Sentences with phrase «lawmaker called for his resignation»

ALBANY — Unions and their legislative allies are increasing the pressure on New York State education commissioner John King, with state lawmakers calling for his resignation and a powerful teachers» union planning public forums to «fill the void» created by the ones the commissioner canceled.

Shortly after top Democratic lawmakers called for his resignation, Anthony Weiner announced he was seeking treatment and requesting a leave of absence from the House of Representatives.

Though one lawmaker called for his resignation in the wake of the travel report, others were cordial to Dr. Shulkin at a budget hearing Thursday morning and did not bring up the report.

The number of lawmakers calling for his resignation has grown since Weiner admitted to sending lewd photos of himself to women online.

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But he told the aide it would be helpful if lawmakers on the committee called for his resignation and contacted the White House to create more pressure and ensure the president followed through.

One lawmaker, Rep. Mike Coffman, R - Colo., called for his resignation.

ICYMI: Assemblyman Mickey Kearns — now officially a man without a country since he left the Democratic conference to protest Speaker Sheldon Silver's handling of the Vito Lopez scandal — was reluctant during a CapTon interview to suggest a replacement for the speaker, whose resignation the freshman Buffalo lawmaker is the first majority member to publicly call for.

After the resignation of former Assemblyman Dennis Gabryszak, there are now 10 seats vacant in the Legislature for various reasons — mostly because lawmakers left for other elected offices — and Cuomo does not rush to call special elections.

While Westchester County Executive George Latimer called for the resignation of the head of Con Edison and NYSEG, other state lawmakers like Sen. Terrence Murphy, a Yorktown Republican, has called for a hearing to evaluate companies» level of storm preparedness.

Lawmakers and advocacy groups have even called for King's resignation, to which Cuomo said the commissioner shouldn't resign, but it's not for him to say.

Gipson also denied any affinity for Silver, saying that he was among several lawmakers to call for the speaker's resignation.

Weiner announced his resignation on June 16 in the wake of a Twitter sex scandal that prompted numerous calls from colleagues for the embattled lawmaker to step down.

Republican Assembly members Joseph Giglio and Angela Wozniak were also among the six lawmakers calling for Silver's resignation at a news conference Friday morning in downtown Buffalo.

Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump used a suggestive tweet on Tuesday to attack a Democratic lawmaker who has called for his resignation after multiple women renewed their sexual misconduct allegations against him.

House Majority Leader Jeff McCabe, a Democrat, said that LePage has crossed a line but that he and other lawmakers may reconsider their calls for resignation if the governor agrees to seek professional help and outlines a treatment plan.

Conservative allies have come to the aid of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt as lawmakers, environmental activists and pundits call for his resignation.