Sentences with phrase «new majority leader»

The deputy speaker was immediately replaced by Mr Emmanuel Tsamdu (APC - Madagali) while Mr Hassan Burguma (APC - Hong) was also elected new majority leader.

Bruno was invited by new Majority Leader John Flanagan, who sources say has been in regular contact with him since taking over as leader last May.

Bronx state senator Pedro Espada Jr. — a borough bigwig and a member of the «Gang of Three» that threatened to defect from the Democratic caucus during an Albany tangle with new majority leader Malcolm Smith — doesn't list contact information on his website.

Of course, we still don't know what deal the three renegade Democratic state senators forged with new Majority Leader Malcolm Smith.

The opposition has emerged in both legislative chambers, with the State Senate's new majority leader saying that imposing such oversight on the district, in Rockland County, would set a dangerous precedent, and an Assembly member from Brooklyn who had supported the bill distancing himself from it while raising the specter of anti-Semitism.

The dust has cleared after the leadership battle in the senate, and the members of the Republican conference say they are unifying behind new Majority Leader John Flanagan.

It reflects a promise by new Majority Leader John Flanagan — who edged out DeFrancisco for the position — to tweak the SAFE Act this year.

Dean Skelos insisted on Monday that he did not personally lobby his colleagues to pick John Flanagan as the new majority leader of the chamber, even as he personally supported his bid.

Despite voting for the SAFE Act, New Majority Leader John Flanagan told the Buffalo News he'd be open to changes to it.

And that is not something the new majority leader — still under fire from conservatives (who, by the way, would have preferred to see Syracuse Sen. John DeFrancisco as leader) for his «yes» vote on the SAFE Act — is likely to give any time soon.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Tuesday said the election of a new majority leader in the Republican - led Senate won't change his Democratic conference's approach to the end of the session.

When Malcolm Smith, the new majority leader of the New York State Senate, invited me up to Albany to consult on a marketing project, I came away impressed.

The Senate will now be governed under a new joint leadership structure, with Mr. Espada serving as the president pro tempore, and Senator Dean G. Skelos, of Long Island, as the new majority leader.

«My goal is to get a new majority leader, Senate majority leader,» Rayburn said.

On Wednesday, Senate Democrats disrupted the legislative session with a parliamentary maneuver that would have suspended Senate rules to pave the way for a vote on a new majority leader.

Speaker John A. Boehner has so far refused to endorse a new majority leader, saying he can work with anyone.

In the closed - door meeting set for Monday, Skelos could offer his resignation and a new majority leader could be chosen before the full Senate reconvenes in the chamber.

Syracuse area Senator John DeFrancisco was hoping to become the new majority leader - as were many upstaters hoping to see him get the votes.

Dean Skelos, the new majority leader, is against gay marriage, but had previously instructed his caucus to vote how they pleased on the issue.

«I'm certainly hopeful that when we emerge from here we'll have a new majority leader who we can rally around,» Funke said.

According to Fred Dicker the Dean of Albany political journalists, «The plan involves intentionally further delaying ongoing court challenges to the two apparent Democratic victors so that the 30 Republicans who have been elected to the Senate can join with GOP - friendly Democrat Sen. - elect Simcha Felder of Brooklyn in voting 31 to 30 over Democrats to select the new majority leader, two sources close to the situation said.»

Sen. John Flanagan says he has the united backing of the Republican conference as the full chamber is poised to elected him the new majority leader.

The Binghamton Republican participated in the vote to elect a new majority leader by conference phone and GOP lawmakers say Libous has been involved in legislative issues as he recovers.

For Astorino, the new majority leader gets an «incomplete,» but in a Capital Tonight interview on Thursday, he spoke highly of Flanagan's prospects as a leader in Albany.

«This last week we have gone through the very involved process of selecting a new Majority Leader.

Flanagan and DeFrancisco emerged together shortly before 4 p.m. today after the Republican senators held a closed - door meeting to pick a new majority leader.

This means that if the Majority Leader resigns, [6] or is ousted from office, or if the majority changes [7] and a new Majority Leader is chosen, the offices of acting lieutenant governor or acting governor were transferred at the same time to the new Majority Leader.

The request came in response to a controversial vote last week by the Republicans, who hold a narrow, 32 - 30, majority, to prohibit Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy from casting a tie - breaking vote to pick a new majority leader if the Democrats win any special elections during the next two years, thereby producing a 31 - 31 split.

The plan involves intentionally further delaying ongoing court challenges to the two apparent Democratic victors so that the 30 Republicans who have been elected to the Senate can join with GOP - friendly Democrat Sen. - elect Simcha Felder of Brooklyn in voting 31 to 30 over Democrats to select the new majority leader, two sources close to the situation said.

With the winners of three Senate seats still to be decided, there's a chance Democrats and Republicans will wind up in a 31 - 31 tie, with neither able to choose a new majority leader.

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These bills will mark the start of a reinvigorated progressive agenda from Latimer and the Board of Legislators, who recently elected a new majority leader, Ben Boykin, a White Plains Democrat, to replace the previous chair, Michael Kaplowitz, a Yorktown Democrat, in a divisive nomination process.

However, three Democrats refuse to endorse Malcolm Smith as the new Majority Leader because Malcolm Smith has promised to pass marriage equality in New York.

If the Republicans retake the chamber, Dean G. Skelos, of Long Island, would likely be the new majority leader.»

In the Republican - controlled Senate, the new majority leader, John J. Flanagan, has expressed concern that the bill could be a precursor to the state's interfering in other districts.

One of Mr. Flanagan's law - school classmates, Kevin S. Law, the president of the Long Island Association, a business group, said the new majority leader mixed a calm demeanor with a sharp strategic sense.

The new majority leader also expressed the need to act quickly.

June 19, 2014 • House Republicans are to pick a new majority leader Thursday, following Eric Cantor's primary defeat.