Sentences with phrase «from becoming majority leader»

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Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein became the first major Wall Street leader to speak out against President Donald Trump's order to halt arrivals from several Muslim - majority countries.

Upon becoming majority leader in May, Sen. John Flanagan announced he had stepped away from his law firm.

Is this limit just a way to prevent a leader from becoming too «popular» by doing something that would be good for the majority and bad for the Western elites (the wealthiest 0.01 %)?

Paterson was replaced as minority leader by Queens Sen. Malcolm Smith, who made history in 2009 when the Democrats wrested control of the majority from the GOP and he became the chamber's first black majority leader.

Sen. John Flanagan, the Republican from Long Island who edged out DeFrancisco last year to become the Senate majority leader, has $ 723,028 in his campaign account, according to his filing on Friday.

Heastie's ascension to the speaker's chair — he would become the first African - American to hold the post — was all but assured Friday when Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle, a Democrat from the Rochester area, dropped out of the race and threw his support to the Bronx Democrat.

State senators in favor of this bill made a three - pronged argument: property taxes have become too burdensome for middle - class homeowners; the property tax caps for municipalities outside the city have been — according to Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan — «a tremendous success,» as well as a job creator; and that the city had benefitted so much from uncapped property tax collections that the mayor shouldn't be surprised about the governor's proposal to shift Medicaid cost to the city.

And Yonkers now has 2 State Senators who call the City home, something that has never occurred, and if the democrats can unite, Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins from Yonkers will become the Majority Leader of the State Senate.

Heastie's ascension to the speaker's chair — he would become the first African - American to hold the post — was all but assured Friday when Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle (pictured), a Democrat from the Rochester area, dropped out of the race and threw his support to the Bronx Democrat.

Skelos, a Republican from Long Island, was first elected to the Senate in 1984 and became majority leader in 2008.

First and foremost, this means breaking down barriers that keep eligible New Yorkers from becoming registered voters,» said State Senator and Deputy Majority Leader Jeffrey D. Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester).

Democrats became incensed over the invitation to Netanyahu from House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell because it was extended outside the normal protocol of consulting the White House and State Department.

ALBANY — State Senator John Bonacic, a Republican from the Hudson Valley, became the first member of his conference to call on Majority Leader Dean Skelos to resign from his leadership post, following Skelos» arrest on federal corruption charges on Monday.

LaSpino said he wants to stop Schumer from becoming Senate majority or minority leader, saying «America can not afford to have this man gain such power.»

What sets Schumer apart from past congressional leaders is the sheer amount of money being raised by the man who wants to become majority leader next year.

Sal Albanese said that the City gay rights bill was bottled up by then - Majority Leader Tom Cuite who prevented it from coming out of the General Welfare Committee — except once in 1974 when it became the first bill in the history of the Council to clear committee and lose on the floor.

Silence from both majority leaders and Gov. Cuomo has become the norm since earlier this year when Cuomo proposed a series of significant reforms that include restricting legislators» outside income, closing the LLC loophole, and public financing of elections.

LBJ: Brings to life both the complexity and the humanity of Lyndon B. Johnson (Woody Harrelson) as he goes from being a powerful Senate majority leader to a powerless vice president before he becomes the president of the US following the assassination of JFK.

Brings to life both the complexity and the humanity of Lyndon B. Johnson (Harrelson) as he goes from being a powerful Senate majority leader to a powerless vice president before he becomes the president of the United States following the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Such naivete explains why the Obama Administration has continually promoted case studies of reform - minded school leaders working closely with NEA and AFT locals, why Class Struggle author Steve Brill floated the laughable idea of Weingarten becoming chancellor of New York City's traditional district three years ago, and why organizations such as Educators4Excellence and Teach Plus — which represent younger, reform - minded teachers who now make up the majority of NEA and AFT rank - and - filers (and are staffed by teachers who are themselves centrist and progressive Democrats)-- work so hard to aim to lead reform from within union ranks.

Caro anatomizes the genius for political strategy and tactics by which, in an institution that had made the seniority system all - powerful for a century and more, Johnson became Majority Leader after only a single term — the youngest and greatest Senate Leader in our history; how he manipulated the Senate's hallowed rules and customs and the weaknesses and strengths of his colleagues to change the «unchangeable» Senate from a loose confederation of sovereign senators to a whirring legislative machine under his own iron - fisted control.