Sentences with phrase «key swing votes»

Both provided key swing votes for same sex marriage.

Sen. Susan Collins (R - Maine), a key swing vote, has said she does not think the estate tax should be eliminated.

That's especially true in an election year, when the huge Catholic vote is seen as perhaps the key swing vote in the nation.

Cuomo leads 87 - 8 among his fellow Democrats while Paladino leads 83 - 13 with his fellow Republicans and 49 - 43 percent among the all - important independent voters, who could end up being a key swing voting bloc.

Katko is considered a key swing vote because Republicans can afford to lose only about 20 votes and still have the 218 votes needed for passage.

ALBANY - A state senator who holds a key swing vote on the bill to legalize gay marriage says he does not believe the measure will pass without specific exemptions for religious institutions.

The so - called «blanks» are backing Gibson 53 - 30, while moderates support him 47 - 38 and women, another key swing voting bloc, are behind him 50 - 40.

And some other justice will become the Court's swinger — that is, the key swing vote.

And yet, in Ice, a one - time (though fickle) Apprendi supporter, Justice Ginsburg, wrote a broad opinion for the Court limiting Apprendi's reach and suggesting that she (as well as Justice Alito, who was another key swing vote in Ice) may be increasingly concerning about what could happen if Apprendi rights were extended into new sentencing settings.

Not exact matches

The court's key swing - vote, Anthony Kennedy has a flair for the dramatic.

«If you look at key swing states — Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, Iowa — those are all states where you had overwhelming majorities vote to protect marriage, and I think that we are going to focus on making very clear that this is a key distinction...

No evidence has emerged that efforts to corrupt the vote tabulations in key swing states by outside hackers has emerged, however.

One of the key patterns in last year's general election results was a tendency for those who voted Remain to swing more to Labour than those who voted Leave, while the Conservatives lost ground amongst Remain voters while advancing amongst their Leave counterparts.

Rep. Danny Rovero, a key swing voter in the House Democratic caucus who voted for the Republican - written budget last month, said the nature of the compromise was choosing among a series of difficult and unpalatable choices.

In one of the key swing districts in the nation, country voters who register to vote in our district could easily be the votes that turn NY19 blue and stop Trump in his tracks.

The group's Jeanette Galanis says targeted mailers have already been sent to constituents of key Senate Republicans, in hopes of persuading them to be the swing votes on the issue.

During the hearing, the House Intelligence Chairman asked Mike Rogers if votes tallies in key swing states were changed and Rogers confirmed that there's no evidence that any votes have been compromised in the election.

House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes listed several key swing states — Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Florida, North Carolina and Ohio — and asked Rogers if there was any evidence that vote tallies were changed.

The vote to repeal and replace after several false starts was the fulfillment of a key campaign pledge for House Republicans, but it could cost them in key swing seats later next year.

The old New Labour triangulation strategy was that the so - called «core vote» had nowhere else to go, but relatively affluent swing voters were key to electoral success.

Sen. Greg Ball, a key GOP swing vote on gay marriage, warned a bill will never pass without significant exemptions for religious institutions.

Rep. Danny Rovero, a key swing voter in the House Democratic caucus who voted for the Republican - written budget last month, said, «It's a very good compromise.

The Empire State Pride Agenda notes in its release that Cuomo's backing of the issue is key in order for it to pass the Republican - led Senate, where potential swing votes are being counted and re-counted.

As it happens the Conservative - Labour swing in marginals was much the same as it was in safe seats in 2005, but the changes in the parties votes was different — both the Conservatives and Labour did better in their key marginals than elsewhere, it's just their mutual improved performances cancelled each other out!

Shell predicts that the plant will employ 600 workers — a powerful message in a swing state where a thirst for job creation is often cited as a key reason that Donald Trump won Pennsylvania's 20 electoral college votes in November.