Sentences with phrase «vote in the chamber when»

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When asked about the senator's attendance this year, his campaign spokesman, Richie Fife, had a three - point response: Perkins attendance record before this year is laudable; the votes so far this year have taken place outside the budget negotiations, when a bulk of the chambers» real action occurs; and frankly, legislators in the minority don't have much power, thanks to the way the Republican - IDC coalition runs the chamWhen asked about the senator's attendance this year, his campaign spokesman, Richie Fife, had a three - point response: Perkins attendance record before this year is laudable; the votes so far this year have taken place outside the budget negotiations, when a bulk of the chambers» real action occurs; and frankly, legislators in the minority don't have much power, thanks to the way the Republican - IDC coalition runs the chamwhen a bulk of the chambers» real action occurs; and frankly, legislators in the minority don't have much power, thanks to the way the Republican - IDC coalition runs the chamber.

Vito Lopez served in the Assembly from 1985 to 2013, when he resigned ahead of a vote of the chamber to expel him after the state ethics commission had released a bombshell report that showed he had routinely sexually harassed young staffers in his office.

Mr. Bellone joined Legislator Bridget Fleming, Suffolk Presiding Officer DuWayne Gregory, Matt Cohen, vice president of the Long Island Association, Laureen Harris, president of the Association for a Better Long Island, Gina Coletti, co-chairwoman of the Suffolk County Alliance of Chambers, and small - business owners in Hauppauge yesterday to announce his opposition to the plan, which took an important step toward passage on Tuesday when the Senate Budget Committee voted along party lines to approve it.

A vote on gay marriage failed in the Senate in 2009, 38 - 24, when Democrats controlled the chamber.

More distinctive is the reiteration of Plaid's long - standing support for the use of Single Transferable Vote (STV), an electoral system that it wants to see used for electing the second chamber as well as («when applicable») in all other elections.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo was fairly terse in his response just now when asked for a reaction to the Senate GOP's move to strip LG Bob Duffy of his right to break a tie in the event of a deadlocked leadership vote in the chamber.

Back in March when a series of late - night votes were held on a package of contentious legislation, the Democratic minority conference walked out of the chamber in protest while Senate Republicans push forward on a vote that would ultimately approve the passage of a lawmaker - drawn redistricting plan for state offices.

The Senate was last in session the Saturday before Thanksgiving, when all 60 members of the Democratic caucus voted to begin debating health care reform in the full chamber.

Republicans controlled the chamber when they permitted the vote to legalize gay marriage in 2011.

Supporters of Dream Act legislation say they were «set up», when a hastily arranged vote on the bill in the Senate chamber late Monday led to the measure's failure by just one vote.

When House Republicans voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in criminal contempt of Congress for his role in the Fast and Furious scandal, Rangel called it a «perversion of the job of the House of Representatives» and «absurd political theater,» and he joined most of his Democratic colleagues in walking out of the chamber in protest.

Some Democrats head - shakingly acknowledged that Republicans would come out ahead in both districts, including one where incumbent Sen. Michael Venditto trailed by 33 votes when the polls closed, which would give them a 32 - vote bloc in the 63 seat chamber.

The current impasse on the women's agenda is the result of a last - minute change in strategy by the governor and the coalition just days before the end of session, when it became apparent that Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos wasn't going to allow the abortion plank onto the floor — and that there weren't 32 declared votes in the chamber to support that section.

But the Republican - led Senate has not allowed a vote on those bills — except once, when Democrats briefly controlled the chamber in 2010.

But the tension dissipated when Mr. Garodnick, whose last - ditch efforts to peel off votes were unsuccessful, dramatically entered the chamber, strode across the floor and embraced Ms. Mark - Viverito, as their colleagues erupted in applause.

But knowing the composition of the state legislature, and the hostility of the Republican leadership in both chambers to Prop B, we knew that we'd have to entertain compromise on some elements of the agreement (at no point, ever, publically, has Pacelle or anyone from HSUS mentioned any thought of compromise — and likely, this is why they didn't have a seat at the table when it came to this new law), in order to protect the measure for the long term and to obviate the need for a second public vote on the issue.

In these circumstances, would people turn out to vote for the second chamber, particularly when it is considered to be legally and constitutionally subordinate to the more dominant Commons?

The House of Lords Bill arguably represents the most significant development in terms of House of Lords reform since March 2007, when both Parliamentary houses voted on their preferred option for the composition of a reformed second chamber.