Sentences with phrase «democrat over his ties»
House Republicans have launched an ad attacking a freshman Wisconsin Democrat over his ties to embattled Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel (N.Y.), the first of a series of attempts to use Rangel's ongoing ethics woes as an anchor around the necks of vulnerable Democratic incumbents.
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But City & State has reported while Felder would likely caucus with his fellow Democrats, he would also probably cast a tie - breaking vote — if necessary — for Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos over Minority Leader John Sampson.
Democrats should refuse to vote on President Donald Trump's pick for the next FBI director unless a special prosecutor is named to take over the investigation into possible ties between Russia and the Trump campaign, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said.
Election barometer The Political Forecasting Unit's «election barometer», designed to capture the changing state of the race as it unfolds through the campaign, shows the Liberal Democrats on top by one point over the Conservatives based on an average of the very latest polling, but the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats tied on the Polling Tracker.
Consultant O'Brien Murray, who attended the meeting and was on the wrong side of Curran's victory over GOP candidate Jack Martins, said the Democrat hammered Martins non-stop over ties to Nassau County Republicans hit with corruption charges.
Fiscal conservatives (who want lower taxes and lower government spending) are the face of the party, to some extent, but the Christian Conservatives are a significant block (the former Southern Democrats); they were added in the late 1960s through the 1980s slowly over time as the Democratic Party shed some of its ties to the area in favor of stronger ties to the urban centers.
The group was «disheartened» that the Republicans» changes surfaced just two hours before the Rules Committee was scheduled to meet, and also sided with the Democrats on the effort to end LG Bob Duffy's ability to break a tie over who the chamber's temporary president should be.
House Democrats are trying again to force Trump to turn over documents about his campaign's ties to Russia, after a first «resolution of inquiry» was killed by Republicans last week.
Additionally, though the governor reluctantly supported the Democrats» effort to take over the State Senate this year, he has long cultivated close ties to the Republican delegation and to the IDC.
The New York Democrat and Trump bumped heads recently over the President's alleged ties to Russia and his Supreme Court nominee, Denver - based 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Neil Gorsuch.
Teachers» unions are often portrayed as one - trick ponies whose political fortune is tied to their support for — and as a result their influence over — Democrats.