Sentences with phrase «republican governor and legislature»

After spending hundreds of millions on lobbying, these groups were able to persuade tea - bag and conservative Republican governors and legislatures to repeal collective bargaining for teachers, limited bargaining rights for others, dramatically expanded funding for charter schools or otherwise undermine what most would describe as the American public education system.

Not exact matches

Perry has been getting ample good press lately, and below Pete adds two new favorable stories — one of which adds a new wrinkle by showing his formidable talents as a thrice elected, institutionally weak governor who can effectively deal with a largely simpatico Republican legislature.

Yes Mass elected three straight Republican Governors from 1990 - 2002 Weld, Cellucci, and Romney, but each was handicapped with no party representation in the legislature.

«Transgender people are already protected by statute in Utah, which has a Republican governor and a large Republican majority in its legislature — why can't GENDA get passed in New York?»

«At the end of the day, I would argue if one party controls the entire state legislature, then New Yorkers need a Republican governor to make sure that there's appropriate checks and balances and I'd like to be that person.»

He noted that the state has elected a Republican US senator, Pat Toomey, and a Republican governor in recent years, as well as sent more Republicans to the state legislature.

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 government.

Having lost a seat, the Republican dominated legislature can defeat a veto from Governor Nixon (D) and has its eye on one of the Democratic seats around St. Louis as the Congressional delegation shrinks.

Questions during the post-speech «gaggle» included the cost of a special election, his reaction to a New York Republican Party 50 Shades of Grey parody of Bill de Blasio and Al Sharpton, Rudy Giuliani's recent comments about Barack Obama, the expected Republican candidate in the 11th Congressional District special election, state legislature financial disclosure forms, the refusal of Port Authority commissioners to accede to Cuomo and Chris Christie's request to resign, his planned trip to Cuba, congestion pricing, and UFT comments asserting that the governor has shortchanged New York City schools by $ 2.5 billion.

I call on my Republican colleagues in the Senate to join Democratic Leader Stewart - Cousins to move these bills through the legislature and Governor Cuomo to work with us to get them enacted.»

It reflects a common theme from Republican leaders who say the Governor and state have developed a habit of bypassing the legislature.

Nebraska is a unique case in that the Governor of Nebraska is a Republican and the legislature, although technically nonpartisan, is controlled by a Republican majority.

The governor has been unsuccessful in the past getting major reform measures passed in the legislature, and Senate Republicans have said they are against limiting outside income.

Without the Governor's approval, it is criminally negligent of Scott Vanderhoef and his Republican allies in the legislature to count on the deficit bond being approved and treating it as cash - in - hand.

Others say the governor and legislature need to do more to respond to potential actions by President Donald Trump and the Republican - led Congress that could lead to deep funding cuts, and a loss of immigrant rights.

Those voters have been defecting to the Republican camp in alarming numbers during the Obama years, part of the reason we've seen huge Republican gains among governors and state legislatures, and both houses of Congress controlled by Republicans.

Our new Senate Republican majority is 32 - strong and we're ready to work with the Governor - elect and every member of the State legislature to do the people's business.»

«Quite frankly, the legislature feels slighted, and taxpayers feel the same way,» said Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, a Republican who lost in the primary for governor.

The Republicans blamed the Democrats, who control the governor's office and both houses of the legislature, for the state's fiscal troubles.

But back at the state Capitol, the governor and Republicans in the legislature have a cordial relationship.

The New Year for the New York state legislature has begun in discord, with an absent governor and Republicans in the Senate vowing to take a harder line against Democrat Andrew Cuomo.

TN is not as reflexively Republican as some Deep South states such as MS and AL. 5 out of 9 of the US House seats are held by Democrats, the very popular governor is a Democrat, and the state legislature is split between a Republican senate and a Democratic House.

«He is pro-choice, pro-gay marriage, and admitted to the media that he couldn't name one single Republican in the California legislature that he would work with if elected Governor.»

But most Republicans in the legislature want the governor to resign and several are ready to begin the impeachment process, even as the results of a state Ethics Commission investigation into the governor's travel expenses are still pending.

Hudson Valley Congressmen Chris Gibson, a Republican, and Sean Patrick Maloney, a Democrat, have teamed up to urge Governor Cuomo to sign legislation the state legislature passed in June that would essentially expand treatment options for patients suffering from Lyme and other tick - borne illnesses.

You'd expect Democratic candidates running for the State legislature to use the popular Democratic governor's image to help their campaigns, but Amedore and Grisanti are Republicans.

At issue are three competing plans: One introduced by Democratic Governor Daniel Malloy, another introduced by legislative Republicans, and a partial fix that was tabled a while back by the Democratic leaders in the legislature.

2) The governor and the Senate Republicans (who pledged during last year's campaign, before they were in the majority, to back independent redistricting) can both refuse to yield, indefinitely, in which case the process will likely end up in court, and out of the hands of the legislature.

The new year for the state legislature has begun in discord, with an absent governor and Republicans in the Senate vowing to take a harder line against Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The implementation and rollout of the Healthy Michigan Plan, which expanded Medicaid at a time when both the governor and the majority of the state legislature are Republican, holds lessons for other «red» states, say the researchers.

A combination of state fiscal crises plus newly elected Republican legislatures and governors, has emboldened the legislatures in the traditionally union - friendly states of Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio.

In fact, of the 40 states passing a law, 24 passed it when a Republican was governor and 16 when a Democrat was governor, and about two - thirds of the states passing a charter law did so when there was no single party controlling both the legislature and the governor's office.

But the Republican governor, who is prohibited by law from running for a third term, also asked the legislature to concentrate on issues other than just school facilities — a topic that has dominated the legislature since a 2002 Arkansas Supreme Court decision ordered the state to improve student achievement and the conditions of schools.

The proposal came at a time when Republicans controlled the state legislature and the governor's office.

«There is a common thread in how the Philadelphia crisis started, what happened in Michigan, and what's happening in Illinois, where there is abandonment by these Republican governors or legislatures of urban city school districts,» she says.

What we were most interested to know is whether the change in funding differs if a state has unified Democratic control of the state legislature and the governorship at the time of the court decision, unified Republican control, or when control is divided between the two parties as, for example, when the governor is a Republican and the Democrats control one or both of the houses of the legislature.

By then, Republicans controlled both houses of the legislature, and with Tommy, a Republican, still the governor, most people began to view the program primarily as a Republican - led initiative.

The Governor favors such vouchers, but he would prefer an unequivocal show of support on the issue from the Republican - controlled legislature before committing himself to a session devoted to the voucher plan and other education proposals, observers said.

Rather than proceed with the second half of the suit, which rested on claims that charter schools had failed to comply with statutes and sponsorship contracts, their opponents withdrew it in December and instead appealed for regulatory help from a newly - elected Democratic governor and a legislature whose Republican majority had been reduced.

California's community colleges, caught in a tuition deadlock between the Republican governor, George Deukmejian, and Democrats in the lower chamber of the state legislature, are preparing to make deep cuts in their budgets to meet a nearly 8 - percent drop in funding.

And, with as many as two - thirds of governor's offices and 30 legislatures likely to be in Republican hands, it's hard to imagine that we'll see state policymakers raise taxes in order to cushion the blow, eithAnd, with as many as two - thirds of governor's offices and 30 legislatures likely to be in Republican hands, it's hard to imagine that we'll see state policymakers raise taxes in order to cushion the blow, eithand 30 legislatures likely to be in Republican hands, it's hard to imagine that we'll see state policymakers raise taxes in order to cushion the blow, either.

In addition to her Republican allies in the state legislature, Williams» partnerships with conservatives included the Bradley Foundation and its director Michael Joyce; former GOP Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson, a champion of conservative welfare reform; and George and Susan Mitchell, Wisconsin's leading pro-voucher advocates.

With an anti-Common Core governor - elect and an anti-Common Core state chief, Arizona is probably the most precarious state, but we should expect another round of bruising legislative fights this spring all over red America, particularly in states with emboldened Republican legislatures.

Unless you've been living in a desert hut, you know that Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and a Republican - dominated legislature took away bargaining rights that public employees have had for more than 50 years.

We needed to get more involved and directive, and at this point, both the democratic state legislature and republican Governor have come along to see that locals may not know how to do reform and as a result students are being hurt.»

But this year was different because there was a fight between a Republican governor and a Democratic legislature over school funding.

It's hard to say how the next four years will play out with a Democratic superintendent and Republican governor and state legislature.

Republicans controlled the legislature and Governor's Mansion.

But that would mean convincing Fulton County's legislative delegation (which can put a stranglehold on any reform effort, as they did during the 1990s with efforts by residents in what is now Sandy Springs to form their own city government), as well as working with the Republican - dominated legislature and new governor Nathan Deal (who is no exemplar on school reform).

But with a Republican governor and a Republican super-majority in the legislature, a complete roll back of Tony Bennett's policies seems unlikely.