Sentences with phrase «coalition with mainline»

The Independent Democratic Conference said this week it is prepared to form a new coalition with the mainline Dems after next spring's budget process.

On Wednesday, Cuomo said the question itself was actually about the five - member Independent Democratic Conference forming a coalition with the mainline conference of Democrats, has they have done in the past with Senate Republicans.

Klein on Monday hedged his bets on whether Democrats would be able to gain a clear majority in the Senate and appeared to edge away from an agreement made in June to form a new coalition with the mainline conference after Election Day.

Klein and the IDC last month agreed to a form a new coalition with mainline Senate Democrats following a deal brokered by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Klein on Monday moved away from forming a new coalition with the mainline conference of Democrats, declaring that «things have changed» since an agreement to do so was reached back in June (that includes primary challengers continuing to press on despite a ceasefire).

«It's too early for any political conversation about that,» Cuomo said when asked about endorsing a Democratic state Senate and whether the five - member Independent Democratic Conference should form a coalition with the mainline conference.

Counteracting President Trump; bolstering the Affordable Care Act; and publicly funding campaigns are the issues at stake for the Independent Democratic Conference in a video released Monday as the lawmakers in the breakaway bloc seek to re-affirm their support for liberal causes they believe has been lost in the pitched battle being waged by progressive advocacy groups to pressure them into forming a coalition with mainline Democrats.

The original resolution Tuesday that was softened before the vote would have barred the party from providing any resources to the IDC if they didn't commit to a new leadership coalition with the mainline Dems.

While not ruling out forming a new coalition with the mainline Dems, Rainville insisted that «the IDC is, and will continue to be, a strong stabilizing sensible force of governing in New York State.»

Those are the issues at stake for the Independent Democratic Conference in a video released Monday as the lawmakers in the breakaway bloc seek to re-affirm their support for liberal causes they believe has been lost in the pitched battle being waged by progressive advocacy groups to pressure them into forming a coalition with mainline Democrats.

Because it became public so swiftly, some members of the IDC have floated the idea of remaining a separate conference but splitting off from Republicans to join a new coalition with mainline Democrats in January.

Not exact matches

Both Cuomo and de Blasio have pledged to help Democrats regain full control of the Senate, helping broker a new coalition agreement with the mainline conference and the Independent Democratic Conference.

Under that plan, the Independent Democratic Conference and the mainline conference would have to work together to fill both seats and then form a majority coalition with Sen. Simcha Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat.

The IDC in the past has aligned with Senate Republicans to form a majority coalition, but could forge a similar arrangement with the mainline Democratic conference.

Their open seats are predicated on the plan to have Democrats unify in the Senate chamber amid a push to have the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference form a coalition with the 23 - member mainline conference of Democrats.

Though mainline Democrats remain disappointed the IDC is sticking in a coalition with the GOP conference, IDC Leader Jeff Klein of the Bronx has touted his conference's ability to deliver on their major issues.

New York, NY — A growing coalition of dozens of groups (list in formation below), including all major resistance groups across New York State, have joined forces to express their strong rejection of Governor Cuomo's and the New York State Democratic Party's plan to «unite» the mainline Democrats of the New York State Senate with the turncoat «Democrats» of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC).

Given the math, a Kaminsky victory in April would not necessarily flip the majority back to Democrats unless new agreements were struck between mainline Democrats, the Independent Democratic Conference (which has a coalition with the GOP) and Simcha Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat who votes with the Republicans.

Flanagan and his members also have to contend with the pressure by liberals who want to see a group of eight breakaway Democrats led by Bronx Sen. Jeffrey Klein quit their leadership coalition with the GOP and form a new one with the mainline Dems.

WAMC's Jim Levulis talks with Ken Lovett, Albany Bureau Chief for The New York Daily News, about New York state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan's shock after the Independent Democratic Coalition unified with mainline Democrats in the Senate.

Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins said the mainline conference is «willing to enter a coalition consistent with the recent correspondence from state Democratic party officials.

The latest labor endorsement for Klein comes as 1199 / SEIU has indicated it will back all five members of the IDC after Klein and the mainline Democratic conference reached an agreement to form a new coalition after Election Day this year, ending its two - year alliance with the Senate GOP.

It's likely that if the mainline conference secures enough seats, they will need to enter into a similar coalition and power - sharing arrangement with the five - member Independent Democratic Conference.

Squadron, meanwhile, also is holding some hope for reuniting the mainline conference with the five - member breakaway Independent Democratic Conference — a prospect that seems unlikely given signals from both IDC Leader Jeff Klein and Senate GOP leader Dean Skelos that the coalition should continue in some form.

Despite repeated pleas from Stewart - Cousins and other liberals, Cuomo refused to try and broker a coalition deal between her mainline conference, the IDC and State Senator Simcha Felder, a renegade Brooklyn Democrat who has always sat with the Republicans.

The Senate's Independent Democratic Conference, which had operated in a coalition with Republicans, is now dissolving and rejoining with mainline Democrats.

The special deal was first awarded a couple years ago to a Central New York Democrat, David Valesky, who is a member of the Independent Democratic Conference, which broke away from the mainline Democratic conference to form a power - sharing coalition with Senate Republicans.

When the GOP failed to elect a majority in 2012, a coalition was formed with the IDC — eliciting howls of protest from mainline Democrats.

The independent Democrats, who split with their mainline colleagues in 2011, say that their coalition with the Republicans allows them to push for progressive policies, but the arrangement has been criticized by Democrats in New York and beyond, particularly after Mr. Trump's election.

Since 2012, the leader of the State Senate's Independent Democratic Conference has enjoyed some kind of coalition agreement with the State Senate Republicans, granting him many of the perquisites of power his former colleagues in the mainline Democratic caucus once sought to deny him.