Sentences with phrase «republican house effort»

Red States Called Moochers as Hillary Defends Tunnel Project Hillary Clinton came to the defense of the Gateway Project and accused President Donald Trump of playing politics by holding back federal funds as several members of the New Jersey congressional delegation criticized Republican House efforts to cut funding.

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But as that occurred before the advent of the Tea Party, which was sparked in large part out of concern over the government's profligate spending, such an effort this time around would likely run into greater resistance, particularly from rank - and - file conservative House Republicans.

But he blasted House Republicans» efforts, pointing to a «scathingly political statement» from Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney the day after the attack.

Lamb also made considerable efforts to distance himself from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a popular punching bag for the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC).

WASHINGTON, Nov 8 - A U.S. Senate tax - cut bill, differing from one in the House of Representatives, was expected to be unveiled on Thursday, complicating a Republican tax overhaul push and increasing skepticism on Wall Street about the effort.

President Donald Trump on Friday signed into law a massive $ 1.5 trillion tax bill, capping off a yearlong effort by the White House and Republicans in Congress to slash tax rates for both corporations and individuals.

The company has ramped up efforts to hire Republican lobbying firms and in - house lobbyists to change the composition of its Washington office.

His actions then represented a key milepost on the Texas Republican's path to becoming a powerful House committee chairman and a pivotal player in the GOP effort to reduce financial regulation in the Trump era.

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin is among the Republicans from outside California who have contributed to the campaign to repeal the state's gas - tax increase, showing the effort has national interest from GOP leaders who see it as a way to boost their party's chances in the Golden State for this year's election.

Senate Republicans are forging their own path on the effort to overhaul the U.S. tax code, offering a plan Thursday that would delay an immediate corporate tax cut President Trump has demanded and blow up House Republicans» carefully crafted compromise on a controversial tax deduction.

House Republicans on Thursday released the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, kicking off a new, more public phase of their effort to rewrite the nation's tax code.

A number of Republican House members insisted on only a partial repeal in the House bill, but the Senate has gone for a full repeal in an effort to raise more money to pay for tax cuts elsewhere.

But now a stubborn standoff between a powerful House Republican, Senate Democrats and the White House threatens to derail the effort entirely.

«This does bring a sense of urgency to getting this done over the next month with the speaker leaving,» said Representative Stephen Fincher, who has led House Republican efforts to renew the export credit agency's charter, which expired nearly three months ago.

Chairman Nunes» decision, supported by House Speaker Ryan and Republican Members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, to publicly release misleading allegations against the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation is a shameful effort to discredit these institutions, undermine the Special Counsel's ongoing investigation, and undercut congressional probes.

«Chairman Nunes» decision, supported by House Speaker Ryan and Republican Members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, to publicly release misleading allegations against the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation is a shameful effort to discredit these institutions, undermine the Special Counsel's ongoing investigation, and undercut congressional probes,» the committee's Democrats said in a statement.

That in and of itself isn't necessarily unusual, but combined with an ongoing war of words among House Republicans with regards to Rosenstein, it points to an effort to delegitimize the deputy attorney general within the GOP and among Trump's supporters, an effort that Trump himself has engaged in on Twitter.

In last week's down - to - the - wire budget battle between the White House and Republican leaders, for example, it was a GOP effort to defund Planned Parenthood — a longtime enemy of Christian conservatives — that emerged as a final stumbling block.

Yesterday I wrote an impassioned post about efforts by House Republicans to gut the funding for several pieces of legislation that I personally value, including the new school food... [Continue reading]

Keep in mind that in writing this kind of editorial (and in making her White House statement on Monday), the First Lady is engaging in an unusually political discourse, in that she's specifically taking issue with Republican - backed efforts to gut the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act.

-LSB-...] I posted about House Republican efforts to cut funding for school food as well as other food - related federal -LSB-...]

Yesterday I wrote an impassioned post about efforts by House Republicans to gut the funding for several pieces of legislation that I personally value, including the new school food regulations, the new food safety law and the new voluntary guidelines for marketing junk food to children, along with funding for food assistance programs like WIC.

Now that Republicans have control of both the House and Senate, it seems all the more likely that the SNA will succeed in this effort.

If there really is a weakening of resolve among House Republicans, this means that grass roots efforts and negative press are working, so please keep up the pressure.

Ken Mehlman, chairman of the Republican National Committee and one of the principal architects of the GOP turnout apparatus nationwide, said a top - notch voter identification and turnout effort matters more in a congressional race than a presidential one because there is «much less of a public dialogue» about individual House contests.

The statement of support comes, though, after some liberals grumbled at Gov. Andrew Cuomo's effort to flip Republican - held seats in the House of Representatives in upstate New York and Long Island, arguing the effort should be focused on the state Senate.

His efforts were not enough to save House incumbents like Reps. Mike Arcuri, Scott Murphy, Mike McMahon and John Hall, who all lost to their Republican opponents last Tuesday (two more — Dan Maffei and Tim Bishop — are hanging by the proverbial thread).

The White House stepped up its push to revive legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act by placating the most conservative House members, but the effort risked alienating more moderate Republicans whose votes President Trump needs just as much.

But the House seat has not been on the radar of national efforts to flip the seat to the Democratic column like those to the south, including the districts represented by Republican freshman Claudia Tenney and John Faso.

A Democratic - aligned super PAC that is trying to make a difference in several key House races and one state Senate campaign is increasing its efforts in the NY - 24 House race between Republican Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle, Democrat Dan Maffei and Green Party candidate Ursula Rozum.

The Republican - controlled state Senate put up a potential roadblock to a growing effort to speed up repairs at the NYC Housing Authority.

President Trump backed the effort from Republican Senators David Perdue and Tom Cotton in a speech at the White House.

This effort was supported by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R - Willsboro), among others, but did not pass the Republican - controlled House.

With the GOP in control of the House, Log Cabin Republicans has said it would push for the legislation and has maintained it has a shot at passage because it relates to lowering taxes, an effort that Republicans traditionally favor.

After failing to reapportion seats in 1921 in an effort to avoid losing the strength in their two house majority, the Republican led Congress (and Presidency) passed the Act to ensure their Congressional power would remain intact for the foreseeable future.

But now, McLaughlin, a state assemblyman from Rensselaer County, is stepping up his efforts to shame his fellow Republicans in the upper house into holding hearings on water quality issues in Hoosick Falls.

«Majorities of Upstate New York voters clearly despise President Trump, House Republicans and their collective effort to pass a health care bill that would have increased premiums and kicked people off their health insurance.

The juggernaut GOP - affiliated group Crossroads GPS will soon announce a massive $ 8.1 million television and radio effort for House Republicans slated to begin Saturday and run for three weeks.

The initiative included television ads, online videos and robo - calls, however, despite the DCCC's best efforts, the plan was ineffective as the Republican controlled House repealed all or parts of the Affordable Care Act more than 33 times.

House Republican leader Themis Klarides, the highest ranking female legislative leader in either party, applauded the effort.

By month's end, Republicans aim to have six «Victory Centers» set up to help with turnout efforts in the six targeted House races in Illinois, according to a GOP aide.

ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo's effort to target at least six New York House Republicans in 2018 has already raised about a million bucks, a source tied to the effort said.

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«Sparked by the conservative activist group Club for Growth,» the repeal movement has won the support of Sen. Jim DeMint (R - SC) and House Minority Leader John Boehner (R - OH), who said Republicans would «have an effort to repeal the bill.»

While Republicans and Democrats are spending almost equally on their Web efforts, Democrats are spending dramatically more on in - house staff.

The state Republican Party plans a massive get - out - the - vote effort for its Congressional candidates this fall, a move that Chairman Ed Cox says is being fueled in part by House Speaker John Boehner's team.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo criticized on Wednesday Republican House members from New York who have supported broad changes to the Affordable Care Act, potential cuts that would impact hospitals and tax reform efforts as «reprehensible.»

It's a ratcheting up of rhetoric by Cuomo, who has vowed to help unseat Republican House lawmakers in New York who backed Obamacare repeal efforts, namely a provision that would shift the burden of Medicaid spending from county governments to the state.

The DCCC, the campaign arm of House Democrats, views New York as one of the key battleground states in its effort to flip enough Republican seats to gain control of the House in the November election.

Several Republican donors said watching that effort run into headwinds among conservative House members, combined with the tortured standoff over the government shutdown and potential debt default, had left a sour taste in their mouths.