Sentences with phrase «fractured party control»

«Scandal often breeds innovation, and fractured party control of the Senate could offer a rare chance for meaningful change.

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A Washington, D.C. - based group dedicated to producing Democratic - run state capitals has become the latest advocate to lean on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to help his party take control of the fractured, fractious State Senate — and to thus make New York only the seventh state in the nation with a solid - blue government.

If the Democrats reach a deal with Klein to bring his faction back into the party, expect it to include some sort of fancy title that gives him some control over legislation, or at the very least fractures the influence currently vested in the leader position.

ALBANY - Warring factions of Democrats in the notoriously fractured state Senate pledged to unify Wednesday, ending a seven - year split that was one of the party's biggest impediments to regaining control of the chamber.

The Manhattan Democratic Party is badly fractured, and Wright controls a scant handful of positions, procedures and appointments.