Sentences with phrase «senators calling for his resignation»

Skelos, for his part, is quoted in published reports that the handful of senators calling for his resignation «should have better things to do.»

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President Donald Trump called for the resignation of the Democratic senator who assembled and released what he called «false» allegations that scuttled the nomination of the White House doctor who'd been in line...

A former aide to Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonTrump Jr. met with Gulf adviser who offered help to win election: report Voters Dems need aren't impressed by anti-waterboarding showboating After year of investigation, Trump can rightly claim some vindication MORE criticized Sen. Kirsten GillibrandKirsten Elizabeth GillibrandOvernight Health Care — Sponsored by PCMA — Trump hits federally funded clinics with new abortion restrictions Dem senators ask drug companies to list prices in ads Gillibrand to publish children's book about suffragists MORE on Thursday after the New York Democrat became the first of many senators to join a successful push to force the resignation of Sen. Al FrankenAlan (Al) Stuart Franken100 days after House passage, Gillibrand calls on Senate to act on sexual harassment reform Eric Schneiderman and #MeToo pose challenges for both parties Senate confirms Trump judicial pick over objections of home - state senator MORE (D - Minn.).

Later that morning, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) was the first to call for the Minnesota senator's resignation in a Facebook post.

Gillibrand was the first senator to formally call for the resignation of Sen. Al Franken (D., Minn.) after seven different women came out with sexual harassment allegations against him.

@truth hurts but reality bites... tell that to your good senator from the state of Louisiana... did you call for the resignation of Vitter?

Losing the support of LaValle is a crucial development for Skelos, who is already facing calls for his resignation from four Republican senators.

A day after U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called for U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions» resignation over his contact with the Russian ambassador last year, Trump sniped back in a tweet that included a photo of the senator eating doughnuts with with Russian President Vladimir Putin and called for an investigation into their relationship.

At least four U.S. senators are urging Al Franken to reconsider resigning, including two who issued statements calling for the resignation two weeks ago and said they now feel remorse over what they feel was a rush to judgment.

At the height of the #MeToo movement on Capitol Hill, dozens of senators, including his Democratic colleagues, called for Franken's resignation after several women came forward with separate allegations that he had forcibly tried to kiss them or inappropriately touched them in the past.

Skelos has said he is innocent, and while he was able to stay in place for the week after his arrest — weathering a failed attempt at his ouster by Democrats and calls for his resignation from senators and other Republicans — even those who initially stuck by him began to turn.

While Democrats in Washington stepped up the pressure on Mr. Weiner, two prominent New York Democrats, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Senator Charles E. Schumer, declined to call for his resignation during appearances at the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan on Sunday.

Some 140 House members and 39 senators, all caucusing with Democrats, have signed on to a non-binding resolution introduced by Representative Kathy Castor of Florida and Senator Tom Udall of New Mexico calling for Mr. Pruitt's resignation.

Senator John Barrasso, a Wyoming Republican, called for Dr. Pachauri's resignation last week.

He was joined by three other senators in June 2008 calling for EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson's resignation, after it became apparent that Johnson had succumbed to White House pressure to deny California the waiver needed for the state to regulate carbon dioxide in tailpipe emissions.