Sentences with phrase «blocked voting reform»

30M Americans voted early in November but not one NYer because GOP Senate blocks voting reforms!

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A vote on the measure was delayed for hours after Democrats revolted against provisions to roll back part of the Dodd - Frank financial reform law and allow more big money political donations, while conservative Republicans objected because the measure did not block funds for Obama's immigration order.

Greenlight wants a judge to block a vote on Proposal 2, saying Apple illegally bundled it with two other shareholder reforms.

Then we will have a 99 % voting block that can actually make reform and scare the crud out of the 1 % of greedy who think they can buy their way into anything.

For Küng, the pope's declaration that the ban on contraception was still binding, in opposition to the majority vote of his own birth control commission, indicated that infallibility itself was the major block to church reform.

«They banked on voters not paying attention as they blocked reforms in almost every area of policy: voting rights, reproductive rights, government reform and more.

Meaningful ethics reform will pass with 100 % support in the Senate if Flanagan quits blocking a vote on the matter.

The voting evidence suggests it is the logical one although I guess electoral reform will be the stumbling block - http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mpsee.php Still, it would give Labour the chance to demonstrate that the Lib Dems are essentially a party of the centre - right in a way that we are not, to renew our policies, and to reach out to those genuinely progressive MPs who have, by some mischance, ended up in the Lib Dems.

For example, we are supporting three challengers to New York State Senate Independent Democratic Conference members, who have historically organized with the Republican leadership to block progress on voting rights, reproductive rights, and government reform.

It is immoral when a person who accepts this type of money for doing no work personally blocks a Senate vote on the reform NY voters desire — limitations on outside income for corrupt legislators.

They've blocked votes on the minimum wage, on the DREAM Act and immigration reform, on investing in our infrastructure.

Cuomo has proposed a range of good - government reforms in his budget plan that includes an early voting provision that so far has been blocked in the Republican - led Senate.

In previous years, similar voting reforms were passed by the Assembly and backed by Senate Democrats, but were ultimately blocked by the GOP Senate Majority.

«While Adam Haber's advertising is just beginning, Jack Martins and his extremist GOP allies have been pouring money into this district trying to distract from the fact that he has consistently voted against women's rights and health, supported higher taxes and fees and blocked all ethics reforms to clean up Albany.

Historically, once Reform Party candidates break past the 5 % mark in a statewide race, it indicates that there is a much larger voting block out there that is looking for an alternative to the two major parties.

He later told reporters that Felder's decision to deprive his own party of Senate control allows Republicans to block proposals to strengthen gun control laws, reform the state's antiquated voting rules or rein in the state's lax campaign finance laws.

Do those who champion the unknown, and likely botched, reform package really believe we won't hear any more about union barons and block votes?

Cuomo and the state Legislature must prove to the voters before November they believe in actual democracy, by enacting significant reforms that block the big - money billionaires and lift up the voices and votes of everyday New Yorkers.

Updegrove sounded an optimistic note that recent political changes in Albany provided an opportunity for the measures to at least receive a fair up - or - down vote on the floor of the Assembly, where former Speaker Sheldon Silver, D - Manhattan, had previously blocked Medicaid reform votes from ever even coming to a vote.

He says new life has been breathed into initiatives like early voting, same day voter registration, ethics legislation and campaign finance reform traditionally blocked by the Republican Senate.

Mark - Viverito came into office vowing a more democratic approach to Council proceedings, but has come under fire for blocking a vote on a pair of controversial police reform bills called the Right to Know Act.