Bevin has the backing of Republican state Senate President Robert Stivers, who called Bevins refusal to concede appropriate and even floated the idea of using an extremely outdated constitutional provision that could ultimately allow the states Republican-controlled Legislature to decide the eleAs vote totals rolled in, Senate leader Robert Stivers suggested that the results of this race could ultimately come before state lawmakers, a process that hasnt been used to settle an election since 1899.
Date: Nov 06, 2019
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The Latest: School district closing day after pension vote
Republican Senate President Robert Stivers says the Senate is expected to vote on the bill later in the night and likely pass and send it to GOP Gov. Matt Bevin for his consideration. Says Stivers: I would assume that we will accept it as is.
The president of the Kentucky Senate, Robert Stivers, a Republican, said in light of the Charleston killings, he believed that a statue of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy and a native Kentuckian, should be removed from the Capitol rotunda in Frankfort. The statue is near a larger o
Date: Jun 24, 2015
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Gubernatorial candidate Conway supports moving Davis statue
Matt Bevin, the Republican nominee for governor, had already staked out his support for moving the statue. So had such other prominent Kentucky Republicans such as U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and state Senate President Robert Stivers.
Date: Jun 24, 2015
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In state with tobacco ties, Kentucky House OKs smoking ban
"I am personally not a fan of smoking, but I just don't believe it is the government's role to tell (a business) that you cannot have a facility that smoking takes place in be it a pool hall a bar or restaurant," Senate President Robert Stivers said before the House vote.
Date: Feb 13, 2015
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Leaders of Both Legislative Chambers Offer Favorable Assessment of ...
Senate President Robert Stivers, a republican, also had positive remarks about the democratic governor. "Probably one of the greatest successes he has had is the ability, after the day of the election, as he spoke, to sit down and work with people candidly and fairly," said Stivers.
"There is not a question being posed as to whether or not to expand Medicaid," said Sen. President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester. "It is just that it should be a legislative-driven decision versus an executive branch decision."
The Courier-Journal (http://cjky.it/T1FIA7) reports the GOP will meet Tuesday to vote on who they support to serve in the role: Republican Sen. Robert Stivers, who has served as floor leader for the past four years, or Independent Sen. Bob Leeper, who has served as Senate budget committee chairman.
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