Sentences with phrase «republicans as democrats»

Mario Cuomo chose as many Republicans as Democrats.

There were more than twice as many Amherst Republicans as Democrats in 1970 when Bill Kindel was GOP chairman.

Not exact matches

Immediately, Republicans began pushing out Pelosi's comments, as they always do when she asserts herself as the premier Democrat in the United States.

As Republicans and Democrats draw battle lines in the sand, small businesses seeking capital may be left in the cold.

Crowley later claimed she was just «trying to move the conversation along» and, as for the outrage her interjection caused, she said of the Republicans: «I'm sorry they're upset, but tomorrow they'll be upset about something else, as will the Democrats.»

Amid speculation that her reign as top House Democrat could be coming to an end, Republican operatives were jumping with joy on Tuesday when Pelosi announced she is not going anywhere.

Though Democrats have historically been viewed as the strongest supporters of renewable energy, utility - scale wind farms and solar installations are found throughout the nation — including in Republican - leaning states like Arizona, North Carolina, Oklahoma and North Dakota — and enjoy bipartisan support among Americans.

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.

Speaking to The Irish Times, Kenny said, «European leaders need to be over here talking to Republicans, Democrats and the administration about what membership of the European Union means and the relationship that it can have with as powerful an entity as the United States.»

He was elected mayor of New York City in 2001 as a Republican, but prior to that he had been a registered Democrat.

As governor of the nation, Trump would need to surround himself with politically experienced people and be willing to work with both Democrats and Republicans who hold different opinions and values than he does in order to get things done.

The strikes have received broad approval from more mainstream Republicans, such as House Speaker Paul Ryan and Rep. Jason Chaffetz, and cautious approval from Democrats.

«Feeding people's «likes» into an algorithm, information hidden in the lists of favorites predicted whether someone was white or African American with 95 % accuracy, whether they were a gay male with 88 % accuracy, and even identified participants as a Democrat or Republican with 85 % accuracy.

According to those exit surveys, 7 % of Michigan Republican primary voters identified as Democrats.

It ranked as the No. 1 worry for both Democrats and Republicans.

Another reason floated for the polling discrepancy: Michigan's status as an open primary, in which registered Democrats and Republicans can vote in the other party's primary.

While Congress is in the hands of a Republican majority, getting Democrats to go along with cutting taxes for the wealthiest Americans — as is Trump's plan — will be a tough sell; while the Republicans control the Senate, the Democratic minority could filibuster bills they don't like.

- Democrats are twice as likely to increase short - term investments (25 percent) compared to Republicans (12 percent).

The House Intelligence Committee is expected to vote Monday on whether to release the Democrats» own classified memo, which purportedly serves as a rebuttal to the Republican memo released late last week.

However, given that about half of the survey participants self - identified as Republican and only 20.67 percent identified as Democrat, these results aren't much of a surprise.

As for stocks, 38 percent of Republican millionaires expect the S&P will be up double digits this year — double the number for Democrats.

Republicans have been critical of Democrats for accepting money from the movie producer Harvey Weinstein, who was a prolific fundraiser for the party as well.

Portfolio politics — Investing - Almost three times as many Republicans plan to invest more in equities (28 percent) than Democrats (10 percent).

Cohen never worked for Trump's campaign but aided his political efforts: He set up 2012 and 2016 «Draft Trump» endeavors, helped put together Trump's diversity coalition and, despite his long - standing registration as a Democrat, threw himself into Republican fundraising.

Portfolio politics — The US economy - Republicans are twice as likely as Democrats to believe the S&P 500 will go up in 2017 (77 percent vs. 38 percent).

- Republicans are twice as likely to decrease precious metals holdings (13 percent) compared to Democrats (6 percent).

Quite apart from the merits of the allegations, the Democrats are anxious to be seen as tougher on harassment to sharpen their profile in next week's special election in Alabama, where Republican candidate Roy Moore still leads opinion polls despite facing multiple unsavory allegations of his own.

Sony decided to release the film after U.S. President Barack Obama, as well as such Hollywood luminaries as George Clooney and Republicans and Democrats in Washington, raised concerns that Hollywood was setting a precedent of self - censorship.

What remains to be seen is if the tax bill will end up being a better bet for Republicans than the health care bill was for Democrats — who lost control of Congress largely as a result.

Republicans said they wanted to release the document to promote transparency and hold law enforcement accountable, but Democrats have characterized it as a thinly veiled attempt to distract the public and discredit the agencies investigating the president and his associates.

Democrats accused Republicans of selective amnesia, as Kirstjen Nielsen testified under oath that she «did not hear» Trump use a certain vulgarity to describe African countries.

«Republicans always wanted to raise spending on defense, Democrats wanted to raise spending on the rest of the discretionary budget across the board, and Republicans supported increased spending on a lot of those line items as well.»

It was Ronald Reagan who said «mistakes were made» when referring to the Iran - Contra scandal in his 1987 State of the Union address, but Democrats and Republicans alike, as well as some CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, have used this verbal dodge to escape responsibility.

WASHINGTON — House Democrats, frustrated by what they see as GOP inaction and with an eye on midterm elections, on Tuesday held the first of what they hope to be several interviews with witnesses who have not been interrogated in the Republican - led Russia investigations.

A version of the bill overwhelmingly passed the House last year before getting stuck as Senate Republicans and Democrats dueled over funding specifics and certain controversial provisions.

Negotiations look set to be fraught, as Republicans and Democrats alike will attempt to resolve a series of legislative issues by attaching other agenda items to the must - pass bill.

Democrats identify government dysfunction as a greater risk to the economy than Republicans.

It will be the nation's first special congressional election since Trump's win, and Democrats view it as their best chance to flip the seat representing the heavily Republican 4th District in southern Kansas.

«These are serious things,» said Wheeler, who steps down Friday as Republican Donald Trump replaces Democrat Barack Obama as president.

While the ramifications of a Republican Senate and House of Representatives (which was never really within the Democrats» grasp) may seem trivial compared to having Trump as commander in chief, it's not.

Democrats have embraced the issue, while Republican congressional leaders and Trump haven't moved to adopt measures such as ending assault - weapon sales.

«If Mr. Trump is unable to reverse the trend towards increasing social polarization, U.S. democracy will be at greater risk of further deterioration,» the EIU said in its report, referring to the extreme divides between Republicans and Democrats on issues such as immigration and environmental regulation.

Separately, Democrats and Republicans are also clashing as a deadline approaches for boosting the government's $ 16.7 trillion borrowing limit.

BOSTON (Reuters)- Combative Maine Governor Paul LePage said on Tuesday he would consider resigning as he faces a wave of criticism from both fellow Republicans and rival Democrats after leaving a lawmaker a profanity - filled voicemail last week.

As Republicans and Democrats lock horns in Washington over tax thresholds, small business owners say they just need some clarity.

The Trump Administration has pointed to Comey's handling of the Clinton investigation as reasons for his termination, but Democrats (and some Republicans) have questioned Trump's motives and timing.

The budget frames Obama's opening offer as Democrats and Republicans head toward an inevitable clash.

So the pre-election Republican position, backed by allies such as the Chamber of Commerce, to extend all of the tax cuts and postpone all of the spending cuts until the leaders work out a deal is not likely to win over many Democrats, who seem more inclined to let the tax cuts expire and start from scratch next year, presumably making it harder for Republicans to resist.

Partisan disagreements on the intelligence committee have escalated over the last year as Democrats have charged that Republicans aren't taking the panel's investigation into Russian election meddling seriously enough.

How Microsoft's Brad Smith Navigates the Trump Era as the Tech Industry's «De Facto Ambassador» (GeekWire) Microsoft has a history of working with (and financially supporting) Republicans and Democrats in roughly equal measure, like many blue chip companies.