Sentences with phrase «majority under leader»

«If (Paladino) is truly serious about reform, I challenge him to take on incumbent Republican state Senators who did nothing to push reform measures when they had the majority under Leader Joe Bruno, are indicative of the corrupt practices of Albany and campaign to purge them from the party.»

Not exact matches

«Ben Nelson is under the illusion he can get reelected in 2012,» McConnell told Henrikson, adding that Nelson would have to act like a Republican in order to win — and that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D - Nev.)

The 125 CEOs who participated in the survey were asked to compare a hypothetical majority government under Conservative leader Stephen Harper to one led by Liberal Stéphane Dion.

Under Church of England rules, for a measure like the one proposed by Williams and Sentamu to pass, it needed majority support from three different groups: bishops, priests and lay leaders.

As long as the vast majority of the Palestinians and their democratically elected leaders are willing the war against Israel to continue it means that they're happy with the results and that Israel is under NO OBLIGATION to deliver ANYTHING to Gaza... and NO, Congo is NOT AT WAR with either Israel or the US.

The Syracuse Republican and deputy Senate majority leader has a knack for getting under Cuomo's skin, a dynamic that began in earnest when he criticized the governor's push for a $ 15 minimum wage.

The $ 44.5 million in advertising money used to promote the program would be «redirected» to tourism promotion» under the plan unveiled by Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan.

The announcement came the same day as Sen. Malcolm Smith, D - Queens, a former Senate majority leader under Democratic rule, announced he was joining the IDC, which features Sens. Jeff Klein, Diane Savino, David Valesky and David Carlucci.

After a series of filibusters in the 1960s over civil rights legislation, the Senate put a «two - track system» into place in the early 1970s under the leadership of Majority Leader Mike Mansfield and Majority Whip Robert Byrd.

It's none other than Steve Pigeon, the controversial former Erie County Democratic chairman, advisor to coup - inducer / Rochester - Florida billionaire B. Thomas Golisano and counsel to the illustrious Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. (Both Pigeon and Espada are under investigation).

Back in the days when both houses of the Legislature had leaders with a number of years under their belts — namely, former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno — two - way deals to jam the governor were not out of the question.

The nudging is subtle: Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos is under investigation by federal prosecutors, while the GOP's deputy majority leader, Tom Libous, is under indictment for lying to Majority Leader Dean Skelos is under investigation by federal prosecutors, while the GOP's deputy majority leader, Tom Libous, is under indictment for lying to thLeader Dean Skelos is under investigation by federal prosecutors, while the GOP's deputy majority leader, Tom Libous, is under indictment for lying to majority leader, Tom Libous, is under indictment for lying to thleader, Tom Libous, is under indictment for lying to the FBI.

«The only conclusion one can reach from these irresponsible and dangerous actions is that New York's parole system under Governor Cuomo is broken,» Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said in a statement.

As majority leader, he did a great job of keeping things under control.

If the party in question wins a majority (so that the unelected leader would ordinarily become PM), is there any protocol that determines how a Prime Minister would be chosen under these circumstances?

And that is not something the new majority leader — still under fire from conservatives (who, by the way, would have preferred to see Syracuse Sen. John DeFrancisco as leader) for his «yes» vote on the SAFE Act — is likely to give any time soon.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to change the state tax code to get around the loss of deductions under the new federal law is «the work of a mind severed from reason and reality,» GOP gubernatorial candidate John DeFrancisco, the deputy state Senate majority leader, said.

The bill has languished for years, but under a compromise negotiated by Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, the new allowance on lawsuits would be limited to misdiagnoses of cancer only.

In a statement, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said that middle - class taxpayers are «struggling under the crushing weight» of various taxes, as well as the «skyrocketing» costs of higher education.

«Chuck Schumer, who wants to become the Rigged System's Senate Majority Leader under the Rigged System's President Clinton, refuses to say whether he wants Preet Bharara to remain as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York,» Long said.

The US Supreme Court has ruled on the first of three pending cases challenging the Honest Services statute under which former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno was convicted back in December.

This time the cases of Sheldon Silver, former speaker of the Assembly, and Dean Skelos, former majority leader of the Senate, are being watched nationwide as test cases of federal prosecutors» ability to win public - corruption convictions under a new legal standard.

David Lewis, counsel to Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, released an opinion declaring the payments as «proper under the authority of the New York State Constitution.»

There's no reason to think this arrangement has changed under current Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan.

The video, which features IDC Leader Jeff Klein speaking directly into the camera about the eight conference members, comes as the conference is under pressure from liberal advocacy groups to return to the fold of mainline Democrats in the Senate and deliver a working majority for the party.

The Labour leader was put under pressure to pledge to scrap the bedroom tax, after a poll out today showed a growing majority now oppose it.

The Senate will now be governed under a new joint leadership structure, with Mr. Espada serving as the president pro tempore, and Senator Dean G. Skelos, of Long Island, as the new majority leader.

The deputy Majority Leader, Alfred Agbesi, insisted that Parliament was not under pressure to immediately take into account the evidence presented against Oti Bless before approving his nomination.

For the first time in modern memory, the state Senate won't operate under the authority of a majority leader when it convenes in January.

Tenant advocates and Democratic legislators from the city were confused when the news first hit — the outline of how rent laws would be renewed and amended under the «big ugly» negotiated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, just didn't make sense to them.

The resolution was sequel to a motion brought under Public Importance, by the Majority Leader, Martin Amaewhule, and seconded by member representing Bonny Constituency, Abiye Pepple, during an emergency sitting of the House, yesterday.

Poloncarz worked with the Republican - supported majority, under the leadership of Majority Leader Joseph Lorigo on a compromise ethmajority, under the leadership of Majority Leader Joseph Lorigo on a compromise ethMajority Leader Joseph Lorigo on a compromise ethics law.

Under the bill, which passed the chamber 40 - 18, eight of the 17 - member education policymaking board would be chosen by the governor, three by the Senate majority leader, and three by the Assembly speaker.

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

A federal court on Monday convicted the son of New York State Senate Deputy Majority Leader Tom Libous, R - Binghamton, on charges that he under - reported his income on federal tax returns.

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In contrast, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - East Northport) called the governor's plan «realistic» and said a 3 percent school spending jump was «terrific» under the circumstances.

A top Nassau County official who is under investigation for possible conflicts of interest involving county contracts testified Friday at the corruption trial of former senate majority leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, in connection to a stormwater treatment contract within the county.

Three state lawmakers, including Senate Deputy GOP Majority Leader Thomas Libous, were reelected in 2014 despite being under indictment.

«But I'm very proud that I'm going back to the state Senate under Senate Majority leader John Flanagan.

A full - blown battle to succeed soon - to - be-arrested Republican Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos got under way this weekend as Finance Committee Chairman John DeFrancisco, who had planned to retire next year, signaled he wanted the job, The Post has learned.

Those complaints have, of course, taken down two of the state's most powerful politicians: Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who both resigned their leadership positions after coming under fire.

Nassau's contracting system came under scrutiny last May after then - State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) was charged in a federal corruption case that included influencing the award of a county contract to a company that hired his son, Adam.

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.

Earlier Thursday, jurors heard testimony from Elizabeth Garvey, a lawyer for the Senate majority leader who worked under Dean when he held the top post.

Still, Cuomo said there are differences with the Legislature, too, when asked about negotiating under the legislative leadership of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, both of whom were ousted amid corruption convictions.

After less than three months, Albany Legislator Gary Domalewicz may be about to lose his new role as majority leader as a push is under way for legislators to build up resources to make them more responsive to county citizens.

Under the bill Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has introduced, this new tax would take effect in 2013 (not 2012, as originally planned).

More than half the money given to candidates in last month's special election to replace former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was transferred by political party committees, a long - standing practice that is under new scrutiny.

On 5 May 2011 Scottish voters gave the Scottish Nationalist Party, the SNP, an outright majority in their parliament at Holyrood, Edinburgh, under their leader Alex Salmond.