Sentences with phrase «republican votes»

And offers of reform coming from Democrats are increasingly unlikely to woo Republican votes.

Harkin and Enzi's bill passed through the Senate Health, Labor, Education, & Pensions Committee one week ago today, garnering three Republican votes.

Furthermore, he won't be able to get enough Republican votes — in either the Senate or the House — if his rewrite maintains a heavy - handed federal role in education.

JW: We had a solid block of Republican votes.

[96] Meanwhile, House leadership weighed in on the process, with Speaker Steven Tilley calling it an overall «positive» process and Minority Leader Mike Talboy instead labeling the negotiations as, «a textbook example of how not to [redistrict]...» [97] Talboy also said he felt he had the votes to block an override, something that would require Democratic unanimity plus four Republican votes.

In past congressional elections in the district, Democratic votes have rivaled Republican votes, but relatively large totals on the Conservative and Independence Party lines have aided Mr. Grimm.

«Unlike a majority of Democratic and Republican votes that are cast automatically every election by habitual party - line voters, the Green vote was a deliberate conscious vote for a new politics.

We need independent and Republican votes to turn this district Blue.

ALBANY — Some Republican votes in Columbia County will have to be counted by hand because the name of a third candidate — Bob Bishop — incorrectly appeared on the congressional primary ballot, officials told POLITICO New York.

The Upstate Conservative Coalition based in Saratoga Springs planned to protest Boehner's visit to register their disappointment with House Republican votes on trade and other issues.

He talked about Election Day 2014, when he went to vote in Forest Hills and was proud to support a full slate of Republican votes.

In that case Obama would suddenly need to line up seven more Republican votes from GOP freshmen who are generally very skeptical of both the Obama administration's foreign policy in general and the treaty in particular.

They also did it, Collins said, because it solidified several additional Republican votes from New York State lawmakers for the GOP Obamacare replacement, called the American Health Care Act.

«The Log Cabin Republicans announced Tuesday that the GOP's New York leadership in both the state senate and assembly are going to allow Republican legislators to make «conscience votes» on Gov. David Paterson's marriage - equality bill rather than pressuring party members to vote against it, giving the legislation a much stronger likelihood of picking up Republican votes in both chambers.

Those Republican votes have always been the key to the puzzle, and today the Post's Fred Dicker reports that seven or more Republican state senators have signaled to Governor Andrew Cuomo that they support marriage equality.

With Rob Astorino waging an upstate campaign (there are few Republican votes in the big city) based on hot - button issues like repealing the Safe Act, economic deprivation and mandate relief, the tide, even in Democratic districts like the 46th, will probably be running toward the GOP.

If Rice can pick up some Republican votes, in a Democrat state, then she wins.

If Ward needs Republican votes to win, he appears to have them, according to several people familiar with the negotiations.

If Donovan does not terminate him over these comments he will deserve to lose Republican votes - not because he raised issues with the party, but because he did so a few weeks away from a huge election.

A Paladino run on the Conservative line would not only help Cuomo by splitting Republican votes but could give the Conservative Party the second ballot spot.

This table compares the 2016 Democratic & Republican votes for each State Senate District.

Majority Leader John Testa, a Republican, who spoke to the Review last week, said passage of the law — which would require an override of Astorino's veto and three Republican votes — is unlikely.

But there is no way Hawkins is going to win because he won't be getting many Republican votes.

(The D.H.S. bill was finally approved on Tuesday, 257 - 167, after Speaker John Boehner allied with Democrats to pass it with just 75 Republican votes, including those of King and five other New York members.)

Parker dropped several «f - bombs» and called Savino «a b --» as she tried to explain why Monserrate could be immediately expelled with Republican votes, the sources said...

He said Klein (D - Bronx) warned that even if the Democrats take control of the chamber, he believes it's likely at least a few Republican votes could be needed to pass the measure.

The budget resolution could also pave the way for opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil exploration by ensuring that drilling legislation can pass with only Republican votes.

Both suburban New York City counties — traditional havens for Republican votes — have become more Democratic in recent years.

Senate Democrats have only a one - vote majority, so Skelos» Republican votes may be needed if some Democrats refuse to support Paterson's health - care cuts.

House Speaker John Boehner only mustered 28 Republican votes yesterday to extend the federal debt ceiling, without any accompanying demands for spending cuts.

Cuomo, in a letter released by his staff, tells Senator McDonald that it's «evident» that he «paid a price» for his convictions when McDonald agreed to be one of four Republican votes in the Senate to ensure passage of Cuomo's gay marriage bill.

Carl Paladino, a Buffalo - area businessman who appeals to many Tea Party activists, is further splintering Republican votes.

The resolution could fail without New York Republican votes.

three congressional republicans in AZ may very well go down to defeat and drag republican votes away from Kyl, and

The three or four Republican votes that Democrats had banked on weren't materializing, either.

That move raised the prospect of a shutdown, since without Republican votes, Senate Democrats, who have a 32 - to - 30 majority in the chamber, must act unanimously to pass legislation.

The SAFE Act came to a vote in the Republican - controlled Senate and passed with the help of a number of prominent Republican votes.

«I'm talking to Republicans every day about the merits of this legislation, and the mayor, Congressman [Peter] King and others are a very important part of our strategy to secure Republican votes,» Gillibrand said in a statement, according to the Times.

Republicans would control the House delegations of more than the necessary twenty - six states, so it would take Republican votes.

The district, which includes the Mohawk and Hudson valley regions, was drawn to maximize Republican votes.

And faithless electors would allow a third candidate to be considered, perhaps someone that could get Republican votes in Congress.

That means just three Republican votes against it will doom it.

In the name of reform, a sudden coup against Speaker Silver would require some Republican votes.

That would add three more supporters to the 26 Democrats backing the measure, meaning only four Republican votes would be needed to assure a two - vote majority for passage.

The GOP can afford to lose only 22 Republican votes and still pass the legislation.

For a bill to be approved, it would need at least two Republican votes, a threshold Mr. Biondo thought would be passed this week.

The slim GOP majority has been supportive of Cuomo's broad fiscal plans and any loss of Republican votes could defeat Cuomo's cuts.

«It appears we've got the most Republican votes ever cast in a primary here tonight,» he said.

As part of that argument, Catsimatidis has described being called upon by Governor Cuomo to assist in getting Republican votes in the U.S. Senate for the Hurricane Sandy relief bills (here and here).

She will face a threat of losing some Republican votes to Ben Walsh, the son of a prominent Republican family who is running on a pair of third - party lines.