Sentences with phrase «upper house of the legislature»

The upper house of the legislature is elected on an ethnic basis, similar to the presidency; each voter in the Federation can either vote for Croat or for Bosniak candidates, not for both; the Federation elects 10 members.

Since 2012, the five - member IDC has colluded with the State Senate Republicans to control the upper house of the legislature.

After the November elections, the IDC will likely decide either to continue to work with the GOP, propping up the current regime in the upper house of the legislature, or to work with their fellow Democrats and establish a new order.

Mr. de Blasio argued the network of donors and unions he helped organize would lead the Democrats to victory in the upper house of the legislature two years from now.

Mr. de Blasio, a liberal Democrat, dedicated substantial resources to the State Senate Democrats» failed effort to capture the upper house of the legislature last year — which became fodder for Republican attack ads.

Some critics have argued that Mr. Cuomo — who reportedly facilitated the arrangement between the GOP and the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference to maintain control of the upper house of the legislature — created the Women's Equality Party as a means to siphon support away from the Working Families Party, in order to deny them the 50,000 votes needed to remain on the ballot.

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By the end of the session in June, nothing had been voted on by the upper house so Cuomo created the now infamous Moreland Commission to «use as a hammer» against the legislature.

In terms of the least loquacious participants, Sen. Simcha Felder and Goodfellas actor Paul Sorvino finished in a tie in the legislature's upper house with one word apiece.

Left - leaning healthcare workers union 1199 SEIU has endorsed Brooklyn GOP State Senator Martin Golden for re-election — in spite of a vow earlier this year to work exclusively toward helping the Democrats win control of the upper house of the state legislature.

During the primary, Mr. Cuomo's longshot challenger Zephyr Teachout called the Women's Equality line «a sham party,» pointing to reports that the governor had colluded with the State Senate's breakaway Independent Democratic Conference to allow the GOP to continue to control the upper house of the state legislature — which led to the failed effort to pass the complete Women's Equality Agenda.

The Utah State Senate is the upper house of the Utah State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah.

In 2012, though not a single Libertarian candidate won election to either upper or lower house of any state legislature, two came quite close.

She also pointed to reports that Mr. Cuomo colluded with the Republicans and the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference to allow the GOP to continue to control the upper house of the state legislature — and thus block the Women's Equality Agenda from passing.

Mr. Reynoso similarly argued that the former Department of Education administrator was the best suited to take on major progressive causes in the upper house of the state legislature.

Also indicated is the majority party of the state legislatures» upper and lower houses as well as U.S. Senate representation.

The Oregon State Senate is the upper house in the Oregon Legislature, the state legislature of Oregon.

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives — the lower chamber — comprise the legislature of the United States.

The Florida State Senate is the upper house of the Florida Legislature, which is the state legislature of Florida.

On July 12, the Seanad, the upper house in the Irish legislature, rejected a proposal that called on the government to change Ireland's student loan system in a number of ways.