Sentences with phrase «majority coalition»

Getting kicked out of New Visions is just the latest repercussion since he joined the IDC — a group that, according to spokeswoman Candace Giove, «conferences with fellow Democrats, but works in majority coalition with 32 senators who elected a Republican leader.»

«The Senate Majority coalition in our opinion has worked,» Sampson said.

Democrats are trying to forge a unity pact between the mainline conference and the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference in order to form a new majority coalition in the chamber.

A potential majority coalition of socialists, liberal Remainers and conservative interventionists is emerging.»

Following an agreement brokered by Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, the independent Democrats are expected to form a new majority coalition with mainline conference Democrats after Election Day.

«We formed the Senate majority coalition because we believe that it is the best way to continue to build on the progress we've made over the last two years in ending government dysfunction, bringing spending under control, enacting a property tax cap and helping businesses create new jobs.

Senate Majority Coalition Co-Leader Dean G. Skelos said, «This agreement is a reasonable compromise that builds on the legislation we passed to enhance accountability in schools and give our students the first - class education they deserve.

The voters of New York deserve leaders who will join a Democratic majority coalition willingly, not conditionally, and leadership roles within the party should be reserved for Democrats who have held firm to that commitment,» says Emma Balter of Indivisible Brooklyn.

Some of those challenges were put on ice in June, when Klein and the mainline Democratic conference struck an agreement to form a new majority coalition after Election Day.

Or make you look more enticingly moderate to a potential majority coalition partner.

If the Dems pick up both seats in the special elections, the two sides, under the proposed deal, will create their own majority coalition with members from each side serving as co-leaders of the chamber.

«Therefore all IDC members are united and agree to work together to form a new majority coalition between the Independent Democratic Conference and the Senate Democratic Conference after the November elections in order to deliver the results that working families across this state still need and deserve,» he added.

There is still no word on whether Avella will receive a committee chairmanship now that he is part of the IDC - GOP majority coalition in the Senate.

These rules also mean that the new minority coalition has no chance of eliminating the IDC's role in the current majority coalition without the support of at least some Republicans, since the IDC - Democratic alliance currently has only 29 votes.

Or would its strategy be to extort leadership positions from one party or another in trade for a stable majority coalition for the term of a Congress?

Eight senators in 2012 broke off to form a bipartisan majority coalition with Republicans, but on Monday the Senate passed a measure to expand the rolls of the Senate Democratic Conference as the eight returned.

The bill, known as the Compassionate Care Act, is backed by Sen. Diane Savino, a member of the Independent Democratic Conference and part of the ruling majority coalition with Senate Republicans.

Also at 1 p.m., the Senate majority coalition commission on regulatory reform announces the findings of its forums held last fall, Room 124, state Capitol, Albany.

There have been 32 registered Democratic members of the state Senate in recent years, but the disbanded IDC is no longer keeping Republicans in power as either a key bloc of votes or in an outright majority coalition.

Business Council Statement on Senate Majority Coalition Regulatory Reform Report Monday January 13, 2014 at 05:20 pm

Monday, the senate majority coalition released its findings on the regulatory relief forums.

The leaders of the state Senate's majority coalition met for roughly an hour with Gov. Andrew Cuomo Monday morning, but Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was no where to be found on the second floor of the Capitol.

WFP State Director Bill Lipton crowed over the news that Klein et al would be forming a «new progressive majority coalition» that (theoretically) will enable passage of a host of blocked bills — from the Women's Equality Act to public campaign financing.

A push to reunify the state Senate's Democratic lawmakers, or at least find ways having them get along in a working alliance that leads to a governing majority coalition, has always come down to trust.

They responded to criticism that the new majority coalition leaves out blacks and Hispanics.

Also at 6 p.m., Sen. Tom Libous, the deputy majority coalition leader, holds his Annual Deputy Leader's New York City Reception, The Penn Club, 30 W. 44th St., Manhattan.

In his first interview since the new majority coalition plan was announced, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos told Susan Arbetter on The Capitol Press Room that differences between what the independent Democratic bloc wants and the GOP will be ironed out.

Members of the Alaska House Majority Coalition reflected on the legislative achievements of the session.

ALBANY, NY (12/05/2012)(readMedia)-- «How will the new Senate Majority Coalition impact the environmental agenda, which takes on a new prominence and importance in the wake of Hurricane Sandy?

Senator Jeffrey D. Klein, a Bronx Democrat who leads the Senate's majority coalition along with Senator Dean G. Skelos, a Long Island Republican, said that given the series of scandals, «we have a window of opportunity to really change Albany.»

Dividing this number by the total number of swing partners in all possible majority coalitions gives a party's power index.

We're not only giving minimum wage workers the raise they deserve — we're putting real dollars back into the pockets of families who really need it,» said Senate Majority Coalition Co-Leader Jeffrey Klein in a statement.

Under a plan adopted by the state party committee, the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference and the mainline Democratic conference must work together to win the election and then form a new majority coalition in the chamber.

If the Dems pick up both seats in the special election, the two sides, under the proposed deal, will create their own majority coalition with members from each side serving as co-leaders of the chamber.

The original book, published in the Republican year of 2002, forecast accurately the groups that would make up the Democratic majority coalition that emerged in the 2006 and...

It's an interesting development that the IDC and mainline conference are still trying to make grabs for incoming members, considering the deal struck in June that would form a new majority coalition between the two Democratic factions in the state Senate, ending the agreement that kept Senate Republicans in power.

In a statement, Klein said that while the current Majority Coalition had worked well for New York, «core Democratic policy initiatives that the IDC championed remain unfinished.»

The IDC, led by Bronx Democrat Jeff Klein, has aligned itself with Republicans in the past and has previously formed a power - sharing majority coalition with the GOP.

Senate Majority Coalition Leader Jeff Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester) said, «For too many students in New York City, outdoor recreational space has been threatened by construction and temporary classrooms that impact the ability for students to stay active.

A spokesman for the State Senate Majority coalition Republicans says the legal fees stem from the 2012 redistricting process, where new district lines were drawn, and payment to defend lengthy court challenges from the minority faction in the Senate.

But after the deal to form a new majority coalition was reached, two challengers to Sens. David Valesky and Diane Savino, fell away.

People should start putting pressure on these parties to begin such negotiations as soon as possible so that immediately after the election they would be prepared to go to the Governor General with the request that they be recognized as a majority coalition government.

Babis's ANO (Yes) party has won 29 % of the vote so they will need to partner up with one or more of the other eight parties in order to form a majority coalition.

The two largest (and ideologically closest) religions, Christianity and Islam, can hardly be considered a «majority coalition», so let's just set aside the «believers are the overwhelming majority» talk.

But it remains the case that you can't build a majority coalition around such manliness.

O'Neill and Larson, who have formed a majority coalition with Commissioner Robert McKenna, blame the cost of building and maintaining the Sanctuary Golf Course for draining the Park District treasury and cutting into funds available to develop new parks and refurbish old ones.

Under that plan, the Independent Democratic Conference and the mainline conference would have to work together to fill both seats and then form a majority coalition with Sen. Simcha Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat.

Flanagan, too, has sought to maintain the Republican conference's ties with the five - member Independent Democratic Conference, which has in the past formed a majority coalition with the Senate GOP.