Within a day of announcing his run he was seeking support from New York City's large
Democratic bloc; he spent the rest of the week and weekend making his pitch to more of the 106 Democrats in the chamber — including recently elected members of a «reform» bloc that had formed to press for Silver's ouster.
In his first interview since the new majority coalition plan was announced, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos told Susan Arbetter on The Capitol Press Room that differences between what the independent
Democratic bloc wants and the GOP will be ironed out.
Mr. Avella, the chair of the Senate Ethics Committee and a part of the five - member breakaway
Democratic bloc known as the Independent Democratic Conference, said his bill would apply to public relations, strategic communications and campaign consulting firms earning more than $ 5,000.
That's a reliably
Democratic bloc that has really fallen off.
Not only did she have a general election to think about last September, but she also had to contend with six months of cross-party negotiations after the election failed to deliver her ruling Christian
Democratic bloc enough seats to form a government.
With Obama in Sweden and Russia trying in part to rally global backing to punish Syria for its alleged use of chemical weapons, his chief of staff briefed two
Democratic blocs - the solidly anti-war liberal Congressional Progressive Caucus and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
Not exact matches
The center - left
bloc, including the ruling
Democratic Party (PD) which took a drubbing in the vote, was seen with 23 percent of the vote.
The biggest potential for growth in the iron - ore industry lies with countries in the «Next 20», which refers to the 20 growing non-Bric
bloc developing economies, including Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Mexico, Philippines, and several sub-Saharan African nations, including Nigeria, Ethiopia, the
Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania and South Africa.
And if half of these aborting «mothers and fathers» have had two abortions, the Immoral Majority would still be a huge voting
bloc i.e. ~ 50 million, enough votes to give any presidential candidate the differential votes needed considering many voters vote straight
Democratic or Republican tickets no matter what the issues are.
The GOP establishment is terrified that Trump, with his intemperate remarks about Mexican «murderers» and «rapists,» will make Hispanics another monolithically
Democratic voting
bloc.
Still, one final but uncomfortable truth: what has climaxed as present «restructuring», started as wilful refusal to accept the result of a
democratic election, by political
blocs that lost.
The IDC, a
bloc of eight
Democratic lawmakers, has come under pressure to form a new alliance with mainline Democrats in the Senate.
The
Democratic primary for governor may be less than a week old but the battle between Cuomo and Nixon for the African - American vote is already underway, underscoring the importance of a voting
bloc where Nixon's own advisers acknowledge she must make inroads to have any chance at victory.
Andrew Cuomo is back on the campaign trail today, with a scheduled book - ended by religion - related stops to woo more of the key traditional
Democratic voting
blocs.
Those are the issues at stake for the Independent
Democratic Conference in a video released Monday as the lawmakers in the breakaway
bloc seek to re-affirm their support for liberal causes they believe has been lost in the pitched battle being waged by progressive advocacy groups to pressure them into forming a coalition with mainline Democrats.
Several members of Klein's eight - member
bloc, the Independent
Democratic Conference, sit on the Senate Ethics Committee, sit on the panel, including Sens. David Carlucci, Diane Savino and David Valesky.
New York's 213 state legislators are tasked with appointing a new attorney general; Heastie leads a
bloc of 104
Democratic votes.
Socially conservative groups like Slattery's could be the deciding factor in the
Democratic primary, much in the same way the socially conservative religious voting
bloc came out in force for the election of Congressman Bob Turner in Queens and Brooklyn.
Democratic insiders say Nixon's chances are still slim, but especially so if she doesn't make inroads with crucial black voters, a
bloc from which Cuomo has enjoyed healthy support in recent years and with whom progressives like Bernie Sanders failed to garner support with their more class - focused economic populist messages.
Republicans and Democrats are split almost evenly in the Senate, but eight Democrats who call themselves the Independent
Democratic Conference have made themselves the key voting
bloc by choosing, when it suits them, to vote with the Republicans.
The neighboring Suffolk County
Democratic Party is expected to join Jacobs in backing Rice, adding another 7.16 percent to her convention tally (assuming all the committee chairs vote in a
bloc).
The focus from liberal advocates has been on the eight - member Independent
Democratic Conference, which remains a key
bloc of votes in the Senate chamber and has in the past worked in a majority coalition with Senate Republicans.
Democratic AG hopeful Sen. Eric Schneiderman keeps stacking up endorsements, particularly from lefties and women — two voting
blocs that are key to the Manhattan Democrat's primary day strategy.
Members of the state Senate's Independent
Democratic Conference are coming under increasing pressure from the left to rejoin with the mainline conference, though the
bloc of eight lawmakers showed little signs on Monday they will do so.
The IDC has provided a key
bloc of votes for the Senate Republicans, who maintain a majority with the help of Brooklyn
Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder, who conferences with the GOP.
Schneiderman has refused to cede the women's vote — a potentially key
bloc in the September primary — to Rice just because of her gender and in spite of the fact that she has been highlighted as a potential ticket - balancer for the (so far) all - white and all - male
Democratic statewide ticket.
Meanwhile, there's still the Independent
Democratic Conference, the five - member
bloc of
Democratic lawmakers who the mainline conference would have to cut some of an agreement to return to the fold.
Should this gang of eight coalesce into some kind of voting
bloc — think Independent
Democratic Coalition in the State Senate — they could exert considerable influence.
The $ 1 million donation comes at the same time that he's given $ 75,000 to the Independent
Democratic Conference, a four - member
bloc of
Democratic lawmakers who sit separately, but could determine control of the Senate next year depending on which conference they are ultimately allied with.
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.
He also says Clinton might help Obama with key
Democratic voting
blocs.
Long regarded as a Republican stronghold, the New York State Senate currently includes 30 Republicans, 28 Democrats and five «swing» seats who identify with the Independent
Democratic Caucus but typically vote with the Republican
bloc.
Frank Seddio, the chair of the Brooklyn
Democratic Party, led the meeting, which was called to brief members on why he and Mayor - elect Bill de Blasio had cut a deal with the left - leaning Progressive
bloc to try to crown Ms. Mark - Viverito speaker.
Williams, who is African - American and the son of Grenadian immigrants, has some advantages with name recognition in New York City, a key voting
bloc in the
Democratic primary.
In the most recent, a Marist poll released last week, Spitzer led Stringer 48 - 36 among likely voters, and he held impressive leads among African - American and Hispanic voters, crucial voting
blocs in the
Democratic primary.
Counteracting President Trump; bolstering the Affordable Care Act; and publicly funding campaigns are the issues at stake for the Independent
Democratic Conference in a video released Monday as the lawmakers in the breakaway
bloc seek to re-affirm their support for liberal causes they believe has been lost in the pitched battle being waged by progressive advocacy groups to pressure them into forming a coalition with mainline Democrats.
She also openly aligned herself with the Independent
Democratic Conference, a breakaway
bloc of Democrats who have backed liberal legislation while propping up a conservative Republican majority.
A
Democratic win would be both significant and symbolic: The Long Island 9 — a
bloc of Republican lawmakers who hold all the seats in Nassau and Suffolk counties — would be broken up, while the seat once held by the majority leader of the chamber would be flipped.
Skelos's approach to deal making with Cuomo, as well as a five - member
bloc of Democrats in the Independent
Democratic Conference, angered grassroots conservative voters in New York, who were especially upset over the gun control legislation passing the chamber.
«Party of National Unity (PNU) presidential candidate Kibaki won most of the votes of the Kikuyu / Embu / Meru ethnic
bloc and Orange
Democratic Movement (DM) presidential candidate Odinga won most of the votes of the Luo and the Kalenjin / Maasai / Turkana / Samburu ethnic
bloc.
But Cuomo is under increasing pressure to push the eight - member Independent
Democratic Conference — a key
bloc of lawmakers who have been aligned with Republicans — to ally with mainline Democrats.
The Working Families Party this week is expected to ratchet up its rhetoric against the Independent
Democratic Conference, tying the eight - member
bloc closely to Trump and, by extension, Cuomo.
The state Board of Elections launched an inquiry last year into a campaign group created by the Independent
Democratic Conference, a key five - member
bloc in the state Senate led by Bronx state Sen. Jeff Klein.
Johnson said the CBC and black voters should use their leverage as a voting
bloc to work with Trump instead of always toeing the
Democratic line and being taken for granted by party leaders.
The two power
blocs in the Enugu State Chapter of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, are in palpable anxiety as the party goes for the National...
Brooklyn's
Democratic Party pointed to its own set of rules as justification for Seddio's
bloc vote.
Pollsters have estimated that lesbians and gay men make up between 5 and 13 percent of the
Democratic vote in New York, which makes them a potentially key voting
bloc.
Valesky says he has consistently supported progressive
Democratic ideals, like the Dream Act, the Women's Equality Act and campaign finance reform, noting that the
Democratic Party does not always vote as a
bloc anyway.
Senate
Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins has called unsuccessfully for the chamber's Democrats to unite into a majority
bloc, and attempted last year to put the onus for forcing political marriage on Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Senator Jeff Klein, who leads the five - member, Republican - allied Independent
Democratic Conference, won the floor vote during budget negotiations and delivered a solid
bloc of support.