Sentences with phrase «floor leader»

Floor leaders rarely allow a bill for a vote unless passage is assured.

Hawai`i State Representative Cynthia Thielen's home page Representative Cynthia Thielen, Assistant Republican Floor Leader in the Hawaii Legislature, is a leader in the national movement to reestablish Industrial Hemp as an agricultural crop for America's farmers and businesses.

Reps. Darrin Camilleri (D - Brownstown Township) and Adam Zemke (D - Ann Arbor) and House Democratic Floor Leader Christine Greig (D - Farmington Hills) should be applauded for their leadership in fixing this fundamental problem facing Michigan students.

And without Chris Paul last season, and in games one and two, he was a great floor leader in his place.

He and Klein do not get along; it seems that Gianaris would be able to keep his perch at the DSCC, though, and possibly his duties as floor leader even if the reunification plan goes through.

And despite his busy schedule Johann König — our recent collaborator alongside Süddeutsche Zeitung on the special Jorinde Voigt edition — arrived and fell almost immediately into conversation with Peer Steinbrück, the former German Federal Minister of Finance, and Rezzo Schlauch, former parliamentary floor leader of the German Green Party, on the question of «exhaustion» — a subject close to all our hearts ahead of this bustling weekend of art.

Saslaw served as Senate Democratic floor leader from 1996 to 1998 and House minority leader from 1998 to 2008.

Before 1899, the majority party floor leader had traditionally been the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the most powerful committee in the House, as it generates the Bills of Revenue specified in the Constitution as the House's unique power.

Locals seen entering the event included Onondaga County Legislature Chairman Ryan McMahon, Legislature Floor Leader Patrick Kilmartin, Centerstate CEO President Rob Simpson and former city official Ben Walsh.

Honeyford served as deputy minority floor leader from 2009 - 2010.

Republican Floor Leader Pat Kilmartin, R - Onondaga, suggested the Legislature study the history of salary increases and compare them to other public jobs and some private - sector salaries.

It's a huge legislative steps just to have the bills introduced, and state Reps. Darrin Camilleri (D - Brownstown Township) and Adam Zemke (D - Ann Arbor) and House Democratic Floor Leader Christine Greig (D - Farmington Hills) should be applauded for their leadership in fixing this fundamental problem facing Michigan students.

«Very rarely we've had a day where we've had more than 10 bills under consideration at all, and we're roughly halfway through the session calendar,» said Senate Democratic floor leader Mike Gianaris on Wednesday, about an hour after his attempts to get a vote on his conference's budget proposal came to naught.

Freshman guard Gerald Madkins can play, as can floor leader Pooh Richardson and running mate Dave Immel.

Fourth - year man Davis emerged as an opportunistic scorer and true floor leader, one capable of carrying a team; he averaged 22.6 points in the playoffs, 4.5 more than his output in the regular season.

But how will these new floor leaders fare next season?

Then came a 66 - 50 win over a depleted Xavier team, whose floor leader, Jamal Walker, played only six minutes because of a bum foot.

The lack of offensive floor leader (who makes the team better vs, attempting to take over a game) will haunt us for years.

Assemblyman Tony Jordan, the newly minted floor leader for the Republican conference, is leading the charge against the legislation.

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.

He praised the legislature's leadership, McMahon and Floor Leader David Knapp.

To no avail, Republican floor leader Jane Corwin repeatedly pleaded with the chamber to refocus its energies.

The Speaker and other floor leaders are chosen by the Democratic Caucus or the Republican Conference, depending on whichever party has more voting members.

Legislator Linda Ervin, the Democratic Floor Leader who lives in DeWitt and represents part of Syracuse, said county legislators should stop viewing the city as a foreign country.

The analysis also looked at which lawmakers had the best sense of humor, and found Senator Tom Libous, a Binghamton Republican, and GOP floor Leader, made remarks that elicited laughter around three dozen times.

Democratic Floor Leader Linda Ervin had a death in her family and did not attend the Dec. 15 meeting when raises were approved.

Thanks to the leadership of Governor Fallin, House Floor Leader Jon Echols, and Senator A.J. Griffin, some of Oklahoma's neediest children will have access to a broader array of educational options, and more families will be financially able to serve as foster or adoptive parents while providing the best life possible for previously abused and neglected children.

Here are the five tips Mrs. Andrews shared with leaders: • Be Transparent • Make Data Meaningful • Set Goals • Have Clarity • Share the Floor

Senator Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer says a decision about bringing the matter before the full senate has not yet been made.

The emails were obtained by the Energy and Policy Institute via a series of public records requests to Ohio House Majority Floor Leader Bill Seitz and other state legislators involved in campaigns to roll back Ohio's renewable energy and energy efficiency standards, as well as bail out failing coal and nuclear power plants.

«Missouri will continue to be a judicial hellhole» if caps are not put in place, said Senate Majority Floor Leader Ron Richard of Joplin, Mo..

The new management positions will be Assistant Store Manager - Trainee, Assistant Store Manager and Store Floor Leader position.

Klein will be given Gianaris» job, a position that traditionally serves as floor leader.

Party floor leaders would have increased to $ 34,608 and the chairman would have increased from $ 46,515 to $ 49,615.

* Legislative floor leader: From $ 31,608 to $ 36,349 * Legislative chair: From $ 46,515 to $ 53,607 * County Executive: From $ 122,413 to $ 155,871

Republican Floor Leader Patrick Kilmartin, R - Onondaga, suggested the people making $ 31,000 a year do not have the same responsibilities as the county executive, who oversees 3,500 employees and a budget of $ 1 billion.

Industrial Hemp [Cannabis sativa]- Economic Viability and Political Concerns By Gertrude Roth - Li Minority Research Staff, for Rep. Cynthia Thielen, Minority Floor Leader, Hawaii Legislature April 17, 1996, 18 pages (PDF file 28k)

Republican Floor Leader Pat Kilmartin, of Onondaga, argued the improvements complement the hundreds of millions of dollars spent to clean up the lake.

He was then the Assistant Republican Floor Leader from 1999 to 2000.

Morelle, for the moment, isn't vacating the job he has held since 2013, making him the Democratic floor leader and the number two lawmaker in the conference's large majority.

Then Thompson — who once served as the Democratic majority floor leader — rose in defense of the bill.

Threatt and his backup, Tony Smith, have taken such good care of the ball — they made only 11 turnovers between them in three games last week — that talk of Los Angeles making a trade for another floor leader has subsided.

Kundla's biggest problems are to coax more scoring from the forwards and to develop a floor leader in the backcourt.