Sentences with phrase «democratic jobs agenda»
Speaker Nancy Pelosi even tweeted to spread the word in what seemed an almost giddy, midsummer dream for her leadership, grown jaded after months of waiting for any Senate movement on the Democratic jobs agenda.
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The sessions were on topics that included an innovation agenda, jobs and the economy, said Meredith Kelly, national press secretary for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
The main reason sources say the prospects for the legislation are dim is because Senate Democratic leaders have decided to try to put immigration reform first on the agenda, and after that there likely won't be an appetite for another politically divisive issue before November's election — especially with a Supreme Court nomination ahead and a desire to stay focused on the politically potent issue of jobs.
On two key Democratic legislative agenda items, a jobs bill and a comprehensive health care reform bill, Sen. Jon Kyl, R - Arizona, suggested Sunday that Senate Republicans may not support measures backed by leading Democrats on Capitol Hill.
The main reason sources say the prospects for the legislation are dim is because Senate Democratic leaders have decided to try to put immigration reform first on the agenda, and after that there likely won't be an appetite for another politically divisive issue before November's election — especially with a Supreme Court nomination ahead and a desire to stay focused on the politically potent issue of jobs.
In Virginia, 14 - term Democratic Rep. Rick Boucher, who voted for the climate change bill, has come under attack in a TV ad sponsored by Americans for Job Security for putting «Pelosi's job - killing agenda ahead of Virginia coal.&raqJob Security for putting «Pelosi's job - killing agenda ahead of Virginia coal.&raqjob - killing agenda ahead of Virginia coal.»