Sentences with phrase «new seat in the chamber»

He assumed his new seat in the chamber Tuesday, as the previous floor leader, Queens State Sen. Michael Gianaris, moved his seat over from where it was Monday.

Not exact matches

The New York State United Teachers union this weekend gave its endorsement to the two Democrats running this April to fill vacant seats in the chamber — two key races that could shift control of the chamber away from Republicans.

Battleground chamber: The New Mexico House held a difference in partisan balance between Democrats and Republican of four seats, which amounted to 5.7 percent of the chamber.

With vacant seats counting towards the party that previously held the seat, the New Hampshire House held a difference in partisan balance between Democrats and Republican of 40 seats, which amounted to 10 percent of the chamber.

Battleground chamber: The New York Senate held a difference in partisan balance between Democrats and Republican of three seats, which amounted to 4.8 percent of the chamber.

The following assumes, firstly, that no party has an overall majority (once Sinn Fein's abstention from the chamber is taken into account), and that in spite of the possibility that they could top the polls in the popular vote, that the Lib Dems will not win enough votes to have the most seats in the new Commons (they would need between 37 - 40 per cent to be sure of that happening).

The Assembly's minority Republicans, who gathered Tuesday for the swearing in of four new legislators, now count 44 members in that 150 - seat chamber and promise to represent constituents and offer good ideas for the state, regardless of who gets credit.

New York voters are headed to the polls on April 24 for a special election to fill 11 vacant seats in the Legislature — including two in the Senate that are considered key for Democrats who hope to take control of the chamber.

The beneficiary of that appearance will be the New York Senate Democrats, who have long growled about not holding the majority despite having enormous advantages in voter registration statewide and, technically, having more members in the 63 - seat chamber.

Despite the reunification, the new Democratic conference still has only 29 of the 32 seats necessary to have a majority in the chamber.

an unsmiling Hochul asked reporters who cornered her on the floor of the state Senate chamber, where she had just sworn in Luis Sepulveda and Shelley Mayer to their new seats in the upper chamber.

Ahead of the Nov. 8 election, when every seat in the Legislature is up for grabs, the Senate Democrats have found themselves linked to state and federal investigations examining whether New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and his allies violated laws as part of an unsuccessful effort in 2014 to bring the chamber under Democratic control.

Just a few months ago, Republicans held a reasonable hope of grabbing four new seats in the state Senate this year, enough to gain control of the upper chamber at a time when the state faces huge budget shortfalls.

The likewise new active multicontour seat offers the same comfort functions and more than lives up to its name: fast piezo valves at the air chambers vary the inflation pressure and volume of the air chambers in the backrest side bolsters depending on the steering angle, lateral acceleration and road speed so as to offer the driver and the front passenger even better support.This active function relieves strain on the musculature and enhances well - being.

But knowing the composition of the state legislature, and the hostility of the Republican leadership in both chambers to Prop B, we knew that we'd have to entertain compromise on some elements of the agreement (at no point, ever, publically, has Pacelle or anyone from HSUS mentioned any thought of compromise — and likely, this is why they didn't have a seat at the table when it came to this new law), in order to protect the measure for the long term and to obviate the need for a second public vote on the issue.