Sentences with phrase «member of the minority party»

It is typical for members of the minority party in the Congress to protest their small share of the operating funds doled out to committees.

MG: Believing that the winner of NY - 13 will be going to Washington DC as member of the minority party, Gallagher said that any proposals would need to be realistic and of interest to Republicans.

Its not a question of what PE Obama «owes» Sen McCain, its a question of working with a senior member of the minority party who works for pragmatic - rather than ideological - solutions.

Everyone knows that each House and Senate committee has representatives from both parties which include a senior member of the minority party.

The most senior (though not necessarily the longest - serving) member of the minority party on a committee (or subcommittee).

Quaglione is making an issue of the fact that Gentile didn't bring sufficient funding to the district, though how a first - term member of the minority party expects to do better is a mystery.

He was the Democratic leader of a Democratic majority congress, yet the Democrats did not game the rules to prevent members of the minority party from brining ethics charges.

The party in the minority has a designated «Ranking Member» who is the highest ranking member of the Minority Party.

Both he and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, a Republican from Long Island, suggested that members of the minority party in their chambers would get more funding in the future: Assembly Republicans secured $ 2 million compared to $ 34 million for their majority colleagues, while members of the Senate's mainstream Democratic conference won no funding at all.

Committee rules require that at least two members of the minority party be present for a vote to be held.

In the House, a motion offered by a member of the minority party at the end of floor consideration that, if adopted in its simple form, returns the measure to legislative committee.

In the Senate, the motion may be offered at other times during consideration of a measure, and is not a prerogative of a member of the minority party; it may also be used as a means of offering an amendment.

No members of the minority party voted for the legislation.

The reason we haven't included Ryan on our Line is because being a member of the minority party in the House is a very small platform on which to make a national impact.

Esty will return to the next congress as a member of the minority party again.

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.

Republicans also advanced two other cabinet nominations — Steve Mnuchin as Treasury secretary and Georgia Rep. Tom Price for secretary of Health and Human Services — suspending quorum rules that require a member of the minority party to participate in confirmation votes.

At this session, the lieutenant governor was a member of the minority party, and the Democratic majority voted to appoint the committees by ballot.

Under the measure, new maps would require support from at least half the members of the minority party and three - fifths support in Ohio's House and Senate overall.

Being a member of the minority party means he's not beholden to the assembly leadership.»

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).

The Minority Whip is a member of the minority party who assists the minority leader in coordinating the party caucus in its responses to legislation and other matters.

After a day of statements from Republicans and Democrats about the merits and problems with the bill, the amendment rankled some members of the minority party.

While Finch has complained at times that as a member of the minority party he doesn't have much clout in Albany, Dwire said she would use her ties to the majority party in the Assembly to get things done in the district.

I know there are members of the minority party in the House that had no idea that was going on and certainly were horrified that happened.»