Sentences with phrase «over leadership of the chamber»

Democrats currently are involved in an internecine fight over leadership of the chamber.

Senate Democrats, who took over leadership of that chamber this year, after Bruno's retirement, say they want broader reforms.

Not exact matches

They were conducted virtually back to back, sending Albany into a state of vertigo and the legislative chambers each into a brief state of uncertainty over their leadership.

That was just part of a very heated exchange between Martins and Deputy Senate Minority Leader Mike Gianaris, who shouted at and over one another until the Democrats, after failing to force a vote on Skelos» leadership, walked out of the chamber, en masse.

But in an amazingly similar chain of events to what happened 2008 and 2009, the chamber was fraught with Democratic in - fighting over leadership, paralyzing any activity.

At the same time, she attacked Democrats for their brief, two - year stint in the majority between 2009 and 2011 that was marked by tax increases and in fighting (Democrats have pointed out that much of the conference has since turned over and the entire leadership from that era has departed in the chamber, mostly in handcuffs).

ALBANY — Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, facing a rare public rebuke from within his conference over his handling of a sexual - harassment case, proposed changes to the chamber's policies on such cases, while also offering an emotional defense of his leadership.

However, that support eroded over the last seven days as Senate Democrats raised the issue of Skelos's leadership in a heated public session of the chamber and as upstate Republicans grew restive with him remaining in charge.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has no interest in brokering a «shotgun» marriage for the mainline Democrats and the seven - member Independent Democratic Conference in the state Senate — a sign he will continue to let the members of his party in the chamber feud over leadership.

A source told Capital Tonight that one of the proposals being floated in the negotiations over Senate leadership would be to allow IDC Leader Jeff Klein to retain the power of co-president of the chamber, along with veto authority and a seat at the budget negotiation table.

The Senate Thursday raised concerns over underground plots to impeach the Senate president, Abubakar Bukola Saraki and destabilize the leadership of the upper chamber by some...