Sentences with phrase «republicans voting against the measure»

The vote was 137 - 10, with only some Republicans voting against the measure.

The bill passed by a vote of 81 - 17, with three Democrats and 14 Republicans voting against the measure.

Not exact matches

A vote on the measure was delayed for hours after Democrats revolted against provisions to roll back part of the Dodd - Frank financial reform law and allow more big money political donations, while conservative Republicans objected because the measure did not block funds for Obama's immigration order.

In a 51 - 49 vote following party lines, the Senate approved its version of the tax reform bill during a marathon session, with only one Republican, Tennessee Senator Bob Corker, voting against the measure.

But 18 Republicans voted against it over objections to gun control measures they believe violate the Second Amendment.

Romney's 2012 vote total is probably a good measure of how many people are willing to vote for a personally decent, strongly qualified, merely pro-business Republican against an Obama - style liberal under ambiguous economic conditions.

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.

The 30 - member Senate Republican conference is poised to vote en masse against the bill that would keep state parks open and also has issues with a measure that would boost the charter cap from 200 to 460, GOP sources confirm.

Cuomo — who has also vowed to work against the re-election of Faso and a half - dozen other Republican members of Congress who oppose gun control measures — said Faso's personal «no» vote on did not get him off the hook.

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.

In the Assembly, one of the votes against the measure was Republican Assemblyman Andy Goodell, the cousin of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

BP lobbied against the measure, which narrowly passed the Senate in a party - line vote with all the Republicans voting «no.»

Kolb had said he was going to vote against the measure earlier in the day, but as the governor phoned, the 32 Republicans in the Senate were leading the way to its unanimous approval in that chamber.

Other New York Republicans, including U.S. Rep. John Faso, mentioned the state and local tax deduction as the main reason why they voted against the measure.

All of the state's Democrats in the House of Representatives and seven of the Republicans voted against a budget measure that clears the way for a vote on tax overhaul, citing concerns over eliminating the state and local tax deductions.

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.

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.

Cuomo noted that Zeldin opposed the SAFE Act when he was a member of the Senate Republican conference, and has voted against gun control measures since arriving in Congress.

But as of late yesterday, roughly 30 Republicans had said they either would vote against the measure or had not made up their minds.

Rep. John Katko, a Republican from a top - tier battleground swing district in central New York, was one of two GOP lawmakers from New York's delegation to vote against the measure.

Only six members of the council voted against the measure, including Democrats Dan Garodnick, David Greenfield, Paul Vallone, and the Republican members Vincent Ignizio, Steven Matteo, Eric Ulrich.

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.

He's also seemed to establish a record as a Republican moderate, even sometimes being among a small handful of members voting against measures supported by the rest of his party.

It has come under widespread criticism from Democrats and helped prompt some moderate House Republicans to vote against the measure.

Earlier this year, every Republican in the chamber as well as Democratic Senator Ted O'Brien voted against the measure, which fell two votes short of passage.

In the end, all of the House Democrats in New York voted against the measure, as did Republicans Peter King, Lee Zeldin, John Faso and Elise Stefanik.

But at the same time, Faso took a more direct shot Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, two of the state's most prominent Democrats who have vocally opposed the measure and pushed Republicans in marginal House seats like Faso's to vote against it.

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

The measure known as «skinny repeal» failed early Friday morning with three Republican members of the U.S. Senate voting against it.

Senate Republicans spokesman Scott Reif said the vote blocking the measure was not a vote against the issue itself, but the Democrats» method of pushing for a vote.

The Obama administration helped negotiate the deal, and pressured Democrats in the House and Senate to vote against a promised Republican measure that would prevent the U.S. from participating in the framework arrangement.

But all Republican Senators present voted against the measure, as did two Democrats — Simcha Felder of Brooklyn and Ted O'Brien of Rochester.

The 30 Republicans in the Senate have voted as a bloc against most of the year's budget measures.

Eight Assembly lawmakers — two Democrats and six Republicans — voted against Gov. Andrew Cuomo's tax overhaul measure.

Malliotakis has consistently voted against several progressive measures that have repeatedly passed the overwhelmingly Democratic Assembly, but were blocked in the Republican - controlled Senate, such as increasing the minimum wage and paid family leave.

But the proposed measure could be a useful tool for gay marriage opponents to use on potential fence - sitters in the Senate Republican conference, which so far has voted as a bloc against expanding the state definition of marriage.

But part of that hope was dashed hours later, when the Republican - controlled House voted 71 - 36 along party lines against bringing up a bill that would ban assault weapon sales and magazines of more than seven rounds, all but killing the measure for the year.

The same day, the Republican - controlled state House of Representatives voted against holding a debate over a bill to ban assault - style rifles, making it unlikely the Legislature will consider such a measure before its session ends March 9.

Only 12 Republicans — mostly from high - tax states where some taxpayers stand to see higher bills — voted against the measure.

In the House, only 12 Republicans — all but one of them from those three states — voted against the measure.