Sentences with phrase «minority party leaders get»

While Cuomo appoints a majority of the commissioners, majority party legislative leaders get three appointees each and minority party leaders get one appointment.

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Conservative activists have rejected leader David Cameron's latest attempt to modernise the party by trying to get more women and ethnic minorities elected to parliament.

The comments by Paul, the state's junior senator, came at a news conference with McConnell in Louisville that was focused on building party unity following a bruising campaign in which the minority leader's opponent, Matt Bevin, got 35 % of the primary vote.

Writing in the Daily Telegraph, former Tory chairman Lord Tebbit predicted recently that «whichever of the main party leaders fails to get into No 10 after the election, Mr Cameron will make full use of his rights as a sitting tenant and carry on as prime minister — but of a Conservative minority administration».

By the end of next month, parties will know whether Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell survived a GOP primary in Kentucky (likely), whether Sen. Kay Hagan will face a top GOP opponent in North Carolina (increasingly likely), and whether Georgia Republicans are on track to get a choice nominee for Senate (probable, but who knows?).

He held a rally with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and the party sent out a fundraising email urging small donors to get involved.

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.

Minority Leader Joseph Lorigo, C - West Seneca, said that like most members in the minority, he has little say over who gets named commissioner because the Democratic Party has settled on its own front -Minority Leader Joseph Lorigo, C - West Seneca, said that like most members in the minority, he has little say over who gets named commissioner because the Democratic Party has settled on its own front -minority, he has little say over who gets named commissioner because the Democratic Party has settled on its own front - runner.