Mr. Silver said his preference in addressing the seniority rules would be to apply the Education Department's new standards when layoffs are being proposed.
But he caucuses with Democrats in the Senate, in trade for the seniority privileges and committee chairmanship that accompany that party identification.
But, thanks in part to the seniority system, the South had a disproportionate say in what came before Congress and what did not.
A spokeswoman for a group representing the survivors of abuse by clergy said the arrests were "historic in terms of the seniority of the people being looked at".
And while U.S. companies in general follow the seniority level limits, compensation ranges for the local Chinese companies are not posted because there are simply too many exceptions.
It was part of a burst of activity by younger Democrats against elderly chairmen, three of whom they ousted in the biggest setback to the seniority system in a century.
We retrospectively analyzed the impact of educational strategies on transcription costs and any difference in the impact according to the seniority level in a single department.
"The seniority in the team today really stood up," said Sheens.
And the time for lobbying in Albany to repeal the seniority rule is long past.
In the mid-1970s, following the Watergate scandal, Democrats banded together with Republicans to weaken the seniority system in committees and reduce the role of money in congressional elections.
