Sentences with phrase «including majority leader»

Sen. Alexander's resolution is co-sponsored by 10 Senators, including Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R - KY).

The measure was introduced by Sen. Lamar Alexander (R - TN) and co-sponsored by nine other senators including Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R - KY).

After being denied entry into the hallowed chamber last week, Burris was warmly welcomed Thursday by Senate colleagues, including Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Indeed, all nine senators from Nassau and Suffolk counties, including majority leader Dean Skelos, are members of the State Senate's Republican majority.

Everyone's handicapping Felder's prospective wanderings, including majority leader John Flanagan, who indicated in a radio interview Tuesday that he thought Felder would stay put (he also thought the IDC was safe).

Valesky and leading Republicans — including Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Sen. John DeFrancisco — say no deal was struck for the favorable district or to keep GOP opponents at bay this November.

Senate Republicans, including Majority Leader John Flanagan, have been critical of Cuomo going the regulatory route with the regulations, insisting the issue should be dealt with by the Legislature.

Assembly Democrats, including Majority Leader Joe Morelle, echoed what Cuomo has said: The governor's focused on the current job.

Senate Republicans, including Majority Leader John Flanagan, have signaled their opposition to the proposal.

He did not focus on the New Jersey legislation during the news conference, but met with lawmakers, including Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg and Democratic state Sen. Joe Vitale, in Trenton on Monday about their bill.

Their effort came on the same day Senate leaders including Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R - Ky., reiterated their belief that the next president should choose a nominee to take the place of Scalia, who died earlier this month.

Then, like other lawmakers this week who didn't want to answer questions, including Majority Leader John Flanagan and Senator David Valesky, DeFrancisco turned around and walked away, ending the interview.

Phillips was in Albany earlier this month to meet with Senate Republicans, including Majority Leader John Flanagan.

DeFrancisco, a Republican candidate for governor, pointed to a push by GOP lawmakers, including Majority Leader John Flanagan, to end the START - UP New York program, which was created by Cuomo and has been criticized for its spending on advertising, but producing a lower number of jobs than initially projected.

The PAC's endorsements include the majority leader, John Flanagan, and his deputy, Sen. John DeFrancisco.

Two people briefed on the proposal, which Silver arrived at late Sunday, said the leadership team would include majority leader Joe Morelle, Bronx Democratic chairman Carl Heastie, Cathy Nolan of Queens, Joe Lentol of Brooklyn, and Denny Farrell, a Democrat from Harlem who chairs the chamber's Ways & Means committee.

One endorsement includes Majority Leader John Flanagan who, like LaValle, is from Suffolk County.

The group would include majority leader Joe Morelle of Rochester, as well as Denny Farrell of Harlem, Joe Lentol of Brooklyn, Cathy Nolan of Queens and Carl Heastie of the Bronx.

Not exact matches

But the allegations have drawn swift condemnation from Republican Senators and party leadership, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has said he believes the women and Moore should step aside.

Top Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan, have called on Moore to drop out of the race.

Congressional leaders including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan reportedly want Trump to offer more details on health care policy and an Obamacare replacement strategy in his speech, according to CNN.

In these strange times, we need the majority of business leaders to accept a higher level of accountability for reviving the economy, through commitment, innovation and a broader view of success that includes contributing to the island's social and economic advancement.

When Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell selected the group of 13 lawmakers who would work on drafting a health care bill to replace the Affordable Care Act in May, none of the five female Republican Senators were included.

White House and Treasury officials met briefly Tuesday evening with Republican leaders, including Ryan, House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch.

Potential targets include Harley Davidson motorcycles, from the home state of House Speaker Paul Ryan, and Kentucky bourbon, which could get the attention of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R - Ky.

S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in March for championing Kentucky Bourbon at the federal level, including passage of the first decrease of the federal tax on spirits in generations.

Don Fletcher, an ophthalmologist, said that when he was called last month to serve as the bishop and leader of the Bay Ward he wanted to make sure every Latter - day Saint in his ward knew they were welcome, including the vast majority who weren't showing up.

As a world leader for freedom and the protection of basic human rights, the United States should take every opportunity to advocate for people — including Americans here at home — to think, believe, and act according to their religious belief whether they belong to a minority or majority religion in their nation.»

The fact that the majority of the members of Catholicism, including their leaders, barely know the Bible has proven that.

A few days ago I lamented the fact that so many prominent Mormons, including Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid and Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, had come out against the mosque.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

A strong majority of white evangelicals are pleased with Trump's performance as president so far, and dozens of evangelical leaders, including advisers Robert Jeffress and Paula White, gathered at the White House for a dinner with Trump and vice president Mike Pence Wednesday night.

The most loyal include Senate Deputy Minority Leader Neil Breslin (98.55 percent), former Majority Leader Malcolm Smith (98.17 percent), and freshman Tim Kennedy (98.09 percent).

Others reported to be interested in leading the party after Mr Mahama's reign include former Ministers of Youth and Sports, Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuije; Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur; former Brong Ahafo Minister, Eric Opoku; former Central Regional Minister; Kwaku Rickett Hagan; former Minister of State at the presidency, Rashid Pelpuo; and former majority leader and now 2nd deputy Speaker of Parliament; Alban Kingsford Sumane Bagbin.

Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb and Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos give the governor hell for not sharing the latest budget outlook agreed upon by the majority conferences, Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson seems to forget Leader Kolb's name, and Gov. Paterson challenges Skelos to vote for his next extender, which he claims has no taxes and includes cuts to medicaid.

IDC members chair committees in the Senate, while conference leader Jeff Klein is included in the closed - door budget negotiations with the governor, Assembly speaker and Senate majority leader.

He has given cash to Republicans, too, including former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, who is still fighting his conviction on federal corruption charges.

The vote for Senate Majority Leader happened behind closed doors but most Western New York Republicans told us they supported DeFrancisco, including Michael Ranzenhofer, Rich Funke, Robert Ortt and Joe Robach.

A number of upstate senators, including Neil Breslin, Darrel Aubertine and Dave Valesky, have said Espada should give up his majority leader post.

As deputy majority leader, Libous was the leader of the GOP conference's floor operations, including the infamous 2009 coup in which two Democratic lawmakers switched to the Republican side, stalling any activity in the chamber for a month.

UPDATE: More upstate democrats, including Senators Antoine Thompson and Darrel Aubertine, are now calling on Espada to resign his Majority Leader position.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos this afternoon cracked open some daylight between himself and Gov. Andrew Cuomo when it comes to his proposal for a new, less generous pension tier that's included in the $ 132.5 billion budget proposal, saying that «we're too tied into the word «Tier Six.»»

Lawmakers will take up Gov. Andrew Cuomo's preferred legislation — including a tax cap and an ethics overhaul — Assembly Majority Leader Ron Canestrari said today.

Though Flanagan formally announced her decision, he did not do the same with several other stop attorneys who dated back to the days when Dean Skelos was majority leader and had also decided to part ways with the Senate GOP, including, as the DN's Ken Lovett reported, first assistant counsel Rebecca Lovullo, program senior counsel Tim Atkins, and Frank Alleva, a program assistant counsel.

Also from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., New Yorkers Against Hidden Predators, an organization of advocates and sex abuse survivors from across New York, will be at the state Capitol, urging Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Senate Republicans to include the Child Victims Act in the state's budget.

Danny Hakim at The Times pointed out today that while the internal memo from Linda Lacewell does seem to include a passage that backs up the initial claims first report by The TU in 2007 — that then - Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno did use a state helicopter for non-official use at least once.

Last week on Capital Tonight, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said ethics reform should include the executive branch, and today, Speaker Sheldon Silver called the effectiveness of the governor's tour across the state «irrelevant.»

Trump has threatened to veto a massive omnibus spending package if it includes money for the Gateway tunnel project in New York City, complicating the outlook for the $ 1 trillion - plus spending measure, which House Speaker Paul Ryan and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell want to pass before government funding runs out on March 23.

The Republicans got $ 4.4 million to split, Kolb said, while some members — including Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle, a Rochester Democrat who battled Heastie for the speakership — received many times more than that for just a single project.

Doesn't Boris see that the EU, imperfect as it, is what Europeans, its leaders and a majority of its citizens — including in the UK — have chosen to be in the wake of WWII?