Sentences with phrase «republican government in the state»

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In 2010, the Republicans swept the House of Representatives and most state government races.

The outcry is in response to Indiana's Republican Gov. Mike Pence signing into law a «religious freedom» bill that will free individuals and business owners from abiding by state and local laws that «substantially» burden their exercise of religion, unless the government can prove that it has a compelling interest and is doing so by the least restrictive means.

Also on Thursday, Quinnipiac University released a new poll showing that 71 % of American voters — including 55 % of Republican voters — say they oppose the government enforcing federal laws banning marijuana in states that have already legalized the drug for either medical or recreational purposes.

Either it means that other members of his party — the finance minister, who is against the referendum — will come in and not hold a referendum at all, and try to keep Greece on the austerity plan, or there will be a fall in the government, a no - confidence vote, and people will presumably vote for the Conservative Party, which is very much like the Republican Party in the United States.

CNN also reports that the Republican - controlled state government in Florida is expected to raise the mandatory minimum age to buy a semi-automatic weapon from 18 to 21 — a move that would have prevented the 19 - year - old Parkland shooter from legally acquiring the gun that he used in his attack.

But White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah said in a statement on Monday that Trump spoke with Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, on Friday about a bill he introduced with Sen. Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, that aims to strengthen how state and federal governments report offenses that could prohibit people from buying a gun.

The danger the United States faces today is that the government debt crisis scheduled to hit Congress next spring (when Republicans are threatening to vote against raising the federal debt limit as the government deficit soars) will provide an opportunity for the wealthy to give a coup de grace on what is left of progressive taxation in this country.

Which leads me to wonder, first, whether Christianity really is so weak in Tennessee that it needs the coercive power of the government to maintain itself, and, second, whether the commitment to limited government of Tennessee's Republicans is so thin that it does not require the state to stay out of our individual decisions concerning where (and whether) to pray, and to whom.

The Guardian: Louisiana education case highlights Bobby Jindal's creationism state Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal is rapidly emerging as a new «moderate» Republican voice, but a court case beginning Wednesday is set to shine light on a controversial policy in his state which sees government funding given to schools that teach creationism.

«In addition to the entire federal government, the governments of 25 states are fully controlled by Republicans as opposed to only 5 by Democrats.

Local government leaders in New York are urging Republicans in Congress to reject the GOP's tax plan, calling the proposals harmful to homeowners in the state.

State law currently requires governments to post this type of information in papers but Republican Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw said the rule is outdated and another example of an unfunded mandate.

«Every single member of the Republican Conference united behind Senator John Flanagan to ensure balance in state government and safeguard the future of the state.»

Republicans still are sailing into political headwinds this year as they run to keep their last lever of power in state government with Donald Trump at the top of the presidential ticket.

Republicans in the state Senate are not racing to take up legislation that would cover county governments for the cost of a salary increases for locally elected district attorneys.

The public matching program was approved in the state budget in 2014 as a compromise with Senate Republicans and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who was under pressure that year from good - government advocates and public - financing supporters to create a public financing system.

That includes Rep. Chris Collins, a western New York Republican, who is one of the two authors of the amendment that shift the Medicaid burden from county governments to the state, which was included in the Senate version of the bill.

Jacobs has been diligently trying to pay down the state party's debt and also acting in conjuction with King as an attack dog, lambasting Republicans at all levels of government as the administration's surrogate.

The leaders in the Republican - led Senate and Democratic - controlled Assembly on Monday indicated they would push to change Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to require local governments to develop ways of sharing services and scale back his efforts to expand his office's powers over the state budget.

Though the Senate Republicans have repeatedly insisted they would not accept any of the new taxes and / or fees proposed by the governor in the state budget, the final deal is likely to include a tax on opioid manufacturers, surcharges on taxi and Uber rides in Manhattan and also a new, uniform sexual harassment policy for government workers.

Given that what has been implemented in Porto Alegre is unlikely to be implemented by a state, how can governments get corporations to pay according to a republican spirit?

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's eighth State of the State address today is expected to address «unprecedented challenges» facing New York at all levels of government, sustaining his criticism of Republicans in Washington, according to a source with knowledge of the speech.

The WFP has pledged to be a «bulwark» in New York against Trump's policies, placing pressure on Democratic state elected officials to provide an alternative policy choice to a Republican - led federal government.

A teacher rebellion in red states from West Virginia to Arizona has put Republicans on the defensive, forcing them to walk a fine line in the months before midterm elections between placating constituents who are angry over education cuts and conservative supporters who want a smaller government and low taxes.

«This is a sad and frankly pathetic attempt by (Republican opponent Julie) Killian to distract from her and her Trump allies» extremist pro-gun agenda of allowing more guns in our schools and allowing the NRA to control our state government,» said Mayer spokesman Doug Forand.

Flanagan's comments amount to a familiar closing argument for Republicans in their bid to keep control of the narrowly divided state Senate: The chamber is the GOP's last lever of power statewide and Democratic control of state government could prove problematic.

In New York state government news, campaign season will officially get underway as the Democratic and Republican parties hold their nominating conventions.

Donald Trump, left, and Carl Paladino, who ran for governor of New York as a Republican in 2010, speak during a gun rights rally at the Empire State Plaza in April 2014, in Albany, N.Y. Paladino told New York's Republican members of Congress and the state legislature on Monday, March 14, 2016, that they should endorse Trump to salvage their «pathetic careers» in governState Plaza in April 2014, in Albany, N.Y. Paladino told New York's Republican members of Congress and the state legislature on Monday, March 14, 2016, that they should endorse Trump to salvage their «pathetic careers» in governstate legislature on Monday, March 14, 2016, that they should endorse Trump to salvage their «pathetic careers» in government.

Kavanagh joined Senator Daniel Squadron, as well as many of their Assembly and Senate colleagues and New York's major good government advocates, to urge the Senate Republican Majority to bring Kavanagh's and Squadron's bill closing the LLC Loophole in the state's campaign finance laws.

On Sunday, the Buffalo News editorialized in favor of campaign finance reform, and asked Senate Republicans, including Buffalo Senator Mark Grisanti, to pass a comprehensive plan that puts «state government back on the path of respectability.»

«This is our last request that you join «Trump for President» and try to preserve what's left of your pathetic careers in government,» Paladino wrote Monday in an open - letter to Republicans in New York's congressional delegation and state legislature.

Most of the $ 492,000 of GOP donations went to the Republican's state senate campaign committee, which held onto its thin majority in the chamber last November, said Susan Lerner of good government group Common Cause.

Rhodes is facing a crowded primary field to win the Democratic nomination in what will likely be a closely watched congressional battle to take on Faso, a freshman Republican who has drawn the ire of Gov. Andrew Cuomo for a provision that would shift county Medicaid spending to the state government.

All the obligations of perpetual union, and all the guaranties of republican government in the Union, attached at once to the State.

Mettler shows how Republican politicians, along with increasing numbers of Democratic accomplices, have expanded the submerged state because it gives the appearance of privatisation and governmental spending restraint, when in reality it represents vast outlays by government in subsidy payments and lost tax revenues.

But, and this will be the focus of this article, it is also possible for a state to adopt policies that undermine the capacity and, even, disposition of other states to engage in republican self - government without exercising political or economic domination over the states in question.

Cole, who has worked for both state and federal governments, most recently as the international division leader for Global New York at ESDC, acknowledged during a Capital Tonight interview that her quest to oust Collins from the most Republican - dominated House district in the state was a longshot.

The Republican State Leadership Committee and its affiliated 501 (c)(4), the State Government Leadership Foundation, have made significant donations to New York political groups, including $ 10,000 to the Balance New York super PAC, most of whose funds in turn come from the Rent Stabilization Association PAC and the Neighborhood Preservation Political Action Fund.

Even the highest - ranking Republican in state government, Senate Leader John Flanagan, is skeptical.

Cuomo is giving a boost to Onondaga County executive Joanie Mahoney — a dutiful Republican ally who is expected at Wednesday's State of the State speech in Syracuse — as she fights to revive an effort to merge her government with the City of Syracuse.

The agreement ends a seven - year feud between the IDC and mainline Democrats that allowed Republicans to hold on to the Senate, their last bastion in New York state government.

Jordan, seeking to expand the Native voice in state government, ran in 2014 for the Idaho House of Representatives and beat an incumbent Republican.

«If we are going to restore public confidence in our state government, it essential that the Republican Senate Majority join the Assembly and the Governor to pass this legislation to close the LLC loophole, one of the most egregious gaps in the laws that are intended to ensure the integrity of our campaign finance system,» said Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh, who sponsors the bill in the Assembly.

Republican mayoral candidate Nicole Malliotakis came to City Hall Wednesday for a press conference criticizing Mayor de Blasio's «sanctuary city» policy and pledging to increase cooperation with federal government's efforts at deporting people unlawfully in the United States.

Republican / mayoral candidate Nicole Malliotakis today expressed frustration with the pace of federal storm relief in Puerto Rico and urged the federal government to treat Puerto Rico equally with other areas of the United States in providing storm relief and to accelerate its current emergency aid and response.

Republican Sen. John Flanagan questioned the push to ban outside income in the state Legislature, saying New York would be the only state government to have such a measure in place.

Cuomo, who has shown a willingness to hasten the legislative and budgetary process in New York's state government and insisted that the Legislature is not a «debating society» that gums up law - making, knocked House Republicans for pushing through the tax reform plan.

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.

With the GOP's control of Congress and state governments at stake in the November elections, the party's legislative record during Donald Trump's presidency is figuring into most consequential Republican primaries.

«Tonight, New Yorkers have chosen balance and bipartisanship over an entire state government made up of Democrats from New York City, and placed their trust in Republicans to lead the Senate,» Republican conference leader Dean Skelos said in a statement.