Sentences with phrase «minority party members»

In both chambers, minority party members participated in debates more frequently.

Minority status, by itself, is often an important inducement for minority party members to stay together, to accommodate different interests, and to submerge intraparty factional disagreements.

Laura Curran (D - Baldwin), who requested the report as the ranking minority party member of the legislature's Public Safety Committee, said, «There have been so many questions asked about Armor that I was just looking to see what the statistics were, what they're doing, what they're not doing.

There are also some cases where the bill does have bipartisan support, are written by a minority party member, but are actually introduced by a majority party member so it looks favorable to the majority.

If combined with «instructions to report back forthwith,» the motion effectively provides one last opportunity for a minority party member to offer an amendment to the measure.

Legislature Democrats generally like and appreciate Mills» leadership style because he tends to be more inclusive and is less overtly partisan in his dealings with the minority party members.

But minority party members were not hesitant to speak up.

The Markey bill is sponsored in the Senate by state Sen. Brad Hoylman, a Manhattan Democrat who as a minority party member has virtually no power to bring the bill to the floor without a Republican sign - off.

Governor Cuomo gathered with leaders of the legislature to celebrate an on time budget for the second year in a row, but some minority party members weren't as happy.

This allowed a minority party member like New Gingrich (R - Georgia) to bring ethics charges and and force Wright to step down.

For some minority party members, this rhetorical imbalance is more than just a nuisance, and speaks to a larger problem: While their chambers spend time on matters that can be seen as trivial, they often refuse to debate proposals that aren't backed by the majority party.

Committee rules require at least two minority party members to be present to reach a working quorum.

Following completion of the United States Census, state legislators can adopt a new congressional district map if three - fifths of the legislature's total membership vote to approve, including one - half of the minority party members.