Sentences with phrase «as a democrat with»

«I'm really upset as a Democrat with that vote,» Harrison said.

Scott Comegys, an alpaca farmer, comes into the race as a Democrat with no prior political experience.

Santorum's toast unless he changes his name to Casey and runs as a Democrat with Benedict XVI gigging for him.

Tainted, weakened and dressed down, the IDC may crawl forward, but they will do so having been exposed, with very few New Yorkers referring to them as Democrats with a straight face.

She seemingly believes that her designation as a Democrat with the support of the Ramapo political machine is all she needs to continue to occupy a seat in the county legislature.

She says she recently de-registered as a Democrat with her state election board.

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Amid speculation that her reign as top House Democrat could be coming to an end, Republican operatives were jumping with joy on Tuesday when Pelosi announced she is not going anywhere.

The FBI is investigating whether Donald Trump's associates coordinated with Russian officials in an effort to sway the 2016 presidential election, Director James Comey said Monday in an extraordinary public confirmation of a probe the president has refused to acknowledge, dismissed as fake news and blamed on Democrats.

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).

Overall, the reaction seemed largely divided along partisan lines, with Republicans backing it and Democrats opposing it — with some exceptions — despite the fact that infrastructure was once touted by both parties as something that could be a bipartisan initiative.

Speaking to The Irish Times, Kenny said, «European leaders need to be over here talking to Republicans, Democrats and the administration about what membership of the European Union means and the relationship that it can have with as powerful an entity as the United States.»

Of the companies included in the survey, such as Enterprise - Rent - a-Car, Alamo, and MetLife, more Democrats said they had a better opinion of these companies after finding out that they had cut ties with the NRA.

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.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday gathered with senators on the chamber's tax - writing committee — including Democrats — as the GOP crafts a plan it hopes to pass this year.

«Feeding people's «likes» into an algorithm, information hidden in the lists of favorites predicted whether someone was white or African American with 95 % accuracy, whether they were a gay male with 88 % accuracy, and even identified participants as a Democrat or Republican with 85 % accuracy.

Within a framework of sustainable development — including a cap - and - trade system and thorough environmental assessments — New Democrats would prioritize our own energy security and with it the creation of high - paying, value - added jobs, refining and upgrading our own natural resources right here in Canada — just as other resource - rich developed nations like Norway already have.

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.

Now Democrats are using that theme, with executives as the villains.

Ashley Schapitl, a spokeswoman for Dianne Feinstein of California, the top Democrat on the committee, said the senator is working with the Justice and Treasury departments to get technical assistance as the bill moves forward.

Trump's base - oriented approach to policymaking and messaging could make future collaboration with Democrats all the more difficult as soon as Friday, when the government will shut down if a funding deal in Congress can't be reached.

As the internet market progressed, though, many liberals and Democrats in Washington became increasingly concerned with what they saw as the potential anticompetitive behavior of those ISPAs the internet market progressed, though, many liberals and Democrats in Washington became increasingly concerned with what they saw as the potential anticompetitive behavior of those ISPas the potential anticompetitive behavior of those ISPs.

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.

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.

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.

Kushner has been one of the Democrats» main targets, with efforts made to obtain emails from a private address he used while in the White House as well as to strip him of his security clearance.

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.

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.

Do you have any concern that you as an organization, or the Democrats as a party, continue to have a problem with arrogance, with looking down on people elsewhere on the political spectrum

And several Democrats said recent conversations with Springer, as well as his schedule, suggested he seemed to be more seriously interested in running this time than in years past.

Internet service providers clashed with Democrats and celebrities like «Star Wars» actor Mark Hamill ahead of a vote this week as the battle over net neutrality stretched from Hollywood to Washington.

How Microsoft's Brad Smith Navigates the Trump Era as the Tech Industry's «De Facto Ambassador» (GeekWire) Microsoft has a history of working with (and financially supporting) Republicans and Democrats in roughly equal measure, like many blue chip companies.

Rep. Adam Schiff (D - CA) looks on as fellow Democrats speak about recent revelations about President Donald Trump's involvement with Russia on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. May 17, 2017.

«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.

Painting the Keystone as something that would simply enable Canadian exports with no obvious economic benefit for Americans has a better chance of resonating with blue - collar Democrats than anything to do with green - house gas emissions.

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.

She also grew up in a political family, with her mother having worked as a legislative aide to a Tennessee Democrat her father as chief of staff to a Congressman from Connecticut, according to Heavy.

The slip - up came after Democrats in both chambers called for extensive investigations into Flynn's relationship with Russia, as well as the country's meddling in the 2016 election.

More than four out of 10 GOP voters (42 percent) listed security as their top issue in Morning Consult's most recent poll, compared with 20 percent of Democrats and 26 percent of independents.

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.

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.»

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.

While the Democrats are going as expected, it seems Republicans are divided on their brand support in light of their parting with the NRA.

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.

It could be a tough sell for the president as he fights with saturation coverage of Hurricane Harvey and as Democrats prepare to frame Trump's approach as a giveaway to corporate fat cats and the nation's richest taxpayers.

Chris Hayes at MSNBC tweeted, «As gross and cynical and hypocritical as the right's «what about Bill Clinton» stuff is, it's also true that Democrats and the center left are overdue for a real reckoning with the allegations against him.&raquAs gross and cynical and hypocritical as the right's «what about Bill Clinton» stuff is, it's also true that Democrats and the center left are overdue for a real reckoning with the allegations against him.&raquas the right's «what about Bill Clinton» stuff is, it's also true that Democrats and the center left are overdue for a real reckoning with the allegations against him.»

As of Tuesday night, Democrats agreed with Jones's pitch but were still weighing whether it was worth investing in his race.

Mr. Lamb ran as an anti-Pelosi Democrat with moderate views on abortion, Mr. Coughlin said, «and the candidate out here is not doing any of those things; she's running a more typical Democratic campaign.»

Many in Silicon Valley gravitate toward Democrats, because the party is seen as more in sync with the tech community on social issues such as gay marriage.

This Democrat, along with several Wall Street donors mentioned Kaine as the ideal vice-presidential pick.