Sentences with phrase «if midterm elections»

Senators are calling for hearings, setting up the possibility that Facebook and the tech industry could face tough new laws — especially if the midterm elections result in the Republicans losing their majorities in Congress.

Not exact matches

WASHINGTON — When House Speaker Paul Ryan told his colleagues on Wednesday that he would retire at the end of the year, he signaled what many Republicans are already thinking: Midterm elections will be rough for the GOP if it wants to keep its majority.

If small business owners want to protect their interests, they and their advocates will need to work hard to combat his efforts as the midterm election cycle gets started.

Democratic candidates have outperformed expectations in every special election since President Donald Trump came into office, and it's increasingly looking as if Trump's 2018 nightmare of losing both the House and the Senate in midterm elections could come true.

«Virginia has always been an early - warning system for midterm elections — almost always showing us what will happen in the next year if the course of the storm doesn't shift.

Those problems make it all too plausible that, if drastic action isn't taken now, the same tactics will be deployed again to disrupt this year's midterm Congressional elections.

Of course reform wouldn't seem so out of reach if the Democrats managed to reconquer the House during the midterm election in November 2014, says Thomas Mann, a congressional expert at the Brookings Institution.

They're also going to question if Trump has the competence and resolve to convince Congress to approve any agreement that he secures, especially after the midterm elections in November, since it's unclear if Republicans will remain in control of the House.

«At this point, I don't even know if the adults in power who are funded by the NRA, I don't think we need them anymore, because they are going to be gone by the midterm election,» Gonzalez said on «Face the Nation» on CBS.

The market isn't pricing in a delay in tax reform, and if we get a delay, can we even get it done at all with midterm elections next year?

If we consider all the midterm elections in the post-war era, the president's party has lost House seats 16 out of 18 times.

That becomes likely only if Democrats win a majority in the House in this year's midterm elections, Mezey said.

The pastor proceeded to warn his audience against voting for a candidate in the upcoming midterm elections who supports gay marriage and abortion, even if that candidate, Carl DeMaio, is a Republican.

Trump declared war on the conservatives of the House Freedom Caucus, suggesting Republicans should «fight them» in the 2018 midterm elections if they do not back his agenda.

If elections and national surveys over the past year have shown us anything, it is that suburban voters could well be the key to the 2018 midterm House elections.

We also examine if the very public response of Parkland students (and other American teens) will have a long - lasting impact and whether any of this will affect the outcome of the 2018 midterm elections.

If the GOP can flip the seat in North Carolina and five others, without losing any ground, they will win control of the Senate in November's midterm elections.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D - CA) said Thursday that Democrats would raise taxes if they win the 2018 midterm elections.

Many Democrats have expressed trepidation about the lofty expectations that Obama has set and are keenly aware that the party could pay a steep price in the 2010 midterm elections if the promises are not fulfilled.

And this from the Gallup analysis: «The six - point Democratic advantage among all registered voters in the current poll suggests the 2010 election could be quite close if it were held today given low turnout in midterm elections and the usual Republican advantages in turnout.»

If you really want to turn these policies around, work on the midterm elections, because our members of Congress, including John Faso and Elise Stefanik, are not exercising the right oversight authority over, for instance, the gutting of the EPA.

But if Edwards was able to win in a year when a president from Texas was carrying the seat so convincingly, he would seem to have a slight edge in a midterm election with a dramatically less popular president.

Ryan said that a president's party typically loses seats in midterm elections but that party data show the GOP would hold the House if the election were held now.

Even if Felder stays with the GOP after those elections, Democrats hope to take over following November's midterm elections, which many observers believe will be referendum on Washington Republicans.

Washington (CNN)-- House Speaker John Boehner had a message to all those wondering if he's planning to run for his leadership post after the midterm elections: «I'm all in.»

But other prominent Republicans expressed concern that Ms. Scozzafava's decision seemed likely to encourage conservatives going into next year's midterm elections to mount primary challenges against Republican candidates whom they consider too moderate, particularly if Mr. Hoffman wins on Tuesday.

«If you look at first midterm elections historically, the president's party loses seats,» Rep. Chris Van Hollen, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman, said at a forum in Washington in remarks reported by Politico.

And despite the fact that few if any of the students are old enough to vote in next month's midterm elections, Obama took time from a packed campaign schedule to tour an exhibit of their winning posters and then thank them for their passion.

Just days after the midterm elections, a report from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and a related story in The New York Times examined what would happen to federal science agencies if the GOP carried through on their planned budget cuts.

Before last year's midterms, an overwhelming majority of education experts polled by the consulting firm Whiteboard Advisors said replacing No Child Left Behind would have to wait until well after the 2016 elections — if it ever happened at all.

Time is growing short if Obama aims for action before midterm elections, which could weaken Democratic majorities in Congress.

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If you're energized from that, meet with State Committeeman Ben Yee at Arts on Site Friday for a discussion on organizing resistance ahead of the midterm elections.

«The closer we get to midterm elections,» a utility executive said, «both sides of the Hill will feel a high degree of vulnerability on environmental issues, and some will retreat from the White House if they feel they need to.»

(If anything, you'd think that House members would be more skittish about passing election - year bills; senators were given six - year terms precisely so their chamber didn't have to freak out over every little midterm.)

Even if the Democrats take both chambers of Congress in the midterm elections the «president is not going to go away,» Resch said.

But if a vote is forced, then they're forced to take a position sooner rather than later — in this case, it would be well before the midterm elections.

When asked if bad actors are currently trying to use Facebook to meddle in the U.S. midterm elections, Zuckerberg said, «I'm sure someone's trying.»

If Facebook doesn't prevent the Russians from reaching an alleged 126 million users again during the 2018 midterms or a future election, it could compound its ongoing issues and be forced to deal with angry legislators.

If Congress continues to ignore the public's clamor for reasonable gun - control legislation, voters should use the upcoming midterm elections to reiterate the message.

I am still wondering what the «culture» picture will look like if Amazon waits until after the midterm elections.