Only one thing stood in their way, they argued: they needed control of lawmaking in Albany.
Quinn is not only the most powerful legislator in the city; she's pretty much the only legislator in the city, and from her perch she has nearly unilateral control over lawmaking.
The governing National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) announced in a televised statement late on Saturday that it had dissolved the senate and would be assuming control of all lawmaking powers, a few hours after it summoned 35 prominent academics and activists to report to army headquarters.
Part of it, of course, was owed to the Democratic Party's complete control of the lawmaking branches of government.
Admittedly, one consequence would be that when Republicans controlled all three lawmaking bodies — House, Senate, White House — we'd see what conservative governance truly looks like.
Their charter grants them the power to control the prime minister, lawmaking, the national budget, and declarations of war, without any supervision or oversight.
For one thing, he's trying to oust Republicans who control one-third of the lawmaking process in New York — the State Senate.
The challenge is finding qualified officials willing to work in a government of uncertain powers and duration, overshadowed by the military's continued control of the budget and lawmaking, and in a potentially fractious Brotherhood-led coalition.
Egypt's president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, could retain control of the country's lawmaking process for the foreseeable future, after the supreme court ruled that a law governing upcoming elections was unconstitutional.
In their news conference, the generals acknowledged they would have a monopoly on all lawmaking powers as well as control of the national budget.
