Sentences with phrase «minority leader who»

Bob Huff, a former state senator and Republican minority leader who's hoping to replace retiring Republican Rep. Ed Royce, signed a contract with the firm for work on his congressional race and paid a $ 10,027 deposit just last month.

Rep. John Boehner, R - Ohio, the House minority leader who is likely to become the speaker of the House, said in an election - night speech that Republicans will «take a new approach that hasn't been tried before in Washington — by either party.

Faso, a former state Assembly minority leader who ran against Democrat Eliot Spitzer for governor in 2006, is running on a platform centered on reform to help small businesses, including simplifying the tax code, ending corporate welfare and easing regulatory burdens.

In September, the IDC Initiative paid about $ 45,000 to Martin Connor, a former Senate Democratic minority leader who's now a prominent election lawyer, and nearly $ 20,000 since last March to the New York City firm Kantor Davidoff.

Faso, a former Assembly minority leader who hasn't held elected office since 2002, will replace Rep. Chris Gibson, who opted not to run for re-election.

Tom Ognibene, the former City Council Minority Leader who held his Queens seat until term limits forced him out, was tapped by Buffalo developer Carl Paladino to be his running mate, a move that was revealed yesterday.

Now lets not forget Brian Kolb the GOP Minority Leader who has been hiding under his desk from the start of «Sex in The Assembly» Scandal.

The Speaker, The Editor & a useless Minority Leader who hide under his desk during «Sex in The Assembly»

John Faso, a lawyer and former Assembly minority leader who has had fund - raisers at the track, strongly disagrees with Paterson on the legality of appointing a lieutenant governor.

John M. Kennedy Jr. (R - Nesconset), the minority leader who led the charge against the contract, said he has confidence in the acting department managers, but added «there needs to be a hard look at how we're operating» because of ongoing influence of Bellone's performance management aides over IT decisions.

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.

Meanwhile, the grapevine had it that, it was Alban Bagbin, the then Minority leader who virtually talked Hon. John Mahama into accepting to aspire to leadership position of the Country.

Klein can over play his hand one way: Being seen as denying significant power to Sen. Andrea Stewart - Cousins, the Democratic minority leader who would be the first black woman to hold the majority leader post in state government.

Senate Democrats are facing growing pressure to break the white male stranglehold on senior staff positions in their ranks — a push that's uniting consultants and lobbyists inside the Beltway with Black Lives Matter and other minority leaders who are accusing the party of «soft bigotry.»

Now, these minority leaders who had no real input for the many Pataki Years, are to blame for the current situation.

Not exact matches

Rep. Linda Sanchez, who serves as the vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus, echoed to reporters on Wednesday the «crumbs» line from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi at a January press conference said the money corporations were giving to workers would pale in comparison to what they would give to those who own their stock.

But those who like to read and reflect are often potential leaders in congregations, and even a small minority can make a program feel like a success.

The leaders in American culture are not like the tiny minority of landed aristocracy who were educated as gentlemen at Oxford or Cambridge so that they might enjoy their leisure and be ornaments of erudition.

The lock is a good thing if you're a church leader who doesn't want to marry same - sex couples, but if you're among the minority of CofE vicars who would like the right to marry gay couples, you're stuck, because it's illegal.

As much as we might fight against prayers in public schools, churches on city property and political leaders who have the nerve to declare that this is a Christian country, we must accept the fact that we are a minority.

I may be a non-believer now, but I was raised Catholic, a religious minority in the US, and I know what it's like to be part of a misunderstood religion, a religion that even now, people think is weird, with the mystical aspects of Catholicism, the fact that we have a Pope who is the leader of not just the religion, but an independent state, the Vatican.

Black leaders who stressed the importance of blacks» pride in their heritage and culture feared, plausibly, that true integration in a society in which blacks were a small minority would subordinate black distinctiveness.

Sam, the number of Christian leaders who believe gays should be put to death are a tiny, tiny minority who are generally avoided by the rest of us.

Some other news about young people: 57 percent said that the primary reason they helped others was that it «makes them feel good personally»; 19 percent would not fight for their country under any circumstances, 24 percent were uncertain and 60 percent would not be willing to volunteer one year to serve their country; 17 percent could think of no famous person or celebrity they admired (only 1 percent admired Mother Teresa, and Donald Trump received a similar vote — indicating that religious and business leaders are among the least admired adults); 65 percent would cheat on a major exam in school, while 36 percent would lie to protect a friend who vandalized; 53 percent claimed that growing up for them is harder than it was for their parents (minority young people were more likely to say it was easier).

«Operation Rescue left the impression that they wanted to impose the will of a minority of people on the majority, and a lot of pro-life leaders said that was not working,» said Olasky, who has chronicled the anti-abortion movement and was an informal adviser to President George W. Bush.

Not a bad idea: Illinois State Senate Minority Leader Emil Jones Jr. has sent a letter to the Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners requesting that Ada Park in the Morgan Park neighborhood be renamed after Olympic gold medalist Ira Murchinson, who died last month at the age of 61.

A key reason behind the recent turnaround in breastfeeding among minority mothers in Illinois and particularly in the metropolitan Chicago area, state and local public health leaders say, is a common - sense peer counselor program launched in WIC (Women, Infants and Children program) clinics, which serve women who are poor and nutritionally «at risk.»

Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb and Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, both Republicans who are exploring gubernatorial bids, are in discussions to form a ticket to challenge Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2018.

«It's not my place to say who the speaker of the Assembly should be or the leader of the Senate should be or the minority leader.

But, it sounded to me like the younger Giuliani, who is currently working for NYC Council Minority Leader Jimmy Oddo, might be mulling a run closer to home sometime in the not - so - distant future.

Massed against him on one side are the ranks of MPs who opposed a winner isolated in a tiny minority in his own Shadow Cabinet, frontbenchers contradicting their leader at will after reluctantly joining his team.

Also present at the event were Rep. Peter King, Sen. Andrew Lanza, Assemblyman Louis Tobacco, NYC Council Minority Leader James Oddo and US Senate hopeful David Malpass (who is running on Paladino's independent Taxpayers Party line, but says he'll drop off that if he doesn't win the GOP primary).

The group has been funded in part by Dan Loeb, a wealthy supporter of charter schools who last year apologized after making a racially charged remark at Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.

The younger Giuliani, a Queens native who works for NYC Council Minority Leader Jimmy Oddo, has had several conversations with the Senate Republicans about a potential challenge to Democratic Sen. Tony Avella, according to a GOP source with knowledge of the discussions.

Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos, who is one of the few Republicans to whole - heartedly embrace GOP gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino, just called to do a pro-Paladino push, rejecting the Democrats» argument that the controversial Buffalo businessman will hurt the Republicans effort to regain control of the majority.

The conflict, in part, is easy to see, given that Spitzer elevated Paterson from Senate minority leader to lieutenant governor, who then became the state's first black governor following the March 2008 resignation.

The real estate broker, who is also close to former Senate Minority Leader John Sampson, pleaded guilty in October to a $ 50 million mortgage - fraud scheme.

The other went to Francisco Moya, a former aide to then - Senate Minority Leader David Paterson who successfully scuttled ex-Sen.

In what led to a rowdy session Leo Ogor, the minority leader of the House, who equally sponsored the bill maintained that it will provide immunity for the leadership of the national assembly and, as such, guarantee the independence of the legislature.

Consider the combination of Kolbinaro — Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb and Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro — a dark horse at this point (they haven't decided who would be at the top of the ticket and who would run for LG).

Chief among Nunziato's backers is NYC Councilman Eric Ulrich, who has been floated (by none other than Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos) as a potential opponent to Addabbo himself.

Smith, who was named in the scathing IG report on the AEG mess along with Senate Minority Leader (then Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson) and Sen. Eric Adams, among others, also said the question of whether Kruger should retain his ranking position on the Senate Finance Committee is «a matter for the leader to decide in the conference.&Leader (then Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson) and Sen. Eric Adams, among others, also said the question of whether Kruger should retain his ranking position on the Senate Finance Committee is «a matter for the leader to decide in the conference.&Leader John Sampson) and Sen. Eric Adams, among others, also said the question of whether Kruger should retain his ranking position on the Senate Finance Committee is «a matter for the leader to decide in the conference.&leader to decide in the conference.»

The IDC has a prodigious fundraiser in its leader, Sen. Jeff Klein, D - Bronx, who formed the group a year ago after expressing dissatisfaction with Senate Minority Leader John Sampson, D - Broleader, Sen. Jeff Klein, D - Bronx, who formed the group a year ago after expressing dissatisfaction with Senate Minority Leader John Sampson, D - BroLeader John Sampson, D - Brooklyn.

Speaking at a press conference on Thursday June 20 organized by the National Democratic Congress [NDC] to react to some comments made by President Akufo - Addo at a media encounter at the Flagstaff House in Accra, the minority leader said the NDC will resist the «blackmail witch - hunting» of the head of the election management body who was appointed by the past Mahama administration.

Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos thinks eight years behind bars is «harsh» for a person like ex-Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, who is 81.

One source said New York's two Democratic senators, Kirsten Gillibrand and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who have an outlet to block judicial nominations from their home state, were holding it up.

Her comments on WCNY's The Capitol Pressroom with Susan Arbetter came the same day as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other congressional leaders called on Democratic Rep. John Conyers to step down amid revelations he sexually harassed women who had worked in Congress.

But Cuomo so far hasn't shown any signs of weakening his opposition to the state - level millionaire's tax (the federal level is OK, he says), and today he got some extra back - up from Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, who said he wouldn't go along with a veto override, in the unlikely event that things get that far next year.

Former Assembly Minority Leader John Faso, who lost the 2006 governor's race to Democrat Eliot Spitzer, is sounding the alarm in a letter to fellow Republicans, urging them to unite behind the GOP gubernatorial designee, Rick Lazio, or risk «a re-run» of what happened four years ago.