Sentences with phrase «republican in charge»

Even if you want a Republican in charge, you should want one that is honest.

«As the race stands now, with Republicans in charge of both Houses, there is a good chance that my candidacy could lead to the election of Donald Trump,» he explained in a Bloomberg View post.

But, especially with Republicans in charge, Congress is doing nothing to prevent the wrongdoing from recurring.

Reich: With Republicans in charge, Congress is doing nothing to prevent company wrongdoing from recurring.

We're confident that when voters are reminded Democrats raised taxes and spending by $ 14 billion, and brought dysfunction and disgrace to the New York State Senate in their two disastrous years in the majority, they'll vote overwhelmingly to keep Republicans in charge.»

Cuomo figured out how to use the arrangement as a foil when convenient (Can't pass a statewide DREAM Act with those Republicans in charge, sorry!)

The last person we would take advice from on this issue is someone who has explicitly stated his goal is to keep the Republicans in charge of the Senate,» said Mike Murphy, the spokesman for the Senate Democrats.

The proposed new maps, with their ridiculously warped and irregular border lines, are instead designed to keep Democrats in power in the Assembly and Republicans in charge in the State Senate for the next decade.

With Republicans in charge of Albany things like the MTA payroll tax were kept at bay and resources like state school aide disproportionately stayed in wealthy districts, including many on Long Island.

Unlike other Senate Democrats who expect Cuomo to come home to them because of their mutual support on key, liberal issues, Avella's attitude is that it's solely up to the governor as to whether he wants to keep Republicans in charge.

«The only thing that sometimes annoys me is when people deal with an untrue narrative and say, «Oh, he put the Republicans in charge,»» Klein said.

In the poll, 67 % said Cuomo would be more effective than de Blasio at making sure New York City's interests are well represented with Republicans in charge of the White House and Congress.

A month ago, the Republicans in charge of both houses of Minnesota's Legislature seemed to be working their way systematically through a national party playbook full of moves designed to turn a bipartisan push for education reform into a stealth attack on public - sector unions.

The Republicans in charge (in the U.S.) have proven over and over they'll lie, cheat, and steal without conscience — Peter's claim «piddly $ 90,000 grant to the Cato Institute does not have the power to change the public's views on this issue» is evidence of that.

Not exact matches

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, another leading Republican contender, said on the same program that he «would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation, according to The Associated Press.

This is how the Republican candidate managed to generate more than $ 2 billion in estimated media coverage, completely free of charge.

The move sends the politically charged issue back to Congress, where Republicans haven't shown they can muster the two - thirds majority in both chambers needed to override Obama's veto.

«He had a deep thirst for the nuances of the tax code, and then he got on Ways and Means Committee and those were the years that Republicans were in charge and people gravitated toward bright members of Congress, and Paul happened to be one of those,» said Richard Hunt, CEO of the Consumer Bankers Association.

The indictment charges thirteen Russians and three Russian companies with a plot to interfere in the election using social media propaganda aimed at helping Republican nominee Donald Trump and hurt the Democratic Hillary Clinton.

Sacca, who is known for his early investments in tech companies such as Twitter and Uber, launched into an impassioned speech criticizing the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, firing off a barrage of charges against Trump that were as fast, furious, and hard to fact check as those coming from the candidates themselves.

The deal, which Republicans have painted as evidence of collusion between Clinton and Russia, made its way back into headlines in October, shortly before it emerged that a federal grand jury approved the first charges filed by special counsel Robert Mueller as he investigates whether the Trump campaign colluded with Moscow.

Mandel also says that with a Republican president and Congress in charge, two - for - one is largely superfluous.

The Republican - led FCC in December voted 3 - 2 to overturn rules barring service providers from blocking, slowing access to or charging...

The House Intelligence Committee, led by its Republican chairman, Rep. Devin Nunes, on Friday released a report detailing its findings in its Russia investigation, ending the panel's politically charged probe.

With tax - cutting Republicans also firmly in charge of Congress, it seems very likely our neighbours to the south may soon be seeing lower taxes.

The top Republican lawmaker in charge of oversight of the IRS set a hearing to probe the agency's admission that it gave extra scrutiny to conservative «Tea Party» groups.

Republican voters will head to the polls in Florida's House District 114 Tuesday to try, for the first time, to elect someone who won't plead guilty to criminal charges.

A wealthy Republican lawyer and investment banker, Powell left the private equity world in 2010 to join the Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington, D.C, think tank, where he quietly lobbied Congress to raise the debt ceiling, building consensus during the politically charged standoff in 2011.

The Republican bill added a new $ 10,000 maximum for all state and local tax deductions, effectively raising taxes on wealthy people in those states and reducing a key federal subsidy that makes it easier for states to charge high taxes on rich residents.

Congressional Republicans are rushing this through before anyone has a chance to grasp all of the bad stuff in it and before special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation possibly ensnares bigger fish than former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to a charge Friday as part of a plea deal.

The Ethics Committee dropped its final charges against Gingrich not long before he resigned as speaker, despite finding that Gingrich had in fact violated one rule by repeatedly using a political consultant paid by GOPAC to develop the Republican political agenda, because there was no evidence he was continuing to do so.

In an article entitled «Starbucks Does Not Equal Savvy,» Gerson compares Palin's small - town values and religiously - charged rhetoric to that of Bryan, claiming that «the closest I have ever come to witnessing a Bryan moment was Sarah Palin's speech at the Republican convention — the triumph of another backwoods, highly - religious populist.

In 2016 as in 1964, the paper charges the Republican nominee with being, in fact, at odds with the values and ideals that have long defined the Republican Party — a verdict that has been (and will be) echoed by many other traditionally Republican media outletIn 2016 as in 1964, the paper charges the Republican nominee with being, in fact, at odds with the values and ideals that have long defined the Republican Party — a verdict that has been (and will be) echoed by many other traditionally Republican media outletin 1964, the paper charges the Republican nominee with being, in fact, at odds with the values and ideals that have long defined the Republican Party — a verdict that has been (and will be) echoed by many other traditionally Republican media outletin fact, at odds with the values and ideals that have long defined the Republican Party — a verdict that has been (and will be) echoed by many other traditionally Republican media outlets.

Speaking before the Republican Jewish Coalition in Washington, D.C., the candidates stressed the importance of the United States standing with Israel, something they charged Obama has failed to do in his first years in office.

Just have to say «well done to the Republican Party for figuring out how to steal elections from the people using arcane rules designed to keep rural landholders in charge.

So instead of worrying about DeVos, we really should be focusing on: (1) Congressional Republicans, who've already shown great enthusiasm for weakening the nutrition standards for school meals and limiting their accessibility to low - income kids (see my Civil Eats piece, «3 Things You Need to Know About the House School Food Bill «-RRB-; (2) the as - yet - unscheduled confirmation hearing for Agriculture Secretary nominee Sonny Perdue, during which we're likely to get more information on how he views the NSLP; and (3) whoever eventually is appointed Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, the USDA official directly in charge of child nutrition programs.

Leading the charge to authorize the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act in the Senate — without the ARA / DHA provision — was Sen. Richard Lugar, a Republican whose home state, Indiana, is the site of a 430,000 - square - foot, $ 26 million Pediatric Nutrition Institute opened in Evansville in October 2010 by Mead Johnson, the second - leading infant formula maker in the United States.

«In some ways the Assembly Democrats have been in this situation before, with George Pataki as governor and the Republicans and Joe Bruno were in charge in the Senate where we have to be the institution that up holds progressive values,» Jeffries told mIn some ways the Assembly Democrats have been in this situation before, with George Pataki as governor and the Republicans and Joe Bruno were in charge in the Senate where we have to be the institution that up holds progressive values,» Jeffries told min this situation before, with George Pataki as governor and the Republicans and Joe Bruno were in charge in the Senate where we have to be the institution that up holds progressive values,» Jeffries told min charge in the Senate where we have to be the institution that up holds progressive values,» Jeffries told min the Senate where we have to be the institution that up holds progressive values,» Jeffries told me.

Early in the final Obama - McCain showdown, a leading campaign charge from the Democrats was that the Republican wanted to stay in Iraq «for 100 years.»

Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan ripped Gov. Andrew Cuomo's executive order that would grant parolees the right to vote in New York, charging that the governor is «exchanging votes at the expense of public safety.»

The back and forth comes as the seat itself was vacated by Republican Dean Skelos, who was convicted of corruption charges in December.

Ross reports the following lawmakers are in the room: Democratic Sens. Kruger and Krueger (the dynamic duo who don't always get along, but are charged with heading up the Finance Committee), Republican Sens. Tom Libous and John DeFrancisco and Assemblyman Michael Benjamin (he rarely misses the opportunity to sit in on anything....)

In statement after statement on Monday afternoon, Senate Republicans took a tough - on - crime posture when it came to raising the age of criminal responsibility in New York, blaming Assembly Democrats for pushing for an expansive number of charges that would be tried in Family CourIn statement after statement on Monday afternoon, Senate Republicans took a tough - on - crime posture when it came to raising the age of criminal responsibility in New York, blaming Assembly Democrats for pushing for an expansive number of charges that would be tried in Family Courin New York, blaming Assembly Democrats for pushing for an expansive number of charges that would be tried in Family Courin Family Court.

Cuomo yesterday campaigned for state Senate Democrats in competitive races on Long Island and Nassau County in particular, where Republican County Executive Ed Mangano — a onetime Cuomo ally — is facing corruption charges.

Cuomo had reportedly pledged to support Fiala's campaign by raking in $ 100,000 in donations for her bid to flip a long - held Republican seat following the forced ouster of Tom Libous, who was convicted on a charge of lying to the FBI in July.

Republican former Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam are due in court this morning to be sentenced following their December convictions on corruption charges.

The Democrats went on to lose control of the chamber to the Republicans, and now they're in the crosshairs yet again after their former Finance Committee chairman, Sen. Carl Kruger, has been hit with federal corruption charges in a complaint that makes it clear he tried hard to influence key members of the conference — including «Senate Leader No. 1» — whoever that might be.

US Senate designee Gary Berntsen is the latest in what I expect will be a long line of Republicans to pressure his Democratic target — in this case, Sen. Chuck Schumer — to turn his back on Rep. Charlie Rangel following news of the ethics charges being brought against him.

Updated: Also convicted today was former Queens Republican Committee Vice Chairman Vincent Tabone, who charged with also participating in the scheme to put Smith on the GOP ballot for mayor.

While Kaminsky has campaign heavily on anti-corruption and ethics in the wake of Skelos's conviction on corruption charges, Republicans have pointed to the negative consequences of a Democratic Senate in Albany.