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New York could dramatically boost voter participation by holding elections on weekends, according to a new field survey by state Senate Democrats.

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McCabe's wife, a Democrat, had received several hundred thousand dollars in donations from a political action committee controlled by a close friend of Clinton for her unsuccessful Virginia state Senate bid in 2015.

«By codifying existing sanctions and requiring congressional review of any decision to weaken or lift them, we are ensuring that the United States continues to punish President (Vladimir) Putin for his reckless and destabilizing actions,» said Sen. Chuck Schumer, D - N.Y., the top Senate Democrat.

The blue slip refusal by a home - state senator is virtually all the leverage Democrats have in the process, with Republicans controlling the majority in the Senate.

The 10 states with the highest taxes are represented in the Senate by Democrats, and by Vermont's Bernie Sanders, an independent who votes with Democrats.

Democrats from coal - producing states, led by West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, had delayed the Senate vote on the funding bill in a failed attempt to get a bigger extension of miners» healthcare benefits that expire at the end of this year.

In the Senate, one new Democrat, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, was elected by firing a shot at President Obama's cap and trade policy, and a large number of the 23 Democratic Senators up for re-election in 2012, especially those who come from redder states, have heard the footsteps.

State Sen. Joseph Robach, a Democrat - turned - Republican, will not run for the congressional seat once held by late Rep. Louise Slaughter, saying he believes he can have the «greatest impact» if he stays put in the Senate, where his party holds a tenuous one - vote majority.

We're confident that when voters are reminded Democrats raised taxes and spending by $ 14 billion, and brought dysfunction and disgrace to the New York State Senate in their two disastrous years in the majority, they'll vote overwhelmingly to keep Republicans in charge.»

Despite the fact that he just recently voted «yes» on a Democrat - sponsored hydrofracking moratorium passed by the Senate, Farley speaks about the importance of natural gas drilling from a business standpoint and calls it «abolutely essential for the health of New York State and the farm community and energy in general.»

«For decades, Republicans controlled the State Senate and blocked every single piece of reform legislation proposed by the Assembly and Democrats in the Senate — campaign finance reform, election reform, ethics reform and budget reform,» the speaker said.

Cuomo this year supports a full Democratic takeover of the state Senate, which is currently controlled by a coalition of Republicans and five independent Democrats.

«His indifference has gotten to the point where there are many State Senators complaining about the Governor's refusal to support Democrats, leaving Senate Democrats in jeopardy by possibly allowing the Republicans to remain in the Senate Majority.

Judging by the mail in what is expected to be a pivotal state Senate election, Democrat Shelley Mayer will do the bidding of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio if elevated to the upper chamber of the Legislature.

By appointing a democrat senator in a red state to head the EPA, Trump will get «his» (or whatever) health bill through the senate before the midterm.

A common campaign tactic employed in 2014 by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to help Democrats take over the state Senate is coming under scrutiny.

That's a clear indication of the cancerous results such monies spawn — the, «Perpetuation & Maintenance» of an IDC Coalition, bought into being by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, which denied Democrat Voters the «Majority» role in the NYS State Senate for 2 Election cycles now!

Democrat Kerin Rigney, a DeWitt town councilor, is running for the 50th district state Senate seat that may be vacated by Republican John DeFrancisco, the deputy Senate majority leader who is seeking the GOP to run for governor.

The advisory council of the Working Families Party on Wednesday announced its endorsement of Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh for the state Senate seat vacated by Democrat Daniel Squadron earlier this month.

Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. devoted his latest «What You Should Know» polemic to the mini dust - up over Gov. Andrew Cuomo's first Court of Appeals nominee, CUNY Law Prof. Jenny Rivera, which the Bronx Democrat sees as an effort by the governor to further divide the already divided state Senate.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is backing a push by the state Democratic Committee to find a primary opponent against Sen. Simcha Felder, the Brooklyn Democrat who conferences with Republicans in the state Senate and is a pivotal member of the GOP's retained majority in the chamber.

Cuomo himself has been focused on working with Republicans in the state Senate (to the detriment of his relationship with Senate Democrats), saying that his post-partisan style of governing is what's needed in a state that has been crippled by dysfunction.

Russo said the «very serious» charges brought against the majority leader by AG Andrew Cuomo «compromise Senator Espada's ability to serve in the State Senate, and once again show Democrats aren't serious about cleaning up the corruption in Albany.»

Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano is a potential candidate for the state Senate that will be vacated by Democrat George Latimer at the end of the year, sources late last week said.

Democrats in the narrowly divided state Senate have sought to stake out ground opposing (or «resisting» in the parlance of the political times) the Trump administration as well as pointing out their contrasts with Republican lawmakers, who they have sought to tie to actions by the new president.

State Senate Republicans beat back an attempt by Democrats to force a vote on measures tightening gun regulations in New York.

While the super PAC backed by the statewide teachers union faltered in aiding Democrats in down - ballot state Senate races, the education reform group StudentsFirstNY is taking a victory lap today as the chamber will largely remain the same.

A State Senate controlled by Republicans, a control that is aided and abetted by Democrats,» the email stated.

The Senate Democrats are an appendage of Bill de Blasio and City Hall, and it is unfathomable why Governor Cuomo would want to place de Blasio in charge of setting the state's agenda by electing Senate Democrats.

Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, a Yonkers Democrat, said during a CapTon interview that Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has been outspoken in his support of abortion rights, should pressure the Senate Republicans to codify Roe v. Wade in state law by including the tenth plank of his erstwhile Women's Equality Act — the only plank the GOP - controlled Senate has refused to pass — in this year's budget.

Bronx Democratic Sen. Jeff Klein, the leader of a powerful group of renegade Democrats in the state Senate, has been accused by a former staff member, Erica Vladimer, 30, of forcibly kissing her outside an Albany bar in 2015 — a charge he hotly denies.

Democrats in Onondaga County have designated John Mannion to run for the New York State Senate seat being vacated by John DeFrancisco, who isn't seeking re-electin after ending his gubernatorial bid.

Hoylman's tweet storm came a day after Cuomo derided the two years Democrats held the majority in the state Senate, a period that was marred by the upheaval of a leadership coup and late budgets.

Here's the invite to state Senate Democrats» first annual «Spring Issues Gala» that is being headlined by former President Bill Clinton.

The deal as fleshed out by state Democrats several weeks ago hinges on the party filling two coming vacancies in the Senate, including a Westchester County race to fill the seat being vacated by George Latimer, the county executive - elect.

Senate Democrats today renewed their effort to pass a form of overhauling the state's campaign - finance laws by introducing a measure by Sen. Eric Adams that would create an public financing system.

Vacated by Westchester County Executive George Latimer at the start of the year, the district is one of two Democrats must fill in a special election in order for a plan to unite the fractious party in the state Senate.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, a Bronx Democrat who typically has stayed out of state Senate politics, is prepared to try and help flip that chamber to Democratic control by getting involved to assist Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer in the upcoming April 24 special election.

Cuomo and other prominent New York Democrats campaigned today in the Westchester County Village of Larchmont for Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, who is running for the state Senate seat vacated by now Westchester County Executive George Latimer.

Democrats are trying to turn the special election for a state Senate seat in Westchester County into a referendum on Trump by criticizing Republican Julie Killian for accepting money from Dick DeVos Jr., husband of U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.

Cuomo has failed to deliver on women's equality and campaign - finance reform, often blaming the inaction on a state Senate controlled by breakaway Democrats and Republicans — an arrangement Cuomo has until now done nothing to challenge.

Democrats called the budget — which will be voted on by the state Senate Sunday — was a «win for unions, immigrants and progressives,» whose help Cuomo will also need for his 2018 re-election campaign.

In our initial analysis of Indiana Senate races, we find just five races that have the potential to flip to the Democrats: The open SD26 being vacated by State Sen. Doug Eckerty in the Muncie / Anderson area; SD 29 in the Indianapolis / Carmel area where State Sen. Mike Delph just won a spirited primary; SD38 in the Terre Haute / Brazil area that went to the GOP four years ago; and the twin SDs 45 and 46 in the Jeffersonville / Clark County area where Sens. Ron Grooms and Jim Smith both won tight races in 2014.

Members of VOCAL - NY want Cuomo and Republicans in the state Senate to go along with a plan by Assembly Democrats to expand the millionaires» tax to add several higher brackets to generate even more revenue.

Campaign Finance Reform Proposals by Assembly Democrats and Senate Independent Democratic Conference New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has unveiled a new campaign finance reform proposal.

In Iowa in December, Democrat Jim Lykam won his state Senate race by 48 points — 31 points better than Clinton's performance there the month earlier, according to district - level data compiled by the Daily Kos Elections site.

The US Senate seat in New York state being vacated by Hillary Clinton might be filled by either Andrew Cuomo or Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg — depending on which prospective candidate does a better job convincing Governor David Patterson (via key state & national Democrats) that s / he...

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A year ago, after state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. of the Bronx took part in a Senate «coup» attempt by aligning himself with the minority Republicans, Democrats wooed him back by giving him the title of Senate majority leader.

Peralta characterized New York state as becoming more Democratic and accused the Senate Republicans of trying to maintain their majority by pitting Democrats in the city against each other.