Sentences with phrase «democratic governor and a legislature»

The largest Democratic congressional advantage was in Maryland, where redistricting was controlled by a Democratic governor and legislature.

«Why should Staten Island get everything when we have a Democratic governor and legislature?»

I would think that after the grotesque bungling of the state budget this week by the Democratic governor and legislature, there would be some disgust out there... Kean should be capitalizing on this.

Only recently, teachers unions seemed to be riding high in the saddle, enjoying for the first time in more than a decade a government unified under the union - friendly leadership of a Democratic governor and a legislature controlled by the same party.

Rather than proceed with the second half of the suit, which rested on claims that charter schools had failed to comply with statutes and sponsorship contracts, their opponents withdrew it in December and instead appealed for regulatory help from a newly - elected Democratic governor and a legislature whose Republican majority had been reduced.

The changes proposed by Governor Malloy, and eventually adopted by the Connecticut Legislature, were the most far - reaching of any state with a Democratic governor and legislature.

Not exact matches

In state government elections, the Democratic Party lost one governor's office and gained control of two state legislatures.

Why is NY seemingly incapable of getting progressive laws passed when both houses of the legislature and the governor are Democratic?

Having lost a seat, the Republican dominated legislature can defeat a veto from Governor Nixon (D) and has its eye on one of the Democratic seats around St. Louis as the Congressional delegation shrinks.

But despite electing a Democratic governor and state legislature, we still can't pass the kind of progressive legislation seen in California, Massachusetts and other Democratic - controlled states.

In state government elections, the Democratic Party lost 8 governors» offices and lost control of 10 state legislatures.

Governor Cuomo, who's failed to achieve a number of progressive items over the last two years, including public campaign finance reform and a Women's Equality Act, told the Democratic Rural Conference that he'll try to get them passed in the state legislature in the next eight weeks, before the session ends in June.

I call on my Republican colleagues in the Senate to join Democratic Leader Stewart - Cousins to move these bills through the legislature and Governor Cuomo to work with us to get them enacted.»

«It is outright unacceptable that the governor would circumvent the legislature and disrespect the democratic process by allowing all parolees to vote,» said Stec.

Connecticut's Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy and the Democrats who control the state legislature announced on Friday that they have reached an agreement on a revised budget.

Democratic Governor Jay Nixon vetoed the legislature's congressional redistricting plan, but on May 4, 2011, the legislature overrode the veto and the new map became law.

This should not happen under a strong Democratic governor and easily manipulated Democratic legislature.

Senate Democratic Leader John Sampson is stepping up pressure for the legislature and the governor to act to increase the state's minimum wage form the current $ 7.25 an hour to $ 8.50 an hour.

But given the Democratic governor's often rocky relationship with the legislature, including leaders of his own party, his lame - duck status could embolden lawmakers to ignore some of his less popular initiatives, such as cutting money for cities and towns, or allowing cities and towns to assess a new tax on hospitals.

It is unfair, and unreasonable to hold residents» holiday plans hostage over the Governor's and the legislature's inability to meet the budget deadline,» Democratic Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle said.

Governor Paterson, who will be speaking at the Democratic National Convention, led the state legislature to commit to $ 1 billion in budget cuts over the next year and a half.

He's made the strongest effort yet to campaign for Democrats in the legislature's upper chamber since he's been governor, and he urged supporters to make sure voters come out and vote Democratic.

TN is not as reflexively Republican as some Deep South states such as MS and AL. 5 out of 9 of the US House seats are held by Democrats, the very popular governor is a Democrat, and the state legislature is split between a Republican senate and a Democratic House.

Organizers noted that even in Connecticut, with a Democratic governor and Democratic - controlled legislature, progressive policies including paid family and medical leave and a higher minimum wage have been defeated.

In Connecticut the legislative session ends on Wednesday, but Democratic leaders in the state legislature and Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy have yet to reach an agreement on resolving a nearly $ 1 billion budget shortfall for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

You'd expect Democratic candidates running for the State legislature to use the popular Democratic governor's image to help their campaigns, but Amedore and Grisanti are Republicans.

A Democratic state legislature combined with a Dem governor in CA and a Dem sweep in Ohio really could've have changed the political map in coming election cycles.

The highlight of the session was the passage of a revised $ 19 billion state budget based on an agreement between the Democratic majority in the legislature and Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy.

At issue are three competing plans: One introduced by Democratic Governor Daniel Malloy, another introduced by legislative Republicans, and a partial fix that was tabled a while back by the Democratic leaders in the legislature.

If the Democrats in the state Senate were all to come together, New York would become the seventh state in the nation to have the Democratic trifecta, meaning a Democratic governor and both houses of the legislature controlled by Democrats.

What we were most interested to know is whether the change in funding differs if a state has unified Democratic control of the state legislature and the governorship at the time of the court decision, unified Republican control, or when control is divided between the two parties as, for example, when the governor is a Republican and the Democrats control one or both of the houses of the legislature.

UH-OH: Minnesota's Democratic governor and GOP legislature are at full loggerheads over a tax bill, and that could make the next filing season a real pain for businesses and individuals alike, The Minneapolis Star - Tribune reported.

However, the truth didn't stop the Democratic Governor from throwing the legislature, and especially his Democratic colleagues, under the bus.

We needed to get more involved and directive, and at this point, both the democratic state legislature and republican Governor have come along to see that locals may not know how to do reform and as a result students are being hurt.»

But this year was different because there was a fight between a Republican governor and a Democratic legislature over school funding.

It's hard to say how the next four years will play out with a Democratic superintendent and Republican governor and state legislature.

The last couple of decades of Republican control of our state legislature and governor's mansion has seen nothing but punitive measures aimed squarely at the majority - Democratic teachers.

Since both the California legislature and the CA governor lean heavily Democratic (as opposed to Republican Texas) and since California Teachers Unions seem very cozy with the governor and the legislature, the list those who have enough power and might be complicit in a Faustian Bargain is very small.

That law passed in state with a Democrat - controlled legislature and Democratic governor.

A new GenX pollution bill from the NC legislature would give power to Democratic Governor Roy Cooper to shut down the Chemours factory responsible for polluting the Cape Fear River, which provides drinking water for Wilmington and Eastern North Carolina.

Meanwhile, Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy and the Democratic controlled state legislature are implementing the deepest cuts in state history to Connecticut's public schools.

While making record cuts to public schools and human services the Hartford Courant is reporting that Connecticut's Democratic legislative leaders have caved in to Governor Malloy and agreed to force their follow Democrats in the legislature to vote in favor of giving two more charter school companies the money they want to open schools in Bridgeport and Stamford.

The Arizona, Iowa, and Pennsylvania bills became law under Democratic governors, and the Rhode Island business - tax credit was born in a legislature controlled by Democrats.

But unlike many states, Maryland has seen a power struggle develop between the Republican governor and the Democratic - controlled legislature over who has final say over local control of the schools.

With the support of Republican Governor Jodi Rell and a Democratic legislature, the concept became law.

Surprised the Florida Legislature didn't try this: Just as happened in Florida a few years ago, the state supreme court in Pennsylvania overturned a partisan, gerrymandered congressional redistricting plan and, after the Republican - led state legislature and the Democratic governor couldn't agree on a new one, the court drew one up and ordered it to be put in place.

Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine, a Democratic candidate for governor, was disappointed that the legislature failed to pass an assault - weapons ban and universal background checks.