Sentences with phrase «democrat rule in this state»

«In four short weeks, voters will have an opportunity to put an end to the failed experiment in one - party Democrat rule in this state by electing a Republican Majority in the State Senate and we're confident they will do so.»

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Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva, senior Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee, said repealing the stream protection rule would «sicken and kill the very people Donald Trump falsely promised to help,» coal miners in West Virginia and other states.

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described the late APC gubernatorial candidate in Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu, as a remarkably committed democrat that believed firmly in the principle of the rule of law.

The 2017 legislative session in the state Senate kicked off on an acrimonious note Wednesday with Democrats blasting a «Trump - style» change in the rules that bans the use of cellphones from recording video or taking photos.

In one state after another, the electoral rule that allowed the workers (mostly Democrats) to unite with the farmers (mostly Populists), was changed.

The state Democratic Party, led by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is offering carrots and sticks to two rival factions of Democrats in the state Senate in an effort to get them to reunite and potentially rule the chamber.

There is growing pressure on a group of breakaway Democrats in the New York State Senate to reunite with the mainstream Democrats and form a majority to rule the Senate.

He referred to the ongoing investigation into allegations that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio orchestrated a scheme to circumvent campaign finance rules in sending money to Democrats running for state Senate.

Lipton said if Democrats also ruled the state Senate, New York would be in a stronger position, like that of the state of California, to provide a counter-vision to Trump and the Republican - led Congress.

Of course, Mr. Cuomo is not the sole arbiter of the state budget — there's also the Democrat - led Assembly and the State Senate, now controlled by Republicans who are less than pleased with Mr. de Blasio, who campaigned hard for Democrats to take the majority and sought to end the GOP's ruling coalition with breakaway Democrats in the Independent Democratic Conferstate budget — there's also the Democrat - led Assembly and the State Senate, now controlled by Republicans who are less than pleased with Mr. de Blasio, who campaigned hard for Democrats to take the majority and sought to end the GOP's ruling coalition with breakaway Democrats in the Independent Democratic ConferState Senate, now controlled by Republicans who are less than pleased with Mr. de Blasio, who campaigned hard for Democrats to take the majority and sought to end the GOP's ruling coalition with breakaway Democrats in the Independent Democratic Conference.

Cuomo has faced opposition from Republicans in the State Senate, who rule in a coalition with a group of breakaway Democrats.

There are currently not enough votes in the State Senate, which is ruled by Republicans and a group of break away Democrats, in order to pass public campaign financing.

The Democratic - led State Assembly has embraced similar measures in the past, but they have stalled in the State Senate, which is ruled by a coalition of Republicans and independent democrats.

He admits his agenda has stalled lately in the state Senate, which is ruled by a coalition of Republicans and Independent Democrats.

said State Senator Liz Krueger, a Manhattan Democrat who has pushed to improve ethics rules in Albany.

Democrats in the state Assembly had mounted a strong push to tie approval for a new tax abatement to rules that would make it harder for New York landlords to turn rent - regulated apartments into free - market units.

Carl Heastie, the Bronx Democrat in line to become the next speaker of the state Assembly, outlined a trio of ethics rules changes on Monday for the chamber he hopes to lead.

A half - dozen Democrats running in local elections in Broome County — including District Attorney Gerald Mollen and Vestal town Supervisor John Shaffer — lost the WEP's ballot status following a state Supreme Court ruling

Today's Siena poll (the second in as many days) finds New Yorkers overwhelmingly support the bulk of the agenda Gov. Andrew Cuomo laid out in his State of the State address, but also back an idea floated by the Assembly Democrats and organized labor that he has so far ruled out: Reinstating the so - called «millionaire's tax.»

A state Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that Adrienne Esposito, the Democrat running in the sixth Senate District on Long Island, was bounced from the line for submitting insufficient petitions.

ALBANY — Democrats in the State Assembly are considering a rules change that would allow majority leader Joe Morelle to continue to act as speaker as negotiations over the state budget intensify in the next few months, according to several memState Assembly are considering a rules change that would allow majority leader Joe Morelle to continue to act as speaker as negotiations over the state budget intensify in the next few months, according to several memstate budget intensify in the next few months, according to several members.

With precious little time remaining for the legislative session, which is to end on Thursday, the antepenultimate day in Albany was marked by the usual closed - door negotiations among Democrats, who run the State Assembly, and Republicans, who rule the State Senate.

As CBS 2's Marcia Kramer reported, Cuomo, a Democrat, and Astorino went mano a mano in what is likely to be the only debate of the 2014 race to rule New York state.

With control of more than one - third of the seats in the State Senate, the Democrats invoked a two - thirds rule, preventing a vote on the redistricting plan during the first special session.

Last year, federal judges in Wisconsin ruled that in 2011 the state's Republican Party unconstitutionally drew district lines against Democrats.

The leader of the New York State Senate Republicans says his members will once again partner with a group of breakaway Democrats to rule the chamber in January.

Under New York State Republican Committee rules, each county committee will have a weighted vote based on how many people in that county voted on the GOP line in the last governor's election — the 2014 race in which Rob Astorino lost to Democrat Andrew Cuomo.

State Supreme Court Justice Joseph Teresi ruled in favor of David Paterson this afternoon, declaring that when the governor calls a «special session,» every member of the 62 - person State Senate must present him - or herself at the same time — not, he noted, in the Democrat - Republican shifts with which they've been handling the situation thus far.

Jepsen, also a Democrat, announced in December 2013 that he was suspending an effort to get the U.S. Supreme Court to review a ruling against the state by a three - judge panel of the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in May of that year, and instead said he would try to limit the state's exposure to damages by seeking to negotiate a settlement with SEBAC.

With only 37 votes separating them, a state appeals court unanimously ruled that 99 ballots should be opened in the still undecided race between Democrat Cecilia Tkaczyk and Republican George Amedore in the 46th Senate District.

Having served at the head of the Democrat - controlled Assembly for over a decade, Silver's rule was iron - fisted and opaque - he could end a political career on a whim, kill a major policy initiative with a quiet grumble, and maneuver millions of dollars in state cash to recipients of his choice.

Facts are Democrats want one party rule, and want to run this state like they did in the old soviet union, sort of like what most of these commentators want here.

Still, his formal announcement is a blow to any illusion that Democrats — who far outnumber Republicans in a deep blue state — might emerge from Tuesday's elections in control of the Senate, a body that they have not ruled since 2010.

Republicans who rule the state Senate have often argued that they need to stay in power because if Democrats control the Senate, upstate needs will be neglected.

The early decision was to draft a constitution providing for democratic club rule and an extremely anti-patronage policy, with the intention of contesting the party leadership in a race for district leader against incumbant DeSapio — easily the most important Democrat at that time in the state — in the 1957 party primary.

Won't work past 2 pm: «Making good on Sen. John McCain's threat to withhold all Republican cooperation from Democrats in the Senate in retribution for the majority party using reconciliation to pass health care reform, the GOP used the rule that states committees can only meet when the chamber is in session with the unanimous consent of all members.»

But the women's agenda and public campaign financing stalled in the State Senate, which is ruled by a coalition of Republicans and break away Democrats.

Mr. Cuomo could also face increased pressure to unify his party in the State Senate, where Democrats hold a numeric advantage but Republicans rule thanks to a collection of eight Democrats who work with Mr. Flanagan.

Not to be ruled out is that Trump might want to further punish Democrats in a state that hasn't voted Republican since Reagan in ’84 by appointing some hound - dog latter - day Thomas Dewey - like muckraker.

Democrats will ask the state's highest court to reverse two lower - court rulings and order a lengthy hand recount of some 85,000 paper ballots that were fed into new optical scanning voting machines in the contest between incumbent Nassau Sen. Craig Johnson, a Democrat, and Mineola Mayor Jack Martins, the GOP challenger, who has been officially certified as having won by 451 votes.

There's growing pressure on a group of breakaway Democrats in the New York state Senate to reunite with the mainstream Democrats and form a majority to rule the Senate.

The New York state Democratic Party, led by Governor Andrew Cuomo, is offering carrots and sticks to two rival factions of Democrats in the State Senate, in an effort to get them to reunite and potentially rule the chastate Democratic Party, led by Governor Andrew Cuomo, is offering carrots and sticks to two rival factions of Democrats in the State Senate, in an effort to get them to reunite and potentially rule the chaState Senate, in an effort to get them to reunite and potentially rule the chamber.

Two feuding factions of Democrats in the State Senate have agreed to reunite later next year, and perhaps rule the chamber, but it can happen only if a number of events occur first.

For all the political advantages New York Democrats have enjoyed in recent years, they never succeeded for any length of time in ruling the upper house of the State Legislature.

The NDRC is working to fix this through a comprehensive strategy that includes overturning unconstitutional maps in court, changing the rules to enact a fairer system for drawing maps, building infrastructure and mobilizing tools ahead of the 2021 redistricting process, and gaining power in targeted states by electing more Democrats.

Cahill opposes a provision backed by many Democrats to codify the abortion rights in the U.S. Supreme Court Roe v. Wade ruling into state law.

The power: Democrats could rule the state Capital if Cuomo wins a second term and the Assembly remains in Democratic hands.

Democrats like Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are pitching hugely expensive «free college» plans as a move toward a «new federalism,» in which hundreds of billions in conditional federal outlays would be used to entice states to spend more and obey new federal rules.

Many existing federal programs and rules are gone, but guidelines designed to keep states in line are written into the text to please Democrats.

DENVER - Democrats backed by the state's largest teachers» union nicknamed legislation overhauling Colorado's tenure and evaluation rules the «teacher scapegoat» bill, and several lawmakers wept in public sessions during their monthlong battle to stop it...