Sentences with phrase «member of the majority»

This year's session features five legislators who are not members of a majority party.

Had just one member of the majority taken a contrary view then no such tort would exist.

But Cuomo's political math could work out: Democrats who dominate the state Assembly have been pushing for tighter rent regulations but many members of the majority conference have deep concerns about the tax credit.

The Republican Caucus questions members of the Majority Caucus and their intentions.

Speakers have a role both as a leader of the House and the leader of their party (which need not be the majority party; theoretically, a member of the minority party could be elected as Speaker with the support of a fraction of members of the majority party).

«Anyone can see that the Democrats» map is just ridiculous, even a child would be amazed by the gerrymandered shapes created by members of the Majority Caucus.

Assuming he wins a special election for Congress on May 5, the district attorney will become the city's only Republican member of Congress — and therefore its only member of the majority.

Many such states, for example, appeal to religious tradition in making the law, provide material and symbolic advantages to members of the majority religion, and enforce conservative laws in matters of sexuality and the family.

The Republican leaders also took a veiled shot at members of the majority by reminding them that Obama held open debates with the House GOP and Senate Democrats but not the Democratic Caucus.

Donations identified by The Buffalo News underscore the intense interest in this year's election as well as the organized effort to upset control of the board by ousting members of the majority.

But the legislative selections brought a few eyebrow - raisers, including a host of «no endorsements» for freshmen Assembly Democrats and Senate Republicans who had the temerity to vote — along with many more seasoned members of their majority conferences — «yes» on creating a sixth tier in the state pension fund.

Silver had floated the idea of temporarily giving his speaker powers collectively to five senior Assembly Democrats but that idea did not go over well with many rank - and - file members of the majority.

Members of the majority Republican conference and their central fundraising accounts have raised a combined $ 4.28 million in the past six months, and are sitting on a combined balance of $ 13.9 million.

If the Democrats win control, Kaminsky, who has had his Senate seat for less than four months, will likely become the longest - tenured member of the majority's Long Island delegation.

In the lieutenant governor's absence, a president pro tempore presides, usually a powerful member of the majority party.

The Majority Whip is an elected member of the majority party who assists the Speaker of the House and the majority leader to coordinate ideas on, and garner support for, proposed legislation.

It was a well - coordinated attack against members of the majority bloc, and one unusual even in contests for higher offices.

It's either the best or worst of both worlds for Cuomo, a Democrat who during his 2010 campaign denounced the current process, run by a legislative task force called LATFOR, and vowed to put in place an independent commission to give New Yorkers districts that would suit the needs of voters, not incumbent members of the majority parties in the Assembly and State Senate.

Under the program, students may transfer from a neighborhood school where they are members of a majority ethnic...

The only remaining member of that majority is Justice John Paul Stevens.

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Attempts to reduce the Legislators» salaries last year were blocked by members of the Majority Caucus and the County charter does not allow salary reduction legislation to be voted on during an election year.

As Knickerbocker noted earlier today, this comes on the heels of the Senate Democrats» efforts to create so - called «councils» of labor, business and LGBT leaders, offering exclusive access to members of the majority conference for the low, low price of $ 50,000 to $ 25,000.

«Dan being the only member of the majority, he has access to the majority conferees that other representatives don't have,» said Patrick Ryan, Donovan's spokesman.

For him the calls for his expulsion from the House, as is being championed by members of the Majority, is entirely left to the Speaker.

Members of the majority party are slightly less distraught than republicans, sharing this view at 67 %.

Many of the members of the majority culture were committed to evangelism, but not necessarily involved in issues of justice.

At 1 p.m., Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, joined by advocates and members of his majority conference, holds a press conference regarding the DREAM Act, Speaker's Conference Room (342), state Capitol, Albany.

Apart from him all other committee chairman's are members of the Majority,» he said.

The member of the majority party on a committee who has formal responsibility over the panel's agenda and resources, presides at its meetings, and can, in some circumstances, act on the committee's behalf.

Republicans hold a 245 to 188 edge over Democrats in the House and a member of the majority may be more successful than the minority members in advancing New York City's interests.

A spokesman for the Senate Democrats informed YNN's Kaitlyn Ross all 32 members of the majority conference will be heeding Gov. David Paterson's call to remain in Albany for five days next week in hopes of finally getting a budget deal.

The fact that members of the majority conference will be sicking around in Albany on a Friday night is worth noting as yet another example of just how much things have changed in the post-Sheldon Silver era.

Unfortunately instead of voting to approve the funding, members of the Majority Caucus objected to the item, forcing it into the Health and Human Services Committee, delaying the implementation of much - needed funding.

The Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, has said that members of the majority on the cash - for - seat Committee are being dishonest with the actual report of the Committee following its meeting with the various stakeholders to ascertain the veracity of claims of extortion at the Ghana Expatriate Business Awards held in December 2017.

Twelve members of the majority, including six from the Assembly and six from the Senate, and four members of the minority party, including two from each house, make up the committee.

«Kelly Cummings is an extraordinarily talented staffer who served two Senate leaders and the members of our Majority with distinction, professionalism and class,» he said.

Chairman John Mills, along with Majority Leader Lorigo and members of Majority Caucus, Legislators Lynne Dixon, Kevin Hardwick, Ted Morton and Edward Rath, sponsored a resolution that was unanimously approved at the June 26, 2014 session, requesting the County Executive issue the Declaration of Need and allow the county to take advantage of significant cost savings.

You vote on legislation,» complains state Sen. Diane Savino of Staten Island, a member of the majority coalition that Mr. Cuomo has to win over.

A member of the majority and a representative of the NDC.

The Buffalo Democrat says as a member of the majority in the Assembly he's been able to accomplish a lot of good things for Western New York.

Because the Republican Caucus did the right thing and sustained the County Executive's veto of Local Law 5 - 1, and members of the Majority Caucus have refused to compromise on a new map, the process has reached a stalemate.

If the bills were to pass, he'd need the support of at least some of the members of the majority GOP Senate conference.

Schiliro:» I'd rather be a member of the majority party any day,» Mr. Schiliro said.

Having a member of the majority part in charge of that caucus would be more effective, he said.

Members of the Majority Caucus adamantly voiced uncertainty as to who could borrow at a better rate and save money but still voted in favor of the Comptroller.

He suggested rank - and - file conservatives are still smarting from the fact that Skelos allowed the same - sex marriage bill to the floor for a vote last summer, where it passed, thanks to the «yes» votes of four members of his majority conference.

The Minority Caucus will request that members of the Majority Caucus support the resolution at the next session.