Sentences with phrase «democratic legislative agenda»
On two key Democratic legislative agenda items, Sen. Jon Kyl suggested Sunday that Senate Republicans may not support measures backed by leading Democrats on Capitol Hill.
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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.
Not exact matches
An emboldened Democratic Congress, flush with union money, stood ready to tee up a sweeping legislative agenda.
The legislative session produced ejections, MLA suspensions and other intrigue but amidst the budget debates and political drama the New Democratic Party government pursued a fairly ambitious legislative agenda.
An extension of rent control regulations and mayoral control of New York City schools, as we as a renewed minimum wage push will be on the Democratic - led Assembly's agenda in the post-budget legislative session.
«We will not settle for a few token bills to create the illusion of Democratic leadership — we demand passage of this full progressive legislative agenda:
«Cuomo has produced probably the most pro-worker agenda in the country as a governor,» said RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum, who said Nixon's candidacy would distract from Democratic efforts in legislative campaigns.
Mainstream Democratic senators said with all of those variables, even if the Democrats do unite in the closing weeks of the legislative session, it's not likely they will immediately accomplish an agenda that they've been proposing for years.
Nassau Legislative Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams yesterday launched his Democratic campaign to succeed Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, saying he'd support a «progressive agenda.»
Instead, the commercial suggests Tenney would be among House GOP members battling the legislative agenda of Clinton, the Democratic nominee.
Ahead of the 2018 New York State Legislative Session, Senator Jeff Klein and the Independent Democratic Conference released their «One New Yorker» budget agenda that covers a broad swath of some of the most pressing issues faced by residents in The Bronx and throughout the entire state.
In 2015, after the IDC lost any say over the legislative agenda, Governor Cuomo pushed through a minimum wage hike to $ 15.00 / hr that needed mainline Democratic Conference votes to pass
Acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance on Thursday announced no charges would be brought following the investigation into de Blasio's efforts on behalf of Democratic state Senate candidates by seeding county committees in key legislative races as well as an inquiry into the Campaign For One New York, a non-profit that backed his agenda.
Local control of increasing the state's minimum wage, school construction and paid family leave measures are part of the 2015 legislative agenda for the Senate Independent Democratic Conference.
The latest push comes from an unusual coalition of progressive labor interests, political (Democratic Party, that is) and environmental groups, health care interests and good government advocates who are urging Cuomo to enact a «voluntary» public campaign finance system early in the 2011 legislative session — one of the many camapign promises outlined in his «New New York Agenda» books.
The state Democratic Comittee this year spent heavily on an advertising campaign supporting Gov. Andrew Cuomo's legislative agenda.
Yesterday was Day One of the 2016 legislative session, and the Democratic and Republican leaders of the state Legislature laid out starkly different agendas for the 2016 session, signaling that the coming six months will be a tricky period during an election year.
Lopes and other members of the city's all - Democratic legislative delegation say the figure seems far out of line for an elementary school renovation, and complained that they didn't learn about the estimate until it was listed on an agenda for the common council's monthly meeting.
District Court Judge Valerie Caproni ruled that Joe Percoco, a top political adviser and surrogate brother of the Democratic governor, should be tried starting on Jan. 8 — just as Cuomo unveils his agenda for the coming legislative session.
The introduction of the Golden bill, which would amend domestic relations law, is largely symbolic: The Democratic - controlled Assembly supports same - sex marriage, and Cuomo has made it one of the top three items on his agenda for the rest of the legislative session.
«Our policy agenda focuses on state houses,» said Tim Melton, a former Democratic state legislator in Michigan who recently began working as StudentsFirst's national legislative director.