Sentences with phrase «majority leadership»

She knows first - hand the effects of majority rule - when majority leadership ignores the minority.

A YNN reporter caught up with Democratic gubernatorial frontrunner Andrew Cuomo in Cortland earlier today and asked how New Yorkers can continue to have confidence in the Senate majority leadership in light of the IG's bombshell AEG report released last week.

After decades of operating under the take - no - prisoners model of majority leadership, the GOP got a taste of its own medicine in 2008 when it lost control of the chamber — and all the perks that go along with it, from staffing cash to offices to member item money — in 2008.

However, according to this source, Heastie and Wright presented the Assembly majority leadership with a deal last night in which Rangel's district would get about 300,000 voters from each of their boroughs with another 100,000 from Westchester County.

New York State's Senate Majority leadership did not immediately respond to requests for comments.

It's the house recording studios that operates the cameras under the control of house majority leadership.»

For one, as chairman of the Senate Republican campaign organization for 2018, he's the newest member of a tight - knit majority leadership team that's spent the past year focused on looking loyal and patient in the face of Trump's combustible approach to political relationships and his voluble pursuit of a legislative program.

Republicans and Democrats in the Senate have remained at an impasse since Sen. Pedro Espada (D - Bronx) helped Republicans overturn the Democratic majority leadership, a move Democrats have since called illegal.

Rather than fight heavyweight Queens Boss Joe Crowley and Brooklyn's Vito Lopez for the top Finance and Land Use chairmanships, he glommed leadership roles on several heavy - duty committees and beefed up Joel Rivera's majority leadership post while getting him co-chairmanship of the Rules Committee.

The Assembly majority leadership was very displeased by the outcome of Pataki v. Silver and this could provide a back - door opportunity to re-litigate that case.

Indeed, even if Mr. Felder were to side with Democrats, Republicans argue that rules might not allow a change in majority leadership, because rules can not be changed without 38 votes, beyond even unified Democrats.

Klein's eight - member Independent Democratic Conference was formed in 2011 and is currently aligned with the Republicans in a majority leadership coalition.

The letter was sent to members of the mainline Senate Democrats and a group of eight breakaway Dems currently aligned in a majority leadership coalition with the Republicans.

The people of the State of New York have spoken and have given the Democrats the right to claim the majority leadership in the Senate and the Republicans to become the minority.

The Temporary President of the State Senate retains both his majority leadership and his seat in the State Senate while acting as lieutenant governor or governor.

[3] Following the precedent of 1913, the temporary presidency and the majority leadership would have been separated again under this scenario.

The circumstances suggest the bill ultimately is getting a push from the highest levels of the majority leadership.

The big question is whether the Democratic minority will reunify with nine breakaway Democrats who are currently in a majority leadership coalition with the Republicans.

Also, they didn't note their endorsee's lack of leadership during the battle over the majority leadership in the Senate.

Last November's election results returned Skelos to majority leadership; his Republican caucus has a slim numerical edge on the Senate Democrats but a vast advantage in discipline.

Williams is the only African American with a majority leadership position.

Their goal it seems is to make it appear that George and I don't want to fix your roads, when in fact the reality is that their majority leadership has taken us to the point where we can't afford to fix them.

The House will definitely get a new speaker, its top officer; in addition, the majority leadership, other posts in the gop conference, and several key chairmanships could also change hands.