Sentences with phrase «breakaway faction»

Coinbase's headaches are tied to a breakaway faction of bitcoin miners, who are responsible both for generating new coins and for the software called blockchain that is used to record transactions.

Upon the creation of the new chain, the breakaway faction chose to award Bitcoin Cash on a one - for - one ratio to every owner of bitcoin.

The Democratic leader of New York's state Senate and the head of a breakaway faction of Democrats are criticizing each other over their continuing rift.

Valesky intends to stay a member of the Independent Democratic Conference, a breakaway faction that formed in early 2011, according to his chief of staff, Jessica DeCerce.

After Bronx State Senator Jeff Klein, the leader of a breakaway faction of Democrats that governs the senate with the Republican Party, received a Senate Democrat - backed challenge from ex-Councilman Oliver Koppell, Mr. Klein asked Mr. Cabrera to run against Mr. Rivera, a chief critic of the senate's power - sharing agreement, sources say.

But Democrats have little power to push legislation through: The Senate is controlled by Republicans and a breakaway faction of Democrats.

Gillibrand's office quickly replied as if they had been waiting to be asked: «Senator Gillibrand believes it's vital to have Democratic control of the State Senate and it should be led by the Democratic Majority that wants to get things done for New Yorkers, not a breakaway faction.

The mayor labored feverishly behind - the - scenes last week to broker a deal between the Senate Democrats and the Independent Democratic Conference, a breakaway faction of Democrats, to govern the senate together after the fall elections.

Last week the breakaway faction reached a preliminary agreement to return to the Democratic conference after the November elections.

The ANSARU leader, which is a breakaway faction of Boko Haram, was also responsible for the kidnapping of two European civil engineers in Kebbi State in May, 2011, and their subsequent murder in Sokoto State.

Repeal efforts in the Senate, where Democrats have a numerical majority, have been stymied by a breakaway faction of Democrats.

Mr. Skelos has agreed to allow Mr. Klein, whose five - member breakaway faction has caucused with the Republicans since 2012, to take part in the dealings.

Whichever party wins control of the state Senate on Nov. 8, they will likely have to govern along with a breakaway faction of Democrats who have been key to the power structure for several years now.

Whichever party wins control of the state Senate on November 8th, they will likely have to govern along with a breakaway faction of Democrats who have been key to the power structure for several years now.

Among those who signed the letter were Representative Adriano Espaillat, who was elected to Congress in November, and who has previously received endorsements from Jeffrey D. Klein, who leads the breakaway faction.

There are currently 32 Democrats in the Senate, but the breakaway faction and Mr. Felder side with the Republicans, giving them control of the 63 - seat chamber under the majority leader, Senator John J. Flanagan of Long Island.

Four candidates are running for the seat including former City Councilman Robert Jackson, Micah Lasher, a former aide to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, activist Luis Tejada and Espaillat's hand - chosen candidate Marisol Alcantara who has received financial support from the breakaway faction of Democrats in the state senate, the IDC, who have an alliance with Republicans.

Bronx Sen. Jeff Klein, the leader of a breakaway faction of Democrats, edged away from an agreement made with the mainline conference of Democrats earlier this year, saying in an interview on Monday that «a lot has changed.»

That's looking increasingly likely now that there's tentative agreement to end the bitter schism in the Senate between mainline Democrats and the breakaway faction known as the Independent Democrats.

And there's been growing pressure in recent weeks on the breakaway faction of Senate Democrats whose alliance with Republicans keep the GOP in power.

ALBANY - The Democratic leader of New York's state Senate and the head of a breakaway faction of Democrats are criticizing each other over their continuing rift.

The head of a breakaway faction of state Senate Democrats, IDC Leader Jeff Klein, says his group is not ready to abandon its five - year alliance with the chamber's Republican majority just because former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was caught on tape trashing them.

«Senator Gillibrand believes it's vital to have Democratic control of the State Senate and it should be led by the Democratic Majority that wants to get things done for New Yorkers, not a breakaway faction.

Congressman Jerrold Nadler last night slammed the State Senate's eight - member Independent Democratic Conference, a breakaway faction that has maintained a power - arrangement with the Republican caucus since 2011 — and suggested that voters seek «electoral retributions» against the one IDC affiliate whose district overlaps with his.

Whichever party wins control of the New York state Senate on November 8, they will likely have to govern along with a breakaway faction of Democrats who have been key to the power structure for several years now.

Progressive activist groups angered over the IDC's siding with Senate Republicans are calling on Klein to resign, a move that could weaken the breakaway faction's cohesion and improve the chances of mainline Democrats gaining the majority in the chamber.

Mayor Bill de Blasio called upon the State Senate's Independent Democratic Conference, an eight - member breakaway faction that shares power with the GOP, to «return to the Democratic fold» even if they want to maintain their «independent presence» within the bigger conference.

But it's clear that Gregorius, as Democratic majority leader, is not enamored with a county legislature that has more members of his own party seated (13 - 10), yet is controlled by Republicans in league with a small Democratic breakaway faction that, together elected Democrat John Parete as its chair.

Mr. de Blasio backed State Senator Jeffrey Klein, the leader of a breakaway faction of Democrats that govern the senate with the GOP, over challenger Oliver Koppell, who Mr. Rivera endorsed.

The breakaway faction has more recently noted that both Felder and a number of conservative - leaning Democrats might not support the DREAM Act should it come to the floor, meaning even a united blue front could not pass it.

As leader of the five - member breakaway faction that allied with Republicans to form the chamber's governing coalition (and keep Democrats from assuming the control that should have accompanied their mathematical majority), Klein has been justifying the partnership since it formed in 2012 as a win for progressives, rather than as a means of self - empowerment.

He told Afia Pokua that the former statesman finds himself in a tight corner as his wife leads the National Democratic Party (NDP), a breakaway faction of the NDC.

The governor also told the Democrats that if they win and keep enough seats in November, they'll likely have to learn to work with a breakaway faction of Democrats, the Independent Democratic Conference, in order to form a governing coalition.

He became the eighth Democratic member of what is known as the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC), a breakaway faction that caucuses with Republicans in the New York Senate, effectively giving the GOP a majority in a chamber that voters have all but decided should be in Democratic control.

But on Tuesday Cuomo did just that, brokering a reconciliation between Andrea Stewart - Cousins, the leader of the Senate Democrats, and Jeff Klein, the leader of the breakaway faction, known as the Independent Democratic Caucus.

This particular church is a «breakaway faction» of South Korea's Unification Church, which is widely regarded as a cult, according to the Associated Press.

It could also be any number of small breakaway factions running amog in Syria.

It took the return of the Reform Movement and other breakaway factions for the NDC to again win an election in 2008.

The sect and their breakaway factions are now enjoying support from international terrorist groups.

Not exact matches

Cuomo has come under fire from the left wing of the Democratic Party and its allies in the Working Families Party who do not believe he has done enough to assist the so - called regular Democrats in reuniting with the breakaway, eight - member IDC faction to help them re-take the majority in the Senate.

The breakaway Democratic faction rewarded Smith with an impressive - sounding title and extra staff.

A faction of breakaway Democrats in the state Senate has been gaining members lately, but they are now facing a backlash, including raucous opposition at meetings in their districts.

The only faction in the legislature that is currently supporting a repeal of Wilson Paula is the breakaway Democratic faction in the Senate known as the Independent Democratic Conference.

Alcantara is a Democrat, but she has said if elected to the Senate in November, she will likely ally with the breakaway Democratic faction known as the Independent Democratic Conference.

The leader of the Independent Democrats in the state Senate denies that he forcibly kissed a former staffer, and says he intends to remain as leader of the breakaway democratic faction.

In a joint statement, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Senate Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein say the breakaway Democratic faction that had ruled with the Republicans for the past two years has agreed to join in a coalition government with the rest of the Senate Democrats, giving them a potential majority after the November elections.

Alcantara is a Democrat, but she has said if she's elected to the Senate in November, she won't join the regular Democrats but will likely ally with the breakaway Democratic faction known as the Independent Democratic Conference.

Brooklyn State Senator Jesse Hamilton announced this afternoon that he will leave the mainstream Democratic caucus and join the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference — making some kind of power - sharing arrangement between two of the body's three factions inevitable.

A faction of breakaway Democrats known as the Independent Democratic Conference has been in the news lately for receiving stipend payments for chairing committees that the Senators in fact did not chair.

The party broke into factions over the weekend as 12 of its former governors and no fewer than 14 former ministers led the breakaway group, which is labelled, Concerned PDP Stakeholders Steering Committee.