Sentences with phrase «gained controlled of the house»

In 2017, Republicans gained control of both houses of Congress and the White House for the first time in a decade, but unified GOP control of the legislative and executive branches didn't lead to a burst of lawmaking.

When Boehner and company gained control of the House, the idea that «it's all about jobs» was complete rhetoric.

When she finds out, he twists her arm in any way he can to gain control of the house or car or children, he continues to blame her, she's remains the villain in his discourse.

It wasn't until the 1990s that Democratic control began to implode, starting with the elections of 1994, in which Republicans gained control of both houses of Congress, through the rest of the decade.

On «Daily Rundown,» Israel said the government shutdown in October — which for a few weeks altered the perception of whether Democrats could conceivably gain control of the House in 2014 — proves that having candidates in place in competitively drawn districts will be key to Democrats» strategy in November.

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.

The DCCC, the campaign arm of House Democrats, views New York as one of the key battleground states in its effort to flip enough Republican seats to gain control of the House in the November election.

The troubled campaign of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is providing an strengthened chance for Democrats to gain control of both houses of Congress, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday said at a fundraiser for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

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

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.

It's the campaign slogan that helped Republicans gain control of the House in 2010 and keep that majority in 2012.

«I'm very, very much concerned that if President Obama wins another term that we need checks and balances in Washington,» said John Catsimatidis, chairman and CEO of the Red Apple Group and Gristedes Foods, referring to Republicans gaining control of both houses of Congress.

One candidate even called for restoring the Office of Technology Assessment, a nonpartisan arm of Congress created in 1972 to analyze scientific developments that was eliminated in 1995 after Republicans gained control of the House of Representatives.

Not exact matches

But with the majority of millennials skewing further left, while Republicans gained control of Congress and the White House, Smith — labeled «a de facto ambassador for the technology industry at large» by The New York Times — needed a new way to walk the tightrope.

In order for the Democrats to seize control of the House, they would have to gain 24 seats.

Walker was elected governor in the GOP landslide of 2010, when Republicans also gained control of the Wisconsin state senate and house of representatives.

As neighbors gained greater control over their area, they saw a payoff in rebuilt housing, and in the number of children who left the streets for programs.

By 4:30 a.m. EST today, even with many individual contests unknown, it was apparent the GOP had wrested away control of the Senate from the Democrats and gained even more control in the House.

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi indicated that her party would like to roll back the tax reform law passed last year if they gain control of Congress this November.

Democrats needed to gain 17 districts in the Virginia House in order to take control of the chamber.

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.

Those voters have been defecting to the Republican camp in alarming numbers during the Obama years, part of the reason we've seen huge Republican gains among governors and state legislatures, and both houses of Congress controlled by Republicans.

The Assembly has already voted to approve the Dream Act — a state version of the federal proposal to allow certain illegal aliens to gain access to a variety of government programs — but it is opposed by Senate Republicans, who control that house in coalition with a small group of Democrats.

Republicans made dramatic gains House races throughout the state and won control of the state Senate when three Democratic freshman lost their re-election bids.

In 2002, after winning a majority of seats in the State House of Representatives, Republicans gained complete control of the legislature.

Democrats need a net gain of 30 seats to regain control of the House, and the DCCC believes the 31 districts and candidates included in its «Red to Blue» or its «Emerging Races» program represent some of the party's best shots at winning control of the lower chamber.

If Democrats have any hope of gaining control of the New York State Senate this year — gaining an upper hand on progressive priorities like expanding voting rights, campaign finance reform, promoting reproductive justice, affordable housing, criminal justice reform, and gun control — then we have to win the April 24 special election in lower Westchester.

Republicans in Texas gained a state government trifecta as a result of the 2002 elections by taking control of the state House.

The GOP needs a net gain of 39 seats to win back control of the chamber from the Democrats, who have held the House and the Senate for the last four years.

The same day that Republicans gained control of the state Senate, Sen. - elect Michael Gianaris (D - Astoria) was pegged to restore the Democratic majority in the upper house in Albany even though he will only be a freshman.

Bertelsmann, the parent company of Random House, has gained controlling interest in Mondadori.

You must stop the Joker and his plans before it is too late by gaining back control of the Asylum and ending this madness in the mad house... how ironic!

Let's predict that the Democrats will gain control of Congress in 2018 and will take back the White House in 2020.

Then move into a smaller house in a rural area, grow some vegetables, gain control of credit cards and pay off debts.

Compared to the passive solar technique of using a lot of south facing glazing, the LTMS 1) allows more control over the solar heat gain — it can be turned down or shut off if the solar gain becomes more than the house can use for part of the day, and 2) It eliminates the large heat loss (especially at night) associated with the large amount of south glazing in conventional passive solar homes.

Their appeal may not go very far: President Bush recently threatened to veto a House bill that would've required the federal government to seek community feedback on the fence, alleging that doing so would «serve as an impediment of gaining control of the border.»

While Republicans control the House and Senate, actually gaining approval on both the ACA replacement and complete overhaul of the Medicaid system in the same step could be challenging.

Rent control also splits owner opposition to the threat of expropriation by exempting commercial uses and houses in the jurisdiction by increasing the value of their properties, as does the spillover gains they capture from the reduced supply of rental housing nearby.