Sentences with phrase «democratic members of that coalition»

And several of the Democratic members of that coalition are, like Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, up for re-election this year in states that voted for Trump in 2016.

Not exact matches

Thousands of brand - new members of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) may very well be the ones who decide on whether Germany will be governed by a grand coalition with Angela Merkel at its helm.

Sen. Malcolm Smith's desire to join forces with the Independent Democratic Conference and bolster its members» effort to form a coalition government with the Republicans makes a lot of sense — from his standpoint, at least.

At the same time, there are five members of the Independent Democratic Conference who have worked with GOP lawmakers in the past through a majority coalition.

Their open seats are predicated on the plan to have Democrats unify in the Senate chamber amid a push to have the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference form a coalition with the 23 - member mainline conference of Democrats.

Democrats need to win both races in order to gain a numerical majority in the chamber and move toward a coalition majority with the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference, based on agreement hammered out at the end of last year.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins on Monday did not rule out further primary challenges to members of the Independent Democratic Conference and derided their coalition with the Senate Republicans as a «false majority.»

On Monday, members of the New York Leadership for Accountable Government — a bipartisan coalition of business, civic, and philanthropic leaders dedicated to reforming elections laws in the state — delivered an open letter to the Senate Independent Democratic Conference.

The bill had leadership juice behind it: it was sponsored in the Assembly by Herman «Denny» Farrell, D - Manhattan, the Assembly Ways & Means chairman, and co-sponsored in the Senate by John DeFrancisco, R - Syracuse, the Finance Committee chairman, and Diane Savino, D - Staten Island, who is both a close ally of labor unions and a leading member of the Independent Democratic Coalition.

The 2004 Democratic Party presidential primaries and caucuses was largely a three - way fight between John Kerry, member of the New Democrat Coalition, John Edwards (also a member of the New Democrat Coalition) and Howard Dean, founder of the progressive Democracy for America.

The focus from liberal advocates has been on the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference, which remains a key bloc of votes in the Senate chamber and has in the past worked in a majority coalition with Senate Republicans.

Alex Lehman, Co-founder of Coalition Z, added, «While many of our members might not be able to vote, we can help ensure that our parents and other adults have the ability to conveniently take part in the democratic process.»

Meanwhile, the Scottish National Party and the Democratic Unionist Party are taken seriously by journalists as potential members of a future coalition government.

The party has mobilized nearly two dozen activist groups, including the CNY Solidarity Coalition, to target Democratic voters who live in the eight districts of the IDC members.

BY SAM SPOKONY A coalition of City Council members and Democratic Council nominees likely to win on November 5 took to the steps of City Hall on October 30 to begin making their case for sweeping reforms to the Council's rules.

With the Assembly Democrats squarely against the changes, the wild card could be the extent to which the Senate, controlled by a coalition of Republicans and the eight Independent Democratic Conference members, would during the 2018 legislative session join a push to force a delay or a revisiting of the rule changes.

The Senate is currently led by a coalition of Republicans and the five members of the Independent Democratic Conference.

He was one of three Democratic members to form a coalition legislature with the six Republican members.

The legislation is sponsored in the Senate by David Carlucci, a member of the Independent Democratic Conference, a coalition of eight Democrats who have a power - sharing agreement with Republicans.

One of the most conservative members of the House Democratic Caucus and a co-chairman of the Blue Dog Coalition, Lipinski opposes abortion rights.

The Assembly's Democratic conference is far to the left of Cuomo, and its members are looking to Silver to deliver in the face of a tepid governor and an obstructing Senate, still in the hands of a GOP - dominated coalition.

But then, thrown into the lively mix, I can reveal, is the plan by a former founder member of the old breakaway Social Democratic Party, Professor Stephen Haseler, to stand an anti coalition Liberal Democrat candidate.

As the Executive Committee of the Rockland County Democratic Committee we were disappointed to read last week that you and the other members of the IDC would be forming a coalition government with Dean Skelos and the Republican Conference.

Sen. Jeff Klein, the leader of the five - member faction of Democrats known as the Independent Democratic Conference, took a gamble breaking away from the rest of the Democrats and forming the dominant governing coalition with the now 30 Republican Senators.

When candidates running on the Democratic line won a majority of the chamber's seats in 2012, the then - five - member Independent Democratic Conference formed a governing coalition with the GOP; the IDC will almost certainly have six members in January due to Marisol Alcantara's primary victory.

Until Tuesday, he was chairman of the Independent Democratic Conference, whose members defected from the Democratic Conference last year to form a coalition government with Senate Republicans.

Percoco routinely communicated with members of the coordinated effort and the state Democratic party in the months leading up to the November elections about how to spend the money the coalition raised.

Soto, who succeeded Grayson in 2016 after beating his wife Dena Grayson in the Democratic primary while Alan Grayson ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate, is a member of the New Democrats Coalition, but is not a member of the Blue Dog Democrats Coalition.

State Sen. Dave Valesky, a founding member of the Independent Democratic Conference believes a recent Siena College poll gives credence to the coalition between the IDC and Senate Republicans.

The latest labor endorsement for Klein comes as 1199 / SEIU has indicated it will back all five members of the IDC after Klein and the mainline Democratic conference reached an agreement to form a new coalition after Election Day this year, ending its two - year alliance with the Senate GOP.

While acknowledging the fact that the June 12 struggle was waged not only by Abiola and members of his family but also pro-democracy groups particularly National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), students, trade unions and indeed all Nigerians, Governor Ambode said it was a thing of joy that by the collective efforts of government and people, Lagos State, over the years, has kept alive the yearnings and aspirations of the people expressed on June 12, 1993.

Savino, a member of the Independent Democratic Conference, is part of the coalition of Republicans and IDC lawmakers leading the chamber.

The bill, known as the Compassionate Care Act, is backed by Sen. Diane Savino, a member of the Independent Democratic Conference and part of the ruling majority coalition with Senate Republicans.

The indictment of Libous is likely to send shock waves through the state Senate, which is already embroiled in a complicated leadership battle as the five - member Independent Democratic Conference has announced it will end its coalition with the Republican conference after this year's elections.

The governor's proposal also comes a day after the seven - member Independent Democratic Conference decided it would once again form a coalition with the Senate Republicans, much to the chagrin of larger Democratic caucus, which has been out of power in the body for the last six years.

The State Senate is controlled by Republicans in coalition with the five - member Independent Democratic Conference, with a number of coalition members having expressed newfound support recently for some form of legalized marijuana.

ALBANY — A week after the announcement that the state Senate will be controlled by a coalition of Republicans and the five - member Independent Democratic Conference, the chamber's new leaders are trying to shift the conversation from politics to policy.

The Independent Democratic Conference said Monday that its seven members will join with the GOP to form a majority coalition because «we know how important it is to engage and get things done,» said Sen. Jeff Klein (D - Bronx), head of the group.

Adding to the intrigue is the Independent Democratic Conference, a clutch of six breakaway members who will probably be needed to form any majority coalition.

An ally of former Democratic Chairman Matthew Clyne, Mackey was also a member of the coalition of party leaders that backed Albany Common Council President Carolyn McLaughlin for party chair in the shake - up following the 2014 Supreme Court race.

The letter from Flanagan came shortly after the eight members of the Independent Democratic Conference abandoned their «majority coalition» with the Senate Republicans, and while Cuomo had been actively campaigning to flip control of the chamber.

In state politics, the assembly remains firmly Democratic, while this year will usher in a new era of governance in the senate by a controlling coalition of Republicans and the five - member Independent Democratic Conference, the effectiveness of which has yet to be seen.

Senator Jeff Klein, the leader of the five member faction of Democrats known as the Independent Democratic Conference, took a gamble breaking away from the rest of the Democrats and forming the dominant governing coalition with the now 30 Republican Senators.

Doyle is part of a three - member Democratic coalition that has been described as having enormous power in the Senate because the divided chamber has 18 Democrats and 18 Republicans.

The top - secret plan would eliminate the need for Republicans to make a deal with the four - member Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) led by Sen. Jeff Klein of The Bronx, who has strongly suggested he'll help keep the GOP in power through an unprecedented «coalition government» arrangement.

There are also five members of the Independent Democratic Conference who have in the past formed a majority ruling coalition with the Republicans.

The special deal was first awarded a couple years ago to a Central New York Democrat, David Valesky, who is a member of the Independent Democratic Conference, which broke away from the mainline Democratic conference to form a power - sharing coalition with Senate Republicans.

On Wednesday, Cuomo said the question itself was actually about the five - member Independent Democratic Conference forming a coalition with the mainline conference of Democrats, has they have done in the past with Senate Republicans.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and a coalition of party members have targeted Collins, a major supporter of the president, for months.

In the past, Republicans formed a majority coalition with the five - member Independent Democratic Conference to keep control of the chamber.