Sentences with phrase «governor on both sides of the aisle»

«Who may run for governor on both sides of the aisle, that's up to them and we will deal with it,» Cuomo said Tuesday in a teleconference with reporters on preparations for a snowstorm.

«On people who may or may not run for governor on both sides of the aisle, that's up to them and we'll deal with it as the campaign progresses,» the governor said.

«On people who may or may not run for governor on both sides of the aisle,» he said on a conference call with reporters, «that's up to them, and we'll deal with it as the campaign progresses.»

«On people who may or not run for governor on both sides of the aisle we'll deal with that as it progresses,» he said.

«And on people who may or may not run for governor on both sides of the aisle, that's up to them, and we'll deal with it as the campaign progresses,» he said during an unrelated conference call on Tuesday.

One of the most notable «laboratories of democracy» was Texas, where governors on both sides of the aisle pursued a reform agenda, starting in the early 1980s, centered on higher academic standards, standardized testing, school accountability, competition, and choice.

Not exact matches

Even during joint legislative budget hearings, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle were unable to get much in the way of detail out of members of the Cuomo administration, though they did — in some cases — get more than what the governor included in his budget documents.

The verbal attack last week on state Senate GOP Majority Leader John Flanagan by Cuomo's hand - picked state Democratic party executive director, reportedly sparked by the governor's anger over the conference's release of its priorities, raised eyebrows on both sides of the aisle.

Politicians on both sides of the aisle learned to never cross 1199 after Eliot Spitzer was elected governor in 2006.

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«The governor believes that one of the problems in our political system is the influence of extremists on both sides of the aisle,» the AP quoted a Cuomo spokesman as saying.

«Owen Johnson was beloved by his constituents and respected by his colleagues on both sides of the aisle, including eight governors who served during his career in the Senate,» Skelos said in the statement.

«Mike is doing a great job on the vice presidential ticket on our side of the aisle and really is a person who can articulate what we stand for and the work we're doing for example on the better way being a true partner coming out of the House of Representatives and as a governor,» he said.

But as the outline of the agreement emerged, the governor was attacked for the deal by his potential opponents on both sides of the aisle.

«The governor believes that one of the problems in our political system is the influence of extremists on both sides of the aisle,» said Cuomo spokesman Matthew Wing.

Mr. Felder, however, apparently unswayed by the governor's previous entreaties, said he had to do what was best for his constituents, which includes a large community of Orthodox Jews, though he stressed he had «great respect for my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and this institution.»

On Monday, the criticism of the governor's approach came from both legislative chambers and both sides of the aisle.

For one, there remains a core group of influential reformers — including former U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, congressmen on both sides of the aisle, and reform - minded governors, who know that AYP has done more to focus the nation on dealing with the widespread problems within American public education than any other policy decision in the past five decades.

As critical as Johnston and the AFT's Brenda Smith were to passage of SB 191, it would have not passed had there not been support by many other legislators on both sides of the aisle, including Senator Spence, Representatives Murray and Scanlan along with Speaker Carroll, Lt. Governor O'Brien, Colorado Education Commissioner Jones and a broad coalition of business, education, and civil rights groups, mostly coordinated by Colorado DFER and Colorado Stand for Children.

Perry, who ran for president in the past two election cycles, is likely to shift the department away from renewable energy and toward fossil fuels, whose production he championed while serving as governor for 14 years... «During his time in office, Perry embodied the type of «all of the above» approach to U.S. energy production that many have advocated on both sides of the aisle,» Zelermyer said.

There's no disputing her qualifications: For 25 years, she has worked with both sides of the aisle on environmental issues, advising several governors in Connecticut and Massachusetts, including Mitt Romney.