Sentences with phrase «democratic leaders»

«We need Democratic leaders in the State Senate who we can trust to stand up for our values as New Yorkers, and that's Brian Kavanagh.

Local Democratic leaders and party activists say Balter should not have to face a primary after winning the Democratic designation in a months - long process.

«This is a move by the state party to get rid of Espada for good,» said a source close to Democratic leaders.

Pennsylvania: After spending months searching for an alternative to former Rep. Joe Sestak, whose unconventional approach to campaigns has not endeared him to Democratic leaders, Katie McGinty announced a bid for Pennsylvania Senate in July.

The GOP also contends that Senate Democratic leaders are delaying the budget in order to protect their Members from taking on politically unpopular votes.

James was told in no uncertain terms that many county Democratic leaders who are Cuomo supporters wouldn't back her nomination for AG if she accepted the WFP endorsement, particularly before next week's Democratic Party nominating convention.

Despite the hearing, Senate Democratic leaders said later Tuesday that the tax package will not include any broad - based increase in the sales tax or any increase in the state income tax.

Mr. Golisano recently announced that he was moving his legal residence to Florida out of anger about the budget deal crafted in April by Democratic leaders in Albany, which included an increase in taxes on high earners.

ALBANY — State Democratic leaders, disgusted with scandal - a-minute Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada of The Bronx, will move to oust him from the party, The Post learned yesterday.

However, Democratic leaders say they're not conceding this race just yet.

The proposals come as former Senate Leader Joe Bruno, a Republican, is on trial for a second time on corruption charges, and two former Senate Democratic leaders face charges of embezzlement and bribery.

With Squadron's departure in an off - cycle year, his successor in the Senate will likely be chosen by county Democratic leaders.

Union, WFP and Democratic leaders have been trying to no avail to get Padernacht out of the race, even going so far as to have the New Roosevelt Initiative commissioned a poll that showed Espada was far more likely to hold onto his seat if he faced two challengers rather than just one.

Following Trump's deal with Democratic leaders, the House of Representatives on Friday approved legislation that provides $ 15.25 billion in emergency disaster aid for the victims of Hurricane Harvey, which battered coastal areas of Texas and Louisiana last week, and Hurricane Irma, which is expected to pound Florida in coming days.

Now, according to a story in Monday's New York Post, state Democratic leaders are moving to oust Espada from the party.

Rice has the support of the more conservative elected officials including the democratic leaders of Queens, Brooklyn, Nassau and Suffolk as well as considerable support among those who are «tough on crime» including the Nassau County Patrolman's Benevolent Association.

Democratic leaders were talking with rank - and - file lawmakers about how to revise the budget plan in the wake of the statements by officials of General Electric, Aetna and Travelers concerning the $ 700 million in proposed business tax increases.

Ashford had the backing of national Democratic leaders, including his former colleagues in Congress who donated to his campaign.

WASHINGTON — Republican and Democratic leaders on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee agreed Tuesday to subpoena a Justice Department official who didn't show up for the panel's hearing on the 2020 Census.

LAWTON: Some Democratic leaders say they do recognize the importance of reaching out to faith - based voters.

Senate Democratic leaders are discussing the possibility of adding Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D - Mass., to their ranks, a source familiar with the conversations confirmed late Wednesday.

as the Democratic nominee for the seat in a mini-convention held by county Democratic leaders in January.

There was no indication Tuesday morning about when Democratic leaders may attempt to to vote on a revised budget plan, but the legislature only has until midnight Wednesday to pass a budget before it's mandatory adjournment deadline.

Cuomo also infuriated many Democratic leaders when he created the Women's Equality Party (WEP) in 2014 to boost his tally in the race against Astorino and to siphon votes from the sometimes anti-Cuomo Working Families Party (WFP).

Another of the women speaking up was Rep. Kathleen Rice, the first Democrat to call on Conyers to resign once the long - buried allegations against him were made public, even as other Democratic leaders, including Leader Nancy Pelosi, defended Conyers publicly.

Like their Republican counterparts, Democratic leaders offer no viable program for reversing the polarization of income and wealth that has grown steadily since the 1970s, or for aggressively addressing the existential threat of climate change.

Democratic leaders are trying to frame the November midterm elections not as a national referendum on the party in power but as local choices between two candidates.

Founded by veterans of the Obama campaign, NKD serves as a training ground for individuals seeking to become more engaged in local politics, and hopes to nurture a new generation of elected Brooklyn Democratic leaders.

However, Senator Schumer insists that, while the President and Democratic leaders have indeed come to terms regarding the debt ceiling, this is by no means a «trade - off.»

Democratic leaders, including Erie County Democratic Committee chairman Jeremy Zellner said Paladino should apologize and State Democratic Executive Director Basil Smikle called on New York Republicans to denounce the remarks.

House and Senate Democratic leaders unveiled their «Better Deal» economic agenda last summer, but the message has failed to gain much traction as Capitol Hill lurches from one Trump - related crisis to another.

On Sept. 2, Senate Democratic leaders wrote to federal and state criminal prosecutors, as well as other government watchdogs, seeking investigations into a Texas - based firm with a $ 100,000 - a-year contract to run the Senate Republicans» official government website: Align Media LLC, and its owner, Justin Gargiulo, along with his other consulting firm, VoterTrove.

A group of Democrats sent a letter to House Democratic leaders urging them to extend expiring tax breaks for all income levels.

Republican and Democratic leaders each pick 2 commission members; those 4 members then choose a fifth and final commissioner.

Narrator: Over the next few years, Clinton began to catch the attention of the media and national Democratic leaders desperate to find a candidate who could loosen Republicans» grip on the Presidency.

A news organization should be embarrassed this give away to our anti democratic leaders.

Last year, Cuomo's immediate endorsement of Clinton's campaign was particularly important to Clinton because some Democratic leaders believed Cuomo might run for president.

Cuomo, much to the chagrin of other Democratic leaders, including de Blasio, has worked for years to keep the Senate in GOP hands in order to prevent the high - tax and anti-business, left - wing, «progressive» policies of the Democrats who control the Assembly from dominating the state.

That's because it includes a debt ceiling extension and only three months» worth of government funding — a deal struck by President Donald Trump with House and Senate Democratic leaders.

National Democratic leaders cheered further on Tuesday as they took two of three contests in Connecticut, winning a state House and state Senate seat on their way to keeping unified control there.

But the senators also face frustration from advocates about why Democratic leaders didn't push for a permanent fix this month to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA.

Pelosi and other House Democratic leaders have made it clear they support President Obama's proposal to vote on a bill that only renews tax breaks for those making $ 250,000 and under.

A top Bernie Sanders official is asking Democratic leaders, including Hillary Clinton, to sign a draft letter recommitting to vastly shrinking or effectively eliminating the party's controversial «superdelegates» system — and ultimately changing the presidential nominating process.

Despite being described by Democratic leaders as an «economic missile,» the federal tax cuts are doing precisely what congress predicted they would do: giving middle class people, like our $ 79,500 earning state lawmakers, a financial break.

While railing against California for its so - called sanctuary immigration policies, Trump referred to some people who cross the border illegally as «animals» — drawing a sharp rebuke from Democratic leaders for the harsh rhetoric.

Coffey was on Long Island yesterday — ground zero for the property tax relief fight — where he met with veterans, small business owners and local Democratic leaders to discuss taxes and reform.

O'Donnell resigned her post as Gov. David Paterson's public safety czar in February in the wake of the David Johnson domestic violence scandal, which theoretically freed her up to raise campaign cash and woo Democratic leaders.

The irony is particularly thick considering Democratic leaders have been predicting nothing but economic hardship and a meltdown of the state's economy from these tax cuts.

Here is a Trump tweet from June 22 snarking the two Democratic leaders he now is praising and supporting:» I certainly hope the Democrats do not force Nancy P out.

In one of the stranger political statements I've seen of late (perhaps ever, actually), state GOP Chairman Ed Cox has heeded Democratic leaders» calls for him to condem anti-gay statements made by his standard - bearer, Carl Paladino, by lambasting whoever wrote them.