Sentences with phrase «elected house democratic»

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There's a lot of nonsense being spoken about the supposed democratic disgrace of the unelected House of Lords voting against the elected Commons this afternoon.

And today is just the beginning, because we are going to go out and work every day until November, and we are going to send Washington a message and we are going to elect a Democratic House to stop this Republican president freight train.»

«Because we have to elect a Democratic House in November to stop this freight train that the President is now running, and the only way to stop that extreme conservative freight train is to elect a Democratic Congress that can stand up and stop it.»

Zeldin, sometimes mentioned as a possible House candidate, was first elected in 2010 unseating Democratic Sen. Brian Foley.

«And today's just the beginning because we're going to go out and work every day until November and we're going to send Washington a message, and we're going to elect a Democratic House to stop this Republican president freight train,» Cuomo said.

An organization dedicated to electing scientists and STEM professionals is endorsing four more Democratic House challengers Monday.

Instead he joined six current New York Democratic House members, former Rep. Charles B. Rangel and former Rep. (and current Lieutenant Governor) Kathy Hochul in urging a crowd of 500 or so to work toward electing a Democratic House majority in 2018.

Republican Rep. John Katko, the Central New York freshman who is fighting to hold onto his seat in one of the most competitive House races in the nation, is out with his fourth TV ad, which questions the ability of his opponent, Colleen Deacon, to act independently of the Democratic conference if she's elected in November.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC, spoken as the D triple - C or the D - trip) is the Democratic Hill committee for the United States House of Representatives, working to elect Democrats to that body.

Kathy Hochul, Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor, was joined at an Upper West Side rally today by House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and a group of Manhattan Democratic elected officials that included Congressman Charles B. Rangel, Assembly Members Keith Wright and Linda Rosenthal, Council Members Dan Garodnick and Inez Dickens and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer.

Also at 11 a.m., Queens Rep. Joe Crowley, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, along with local elected officials, housing advocates, and community members hold a press conference to announce legislation creating two new refundable tax credits for people who live in rental or government - subsidized housing, Woodside Houses Park, 50th Street between Newtown Road and Broadway, Queens.

Americans woke up on November 7 having elected a Democratic president, expanded the Democratic majority in the Senate, and preserved the Republican majority in the House.

Rep. - elect Elise Stefanik's path to victory in New York reflected the trajectory of the midterms nationally, as Republicans invaded Democratic territory to make double - digit gains in the House.

House Majority PAC, the Democratic super PAC that works to elect Democrats to the House, is going on the air Tuesday with an ad attacking 12 - term Florida Republican Rep. John L. Mica and introducing Democrat Stephanie Murphy as a «new approach to get the job done.»

Of course not to mention the fact that CSEA and PEF are dealing with elected officials, who in heavily Democratic areas are most certainly handpicked by them and who are all but willing to give away the kitchen sink and the house in order to be reelected.

End Quote Of course not to mention the fact that CSEA and PEF are dealing with elected officials, who in heavily Democratic areas are most certainly handpicked by them and who are all but willing to give away the kitchen sink and the house in order to be reelected.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the group tasked with helping Democrats get elected to the House, described the allegations against Grimm, a former undercover FBI agent, as «the latest blow» to House Republicans.

McCain himself has begun to raise the specter of unified Democratic control of all levers of government; at a speech this morning in Cleveland, McCain condemned the «spending spree» that Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.)-- a group he called a «dangerous threesome» — would take the country on if elected.

From 1977 to 1981, during the 95th Congress and 96th Congress, Chisholm was elected to a position in the House Democratic leadership, as Secretary of the House Democratic Caucus.

Queens Congressman Joseph Crowley's colleagues today elected him chairman of the House Democratic Caucus today — leaving him just three slots below Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who vanquished a challenge from Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan.

Several Democratic elected officials, including Councilman Brad Lander and Assemblyman Keith Wright, the chair of the housing committee, backed Mr. de Blasio's plan.

A member of the House of Representatives elected under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Johnson Agbonayinma, representing Egor / Ikpoba - okha in Edo State has defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Republican Scott Jones was at the orientation for newly elected House members Monday, even though he doesn't yet know if he defeated Democratic Rep. Ami Bera in California's 7th District.

In November 2016, Rep. Joseph Crowley (D - Queens / Bronx), who also heads the Queens Democratic Party, was elected as chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, making him the fourth - ranked Democrat in the House of Representatives.

WASHINGTON — More than 60 Democratic members of the House are refusing to attend President - elect Donald J. Trump's inauguration Friday, but Rep. Brian Higgins, D - Buffalo, plans on going.

But Perez Williams has the backing of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the Washington - based group tasked with getting Democrats elected to the House of Representatives.

(announced Dec. 15, 2015) over 140 elected officials including the entire Democratic congressional delegation, community and coalition leaders... U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow U.S. Sen. Gary Peters U.S. Rep. Sander Levin U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell U.S. Rep. Brenda Lawrence Senate Minority Leader Jim Ananich House Minority Leader Tim Greimel Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero more...

Labour is committed to replacing the House of Lords with an elected Senate of the Nations and Regions, to represent every part of the United Kingdom, and to improve the democratic legitimacy of the second chamber.

Cuomo did call off his traditional New Year's Day executive mansion open house to attend New York City Mayor - elect Bill de Blasio's public inauguration yesterday in Manhattan along with Democratic luminaries like former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

When Reagan was elected, he faced a Democratic House, and a Senate that was nominally Republican (but included more genuine centrists than you would find today).

Rep. Chris Collins, a staunch Trump supporter, injected himself into the feud between the president - elect and Georgia Rep. John Lewis, Democratic congressman and civil rights icon — should be compared to a «spoiled child» after casting doubt that Trump had legitimately won the White House.

Koch believes the same effect would happen to the president's policy on Israel should the heavily Democratic district in New York elect a Republican to the House.

Democratic House members will be elected in droves, thanks to Obama's coattails.

Tory Claire Perry said: «We're elected in a far more democratic way in this House than in the Laity.

He dismissed concerns about Empire State overrepresentation by pointing out that Queens Congressman Joseph Crowley — the Democratic boss of that borough, and a Heastie ally — was recently elected as chairman of the House Democratic Caucus.

His comments came at a dinner in Miami for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which aims to get Democrats elected to the House, at the home of retired basketball star Alonzo Mourning.

Elected to the House in 1980, Schumer bided his time for the better part of two decades before coming from behind to claim victory in a hotly contested Democratic Senate primary in 1998.

After the updated votes, 19 lawmakers received a 100 % rating, including 2 newly elected Democratic House members: Carole Fiola & Daniel Donahue.

I am a Democrat elected by a Democratic community, I have always been a Democrat, and I will always be a Democrat fighting teeth and nail, to protect senior citizen benefits, better education for our communities, affordable housing, health services, immigration issues and those services that the Democratic party have always fought for.

Significant numbers of MPs from both the main parties believe that an elected upper House would undermine the Commons» monopoly of democratic legitimacy and, as in 2012, they will defy the Whips to block it.

Elected to the House of Commons in 1979 as a member of the Labour Party for the constituency of Stockport South, in 1981 he was one of the later defectors to the new Social Democratic Party.

Republicans have picked up three seats here — Long Island's NY - 1, where state Sen. Lee Zeldin ousted Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop; Central New York's NY - 24, where former federal prosecutor John Katko defeated Democratic Rep. Dan Maffei; and the North Country's NY - 21, where Elise Stefanik became the youngest woman ever elected to the House.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand appeared in a video with NY - 19 Democratic candidate Zephyr Teachout, explaining why she believes the Fordham Law professor should be elected to the House.

Washington (CNN)-- The Democratic and Republican committees tasked with electing candidates to the House of Representatives are closing the book on the 2012 election cycle, with Democrats saying they brought in $ 184 million and Republicans raising $ 144 million.

Washington (CNN)-- The Republican and Democratic fundraising organizations in charge of electing party members to the House of Representatives each raised over $ 9 million in March, the two groups announced on Tuesday.

Hanna, who was elected in 2010, drew national attention this year — along with ire from Republicans — when he said during a radio interview that a House committee's investigation into the 2012 attacks on the American compound in Benghazi, Libya, might have been more about targeting Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton rather than genuine interest in the attacks.

The sacked legislators, elected to the House on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, are Stella Ngwu representing Igbo - Etti / Uzo - Uwani Federal Constituency and Mr. Dennis Agbo representing Igbo Eze North / Udenu Federal Constituency.

On Tuesday the National Republican Congressional Committee, responsible for electing Republicans to the House, went up with a campaign aimed at 13 Democratic incumbents.

Speaker of the House - elect Nancy Pelosi, D - Calif., left, and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Rahm Emanuel, D - Ill., talk to the news media after the Democratic Caucus elections on Capitol Hill on Nov. 16, 2006 in Washington, D.C.

Democratic congressional members along with top New York state elected officials are blasting the Republican budget bill that narrowly passed the House Thursday.