Sentences with phrase «control of the house»

They can easily take control of the house and your life if allowed to do so.

Civil rights means that you have lost control of your house.

I am so not an organized person & struggle to get control of my house.

And he had control of both houses there for a while.

Mr. Carroll added, however, that his support for Mr. Recchia was more about trying to help the Democrats win control of the House of Representatives than about any particular problem with Mr. Grimm's record.

And since Republicans retained control of both houses of Congress, repeal looks feasible.

Wary of disappointing their environmentally concerned supporters, Democrats waited until the Republicans regained control of the House of Representatives in 2011 — and then suggested that the programme be killed.

This line of thinking ignores, however, that Republicans gained controlled of the House in 2010 and kept it in 2012.

Democratic congressional candidate Anthony Brindisi on Thursday said it's «time for new leadership» and he won't be supporting House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's (D., Calif.) bid for speaker of the House if the Democrats take back control of the House of Representatives after the November elections.

and «I have been fighting her for control of our house for years,» have resonated on Twitter among people who also feel that their anxiety is an unwanted partner who just won't go away.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is being criticized by both the left and right for wading into federal politics and launching a campaign to help his fellow Democrats flip control of the House next year.

Trump may think McConnell and his Republican Senate colleagues are occasionally a headache for him now, but a GOP - controlled upper chamber will be a major asset for the president if Democrats take control of the House next year.

Katko's seat has been targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee as a significant race this fall in a broader effort to regain majority control of the House of Representatives.

They know the importance of the Republicans maintaining control of the House of Representatives and the Senate,» he said.

As Hillary Clinton opened up double - digit leads in several national polls, it became possible to imagine Democratic control of both houses of Congress — and with it, actual legislative gains on progressive priorities for the first time since 2010.

The results of a four - way primary for a New York Senate seat may help Republicans keep control of that house in the long run.

The same is true in the U.S., where Republicans promised austerity upon seizing control of the House of Representatives.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says Democrats can recapture control of the House in 2016 by riding Hillary Clinton's coattails.

The race between Tenney and Brindisi is considered a must - win for both parties as Democrats try to wrest control of the House from Republicans.

This time, Democrats are hoping to win control of the House by picking up 23 seats from the GOP.

That's despite Obama's claims this spring that the party has a «great chance» of wresting control of the House from the Republicans who have stymied much of his agenda since they took over in the 2010 midterms, and also in spite of a May Q poll that showed Democrats with a slight competitive edge on a generic congressional ballot.

Someone like Trump is elected president and the Republicans retain control of the house with Darrel Issa and Trey Gowdy still running the Oversight committees.

Cuomo is scheduled to attend a rally with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to launch «New York Fights Back» — a campaign to help Democrats re-take control of the House.

«The DCCC's historic grassroots fundraising combined with incredible candidate fundraising will ensure that Democratic candidates have the resources to share their records of service with the voters who will determine control of the House,» DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Luján said in a statement.

I outlined how often NEA - supported candidates win federal elections and how often their favored federal policies are enacted in a time when their traditional Democrat allies ceded control of the House, Senate, and presidency.

(CNN)- He is poised to become the most powerful Republican in Congress if the GOP takes control of the House Tuesday.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi offered a preview of her private remarks before going in, insisting to reporters that she stands by her prediction that Democrats will hold control of the House.

That may help cement the Dems control of the House of Representatives through gerrymandering in coming years.

We are in control of the house now because we have the mace of office and other instruments of office», he said.

Because control of both houses of Congress and the White House may be on the razor's edge for a long time.

A recent poll by Quinnipiac University shows 48 percent of voters want the Democratic Party to win control of the House while 38 percent want Republicans to control the chamber.

By then, though, it was probably too late to matter: when his supporters REALLY might have made a difference was earlier, in 2009 — when health care reform was endlessly and painfully stalled in Congress and Tea Partiers dominated the news — and again in 2010, as Republicans were poised to capture control of the House.

No amount of rhetoric is going to end Tea Party - style Republican control of the House before 2012.

In France, for instance, it had become identified with formal and to some extent real social levelling that political institutions had somehow to contain, whereas in Britain it was associated with active political struggles for more effective popular control of the House of Commons.

Why can we not have control of house price inflation as one of our major macroeconomic policies?

Democrats say control of the House would also provide a check on President Donald Trump's ability to move his agenda through a GOP - controlled Congress.

He was working hard to help the Democrats gain control of the House so he could land that coveted Ways and Means chairmanship, which he didn't get to keep very long, as the Times» Jim Dwyer rather poignantly wrote last Friday.

But it wasn't until 1994 that they recovered control of the House.

Last week, New York's House delegation united to call on the Independent Democratic Conference to return to the Democratic fold and take control of that house away from Republicans.

UB Prof. James Campbell, who has a sterling track record for this sort of thing, predicts control of the House will return to GOP control come November.

In the 2006 Midterm Elections, the Democrats took control of the House when they picked up 31 seats.

The latest setback this week was the reuniting of Senate Democrats, in which eight dissident Democrats who have propped up GOP Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan's control of the house decided to rejoin their party caucus.

In September 2001, then House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (TX - 22) organized Texans for a Republican Majority (TRMPAC), a political action committee designed to gather campaign funds for Republican candidates throughout Texas — in particular with an eye to gaining control of the House Speakership, then held by Democrat Pete Laney.

Rhodes, a former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is among a crowded field seeking the Democratic nod to take on Republican Rep. John Faso in the 19th congressional district, considered a key battleground race this year that could tip control of the House of Representatives.

«They were in such a fear of New York City legislators having control of housing laws,» says one source involved with Glenwood.