Sentences with phrase «battle over the party»

Former Gov. George Pataki has split from many of his fellow GOP leaders by announcing his support for a former aide, George Demos, in the NY - 1 congressional battle over the party favorite, Sen. Lee Zeldin.

We don't want a custody battle over the party's name and assets.

Not exact matches

Heitkamp's comments came amid her battle with members of her own party over legislation that would rescind some of the 2010 Dodd - Frank financial regulations.

The federal and state governments, and their associated regulatory bodies, should stay out of the battle over third - party access to BHP Billiton's Pilbara iron ore railway.

But it was over the cost of the mission in Iraq where the Conservatives fought a pitched battle with Opposition parties.

Since May, Cuomo's state Democratic Committee has served as the conduit for all things anti-Astorino: His fight with the Department of Housing and Urban Development over affordable housing, his conservative stance on abortion and a lawsuit filed against him stemming from the obscure battles within the Independence Party in Westchester County.

That tactic has played well so far, but it will become much less effective once the Labour leader is seen fighting a reforming battle over his own party's funding.

A battle between Rep. Dan Donovan and his GOP primary opponent, former Rep. Michael Grimm, over the Reform Party line has been referred by the state Board of Elections to federal prosecutors.

He made women's rights a hallmark of his campaign, even going so far as to create the Women's Equality Party, (which is now more or less defunct after a battle over its leadership, though don't be surprised to see it revived in advance of the 2018 election).

A Conservative MP who faced a battle with his own local party over his decision to stand in the general election, has stood down.

The advent of coalition has both created and reflected a new era of broad consensus where the biggest battles are over tweaks to the benefits system and hand - wringing over cuts which all the parties would, more or less, be obliged to implement.

Cox, who won a battle for the state chairmanship against then - Niagara County GOP Chairman Henry Wojtaszek in large part due to his claim of fundraising prowess, has only managed to bring in a combined total of about $ 1.5 million to the party's three committees over the last six months and has a mere $ 657,814 on hand.

The Erie County Conservative Party was poised to vote tonight to endorse Democratic County Legislator Chuck Swanick over Republican Sen. Mark Grisanti in a move that could have a significant impact on the impending battle for control of the Senate chamber.

Also, I'm not even going to try to parse the internal battle going on in the Buffalo area Tea Party movement, which has been roiling over NY - 26 for some time now, thanks to the GOP's rejection of Iraq War vet David Bellavia's candidacy.

Yes, the party did get Andrew Cuomo to accept its line and moved up from Row E to Row D as a result of his performance in the 2010 election, but there were a lot of strings attached to that agreement — not the least of which was the labor - backed party's silence in the budget battle over the millionaire's tax last year, which is something the WFP would normally be all over.

For the entire twentieth century the battles over policy in the labour movement have been fought within a unitary Labour Party.

The first nine months of the Labour government have therefore confirmed that the battle over the future of the labour movement will pass through, not outside, the Labour Party.

True the Vote, a tea party linked group that supports restrictive voting rules, sent out a fundraising appeal Tuesday warning that «Hillary Clinton's attorney» had filed suit over Ohio's voting rules, and adding: «The stage is being set right now for a 2016 ballot box battle unlike anything we've ever seen.»

Miliband's advisers, in their Westminster bubble, seem to have forgotten that the Scottish Labour party is fighting a fierce battle over the referendum.

The Working Families Party is celebrating the end of a protracted legal battle over its efforts in the 2009 NYC elections that lead to the demise of its for - profit arm, Data & Field Services, but ultimately resulted in no charges against the labor - backed pParty is celebrating the end of a protracted legal battle over its efforts in the 2009 NYC elections that lead to the demise of its for - profit arm, Data & Field Services, but ultimately resulted in no charges against the labor - backed partyparty.

Labour's divide over the alternative vote has widened further as the bitter battle to win over the party's supporters intensifies.

It will be seen as the green light to an intense battle between the parties as politicians fight over economic policy for the next six months.

Two factions within the Queens Republican Party each elected their own chairman last week, setting up a court battle over who is the party's legitimate leParty each elected their own chairman last week, setting up a court battle over who is the party's legitimate leparty's legitimate leader.

A Republican lawmaker says GOP leaders have discussed scheduling House votes on two immigration bills as a way of ending the party's internal battle over the issue.

Syracuse, NY — Any semblance of peace between Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney and the leadership of her own political party has vaporized amid battles over political patronage and a grand jury investigation into allegations of election law violations.

Amid a legal battle over the control of the Women's Equality Party, former Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk last month registered a committee with the Board of Elections dubbed the «Real Women's Equality Party.»

Though they were on opposite sides of the Sept. 9 primary battle between Sen. Tim Kennedy and Erie County Legislator Betty Jean Grant, and also divided over a subsequent fight for the county Democratic Party chairmanship, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, Rep. Brian Higgins, and Kennedy have all lined up behind Panepinto, who, thanks to Grisanti's loss in the GOP primary to Kevin Stocker, has become a top priority for the Senate Democrats as they look to take control of the chamber.

«In the battles over Brexit, and over the future direction of the Conservative Party, some harsh words have been said about the Prime Minister.

But she today bowed out of the battle to become the party's candidate to take over from Boris in 2016.

For the various court battles over the Women's Equality Party, it's been win some, lose some this fall.

Burnham, who had become intensely popular in the party, is now taking the fought to Andrew Lansley over NHS reform — a winnable battle in which serious political profits can be made.

There have been war between Melaye and the Kogi State governor over the battle for the control of the party in his state.

Yesterday's vote will have once again painted a picture of a divided Tory party, a weakened prime minister and more battles over Europe on the horizon.

Cuomo has weighed in on the still - brewing federal battle over spending and immigration, agreeing with progressive Democrats that the party should draw a hard line and stop compromising with Trump from winning a total victory on those issues.

In the New Year, he faces a big civil liberties battle over control orders, the controversial restrictions placed on terrorist suspects who can not be prosecuted in court, which his party is united in wanting to see scrapped.

Meanwhile, the state - by - state battle over voter ID laws has also been a galvanizing force for party activists and leaders.

But while the party's top team moved to heal the wounds of a battle that set brother against brother, there were still questions over what role, if any, David Miliband would take in the shadow cabinet.

The co-ordinated assault by Chris Grayling and Theresa May on the European court of human rights signals an intensifying pre-election battle over human rights legislation within both the Conservative party and the coalition.

Jeremy Corbyn has set up an independent inquiry into antisemitism within Labour as he battles to assert control over a party in turmoil on the eve of crucial local elections.

At the GOP convention gala dinner last week, Long and state Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox had a conversation during which they began to mend the fences that were broken during the battle over the gubernatorial race, in which Long successfully gambled on Rick Lazio over Cox's pick, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy.

To head off the coming battle over legitimacy, Labour will have to be the largest single party as well.

And he has a simple message for party - mates looking for that elusive white knight in what promises to be an uphill battle against Cuomo, who has amassed a campaign war chest over $ 30 million

This means that any battles over changes that Corbyn and his team want to make to the party's structure, how the leader is elected in future and deselections of MPs and so on, now have a Corbynite majority supporting them on the NEC.

The Erie County Democratic Party's executive committee endorsed Legislator Betty Jean Grant over Sen. Tim Kennedy, setting the stage for a rousing intra-party battle.

Liberal Democrats cheekily tried to highlight Labour's internal battle over Progress today, when they invited the group to their party conference.

Hillary Clinton's lead over Donald Trump has withered to 3 percentage points, signaling their battle for the White House has become too close to call heading into the two major - party national conventions, according to a new McClatchy - Marist poll.

Sen. George Latimer, the Democratic Party Nominee for Westchester county executive, was involved in a serious car crash in New Rochelle over the summer in the midst of his primary battle against County Legislator Ken Jenkins.

There has been zero discord at the NYS GOP convention, which is a big switch from four years ago, when an internal battle over the governor's race divided the party.

(CNN)- Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman told CNN on Monday that battle over the congressional seat in New York's 23rd district that led to the withdrawal of the Republican candidate isn't evidence of a split within the GOP.

As battle over Britain consumed the Tory party in 2016 Anthony Barnett drafted a book about its significance for Europe and Britain as a week - by - week experiment.