Sentences with phrase «powerful leadership post»

He was forced to resign the powerful leadership post he's held for more than two decades after his members informed him Monday they've lost faith in his ability to lead following his arrest last week on five federal corruption charges.

A reader forwarded this «save the date» card for an upcoming brunch fundraiser to honor Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who is celebrating «his Chai year» in his powerful leadership post.

Both men - a Democrat and a Republican, respectively - were recently arrested and subsequently stepped down from their powerful leadership posts.

Not exact matches

Defransisco, who is chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, is among a list of potential successors to the leadership post, if Skelos is forced out.

According to a 2013 report by the Center for Investigative Reporting, California State Assembly Speaker John Perez «gave lawmakers who raised the most money the best assignments in the new Legislature — posts on the speaker's leadership team and seats on the powerful «juice committees.»»

Silver was forced out of the leadership post, one of the most powerful jobs in New York government, after 21 years.

Susan Lerner of the good - government group Common Cause said Skelos should resign his leadership post so that a powerful leader isn't operating «under a cloud.»

Dean Skelos used his powerful position to line his son's pockets, but it wasn't enough to cost him his Senate leadership post.