Sentences with phrase «as democrats seek»

A Kaminsky win would break the Republican hold on Long Island Senate seats as Democrats seek to gain full control of the chamber this year.

That pressure, Rascoe said, was likely to increase drastically next year when money and other resources pour into the county as Democrats seek to unseat Faso who is seen as politically vulnerable in a district where Democrats and Republicans are near evenly matched.

Senate Republicans on Wednesday sought to turn the page on the controversy even as Democrats seek an investigation.

The Senate is once again a key flashpoint in this year's down - ballot elections as Democrats seek to gain a majority eight years after losing control following a tumultuous, two - year term.

This cycle, however, criticism of Klein has been far more muted as the Democrats seek to potential strike a deal with his conference.

Crist is now running as a Democrat seeking to unseat Governor Rick Scott, who authorized this lawsuit.

Not exact matches

As Republicans and Democrats draw battle lines in the sand, small businesses seeking capital may be left in the cold.

Should he decide to run as a Democrat, which was the assumption PPP included in the question, he would have to make his way through a field likely to be loaded with leading Democratic politicians seeking to defeat Trump.

Critics have cited his past controversies and well - known platform as host of «The Jerry Springer Show» as a distraction, saying Democrats already had numerous qualified candidates seeking the position.

It's an agenda that Obama started selling in the run - up to his State of the Union address this month, and that House Democrats have sought to echo as they regroup after losing more members in the midterms.

However, Democrats remained pessimistic about a deal during the third day of the shutdown, as they sought firmer assurances that lawmakers would soon try to restore protections for people who were brought in the U.S. illegally as children.

Trump has long sought to cancel the DACA program, but hoped to use it as leverage with Democrats in exchange for additional funding for his wall.

VICTORIA — New Democrat Official Opposition Leader John Horgan and New Democrat spokesperson for labour Shane Simpson paid tribute to Jim Sinclair, who has announced he will not seek re-election as President of the BC Federation of Labour.

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.

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.

And as a committed African - American Pentecostal, I never thought I could become such dear friends with so many in the faith community - Christians and Muslims, Hindus and Jews, conservatives and liberals, Republicans and Democrats - who care first about God, and second about their neighbors, and seek to live this care out into the world.

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.

Democrats have long sought to flip Golden's district to their column, often in years that are seen as potential waves for the party.

Nick Clegg is pushing for more taxation targeting Britain's millionaires as he seeks to re-establish his authority over his bruised and battered Liberal Democrat party.

The talk of tax cuts come as New York City Mayor - elect Bill de Blasio is seeking a tax increase on the wealthy from Albany in order to fund universal pre-kindergarten, a move that faces an uncertain future at the Capitol (Assembly Democrats and IDC Sen. Jeff Klein support it, the Senate Republicans not so much and Cuomo says he wants more information on the plan).

Faso notes that Spitzer, like Cuomo, touted himself as a «different» kind of Democrat (although he didn't seek to woo disaffected Republicans and independent nearly as much as the current AG is doing), and notes the White Knight of Wall Street turned out to be not what he seemed.

McCaskill was seen as perhaps the most endangered of the Senate Democrats running for re-election this year (Gillibrand has made a point of conducting her «Off the Sidelines» campaign to elect more women to public office, a narrative that her own GOP opponent, Wendy Long, has gleefully sought to turn on its ear).

Cox deemed this latest scandal «another new low for the Democrats,» and sought — yet again — to drag former Senator - turned - AG Eric Schneiderman and DSCC Chairman Mike Gianaris into the mix as well.

Democratic leaders in the state Senate on Wednesday huddled with House Democrats to discuss control of the chamber in Albany as the party seeks a new unity pact.

And Assembly Democrats had sought an end to the GEA in the their one - house budget resolution as did the Senate GOP.

De Blasio, as you'll recall, sought to influence the outcome of the last battle for control of the state Senate, attempting to assist the Democrats in their quest to win the majority.

Democrats in the narrowly divided state Senate have sought to stake out ground opposing (or «resisting» in the parlance of the political times) the Trump administration as well as pointing out their contrasts with Republican lawmakers, who they have sought to tie to actions by the new president.

A state Senate GOP budget resolution leaves the door open for a deal on legislation that would make it easier for child sex abuse survivors to seek justice as adults, but unlike Cuomo and the Assembly Democrats, state Senate Republicans have offered no specific plan.

As Cuomo increasingly seeks to position himself at the national level, potentially with an eye on a future White House run, by embracing a host of liberal policy proposals, look for the Senate Democrats and their allies to keep up the «we could accomplish so much more together» drumbeat, even though at this point it's pretty much a done deal that the Republicans and the IDC have renewed their power - sharing relationship.

As Democrats nationwide encourage Oprah Winfrey to seek the presidency in 2020, those closest to the media mogul are sending mixed messages about her political intentions.

Those are the issues at stake for the Independent Democratic Conference in a video released Monday as the lawmakers in the breakaway bloc seek to re-affirm their support for liberal causes they believe has been lost in the pitched battle being waged by progressive advocacy groups to pressure them into forming a coalition with mainline Democrats.

Because of the highly competitive primary, Democrats have sought out edges such as endorsements from activist organizations to boost their profiles and candidacies in the bid to take on Faso.

Assembly Democrats this coming week will vote on a bill to make it easier for child sex abuse survivors to seek justice as a adults — pressuring Senate Republicans who have long blocked the measure.

At the same time, this is one of the more formalized and concerted efforts by Cuomo, harnessing the state committee that he controls, to aid Democrats who are running in down - ballot local races as he seeks another term later this year.

Over 2,000 tax inspectors are to be recruited in a bid to maximise revenue from the 50p tax, as the Liberal Democrats seek to find ways to justify keeping the tax.

Rochester Councilman Adam McFadden, who is a Democrat, is going to seek that seat as well.

One interesting issue in this scenario is whether Labour would seek to hasten a departure by Nick Clegg (as the Liberal Democrats did for Gordon Brown in 2010) and whether the context of being in government with Labour would affect the outcome of any Lib Dem leadership contest (for which Tim Farron is currently hotly tipped).

The Liberal Democrats should therefore seek to obtain fewer government posts but insist on controlling high - spending and visible government departments such as the Department for Education, the Department for International Development, the Home Office or even the Foreign Office.

Though the candidates may lack the «proper credentials» to serve as Erie County Comptroller, Buffalo News political reporter Bob McCarthy believes Democrat Kevin Gaughan and Republican incumbent Stefan Mychajliw enjoy the high name recognition sought by every political candidate

On Monday, the New York Republican Party also released a 25 - second Web ad that shows Cuomo, a Democrat seeking re-election in November, standing next to Percoco and blasts him as «the most corrupt governor in 100 years.

She is the first Republican to formally declare her challenge to Gillibrand, a Democrat seeking her second full term, as the New York Daily News reported Thursday morning.

A Siena poll in February found 58 percent of Democrats rated Cuomo's job performance as good or excellent as he seeks a third four - year term.

The five members of a breakaway group of state Senate Democrats say they will support new legislation to help adults who were sexually abused as children seek legal recourse.

Staying in Westchester, Republican county clerk candidate Mary Beth Murphy (perhaps best known to state politics junkies as the woman who lost a 2010 state Senate GOP primary to a fellow named Greg Ball) is knocking Democrat Tim Idoni for not seeking Silver's resignation.

«If it seeks to re-engage us in Europe as well, that's something Liberal Democrats will be very happy with.»

As part of the radical changes needed to deliver the fairer economic settlement that Liberal Democrats seek to implement in government, we will continue to press for measures that make the tax system simpler, more transparent and fairer.

The subpoenas were sent by the Moreland Commission to the Republican Senate Campaign Committee, as well as the campaign committees of Democrats, seeking internal documents and emails.

Senior state Democrats who have known Cuomo for decades told The Post that a speech in Buffalo last week was proof positive that the governor, once widely described as a political centrist, is seeking to use his Bernie Sanders - like «progressive» agenda of the nation's highest minimum wage and a costly family leave mandate as a springboard to the presidency.

The effect is to dump existing Liberal Democrat policy which seeks integrated education — in other words all young people to have opportunities to do vocational and academic study as part of a single curriculum..

Rep. Steve Israel, a New York Democrat who rose as a leader within his party, said late Tuesday he will not seek a ninth term in Congress.