Sentences with phrase «seat in the chamber»

The 2000 redistricting process reduced the number of seats in the chamber from 50 to 38.

So far, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is yet to call a special election to fill the seat along with nearly a dozen soon - to - be or currently vacant seats in both chambers of the Legislature as a vacancy is yet to be created until the seat is vacated.

Former Senate Minority Leader Marty Connor, who is part of the team of election attorneys handling the recount fight for the Democrats in the Thompson race, said the whole mess could take weeks — or maybe even months — which means there might be empty seats in the chamber when the Legislature returns to Albany in early January.

December and January runoffs are possible in two other states with Senate races, so it could be even longer before either party can claim a majority of seats in the chamber in the next Congress.

The absent MP is usually a figure that the prime minister or a member of his cabinet is at odds with — their empty seat in the chamber a reminder of the continuing rift.

Democrats have decried the proposal to add a 63rd seat in the chamber, calling it a blatant power grab.

The lawmakers who made up the now - dissolved Independent Democratic Conference have contributed to the campaign of Democratic Senate hopeful Shelley Mayer, who is making a bid for a pivotal seat in the chamber next week.

Should Democrats win two open seats in the chamber on April 24 in special elections, the pressure will be on Sen. Simcha Felder to switch sides, giving the party a working majority.

Flanagan is remaining majority leader after an election year in which his conference was expected to at least lose several seats in the chamber, but is returning with no net changes and a preserved alliance with the Independent Democratic Conference.

Spano's brother Nick held a neighboring seat in the chamber until 2006, when he was unseated by Andrea Stewart - Cousins, now the Senate minority leader.

He assumed his new seat in the chamber Tuesday, as the previous floor leader, Queens State Sen. Michael Gianaris, moved his seat over from where it was Monday.

At the same time, Venditto is the father of Republican Sen. Michael Venditto, though he occupies what is considered a safe seat in the chamber and has not been charged in the case.

A Democrat who has helped keep Republicans in a working majority in the Senate, Felder will become even more important after an April 24 special election should Democrats fill empty Senate seats in the chamber.

«Once I am elected there will be 32 Democrats in the Senate, giving our party a majority of seats in the chamber.

The call comes after the lawmaker - driven commission charged with redrawing lines met in Albany and faced questions over why Senate Republicans were planning to add a 63rd seat in their chamber.

The Business Council's political action committee on Wednesday endorsed Republican state Senate hopeful Julie Killian's bid for a pivotal seat in the chamber.

Felder announced Tuesday he would sit with the Senate GOP, hours before polls closed in two key Senate races that saw Democrats retain two open seats in the chamber.

Most analysts think the final bill will end up looking more like the Senate's version, since the GOP holds 52 seats in that chamber and therefore can afford only two defections to pass a tax bill along party lines.

from his seat in the chamber.

The fundraiser comes two days before a special election that will fill two seats in the chamber and potentially give Democrats a numeric majority.

Skelos resigned his leadership post after he was charged, but retained his seat in the chamber.

He does not plan to step down from his seat in the chamber.

The New York State United Teachers union this weekend gave its endorsement to the two Democrats running this April to fill vacant seats in the chamber — two key races that could shift control of the chamber away from Republicans.

At the same time, Republicans in the state Senate could ultimately gain a seat in the chamber with the victory of Sen. - elect Chris Jacobs in western New York.

But Democratic unity in the Senate has been difficult to come by: Democrats failed to achieve a net gain of a seat in the chamber, despite hoping to run competitive races in suburban districts.

Even Assembly Democrats, who hold more than two - thirds of the seats in that chamber, managed to approve the measure by just a few votes.

Dean Skelos, a Nassau County Republican, resigned as majority leader following his arrest, but retains his seat in the chamber.

Republicans have 32 seats in the chamber, thanks to the help of one Democrat, and while Democrats technically have 30 seats, they're broken into two factions.

Labour was — and still is — considerably larger than the nine (or eight, depending on how you classify Sinn Fein MPs, who don't take up their seats in the chamber) other parties in the House of Commons which are not in government.

The guilty verdict automatically means Libous is ejected from his seat in the chamber, which he has held since 1988, representing the Binghamton area.

In the negative mailers, Tkaczyk is criticized for saying she would have supported the SAFE Act, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2013 gun control law, had she been seated in the chamber.

Last year, Democratic Sen. Terry Gipson was one of a trio of upstate incumbents to lose his seat in the chamber in an election - year rout that helped give the Republicans a full majority in the state Senate.

The former Assemblyman gave up his seat in that chamber to run for a newly drawn senate district.

Perkins» victory tonight weakens the already enfeebled mainstream Democratic conference in the GOP - dominated State Senate, which now controls just 22 of 63 seats in the chamber.

Even Assembly Democrats, who hold more than two - thirds of the seats in that chamber, managed to approve the measures by just a few votes.

In the Virginia Senate, Republicans hold a 21 - 19 edge, but seats in that chamber were not up for election.

The GOP has won at least 12 of the 17 seats in the chamber and are hoping a close race in the 7th District between Republican incumbent Danny Liedka and Democratic challenger Lorene Dadey stays their way.

Son Adam at times appears to serve as his father's informal political advisor, as in this conversation, also recorded in late 2014, where the two discuss the continued alliance between the Republicans, who had just won a slim majority of the seats in the chamber, and a small group of independent Democrats led by Senator Jeff Klein.

Son Adam at times appears to serve as his father's informal political advisor, as in this conversation, also recorded in late 2014, where the two discuss the continued alliance between the Republicans, who had just won a slim majority of the seats in the chamber, and a small group of independent Democrats led by Sen. Jeff Klein.

Republicans now have 31 seats in the chamber, plus the support of one last remaining Democrat, Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder.

Democrats must win at least 25 seats in the chamber to reclaim the majority in 2012.