Sentences with phrase «was majority leader before»

Skelos, who was majority leader before entering into the power - sharing arrrangement with the five - member IDC, said in his statement that New Yorkers want a bipartisan government.

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R - KY) uses the gavel as he checks out the stage before his scheduled speech this evening on the second day.

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R - WI) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R - KY) have signaled a willingness to return before Sept. 6, but only if Democrats drop their objections to the Republican - crafted bill.

As I've noted before, since the start of 2013 — when the «fiscal cliff» calamity was averted at the very last minute with a deal struck between Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R - KY)-- investors have been impervious to the sorts of anxiety attacks that caused significant corrections during the first four years of the bull market.

A number of GOP Senators are saying that the Senate's health care bill probably won't get a vote until the later part of July — a pretty clear departure from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's hope to get the legislation out of the way before last week's 4th of July recess.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke on the Senate floor hours before the chamber was scheduled to vote on a stopgap budget measure.

McConnell was Senate minority leader for eight years before becoming majority leader when the GOP took control in 2015.

Arriving at his office shortly before the Senate Republican conference meets to discuss the rent / tax cap «framework» deal, Majority Leader Dean Skelos says some key aspects of bill language are still being worked out — casting blame on Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver:

Reid, and other majority leaders before him, have developed a clever workaround: Just change your vote at the last minute if it looks as though you're going to lose, then move to reconsider.

In her statement Nolan didn't officially end her bid to be speaker, as three men before her — Manhattan Assemblyman Keith Wright; Brooklyn Assemblyman Joe Lentol and Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle, of Rochester — did last week in the face of Heastie's seemingly unstoppable momentum.

At 9:30 a.m., an hour before former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos is sentenced for corrupting his office, government watchdog groups will weigh in on the heightened need for ethics reform before the end of the legislative session, Foley Square, intersection of Lafayette, Worth, and Centre streets, Manhattan.

Cuomo's probe into Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. is further delaying his campaign announcement to right before the Democratic convention.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos does not at all like the tone Gov. Andrew Cuomo is taking with the Legislature these days, saying Cuomo is «heading in the direction» of former Gov. Eliot «Steamroller» Spitzer, whose tough approach with state lawmakers proved largely unsuccessful (even before the prostutition scandal that pushed him from office).

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan expects a version of procurement reform to be considered by the full Senate before the end of the year.

Woops... I forgot: At 1:30 p.m. Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. will «address his future with the Democratic Party» at a press conference outside the Bronx Board of Elections... hmmm, might he be dis - enrolling himself before party leaders try to do it for him?

He did not seem terribly keen on the idea that has been voiced by Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco and others that the Senate and Assembly should do a two - way deal before the session ends, and then attempt an override should the governor respond with a veto.

One other interesting note: Schumer was out of the limelight before polls in Nevada (at 10 p.m. EST) where Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is facing a very tough re-election battle against Sharron Angle.

Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco «definitely» expects there will be a vote before the end of legislative session in June that would restore oversight powers to Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office, he said Wednesday in an interview.

Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle points out the tipline was created in February 2012, well before the Safe Act was enacted and denies Goodell's claim the Division of Criminal Justice Services has been asked to use the tipline to target Upstate rifle owners.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan before the controversy over stipends broke last week was confident a form of procurement reform would get done by the end of June.

Among those who were being mentioned as a possible replacement was former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who brought corruption charges that led to the convictions of two former majority party legislative leaders, as well as Cuomo's former closest aide, before Bharara was fired by President Donald Trump.

UPDATE: The Senate GOP press office says Skelos» statement actually went out before Cuomo wondered aloud where the majority leader is on this issue.

«It's crucial for the majority of school districts across New York State who are unable to comply with this misguided policy that we act now before the end of session,» Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins said.

And, as a reader pointed out, it was produced and posted by the Senate Democrat - controlled (and taxpayer - funded) media services unit just two weeks before Espada faces off against his two primary opponents: Gustavo Rivera (who is being backed by a number of the majority leader's colleagues and labor unions) and Dan Padernacht.

State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said Thursday he is no closer to extending mayoral control of New York City schools following Mayor Bill de Blasio's testimony before the Senate education committee Wednesday, a blow to the mayor's efforts to win a seven - year mayoral control extension.

And Joseph Bruno, the Republican majority leader from 1994 - 2008, stood convicted of mail fraud before charges were overturned on appeal.

Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco (R - Syracuse), who sponsored the measure in the Senate, is also pushing for a vote in his chamber before lawmakers end their annual session on Thursday.

Cuomo told aides over the weekend that due to the high - profile criminal and civil investigations of Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada (D - Bronx) that became public last week, he was shelving tentative plans to announce later this week right before a Waldorf - Astoria fund - raiser and a meeting of the Democratic Rural Conference.

Mr. Cuomo's budget proposes forcing all projects receiving such funding to get the approval of the Public Authorities Control Board — the three voting members of which are himself, Mr. Heastie and State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan — before going forward.

The deputy Majority Leader, Alfred Agbesi, insisted that Parliament was not under pressure to immediately take into account the evidence presented against Oti Bless before approving his nomination.

Skelos is a longtime lawmaker who became Senate majority leader for several months in 2007 before the Democrats took control of the chamber last year with a slim 32 - to - 30 margin.

Dean Skelos is a longtime lawmaker who became Senate majority leader for several months in 2007 before the Dems took control of the chamber last year with a 32 - 30 margin.

In a statement, Heastie, Cuomo and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos congratulated themselves for the agreement, which if fully voted into law before midnight on Tuesday will be the fifth on - time budget in Cuomo's tenure — a record not matched for decades.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, whose conference opposes any tightening of rent laws, has insisted that it is not important whether the laws are renewed before the deadline.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, over a four - day period, repeatedly ducked and dodged after The Post asked the simple question of whether he's representing legal clients who have business before state government.

To complicate matters further, one other democratic state senator will also have to be convinced to come home to the democratic senate caucus before Senator Stewart - Cousins is named Majority Leader or co-Majority Leader.

Dean Skelos, who served for seven years as the majority leader of the state Senate before his arrest on federal corruption charges earlier this year, was convicted on eight counts of using his office to secure lucrative employment opportunities for his son, Adam.

ALBANY - Senate Republicans Tuesday pledged full support for Majority Leader Dean Skelos before and after their first closed - door conference since he was identified in news reports involving a federal corruption probe.

Former US Attorney Preet Bharara brought corruption charges that led to the convictions of the two former majority party legislative leaders, as well as Cuomo's former closest aide, before he was fired by President Trump.

Senate: While addressing the chamber before the vote on its one - house budget on Monday, Majority Leader John Flanagan said that he didn't feel mayoral control was a budget issue.

NYS Senate Majority Leader, Son Arrested On Monday, State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, 67, and his son, Adam, 32, were arrested on charges that they extorted those with business before New York State to make payments to Adam Skelos, -LSB-...]

Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle is pushing for a vote on the measure before the budget is considered; the Republican - led Senate meanwhile has approved the bill for the last seven years.

Even before it was introduced, the measure faces a steep climb in the Republican - led Senate, where Majority Leader Dean Skelos has signaled he would oppose the bill along with Cardinal Timothy Dolan.

But the fact that Flanagan did not mention the issue in his priority list statement released yesterday was not a good sign, though he has said since ascending to the majority leader's post that he expects both the rent laws and New York City mayoral control, which is also set to sunset next month, will likely be extended before the session's scheduled end on June 17.

Flanagan revealed he actually stepped away from Forchelli, Curto, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo & Terrana last week, before he was formally elected majority leader.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio will be in Albany today to testify before a joint legislative budget hearing, and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan has (finally) agreed to meet with the Democratic executive while he's in town.

Just before 11 p.m., Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan issued a statement announcing the achievement of «a responsible agreement that brings about a sixth consecutive on - time budget,» though that statement is a bit debatable, but what's a few hours — give or take — on Planet Albany?

But he is also the man who in 1992 managed to win more votes — 14 million — than any political leader has managed before or since, making him the last Conservative leader to win a majority.

That was the judgment of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in April — two months before the reinforcements General Petraeus needed to fully implement his new «surge» strategy had arrived in Iraq.

The dinner comes days before the April 25 Republican primary in New York, a state were most of the GOP establishment including Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and, former Gov. George Pataki have announced they're backing Mitt Romney (Pataki's endorsement has been seen as rather tepid, though he's fought to clear up that perception).