Sentences with phrase «against senator john»

In 2008, Barack Obama won a single electoral vote in the state's Second District against Senator John McCain, though he lost it in 2012 in his more closely fought re-election race against Mitt Romney.

And, they're speaking out against Senator John Bonacic (R - Mount Hope), who they allege has blocked the bill from coming to a vote.

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On stage in Detroit, real estate mogul Donald Trump faced off against his three remaining Republican challengers in the presidential race: Senator Marco Rubio of Florida; Ted Cruz, the senator from Texas; and John Kasich, the governor oSenator Marco Rubio of Florida; Ted Cruz, the senator from Texas; and John Kasich, the governor osenator from Texas; and John Kasich, the governor of Ohio.

El Mundo, meanwhile, reported that Trump's ban could help the terrorist rhetoric against the U.S. and the Western world — an opinion also expressed by John McCain, the U.S. republican senator who told CBS News that the travel ban gives the so - called Islamic State «some more propaganda».

So much so that Arizona Senator John McCain, a longtime veteran of the Senate, rose from his sickbed and traveled to Washington to make a heartfelt speech against it.

That's on top of other Republican senators who have recently warned against a hasty Obamacare repeal sans a replacement (albeit for a range of reasons) like Kentucky's Rand Paul, Arizona's John McCain, Arkansas» Tom Cotton, and Tennessee's Lamar Alexander, who heads the influential Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee in the Senate.

Sen. Susan Collins of Maine on Monday became the third GOP senator to come out against it, following Sens. Rand Paul and John McCain.

Many Republican senators — including ranking Sens. John Thune (SD) and Orrin Hatch (UT)-- have advised the president against the action as well.

And there is speculation that other GOP senators — particularly John McCain, Bob Corker and Jeff Flake — could vote against it as well.

Here's some footage of Sen. John DeFrancisco railing against the Democrats during a debate over budget extenders yesterday for sending what he deemed «deceptive» robocalls into the districts of Republican senators.

Several key unions, including SEIU 1199, are backing the insurgent candidacies of Oliver Koppell (challenging Klein) and John Liu (challenging Tony Avella), and primary challengers are against the remaining I.D.C. senators have begun to circulate petitions.

State Senator John DeFrancisco, who's running for governor against him, blasted Cuomo on Wednesday, saying he's hiding behind photo - ops while the subway system he controls falls apart.

Democratic primary challenges were launched against IDC members this year in retaliation; it's not immediately clear if these challenges, including ex-Comptroller John Liu's bid against State Senator Tony Avella and ex-Councilman Oliver Koppell's challenge to Mr. Klein, will continue.

Governor Andrew Cuomo today endorsed State Senate challenger Dell Smitherman against incumbent senator John Sampson of Brooklyn, who is facing federal indictment on a variety of charges.

In fact the Deputy Majority Leader, Senator John DeFrancisco, appeared to take a shot at the governor when he spoke against raising the minimum wage on the Senate floor.

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But Stavisky will have to go up against fellow Democrat John Messer, a Flushing lawyer and business owner, who ran against the senator in a three - way 2010 primary for the same seat.

She is being challenged by her 2010 opponent, John Messer, (fixed), who ran as a Republican two years ago, but has since switched his enrollment and will face off against the senator in the September primary.

Ryan decided not to run, but two other Democrats have announced plans to challenge Libous: Tompkins Cortland Community College Prof. Barrett Esworthy and John Orzel, who unsuccessfully ran against the senator in 2010.

State Senator Tony Avella had less than $ 3,000 in his campaign account when John Liu launched his primary challenge against him several months ago, but the eastern Queens Democrat raised a little over $ 130,000 since to defend his seat, according to campaign filings made public this week.

The Queens organization in 2014 backed former New York City comptroller John Liu in a primary against Sen. Tony Avella, another IDC senator; Avella prevailed.

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses the WAMC Locked Box, President Donald Trump's first state of union, and Republican New York state Senator John DeFrancisco declaring to run against Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Savino and her fellow Independent Democratic Conference members all voted against the bill, as did some Republicans, such as Senator John DeFrancisco, and a handful of Democrats.

Regardless, it's thought John Liu, the former New York City comptroller, will also continue his run against Senator Tony Avella.

It's bad enough that some of our senators are acting out of petty vengeance and self - interested power struggles, but today the Post reveals that Senator John Sampson, the Democratic caucus leader who is a foe of the schools bill supported by the mayor, is actually working as a trial lawyer in a lawsuit against Joel Klein.

Ms. Farley is currently laying the groundwork to run against Senator Kirsten Gillibrand this year, and has begun assembling a campaign team, including John Brabender, a former adviser to the presidential candidate Rick Santorum, and the pollster John McLaughlin.

Last year, he endorsed former Comptroller John Liu's unsuccessful campaign against State Senator Tony Avella.

She also is running against Republican state Senator John Bonacic in the 42nd District.

In particular, he faced stiff opposition from Senate Democrats, led by Senator Bill Nelson (D — FL), and several Republicans against whom Bridenstine had campaigned, including Senators Marco Rubio (FL) and John McCain (AZ).

Not long after, Senators Edmund Muskie and Mike Gravel requested that AAAS investigate the treatment of molecular biologist John Gofman and biophysicist Arthur Tamplin, who believed that the Lawrence Berkeley Radiation Laboratory and the Atomic Energy Commission had taken reprisal actions against them for their criticism of AEC low - level radiation standards.

The Circus: Inside the Wildest Political Show on Earth, Season 2, Episode 5: John Heilemann visits Atlanta, Georgia to speak with Georgia State Senator David Perdue, as well as the citizens protesting against him.

Mention was made of Senator John Waltzer (D, North Carolina), the chair of the Armed Services Committee hearings, who was against the CIA's shadow organizations (he considered them «irrelevant at best or unconstitutional at worst») and covert intelligence operations.

Private detective Dwight (Josh Brolin) is tricked into helping out his dangerous former lover (Eva Green); a young drifter (Joseph Gordon Levitt) faces the consequences of beating Senator Roark (Powers Boothe) at the poker table; and stripper Nancy (Jessica Alba) plots her revenge against the man responsible for the death of John Hartigan (Bruce Willis).

Source: DeSmogBlog According to SourceWatch, CNS and Morano were the first source of the «Swift Boat Veterans for Truth» campaign against presidential nominee Senator John Kerry.

And a few weeks after the group was formed, ACCCE lobbied against a bill introduced by Senators Joe Lieberman and John Warner that would have mandated a 60 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

According to SourceWatch, Cybercast News Service and Morano were the first sources of the «Swift Boat Veterans for Truth» campaign against presidential nominee Senator John Kerry.

EII's John Muir Project urges you to call Democrat Party leaders — Senator Chuck Schumer (202 224-6542) and Representative Nancy Pelosi (202 225-4965)-- and your local senators today and tell them to strip this provision from the Omnibus Bill or to vote against this bill in its entirety.

After learning last fall that she had won the prize, which is given in honor of the late U.S. Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania, Steingraber thought for months before deciding to donate most of it to a new group that calls itself New Yorkers Against Fracking.

In a continuance of the renewed war against encryption, US Senator John McCain called for increased controls on encryption in light of the Paris terrorist attacks.