Sentences with phrase «over of the state senate»

Cuomo says the effort does not conflict with his promise to help the left leaning Working Families Party engineer a Democratic take over of the State Senate.

Governor Andrew Cuomo gave a rousing speech at a meeting of the State Democratic Party, but stopped short of endorsing a democratic take over of the State Senate.

Not exact matches

Making his debut on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at a hearing Wednesday on the Benghazi attacks Sen. Rand Paul (R - KY) lambasted Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over her role in the attacks on the diplomatic compound in Libya.

Jacobson, a career diplomat, was nominated for the post by President Barack Obama in June 2015, but her confirmation was held up for 10 months in the Senate — led by Republican Sen. Marco Rubio and Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez — over objections to the Obama administration's reestablishment of diplomatic ties with Cuba, which she helped negotiate as assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs.

Though some Republicans, like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, were quick to praise Tillerson's international business experience working with foreign governments, Tillerson's nomination was met with deep skepticism from both parties over his embodiment of the most contentious 2016 campaign issues: Trump's closeness with Russia, climate change skepticism, and potential business conflicts of interest.

Pompeo is currently being scrutinized by the Senate to take over the State Department after the ignominious March firing of Rex Tillerson.

A 2010 Senate report by Senator Lieberman affirmed the President's authority during war, threat of war, or «a state of public peril» to «take over wire communications in the United States» and «shut a network down» under Section 606 of the Communications Act of 1934.

United States Newsmakers After the Republican victory in the 2014 US midterm elections and an eight - year hiatus, Richard Shelby, a senior senator from Alabama, has taken over his old post as chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.

Update (May 23): The Arizona state senate has approved a state - level Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which will «would allow people to sue over potential violations of religious freedom,» according to the Associated Press.

There are men who have power — there are mayors over cities, police commissioners, United States marshals, governors; there are legislators, both in the Senate and Congress; there are members of various courts and cabinets.

Hanging over the speech was Silver's push for increasing the state's minimum wage from $ 7.25 to $ 8.50, a move that is opposed by Senate Republicans and one that Cuomo has all but ruled out because of the difficult politics.

This is a year to go out and work to elect senators, Democratic senators across this state, so we can take over the Senate and we can help working families in the state of New York.»

In the 41st Senate District, though the final vote count from the state Board of Elections isn't available yet, the WFP says it's likely its voters also provided a critical margin of victory for Democratic Senator - elect Terry Gipson over GOP Sen. Steve Saland.

But a bill legalizing the combat sport was passed Wednesday by the State Senate, thanks in part to the efforts of lead sponsor State Sen. Kevin Parker, who has been known for getting into a few altercations of his own over the years.

«It is abundantly clear from the Republican Senate's posturing over the past few weeks that they have forsaken any pretense of governing and shifted to a purely political agenda,» the state released by state Democratic Committee Executive Geoff Berman said.

Two rare openings in the state Senate have intensified the battle for control of the chamber this fall, and increased the Democrats» chances of taking over.

«Senate Democrats are desperate to get voters to pay attention to something other than the breathtaking corruption and criminal activity that exists within their own conference, after the State Inspector General turned over the findings of his cash for casinos investigation to the U.S. Attorney's Office so Democrats could be prosecuted for wrongdoing.,» said Reif.

Back in 2003, for example, the Assembly and Senate overrode the governor's budget vetoes for the first time in two decades, increasing state taxes over Pataki's opposition to restore billions of dollars in spending on schools, hospitals, nursing homes and localities.

Cuomo has over the last several weeks pushed for a Democratic takeover of the state Senate, backing incumbents and challengers in a handful of races.

But the key issue has been the minimum wage in the state Senate, which Democratic lawmakers and Cuomo want to increase to $ 15, phased in over different time periods in different regions of the state.

The verbal attack last week on state Senate GOP Majority Leader John Flanagan by Cuomo's hand - picked state Democratic party executive director, reportedly sparked by the governor's anger over the conference's release of its priorities, raised eyebrows on both sides of the aisle.

The state Conservative Party this week released ratings of the 213 members of the Assembly and Senate, finding the overall rating for the Republican - controlled Senate have fallen over the last year.

Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. devoted his latest «What You Should Know» polemic to the mini dust - up over Gov. Andrew Cuomo's first Court of Appeals nominee, CUNY Law Prof. Jenny Rivera, which the Bronx Democrat sees as an effort by the governor to further divide the already divided state Senate.

The inclusion of extending high tax rates on wealthy earners in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2017 - 18 budget proposal has the potential to set up an ideological fight over economics with Republicans in the state Senate.

A handful of crucial state Senate races have come down to absentee ballots in recent years over the last decade.

Representatives of Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan both have votes on PACB, a relatively obscure state entity that has power over broad swaths of spending.

Republican lawmakers in the Senate continue to express reservations with the proposal to increase the state's minimum wage to $ 15 over several years with different phase in periods for different regions of the state.

Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan in a statement to Capital Tonight said he has «grave concern» over the federal proposal to eliminate state and local tax deductions as part of a broader effort to cut taxes.

The leaders in the Republican - led Senate and Democratic - controlled Assembly on Monday indicated they would push to change Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to require local governments to develop ways of sharing services and scale back his efforts to expand his office's powers over the state budget.

The fight over who should have majority control of the state Senate has devolved into a friendly back - and - forth between Bronx state Sen. Ruben Diaz and former Democratic Committee Executive Director Charlie King.

An annual professional golf tournament near Binghamton became an unlikely flashpoint today during a tense debate in the state Senate over a portion of the state's $ 168.5 billion budget plan.

The Senate deemed the budget extender bill illegal this afternoon, and then promptly passed it anyway, choosing to risk angering the (already very upset) state worker unions over infuriating the rest of New York State but shutting down the governstate worker unions over infuriating the rest of New York State but shutting down the governState but shutting down the government.

The state Democratic and GOP parties traded barbs over the sentencing of former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno.

An imbroglio over cash stipends for state senators with committee leadership positions veered into the legal weeds as attorneys for mainline Democrats and the Senate's top Republican offered differing opinions on the legality of the payments.

But in a radio interview Friday with WNYC, Stewart - Cousins said the fight over control of the state Senate isn't about her.

As Democrats in the state Senate declare victory in the 8th district on Long Island with candidate John Brooks over incumbent GOP Sen. Michael Venditto, one observer pointed this week to the dangers of prematurely celebrating a narrow win.

The bitter stand - off over mayoral control of city schools continued over the weekend with state Senate Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan slamming NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio for his resistance to charter schools and de Blasio arguing charters shouldn't be part of negotiations.

State Senate lawyers argued over the weekend that the Senate's practice of paying members stipends for committee chairmanships they do not hold were legal, constitutionally defensible and proper as «a classic example of internal administrative prerogatives.»

Decrying that the fight over control of the state Senate has devolved into «a circus,» Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein blasted the efforts from mainline Democrats in getting Gov. Andrew Cuomo to intercede in who controls the chamber.

«Over 100 days ago by the terms of subpoenas issued by the New York State Senate, Saint - Gobain, Taconic Plastics and Honeywell were to have handed over documents related to the water contamination crises they helped create,» Hoylman sOver 100 days ago by the terms of subpoenas issued by the New York State Senate, Saint - Gobain, Taconic Plastics and Honeywell were to have handed over documents related to the water contamination crises they helped create,» Hoylman sover documents related to the water contamination crises they helped create,» Hoylman said.

State Senate Democrats are accusing Julie Killian, the newly minted Republican choice in an upcoming key Westchester County state Senate race, as a «no - show» politician, saying she missed over half the meetings and skipped over 80percent of the votes taken while she was an appointed member of the Westchester County Charter CommisState Senate Democrats are accusing Julie Killian, the newly minted Republican choice in an upcoming key Westchester County state Senate race, as a «no - show» politician, saying she missed over half the meetings and skipped over 80percent of the votes taken while she was an appointed member of the Westchester County Charter Commisstate Senate race, as a «no - show» politician, saying she missed over half the meetings and skipped over 80percent of the votes taken while she was an appointed member of the Westchester County Charter Commission.

«Mr. Klein outlined a system in which the leaders of the Republican caucus and the Independent Democratic Conference would work together to run the Senate, with joint control over committee agendas, the bills that are taken up on the floor and state budget negotiations,» Tom Kaplan wrote.

«If the GOP - IDC interpretation is applied, there would be no control whatsoever over the legislature's spending other than the whim of the Temporary President of the Senate,» the memo released on Monday stated.

Glenwood Management has topped headlines for over a year now thanks to its high - volume donations throughout New York state, as well as its ties to former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and ex-State Senate Leader Dean Skelos, both of whom are currently and separately on trial for corruption.

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Then, when Democrats still won a majority, he cut a backroom deal that allowed Republicans to take over the State Senate through the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC)-- a group of breakaway Democrats who voted with the Republicans to hand them control, and with it, the power to block almost all of our key Democratic legislative priorities.

The aide, Glenn S. Aronow, worked for Maziarz in the State Senate until 2011, when he resigned over allegations of sexual harassment.

The bill's sponsor, Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, said the measure would reinstate the power of the state comptroller to have oversight authority over the economic development projects.

Faced with losing the ballot line to a challenger who tapped into resentment over his estate tax cuts, charter - school championing and failure to deliver campaign finance reform, Governor Andrew Cuomo won the party's designation only after promising to fight for Democratic control of the state Senate and deliver a progressive policy wish list.

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