Sentences with phrase «republican led effort»

Today it seems we have another Republican led effort to ignore the limits and pretend our actions won't have consequences.

Berger touts the Republican lead effort to raise teacher pay and spending on education during a press conference at the Legislative Building on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 in Raleigh, N.C. Robert Willett

Not exact matches

Senator Orrin Hatch, a Republican who has led the efforts to rework the law, was in the courtroom to hear Tuesday's argument, and afterward noted that various justices had referred to the importance of Congress acting.

One recent victory for unions was in Ohio, where in November 2011, voters overturned a Republican - led effort to place restrictions on public sector unions, similar to that in Wisconsin.

Three Republicans sided with Democrats in May to kill a GOP - led effort to strike down a Bureau of Land Management rule.

President Donald Trump and leading Republicans have portrayed the markets as on the verge of collapse, and have cast their own effort to repeal and replace the Obama health overhaul as a rescue mission.

By leading the effort to re-confirm him, the Corporate Democrats (but not most of their colleagues who had to face voters this autumn) removed this albatross from the Republican neck and put it around their own.

«This does bring a sense of urgency to getting this done over the next month with the speaker leaving,» said Representative Stephen Fincher, who has led House Republican efforts to renew the export credit agency's charter, which expired nearly three months ago.

The measure is the latest Republican - led effort to curb the influence of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

«This effort to just jam it through, straight Republican votes on an accelerated scheduled will lead to failure.

I will be moving on to the Republican National Committee as their Victory Digital Manager and leading up their efforts on their Social Victory Center.

Then you have the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which lead the Republicans into dominating the south after the Jim Crow Democrats were unable to block Republican efforts to bring equality to blacks in the south.

Rep. Devin Nunes, the embattled California Republican who is chairman of the Intelligence Committee, announced he would step aside from leading his committee's investigation into Russia's efforts to disrupt last year's presidential election.

The state Democratic Committee is releasing a video as part of its ongoing fight against the Republican - led efforts in Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

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.

Chele Chiavacci Farley, who leads the Republican State Committee's fundraising efforts in New York City, has approached political operatives and friends to gauge their support, four people told POLITICO.

Throughout Suffolk County's rich Republican history and tradition, the Suffolk County GOP has led efforts in promoting party principles of fiscal responsibility and accountability, limited government, opportunity for all and a strong national defense.

The impetus for the push comes over the Republican - led effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, which is currently facing stiff headwinds in the U.S. Senate.

Scott Olin Smith compares the video to efforts by Democratic California Governor Gray Davis in 2002 to undermine his strongest Republican rival (in part by tying him to Gray Davis), and I can see the point he's making, since we again have an avowed Democrat trying to weaken a leading candidate on the other side during the primary process.

After failing to reapportion seats in 1921 in an effort to avoid losing the strength in their two house majority, the Republican led Congress (and Presidency) passed the Act to ensure their Congressional power would remain intact for the foreseeable future.

In Albany, lawmakers have been debating a variety of measures that seek to reduce gun violence or bolster school security, ranging from bans on bump stocks supported by Democrats and some Republicans to GOP - led efforts to expand school resource officers at schools in New York.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has quickly become one of President Donald Trump's leading opponents, using the levers of his office to litigate against Trump's policies, and has put New York at the forefront of efforts to resist the new Republican administration's agenda.

He most recently led voter contact efforts for the North Carolina and Mississippi Republican takeovers of their respective House of Representatives, and assisted in Philip Gunn's successful campaign for Speaker of the Mississippi House.

Mayor Bill de Blasio didn't need to see the Assembly and Senate one - house budgets to know where he stands with each chamber - Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie is a close ally of the mayor, his fellow New York City Democrat, while Senate Republicans hold a major grudge against de Blasio for leading a failed effort to boot them from the majority two years ago.

Rob supports a Balanced Budget Amendment, and he led the effort and got the entire Republican caucus to agree on his pro-growth Senate Republican Jobs Plan.

«With nearly two decades of hands - on experience in the Executive and Legislative branches, including the last nine years with the Senate Republican Conference, Scott Reif is exactly the right person to lead the communications effort for our majority both now and in the future,» said Majority Leader John Flanagan.

Trump and Gov. Andrew Cuomo met at Trump Tower, where Cuomo made his pitch for the state to receive federal infrastructure dollars for state projects and voiced concerns about Republican - led efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

But Schneiderman's office says the Republican investigation of the state probe is only serving to disrupt the state - led effort.

While he acknowledged his duty as president to bridge divides between the American people and its chief executive, President Obama said he found it «novel» that the GOP would argue that his efforts over the past seven years have led to Donald Trump's march toward the Republican nomination.

Efforts to reach out to Hispanic voters normally lead to more Democratic voters on the rolls, since Latinos tend to identify more with the Democratic than the Republican Party.

Republicans familiar with the operation are careful to point out that while Todd and Anderson will lead the effort, a number of other consulting firms will also be involved.

Fundraising efforts are just beginning, but tea party activists have already inspired serious challenges to establishment GOP Senate candidates Carly Fiorina in California and Charlie Crist in Florida; a similar insurgency in last month's House race in New York splintered local Republicans, leading to a Democratic victory.

Schumer's backing of decriminalization adds to what has become a bipartisan effort in the Senate, led by Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado, which was the first state to legalize recreational marijuana.

Mayoral control turned controversial primarily due to the political enmity between the Senate GOP and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, whose efforts to end the chamber's Republican majority have angered that conference and led to multiple investigations into his past practice of directing large sums of money into the campaign coffers of Democratic Senate candidates.

Efforts to enact early voting and other reforms were unsuccessful when the state Senate, led by a coalition of Republicans and breakaway Democrats, did not act on the bills.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Led by Republicans, the New York Senate voted to increase state funding to help schools pay for armed police and security upgrades Monday — but turned back Democratic efforts to advance new restrictions on firearm access.

The governor, who quietly advised the G.O.P. - I.D.C. coalition that led to Republican control of the Senate back after the 2012 elections, opted not to strenuously endorse several competitive Democrats in 2014, and some party members say he hindered their efforts to elect Marc Panepinto in Buffalo (though he would eventually win).

President - elect Donald Trump and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo met at Trump Tower Wednesday morning, where Cuomo made his pitch for the state to receive federal infrastructure dollars for state projects and voiced concerns about Republican - led efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham accused the Republican - led Florida government of neglecting the needs of affordable housing and vowed to change that with full funding of the state's Sadowski Affordable Housing Trust Fund and efforts to get housing money quickly into communities.

In the final days leading up to tomorrow's election, Republican Rensselaer County executive candidate Steve McLaughlin is making a concerted push to appeal to women voters with a mailer that features three of his female constituents praising his efforts to assist them from his current post in the Assembly GOP conference.

The Republicans say Democrats without deep roots in the district are leading the way in an effort to unseat incumbent freshman Republican Rep. John Faso, a Kinderhook native.

The idea to set an immigration policy came in response to a nationwide effort led by Republican President Donald Trump to deport undocumented immigrants.

The Republican Caucus, led by Minority Leader John J. Mills, has grown continually frustrated by Legislators and opportunists who have attempted to ignore the will of the people and as a result hindered efforts to present a fair map in a timely manner that would allow interested candidates to become involved in the process.

In an interview with the Chicago Sun - Times, Axelrod criticized Kirk for telling a group of Republicans last week that if elected, he will, «lead the effort to repeal this [health care] bill.»

ALBANY — With most of the year's competitive races decided, Republican state Senate candidates had a lead in 31 of the state's 63 districts and claimed victory in their effort to keep control of the legislative chamber.

In March, Obama senior adviser and Chicago native David Axelrod gave an interview with the Chicago Sun - Times, where he criticized Kirk for telling a group of Republicans that if elected, he will, «lead the effort to repeal this [health care] bill.»

«There is more work to be done and Buffalo Billion II must be a major component of those ongoing efforts,» said a statement released by the five members of the region's Republican delegation in the GOP - led Senate: Catharine Young, Michael Ranzenhofer, Patrick Gallivan, Rob Ortt and Chris Jacobs.

Following the defeat of the latest Republican - led effort to repeal «Obamacare» earlier this week, Congress and President Trump have pivoted to tax reform.

Democrats have long held sizable numeric advantages in the State Assembly but have been thwarted in efforts to win control of the Senate, which is currently led by a coalition of Republicans and a five - member group of breakaway Democrats.

On Tuesday, a second Republican senator said he would support Cuomo's same - sex marriage bill, less than two years after he was part of a GOP - led defeat of a similar bill that dealt a blow to the national effort to legalize gay marriage.