Sentences with phrase «democrats voted against this bill»

All Central Florida Democrats voted against the bill.

Does it matter that 177 Democrats voted against the bill to punish surgeons who kill babies who survive abortions?

The bill lacked only two votes to pass, and it was those two Democrats voted against the bill.

«I am the only Democrat voting against the bill,» he said just before the vote.

«There are always at least one or two mainline Democrats voting against those bills,» Valesky said.

All Democrats voted against the bill.

If every Democrat votes against the bill, they don't have the votes.

The bill was defeated by a bipartisan vote, with every Senate Democrat voting against the bill as well as Republican Senators Collins (R - ME), McCain (R - AZ) and Murkowski (R - AK), who stood with the women of this country.

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«It's a feel good measure,» said Democrat Sharon Har, one of four lawmakers who voted against the bill.

«At the end of the day I'm not voting against a bill that is going to take guns out of the hands of 18 - year - olds,» said Rep. Jared Moskowitz, a Democrat from Broward County.

Lawmakers like Representative Carlos Guillermo Smith, a Democrat from Orlando, voted against the bill because it did not include a ban on assault weapons or other broad measures sought by survivors of all the shootings.

Six Assembly Republicans ultimately voted against the bill, along with two Democrats.

Only one lawmaker voted against the massive education, labor and family assistance bill on Friday morning: Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder, a Democrat who is a member of the Republican conference.

Six Assembly Republicans eventually voted against the bill, along with two Democrats.

Senator Ted Cruz proposed an amendment to the recent tax reform bill to allow funds from 529 plans to be used for homeschooling1, but the Democrats voted against it and it did not make it into the final bill.

Chiavacci Farley says Gillibrand should have fought harder to protect the state against the federal tax bill, which Gillibrand and all other Senate Democrats voted against.

Cox defended Cruz's appearance at the dinner, arguing the senator supported aid for Sandy victims but that Senate Democrats had filled the bill with «pork,» and that's why he had voted against it.

Democrats are expected to unanimously vote against the bill, which was drafted in secret without their input.

Mr. Brindisi, a well - regarded member of a younger, progressive bloc of Democrats in Albany, noted that he had publicly criticized the Cuomo administration's economic development plans, and had voted against the SAFE Act, a 2013 gun control bill that has been a galvanizing issue for the governor's opponents upstate.

Dietl might win the Republican primary but he'll have a difficult time convincing Democrats to vote for him against Mayor Bill de Blasio in the general election.

U.S. Rep. Bill Owens, D - Plattsburgh, whose district includes Oswego and Madison counties, was among only 19 Democrats to vote against the measure.

The measure was narrowly approved in the Democratic - led Assembly on Monday, with votes against the bill by upstate and suburban Democrats.

Anthony Weiner, memorably ripped apart his GOP colleagues on the House floor when they voted against the Zadroga bill after attaching controverisal amendments to it that the Democrats opposed.

Almost one month ago, Liberal Democrat members voted overwhelmingly at party Conference against Part II of the Justice and Security Bill.

Five of the nine Republicans in New York's House delegation joined Democrats in voting against the bill.

Her decision to join the party leader saw the bill win key votes in the Lords and unleashed another wave of anger against the Liberal Democrats from NHS campaigners.

Republicans have consistently voted against the budget extender bills and Democrats hold only a one - seat majority in the house.

They are expected to focus on three New York City Democrats who voted against the bill but are considered open to switching sides: Joseph P. Addabbo Jr., Shirley L. Huntley and Carl Kruger.

Matheson's plight is similar to other moderate - to - conservative Democrats who voted against the party's health care bill in March and, as a result, have drawn primary challengers.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.), an independent who caucuses with Democrats, also voted against the bill.

McMahon was under pressure to support the Democrats» healthcare reform bill in March but ultimately cast a vote against the legislation.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats will vote against the Public Health (Wales) Bill at every stage unless it deals with the true public health issues that face Wales, the party has announced today.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats have joined other AMs in voting against the «undemocratic» Trade Union Bill in an Assembly vote today, in the hope that the Bill's provisions won't apply to Wales if eventually passed by Westminster.

KINGSTON — Republican congressional candidate George Phillips on Monday called Iran's efforts to develop nuclear technology «a grave threat» to Israel and the international community, and criticized the incumbent Democrat, U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey of Hurley, for voting against a bill urging the president to press for sanctions.

Tim Farron, the Liberal Democrat leader, whose MPs will vote against the bill, called it «short and not sweet».

Assemblyman Walter Mosley, a Democrat from central Brooklyn, said he would vote against a bill that did not contain the provision, even if that meant letting the 421 - a program sunset on June 15.

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Senator Reverend Ruben Diaz, the lone Democrat to vote against the gay marriage bill, is also a supporter of the rally and urged New Yorkers to attend Sunday's protest.

Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has endorsed the re-election of state Senator Stephen Saland, a Republican who backs gay marriage, prompting harsh criticism from Senator Ruben Diaz, the only Democrat in the New York Senate who voted against a bill legalizing such unions in the state.

Labour's problems were exacerbated by the SNP, the Liberal Democrats, the Democratic Unionists and Green MP Caroline Lucas all voting against the welfare bill.

The GOP, which voted in a bloc against the marriage bill in spite of advocates» claims that there was support from four or more minority conference members for the legislation, is unlikely to engaged it fragile hold on the majority — if it manages to wrest it back from the Democrats — by taking up this controversial bill.

The Senate Democrats seen as the most likely contenders to challenge Trump in 2020 — including Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand — all voted against the bill to reopen the government, even though most Democrats agreed to end the stalemate over immigration and fund the government again.

The vote was split mostly between party lines in the committee, with eight Republicans voting against the bill and seven Democrats voting for it.

While most New York House Democrats voted against the recently - passed law, the Siena poll shows a strong majority — 61 percent — of voters in NY - 9 said they would have wanted their representative to vote for the bill.

Democrats and liberal groups have successfully attacked Heck on social security privatization and a vote in the state Senate against a bill that would have required insurance companies to cover a vaccine for cervical cancer.

Assemblyman Charles Barron, a Brooklyn Democrat who also voted against the bill, said he would prefer passing a law to extend mayoral control for one year, during which a panel of experts could come up with a better system of governance.

«We need every member of the New York delegation, Democrat and Republican, to come out and say they will vote against any bill that cuts state and local deductibility,» Schumer said in a conference call with reporters.

«Nobody wanted to trade on anything, certainly not on that, since it's not our primary focus,» said Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, a Manhattan Democrat who voted against the bill on Monday because she opposes mayoral control generally.

Senator Ruben Diaz Sr., the only Democrat in the New York State Senate who voted against the marriage equality bill in 2011, has been busy lately supporting evangelical minister Erick Salgado in his long - shot bid to become the next mayor of NYC.

Back in 2010, he defended her against same - sex advocates who were furious that he agreed to support her and other Democrats who voted «no» on the gay marriage bill.