Sentences with phrase «republicans voted against the plan»

He has been one of the most moderate Republican members of the NY Congressional delegation — voting to raise the debt ceiling several times when more conservative Republicans voted against the plan.

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McCain joined two other Republican senators, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who voted against the bill and quashed Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's plan to upend the US healthcare system after 20 hours of debate.

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Republican Study Committee, North Carolina Rep. Mark Walker, said Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen should step down as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee for voting against the final version of the GOP tax reform plan that passed Tuesday afternoon.

Most or all of the 48 Democrats and independents in the Senate are expected to vote against a Republican tax reform plan.

Either it means that other members of his party — the finance minister, who is against the referendum — will come in and not hold a referendum at all, and try to keep Greece on the austerity plan, or there will be a fall in the government, a no - confidence vote, and people will presumably vote for the Conservative Party, which is very much like the Republican Party in the United States.

Seven New York Republicans in the House of Representatives last week voted against the Republican - backed budget plan, with several citing concerns over the end to deductions.

Despite the contentious measures in the bill for Senate Republicans such as the wage increase, the spending plan was approved 61 to 1, with only Sen. Simcha Felder voting against it.

With two Republican senators all but locked in against it and Trump exerting pressure on them to pass it, U.S. Senate leaders can not lose another vote on the health care reform bill they plan to unveil today.

Last week, Cuomo praised the seven Republicans from New York who voted against the House budget plan that paved the way for the tax reform debate.

«If they were all at once to come out and say they would vote against this plan, the Republican leadership would have two choices,» Schumer said in the call.

However, with only hours to go before an expected vote at least 35 Republicans still planned to vote against, despite last minute concessions from Mr Trump and his allies.

Although Republican legislators voted to borrow the money, all legislative Democrats, including Curran, a Baldwin legislator at the time, voted against the plan.

Republicans must keep their plan's shortfall from spilling over that $ 1.5 trillion line or the measure will lose its protection against Democratic Senate filibusters, bill - killing delays that take 60 votes to overcome.

Seven New York Republicans were among the 20 GOP members who voted against the plan.

Schreibman's television advertisement campaign targeted senior citizens and women with promises to protect Medicare and women's rights while leveling criticism against Gibson's votes in line with Republican legislation that included funding cuts for Planned Parenthood and measures that would change the way Medicare is operated.

House Speaker Paul Ryan scratched plans for a fund - raiser yesterday that was to benefit the re-election campaign of Rep. Lee Zeldin after the Long Island Republican voted against the sweeping tax overhaul that cleared the House this month.

Most Republican leaders in Alabama say they plan to vote for Moore on Tuesday, despite the sexual misconduct allegations against the former judge that have prompted others around the country to say he should never be allowed to join the U.S. Senate.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Central New York's two House members said today they voted against a secretive Republican plan to effectively do away with an independent ethics watchdog of Congress.

In a letter to the entire Minnesota congressional delegation, Pawlenty urges the three Republicans and seven Democrats to vote against the measure in its current form, saying the plan won't contain health care costs or improve quality of care.

North Country Republican Elise Stefanik (R - Wilsboro) voted against the plan, saying it didn't do enough to preserve state and local tax deductions, which the final bill capped at $ 10,000.

Also at noon, the Hudson Valley Area Labor Federation holds a rally to urge Rep. John Faso to vote against the Republican tax reform plan, 721 Broadway, Kingston.

Earlier this month, Katko voted against Republican - led bills to repeal the Affordable Care Act and defund Planned Parenthood.

Cuomo and Schumer are calling on four New York Republican House members — Claudia Tenney, John Faso, John Katko and Elise Stefanik, who have all expressed reservations about the provision — to vote against the tax plan.

Long Island's congressional delegation, including Republican Reps. Peter King of Seaford and Lee Zeldin of Shirley, said they plan to vote against the final bill because it caps the deduction at $ 10,000.

Deacon also chastised Katko for sticking with the Republican Party on a number of issues, like voting to defund Planned Parenthood and voting against bringing a bill to the House floor that would have banned people on the suspected terrorist watch list from purchasing guns.

Against his potential Republican opponents, Cuomo leads each of them by more than two to one, and nearly half of the statewide electorate reports they definitely plan to vote for the incumbent Cuomo in 2018.

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan scratched plans for a fund - raiser on Wednesday that was to benefit the re-election campaign of Representative Lee M. Zeldin after Mr. Zeldin, a Republican from Long Island, voted against the sweeping tax overhaul that cleared the House this month.

Faso, whose district includes parts of the Capital Region, Hudson Valley and Catskills region, is the second Upstate Republican to say he intends to vote against the tax plan.

But it is unclear whether there are enough votes to approve the plan in the State Senate, where Republicans have threatened to vote against any emergency budget bill that includes tax increases and some Democrats oppose efforts to collect taxes on cigarettes sold by the tribes.

Earlier today, House Republican leadership recessed debate on Kline's No Child plan, the Student Success Act, without so much as a vote on the full bill after conservative true - believers within the caucus threatened to vote against it.

For example, Republican Rep. Chris Gibson, a moderate from New York who voted against the bill in 2013, said Thursday he plans to do so again.