Sentences with phrase «republicans hold on to power»

The high - stakes fight over his seat could affect control over the Senate, where Republicans hold on to power with a coalition of Independent Democrats.

Not exact matches

Says spokesman Mike Murphy: «The Senate Republicans are showing how desperate they are to hold on to power.

The eight - member IDC is being pressured by liberals to rejoin or form an alliance with the mainline Democratic conference in the state Senate, where Republicans have a narrow hold on power.

Even before the investigations, Senate Republicans have ben deeply skeptical of de Blasio given his previous efforts to thwart their hold on power in Albany, the last vestige of GOP statewide control in New York government.

Just over one month later, the breakaway IDC announced its historic power - sharing deal with the GOP (plus Felder), which enabled the Republicans to retain a slim hold on the majority.

this was an unfair power set up by upstate Republicans to hold on to power and keep the downstate masses away from controlling the Senate.

Democrats hope to consolidate control in Albany, while Republicans are desperate to hold on to their last bastion of power.

Even today, this resistance remains key to the GOP's hold on power; the voter - suppression efforts in Republican - controlled Southern states make this clear.

As for Flanagan, «It's clear that to an embarrassing degree Flanagan is Cuomo's flunky, his most loyal ally in the Legislature, a guy who will abandon the supposed fundamental positions of his own Republican Party in order to hold on to power,» said the lobbyist, a Democrat who has worked with both leaders.

The Long Island Republican, who faces corruption charges after he surrendered to federal authorities last Monday, has a tenuous hold on power, however.

The Clean Power Plan, which was already on hold pending the results of a court challenge from Republican governors, was central to President Barack Obama's plan for meeting the emissions reductions the United States pledged as part of the Paris agreement, which updated the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Republicans this fall want to keep the mayor's office and also hold onto their supermajority on the council, an advantage that gives Democrats no power to pass or block legislation without GOP cooperation.

Senate Republicans on Wednesday expressed their commitment to hold onto the last bastion of GOP power in state government.