Sentences with phrase «majority conferences did»

Representatives from Cuomo's office and leaders of the Legislature's majority conferences did not immediately return a request for comment.

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«A majority of my work in attending a conference is done before I even leave home,» notes conference - goer Dennis Yu, co-founder and CEO of BlitzLocal.com, which provides Facebook advertising for brands and local businesses.

«If you look at President Obama and other presidents, most of them didn't make calls,» Trump said during the 40 - minute news conference with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Democrats are in no danger of losing the majority to the Assembly Republicans, but Silver does want to expand his conference in order to maintain the veto - proof majority.

(Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos joined Silver at a press conference this afternoon to announce his house would also pass the bill, but Schumer didn't mention the GOP - controlled Senate while chatting with reporters).

The development puts Democrats in a numerical majority, but does not give them control of the chamber, given the alliance of Brooklyn Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder with the Senate GOP (Republicans have aligned themselves in the past with the five member Independent Democratic Conference).

Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson told Greg Kelly on «Good Day NY» this morning that ethics and campaign finance reform is a priority for the majority, but defended his fundraising from special interests insisting «a nickle, a penny, a dollar or a dime doesn't influence me whatsoever.»

Woops... I forgot: At 1:30 p.m. Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. will «address his future with the Democratic Party» at a press conference outside the Bronx Board of Elections... hmmm, might he be dis - enrolling himself before party leaders try to do it for him?

After telling reporters in no uncertain terms that his conference would be leaving Albany, not to return until next week, Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson and his fellow majority members did noconference would be leaving Albany, not to return until next week, Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson and his fellow majority members did noConference Leader John Sampson and his fellow majority members did not go home.

After attending a closed - door meeting where Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, of Long Isand, was re-elected as head of the GOP conference, (Felder said he did not cast a vote), the Brooklyn lawmaker suggested he might even wait until the IDC announced which conference it would be aligning with in 2017.

As you'll recall, Bruno did not disclose the investigation to his conference until after they had re-elected him to yet another two - year term as majority leader.

«The Independent Democratic Conference is joining this majority coalition because, as pragmatic progressives, we know how important it is to engage and get things done,» Klein said.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins on Monday did not rule out further primary challenges to members of the Independent Democratic Conference and derided their coalition with the Senate Republicans as a «false majority.»

This is no new arrangement, nor does the IDC relent when Democrats have a stronger majority in the Senate: in 2012, Democrats won a majority of seats in the State Senate, but the IDC broke away from the main Democratic conference to give Republicans control.

With their votes at the party conference, they could help to push through rule changes that assisted the centrists — perhaps to reintroduce the old electoral college for choosing leaders — and overturn the left's majority on the NEC, as they did in the early 1980s.

Krueger said she's unsure what the Democratic conference will do about the majority leader job once Espada is officially gone come January.

An investigation into the allegation facing Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein does not fall within the jurisdiction of the state Senate, Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan said in a statement Thursday.

The chamber's GOP conference currently has a bare, 32 - vote majority in the 63 - seat chamber, and several Republican members have said in recent weeks they don't think a special session is prudent.

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.

Oh, by the way, how much money did the Archdiocese donate (pay as a bribe) to the majority conference?

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos gave the IDC members committee chairmanships and lulus, but he didn't include them when the governor invited his conference to the mansion.

Espada does enjoy the backing of Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson, who reiterated his support of all 32 of his majority members on «Capital Tonight» yesterday («including myself», he said).

Where does Wendy stand on the effort to extend the statute of limitation on child molestation — an issue strongly opposed by NYC Archbishop along with Senator John Flanagan, Senator DeFrancisco, and the «law and order» TEAPublican majority conference in the Senate!

Although Espada is eligible for the large stipend of the majority leader and added staff and resources, he doesn't have the power of a traditional majority leader and is not considered a top leader of the conference.

During the question and answer period Senator Klein received a few questions on Democratic values to which he replied that it takes a majority, and even with the IDC rejoining the Senate Democratic Conference they still did not have the majority.

Sen. John Flanagan, the leader of the Republican majority conference that has been the main source of opposition to changing the treatment of LLCs, did have something to say about that.

And even if Democrats did pick up a bare majority of seats in November, they would still have to contend with four members of the Independent Democratic Conference, who have often voted with the Republicans.

Austin Shafran, a spokesman for the Senate Democratic majority, said his conference is prepared to make more cuts but said they should be done «as part of a fair and negotiated agreement between the Legislature and the executive, not through unilateral action.»

The health care union allied with Senate Republicans under former majority leader Joe Bruno's leadership, and frequently gave members of his conference four times as much money as it did to Democrats.

Hamilton would like to believe the uprising against a conference that has propped up an all - white Senate Republican majority — one composed chiefly of suburban and rural lawmakers who do the bidding of the real estate industry and hedge funders — is attacking only minority lawmakers now enjoying new perks.

Question topics included what he'll say to Rob Astorino if he bumps into him locally, what he has to say to the anti-fracking protestors, what was most surprising in the campaign, whether he'll be disappointed if he wins by 10 points rather the 20 points that public polls predict, for whom and on what line he and Lee voted, what he'll do to affect the state senate leadership should there not be any single majority conference, what he'll do in a second term concerning state mandates to local governments and what effect Republican control of the United States Senate will have on New York and his administration in a second term.

Even if Democrats do pick up the 2 undecided races and it 32 - 31 democratic majority, (with Felder on the Republican side,) you could end up having a three way vote for Majority leader (or President pro Temp — whatever the official position is) with 31 votes for Skelos, 28 votes for Sampson (or whoever the conference leader will be in January) and 4 votes fomajority, (with Felder on the Republican side,) you could end up having a three way vote for Majority leader (or President pro Temp — whatever the official position is) with 31 votes for Skelos, 28 votes for Sampson (or whoever the conference leader will be in January) and 4 votes foMajority leader (or President pro Temp — whatever the official position is) with 31 votes for Skelos, 28 votes for Sampson (or whoever the conference leader will be in January) and 4 votes for Klein.

Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson did not take kindly to the suggestion by his fellow Democrat (and former Senate minority leader) Gov. David Paterson that the GOP has likely succeeded in its quest to take back the majority, despite the fact that three races remain undecided.

Stewart - Cousins would become the first female leader of a majority conference in Albany if Democrats do end up taking control.

Asked how the majority is accomplishment this feat, Sen. John Flanagan joked during a noon press conference: «Senator Marcellino said we pray a lot; if we don't maybe we should.»

Viewers picked holes pretty quickly in Clegg's «Lib Dems for coalition» pitch to conference, pointing out that his condemnation of single - party rule therefore undermines any argument that Lib Dem majority (or minority) government rule would be preferable, thus making his much - applauded line «In an ideal world, I wouldn't have to work with either of them because I'd be Prime Minister on my own thank you very much — and I'd like to think I'd do a better job too» fall rather flat.

IDC Leader Jeff Klein, whose breakaway Democratic conference has a relationship — though no longer a power - sharing deal — with the Senate Republicans, issued a statement calling the corruption charges outlined today by the US attorney against Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos «serious and distburing,» but did not join fellow Democrats in calling for the senator to give up his leadership post.

As CapCon's Matt Hamilton aptly points out, if the Senate Republicans decide to try to replace Skelos with another member of their conference, they're going to have a bit of a tough time doing it, thanks to the ongoing illness of Senate Deputy Majority Leader Tom Libous, who is recovering in Florida from back - to - back surgeries connected to his fight with terminal cancer; and the absence of Sen. George Amedore, who have been recovering from back surgery.

Flanagan affirmed, too, that he would «absolutely» continue the relationship with the five - member Independent Democratic Conference, which was in a governing coalition for two years while Republicans did not have a numerical majority.

The Feerick Commission's investigation was not viewed positively by many lawmakers, including the legislative leaders (Senate Majority Leader Ralph Marino and Assembly Speaker Mel Miller), who declined to formally testify on campaign fund - raising efforts by their respective conferences, but did say they would meet in formally with commission members.

Despite Benjamin's victory, Democrats do not have a working majority in the Senate, a sore point as the war between the IDC and mainline conference intensifies.

Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos says his conference will act differently than it did the last time around if it wins back the majority.

The Independent Democratic Conference said Monday that its seven members will join with the GOP to form a majority coalition because «we know how important it is to engage and get things done,» said Sen. Jeff Klein (D - Bronx), head of the group.

Though some Republicans are said to favor GENDA, if their party held an outright majority in the Senate, it is unclear whether their leader, Dean Skelos from Nassau County, would ask the full GOP conference to do what it did two years ago on marriage equality — allow a floor vote even with most of its members opposed to the issue.

Senate Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan reiterated on Wednesday that his conference, which holds the bare 32 - vote majority needed to pass legislation in that chamber, will not approve a state budget that does not entirely eliminate the remaining Gap Elimination Adjustment, a leftover from the 2008 fiscal mMajority Leader John Flanagan reiterated on Wednesday that his conference, which holds the bare 32 - vote majority needed to pass legislation in that chamber, will not approve a state budget that does not entirely eliminate the remaining Gap Elimination Adjustment, a leftover from the 2008 fiscal mmajority needed to pass legislation in that chamber, will not approve a state budget that does not entirely eliminate the remaining Gap Elimination Adjustment, a leftover from the 2008 fiscal meltdown.

Senate Republicans still need some convincing, however, but Majority Leader John Flanagan says his conference is studying what other states have done.

While the majority conferences of both houses share the goal of increasing school aid, they disagree on how to do it.

The Assembly has passed a bill for to extend paid leave, and Senate Democrats and the Independent Democratic Conference have both offered proposals to do the same, but the issue has not been advanced by the Republican majority in the chamber.

But, then again, the majority of members in the NYC - dominated Democratic conference don't like the mayor anyway.

The renegade foursome of Senate Democrats who broke away from their conference to caucus on their own have received committee assignments, but the offer did not, as was expected, come from the Republican majority.