Sentences with phrase «of chamber rules»

Sen. Brad Hoylman of Manhattan has asked the state Committee on Open Government for a formal opinion on the Senate's adoption this week of chamber rules that bar the use of cellphones as recording devices — a prohibition that Hoylman strongly suspects is a violation of state Open Meetings Law.

Not exact matches

But he could use his mastery of the chamber's byways, honed during his chairmanship of the Senate Rules Committee and years of running floor operations as his party's whip, to work the margins.

The Massachusetts Democrat ran afoul of the chamber's arcane rules by reading a three - decade - old letter from Dr. Martin Luther King's widow that dated to Sen. Jeff Sessions» failed judicial nomination three decades ago.

But the six - month waiting period could also complicate the Senate Republicans» repeal efforts, because it may run afoul of the chamber's complex reconciliation rules.

There's no telling whether it will happen to Cisco after Tuesday's close, but given the breathless hope of investors that John Chambers will say something, anything positive, I wouldn't rule out a short - term pop.

An attorney for the U.S. and California chambers of commerce said the organizations declined to comment on the ruling.

The Conservative side — champions one and all of the sanctity and principles of this chamber — applauded the Speaker's ruling enthusiastically.

With Sead Kolasinac ruled out due to injury, Ainsley Maitland - Niles is back in on the left flank as Arsene Wenger goes back to a back - three with Calum Chambers and Rob Holding either side of Shkodran Mustafi, with Laurent Koscielny also injured.

Racing bosses like the FIA, the international ruling body, and USAC, the domestic organization that sets the regulations for Indianapolis, etc., have said the Wankel's displacement will be measured on the basis of twice the volume of one working chamber.

There are a couple of surprises on the bench though, as with Mathieu Debuchy ruled out due to an injury niggle I thought the boss would go with Chambers to cover both right back and central defence.

Some of our youth can be Homegrown under new rules when they turn 21: Chambers, Hayden, Akpom, Crowley, Maitland Niles.

We can't get rid of all of our British players because of the homegrown rule, but barring Chambers, they've all failed for me.

HBO's Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight, which debuts on Oct. 5 and is directed by Stephen Frears (The Queen), is a glossy and engaging docudrama that focuses on the Supreme Court's inner - chamber battles in 1971, when the justices ruled on Ali's appeal of the conviction that had cost him 3 1/2 years of his career and threatened to send him to jail for five more.

The most disappointing thing for me was Wengers excuses after the game, he has protected his players far too long, he had a perfect opportunity to lambast his players, but instead complained that the first goal should have been ruled out for a foul, that chambers getting sent off should have been the 6th sending off of the game and that it was that, that stopped arsenal equalising and potentially winning the match.

They do not rule out the signing of Mustafi also, but surely with the Frenchman coming in there would be no need for the German international, especially with Calum Chambers and Rob Holding looking for action during the season.

Now de Blasio, who wants to see his home rule legislation pass the chamber, needs full Democratic control of the Senate.

The Senate Democrats are again trying to use a 2009 chamber rule change to their advantage in hopes of forcing a public hearing on their reform agenda, which is contained in five ethics and campaign finance - related bills.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Friday announced the formation of a 12 - member committee to review thee chamber's rules and operations in order to promote both transparency and broader public participation.

Are there ways to setup a legislative system that keeps the ruling majority in check without needing to split the body up into a bicameral pair of chambers?

And each year, the legislative chambers dole out dozens of lulus, with the richest payments being decided by the ruling party, and generally going to the most experienced and loyal members.

On Wednesday, Heastie wrote that the committee had revised its initial ruling and directed that McLaughlin receive a letter of admonition, saying that he violated the chamber's policies against sexual harassment, and stop publicly naming his accuser.

The state Democratic Party, led by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is offering carrots and sticks to two rival factions of Democrats in the state Senate in an effort to get them to reunite and potentially rule the chamber.

Former cabinet ministers have also tended to move into the upper chamber, although that has not always been the case; Jack Straw, who was cleared of breaching rules, concerning cash - for - access allegations, was not nominated for a peerage in 2016.

The Democrats will have only 30 seats at the start of the session in January, not the 32 needed to actually take control of the chamber away from the ruling Republicans.

It is from such free - for - all decadence that an Ekweremadu would practically call for military rule, in the very hallowed chambers of the Senate!

These new rules follow the historic steps taken over the last year to implement the use of electronic bills and tablets on Assembly chamber desks.

Nine of them were previously held by Democrats, while Republicans gained an outright majority in two chambers where they previously ruled by coalition.

However, the Republican Party was part of a ruling coalition in two additional state senates (New York and the State of Washington), giving it the partisan edge in 59 chambers, with the Democratic Party having partisan control in 39.

The House voted Thursday to censure Rep. Charlie Rangel (D - N.Y.) for his repeated violations of the chamber's rules, marking the first time in nearly 30 years that a Member has been censured on the floor.

But Cuomo has worked well with the chamber's ruling Republicans, and reaching across the aisle to get things done is a fundamental part of his narrative.

The presidents of the Romanian Parliament's two chambers, who are also the leaders of the ruling coalition, signed a letter to the European Commission's leaders expressing their concern that the European Commission was misinformed about the changes to the justice laws recently passed by the Parliament.

So, for example, councillors will be free to campaign on local issues and then speak and vote on them in the council chamber without fear of breaking the pre-determination rules.

Under rules adopted for this session, the I.D.C. is regarded as a separate conference in the chamber and part of a ruling coalition.

The rules are self - policed by the staff of the majorities in the respective chambers.

«Equally, it is very distasteful and uncharitable for any senator to stand on the floor of the hallowed chamber and ask his colleague to violate the Constitution by cross-carpeting from his own party to join the ruling party.

Two Democratic factions in the New York State Senate say they are joining to form what could be a strong Democratic majority in the Senate, leaving Republicans, who up until now have ruled the chamber in a coalition government, out of power.

Last week, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D - Bronx) said he doesn't plan to change the rules of how the 150 - member chamber operates.

The I.D.C. announced they were forming a ruling coalition with the Senate's Republican conference in December of 2012, an arrangement that gave I.D.C. members more power and financial resources, and gave the G.O.P. the votes needed to retain control of the chamber, which they've held for most of the past 50 years, despite Democrats» overwhelming registration advantage statewide.

Two feuding factions of Democrats in the Senate have agreed to reunite later next year and perhaps rule the chamber, but it can happen only if a number of events occur first.

ALBANY — Two days after the arrest of then - Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos last May, the chamber's Democrats attempted to force a vote to suspend the rules in order to oust him from power.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has long ruled over his chamber with very little public questioning of his authority.

Justice Anthony Yeboah who stated «I hope this judgement will be the final end to the troubles in the party and serve as an opportunity for the party to reunite» shortly after the commencement of his ruling retired to chambers and stayed there for about four (4) minutes.

Carl Heastie, the Bronx Democrat in line to become the next speaker of the state Assembly, outlined a trio of ethics rules changes on Monday for the chamber he hopes to lead.

Five of New York's good government groups are calling on the Senate Republicans to have an open debate on the chamber's rules and offering some suggestions on improvements to the changes that first came to light earlier this week.

In an interview Friday, Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, downplayed the long - term consequences of the rule change, which could spark heated battles should Democrats win back control of both chambers.

But in each of the past two years, the Senate — which is ruled by Republicans and nine renegade Democrats — has given Mr. de Blasio only one year at a time, possibly in retaliation for the mayor's attempt to elect a Democratic majority in the chamber in 2014.

The lack of support among a handful of Senate Democratic incumbents is a major blow to the effort to change the upper chamber's rules.

He may not understand the arcane rules of the chamber.

That leaves 31 elected Republicans, who now hold a 32 - seat majority in the chamber only by counting Simcha Felder, a Democrat from Brooklyn, as a member of their ruling conference.

It's the latest iteration of a push by Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat who provides the chamber's ruling Republicans with a crucial 32nd vote, to prevent investigations into yeshivas serving Orthodox Jews, mostly in Brooklyn.