Sentences with phrase «into midterm»

The mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., has thrust gun rights into the midterm campaign, scrambling traditions in both parties as the debate shifts toward firearms restrictions.
The reason, Leiserowitz suspects, is that outside of political and green spheres — where the debate is certain to be ferocious over the coming months, and into the midterm elections — the general public isn't particularly engaged on these issues, or even very clear on the specifics.
It's the latest sign of enthusiasm — like massive women's marches and victories in state races around the country — heading into midterm elections that look increasingly hopeful for the opposition party.
He added that his confidence in the security of Americans» data going into midterm elections this year was «to be determined.»
«You could sort of see it happening in slow motion, notwithstanding efforts by leadership to try to deflect it or push it back,» says Steven Law, a former McConnell chief of staff who became a top U.S. Chamber of Commerce official before landing at American Crossroads, the Karl Rove - founded Super PAC, which now aims to usher more moderate Republican nominees into the midterms.
Gallup's latest polls show Republicans with a generic 3 point lead heading into the midterms.
Seeking to control the damage wrought by White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, President Obama promised House Democrats he will helping them heading into the midterms.

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Enthusiasm for the Democratic Party is waning among young voters as its candidates head into the crucial midterm congressional elections.
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.
Your room is where you'll furiously cram for midterms late into the night, host game and movie nights, and wind down after a busy week.
For now, the enactment of the tax bill hands Republicans a much - needed victory going into next years midterm elections.
She also noted that there was heavy political uncertainty going into the coming midterm elections, and suggested that stocks may remain stuck in their trading range until after the midterms pass.
Also, with the upcoming midterm election, I hope to use my experience as a former Congressional Staffer in Washington DC to bring bitcoin, and BitPay, into as many political campaigns as possible.
WASHINGTON (AP)-- Big - dollar donors helped inject hundreds of millions into the 2014 midterm federal elections.
Far from the liability that the Affordable Care Act has been in past elections, Democrats believe health care will be a key advantage heading into this fall's midterm elections.
The Senate Republicans» chaotic late - night vote Friday to overhaul the tax system widened the country's partisan divisions Saturday - sparking a political grudge match that lawmakers vowed to carry into next year's midterm elections.
When the NRA holds its annual meeting this weekend in Dallas, the gathering will provide a window into the organization's message and strategy ahead of this year's midterm elections.
The Democrats will lose control of the Senate in January because of heavy losses in midterm elections last month and will go deeper into a House minority than at any time since 1928.
The problem was he took your letter grade on the midterm and turned it into a percentage grade, then multiplied it by your preferred ratio... except he set it up wrong.
Gibson has managed to keep his seat, but he remains a top target of the DCCC heading into the 2014 midterm elections, and his opponent, Democratic activist and political newcomer Sean Eldridge, is making the selfsame argument about the GOP congressman — that he leans too far to the right and in doing so is contributing to the dysfunction down in D.C.
It comes as Republicans prepare to head into a potentially challenging midterm 2018 congressional election cycle.
Last fall, Democrats lost control of the Senate and fell further into the minority in the House, but pinned much of the blame on low turnout in the midterm elections.
Bloomberg's decision to open his substantial wallet in the California governor's race could signal that he will also pour resources into the congressional midterm elections.
She also oversaw campaigns for the state House of Delegates, where victories (the party won 15 seats) signaled Democratic energy heading into the 2018 midterms.
Republicans were working with a fantastic political baseline in 2014 — low presidential approval, a slew of Democratic Senate incumbents defending their seats in Red states, a midterm election, and high - quality candidates drawn into battle this year, in part precisely because it was so favorable to Republicans in the first place.
Croci left in midterm to serve as a reservist in Afghanistan but came back in time to rescue the party by stepping into the 2014 Senate race at the last minute.
As part of his push to keep money flowing into Democratic campaign accounts before the midterms, President Obama has appeared at 49 fundraisers so far this year — 46 of which were for party committees or PACs that will spend the money on political campaigns this fall.
Those consultants recently circulated strategy memos explicitly warning that 2018 risks turning into an amplified version of 2006 — Democrats» last big midterm victory year — according to copies seen by POLITICO.
The event demonstrated the Tea Party movement's growing clout and is not good news for Democrats headed into an already difficult midterm election season.
Faced with the prospect of Republicans turning the midterm elections into a referendum on which party can keep Americans safe, congressional Democrats vowed Wednesday to take the fight to the majority party come November.
Democrats who backed the bill are finding big banks far less eager to host fundraisers and provide campaign cash heading into the tightly contested midterm elections this fall, insiders say.
The 19th congressional district is expected to be one of the more competitive and closely watched races heading into next year's midterm elections.
[The group] has been pitching donors and aiming to put together its first phase action plan for December, moving first in the Virginia and New Jersey state elections next year and with an eye toward coordination across gubernatorial, state legislative and House races going into the 2018 midterms
(CNN)- Not wasting a minute, Democratic campaign groups in Congress are bringing Rep. Paul Ryan's budget plan — which he's set to release Tuesday — into the line of fire, attempting to make it a wedge issue in the 2014 midterm elections.
Emanuel and his fellow Democrats are doing their darndest to turn the 2006 midterm elections into a national referendum on Republican stewardship of government.
Yes, we know it's way early to be talking about House races — heck the winners in last month's midterms haven't even been sworn into the 110th Congress yet.
What was still a weekend burst of Washington dysfunction could spiral into a broader crisis with political consequences in November's midterm elections.
Will the Democrats or Republicans win the «messaging war» as they head into the 2018 midterm elections?
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.
Chris Van Hollen warned fellow Democrats that they are heading into a challenging midterm election.
The party establishment, still in rebuilding mode heading into next year's midterm elections, watched helplessly this weekend as Republican nominee Dede Scozzafava was driven from the race by grass - roots activists in favor of a more conservative candidate.
To address this, the council urges that attendance, class participation, and midterm exams and reports figure into course grades, which are now typically based only on a final exam or report.
The supposedly nonpartisan race turned out to be a partisan - driven slugfest heading into the fall midterms.
In explaining why he did not provide context for some of his remarks, Welner wrote: «Much of this change happened in the aftermath of the 2010 midterm elections, when Republicans swept into state offices in very large numbers.»
That distinction belongs to 2011, after the 2010 midterm elections swept historic Republican majorities into office in state after state.
Going into Tuesday's midterm elections, education reformers thought it was time to clean house.
Second, what results from the midterms mostly revealed is an education agenda has yet to have its day in the sun, electorally, and any agenda for the nation's schools will have to be bound into a coalition of other, more populist, causes.
But starting with the 2010 midterms and continuing into the next two federal elections, he skipped going to the polls.
With 2018 midterms around the corner, the Democrats are looking for their answer to Cambridge Analytica, the Robert Mercer - backed political data firm that either won the 2016 election or tricked everyone into believing that it did, depending on who's talking.
Even the best - case scenario won't prevent the rules from coming into effect as planned (later this year, after the Office of Management and Budget approves it), and even if Democrats were to sweep the midterms, they would still face a veto for any proposed legislative solution.
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