Sentences with phrase «republican counterparts»

Taking a cue from their Republican counterparts, some Democratic state attorneys general are prepared to file lawsuits that challenge Donald Trump's administration's actions.

Sheldon Whitehouse offers a different view of his Republican counterparts in this stinging op - ed in WaPo:

The new survey finds three - quarters of Democrats and Democratic leaners believe the Earth is warming primarily due to human causes, compared with 26 % among their Republican counterparts.

called the research change an «egregious dilution» of serious science, accusing his Republican counterparts of trying to escape empirical data that might not back up their school - choice philosophy.

Key Democrats in Congress seem committed to a continuation of the law's basic provisions, as do many of their Republican counterparts and the Bush administration.

For example, 71 % of Democrats and independents who lean to the Democratic Party say the Earth is warming due to human activity, compared with 27 % of their Republican counterparts (a difference of 44 percentage points).

Charlie Rangel was found guilty on some counts in recieving perks and he's paid his debts, but not to the extent some others as Cheney, Bush, etc have recieved during their years while in office.This is behind Mr.Rangel and I hope people will look beyond this and not be so critical of someone like him that is for the people, he's not one the minions of corporations that his republican counterparts are.

NY Governor Andrew Cuomo set the tone by exhorting his party leaders to primary every Democrat candidate who works with his / her Republican counterparts instead of denouncing the GOP.

The Democrats say they pulled in $ 15.25 million in the second quarter while their Republican counterparts did not report a quarterly figure.

«American voters to the Democrats in Congress: We don't like you and we like your Republican counterparts even less,» said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the poll.

Democratic voters greatly outnumber their Republican counterparts in the borough.

This deadline is so huge that just last week Boehner announced he's transferring $ 1 million of his own Big - Oil - tainted funds to our Republican counterparts to give the false impression that they are the ones with the momentum at this critical benchmark.

Democrats are urging their Republican counterparts to join them in voting against the raise.

Indiana Democrats say their Republican counterparts need to step and speak out against GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump over comments made about a federal judge...

Their enthusiasm is outmatched by that of their Republican counterparts, who were jolted awake by the «tea party» movement.

Like their Republican counterparts, Cardinale said, a Sanders - inspired super-progressive movement would value ideological purity over electability and would threaten the Democratic Party's «big tent» tradition of accommodating a wide range of viewpoints.

The best present for die - hard Republicans is to see that bad Democratic apples are treated differently than their Republican counterparts.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, in their email, responded, saying «just this morning our Republican counterparts outrageously accused Democrats of trying to steal the election.

State Rep. Christine Sinicki, D - Milwaukee, and other Assembly Democrats approach the front of the chamber in outrage as their Republican counterparts cut off debate and voted on the budget repair bill in session at the state Capitol in Madison early Friday morning.

House Democrats raised more money in August than their Republican counterparts, marking the fourth month in a row they have raised more funds.

Animated by a wave of polling since the Florida massacre, Democratic governors warned that candidates would pay a political price for opposing new gun regulations, and some of their Republican counterparts conceded that the pleas of voters could no longer be ignored as they increasingly abandon the party.

When Democrats took control of the chamber after the 2008 elections, they raised their own salaries and slashed the allocation for their Republican counterparts.

Mr. Heastie's Republican counterparts in the Senate have argued that Ms. Underwood should remain in her post for now, and allow voters to select a new attorney general in November.

No surprise here, Democrats have significantly outspent their Republican counterparts in both the Senate and the Assembly.

Many Democratic candidates and the Democratic National Committee host blogs as do their Republican counterparts.

As a result, until the final weeks before the election, Democrats were outspending their Republican counterparts in many tight Senate and House races.

For the first time in recent memory, the Democratic Party's House and Senate campaign committees currently have more money to spend on races than their Republican counterparts — a milestone reached just five months before the critical midterm elections.

After the meeting, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders outlined the wide differences between the Democratic congressional leaders and their Republican counterparts and Trump.

Senator Cathy Osten of Sprague, the Senate Democratic chair of the Appropriations Committee, is optimistic that a bipartisan agreement can be reached with her Republican counterparts in the budget - writing committee before the session ends on Wednesday.

That advantage is much more pronounced on the House side — where the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has a two - to - one cash edge over its Republican counterparts — but Senate Democrats also ended June with $ 2 million more in the bank than the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

Combine the district's Democratic tendencies, the huge cost of television advertising and the huge financial lead national Democrats hold over their Republican counterparts, however, and this seat looks ripe for the taking.

The election is over, but the Senate Democrats have not given up on accusing their Republican counterparts of being out of touch with the needs of New York women.

Leaders of the Erie County Democratic Committee are putting the pressure on their Republican counterparts.

The congressman noted that Democrats were practicing at their own field when they heard about the shooting and huddled up to pray for their Republican counterparts.

Newly reunited state Senate Democrats are calling on their Republican counterparts to support measures aimed at improving voter turnout in New York.

But while Cuomo and Democrats in Albany, New York City, and elsewhere cast blame on their Republican counterparts for certain legislation being eliminated from the budget proposals, it's not clear what exactly the governor and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie made the focal points of budget negotiations, and what they weren't pushing, given the opaque nature of the process.

It is not wholly surprising that the DCCC and their Republican counterparts will again be focusing on New York (we're already seeing the NRCC take on Reps. Bill Owens of the North Country and Tim Bishop of Long Island).

In a fundraising appeal the Senate Democrats said their Republican counterparts are the «same as Santorum, Romney, Gingrich.»

If any Florida Democrats remain undecided before this state's March 15 presidential primary, at least they have fewer choices than their Republican counterparts.

«New York being the home state of our presidential nominee and Chairman Cox's stature as one of the senior chairs in the country created an ideal scenario for us to engage in a national collaborative effort with our Republican counterparts in other states through a joint fundraising agreement.»

Florida Democrats have been traditionally hamstrung by a decided lack of financial resources, while their Republican counterparts in the Senate are flush with campaign cash, both in the Florida Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee's fund and in the individual accounts of several Senators.

For months now, the Senate Democrats have been slamming their Republican counterparts for reneging on their pledge to ex-NYC Mayor Ed Koch in support of independent and nonpartisan redistricting.

According to an analysis by the Wesleyan Media Project (via PoliticalWire, Democrats are now running somewhat more TV ads in key Senate races than their Republican counterparts and TWICE as many in House races.

We've talked repeatedly in these pages about the Democratic advantages when it comes to the actual mechanics of running political campaigns this cycle: they're running more ads, building a strong voter contact program and raising more money (for better or worse) than their Republican counterparts.

House Democrats are trying to make the vote on the House GOP health plan personal for their Republican counterparts.

It's a new look for Democratic state prosecutors, but it's hardly a novel idea: The Democrats» strategy is borne in part of a calculated decision to coordinate closely and emulate the way their Republican counterparts relentlessly battled the Obama administration over climate regulations, Obamacare and more.

Democratic lawmakers hope to put an end to their losing streak and retake the coveted Roll Call Cup from their Republican counterparts at this year's 14th annual First Tee Congressional Challenge.

Like their Republican counterparts, Democratic leaders offer no viable program for reversing the polarization of income and wealth that has grown steadily since the 1970s, or for aggressively addressing the existential threat of climate change.

But the ranks of Latino Democrats have thinned over the past five years, while their Republican counterparts have gained.

And both are also on their parties» rosters for the Congressional Baseball Game, which pits Democratic lawmakers against their Republican counterparts.