of Rochester, interim speaker until the election of a new, permanent speaker on February 10.

Ghana's amended presidential transition act also requires that the new speaker should be elected 24 hours before the inauguration of a new president after national elections.

If the speaker doesn't end up running in a city race, her campaign accounts must then abide by State Board of Elections regulations, which are much more permissive, rather than being audited by the New York City Campaign Finance Board.

Rep. John Boehner, R - Ohio, the House minority leader who is likely to become the speaker of the House, said in an election - night speech that Republicans will «take a new approach that hasn't been tried before in Washington — by either party.