Sentences with phrase «junior senator senator»

WASHINGTON - As the U.S. Senate gets set to again take up the Farm Bill in the coming weeks, New York Junior Senator Senator is saying there needs to be long - term support and a fair safety net for small dairy farmers in New York State and across the... [Read more...]

Not exact matches

Kentucky's senior senator endorsed his junior colleague's bid to legalize industrial hemp (seriously), joined his filibuster protesting the administration's drone policy, and even embraced Ron and Rand Paul's «Audit the Fed» campaign.

As such, he is filling a gap left by Elizabeth Warren, the junior senator from Massachusetts, who has said she will not seek the presidency.

The Democrats face a rapidly filling Republican slate of candidates that currently includes Ted Cruz, the junior senator from Texas, Rand Paul, the junior senator from Kentucky, and Marco Rubio, the junior senator from Florida, and Carly Fiorina, the former chief executive of Hewlett - Packard.

He had no personal relationship with Schultz, a registered Democrat, and the two had met only once, when Obama was the junior U.S. senator from Illinois.

Although none have announced, they are likely to include former Maryland governor Martin O'Malley, former Virginia senator Jim Webb, and Bernard Sanders, the junior senator from Vermont.

But like a surprising number of Americans, the ASBL's Lloyd Chapman seems to be mesmerized by the junior senator from Illinois.

It's official, Rand Paul, the junior senator from Kentucky, is running for president — and though his libertarian rhetoric has many enthusiasts among entrepreneurs, a win for Rand might just imperil businesses in general.

When the book deal was announced, the publisher said the book will detail the rise of the GOP star and junior senator born to parents who left Cuba shortly before Fidel Castro took control of the island.

These skills are helpful in building character and rediscovering the «vanishing» American adult the junior senator from Nebraska writes about.

The junior Senator agrees that Washington is broken.

There are African Americans, Hispanics, women preachers, apocalyptic seers, lobbyists, missiologists, postmodernists, writers, radio preachers, megachurch pastors, a few scholars, and, mirabile dictu, two Catholics: the junior senator from Pennsylvania, Rick Santorum, and the editor - in - chief of First Things, Father Richard John Neuhaus.

Our states junior Senator is quite right about this.

The junior Senator from New York deserves all this new found attention as she has proven to be an excellent advocate for the state and its issues down in DC.

During a remote interview with us from Washington, DC, the Junior Senator outlined a litany of things she'd like to see implemented or changed in order to make the state safer.

The point, obviously, is that the junior senator has been through a lot of incarnations — or, if you subscribe to the Republican way of thinking — has «flip - flopped» over the years.

Both Hanna, a freshman congressman, and Gillibrand, the state's junior senator, are running for re-election this fall.

The DSCC spokesman just so happens to be Matt Canter, who used to work for New York's junior senator until last March.

She also used this opportunity to slam Gillibrand for the Senate's failure to pass a budget since the junior senator replaced Hillary Clinton in the upper house in January 2009.

Dadey noted Gillibrand's recent most liberal ranking from The National Journal (she actually tied for first place with Oregon's Jeff Merkley) and borrowed a phrase from a state GOP press release that slammed the junior senator for undergoing a «liberal makeover taking her from Annie Oakley to Jane Fonda.»

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's Internet Director Todd Beeton announced today that the junior senator, who has been «pushing the envelope online» since her early days on Capitol Hill, will host her second live video chat on Facebook at 5 p.m. tomorrow.

The third would - be Republican challenger, Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, loses 57 - 24 to the junior senator.

The Junior Senator chose to focus on the selection of another woman to the court in a statement released minutes ago.

The Long Island congressman and New York's junior senator fired off a letter to Lawrence F. Probst, chair of the US Olympic Committee, asking that he and the Board of Directors «take immediate steps to guarantee that this embarrassment does not happen again by voting that any future contracts for Olympic uniforms are made in America.»

Wendy Long is campaigning hard for the pro-gun vote, as evidenced by this video, in which she promises to challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on the constitutional right to bear arms should she make it past the GOP primary and into a head - to - head contest with the Democratic junior senator in the November general election.

Only 38 percent say they will support the Junior Senator, with 44 % saying they are unsure who they will vote for in November.

With the GOP nominating convention in Rochester just four days away, Brooklyn Republican Chairman Craig Eaton sent a letter today to his fellow county chairs, imploring them to avoid a repeat of the in - fighting in 2010 that handed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand her first statewide win and unite behind Rep. Bob Turner to challenge the Democratic junior senator.

A source close to attorney Wendy Long confirmed City & State's report that she is indeed aiming to announce a challenge to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand this week, making her the second Republican aiming to oust New York's Democratic junior senator from her perch this fall.

A fundraising email sent by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to supporters shortly after noon today set a new standard for aggressive — even for the junior senator, who has a reputation for her over-the-top appeals for campaign cash.

I don't see City folks — who we all know are pretty liberal — picking a right - wing, anti-choice, anti-birth control, anti-woman gal as New York's junior senator.

According to this morning's Siena poll, Long can use all the help she can get in her longshot quest to oust the junior senator.

But the junior senator was not eager to tee off on her two fellow Democrats who are mounting political comebacks in the New York City elections this fall after being felled by sex scandals in recent years.

The NYS GOP, which has made challenging Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand a top priority this year, has posted a new video on its Website that slams the Democratic junior senator for her co-sponsorship of PIPA (AKA the Protect IP Act).

New York's junior senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, released her 2016 return, revealing she earned 16 times more than her husband.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's standing with New York voters has hit an all - time Q poll high since she ascended last winter to the seat once held by Hillary Clinton, but the junior senator isn't out of the woods yet when it comes to the fall elections.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand joined members of the Working Families Party on Sunday to accept the group's endorsement of her reelection bid and voice support for numerous progressive causes, as the state's junior senator eyes a possible 2020 presidential run.

The junior senator has amassed a $ 9.9 million war chest (and counting), while Long's campaign debt exceeds her cash on hand by about $ 81,000.

Pat (and I'll call you Pat, though I don't believe we've met, just as you chose to refer consistently to the junior senator from Illinois in your column by his first name, as one might a servant or subordinate), I find it fascinating and perhaps even just a little racist to see you identifying a monolithic «White America,» in the same way that it's just a little racist for Rev. Wright to assume a monolithic black American experience.

Vielkind also used the backdrop of the campaign event, the «Women for Gillibrand» luncheon, to ask if New York's junior senator had a preference in the race for Attorney General.

Gillibrand wasn't a supercommittee member, but Wilson's critique of Washington writ large could be construed as a swipe at the junior senator — or at least at the institution of which she is a member.

Brown, who had a bit of a tiff with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand over who was more responsible for President Obama's visit to the Queen City today, is on the list of elected officials expected to be on hand for the big speech at Industrial Support Inc., while the junior senator is not.

Economist David Malpass formally kicked off his campaign against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand this morning, making him the third Republican to declare his intention to try to knock the Democratic junior senator from her appointed perch.

But the junior senator is not about to make an endorsement in the mayor's race, even though she's a fan of the leading Democratic candidate, who also happens to be a woman.

«I have great news,» the junior senator wrote.

Realistically speaking, the Republicans have one more shot at unseating Gillibrand before she becomes entrenched as the state's junior senator.

New York's junior senator said she believes Congress should hold Trump accountable for the numerous allegations of sexual misconduct leveled against him, and hold hearings if he's unwilling to resign.

Cardin, the junior senator from Maryland, joined on as a co-sponsor in May.

Having attended Dartmouth with Gillibrand, she's close to the junior senator.

Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch won't back Rep. Bob Turner in his bid to unseat Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, he told BuzzFeed, saying he's firmly in the corner of New York's junior senator despite backing Turner in his special election last year.

55 % of the state's electorate wants President - elect Barack Obama to select New York's junior senator as his Secretary of State while 31 % think Clinton should remain in the U.S. Senate.