Sentences with phrase «know as an independent»

Mr. Ford is better known as the Independent candidate who placed a strong second to Conservative Tim Uppal in the 2008 and 2011 federal elections.

(CNN)-- When I was 18, I was drawn to a strict Christian sect known as Independent Fundamental Baptists.

Worse, it established the anti democratic and bureaucratically unaccountable quasi Star Chamber known as the Independent Payment Advisory Board, authorized to order Congress to legislate cost cuts (resisted only by a supermajority)-- with (as I wrote in the Weekly Standard) the constitutionally questionable power to even surmount a presidential veto.

Thus Schleiermacher's description was impure; what was to have been known as independent became dependent on cultural concepts and judgments after all.

Along with fellow Brighton MP David Lepper, he is known as independent - minded.

Under a deal negotiated by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and announced Wednesday, the eight - member faction known as the Independent Democratic Conference is reuniting with mainline Democrats.

But on Tuesday Cuomo did just that, brokering a reconciliation between Andrea Stewart - Cousins, the leader of the Senate Democrats, and Jeff Klein, the leader of the breakaway faction, known as the Independent Democratic Caucus.

«New York City straphangers have suffered enough delays and we can not delay funding this project anymore,» said Klein, a Democrat who leads the breakaway group of lawmakers known as the Independent Democratic Conference, in a statement.

And some of our elected «democratic» lawmakers, otherwise known as the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC), repeatedly caucus with republicans in exchange for leadership roles (which gets them a bigger paychecks, staff, and offices) and more funding for their districts.

Under a deal negotiated by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the eight - member faction known as the Independent Democratic Conference will reunite with mainline Democrats.

The eight - member faction known as the Independent Democratic Conference will reunite with mainline Democrats

He became the eighth Democratic member of what is known as the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC), a breakaway faction that caucuses with Republicans in the New York Senate, effectively giving the GOP a majority in a chamber that voters have all but decided should be in Democratic control.

Albanese is known as an independent - minded reformer who doesn't easily fit an ideological label, while Gangi flanks de Blasio's left on almost every issue.

The Republicans lost the majority of seats in the Senate two years ago, but they have co-ruled the Senate since January 2013 with a group of breakaway Democrats, known as the Independent Democratic Conference.

An alliance in the State Senate between Republicans and a renegade of group of Democrats known as the Independent Democratic Conference was formed during Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's first week in office.

Mr. Avella, the chair of the Senate Ethics Committee and a part of the five - member breakaway Democratic bloc known as the Independent Democratic Conference, said his bill would apply to public relations, strategic communications and campaign consulting firms earning more than $ 5,000.

The only faction in the legislature that is currently supporting a repeal of Wilson Paula is the breakaway Democratic faction in the Senate known as the Independent Democratic Conference.

Alcantara is a Democrat, but she has said if elected to the Senate in November, she will likely ally with the breakaway Democratic faction known as the Independent Democratic Conference.

In 2011, on the day Cuomo first took office as governor, four Senate Democrats announced they were forming their own conference, known as the Independent Democratic Conference, led by Bronx Sen. Jeff Klein.

Alcantara is a Democrat, but she has said if she's elected to the Senate in November, she won't join the regular Democrats but will likely ally with the breakaway Democratic faction known as the Independent Democratic Conference.

And then there's the breakaway Democrats known as the Independent Democratic Conference, whose numbers have now swelled to eight.

A faction of breakaway Democrats known as the Independent Democratic Conference has been in the news lately for receiving stipend payments for chairing committees that the Senators in fact did not chair.

Sen. Jeff Klein, the leader of the five - member faction of Democrats known as the Independent Democratic Conference, took a gamble breaking away from the rest of the Democrats and forming the dominant governing coalition with the now 30 Republican Senators.

But it does not control the chamber thanks to eight breakaway Dems known as the Independent Democratic Conference, led by Klein.

On a legislative level, the coalition between the GOP and the renegade Democrats — known as the Independent Democratic Conference — allows Cuomo to control the pace of the reform coming out of Albany.

A group of Democrats known as the Independent Democratic Conference caucus with the Republicans, effectively keeping the state Senate in GOP hands.

Super PACs, also known as independent expenditure committees, are allowed to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money as long as their is no coordination with the campaigns they are supporting.

But Republicans are in control thanks to the support of several Democrats, known as the Independent Democrats, who broke ranks with their party to empower the GOP.

The chamber is run by Republicans and a group of breakaway Democrats known as the Independent Democratic Conference, or the IDC.

At the same time, he backed a group of breakway Senate Dems known as the Independent Democratic Conference as a «a voice for all Democrats.

Senator Jeff Klein, the leader of the five member faction of Democrats known as the Independent Democratic Conference, took a gamble breaking away from the rest of the Democrats and forming the dominant governing coalition with the now 30 Republican Senators.

That's looking increasingly likely now that there's tentative agreement to end the bitter schism in the Senate between mainline Democrats and the breakaway faction known as the Independent Democrats.

Senate Republicans control the chamber in a coalition with eight breakaway Democrats known as the Independent Democratic Conference.

A group of eight breakaway Democrats, known as the Independent Democratic Conference, has in the past formed a coalition with Republicans to jointly hold the chamber, leaving the rest of the Democrats in the minority.

Crouse, however, said the Republican power - sharing deal in the state Senate with a handful of breakaway Democrats known as the Independent Democratic Conference shows just how unwieldy the logistics of coalitions can be.

Senate Republicans rule in a coalition government with a hand full of breakaway Democrats, known as the Independent Democratic Conference.

The group of senators formerly known as the Independent Democratic Conference are hosting a fundraiser on Thursday, following through on an arrangement they had with the party before the conference was dissolved.

Instead, they were part of a five - member faction of Democrats, led by Klein and known as the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC), that governed in coalition with the Republicans.

Known as the Independent Democratic Conference, they have chosen to caucus with Senate Republicans.

There are another 2.5 million «unaffiliated» registered voters, otherwise known as independents, and another 705,000 voters registered with smaller parties, like the Green Party or the Independence Party.

Mr. Loeb has also donated $ 50,000 to a group of breakaway Democrats, known as the Independent Democratic Conference, who have formed a coalition with the Republicans.

Super PACs, technically known as independent expenditure - only committees, emerged nationwide in 2010 after federal court decisions in the Citizens United and SpeechNow.org cases.

Through what's know as an independent expenditure, political parties and committees can also spend on advertising as long as their efforts aren't officially coordinated with a candidate's campaign.

Gillibrand's office drops hammer on IDCAn intersection of two of my former beats — I asked Gillibrand's office for the Senator's stance on the rebel group of Democrats in the NY Senate known as the Independent Democratic Conference.

Several senators who are part of a breakaway group of Democrats known as the Independent Democratic Conference were paid extra stipends — ranging from $ 12,500 to $ 18,000 a year - for serving on various Senate committees controlled by the Majority Party Republicans.

Several Senators who are part of a breakaway group of Democrats known as the Independent Democratic Conference were paid extra stipends — ranging from $ 12,500 to $ 18,000 a year - for serving on various Senate committees controlled by the Majority Party Republicans.

Those tied to the coalition tell the Daily News there were serious discussions about having the ads target New York State Senate co-leader Jeffrey Klein and his group of breakaway Democrats, known as the Independent Democratic Conference, but they backed off Sunday evening, deciding instead to focus on the entire Senate.

Even if the Democrats pick up a few seats on Nov. 8, they will likely need to strike a co-leadership deal with a group of breakaway pols known as the Independent Democratic Conference, or IDC, that has been aligned with the Republicans since 2011.

But the Republicans, led by Dean G. Skelos of Long Island, share leadership with four breakaway Democrats known as the Independent Democratic Conference, led by Jeffrey D. Klein of the Bronx.

The former arrangement is known as a dependent system, while the latter arrangement is known as an independent system.