Sentences with phrase «democratic party agenda»
State Senate Republican President Len Fasano accused Malloy of making a political speech in an effort to set up the Democratic Party agenda for the November election.
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Earlier this year, a company called Event Shares filed a prospectus for a Republican Policies and a Democratic Policies fund to invest in companies that will benefit from the respective parties» political agendas (neither has launched yet).
The Democratic Party is badly damaged, but it retains enough strength in the Senate to disrupt a Republican agenda.
As usual, the New Democratic Party and the Liberal Party presented their own minority reports, with recommendations that reflect the policy agenda of their respective parties.
CNBC's John Harwood: «Voters just raised a massive red flag for the GOP's agenda»»... Specifically, it made it more difficult for a specific subset of Republican lawmakers that Trump and party leaders need to hold behind a bill designed to pass without any Democratic support.
The legislative session produced ejections, MLA suspensions and other intrigue but amidst the budget debates and political drama the New Democratic Party government pursued a fairly ambitious legislative agenda.
Responding to Health Minister Sarah Hoffman «s decision to cancel a $ 3 billion laboratory services contract with the Australian - based Sonic corporation, the Wildrose claimed the New Democratic Party government was imposing an «ideological» agenda.
Tea Party partisans have the same cultural agenda, but this incarnation of the Religious Right proceeds by stealth, in this case with riders to a budget bill - riders they know no Democratic president or Senate can ever accept.
In line with AGENDA 50 - 50, the Regional Youth Wing under the auspices of the Eastern Regional Executive Committee of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) today organised a football gala dubbed «JM Cup» at Mpraeso in the Mpraeso Constituency to rekindle the party's spirit in the Kwahu zone as part of the annual Kwahu easter festivity.
But in exchange for getting the popular Democratic gubernatorial candidate on its line — thus ensuring it would well surpass the required 50,000 - vote mark to live another four years (the party ended up moving to Row D)-- the WFP had to agree to Cuomo's «New NY Agenda,» which included a slew of agenda items — the property tax cap, no new taxes to close the budget deficit etc. — that the left had opAgenda,» which included a slew of agenda items — the property tax cap, no new taxes to close the budget deficit etc. — that the left had opagenda items — the property tax cap, no new taxes to close the budget deficit etc. — that the left had opposed.
The Deputy General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) Mr Koku Anyidoho, has revealed that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as part of a grand scheme to penetrate into the Volta region, has launched a vote buying agenda.
The Democratic Convention ended in Philadelphia having integrated much of Sanders» progressive agenda into the Democratic Party Platform of 2016, and solidified a more than ninety percent rate of support from those who had voted for Sanders in the primaries.
State Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs told me yesterday that the threshold for getting a resolution onto the agenda is pretty low, requiring about a dozen state committee member signatures.
«Whether it's Molinaro or DeFrancisco, it's clear that the New York G.O.P. is intent on pushing an ultraconservative Trump agenda,» said Geoff Berman, the state Democratic Party's executive director.
Gotham Gazette editorial by BP Adams calling on both the Democratic and Republican parties to create an agenda that addresses problems in urban America.
She says her administration will be representative of the entire county, not just the Democratic Party, as she embarks on an agenda centered on ethics and contracting reform.
The state Democratic Party responded in a statement, saying Molinaro is pushing the «ultra-conservative Trump agenda» and has the same positions as Trump «with a different hair color.»
And the more liberal wing of the Democratic Party is unhappy with the coalition, saying it makes it harder to move ahead a more progressive agenda.
Another insider said the breakaway Dems won't help control the agenda like they did the past two years, but they do expect to be able to get some bills to the floor — though not contentious ones like the public financing of campaigns that are being pushed by the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.
Two Democratic senators who have strayed from the party's agenda in the past — Pedro Espada and Ruben Diaz Sr. — are waffling on how they would vote.
Maybe in the interest of honesty they should rename the Party platform «The Official Democratic Party Election Year Pandering Agenda».
Democratic gubernatorial frontrunner Andrew Cuomo finally put the WFP out of its misery and agreed to run on its line after it received a clean bill of health from the US attorney's office and sign off on his «New New York Agenda,» which includes some proposals the party opposes — most notably a property tax cap.
The group, Freedom to Marry, announced today that the Democratic platform committee will finalize the full party agenda later next month in Detroit, and presumably the full platform will be adopted at the convention in September in Charlotte.
«Whether it's Molinaro or DeFrancisco, it's clear that the New York GOP is intent on pushing an ultra-conservative Trump agenda, and a candidate that has the same positions as Trump with a different hair color,» said Geoff Berman, executive director of the state Democratic Party.
«It is important that we keep him in Congress where his leadership and seniority are critical to the Democratic Party's success in fighting back against the radical Republican agenda.»
The Working Families Party on Monday expressed disappointment over the decision by the seven - member Independent Democratic Conference to side with the Senate GOP in a governing coalition while also urging the lawmakers to help bloc the «Trump agenda» in Albany.
First, the overall tone seems to follow Mrs. Clinton's accusations leveled against other presidential candidates (whom she and the Democratic Party believe swung the elections in her disfavor)- so the article seems to have a distinct agenda.
The call features the voice of Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long, who surprised political observers last week by declaring his strong support for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget plans and announced a campaign of callers, mailers and, if money allows, even TV ads to support the Democratic governor's agenda.
The IDC took the Democratic National Committee to task for ignoring worker rights in a recent survey on potential party agenda items.
Cruddas will take the leadership contenders up on their offer, saying: «I want to see a more democratic party with an actively involved membership, a conference that is strengthened and its agenda setting opened up.
The founder and flagbearer of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, has said her main agenda is to promote what she describes as grass - roots democracy emphasizing inclusive governance.
In addition to the question of whether Mr. de Blasio — who won a primary with middling turnout and a general with dismal turnout — has earned his stripes to set an agenda for the Democratic Party nationwide, back at home there is the familiar drumbeat that perhaps the mayor ought to pay attention to his own city, a theme that has spread beyond the territorial tabloids and into stories in the city's higher - minded broadsheets.
«There are many good candidates, but Dan is best positioned to unite us behind Bill's progressive agenda and ensure that the Council is an equal partner in government,» Councilman Rory Lancman, an ally of the Queens County Democratic Party, told Politicker.
«It is understandable that Democrats may not agree with cross endorsing candidates of other parties, but I believe that this action will help to get parts of the Democratic agenda implemented,» he said.
Totals reported by the state Democratic Party and its housekeeping account fell by more than half from 2013, when the party funded millions of dollars of advertisements supporting the governor's agenda, dropping from $ 9.9 million to $ 4.6 milParty and its housekeeping account fell by more than half from 2013, when the party funded millions of dollars of advertisements supporting the governor's agenda, dropping from $ 9.9 million to $ 4.6 milparty funded millions of dollars of advertisements supporting the governor's agenda, dropping from $ 9.9 million to $ 4.6 million.
As Marc Herman, the Democratic challenger to Saladino in the November election, outlined the party's agenda for new ethics rules, Saladino interjected comments during the news conference that lasted about 30 minutes.
A business group that supported his agenda, the Committee to Save New York, spent lavishly on ads during his first two years as governor; when the group went dormant this year, the State Democratic Party paid for ads promoting Mr. Cuomo's agenda.
Michael Long told the Daily News his party will soon mount an aggressive, costly grass - roots campaign to generate support for the Democratic governor's fiscal agenda.
Supporting wealthy «outside - the - district» candidates is the Democratic party allowing themselves to be sucked in by the conservative agenda of «might makes right.»
A spokesperson for the party's presumptive nominee, Hillary Clinton, did not return a request for comment on the agenda, nor did a spokesperson for the Democratic National Committee.
«It's unfortunate that the Queens Democratic Party bosses, who supported corrupt ex-Senator Hiram Monserrate for years, once again are shamefully distorting Senator Avella's 100 % pro-choice and pro-Women's Equality Agenda voting record.
Defiant and determined to transform the Democratic Party, Sen. Bernie Sanders is opening a two - month phase of his presidential campaign aimed at inflicting a heavy blow on Hillary Clinton in California and amassing enough leverage to advance his agenda at the convention in July — or even wrest the nomination from her.
The filing could show whether Cuomo transferred any cash from his own coffers to the state Democratic Party in order to fund a series of television ads promoting his agenda.
The latest push comes from an unusual coalition of progressive labor interests, political (Democratic Party, that is) and environmental groups, health care interests and good government advocates who are urging Cuomo to enact a «voluntary» public campaign finance system early in the 2011 legislative session — one of the many camapign promises outlined in his «New New York Agenda» books.
Cuomo in May sought the endorsement of the party, and agreed to supporting its agenda if re-elected, including a faster phase - in of the state's minimum wage and a full Democratic takeover of the state Senate.
The Republican and Democratic party are merely political actors controlled by behemoth sized financial actors to «divide and conquer» the american population in order to decrease their political energy and allow their agenda to unfold.
The Occupy Movement pretty much mirrors the fringe of the Democratic Party so the way I see it most Northeastern politicians will let them hang around to help push their agenda.
Can a party whose rationale for existing is to grow progressive economic movements throughout the country «where politicians are held accountable to working people, instead of big - money backers» really work for, endorse, and host on its line one of the greatest threats to its agenda within the Democratic Pparty whose rationale for existing is to grow progressive economic movements throughout the country «where politicians are held accountable to working people, instead of big - money backers» really work for, endorse, and host on its line one of the greatest threats to its agenda within the Democratic PartyParty?
I am running for Democratic District Leader for the 44th Assembly District to fight for a Democratic Party with a progressive agenda centered on economic justice, criminal justice reform and support for women, the LGBTQ community, immigrants and religious and racial minorities.
During the primary, Mr. Cuomo's longshot challenger Zephyr Teachout called the Women's Equality line «a sham party,» pointing to reports that the governor had colluded with the State Senate's breakaway Independent Democratic Conference to allow the GOP to continue to control the upper house of the state legislature — which led to the failed effort to pass the complete Women's Equality Agenda.