Sentences with phrase «majority chairman of the committee»

Morano commenced work with the committee under anti-science Senator James Inhofe, who was majority chairman of the committee until January 2007 and is now minority ranking member.

Not exact matches

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks with Robert «Mike» Duncan, former chairman of the Republican National Committee, left, during a walk through inside the Quicken Loans Arena «The Q» ahead of the Republican National Convention.

Another option cited in the report, which Chairman Christopher Smith said a majority of committee members supported, is for the village to wait for citizens to initiate a referendum measure to create a new park district or to annex into an adjacent one.

«The overwhelming majority of the people favor the Sunset Park location, «said Jeanne Jezuit, chairman of the advisory committee.

They accused the National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie - Oyegun, of compromise stating that majority of the members of the NWC had upheld the decision of the party's Appeal Committee to nullify the primary election and conduct a fresh one.

To our dismay and in a manner at variance with democratic norms, the National Chairman overruled the majority of the National Working Committee.

«As the former Chairman of the Senate's Education Committee and now the chamber's Majority Leader, I am extremely disappointed the Mayor doesn't believe this hearing is significant enough to attend.»

Following his arrest in the spring of 2009, Parker was stripped by Senate Democratic leaders (at the time, Senate President Malcolm Smith still held the majority leader title) of his posts as majority whip and Energy Committee chairman, which carried a $ 22,000 stipend.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Ed Royce announced he will not run for reelection, boosting Democrats» chances of winning his Southern California district as they work to regain control of the majority this year.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman John DeFrancisco will report in his latest campaign - finance filing «just shy» of $ 1 million in cash on hand, a sign that a GOP source says the majority conference's fundraising will be beyond formidable this election season.

In doing so, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan is turning to a fellow Long Islander who he also appointed chairman of the Senate Education Committee in 2015.

Apart from him all other committee chairman's are members of the Majority,» he said.

He has been chairman of the Senate committee on higher education since 1979 and is chairman of the Senate Majority Conference.

Press Release: Dole, a former five - term Senator from Kansas who served as Senate Majority Leader and former Chairman of the Republican National Committee, was the Republican Presidential nominee in 1996.

When the Democrats took majority control of the New York State Senate in 2009, Senator Johnson was appointed chairman of the Senate Committee on Investigations and Government Operations.

Mr. Osei Owusu, also the Chairman of the Appointments Committee, said a confession had been made to the effect that the allegation was made by some Minority members to settle scores, following prior claims by the Majority side that Mr. Mahama was corrupt.

Alban Bagbin has become the face of Ghanaian politics not for his 25 years so far in parliament and still counting, but for the extraordinary role he played as two terms Minority Leader, twice Majority Leader and Chairman of some strategic committees of Parliament such as Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Committee, which he chaired twice, Public Accounts and Appointments Committee.

At issue is the decision by Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - East Northport) to provide lucrative stipends of about $ 12,500 to chairmen of committees even though the three IDC senators don't chair their committees.

Over the decades, and with the benefit of a Democrat majority that only collapsed in 2010, Mr. Rangel rose to be chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, showering federal funds on Harlem.

(2) The chairman, with the concurrence of the ranking minority member, or the Committee by motion, may permit an equal number of majority and minority members to question a witness for a specified, total period that is equal for each side and not longer than thirty minutes for each side.

In section 2, we see that with the concurrence of the ranking minority member, or the entire Committee by motion, (the Chairman) may «also permit committee staff of the majority and minority to question a witness for a specified..Committee by motion, (the Chairman) may «also permit committee staff of the majority and minority to question a witness for a specified..committee staff of the majority and minority to question a witness for a specified...».

King now seems quite content to make waves from his post as chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, and says he has no foreseeable aspirations, even if the Republicans lose the majority.

The chairman with the concurrence of the ranking minority member, or the Committee by motion, may also permit committee staff of the majority and minority to question a witness for a specified, total period that is equal for each side and not longer than thirty minutes for eCommittee by motion, may also permit committee staff of the majority and minority to question a witness for a specified, total period that is equal for each side and not longer than thirty minutes for ecommittee staff of the majority and minority to question a witness for a specified, total period that is equal for each side and not longer than thirty minutes for each side.

«I think the Republican majority will be short - lived,» said Senator Michael N. Gianaris of Queens, chairman of the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee.

Both House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R - Calif., and Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R - Utah — chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee — said the attorney general should remove himself from any involvement in the probe.

Washington (CNN)- House Majority Leader Eric Cantor Tuesday defended Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King for holding a series of hearings on the «radicalization» of the American Muslim community and that community's response to it.

However, now that Republicans have regained control of the State Senate, Central New York would be better served by my returning to my Senate seat, as a majority member and Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.

President Trump, escorted by Sen. John Barrasso, R - Wyo., chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee, left, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R - Ky., right, arrives at the Capitol to meet with GOP lawmakers about passing the GOP tax bill.

Under long - time Chairman Rich Gerentine of Marlboro, a Republican chairing the legislature's major committee for a Democratic majority, the watchdog has been little more than a rubber stamp for the executive.

Both men rose to powerful positions in the Senate — DeFrancisco as deputy majority leader, and Lombardi as chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee.

Sen. Andrew Lanza was paid the $ 18,000 stipend of Codes Committee Chairman Michael Nozzolio, who received $ 22,000 as the Senate's majority whip.

Others, including Assembly Health Committee Chairman Richard Gottfried, have called for such a program, but getting a majority of lawmakers to support it would be a challenge.

Assembly Majority Leader Ron Canestrari, the DACC chairman, said the committee has done its annual event off - track for several years, often at the home of a top NYRA trustee.

«A majority of state Republican Party chairmen have signed a letter supporting Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele, citing his accomplishments in the job.

Endorsements (announced June 9, 2011) Former U.S. Sen. Jim Talent Auditor Tom Schweich Senate Majority Leader Tom Dempsey House Majority Floor Leader Timothy Jones (announced Sept. 20, 2011) U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (announced Oct. 4, 2011) Michael Gibbons; Former Senate President Pro Tempore Catherine Hanaway; Former Speaker of the State House Doug Russell; Former Missouri Republican Party Chairman Mike Kehoe; State Senator John Griesheimer; Former State Senator & Franklin County Commissioner Sue Allen; State Representative Cloria Brown; State Representative Mike Cierpiot; State Representative John Diehl; State Representative Tom Flanigan; State Representative Glen Klippenstein; State Representative Bill Lant; State Representative Noel Torpey; State Representative Chuck Pryor; Former State Representative Todd Smith; Former State Representative Dean Dankleson; Jasper County Prosecuting Attorney Eric Zahnd; Platte County Prosecutor Kathy Swan; Cape Girardeau City Council Member Jeremy Boucher; St. Clair County Republican Chairman Robert Hull; Worth County Republican Chairman (announced Dec. 1, 2011) Steven Tilley; Speaker of the House George H. Walker III; Former U.S. Ambassador Harry Otto; Deputy State Auditor Ron Richard; State Senator Betty Sims; Former State Senator John Griesheimer; Former State Senator & Franklin County Commissioner Gary Nodler; Former State Senator Jay Barnes; State Representative Scott Dieckhaus; State Representative Delus Johnson; State Representative Cole McNary; State Representative Dwight Scharnhorst; State Representative Sheila Solon; State Representative Gary Dusenberg; Former State Representative Brian Stevenson; Former State Representative J. Daniel Patterson; Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Steven Stevenson; Andrew County Prosecuting Attorney Adam Warren; Livingston County Prosecuting Attorney Gregg Grounds; Former Mayor of Blue Springs Stephen Holt; Jasper Collector of Revenue Dale Carter; Blue Springs City Council Member Larry Vincent; Cole County Collector Chris Wrigley; Cole County Commissioner Judy Lohman; Vice Chair, Morgan County Republican Central Committee Karen McCutcheon; Vice Chair Morgan County Republican Central Committee Louella Pryor; Treasurer, Morgan County Republican Central Committee Katie Smith; Former Director, Missouri Department of Agriculture Trish Vincent; Former Director, Missouri Department of Revenue (announced Dec. 2, 2011) Former U.S. Sen. John Danforth (announced Jan. 12, 2012) U.S. Rep. Billy Long (CD - 7, SW corner of Missouri) Senate President Pro Tem Rob Mayer State Sen. Dan Brown State Sen. Mike Parson State Sen. David Pearce State Sen. Kurt Schaefer State Rep. Kathy Conway Cass County Committeeman Ryan Johnson St. Louis County Committeeman Jim Gwinner (announced March 5, 2012) Former Attorney General John Ashcroft (announced March 8, 2012) Former U.S. Sen. Kit Bond (announced March 15, 2012) 14 more current and former officials including Jefferson City Mayor Eric Struemph

In 2014, Rob served as the National Finance Chairman of the Republican Senate Campaign Committee and everyone agrees he played a key role in winning a Republican majority in the United States Senate.

Members of Statewide Steering Committee U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson Lieutenant Governor Brad Little Secretary of State Ben Ysursa Superintendent of Public Schools Tom Luna State Controller Donna Jones Attorney General Lawrence Wasden Senate Pro Tempore Brent Hill Speaker of the House Lawerence Denney Senate Majority Leader Bart Davis Assistant Senate Majority Leader Chuck Winder House Assistant Majority Leader Scott Bedke House Caucus Chairman Ken Roberts

Stockman watched with admiration as his principal intellectual rival, Jim Jones, the Democratic chairman of the House Budget Committee, attempted to fashion a budget resolution that would hold the Democratic majority together.

DeFrancisco, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee who is believed to be in the running to replace Skelos as leader, was not among the 16 lawmakers who signed on to a statement late last night backing the embattled majority leader.

DeFrancisco, the Senate Finance Committee chairman, will be the most recent Senate Republican to give the GOP rebuttal at the annual gridiron show: Sen. Lee Zeldin (now a member of Congress) and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos have both given it in recent years.

Flanagan, a Long Islander, is potentially heading to friendly territory with a stop at the Otesaga Hotel in Cooperstown: Seward, after all, was one of several upstate Republicans to back his bid for majority leader over Senate Finance Committee Chairman John DeFrancisco, a Syracuse lawmaker.

The American Majority Project (AMP) is the new kid on the block, a 527 group — meaning it is allowed by law to accept unlimited contributions — formed in recent days with the backing of Republican heavyweights such as former Florida governor Jeb Bush and an advisory board that includes former congressman Robin Hayes (N.C.), former Republican National Committee chairman Mike Duncan and GOP superlawyer Ben Ginsberg.

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.

«Jim D * ke, a Republican consultant based in South Carolina and an adviser to Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, called the nomination «an opportunity for the minority party to represent a majority of Americans who oppose judicial activism» but added that Republican would do well to wait until a nominee is chosen «before passing judgment lest they lose credibility with the American people.»

Democratic Senate Campaign Committee chairman Mike Gianaris added: «The important thing is that there are a lot of important players in politics in this state who have decided to join the effort to make a true Democratic majority in the Senate, and we welcome all that support.»

Silver arrived at his ninth floor office in the L.O.B. shortly after 9 a.m., and was soon joined by the five members he had proposed to delegate some leadership responsibilities to: Majority Leader Joe Morelle, Bronx Democratic chairman Carl Heastie, Joe Lentol of Brooklyn, Cathy Nolan of Queens and Denny Farrell, who chairs the chamber's Ways & Means committee.

AP Photo / Evan Vucci Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel (N.Y.) has formed an alumni association of members defeated in the landslide 2010 election in an effort to capitalize on their political knowledge and connections to help the party regain the House majority next November.

Jim Dyke, a Republican consultant based in South Carolina and an adviser to Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, called the nomination «an opportunity for the minority party to represent a majority of Americans who oppose judicial activism» but added that Republican would do well to wait until a nominee is chosen «before passing judgment lest they lose credibility with the American people.»

Some of the party leaders at the meeting were Senator Ayoade Adeseun; a former Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Mulikat Akande - Adeola; the party's State Chairman of the Interim Management Committee, (Makarfi group), Muraina Ajibola; a former Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory, Jumoke Akinjide; Dr. Saka Balogun, Chief Jacob Adetoro, Bisi Olopoeniyan, and the immediate past Deputy Whip of the Senate, Senator Hosea Agboola, who was represented by Dayo Ogungbenro.

After the indictment was released, Espada was immediately stripped of his majority leader title and removed as housing committee chairman.