Sentences with phrase «republican leaders in the state»

Meanwhile, GOP leader Donald Trump has seen his lead in Wisconsin evaporate, giving way to Ted Cruz, as Trump has clashed with Republican leaders in the state such as former presidential candidate Gov. Scott Walker and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (a Wisconsin congressman).

«If Trump doesn't run and Astorino still doesn't denounce the Republican leaders in the state Legislature, I might as well try to drag the party to the right side of the equation,» Paladino added.

Chiavacci Farley's candidacy should be welcome news to Republican leaders in the state, who have struggled to recruit a ticket this year.

Jacque got crossways with some Republican leaders in the state Assembly in 2015 when he decided to hold a hearing on a bill calling for the repeal of the state's prevailing - wage laws.

Chris Healy, a former GOP state chairman and now an aide to Republican leaders in the state Senate, warned of trouble ahead for his party.

Republican leaders in the State Senate have recently pushed for more money for upstate roads and bridges in order to approve the capital plan.

Paladino is running a loud effort against Republican leaders in the State Legislature as RINOs and wants someone running against Governor Cuomo in November who has Republican values.

Themis Klarides, the Republican leader in the state House of Representatives, is not convinced by the Democratic governor.

The protest comes as Paladino, a real - estate developer and school board member in Buffalo, is considering a run for governor on the Conservative Party line should the state GOP not coalesce around a candidate who doesn't support ousting the Republican leaders in the state Legislature.

Once the most powerful Republican leader in the state, Dean Skelos is headed to federal prison.

Republican leaders in the state Senate did not respond to requests for comment on Hoylman's bill, but on Wednesday they defeated an effort by Senate Democrats to force a vote on several gun control measures including a bump stock ban.

Dean Skelos, the Republican leader in the state Senate, raised $ 602,203 in the most recent fundraising period, and has $ 2.7 million in cash on hand.

That decision prompted intense criticism from Democratic and Republican leaders in the state legislature, who said pay raises should be considered on their own terms instead of tied to other issues.

Back - room negotiations between Republican leaders in the state Senate and the House and Snyder led to the votes needed to pass the lifeline to the district.

Republican leaders in the state Assembly say it won't be easy to find the public money that the Milwaukee Bucks are seeking to help build a new arena.

HT Politics reports that Republican leaders in the state Legislature agree that there is a need to reform the state's universities.

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Seattle's rich should engage in upper - class «civil disobedience» and refuse to pay their city taxes, Washington state's Republican leaders said.

He also recently passed Charles and David Koch — leaders of Koch Industries and notorious Republican Party donors — to clinch third place on Bloomberg's list of the richest people in the United States, coming in behind Gates and Buffett.

Priebus reportedly told Trump that Pence and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, whom Republican leaders were considering drafting to the ticket, were «ready to step in» to take over the campaign.

Edwards» predecessor, Republican Bobby Jindal, had been among the national leaders in opposition to Obamacare's Medicaid expansion — Jindal argued it would cost the state at least $ 1.7 billion over a decade.

The White House and Republican leaders in Congress are discussing ways to jointly push through an overhaul of the tax code in the remainder of 2017 that cuts taxes and allows corporations to bring back trillions of dollars in overseas earnings to the United States.

In a letter to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Democratic and Republican leaders of the state House and Senate Wednesday, Schneiderman asked state lawmakers to pass legislation that would allow for prosecuting people on the state level for the exact crimes they were convicted of — and pardoned for — on the federal level.

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 elecstate'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 elecState for this year's election.

Any new regulation of firearms represents a dramatic shift in position for the state's Republican leaders, who have spent decades easing the regulation of guns and giving legal protection to those who use firearms in self - defense.

Republican leaders in Florida have until March 9 to approve the new bills under the state's compressed legislative calender.

He said the plans to tax the American goods, produced in the home states of key Republican leaders, had not yet been finalized, but amounted to treating them «the same way» that European products would be handled if the metals tariffs go through.

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He began serving with the University of Georgia College Republicans and rose up to serve as a party leader at the state level before his involvement in the Bush - Cheney campaigns.

The idea of Democrats gain a governing majority in the state Senate is a «moot point» considering Republicans have a working majority in the chamber already, Republican leader John Flanagan wrote in an op / ed to State of Polistate Senate is a «moot point» considering Republicans have a working majority in the chamber already, Republican leader John Flanagan wrote in an op / ed to State of PoliState of Politics.

A Cuomo spokeswoman yesterday was harsher in the assessment of de Blasio's minimum wage proposal, calling it a non-starter with the state Legislature, as did a spokesman for Republican Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Republicans in the state Senate are becoming «more aggressive» this year in challenging the policies of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Deputy Majority Leader John DeFranciso said Wednesday in a radio interview.

Silver's downfall last year was followed by an unprecedented moment in state politics in which his counter part, Republican Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, was also later felled by a corruption scandal involving securing business for his son through official actions.

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.

A key labor union for the New York Police Department on Wednesday threw its support to Republican state Senate hopeful Chris McGrath in the race to replace disgraced former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Preserving the deduction of state and local taxes is not a partisan issue, but about basic fairness to states like New York, Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said Wednesday in a statement.

In recent weeks, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has slowly built support among New York Republicans, rolling out endorsements from the party's top state - level official (Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos) along with a wide array of current and former electeds, operatives and county GOP leaders.

Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan reiterated his push on Monday for a permanent cap on the state's property taxes, indicating it will be a plank for the GOP conference in the 2018 legislative session.

IDC Leader Jeff Klein has defended the conference's relationship with Republicans, noting key issues such as paid family leave and multiple increases in the state's minimum wage have been approved during the last several years.

Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos indicated today that he was open to a gradual increase in the state's minimum wage, but was opposed to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan that would increase it immediately from $ 7.25 to $ 8.75.

With concern setting in among downstate Republican leaders that the three declared candidates vying for the nomination to take on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in the fall will be crushed, state Republican Chairman Ed Cox called Rep. Bob Turner this weekend about possibly jumping into the race, a source familiar with the conversation said.

One of the highest profile county Republican chairmen in New York State called on embattled State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos to step down on Wednesday.

An agreement that would unite Democrats in the state Senate is premature, since Republicans would still have the backing of Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder, Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco said on Friday in an interview.

Democratic state Senate candidate Todd Kaminsky is reporting having $ 296,132 in cash on hand for the final push in the special election to replace Republican former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos in a Nassau County district.

Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos, a supporter of GOP gubernatorial hopeful Rick Lazio, weighed in to express «reservations» with state Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox's plan to establish an independent party, which has added to the perception that the idea is all - but dead.

In an op / ed submitted to Capital Tonight's State of Politics, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan insisted Republicans will hold control of the chamber and even grow its narrow majority in the chamber in part by targeting seats held by members of the defunct Independent Democratic ConferencIn an op / ed submitted to Capital Tonight's State of Politics, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan insisted Republicans will hold control of the chamber and even grow its narrow majority in the chamber in part by targeting seats held by members of the defunct Independent Democratic Conferencin the chamber in part by targeting seats held by members of the defunct Independent Democratic Conferencin part by targeting seats held by members of the defunct Independent Democratic Conference.

Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan in a statement to Capital Tonight said he has «grave concern» over the federal proposal to eliminate state and local tax deductions as part of a broader effort to cut taxes.

Also from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., New Yorkers Against Hidden Predators, an organization of advocates and sex abuse survivors from across New York, will be at the state Capitol, urging Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Senate Republicans to include the Child Victims Act in the state's budget.

The powerful labor union 1199 SEIU endorsed Republican state Senate hopeful Chris McGrath on Friday in the crucial special election to replace disgraced former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos in Nassau County.

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.