Sentences with phrase «hold committee chairmanships»

The pact with the Republicans has allowed IDC members to hold committee chairmanships — and draw special salary stipends for those posts — and granted the group's leader, State Senator Jeffrey Klein of the Bronx, a voice in budget negotiations.

The IDC's deal with the Republicans has enabled its members to hold committee chairmanships and to obtain the special salary stipends that come with those positions.

The agreement with the Republicans has allowed IDC members to hold committee chairmanships and receive special salary stipends for those posts.

Other former members of the Tea Party Caucus hold committee chairmanships such as Lamar S. Smith, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.

The controlling party holds the committee chairmanships, sets the legislative agenda and runs investigations.

Not exact matches

State Senate lawyers argued over the weekend that the Senate's practice of paying members stipends for committee chairmanships they do not hold were legal, constitutionally defensible and proper as «a classic example of internal administrative prerogatives.»

Lawmakers in the state Senate on Monday defended receiving stipends for committee chairmanships they don't actually hold, with some suggesting the story is being driven by a «political witch hunt» that wants to undermine a Republican - led chamber.

Lawmakers are being scrutinized for the system in which up to seven senators have received paid stipends or «lulus» for committee chairmanships they do not actually hold.

Members of the State Senate majority have been receiving stipends for committee chairmanships they don't actually hold.

If the deal holds, Brooklyn Democrats are set to reap the spoils, including at least one choice committee chairmanship and patronage jobs with the City Council that have eluded them in years past.

This year alone, three Senate Republicans held chairmanships of lesser paying committees but instead took the higher stipends from the panels where they served as vice chairs, which under law do not come with pay.

There's a more complicated situation in the Senate, where the five - member IDC holds several committee chairmanships, including Social Services (Sen. Tony Avella), Labor (Sen. Diane Savino), Mental Health (Sen. David Carlucci) and Aging (Sen. David Valesky).

Sen. David Valesky will hold a vice chairmanship of the Senate Health Committee, while Avella will also be vice chairman of the Environmental Conservation Committee.

Other lawmakers have been stripped of committee chairmanships following accusations of bad behavior, including former Assemblyman Vito Lopez, who held power as the chair of the Housing Committee, gone following a critical report of sexual harassment acommittee chairmanships following accusations of bad behavior, including former Assemblyman Vito Lopez, who held power as the chair of the Housing Committee, gone following a critical report of sexual harassment aCommittee, gone following a critical report of sexual harassment and abuse.

The allegations against Lopez, first reported last summer, led the Assembly to strip Lopez of his powerful chairmanship of the Housing Committee and prompted him to step down from his post as Brooklyn Democratic Leader, which he had held for seven years.

«The Ways and Means Committee is a lot of work and it's important,» Farrell said of the chairmanship he's held since 1994.

He was stripped of his committee chairmanship and resigned as Brooklyn Democratic boss, but he has stubbornly held on to his seat.

He lost that chairmanship after he requested to actually hold a meeting, following press reports of the committee's inactivity.

Duncan ran for reelection in the 2009 RNC Chairmanship Election, but dropped out after the third round of balloting when elections were held on January 30, 2009 in Washington, D.C. Michael S. Steele was later that day elected Chairman of the Republican National Committee.