Sentences with phrase «majority coalition agreement»
All three Democratic incumbents are running for a second term and are top targets for Senate Republicans, who are trying to maintain control of the chamber after the Independent Democratic Conference announced it would end its majority coalition agreement with the GOP.
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Democrats need to win both races in order to gain a numerical majority in the chamber and move toward a coalition majority with the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference, based on agreement hammered out at the end of last year.
Given the math, a Kaminsky victory in April would not necessarily flip the majority back to Democrats unless new agreements were struck between mainline Democrats, the Independent Democratic Conference (which has a coalition with the GOP) and Simcha Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat who votes with the Republicans.
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.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Senate Majority Coalition Co-Leaders Dean Skelos and Jeff Klein, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver today detailed an agreement to guarantee every school district has a permanent teacher and principal evaluation system in place by June 1st.
It is worth saying to colleagues on the Government Benches who support the Government's proposals and respect the coalition agreement that my hon. Friend's amendment is not compatible with what we set out in the coalition agreement, which was a simple majority referendum, without an outcome - specific threshold.
Klein — who has previously pointed out that the agreement to form a new coalition was contingent on Democrats achieving a full majority — also insisted there was no chance his conference would return to the mainline fold.
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.
Klein on Monday hedged his bets on whether Democrats would be able to gain a clear majority in the Senate and appeared to edge away from an agreement made in June to form a new coalition with the mainline conference after Election Day.
To deal with situations in parliamentary systems where no clear majority to support a government exists, two or more parties may establish a formal coalition government, commanding a clear majority of the parliamentary members, or a party might enter into less formal alliances or agreements with other parties, or individual members, to allow the minority government to stay in office.
The IDC in 2012 formed a majority coalition power sharing agreement with Senate Republicans, who were in a numerical minority, but the alliance allowed the GOP to retain the trappings of power in the chamber.
Senate Majority Coalition Co-Leaders Dean G. Skelos and Jeff Klein and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver today announced an agreement on a joint legislative budget schedule that sets deadlines that lead to the earliest adoption of a state budget in two decades.
«This budget agreement was hard - fought and we deeply appreciate the tenacious commitment of Governor Cuomo, Majority Leader [John] Flanagan and Coalition Leader [Jeffrey] Klein to treat public charter school students fairly,» said James Merriman, CEO of the New York City Charter School Center.
«However, the coalition agreement that the Liberal Democrats should abstain on any proposals tabled in the House of Commons following Lord Browne's review of fees which they dislike, would deliver a Conservative majority for tuition fee and university funding reform.»
It is extremely unlikely that all four parties would reach consensus on a coalition agreement, and the parties might still not have a majority in parliament, according to first projections.
Europe has flared up again as eurosceptics put pressure on the prime minister ahead of his attempted renegotiation of Britain's EU membership terms, which can not begin formally until he wins an overall parliamentary majority or he secures agreement with the Liberal Democrats in a fresh coalition agreement.
Government ethics, voting, and campaign finance reform do not appear to be particularly high on the list of priorities for Cuomo, the Assembly majority, the Senate majority, or the Senate's Independent Democratic Conference (a group of eight breakaway Democrats that has a coalition agreement with Senate Republicans but nevertheless put forward its own conference budget resolution on Wednesday).