Sentences with phrase «freshman senator»

So tell me again, what is the point of elevating the incompetent freshman senator over the competent, prepared and multifaceted senior senator in the contest (who won the popular vote)?

Republican Rand Paul, the libertarian - minded freshman senator from Kentucky who was once viewed as a formidable presidential contender, is suspending his White House bid.

Ball, a Hudson Valley freshman senator who considered making a run for the seat last year, also blasts Washington for failing to come to an agreement on reducing the nation's debt.

She was sticking to the questions her staff had prepared for her (generally good practice for freshman senators when talking to Greenspan), when all of a sudden she thought she had this brilliant insight that would support her position that tax cuts are bad.

The bulk of the $ 1.6 million Jobs for New York spent last month, $ 795,000, went to assist former Republican assemblyman George Amedore in his rematch with Democratic freshman senator Cecilia Tkaczyk, who defeated him by just 18 votes in 2012.

Avella said he and other freshman senators from both sides of the aisle as well as Gov. Andrew Cuomo ran on reforming Albany — dubbed the most dysfunctional legislature in the country — and their progress is starting to be felt.

This was the first bill that freshman Senator Mark Grisanti, who received applause from his colleagues following the vote.

Republican freshman Senator Jim Tedisco decried Governor Cuomo's calling of the special session, when there was no real agreement or an agenda.

Freshman senators Rob Ortt and George Amedore are both calling for Skelos to step aside as majority leader as he fights charges from the office of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who on Monday unveiled a six - count corruption complaint against Skelos and his son, Adam.

Rivera, Gianaris, and their fellow freshman senator, former Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat, are part of the conference's effort to demonstrate a reshuffling in their ranks and a rededication to reform now that they're back in the minority.

A New York state freshman senator from the Hudson Valley says her bill to create an Alzheimer's and dementia database has moved one step forward.

Freshman Senator Richard Funke of Rochester sponsored the bills.

President Obama, the big guy himself, had developed a keen interest in clearing the field for the vulnerable freshman senator, if only for reasons of cold political calculation: With the chance to flip Republican - held Senate seats in other areas of the country in 2010, Democrats don't want to waste party resources on a bitter primary battle in New York.

He was the tenth Republican senator to say so publicly, following freshman senator Terrence Murphy, who told Gannett on Saturday that Skelos» presumption of innocence extended to a court of law, but not the court of politics.

The breakaway conference now boasts an African American (Senator Jesse Hamilton III / Bklyn) and two Hispanics (Peralta and Washington Heights freshman Senator Marisol Alcantara).

Freshman Senator Cory Gardner (R — CO), a member of the panel and a rising star within the Republican Party, echoed Cruz's words.

The respect he's already earned from his more senior colleagues is apparent, as he was named Chairman of the ENR Subcommittee on Water and Power — he was the only freshman Senator to be granted a chairmanship.

The funding request — one of four so - called earmarks the Democratic freshman senator is seeking this year on behalf of the village — is listed among scores of grants for projects across the state that Gillibrand has requested and posted on her website, as required under new disclosure rules that took effect last year.

In recent months, those voters have consolidated their support behind another freshman senator, Texas» Ted Cruz, whose own belief and rhetoric more closely aligns with the state's conservative strain of evangelical Christianity.

When a freshman senator from Illinois came knocking, it was Hughes who provided the customer service.

This is a Freshman Senator who was newly elected by people who were familiar with the facts and it was a 14 year old conviction.

The freshman senator lost on the question at hand, as pretty much everyone expected he would.

While the freshman senator from Massachusetts has repeatedly said she isn't running for the White House in 2016, a group titled «ReadyforWarren» was out in force at the annual Netroots Nation conference, held this year in Detroit.

The freshman senator, who helps operate Guilderland - based Amedore Homes, called for a reduction and overhaul of regulations and fees that he says discourage private - sector growth and success.

And a freshman senator from Queens, James Sanders, told Mr. Klein he would take him up on his offer of the chairmanship of the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse.

Espada is the freshman senator who was instrumental in the coup that gridlocked the chamber last summer.

But if the rally here was any indication, the freshman senator from Texas still has lots to do to reach beyond his traditional base and consolidating the anti-Trump vote ahead of the Empire State's April 19 primary.

Somehow, I think Senator Greg Ball as a freshman senator is confused.

The freshman senator from Dutchess County is biting back.

The justices on the state's highest court heard arguments on whether problems counting absentee ballots justify the reversal of a lower state court ruling that declared Franken, the former comedian and progressive radio talk show host, the winner by 312 votes over Coleman, the freshman senator whose term expired at the beginning of the year.

«I will be supporting, with a heavy heart, a motion — or submitting one of my own, if required — to replace Senator Skelos as majority leader,» the freshman senator from North Tonawanda said in a statement.

The freshman senator spoke with WAMC's Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Allison Dunne about what she has accomplished and what she hopes to do next term if she wins November 8.

In 2014, the $ 100,000 gift to Tkaczyk, a freshman senator, came amid a flurry of huge donations and transfers arranged by a team organized by de Blasio.

The state Senate applauded state Sen. Pam Helming, center, following passage of the freshman senator's first bill.

And then there's the freshman senator who has raised more campaign cash from Wall Street than any other Senate candidate who faces the voters in 2012.

It remains to be seen what impact this will have on the re-election chances of Mr. Grisanti, a freshman senator who won a close election two years ago.

In February 2007, he applied to work on Obama's presidential campaign and relocated to the Hawkeye State, where he served as outreach director and helped lead the mobilization that led to the freshman senator's victory in the caucuses.

The freshman senator was criticized by Republicans and some good government groups last summer after the Daily News revealed that soon after taking office he pressed state Workers Compensation Board officials to take action favored by his multi-million-dollar law firm.

Defending her economic record, Mrs. Clinton has said the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the Great Recession and a Republican administration prevented her, as a freshman senator, from fulfilling her jobs promise.

One Freshman Senator, however, has spoken out.

The freshman senator, who faces a tough re-election race against Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan, had grappled with how to deal with Trump in the Granite State.

Communications director Erin Dennin, legislative director Scott Solomon, and executive aide Stephen Papas» departure off payroll was due to a staffing overhaul approved by the freshman Senator.

Every day that there is a freshman senator atop the Democratic ticket in an era of historic military strategic realignments, depression - provoking economic events, historic energy sector dislocations, nuclearizing middle east and a few other things to deal with, is a day to get drunk.

Advocates say all Senate Republicans are being lobbied, but that Gallivan and Jacobs, who is a freshman senator, are the immediate push among Western New York lawmakers.

«As a Freshman Senator attending a Friedman Foundation Educational Choice summit for the first time, I have been provided a plethora of new, significant, provocative and inspirational information.

Bryan is a freshman senator and former Nevada governor.

Texas Republican Ted Cruz, then senator - elect, speaks to reporters before a freshman senators luncheon on Nov. 13.

Scott, a freshman Senator, has received $ 411,701 from the two industries during his short time in office.

«The 112th Congress will have fifteen freshman senators and 94 first - time representatives,» Bode said.