Sentences with phrase «senate chamber»

He goes on to say that Hernández «could actually possibly shift the stance of the Democratic Caucus, and, as a result, of the entire Senate chamber if elected.

Lexi Ofstein, 17, a Marjory Stoneman Douglas student, and other Broward County high school students join hands in the Florida Senate chamber during a tribute to the victims of the Feb. 14 mass shooting at the Parkland school.

Taylor Green, 19, a South Broward High alumna, (left) and Victoria Mejia, 15, a South Broward High, hold hands in the Senate chamber in Tallahassee during a tribute to the victims of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas students stand in the guest gallery of the Senate chamber in Tallahassee during a tribute to the victims of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High.

Duffy made his allegations in the Senate chamber, where comments are subject to Parliamentary privilege and make him immune from prosecution.

As long as he was on stage sweating away earnestly in an over heated Senate chamber or railing away at the wicked conspiracy to turn Earth into Venus, he was a useful prop.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R - KY, leaves the Senate chamber to caucus in the Capitol on Sunday.

Independent Iowa Senator David Johnson at his desk in the Iowa Senate chamber on Jan. 15, 2018.

In a brief interview in the Senate chamber Wednesday, Fontana said a meeting is scheduled this week to discuss the Massachusetts allegations.

Since Senator Harris is a newcomer to the Senate chamber, she does not have an extensive congressional record with the student loan issue, the cost of college, or higher education legislation.

Using special tablets in a simulated Senate chamber built in Boston, classes can learn not just the facts of government, but how it feels to negotiate and make big decisions.

It was high drama in the Senate chamber with very little drama at all.

Sen. Mark Miller, D - Monona, speaks during floor debate as Sen. Dave Hansen, D - Green Bay, listens in the Senate chamber at the state Capitol on Tuesday, June 14, 2011.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R - KY, leaves the Senate chamber to caucus in the Capitol on Sunday.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D - Ill., leaves the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, in February 2017.

«A few minutes ago, in the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, we were informed that hoodlums forced their ways into the Senate chamber and carted away the mace.»

«Reid wasn't the kind of person to easily reach outside the Senate chamber to make things happen, but Schumer is,» said Kenneth Sherrill, a professor emeritus of political science at Hunter College.

Women's groups rallied outside the New York State Senate chamber Thursday, demanding a vote on Governor Cuomo's 10 - point women's equality act that includes an abortion rights provision.

Democratic Senate Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins chats with Cuomo aide Joe Percoco outside the Senate chamber.

According to a report by The Associated Press, the reporter, Ken Lovett, was arrested for talking on his cell phone outside the Senate chamber and was released shortly thereafter by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D).

The aide familiar with Senate Democratic leaders» plans said if Burris tries to enter the Senate chamber, the Senate doorkeeper will stop Burris.

In addition to accusing him of having white privilege, Ms. Alcantara asked in the Senate chamber how many times he had been the target of a racial slur.

During a brief recess during the voting, Senator Shirley L. Huntley, a Queens Democrat who had only recently come out in support of same sex marriage, strode from her seat to the back of the Senate chamber to congratulate Daniel J. O'Donnell, an openly gay Manhattan lawmaker who sponsored the legislation in the Assembly.

A «MORE TOXIC» CONGRESS: A last - ditch effort to head off the «nuclear option» will come Monday night, when all senators are scheduled to attend a closed session that Republicans requested in the historic Old Senate chamber.

The marriage bill, whose fate was uncertain until moments before the vote, was approved 33 to 29 in a packed but hushed Senate chamber.

Herman D. Farrell, Jr., center, visits members of the senate chamber of this year's first day of session at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)

The lawmaker representing Delta Central, Senator Ovie Omo - Agege, on Wednesday morning resumed at the senate chamber.

Former model Nikki DuBose advocates for the bill outside the Senate chamber.

«This is an issue for the Senate chamber.

«As we look to the new session, we have to make it our top priority,» Senate bill sponsor Brad Hoylman (D - Manhattan) said at a rally in front of the Senate chamber.

Before the vote, he roamed around the Senate chamber shaking hands and accepting congratulations while photographers captured the moment.

«The public wants a certain amount of non-partisanship,» said Republican Sen. Roy McDonald of Saratoga outside the Senate chamber prior to a vote on a bill he had worked on to create a new Justice Center to oversee care of the vulnerable and disabled.

The Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Right Honourable (Pastor) Kola Oluwawole has described the invasion of the Senate chamber and theft of the...

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has described the invasion of the Senate chamber by hoodlums and the carting away of the mace as a «dangerous precedent...

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has described the invasion of the Senate chamber by hoodlums and the carting away of the mace as a «dangerous precedent and an assault on Nigeria's democracy by anti-democratic elements».

Senate Democrats contentiously debated Monserrate's fate for hours behind closed doors while the soon - to - be ex-senator waited alone in a room just off the Senate chamber.

State Senator Pedro Espada will host a town hall meeting this Sunday «live from the Senate chamber floor.»

Senator John DeFrancisco talks to an aid in the Senate chamber during a session at the Capitol on Monday, March 14, 2016 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)

Senators Thomas Croci and Betty Little chat during session in the senate chamber at the New York State Capitol on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)

As if there was any doubt that Congress was on the verge of devolving into a carnival atmosphere, Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic majority leader, on Thursday proposed doing cartwheels down the center aisle of the Senate chamber to draw attention to Republican efforts to block legislation.

Three dozen people gathered before a sandstone staircase outside the Senate chamber in Albany to call out top lawmakers for refusing to sign it.

Senator Liz Krueger, right, uses her phone in the Senate chamber at the Capitol on Monday, March 14, 2016 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)

Many empty seats are seen in the Senate chamber during a session at the Capitol on Monday, March 14, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)

The New York State Senate chamber, where Republicans currently rule, but where Democrats are trying to gain ground

«People say they'll wear a black bow tie for a formal occasion — what's more formal that going into the Senate chamber?»

DeFrancisco spoke Tuesday in a busy hall of the Capitol outside the Senate chamber as he prepared to leave for Syrscuse to make his formal announcement.

Groups led by clergy opposed to same - sex marriage sang hymns such as «Victory is Mine» and prayed in small circles while pro-same-sex marriage advocates countered with «God Bless America» and lined the halls and parlor outside the Senate chamber.

State troopers were called to the Senate chamber floor as the two groups started to merge and talk with each other, but there was no escalation in the jammed hallways that turned stifling hot from the number of people and TV cameras.

Cuomo, who worked under former President Clinton as HUD secretary, delivered a kind of eulogy for the Clintons as he presided over the event in the Senate chamber, which included a choral group from Albany High School who sang «God Bless America.»

Despite the two wins for the northeast Queens Democrats and the party's other senators in the borough, it appeared the Republicans may have wrested control of the state Senate chamber back from Democrats.