Sentences with phrase «democratic jobs bill»

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After quitting her own governorship halfway through the first term, some might say Sarah Palin was in no position to be criticizing Democratic Wisconsin state senators for having «retreated» and «not doing their job» by leaving the state in protest of their governor's anti-union bill.

Gillibrand and her Democratic colleagues are still seeking one last GOP vote necessary to pass the 9/11 health care bill, and she is accusing the Republicans of pushing a «pack of lies» about the bill by suggesting it will be a «job killer» and open the door to fraud.

She said the Senate Democratic conference is working on bills that limit the cost to taxpayers of these settlements, while also making sure victims can be fairly compensated and not lose their jobs.

For those keeping score regarding the NYC mayor's race this year, Stringer, who has been mentioned as a potential challenger to Mayor Bill de Blasio in a Democratic primary, said he is very focused on his current job.

Sources tell the NY Post that Democratic City Councilman Vincent Gentile of Bay Ridge has begun pestering NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio for a judgeship or job within the administration.

Senator Valesky offered his endorsement to Bill Owens» campaign for Congress at the opening of a Democratic Field Office in Oneida this weekend, expressing strong words of encouragement and noting Bills commitment to creating jobs in Upstate New York.

«What we are doing is woefully inadequate,» said Democratic Minority Leader Peter Barca on the floor of the Assembly, urging Republicans to take up some Democratic - backed jobs bills sooner than in October.

Former MTA Chairman Joe Lhota, the Republican who lost to new Democratic NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio last fall, has landed a new job as senior vice president, vice dean and chairman at NYU Langone, effective Jan. 6.

Also at 10:30 a.m., Democratic Westchester County lawmakers, union leaders and women's rights advocates introduce a bill to help ensure salaries will be based on job qualifications and the value of the job they are being hired to do, not what prospective employees made in the past, 148 Martine Ave., 8th Floor, White Plains.

A majority of New York City voters continue to disapprove of Mayor Bill de Blasio's job performance, according to a Q poll released yesterday, but he would still probably fare well in a matchup against at least two of his potential Democratic primary rivals.

Senate Democratic leaders are threatening to keep the Senate in session overnight Monday in an effort to both highlight Republican opposition to and speed passage of a $ 15 billion jobs bill.

The Board of Legislators majority leader Catherine Borgia and members of the Democratic Caucus introduced the measure, an earned sick day bill, to allow workers to accrue sick leave at their jobs.

«Working families all over Arkansas supported Lt. Governor Bill Halter's bid to be their Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate because he spoke up for them and the issues that matter: jobs, financial reform and making this economy work again for people who work.

(CNN)- Some Senate Democrats were concerned and frustrated last year about outgoing White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley's handling of the high - stakes negotiations with Republicans over government funding, the debt ceiling and job creation, according to a senior Democratic aide on Capitol Hill.

The Vermont senator and self - described «democratic socialist» is waging class warfare against millionaires and billionaires — the folks who pay the lion's share of taxes (he claims many pay nothing), bring jobs to the masses and engage in philanthropy (Bill Gates, anyone?).

Hank Sheinkopf, a Democratic consultant, said the possibility that some of those jobs would go to members of that politically powerful union offered another incentive for the mayor to support the bill, beyond the appeal to religious communities.

Washington (CNN)- President Barack Obama is leaning toward supporting a congressional Democratic plan to craft a jobs bill by using untapped bailout funds, according to two senior officials familiar with the deliberations.

Washington (CNN)- President Obama is leaning towards supporting a Congressional Democratic plan to craft a jobs bill by using untapped bailout funds, according to two senior officials familiar with the deliberations.

While Murphy embraced the bill as a job - creator for the Upstate, which has been saddled by a slowing economy for years, Tedisco wavered — ultimately announcing that he would have opposed the bill and using the bonuses granted to AIG executives as evidence that his Democratic opponent was supporting business as usual in Washington.

Manhattan Democratic Party Chairman Keith Wright, who abdicated his Assembly seat last year to unsuccessfully pursue retired Congressman Charles Rangel «s job in Washington, confirmed over the weekend that he is interested in returning to Albany — by running for the position of Harlem State Senator Bill Perkins, who is expected to win a special election to fill the City Council vacancy created when Assemblywoman Inez Dickens left her local post to assume Wright's old role in the State Legislature.

Speaking after returning from Washington D.C. Friday, retiring Democratic Congressman Bill Owens of Northern New York said leaving his job is «bittersweet» but that he would also like to stay engaged in the North Country.

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.

Meanwhile, the private sector job Bratton will be taking is at the consulting firm Teneo, which has ties to the Democratic nominee for president, Hillary Clinton, as well as her husband, former President Bill Clinton.

Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, was expected to have a sleepy race for the job once held by his father, three - term governor Mario Cuomo, the culmination of a longstanding plan that included a stint as state attorney general and as President Bill Clinton's Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

Except for his background as a physicist, the young, straight - talking conservative who served President Ronald Reagan was a far cry from the seasoned, blend - into - the - background men (there's never been a woman in the job) who held the portfolio for Democratic Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama.

This was barely 10 days after Bill de Blasio's incredible - from - behind victory in the Democratic primary election for Gotham's top job.

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.»