Sentences with phrase «democrats than any other member»

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Tvert says it's «not really a matter of Republicans versus Democrats» because there are members of either party who are «more progressive» on the legalization debate than others, «but public attitudes are clearly shifting... and it's only a matter of time before that is reflected in laws nationwide.»

But the Democrats should have the edge in a bidding war, since the electoral math will probably be much easier for each of the members in their own districts if they're running as Democrats against Republicans than the other way around.

For more than 30 years, New York City charged a reasonable, minuscule income tax — 0.45 % — on approximately 800,000 suburban workers who make daily use of our city's roads, subways, police and other services.Over the strenuous objections of then - mayor Rudy Giuliani, Silver strong - armed his own Democratic members and ended up making an alliance with Republican members to kill the tax — not for any rational reason, but simply to boost the political prospects of an obscure suburban Democrat who was trying to win a Senate seat in a special election.

No but you left out a big part of the problem; DemocRATS and you try to make it appear as if only 1 party has a problem when both do and facts prove that a DemocRAT is much more likely to get arrested than a member of the other party.

«The Welsh Liberal Democrats have delivered more for our communities than all of the other opposition parties put together: apprenticeships, extra funding for schools, more nurses, and the list goes on — all achieved with just five Assembly Members.

Assuming that the Republican conference is roughly 50 members and the Democrats» roughly 100, if Silver gets the 51 votes within his conference and wins his parties nod for Speaker, what are the odds that 26 Democrats who voted against Silver in conference will join 50 republicans on the floor of the assembly and vote for someone other than Silver for Speaker?