Sentences with phrase «governing coalition»

In statements after the Newtown shooting on Friday, IDC Leader Senator Jeff Klein said we must «continue to reevaluate the place of guns in our state and our society» Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos, who will jointly lead the new Senate governing coalition with Senator Klein, says he's interested in pursuing measures to «curb illegal gun use by increasing penalties and enacting mandatory minimum sentences».

Critics of PR claim that some small parties can enjoy long spells in governing coalitions, giving them much more influence than their popular support merits.

Or, he could join the Independent Democratic Conference, which would be wooed to form some sort of governing coalition in the chamber.

Cuomo maintains he's not getting involved in the state Senate's internal power struggle - which has led to a newly formed governing coalition of 30 Republicans and 5 break away Democrats.

She wouldn't say whether those plans include forming a new governing coalition with Democrats as opposed to the Senate GOP.

The fate of the bill depends on the Senate governing coalition of the Independent Democratic Conference lead by Senator Klein and Senate Republicans.

Firstly, Bucharest has just released the first instalment of 60 million euros as part of a financial assistance agreement with Moldova, offering de facto support for the current governing coalition in Chisinau, which is oriented around the Democratic Party and its controversial backer, Vladimir Plahotniuc.

The new governing coalition includes just one African American and no Hispanics, prompting criticism from, among others, the Reverend Al Sharpton and NAACP President Hazel Dukes.

Libous said he does not believe the pressure from the left will ultimately fracture the unprecedented bipartisan governing coalition.

Sen. Jeff Klein, the leader of the five - member faction of Democrats known as the Independent Democratic Conference, took a gamble breaking away from the rest of the Democrats and forming the dominant governing coalition with the now 30 Republican Senators.

The new German governing coalition (CDU, CSU, and SPD) is planning legislation to make online marketplaces potentially liable for any unpaid VAT of merchants operating on their websites.

A recent sequence of disappointments and blunders has rattled President Trump's volatile governing coalition and raised some doubts among Republicans about the president's tactics and team.

The experimental governing coalition in the New York State Senate passed its first test, on the first full day of session, when senators approved a sweeping gun control package urged by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

However, the scope for another shock seemed limited by the fragmented nature of Dutch politics, which has traditionally produced a multi-party governing coalition, and meant even substantial gains for the leading populist party would be unlikely to allow it to gain access to power.

A fresh military surveillance drone scandal — this is not what Germany's governing coalition wanted in the months leading up to the national parliamentary September elections in 2013.

The IDC and the GOP this year are once again in a majority governing coalition.

Things are not so settled in the Senate, where ongoing negotiations between the two halves of the chamber's governing coalition prevented the expected introduction of budget bills this weekend.

ALBANY — After days of deliberations, the State Senate's governing coalition released a 55 - page resolution outlining their budget priorities, with proposals to halt rising property taxes, and modify Governor Andrew Cuomo's plans for estate taxes and renter credits.

With today's Siena College poll showing most New Yorkers support the current governing coalition led by Republicans and five independent Democrats in the state Senate, the mainline and Independent Democratic conferences are both spinning the results.

Cuomo, along with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, brokered an agreement in June to have the five independent Democrats in the chamber form a new governing coalition next year with the mainline conference.

The Welsh Lib Dem leader, Kirsty Williams echoed her support for the new governing coalition at Westminister: «This is a historic moment for the Liberal Democrats and I am very proud that we as a party will be able to implement our policies in government.

«There is also a strong governing coalition down here, of Republicans and some Democrats.

In the fourth campaign, «Campaigns of the Coalition» players can conversely govern Coalition nations including Great Britain, Russia and Prussia in an effort to defeat Napoleonic France in Europe... read more

The money then went on to fund the campaigns of Brazil's political parties and provided back - door funds that kept otherwise unstable governing coalitions together.

Senator Jeff Klein, the head of the Senate's Independent Democratic Conference, which is part of the newly formed governing coalition in the Senate, also spoke out about the need for further gun control.

Senator Jeff Klein, the leader of the five member faction of Democrats known as the Independent Democratic Conference, took a gamble breaking away from the rest of the Democrats and forming the dominant governing coalition with the now 30 Republican Senators.

The governor says he does not plan to add anti gun measures to his «litmus test» of issues he released several days ago, and wants the new Senate governing coalition to accomplish.

Klein said he was building a «bipartisan governing coalition» to advance «progressive policy issues that benefit all New Yorkers.»

In previous German governing coalitions, the country's finance minister has traditionally been provided by the second - largest party in the coalition — in the current negotiations, the FDP — so there was also speculation that prevailing German political opinion was likely to become more resistant to any future proposals from fellow EU members to reform the region's financial markets through a mutual underwriting of eurozone debt.

A seemingly endless sequence of disappointments and blunders has rattled Mr. Trump's volatile governing coalition, like Mr. Trump's attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions; a vulgar tirade by his new communications chief, Anthony Scaramucci; and the collapse of conservative - backed health care legislation.

The experimental governing coalition in the New York State Senate passed its first test, on the first full day of session, when Senators approved a sweeping gun control package urged by Governor Cuomo.

Although the 6.4 % increase falls short of her party's campaign promises, Bulmahn says the new governing coalition of Social Democrats and the eco-friendly Green Party plans to continue the increases over the next 5 years.

Germany's fellow euro zone members are unlikely to welcome the spending blueprint either, as they had hoped the Social Democrats, part of Germany's governing coalition, would steer the EU's economic powerhouse away from austerity.

Last year, the governing coalition broke its campaign promise to hold a referendum on Iceland joining the European Union, prompting thousands of Icelanders to protest and sign petitions demanding a parliamentary vote.

Wisconsin Rep. Ron Kind told reporters that «we need a big tent if we're gonna be a governing coalition for this country again,» noting that like Lamb, President Donald Trump carried his district in 2016.

Tsipras is trailing in opinion polls, but his governing coalition has a small, but firm majority in the 300 - member parliament.

Officials in the governing coalition have hailed the German finance minister's trip, following an invitation from his counterpart, Yannis Stournaras, as further proof that Greece is on the road to recovery.

All three parties in the governing coalition have said they are in favor of investigating former Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou, the main architect of Greece's first austerity...

He is not expected to be able to form a governing coalition either and another general election is looking increasingly likely.

Talks on forming a governing coalition including Merkel's Christian Democratic Union collapsed earlier this week, casting doubt on her future after 12 years in power.

In the UK, for example, the governing coalition has been split over the issue, with the junior partner, the «greener» Liberal Democrats, shocked at the Tories» proposal to phase out wind power subsidies, following a successful revolt against the towers by their own back - benchers.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef, the son of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef the spiritual leader of the Shas party and an important member of Israel's governing coalition, was questioned by investigators Sunday on suspicions of incitement to violence and racism according to Israeli police.

The arrests raise the question whether the quota - 32,000 tonnes of boxed beef this year - has become simply a bribe - raising exercise for PKS, which is part of Indonesia's governing coalition, with two cabinet ministers, including the communications minister.

Almost six months after the election of the new German government last September, the governing coalition between CDU / CSU and SPD is now in place.

The polls have them losing about half their seats, which could well render them largely irrelevant when it comes to hammering out a governing coalition.

«By helping me reach out to their fellow Republicans, Chairman Barrett, Senator Balboni, Michael McKeon and Julia Koch will be instrumental in creating a governing coalition that actually gets something done.»