Sentences with phrase «as democrats held»

Governors races in New Jersey and Virginia dropped off the list as Democrats held both in the 2005 election.

The labor - backed party has Facebook ads posting today, part of a broader effort aimed at pressuring the eight - member bloc as Democrats hold a numeric majority in the state Senate, but do not have the votes to form a governing coalition.

For board approval, the lawsuit would need to acquire at least one Democratic vote, as Democrats hold a one - seat majority on the Board of Legislators.

Not exact matches

As governor of the nation, Trump would need to surround himself with politically experienced people and be willing to work with both Democrats and Republicans who hold different opinions and values than he does in order to get things done.

- Republicans are twice as likely to decrease precious metals holdings (13 percent) compared to Democrats (6 percent).

Republicans said they wanted to release the document to promote transparency and hold law enforcement accountable, but Democrats have characterized it as a thinly veiled attempt to distract the public and discredit the agencies investigating the president and his associates.

WASHINGTON — House Democrats, frustrated by what they see as GOP inaction and with an eye on midterm elections, on Tuesday held the first of what they hope to be several interviews with witnesses who have not been interrogated in the Republican - led Russia investigations.

The Maryland Democrat highlighted that Flynn still held an authorized security clearance during the 18 - day period from when acting Attorney General Sally Yates informed the White House that he could possibly be blackmailed by Russia until he was fired last February, while Kushner maintains his security clearance even as he has had to amend the application form on several occassions for omitting contacts with foreign sources.

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.

Carole James and the New Democrats have been calling for the HST referendum to be held as soon as possible, in order to bring certainty for B.C. families, businesses, and investors.

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.

This holds true not just for the Democrats» standing today at the national level, but at the state level as well, where Republicans gained control of at least seven new governorships and fourteen state legislative chambers, giving them their highest total of state legislative chambers since the 1920s.

Eighteen candidates are vying for a U.S. House seat in central Ohio that Republicans have held for 35 years and Democrats now see as competitive.

«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.

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.

Conference lawmakers on Thursday held a fundraiser, attended by Cuomo and Shelley Mayer, a Democrat running in Westchester County's 37th Senate district, as well as Luis Sepulveda, who is running for a Bronx seat.

Unless, of course, the timeline for holding said thankless job was short, thanks to the national ambitions of the No. 1 — either as a candidate for president or a cabinet contender if a Democrat other than himself — like, say, Hillary Clinton — wins in 2016.

As a result, the majority of seats that year were and are held by Democrats.

The conference announced the plans to hold the hearings as Senate Republicans continue to negotiate the details of the state's $ 154 billion budget plan with Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Democrats.

And while a progresive online insurgency has helped hold Democrats» feet to the liberal fire, blogger - favored candidates have not fared as well overall.

Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. held his third press conference in as many days to declare his innocence and slam AG Andrew Cuomo for his ongoing probe into the embattled Bronx Democrat and his nonprofit, Soundview Healthcare Network.

Watching from outside the GOP conference, Senate Democrats in WNY saw the move as a lifeline for Skelos to hold on to some kind of power.

More frequently, it was Bruno siding with his fellow Republican, former Gov. George Pataki, against the speaker, who saw it as it duty as the lone Democrat in the room to hold out as long as possible on all manner of liberal and downstate priorities.

The vacancies include six seats in the Democratic - controlled Assembly and the Senate seat held by Democrat Eric Adams, who is leaving the chamber to take ofice as the next Brooklyn borough president.

As Labour MPs voted with Tories, the Liberal Democrats claimed that the two parties were «holding hands towards a hard Brexit».

Even if this latest peace deal between Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins and IDC Leader Jeff Klein holds when lawmakers return to Albany after the Easter / Passover break next week, and even if the Democrats win both the April 24 special elections (the Westchester County race is really the deciding factor there, since the Bronx seat seems a safe bet), the Republicans will still have control of the chamber as long as Felder, a conservative Democrat, continues to caucus with them.

At AKPD Message and Media, Del Cecato helped devise winning media and communications strategies for clients such as President Barack Obama, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (the first Democrat to be re-elected NYC Mayor in 32 years), Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, former Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx (who later served as U.S. Secretary of Transportation), Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, Columbus Mayor Andy Ginther, and Nassau County Executive Laura Curran (the first woman to hold that post in Nassau County).

Democrats already control the Assembly and hold the offices of governor, comptroller and attorney general, leaving the Senate as the GOP's last bastion in Albany.

Sergio Rodriguez isn't daunted by the odds of running for mayor as a Republican in a city where Democrats hold a seven - to - one enrollment edge.

When it's happened in the past, even when the Democrats have held a big registration advantage, it happened at the end of Cuomo, for instance, the last Cuomo when he was running for a fourth term, and George Pataki ran as kind of an outsider and an independent.

Mike, perhaps rather than reading a couple of fringe blogs by right - libertarians (and even those don't hold the opinions you're attributing to them, but often talk about alternative economic ideas like a citizens» income) who are about as representative of mainstream Liberal Democrat thought as Tony Benn is of Labour, you should look at sites like http://socialliberal.net/, which more or less represents the mainstream of the party.

As NPR has reported previously, Democrats hold fewer elected offices nationwide than at any time since the 1920s.

The outspending to Democrats reflects the party's dominance in both the city council (where it now has 48 of the 51 seats), as well as the state assembly (where Democrats hold 102 of the 150 seats), Mr. Sheinkopf said.

Sliwa called it «ironic» that Molinaro had Pagones as his «body man» while the same day at a nearby hotel, the Rev. Al Sharpton, who advised Brawley, was holding his National Action Network conference that attracted virtually all of the state's top Democrats.

Ultimately, this Vision will help NKD - as well as our partners - craft campaigns, develop policy platforms, and hold elected Democrats accountable, based on a broad, collective voice from across Brooklyn.

Meanwhile, smaller parties such as the Greens, the Liberal Democrats, the UK Independence Party (UKIP) and the Scottish National Party (SNP) could hold the balance of power in a hung parliament after May 2015.

So, this seems to be a safer move: Focus on the Senate, which everyone agrees is desperate for improvement, as far as reform and ethics goes, while also preserving a relationship with the Democrat who is widely expected to be the next governor of New York — a guy whose team doesn't truck with disloyalty and is known to hold political grudges.

The Democrat who ousted Sen. Frank Padavan (R - Bellerose) from the seat he held for nearly four decades, Avella has unofficially begun his stint as an Albany legislator.

Now, a number of Democrats are looking to continue their party's hold — including lawmakers such as Steve Stern and Charles Lavine, and North Hempstead Councilwoman Anna Kaplan, according to Newsday.

Republican Claudia Tenney continues to hold a small lead over Democrat Kim Myers as independent candidate

Mr. Smith held a news conference in the early evening, denouncing the Republican maneuver as «scurrilous» and insisting that the Democrats were still in charge.

Cannon described Colorado as a state where Democrats had the best chances of flipping the legislature — where President Obama did well in 2008, Democrats held the Senate by five votes, and Republicans held the House by just a one - vote margin.

Curran, who will be sworn in Jan. 1 as Nassau's first female county executive — and only the third Democrat ever to hold the office — beat Martins by nearly 8,000 votes in Tuesday's election, according to unofficial results.

Membership of the Liberal Democrats rose from 45,000 to 61,000 [93] as the party prepared to hold its 2015 party leadership ballot.

This includes fixed terms for five years (when average time between elections has been four); the vote to dissolve parliament before calling a general election requiring 55 per cent support in the House of Commons (meaning the Liberal Democrats can not withdraw their support from the Tories and cause a general election as the Lib - Dems, Labour and other parties altogether hold less than 55 per cent of the seats); and stuffing the House of Lords with many more Conservatives and Liberals to weaken opposition there.

The Liu - Avella battle is one of the most closely - watched primaries taking place next month, as Albany insiders wait to see if the truce between the IDC and regular Democrats holds.

The GOP leaders also invoke the name of Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown, which is kind of ironic, since Blakeman frequently holds him up as proof that a little - known, under - funded Republican can win in an overwhelmingly blue state against a well - known and well - funded Democrat.

The ongoing detente between mainline Senate Democrats and the Cuomo administration continued on Tuesday as Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins and Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul held a joint rally in support of Planned Parenthood.

Democrats feel confident, however, they can nab seats in Buffalo and on Long Island, as well as hold the district in Westchester where Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer is retiring.

As a result, today's meeting, which also heard from Lord Levy's Conservative and Liberal Democrat counterparts, Lord Marland and Lord Razzall, was held in private.