Sentences with phrase «republicans supported the measure»

Seventeen Republicans supported the measure; three Democrats voted against it.

The 50 - to - 46 Senate vote was split largely along party lines, although five Republicans supported the measure and eight Democrats...

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Senate Republicans are poised to approve a budget measure that would help them pass tax legislation without Democratic support.

(Earlier this summer, he hosted a fundraiser for Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, suggesting some measure of support for both parties.)

He was hesitant to support entitlement reform measure during a press conference with Republican leaders at their Camp David policy summit.

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.

While most Americans, Democratic lawmakers, and President Donald Trump have shown support for increased gun control measures like more thorough background checks, many Republican lawmakers continue to oppose any new gun regulations.

Many Democrats support stronger background checks, which a great number of Republican lawmakers also support, banning bump stocks and other measures.

If you look at the polling, support for gun control, depending on which specific measure respondents are asked about, can be very high among both Democrats and Republicans.

Meadows said Thursday he would like a measure that would index the debt limit to growth in the economy; another conservative leader, Rep. Mark Walker (N.C.) of the Republican Study Committee, said this week that he would support efforts to constrain Medicaid spending.

Today, even some Republican lawmakers who seem open to modest gun - control measures don't support the ban or even heavy regulation of the guns.

The White House ultimately dropped the demand that the legislation include wall funding, and a coalition of Republicans and Democrats approved a bill in May that looked similar to spending measures that had been supported by the Obama administration.

That means finding a measure that wins over moderates, does enough for hard - line conservatives and — barring any Democratic support — loses support from no more than three Republicans senators in the process.

Chemical safety reform is not a Democratic or Republican issue, it is a common - sense issue and I look forward to building bipartisan support for this measure.»

Some lawmakers in the Republican conference have announced support for gun control measures back by Democrats, suggesting a compromise is possible on the issue.

Cuomo had endorsed or offered to support two Republicans in 2012 who had voted in favor of the measure: Sen. Stephen Saland, who lost a three - way race, and Sen. Roy McDonald, who had retained the Independence Party line after losing his primary, but ultimately declined to compete in the general election.

Last week, during a meeting with lawmakers, he seemed to express support for universal background checks — among other gun control measures — a move made on live TV that stunned his fellow Republicans.

Senate Democrats are trying to push the Republican majority into supporting a host of ethics reform measures and are attempting to force the issue by using a Senate rule to get a hearing on the matter.

Though the measure on the state level is backed by Silver and broad support from voters according to polls, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said increasing it this year would be far too difficult to pass the Republican - led Senate.

Veteran reporter Joe Mahoney reported on efforts to enact early voting, «no - excuse» absentee voting, pre-registration for teenagers, and other measures championed by Kavanagh that have gained support in the Assembly but have not been acted upon by the Republican - controlled State Senate.

«Some items may come on the agenda that may not be traditionally Republican - supported measures, but that doesn't mean that anyone is going to be, and they won't be, required to support a specific measure,» DeFrancisco said.

Earlier this month, he voted against a Republican - supported measure attacking a United Nations» resolution that censured the Jewish State for its settlement activity in the West Bank.

During a debate in the New York State Senate on enhanced school safety measures, Democrats asked the Republican majority to support a bill to ban teachers from having guns in schools.

The Republican - controlled Senate on Friday approved a measure that would bring ride - hailing apps to upstate New York, but the bill remains on «life support» in the Democratic - led Assembly.

Most of the measures have majority support and the backing of Republican voters, including the millionaires» tax extension.

The money comes to New York as three Republican state senators who crossed party lines in 2011 and supported the measure, face re-election and primary challenges on Thursday: Sens. Mark Grisanti, Stephen Saland and Roy McDonald.

A week that U.S. Senate Republicans had hoped would mobilize conservatives and shore up support for their measure to repeal the Affordable Care Act instead ended with eroding enthusiasm, as usually reliable Republican senators from red states blanched at its impact on rural communities.

They will either have to defy their Republican allies by supporting the protocol - snubbing maneuver or vote down gun - safety measures they endorsed just a day earlier.

Republican senators, some of whom support abortion rights, have said in the past that there's no need to approve abortion rights measures because Roe v. Wade was not in jeopardy.

(His immediate predecessor, Michael Bloomberg, was a lifelong Democrat who ran as a Republican in 2001 and became unaffiliated with any party in 2007, and is frequently invoked by Republicans for supporting gun control measures.)

The June 24 vote came down to four Republican senators from upstate New York who voted in support of the measure, but the debate had been fought in Queens for years.

Asked if Mr. Cuomo, the beneficiary of large donations from the real estate industry, has done enough to lobby and pressure the Republican - controlled State Senate to join the Democrat - dominated Assembly in supporting those measures, Mr. Rangel's answer was firmly negative.

In Albany, lawmakers have been debating a variety of measures that seek to reduce gun violence or bolster school security, ranging from bans on bump stocks supported by Democrats and some Republicans to GOP - led efforts to expand school resource officers at schools in New York.

Murphy said he would have supported the measure and got slammed for it, but Tedisco dodged and weaved for weeks — largely because he was caught between the interests of the district and the national Republicans, who were against the bill.

If campaign contributions are any measure of support, Republican Richard Hanna emerged Thursday as a serious challenger to Rep. Michael Arcuri, D - Utica, in the 24th Congressional District.

Schumer has publicly expressed chagrin about the measure, saying he supports the rights of same - sex couples but also doesn't want to see Republicans walk away from the overall bill over that amendment — something Democrats in the «Gang of Eight» working on the immigration bill believe would happen.

As a result of the Democrat's filibuster over the Obama - era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration program, 60 votes were needed to pass the measure, making it impossible for Republicans to pass the continuing without at least some Democratic support.

The sudden turnaround followed twin 61 - 38 Senate votes in which Maine Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe joined in support of the $ 26.1 billion measure after Democrats agreed to pay for the costs with cuts from their own priorities, including food stamps for the poor.

The other Republican senators who supported the measure — Mark Grisanti of Buffalo, Steve Saland of Poughkeepsie and Jim Alesi of Rochester — benefitted from similar fundraising boosts.

Updated at 12:35 p.m. ET on 7/16 Washington (CNN)-- An effort to remove sexual assault cases from the military chain of command received a bipartisan boost Tuesday as conservative Republicans joined the bill's main backer, Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, to voice their support for the measure.

32 of these members would need to be present and supportive of a vote of no confidence if it had a chance of passage, and members of the I.D.C. have been vague as to whether they would support such a measure if it came to the floor, saying only that «the burden is all on» Republicans.

Cuomo has railed against the law and the New York Republicans who supported the measure.

During a debate in the New York state Senate on enhanced school safety measures Monday, Democrats asked the Republican majority to support a bill to ban teachers from having guns in schools.

After the shooting, Democrats, as well as some Republicans, said they would support measures to ban the rapid fire devices.

Newly reunited state Senate Democrats are calling on their Republican counterparts to support measures aimed at improving voter turnout in New York.

The measures have differing chances in either house: Senate Republicans have supported term limits for leadership posts in the Legislature, having enshrined the provision in their chamber's rules.

Ultimately several Republican lawmakers wound up supporting the measure.

For Republicans in the Senate, the standard talking point has been supporting nine of the 10 measures of the act, but opposing the measure aimed at codifying Roe v. Wade in state.

It would not be unusual for a Democratic lawmaker to not support the law: Buffalo Sen. Marc Pannepinto — a SAFE Act opponent — last year defeated Republican incumbent Mark Grisanti, who voted for the measure.

Following the news yesterday that two Republicans — Sen. Roy McDonald and Sen. George Maziarz — might be willing to consider supporting Sen. John Bonacic's bill that would, as the Assembly Democrats have proposed, continue the PIT increase while boosting the threshold to $ 1 million, Skelos called in to the John Gambling Show on WOR to restate his opposition to the measure.