Sentences with phrase «temporary president»

The IDC, which had grown to five members, sided with the GOP, and Klein and then - Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos even held the title of temporary president of the Senate on alternative days.
Flanagan was formally elected as temporary president of the Senate and Republican majority leader that afternoon.
Senator Malcolm A. Smith remains the duly elected temporary president and majority leader.
On July 9, Espada returned to the Democratic conference and received the title of majority leader, while Malcolm Smith remained temporary president.
Assigning rights to new temporary president was the only correct way to save the country.
He lost his power as a result, retaining the title of temporary president of the Senate — in which his last big move was to appoint Espada majority leader.
Chavez's death changed forever the Venezuela's point of view and the Bolivarian Revolution, which Chavez in person leaded; Nicolas Maduro was appointed as temporary President of Venezuela until the elections of april 14th, 2013.
This clip shows Espada taking the oath as temporary president of the Senate — the title afforded to him as a result of his decision to bolt the Democratic conference along with then - Sen.
The bill would require eight - year caps on leadership posts in the Assembly and Senate — applying to the temporary president of the Senate, speaker of the Assembly and the minority leaders of both houses.
While the law doesn't mention vice chairs, the Senate Republican conference is leaning on its legal memo released Saturday that says the spending is up to the temporary president of the Senate, in this case John Flanagan.
We are within the law to allow the temporary president, which is Senator John Flanagan, to determine who gets stipends.»
The Senate can not organize or spend any money unless there is a temporary president in place.
A source familiar with the negotiations told me this afternoon that the deal is not yet set in stone because both Klein and Skelos would like to be temporary president, which is the position that wields the most power.
In a flash of parliamentary procedure, Libous called a vote installing Dean Skelos as the majority leader and Espada as temporary president.
«There is no impediment to the temporary president designating other senators to perform in whole or in part the powers and duties of another Senate officer or chair.»
«The creation of the special capacity and the additional services provided by vice chairs as well as the designation of particular monies for such services to other members related to their committee work is within the sole discretion of the temporary president,» he wrote.
temporary president or majority leader), any or all assembly members (typically the speaker), and the
Mr. Balboni was also asked about Mr. Bruno; senators will vote to re-elect Mr. Bruno as temporary president of the Senate when they return to Albany early next month.
Klein was paid $ 20,625 between April 2013 and September 2013 for serving as «senior assistant majority leader» and Skelos was paid $ 31,125 for his role as «temporary president
The new agreement will also «provide for a process» by which the title of temporary president — a singular role required by the state constitution — will alternate between the two conference leaders every two weeks.
The law stipulates that the temporary president of the Senate gets to make appointments to the ethics board.
«Last week we saw Malcolm Smith, the temporary president of the Senate, Democrat, not here,» the Nassau County senator told reporters, including Capital Tonight's Kaitlyn Ross.
The group was «disheartened» that the Republicans» changes surfaced just two hours before the Rules Committee was scheduled to meet, and also sided with the Democrats on the effort to end LG Bob Duffy's ability to break a tie over who the chamber's temporary president should be.
Under those circumstances, Joseph L. Bruno, is the Republican majority leader and temporary president of the state senate, would «perform all the duties of the lieutenant - governor» until a new one is elected in 2010.
Espada is now the temporary president of the Senate, with Republican Dean Skelos once again serving as majority leader.
Senator Skelos and Senator Klein also take turns as temporary president of the Senate, a position defined in the State Constitution that is next in the gubernatorial line of succession after the lieutenant governor.
All of the amendments were ruled non-germane to the underlying bill by Sen. Joe Griffo, a Republican acting as the chamber's temporary president.
We just felt that since Senate Republicans did win a majority, there should be one temporary president and majority leader.»
The Senate last week adopted rules that made Skelos, a Long Island Republican, the majority leader once again as well as temporary president of the chamber.
The measure, co-sponsored by Sens. Joe Griffo (of Utica) and Mark Grisanti (of Buffalo), also provides likewise for when the LG or temporary president of the Senate isn't in New York.
Senator Skelos is the temporary President of the Senate and the leader of the Senate.
«The fact that the Senate has been unwilling or unable to choose a temporary president who would be acting L.G. does not change that fact.»
Currently, whoever is temporary president of the Senate is technically governor, which is partially why Pedro Espada is so set on the gig.
Albans), who a year ago was the second - highest ranking Democrat in the Senate as temporary president of the body, was relegated to secretary of the Democratic Conference — the ninth - highest leadership position in the conference.
Yet another change would require the temporary president to be elected by the majority of senators elected (the current rule just says the Senate «shall choose» without specifying how) and also bars the lieutenant governor from casting a tie - breaking vote.
Tatsumi Kimishima was announced as the temporary President of Nintendo when former President of Nintendo Satoru Iwata passed away in 2015.
Almost all the teachers who established Conservatory Lab's union have subsequently departed the elementary school, and now the union struggles with low attendance at membership meetings, said Becca Iskric, the union's vice president and temporary president.
Tatsumi Kimishima was announced as the temporary President of Nintendo when former President of Nintendo Satoru Iwata passed away in 2015.
One example: the Senate can choose a temporary president in «the absence» of the vice president.
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