County Executive George Latimer has always made a point to highlight his political history of working with
Republicans in a bipartisan manner, whether it was giving committee chairmanships to Republicans when he served as chairman of the BOL, or getting Republican support for his bills while in the State Senate.
Not exact matches
Smith noted that two key
Republicans — U.S. Rep. Bob Turner (R - Kew Gardens) and Councilman Eric Ulrich (R - Ozone Park)-- were at the inauguration and he called on Goldfeder to continue to lead
in a
bipartisan manner.
The lawmakers even defeated the bill
in a
bipartisan manner, with three western Democrats joining the six
Republicans, also all from western Suffolk, who opposed it.
The Senate
Republicans blasted Cuomo for putting politics ahead of governing
in a
bipartisan manner as has been done since 2011.
Robert Dillon, a spokesman for
Republicans on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, told Politico that the decision by Reid, who planned to bring the bill up for a vote without amendments, reflects the fact that «the majority leader can't work
in bipartisan manner to help the residents
in the Gulf.»