Sentences with phrase «other caucuses in»

Apart from Badaru, the convention committee is said to include governors, senators, members of the House of Representatives and other caucuses in the party.

Not exact matches

When Alberta's Legislative Assembly reconvenes in the next few months, for the first time since 1982 the title of Official Opposition will given to a caucus of MLA's representing a party other than the New Democrats or the Liberals.

The caucus also intends to address the challenges faced by other religious minorities in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere...

Magomedov is a hero in many Dagestani's eyes, a man from the troubled region who made it to the top in a world where Dagestani's (and other Muslims from the Caucuses region) are discriminated against.

COCOBOD's decision to spend thousands of dollars on renting a venue for a signing ceremony among others has angered some members of the Minority caucus in Parliament who raised concerns about the utilization of the syndicated loan proceeds in the House on Wednesday.

«I think the members of the caucus and others in the Democratic conference know raise the age is very, very important to us.»

Public solidarity between Democratic activists, elected officials, and progressive groups in New York is critical for isolating the IDC and other elected Democrats who caucus with the Republicans.

In many other states, radicals created caucuses inside the Democratic party similar to what Tea Party activists have done recently in the Republican PartIn many other states, radicals created caucuses inside the Democratic party similar to what Tea Party activists have done recently in the Republican Partin the Republican Party.

The Democratic Party actually currently holds a majority of the seats in the Senate but the Republicans control the chamber thanks to Sen. Simcha Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat who caucuses with the GOP, and a group of eight other breakaway Democrats aligned with them.

One chamber (Nebraska) is officially nonpartisan and in one chamber (Alaska), several Republicans vote with a caucus other than the Republican caucus.

Huckabee surprised many by winning this year's Republican caucuses in Iowa and seven other contests before ending his run in March.

In December 2012, as the counting of challenged ballots began, Klein and four other Senate Democrats broke away from the main Democratic caucus and sided with the Republicans.

Meanwhile, in an expected decision, Amaechi announced the removal of his former Chief of Staff, Tony Okocha and others as leaders of the party's caucus in their various local government areas.

Though a well - liked solid citizen, Vincent Altieri, the other Republican nominee for town council and head of a department in the county sheriff's office, got only a handful of votes at the Conservative caucus.

Then in December, Smith jumped off of his party's ship, joining forces to caucus with Independent Democrats, a group of four other pols who aligned with state Republicans, the Post said.

NationBuilder co-founder Joe Green says that the company is having productive conversations about those features with Democrats in other types of organizations, like the caucus committees that seek to achieve majorities in state legislatures by bringing in support for key candidates.

In the days leading up to the caucuses, a number of the good political reporters were already reporting that the Dean campaign was losing significant ground; and importantly money was moving to other candidates.

The Minority Leader thereafter led other members of the PDP caucus put of the chamber in protest.

The Speaker of the House, on the other hand, is supposed to be in control of his caucus.

Zimpher met last week in the Red Room with members of the state Black, Puerto Rican and Asian legislative caucus, who have been among the most outspoken critics of the plan that would, among other things, allow SUNY and CUNY schools to raise their own tuitions without legislative approval.

Other's, like in the 2012 Republican primary caucuses adopted Robert's Rules of Order.

Other minority legislators are in power positions like Buffalo Democrat Crystal Peoples - Stokes who is chair of the Assembly Governmental Operations Committee and chair of the caucus weekend.

Other House leaders, such as the majority and minority leaders, are elected by their respective party caucuses relative to their party's strength in the House.

Note: A party with a numerical majority in a chamber may be forced to share power with other parties due to informal coalitions or may cede power outright because of divisions within its caucus.

As co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Rep. Grijalva has taken a leading role in shaping recent CPC «alternative budgets» — budget bills offered by various groups and caucuses in Congress other than the official majority or minority party plan.

Levy complained about Rivera, Ramos and others in the legisaltive minority caucus to ethics committee members, of which nothing public has so far come.

Over spent our budget by 10 Million Plus Campaign Committee in hock to a Queens Bank to the tune of 2 million plus Leadership under investigation by the «FEDS» and «OTHERS» Lost four members to an undefended caucus The more you learn about the Senate Democ» RATS» the more you will Laugh at them.

Other Democratic Party insiders say the GOP primaries could end up being like those in 2012, when Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Rick Perry, Jon Huntsman, Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain and Gary Johnson battled it out in primaries and caucuses.

Deputy County Executive Bill Fisher — who argued the merits of the deal with Holmquist and Jordan in a caucus meeting prior to the session — said Holmquist and others simply hadn't done their jobs.

Mr. Skelos, who leads Senate Republicans, and Mr. Silver, who leads the Assembly Democrats, have each sought in recent weeks to portray the other's caucus as more opposed to Mr. Cuomo's budget than their own.

The Democrats currently have the numerical majority in the Senate, but in a complicated political scenario, one of the Democrats meets with the Republican caucus and five other breakaway Democrats meet in their own separate group.

Instead, lawyers and top aides to the IDC and GOP caucuses hashed out how having two co-leaders would work logistically and legally, looking at precedents in other states for guidance.

Between the specter of primaries, a newly united Democratic party (key unions and other leaders also agreed to back a Democratic senate for the first time when WFP backed Cuomo), and the events of the last year, the IDC announced it would caucus with Democrats in 2015.

Others are concerned the 17 single currency members will come together as a caucus, overriding the views of others in the EU and marooning Britain in a permanent voting minOthers are concerned the 17 single currency members will come together as a caucus, overriding the views of others in the EU and marooning Britain in a permanent voting minothers in the EU and marooning Britain in a permanent voting minority.

It's hard enough to explain to Democratic voters in your district why you are caucusing with the other party, but it's a lot harder if the consequence of doing that is that we don't see the president's tax returns.

These primaries have the potential to be more competitive than other races and could lead to changes in the membership of the Republican caucus or have an impact on general election races.

Weather aside, what's kept New York from being like California, for better or worse, is the state Senate, which Democrats have been thisclose to flipping for years now without ever quite getting there, what with upstate's fear of the city running the whole show, and Democratic senators taking lulus (Albany - speak for bribes) and other enticements to switch teams and caucus with the GOP, and Cuomo content with that power - sharing arrangement that positions him at the top of the three - men - in - a-room triangle.

Backing his claim with Article 13 of the Constitution which says «no person shall be deprived of his life intentionally except in the exercise of the execution of a sentence of a court in respect of a criminal offence under the laws of Ghana of which he has been convicted,» the caucus leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs said, «I do not think that the constitution, in so far as a matter is criminal, frowns upon the use of force to the extent that it may even deprive some other people of their lives.

At least three members of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Benue State were allegedly killed while several others were injured during the party's Benue South Senatorial caucus meeting, held in Otukpo, headquarters of the senatorial district, on Friday.

Two Democrats, the Reverend Ruben Diaz, Sr., of the Bronx, and Brooklyn's Simcha Felder (who in any event caucuses with the Republicans separate from the IDC) are hostile to LGBT rights, and the recent indictments of two former Senate Democratic leaders still in office — Malcolm Smith of Queens and John Sampson of Brooklyn — recall in Avella's mind and others» the dysfunction that beset the Senate when the Democrats last had control, in 2009 and 2010.

These primaries had the potential to be more competitive than other races and could have led to changes in the membership of the Republican caucus or had an impact on general election races.

These primaries have the potential to be more competitive than other races and could lead to changes in the membership of the Democratic caucus or have an impact on general election races.

Clinton is building a campaign juggernaut on a scale beyond that of any other Democratic or Republican campaign, harnessing the data analytics reshaping modern politics and appropriating the personalized organizing techniques Barack Obama used to defeat her in the 2008 Iowa caucuses.

Unlike other leadership posts, which are selected by secret ballot in the respective caucuses, the entire House must vote for the speaker in early January.

The Democrats do currently have the numerical majority in the Senate, but in a complicated political scenario, one of the Democrats meets with the Republican caucus, and five other break away Democrats meet in their own separate group.

The Republican Conference holds a plurality in the Senate — and the power that comes with it — in part because Senator Hamilton and the seven other members of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) do not caucus with the Democrats.

«The point is, in the caucus right now, you have some very conservative Democrats, you have [Massachusetts Sen.] Elizabeth Warren and myself and some other progressives.

One of three physicists in the House, Ehlers urged one of the other two members of the self - proclaimed physics caucus to step into his shoes.

On the other hand, NEA gave just $ 20,000 to Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, 83 percent less than it gave to the affiliate of the federal legislative caucus in 2013 - 2014.

Other groups include NewTLA, a caucus within Unified Teachers Los Angeles, the city teachers union, and the New Millennium Initiative, a network of educators in five cities that tries to influence local and state education policies.