Sentences with phrase «increasingly sore point»

A special election is yet to be called, however, which has become increasingly a sore point for progressive advocates who had wanted one called before the budget is voted on in late March.

The proposal appears to be the latest effort by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to show his public intent at uniting Democrats in the Senate, a fractious chamber that has become an increasingly sore point for liberal activists in New York that was heightened in the wake of President Trump's election.