Sentences with phrase «minority leader»

Their children also need to regularly connect with and learn from minority leaders of color.

He's served in the chamber since 2000, and was chosen as minority leader in 2009.

Similarly, the whip may also be known as the assistant majority or assistant minority leader.

A common complaint among minority leaders and construction workers is that diversity goals on state - funded projects aren't aggressively enforced.

I'll give the majority and minority leaders of the county legislature credit for at least one thing at their annual state - of - the - county addresses last week.

But DiPietro says Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb did.

«We set the bar on what progressive government and what progressive society looks like and we set that bar for the rest of the nation to follow,» Cuomo said at the event, which was also attended by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

A day after U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer reportedly demandred an AR - 15 ban, the New York Democrat sidestepped a question about whether doing so would actually be effective, preferring to focus on a different gun control goal.

State Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, R - Canandaigua, and former Erie County Executive Joel Giambra have announced they will seek the GOP nomination for governor.

«I didn't feel like this was where we needed to be,» Brzezinski said of Monday night's protest that featured House and Senate Minority Leaders Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) and Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.), respectively.

«I congratulate Senator Bill Larkin on his decades of service to our state and nation, and I wish him well,» said Democratic Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.

Instead, Trump sided with Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer and Pelosi — «Chuck and Nancy,» as he referred to them later.

«Once again we see the real world consequences of what happens when Republicans are allowed to run the State Senate,» Senate Democratic Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins said.

(CNN)- As Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell fends off attacks from the left in his 2014 Senate campaign, the Kentucky senator will now have to beat back an opponent from the right.

But support from the labor movement comes a coalition of groups backing the bill make a major end of session push for the measure, which is sponsored by Minority Leader John Sampson, D - Brooklyn, in the Senate.

State Senate Deputy Minority Leader John DeFrancisco filed paperwork with the Board of Elections Monday to run for governor.

«Thank goodness that he will be gone from Washington, D.C., when I am sworn into the Senate,» Grayson said of Minority Leader Harry Reid, who he accused in a statement of using a «false and misleading hyped story» to try to pressure him out of the campaign to replace Republican Marco Rubio.

GOP lawmakers might vote for the bill, said Republican Minority Leader Dean Skelos of Nassau County.

Assembly Republican Minority leader Brian Kolb, says he hopes the governor will pursue those changes as part of a job creation plan to get business to «expand here, stay here and come here.»

First elected to the state House in 2008 at age 24, Cain later served as the youngest House minority leader in state history.

A Queens Supreme Court judge ruled Friday that the rightful Queens Republican Party chairman was Phil Ragusa, rendering former Council Minority Leader Tom Ognibene «s bid to replace Ragusa unsuccessful.

Nassau County Legislature Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams, center, with Democratic colleagues at a news conference on Monday, announcing their opposition to $ 275 million in capital borrowing.

The resolution was co-sponsored by Legislature Minority Leader John J. Mills who said, «The elective process must be respected and all laws adhered to as to ensure the public is allowed every opportunity to participate.

All school boards would be required to abide by the concussion guidelines of the Illinois School Association under the new head trauma bill, which was sponsored by House Minority Leader Tom Cross.

Republicans, including House Minority Leader Themis Klarides of Derby, say they'll vote no on the agreement.

Republican Assemblyman Joe Borelli has opened a campaign committee to run for the Staten Island seat of retiring NYC Council Minority Leader Vincent Ignizio.

Meanwhile, mainline Democrats — including Deputy Minority Leader Mike Gianaris — and their campaign committee explore potential primary challenges to IDC members, including the conference's leader, Jeff Klein.

The day began with Heaney calling on Faso, a former Assembly minority leader who likely enjoys higher name recognition with voters in the district given that he was once an elected official, to hold six debates ahead of the primary.

At 1 p.m., Nassau Democratic Legislative Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams holds public hearing to address troubled county contract procurement process, Nassau County Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building, Minority Hearing Room 136, 1550 Franklin Ave., Mineola.

Tom Reynolds, a former congressman and former Assembly minority leader from the Buffalo area, also came back to the Capitol to advocate for his disabled son.

Even though Walker met with Democratic leaders on Wednesday, he didn't tell them about his proposal, said Melanie Conklin, spokeswoman for Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca.

The Deputy Minority Leader also downplayed the significance of abolishing import duty taxes on spare parts, as he explained that government had relinquished the stake it had it their trade.

State Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano (R - North Haven) said the Malloy should remember his campaign promise not to raise taxes.

At the request of Minority Leader Mills, several town highway superintendent and supervisors spoke at the Sept. 17 Economic Development Committee meeting to share their concerns that the old contract had expired without a new contract in place.

Schumer, now into his fifth month of hold the Senate minority leader post in Washington, is down to 57 percent favorable.

Not long after, he famously shouted at Republican minority leader James Tedisco, «I'm a fucking steamroller, and I'll roll over you.»

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) was reelected House minority leader on Wednesday, keeping her in charge of the chamber's Democratic Caucus despite an insurgent challenge to her leadership role.

He then explains that then Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was trying to prevent Jenna's Law, which eliminated parole for first time violent felons, from passing but Faso, who was Assembly Minority Leader at the time, didn't allow that to happen.

IDC member Sen. Diane Savino (D - Staten Island) said that after Peralta's move, she received a call from Senate Democratic Deputy Minority Leader Michael Gianaris seeking a commitment that her group would not poach any more members.

William Batson, Community Relations Director for Senate Minority Leader David Paterson, emphasized his past ties to our community, including famed labor leader Cleveland Robinson (Secretary - Treasurer of District 65), who was blind, and his work with the Achilles Track Club.

Earlier this month, Erie County Legislature Minority Leader Joe Lorigo submitted a FOIL request to the Department of Environment and Planning for information on the administration's study for potential new Convention Center sites.

In a statement released by his office, Kolb, who ascended in the wake of former Minority Leader Jim Tedisco's resignation in April 2009, his colleagues for entrusting him with the «honor, privilege and responsibility» of leading them, saying he was «humbled by their vote of confidence.»

Grey had been weighing a run for the South Shore seat as well, and on Thursday, Chief Deputy County Clerk Mario DiRe swore her in to the board after City Council Minority Leader Steven Matteo (R - Mid-Island) and Councilmen Joe Borelli (South Shore) and Eric Ulrich (Queens) unanimously appointed her Thursday.

«Given some of his past statements and his staunch opposition to immigration reform, I am very concerned about what he would do with the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice and want to hear what he has to say,» incoming Democratic Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York said in a statement.

Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) and Majority Leader Ron Canestrari (D - Cohoes) both received a score of 88 this year, while Minority Leader Brian Kolb (R - Canandaigua) received a 36.

Assembly GOP Minority Leader Brian Kolb, who is the only announced Republican running for governor, criticized Cuomo.

«Students are being denied a quality education and Wisconsin schools are falling further behind because Gov. Walker continues to prioritize tax breaks for the wealthy,» said Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling, D - La Crosse.