Sentences with phrase «democrats need every vote»

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Republicans need just a simple 51 - vote total to confirm a judicial nominee after the filibuster on lower - level court judicial nominees was killed by Democrats when they last controlled the Senate in an effort to help move along some of Obama's nominees more quickly.

But a total repeal of Obamacare, at least in the near term, is much easier said than done, and full replacement with new comprehensive legislation seems highly unlikely at this point in time, given that 60 Senate votes will be needed to do so, and Democrats and Republicans appear as far apart as ever in coming to a consensus on a bipartisan strategy to move forward.

Democrats have 54 votes — six short of the number needed to shut down a filibuster.

The Senate is preparing to scale back the sweeping banking regulations passed after the 2008 financial crisis, with more than a dozen Democrats ready to give Republicans the votes they need to weaken one of President Barack Obama's largest legislative achievements.

«When I brought forward the British Columbia Oil and Gas Activities Amendment Act, 2014, all the Liberal government needed to do was vote yes,» said New Democrat MLA for Stikine Doug Donaldson.

Other senior GOP aides cautioned that no final decision had been made, and Democrats, whose votes would be needed in the Senate, have not signed off on the approach.

That is, Druckenmiller can clue you to the shocking truth about your self - interest, which to defend you will need to vote Republican at all state and national levels of government, at least until the population of the endangered species Fiscally Conservative Democrat rebounds sufficiently.

Rush Limbach's comments will be taken as gospel for the Right, but they truely illustrate the reason the GOP is in turmoil... the leaders need the Religious Right to win, but know they are being intellectually dishonest because their values do not match the Religious Right, except on the abortion issue, whhich will never go away because the GOP needs that 20 % of voters who would otherwise vote Democrat becasue the Liberal values match Christian values more closely.

We need to vote democrat to control both houses of congress.

democrats in America = Socialists you need to, look at France, Germany and UK political votes and systems, then you might understabd the difference between an American Democrat and a real Socialist.

Republicans need at least 60 votes in the Senate to pass an appropriations bill, and Democrats have made it clear that any budget that includes a «poison pill» like defunding Planned Parenthood or paying for the wall will be met with a lot of resistance.

The treaty needs 67 Senate votes for ratification, and Democrats and a handful of Republicans have been cautiously optimistic that the votes are there.

She had streams of representatives through her office on Friday and Saturday demanding that she not allow it a vote, but she added up her chances, and she decided that she needed the pro-life Democrats to support the final bill.

In an off - year election, Democrats desperately needed their base voters to show up... people who'd voted for Barack Obama twice.

The Liberal Democrats voted against renewing control orders, labelled «imperfect and in need of extensive revision» by home affairs spokesman Nick Clegg.

«We need to muster up 76 votes for counties that don't have a single Democrat in it and we do it because it's the right thing to do,» Heastie said.

They need to have some democrats to vote with them; those democrats want different things and they need to «deal» with the GOP to have those things in the budget (DACA seems to be a big issue today); and some GOP members do not want to deal in one way or the other.

The reason for this is that there are many more liberal parties in the UK Parliament than Conservative, and chances are that during motions that have to carry in parliament that need a majority conservatives will have a hard time passing laws if the Liberal Democrats, Green Party, SNP and Labour all vote against the Tories» motions.

If he doesn't make it to the Capitol in time for the vote, it could be very problematic, since he the Democrats will lack the 32 votes they need to pass anything.

Given that low - income individuals are the most likely to not vote largely because they need to work - often being paid hourly and needing the money more desperately than others, and that low - income individuals are more likely to be Democrats than Republicans, why hasn't a democratic politician spearheaded this effort that could see increased turnout from their base?

But the video also appears to serve as a challenge not to Republicans, whom the IDC has worked with since its inception in 2011, but to mainline Democrats to muster the needed votes for the issues.

Morris is the lone Democrat running against Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat who conferences with Republicans and gives the GOP its needed 32nd vote in the chamber to maintain its narrow majority.

Be «bipartisan» when your vote is need for the Democrats to get what they want but expect nothing of equal value in return for your District (because you surely are not going to get it).

To make up for the members of their own party who refuse to vote for it, they need Democrat votes.

In the House, 218 votes are needed to pass a bill; if 200 Democrats are the minority and 235 Republicans are the majority, the Hastert Rule would not allow 200 Democrats and 100 Republicans together to pass a bill, because 100 Republican votes is short of a majority of the majority party, so the Speaker would not allow a vote to take place.

LAWTON: And in the meantime, many party faithful say they fear Democrats have squandered an opportunity to energize some key voters in a year when they need every vote they can get.

All 32 Senate Democrats have voted for them — providing the minimum number needed for passage.

Democrats called the budget — which will be voted on by the state Senate Sunday — was a «win for unions, immigrants and progressives,» whose help Cuomo will also need for his 2018 re-election campaign.

The Assembly Democrats, even if they completely unite behind a candidate, will still need several votes from lawmakers in either the Assembly or Senate to appoint an attorney general.

Democrats have leverage now, they said, since their votes are needed to get must - pass legislation through Congress and public attention on the plight of Dreamers is high.

He needs 15 percent of the delegate vote to force an August primary for governor against fellow Democrat Ned Lamont.

But he added that the need for Pence to cast a tie - breaking vote «is another glaring reminder of the unprecedented obstruction that Senate Democrats have engaged in throughout this process.»

But the Democrats are still one vote short of the 32 seats they need to regain the majority in the Senate.

But, as Karen DeWitt reports, the Democrats are still one vote short of the 32 seats they need to regain the majority the Senate.

We need this seat to stay with the Democrats, and voting for Tim Kennedy on the D line is the best and only way to accomplish that.»

John Scott, a leader of DPD, said, «Downtown Progressive Democrats voted to endorse Brian Kavanagh because we need a reliable progressive Democrat fighting for our community in the State Senate.

Given the SNP are unlikely to support a Queen's Speech unless they are needed to, and if they are needed then both SNP and LD voting together is incompatible with Nick Clegg's claim that,» I would never recommend to the Liberal Democrats that we help establish a government which is basically on a life support system, where Alex Salmond could pull the plug any time he wants.»

The GOP's objection has spurred Democrats to refuse to provide the votes needed to borrow money for tens of millions of dollars in capital projects, including road resurfacing and sewer fixes.

In a year when the Governor, the Assembly, Senate Democrats and the IDC all agree publicly that we need to fund Early Voting and voting reform, we shouldn't be struggling to include it in the final budget.

So Democrats need four seats to control the Senate if Clinton wins and her vice-president, Sen. Tim Kaine, D - Va., casts the deciding vote, or five votes if she loses to Trump.

«New York City doesn't need more Democrats to vote there, so they vote here, and that really hurts us.»

It's touch - and - go down at the Capitol with the Senate Democrats trying hard to maintain the 32 votes they need to pass today's pieces of the two - way budget deal.

Rules reform is needed so Democrat - sponsored bills can come to the floor for a vote.

«Downtown Progressive Democrats voted to endorse Brian Kavanagh because we need a reliable progressive Democrat fighting for our community in the State Senate.

The Home Office is trying to get powers from the communication data bill passed without the need for a Commons vote, in a move which would be greeted with outrage by the Liberal Democrats.

The Democrat and Chronicle calls it «a needed jolt to the economy» «New York has to compete» says the Observer The Star Gazette says «Yes to the amendment» Prop 1 «would keep... money in - state,» writes the Buffalo News Flip to the back of the ballot and vote yes on One.

There are 51 Republicans I know would vote for it, so we only need 25 or so Democrats to support it.

Republicans currently have a precarious hold on the Senate; Democrats would need just four more seats to gain control if Mrs. Clinton wins the presidency, giving the chamber's tiebreaker vote to her running mate, Tim Kaine.

Democrats have a 32 - 30 majority and need 32 votes to pass a bill.

Even if the deal to merge the I.D.C. with the mainline Democrats was to go through, the Democrats would still be one vote short of the 32 they need to lead the 63 - seat chamber: Another Democratic senator, Simcha Felder of Brooklyn, has been siding with Republicans since 2012, and has been noncommittal about his alliances.