Sentences with phrase «senate as a democrat»

Felder announced last week he would remain with the Republican conference in the Senate as Democrats retained two seats in special elections for districts in the Bronx and Westchester County.

Alcantara will join the Senate as Democrats hope to take control of the chamber and all of state government.

A substantial portion of that sum — about $ 420,000 — has been spent attacking Ted Strickland, a former governor of Ohio who is now running for the U.S. Senate as a Democrat.

On Friday, he qualified to run for the Florida Senate as a Democrat.

David Denenberg, a Nassau County legislator who's running for the Senate as a Democrat, created an elaborate narrative to justify years of fake bills, according to a lawsuit the firm Davidoff Hutcher & Citron filed Tuesday.

Monserrate, who formerly represented the Jackson Heights area in the Senate as a Democrat, was expelled in February after he was convicted of misdemeanor assault against his girlfriend, Karla Giraldo.

Tom Carper got his start way back in 2001 when he was inaugurated into the Senate as a Democrat for Delaware.

Not exact matches

Ron Wyden, top Democrat on the tax - writing Senate Finance Committee, said Democrats supported a pass - through rate for small businesses, such as «a cleaner, a garage, a restaurant.»

But while history may also be on the Democrats» side — the party in power often loses Congressional seats after a President's first two years in office, even when that President is not as controversial as the current occupant — they actually face a very difficult Senate map.

The debate over legislation to overhaul Obamacare is getting increasingly heated, with Senate Democrats reportedly planning to gum up the works in the Senate as much as possible to protest the GOP's secretive approach to drafting the legislation (there is still no bill text available).

WASHINGTON, Oct 9 - A top Senate Democrat on Tuesday said new tax revenues should go to reducing the federal deficit, not cutting tax rates, dismissing as «obsolete» a Reagan - era model of tax reform.

While Congress is in the hands of a Republican majority, getting Democrats to go along with cutting taxes for the wealthiest Americans — as is Trump's plan — will be a tough sell; while the Republicans control the Senate, the Democratic minority could filibuster bills they don't like.

A version of the bill overwhelmingly passed the House last year before getting stuck as Senate Republicans and Democrats dueled over funding specifics and certain controversial provisions.

By the end of 2017, more than 1,200 people filed to run as Democrats for seats in either the House or Senate, according to The Post.

While the ramifications of a Republican Senate and House of Representatives (which was never really within the Democrats» grasp) may seem trivial compared to having Trump as commander in chief, it's not.

Trump had kept his distance from the Senate process, but Monday night's development was a major blow for him, too, as the president failed to rally support for what has been the GOP's trademark issue for seven years, ever since Obama and the Democrats passed the Affordable Care Act.

A former chief of staff to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had the following assessment after Democrat Doug Jones defeated embattled Republican Roy Moore in the special election to fill a Senate seat in Alabama: Anyone out of the phone book — aside from Moore — would've won as a Republican.

As the House tax committee weighed amendments to a bill that Democrats have blasted as a giveaway to corporations and the rich, the Washington tax reform debate was fast shifting to the Senate, where Republicans hold only a slim majoritAs the House tax committee weighed amendments to a bill that Democrats have blasted as a giveaway to corporations and the rich, the Washington tax reform debate was fast shifting to the Senate, where Republicans hold only a slim majoritas a giveaway to corporations and the rich, the Washington tax reform debate was fast shifting to the Senate, where Republicans hold only a slim majority.

The impact of the new tax law is expected to be a major campaign issue this year, as Republicans battle Democrats for control of the House and Senate in the November election.

But the House bill is unlikely to be taken up in the Senate, where Republicans have a 52 - 48 seat majority and they need to pay heed to moderates within their own ranks as well as Democrats, lobbyists and analysts said.

As The Washington Post's Ezra Klein first noted, the reason why Democrats in the Senate lobbied for her was a different one: They didn't like Larry Summers, President Obama's initial pick, because of his perceived coziness with the big banks.

«The size of the penalties is testimony to the great damage risky derivatives bets can do, and that's important,» said Sen. Carl Levin, a Michigan Democrat who helped conduct an investigation into the London Whale trade as chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, said in a statement.

Georgia Congressman Tom Price has been cleared as the next Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services after an ugly confirmation battle which included Senate Democrats boycotting his vote by a key panel (a tactic that was rendered useless as the majority Republicans changed committee rules to push his nomination forward).

But a total repeal of Obamacare, at least in the near term, is much easier said than done, and full replacement with new comprehensive legislation seems highly unlikely at this point in time, given that 60 Senate votes will be needed to do so, and Democrats and Republicans appear as far apart as ever in coming to a consensus on a bipartisan strategy to move forward.

The Senate Finance Committee's top Democrat, Oregon's Ron Wyden, was just as dubious of Trump's plan.

In the wake of the tragic mass shooting in Las Vegas, which left 59 dead and injured hundreds more, Democrats and Republicans in both the House and Senate proposed banning bump stocks — a device the Las Vegas shooter likely used to make his semiautomatic weapon function as a fully automatic one.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- Chinese automaker GAC Automobiles» plan to sell vehicles in the United States ran afoul of Washington trade politics on Wednesday, as the top U.S. Senate Democrat and U.S. President Donald Trump separately criticized Chinese trade practices.

At a hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee — which sought to explore «bug bounty» programs that reward hackers for finding holes — Democrats and Republicans alike needled the ride - hailing company for withholding information even as it faced a federal investigation for its privacy and security practices.

In addition to the briefings, Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said he wants to hear testimony from Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, as well as Twitter Inc..

As for the Senate, the Republicans» margin of control is much slimmer (51 to 49, if we include the two independents that often vote with the Democrats).

Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said on NBC's «Meet the Press» that he questioned «the use of this really sketchy firm Cambridge Analytica,» but Facebook «blew that off» as they did other concerns over Russia's actions.

Democrats have already made it clear buybacks will be a primary attack point as they seek to sway public opinion about the tax law and take back the House and Senate in the midterms.

The measure, led by Senate Democrats such as Edward J. Markey (Mass.), has 50 of the 51 required votes to pass the Senate.

Richard Painter, a longtime Republican who was chief ethics lawyer for George W. Bush's White House, intends to run for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota this year as a Democrat, according to a filing he made recently with federal elections officials.

If the sequester happens, the most likely scenario (as I see it) is that public pressure will result in some House Republicans allying with the House Democrats and a large majority in the Senate to restore the cuts after some face saving compromise that doesn't save the Republicans much face.

Senate Democrats are moving forward with legislation to fix the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby ruling which interpreted the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) as guaranteeing closely - held private corporations the right to deny birth control coverage to women.

For those of us who grew up in a political America in which Democrats dominated Congress as a matter of course, it is stunning to note that Democrats are today numerically weaker in the House than they have been since the days of Harry Truman and in the Senate since before the Great Depression.

It seems to me that all things being equal (which they never are), the Democrats have an equal chance of losing seats in the Senate as the Republicans do in the House.

The worsening dynamic between Republicans and Cuomo could benefit Senate Democrats, who are seeking to gain a working majority in the Senate as early as the spring, pending the outcome of two special elections.

«In some ways the Assembly Democrats have been in this situation before, with George Pataki as governor and the Republicans and Joe Bruno were in charge in the Senate where we have to be the institution that up holds progressive values,» Jeffries told me.

As Knickerbocker noted earlier today, this comes on the heels of the Senate Democrats» efforts to create so - called «councils» of labor, business and LGBT leaders, offering exclusive access to members of the majority conference for the low, low price of $ 50,000 to $ 25,000.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos criticized New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday for attempting to help Democrats gain full control of the state Senate as «inappropriate.»

The federal bill that will provide New York with some $ 2.6 billion in Medicaid and education aid just passed the US Senate 61 - 39 (no surprise, as that was the same as yesterday's cloture vote in which two moderate Maine Republicans joined with the Democrats to end the GOP filibuster).

As you'll recall, the Republicans» first Senate redistricting map drew three sets of Democrats into head - to - head contests: Peralta vs. Gianaris, Eric Adams vs. Velmanette Montgomery and Avella vs. Toby Stavisky.

According to a legislative source, the two Democrats settled on the first week of August as a drop - dead deadline for reaching an agreement that would enable the Senate to pass the revenue bill — the last hurdle remaining between New York and a complete 2010 - 2011 spending plan (not to mention between lawmakers and their paychecks).

Another major issue still unresolved, according to Tom Precious of The Buffalo News: whether to drive more money to charter schools, as Senate Republicans want, or into the traditional public school systems, as Assembly Democrats insist upon.

As long as Democrats Senate candidates this year can point to all the Skelos people still employed by Flanagan, the Senate Republicans have a political millstone around their neckAs long as Democrats Senate candidates this year can point to all the Skelos people still employed by Flanagan, the Senate Republicans have a political millstone around their neckas Democrats Senate candidates this year can point to all the Skelos people still employed by Flanagan, the Senate Republicans have a political millstone around their necks.

The governor's full - throated endorsement of Gaughran in a battleground Senate district held by longtime incumbent Republican Carl Marcellino comes as Democrats hope for unexpected wins on Long Island next month, helping them to retake control of the Senate.

As you'll recall, this year's session was unusually successful from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's perspective, as he got both houses of the Legislature to agree to things their majorities had heretofore rejected (namely, the legalization gay marriage for the Senate GOP, tax cap for the Assembly Democrats and ethics reform for everyoneAs you'll recall, this year's session was unusually successful from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's perspective, as he got both houses of the Legislature to agree to things their majorities had heretofore rejected (namely, the legalization gay marriage for the Senate GOP, tax cap for the Assembly Democrats and ethics reform for everyoneas he got both houses of the Legislature to agree to things their majorities had heretofore rejected (namely, the legalization gay marriage for the Senate GOP, tax cap for the Assembly Democrats and ethics reform for everyone).

Essentially, Senate Democrats are pushing the notion that the court can still draft legislative lines itself, just as a magistrate did with the House districts.