Sentences with phrase «as democrats who»

The calls for charter - school accountability come as Democrats who support the market and data - based movement that's become known as «education reform» seek to define themselves against Republicans who see charters as a privatizing alternative to vouchers.

Cuomo said during a radio interview on Wednesday that he was hoping for a broader increase — he was at best a passive supporter, as Democrats who dominate the Assembly led the legislative push for a wage hike in 2012 and 2013 — but that fast - food workers were an «egregious» situation and he would be «proud» to take an interim step.

But Paterson today argues that not too much should be read into the Teachout - Wu campaign's marshaling the Cuomo dissenters enrolled as Democrats who were interested enough in the less - than -10-percent turnout primary to vote.

The Independent Democratic Conference, a group of eight state senators elected as Democrats who have lent their support to Senate Republicans, are facing escalating backlash from advocates around the state — some of whom are paying more attention to local politics in the face of a Donald Trump presidency.

The Independent Democratic Conference, a group of eight state senators elected as Democrats who have lent their support to Senate Republicans, are fac

Spokespeople for Republicans in the Senate as well as Democrats who dominate the Assembly declined to comment on the report.

Senators elected as Democrats who vote for a Republican Majority Leader are traitors to the party — pure and simple — and should be expelled from the party and never given the opportunity to run on a Democratic line again.

Tenant advocates say that with less than a week left in the session, Cuomo has very few remaining chances to establish credibility as a Democrat who supports progressive causes.

Elected as a Democrat who warned he might caucus with the Republicans, Felder is now the crucial vote that makes...

He's a Republican running as a Democrat who tried to get the Conservative and Independence Party lines.

The governor hosted a fund - raising event for Mr. Jeffries's congressional campaign in November, praising the congressman, according to attendees, as a Democrat who knows how to get things done.

Not exact matches

Democrats will face their toughest odds on codifying DACA, the Obama - era immigration program that shields from deportation more than 700,000 unauthorized immigrants who entered the US as minors.

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.

Milrad said he saw the populist rhetoric as a sign that Clinton «has been listening» to backers such as himself who want her to embrace some of the economic policies pushed by Senator Elizabeth Warren, a hero of liberal Democrats.

Republicans have been critical of Democrats for accepting money from the movie producer Harvey Weinstein, who was a prolific fundraiser for the party as well.

What remains to be seen is if the tax bill will end up being a better bet for Republicans than the health care bill was for Democrats — who lost control of Congress largely as a result.

Perry, who also ran for president in the 2012, making much of his five years in the U.S. Air Force, was first elected to the Texas House of Representatives as a Democrat 1984, but he switched party affiliations in 1990.

«President Obama clearly has a bye on this because, simply as a Democrat, he was elected by people who would normally be outraged.»

Tim Phillips, the President of Americans for Prosperity who was presenting with Seidel, noted that Democrats only need to gain 24 seats in the House of Representatives to regain the majority — and he views 80 seats as competitive.

Democrats grappling with the shock of Hillary Clinton's loss to Donald Trump are also beginning to turn their attention to 2020, and pondering who could defeat Trump as he vies for reelection.

It was Ronald Reagan who said «mistakes were made» when referring to the Iran - Contra scandal in his 1987 State of the Union address, but Democrats and Republicans alike, as well as some CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, have used this verbal dodge to escape responsibility.

For Democrats, who traditionally rely on young voters as a core part of their coalition, the picture isn't much prettier.

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.

Harris, who ran and lost as a Democrat for statehouse in 1990, recalled that Gowdy once strolled into a Spartanburg courtroom wheeling a rolling bookcase at the start of a drug - trafficking trial.

Sue Mintor, who ran against Scott as a Democrat, was a former transportation secretary for Shumlin and would have likely maintained the relationships Shumlin forged with Canada — with Scott's governorship, those cross-border ties are now up in the air.

«These are serious things,» said Wheeler, who steps down Friday as Republican Donald Trump replaces Democrat Barack Obama as president.

Eric Brammer, 30, an information technology specialist from Roanoke, Virginia, who describes himself as Democrat, said he expects tensions to continue over Russia's support of the government of President Bashar Assad in civil war - wracked Syria, where the U.S., Britain and France last week launched missile strikes against Syrian chemical weapons facilities.

These are not views shared by the Liberal Democrats, who see last night's result as their biggest chance of recovery since their electoral wipe out last year.

So the pre-election Republican position, backed by allies such as the Chamber of Commerce, to extend all of the tax cuts and postpone all of the spending cuts until the leaders work out a deal is not likely to win over many Democrats, who seem more inclined to let the tax cuts expire and start from scratch next year, presumably making it harder for Republicans to resist.

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.

«This is a sham lawsuit about a bogus Russian collusion claim filed by a desperate, dysfunctional, and nearly insolvent Democratic Party,» said Brad Parscale, Campaign Manager of Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. «With the Democrats» conspiracy theories against the President's campaign evaporating as quickly as the failing DNC's fundraising, they've sunk to a new low to raise money, especially among small donors who have abandoned them.

The SEC has been under mounting pressure by Democrats, like Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and unions such as the AFL - CIO, who support the rule and have lamented delays in its adoption.

As Shahien Nasiripour and Tom Braithwaite recount in the Financial Times, this has created some bizarre political marriages, such as that between Louisiana Republican Senator David Vitter and Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown, who are pushing for a bill that imposes rules so stringent on the big banks it would likely force them to break themselves uAs Shahien Nasiripour and Tom Braithwaite recount in the Financial Times, this has created some bizarre political marriages, such as that between Louisiana Republican Senator David Vitter and Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown, who are pushing for a bill that imposes rules so stringent on the big banks it would likely force them to break themselves uas that between Louisiana Republican Senator David Vitter and Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown, who are pushing for a bill that imposes rules so stringent on the big banks it would likely force them to break themselves up.

Fox News «had a man on this morning who was a Democrat his whole life, he voted as a Democrat, but he voted for — I say «us,» I don't say «me» — he voted for us in the last election 2016,» Trump told supporters at the packed Covelli Centre.

I think she is astonishingly good in terms of running the Congress and as a Democratic leader,» Steyer, who is also from California, said after being asked whether Pelosi should remain the House Democrats» leader.

«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.

Cummings said in the letter, which he wrote with the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Eliot Engel, that «it appears that General Flynn violated federal law by omitting this trip and these foreign contacts from his security clearance renewal application in 2016 and concealing them from security clearance investigators who interviewed him as part of the background check process.»

Manchin, a moderate Democrat who has been touted as a possible member of Trump's cabinet, is scheduled to see Trump in New York on Monday.

The results seemed to align mostly along political party lines, but with a twist: while consumers who affiliated as Democrats felt more positive about the brands, Republicans didn't change their perception, and independents actually steered negative.

Trump also echoed Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat who fiercely attacked him this week, in attacking what's known as the investor - state dispute - settlement procedure.

It proved a good move for the Conservatives, who gained 25 seats and formed a new minority government, as well as for the New Democrats, who added 10 MPs.

Democrats wasted no time quickly outlining their top three priorities: background checks, the ability to take guns away from those who pose a «clear danger,» and at least a debate on banning assault weapons such as the AR - 15 used at the Florida high school.

Assembly Democrats, citing recent job losses at employers such as Oscar Mayer in Madison, are calling on Republicans who control the Legislatu...

In a speech at the Magnolia Springs Baptist Church, Moore said he was being attacked by «the Democrats who push a liberal agenda,» as well as «the Washington establishment.»

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.

Trump's controversial picks for CIA and Veterans Affairs are a perfectly timed gift to Democrats who argue nominees need as much time as possible for review, not less.

It's unclear what the impact of the Nunes memo will be, as Republicans and Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee, who have already seen the memo, strongly disagree on its implications.

The rhetoric worked well, though, on Democrats who worried about minority access to credit as well as on Republicans who embraced George W. Bush's «ownership society.»

Bipartisan calls for Facebook to testify on Capitol Hill intensified Monday as Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat who is influential on technology issues, sent a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg demanding answers about alleged abuse of user data.

As that might suggest, this is more of a partisan issue than a securities regulation matter, even though the Democrat's academic enablers (you know who you are) insist it's just about good policy.