Sentences with phrase «republican party line»

Following his Republican party line, Rep. Jim Jordan voted «yes» for the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act and «no» for the Student Aid & Fiscal Responsibility Act.

Corker dabbled slightly in government while holding local public offices in Tennessee (mayor of Chattanooga and Commissioner of the Finance and Administration Department), but he made a big jump to the Senate after winning an election in 2007 on the Republican party line.

Cross ran on the Republican party line.

It's something Bloomberg has some experience with - he got one to run on the Republican party line in 2009 when he was a registered independent, and has donated substantial sums to the county Republican parties since - but he finds the whole business unsavory.

The split vote sent the issue to State Supreme Court, where Andrew Zweben, a politically active attorney who serves as unofficial house counsel to Kingston's Democratic Committee, argued against Brown's right to appear on the Republican Party Line.

Weinstein, a registered Conservative, would also need a waiver from Erie County Republican Chairman Nick Langworthy to run on the Republican party line.

Champ - Doran is a registered Democrat, but he first entered the race to replace outgoing Republican Alderman Nate Horowitz on the Republican Party line.

Bruck, a registered Democrat, already holds the Republican Party line as well as the Independence nomination.

Smith, if you'll recall, was caught trying to bribe anyone he could get a meeting with in hopes of securing the Republican Party line for last year's NYC mayor's race.

Holden lost to the incumbent, Crowley, in the Democratic primary, but he continued his campaign on the Republican Party line.

In District 2 longtime county legislator Robert Aiello beat Walter Frey, who is in his first year in the legislature, 86 - 37 for the Republican Party line in the November election.

«It's about the people of New York who want fundamental change, and I'm very pleased to be finding that added outlet for people to vote in addition to the Republican party line.

As a result, he may break with the Republican Party line more than his fellow members.

No longer were the opinion programs on Fox News dominated by pundits towing the Republican Party line — pro-Trump Republicans clashed often on air with «Never Trump» - ers.

«To get New York back on track, it is essential that we retake the Governor's office and defeat Andrew Cuomo and the best way to do that is by supporting the candidate who has both the Conservative and Republican Party lines,» Townsend said.

While the Republican Party lines up behind Romney after divisions emerged in the primaries, the chatter has increasingly turned to the man or woman the former Massachusetts governor will tap to run alongside him during the general election.

Mount Vernon — The Fleetwood Citizens Society hosted another debate for the 2015 Mount Vernon Mayoral Race, Tuesday night, between the three candidates still left standing, Councilman and Democratic Mayoral Nominee Richard Thomas (Democrat, Independence Party & Republican Party lines), Councilwoman Deborah Reynolds (Conservative Party) and Senator Ruth Hassell - Thompson (Working Families Party) at Riverside Memorial Chapel (21 Broad Street).

He voted along Republican party lines for the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act of 2013 and against the Student Aid & Fiscal Responsibility Act.

Looking past the fantasy setting, these two goals fell neatly along Democratic and Republican party lines.

Not exact matches

But this latest effort may not succeed given the tight time constraints and skepticism from Senators like Arizona Republican John McCain, who has been insisting that any health care legislation go through a bipartisan committee process in regular order (rather than a pure party - line vote).

Overall, the reaction seemed largely divided along partisan lines, with Republicans backing it and Democrats opposing it — with some exceptions — despite the fact that infrastructure was once touted by both parties as something that could be a bipartisan initiative.

So it's no surprise then that they're being undermined by someone running as a Republican who's not interested in following the Party line.

But without the votes, Democratic opponents and a handful of Republicans who crossed party lines to oppose the measure, were left only to deliver emotional pleas to block it.

A measure designed to provide financial incentives for companies to hire new employees looks set to pass the Senate, after five Republicans, including newly elected Senator Scott Brown, crossed party lines and voted with the Democrats.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- The White House threatened on Tuesday to veto emergency House legislation that aims to avert a threatened national default, a pre-emptive strike issued as Republican Speaker John Boehner labored to line up enough votes in his own party to pass the measure.

Donald Trump's tax plan is yet another example of the Republican frontrunner talking a big game but, when it comes to standing up to the establishment, he falls back into the party line.

On a party - line vote, Trump - appointed chairman Ajit Pai and two other Republican commissioners voted in favor of revoking the rules, while the two Democrats on the commission voted against the move.

Feinstein offered a similar version of the amendment in December, a day after an extremist couple killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California, but the Republican - run Senate rejected the proposal on a near party - line vote.

The process allows Republicans to avoid a Democratic filibuster and pass the bill on a party - line vote, but it comes with strings attached.

Republicans can afford only two defections to pass the bill along party lines.

Despite widespread, bipartisan support for those protections, the Republican - dominated FCC voted along party lines in December to eliminate them.

But Eisen tells Fortune that several lawyers, including those who are part of the Republican party, are «worried about this unprecedented blurring of lines» and President - elect Trump should «expect massive litigation if he proceeds on this collision course.»

The election histrionics only grew in intensity following the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention, with Republican nominee Trump in particular generating countless headlines as he clashed with the parents of a Muslim U.S. Army captain killed in the line of duty after they criticized him during a speech on the night the party nominated Hillary Clinton.

With two skeptical Republican senators falling in line Friday, the GOP appears set to have the support to push the bill through next week on a party line vote.

MarketWatch's Quentin Fottrell and Maria LaMagna discuss why Americans from both sides of the party line are split on what President Trump will mean for their wallets, offering perspectives from a registered republican and democrat.

The results seemed to align mostly along political party lines, but with a twist: while consumers who affiliated as Democrats felt more positive about the brands, Republicans didn't change their perception, and independents actually steered negative.

Across party lines, roughly nine in 10 Americans support solar power, and according to a poll commissioned last spring by The Alliance for Solar Choice (TASC), 69 percent of Republican likely voters and 80 percent of Democratic likely voters would be «unlikely» to reelect a politician who failed to raise the solar net metering cap.

He used his Washington visit to nurture contacts across party lines, meeting with both Republican and Democratic Congressional leaders in Congress.

In 2017, for example, Republicans largely voted along party lines to do away with an Obama - era regulation designed to keep guns out of the hands of some people with severe mental illness (Republican senators were joined by four Democrats in this vote).

House Republicans managed to break the sit - in long enough to vote on the override, which passed on a party - line vote of 239 - 180, but fell short of the two - thirds vote needed to override the president's veto.

Among party lines, 86 % of Democrats and 57 % of independents said stricter gun control would have prevented it, but only 29 % of Republicans said the same thing.

On Tuesday night, the Republican tax reform bill passed the Senate upon a party - line vote, clearing the way for it to be signed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

In a 51 - 49 vote following party lines, the Senate approved its version of the tax reform bill during a marathon session, with only one Republican, Tennessee Senator Bob Corker, voting against the measure.

Just seven days ago, Republicans on the committee voted not to release Schiff's memo in a party - line vote.

If the world is to embrace Republican party derivatives markets, the world also needs civil defense personnel stationed at home to patrol bread lines and police against looting.

WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers appeared to secure enough votes on Friday to pass the most sweeping tax overhaul in decades, putting them on the cusp of their first significant legislative victory as leaders geared up to pass a $ 1.5 trillion tax cut along party lines and send it to President Trump by Christmas.

The legislation, which passed 51 to 47 largely along party lines, is the latest Republican rebuke of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

They seem to worship the Republican party, racism and guns 1st and foremost and just throw God and Jesus» names around like just calling oneself a Christian makes one a Christian (w / o actual behavior modification in line with the Bible's teachings.).

Fifty - nine percent of Republicans and just 14 percent of Democrats said their values were in line with the Tea Party.

I consider myself somewhat conservative and generally in line with alot of republican views — and alot of democratic ones too — I think I am TYPICAL of the YOUNGER GENERATION that is SICK OF MUD SLINGING from BOTH PARTIES and i VOTE INDEPENDANT — I VOTE THE CANDIDATE NOT THE PARTY — and i AM WHITE and I am INSULTED by YOUR RACIST COMMENT on wanting an «all white» country!!