Sentences with phrase «majority leaders in»

With support from the Senate president pro tem, the House speaker and both majority leaders in the Democratic - controlled legislature, the chances of action by the General Assembly this year are virtually guaranteed.

Republican majority leaders in the state Senate have been adept for many years in persuading individual Democratic senators to change sides in exchange for greater influence.

The donations are often across the political spectrum, to the state party committees and the majority leaders in each house.

De Blasio's experienced political operation doesn't seem to matter much, either; organizing is great, but at the Capitol, the flow of legislation is tightly controlled by the majority leaders in each chamber.

«Trump is no Lyndon Johnson,» says Robertson, «and while he is better than Obama at working congressional leadership, my friends tell me there are already antagonisms at the staff level between the Speaker / majority leader in the Senate and the White House.»

He sought the top leadership post as majority leader in 2015, losing to John Flanagan of Suffolk County.

DeFrancisco, the deputy majority leader in the chamber, is facing Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb and former Erie County Executive Joel Giambra for the GOP nomination.

Flanagan himself stepped away from his own law practice last year before he succeeded Skelos as majority leader in the chamber.

Quinn acknowledged that if Stewart - Cousins were to hold out and become majority leader in her own right — not sharing the title with Klein, as this plan suggests — it would be historic, because she would be the first woman, and the first African - American woman, to boot, to hold that post.

Klein, a one - time deputy majority leader in the Democratic conference, is now in a position of serious power in the chamber.

Upon becoming majority leader in May, Sen. John Flanagan announced he had stepped away from his law firm.

So, insiders say it was a solid 48 hours for Flanagan following what was arguably his deepest personal crisis since ascending to Majority Leader in 2015.

The Majority Leader in Parliament Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has strongly refuted claims by the second Deputy Speaker of Parliament that he mentored President Nana Akufo - Addo during his days Parliament hence if he had become president he can also be president of Ghana.

Flanagan, who took office as majority leader in the Senate in 2015, has worked well with Cuomo publicly during that time.

Clarification: If the Speaker in the House and the Majority Leader in the Senate control the legislative agenda, how do these coalitions (Trump - Democrats - moderate Republicans) get a bill to the floor for a vote?

The statement takes a parting shot at both Molinaro and DeFrancisco, asking whether Molarino will «pull a Brian Kolb «I miss my wife routine» or if DeFrancisco will lose in a similar fashion to win he ran for majority leader in the Senate.

The Irondequoit Democrat was promoted to Majority Leader in January and is considered by many an ally of the Governor.

And Mr. Gentile's office, too, would not say whether the councilman was definitely running for the seat — but said that as a prosecutor, state senator and now deputy majority leader in the Council, he'd «never backed away from a fight.»

DeFrancisco, the deputy majority leader in the state Senate, announced he was running for governor in January.

In response, Flanagan steered a series of SAFE Act reforms through the Senate after he replaced Dean Skelos as majority leader in May.

If he was a Senator, he might aim for Minority Leader in the short term and Majority Leader in the future.

Flanagan, who announced that he would leave his law firm last year when he was elected majority leader in the Senate, wrote in his filing that «Reporting individual did not provide direct services in 2015» with his firm, Forchelli, Curto, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo & Terrana, where he holds an «of counsel» position.

As for veteran state Senator John DeFrancisco, who confirmed during a CapTon interview he's exploring the possibility of challenging Cuomo, Paladino said he's still upset DeFrancisco wasn't elected Majority Leader in 2015.

«It concerns me about the ability to get things done,» said Ron Canestrari, a former Democratic Majority Leader in the Assembly who still lives within his old Albany County district.

Apart from 1992 when Madam Gladys Boateng of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) represented the constituency in Parliament, renowned legal practitioner and a former Majority Leader in Parliament, Mr Abraham Osei Aidoo, had represented the NPP in Parliament from 1996 to 2008.

Bruno became Senate majority leader in 1995, less than a year after Silver ascended to the post of speaker in 1994.

It chronicles Johnson's rapid ascent and rule as majority leader in the Senate, his victorious battle to pass a momentous civil rights bill and his election as vice-president to John F Kennedy in 1960.

Speaking on Citi Fm's news analysis programme the Big Issue, Casely Hayford expressed disgust at the comments by Adwoa Safo who is the Minister of state and deputy majority leader in Parliament.

Having the top leaders in both chambers face criminal charges in the same session is an unparalleled achievement, but Skelos is now the fifth straight Senate majority leader in Albany to face them.

The complaint said Dean Skelos bragged to his son in one conversation after he was re-elected majority leader in January: «I'm going to be president of the Senate.

Dean Skelos was re-elected majority leader in January after sharing the post with another senator from 2011 to 2013.

Fillmore Common Councilman David Franczyk, who voted against Smith for majority leader in January, said the continuing problems make him unfit for a leadership position.

In a Democratic caucus vote, Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland defeated Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania in the race for majority leader in the U.S. House.

When Nicoletti was last on the council, John DeFrancisco (now the deputy majority leader in the state Senate) was the council president.

Meanwhile, the Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah - Bonsu, says the Minority's calls for full disclosure of the medical condition of the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, are hypocritical.

Bruno was elected to the state senate in 1976, became majority leader in» 95, and is currently under federal investigation.

As further evidence of his outspoken nature, he also was a vocal critic of the election of Long Island Republican John Flanagan as Senate majority leader in 2015, so much so that earlier this year he said he was seeking GOPers to run against Sen. Michael Nozzolio, R - Seneca County, who backed Flanagan during the 2015 leadership battle.

Late last year a compromise of sorts was reached by Governor Andrew Cuomo, Sen. Klein, and Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins, who represents Westchester and is the senate democratic conference leader, and Majority Leader in waiting, if the democrats can ever unite.

The complaint said Dean Skelos bragged to his son recently in one conversation after he was re-elected majority leader in January, a post he shared with another senator from 2011 to 2013: «I'm going to be president of the Senate.

Skelos, a Republican from Long Island, was first elected to the Senate in 1984 and became majority leader in 2008.

The APC Majority Leader in the House of Representatives, said that the House was working with the Executive to ensure that those saboteurs did not hijack the anti corruption war of the president.

Should Stewart - Cousins grovel to Klein and promise that one day, she will support him for majority leader in exchange for Democratic unity?

Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos, due to receive the title of majority leader in full once again come January, wouldn't say what the plan is for IDC Leader Jeff Klein and his five - member conference.

The seat itself is only opening up since Libous, the former deputy majority leader in the chamber, was convicted on a charge of lying to the FBI and removed from the Senate.

A former Majority Leader in the Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon. Kunle Kilani Adisa has reportedly died.

At the moment, Dean Skelos's strongest base of public support is with his fellow Long Islanders to remain majority leader in the state Senate, despite the corruption charges he faces.

Flanagan, who became majority leader in May following Dean Skelos's arrest on corruption charges, had decided to keep Libous in the number two post.

Still, the position of majority leader in the Senate has been a high - profile target for federal prosecutors.

As a deputy majority leader in the chamber, Libous was a chief tactician for the Senate Republicans.

Smith also outlined his «twofold» ambitions to run for both mayor and Senate majority leader in 2012, saying that «he planned to employ the same process again» to achieve the latter goal, the Manhattan federal court filing says.