Sentences with phrase «lame duck with»

«There is nothing new about this — it's the same old de Blasio and now he's a lame duck with no friends left in Albany and an entire political class in the city looking to run for mayor themselves in four years,» said one Democratic insider sympathetic to Cuomo.

Once a deal is reached, Paterson will become a 100 percent certified lame duck with very little power and even less ability to command attention from his bully pulpit.

Paterson may be a lame duck with a low appropval rating, but he remains a popular figure in on his home turf, so his endorsement in this race could carry some weight.

Not exact matches

More to the point, with a lame - duck, deeply unpopular Republican president and Democratic - controlled Congress, some say there's unlikely to even be a 2009 budget to serve as a vessel for pork stuffing, circumstances that make a moratorium much less punishing.

But hardly a surprising action coming from a lame - duck Republican who has built a career out of cozy relationships with the one - percenters.

During the decades in which we have been lumbered with the lame - duck translation, much has changed in the Church: some of the changes have ironically been a matter of people continuing to do the same thing.

And now with such an important lame duck session you realize why we were to endure all that stuff.

«Pushing this through the Senate during a lame - duck session with the hopes of using the Christmas holiday as a backstop is irresponsible.

The feud between O'Neal and fellow superstar Kobe Bryant; the presumed lame - duck status of coach Phil Jackson, whose contract negotiations with team owner Jerry Buss, the father of his Significant Other, are on hold; the frustrations of Hall of Fame rentals Malone and Gary Payton — all have made for compelling subplots but not always compelling hoops.

But with an interim coach, a lame - duck president, and that president's right - hand man plotting to take his spot, appeasing Gonzalez or anyone else like him was the last thing on the mind of anyone semi-in charge.

Holgorsen, 45, was considered a lame duck entering 2016, with a 36 - 28 record over his five seasons in the Big 12, but after a 6 - 1 start, he's back in favor.

Irsay is crazy, Grigson doesn't get along with his head coach and put him in lame - duck status this year, and Luck is really struggling out there, injuries or not.

no one can be that delusional without having Wenger blood run through their veins... this team has already conceded 2 of 3 in August and you believe we can get 45 of a potentially 52 available points before Xmas... no wonder this club can't seem to take it's fan - base seriously, albeit I'm sure your assessment would give the Grinch who stole soccer a quarter chub... anyways, enough talk about the criminally insane with internet access... we have much bigger fish to fry... like what were the real objectives behind the choices made by our lame duck manager on the weekend

Another big problem with Wenger is his blind faith in the same lame ducks, refusing to buy a proper striker because he has Giroud, and that languid French boy by the name of Yaya Sanogo and Theo Walcott.

Often a coach with a limited shelf life becomes a lame duck — but not Heynckes at Bayern.

That leaves Hiddink as a bit of a lame duck in the dugout, with nothing to push for this season, and no future at the club towards which to build anything.

That «s all that happened when Mayor Washington finally was able to replace two of the lame - duck park commissioners with his choices, and when the new park board stripped Mr. Kelly of his responsibilities and gave them to Mr. Madison.

David Cameron is set to fend off claims that he is becoming a lame duck prime minister by announcing a raft of new laws to deal with Islamist extremists.

Did you have a plan for DADT repeal in the «lame duck» session after you lost your Speakership, before the TeaParty took over the House with Boehner at the helm?

When it comes to the question of who's most at fault for the mess in Albany, voters are split, with 27 percent saying it's the Democrats who control both houses of the Legislature and 24 percent pointing the finger at lame duck Gov. David Paterson.

At a private meeting between the governor and Assembly Democrats Monday night, Assemblywoman Janele Hyer - Spencer and Assemblyman Matthew Titone told the embattled lame - duck Paterson it's all his fault that a consensus with Albany leadership hasn't been reached on how to close a $ 9.2 billion budget shortfall.

Lame - duck Gov. Paterson, who has been struggling to be taken seriously, is widely seen as having received a major boost in his so - far fruitless budget negotiations with Silver.

He is correct to force the legislature to do something, a rare moment of leadership that only a lame duck can get away with.

So the Lib Dems are left with a lame - duck leader who has no connection with the public and no obvious strategy to develop one.

«You can't allow a civil branch in the most important Supreme Court in the state to sit there with a lame - duck administrator,» one previously told The Post.

And while Mark - Viverito, whose term ends Sunday, teamed up with an incoming mayor whose influence was on the rise, Johnson, 35, will work across from a «lame duck» with diminished popularity.

to get a job in DC with the new Clinton administration, and the disappearance of that opportunity underscored how lame a duck she really is.

Despite Congress's productivity, not all liberals were satisfied with the results of the lame - duck.

I agree with Dave Roberts — he comes across as honest and principled (the polling on this backs that up) and he is n`t a lame duck in 2 months time.

Going forward, Democrats will have to deal with an angry, vengeful lame duck in the mayor's office and an undefined Republican opponent with a shopping cart of nominations.

But given the Democratic governor's often rocky relationship with the legislature, including leaders of his own party, his lame - duck status could embolden lawmakers to ignore some of his less popular initiatives, such as cutting money for cities and towns, or allowing cities and towns to assess a new tax on hospitals.

But polls show an increasing number of voters want the popular Cuomo to announce sooner rather than later — the flip side of surveys showing lame - duck Gov. Paterson and the Legislature with historically low approval ratings.

Gov. David Paterson said during a Q&A with reporters today that he's happy the state lawmakers have woken up to the fact that he is all - powerful when it comes to the budget — lame duck, or no lame duck.

Nassau's lame - duck Board of Ethics has rebuffed District Attorney Madeline Singas» request for an opinion on the legality of partisan governmental mailings even as the county attorney acknowledged this week that the board's current membership does not conform with Nassau's revised ethics code.

I suspect he was pleased, though his joy must have been tempered by the fact that he'll have to deal with this loud lame duck for the next seven months.

Gov. Cuomo raised eyebrows last week among even some close to him when he appeared at an event on Long Island with lame - duck Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, a Republican who is under indictment on federal corruption charges.

While marking the end of this chapter of his nearly four decade career in public service, first as a teacher and administrator with Albany City Schools and then as a common councilmember and mayor, Jennings dispelled any notions of resignation or an otherwise «lame duck» administration to finish his final term.

Clegg would have the country saddled with a lame duck government.

It's a shame that State Sen. Eric Adams and Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, with the help of our lame - duck governor, have gotten their way («Dave's Frisk - List Nix Imperils NYers,» July 17)...

Regardless of what has now appeared on another thread in the form of an Evening Standard leak, namely Caroline Spelman's apparent exoneration, it's a sad fact that we have had six wasted months with a lame duck Chairman who simply does not inspire.

Cook - Deegan pointed to one «bright spot» for biomedical research amid all this uncertainty: in last year's lame duck session of Congress, the 21st Century Cures Act passed with bipartisan support.

The DOE science and energy programs were funded by the lame - duck House on Dec. 21, with 212 Democrats and 16 Republicans voting in favor, and 130 Republicans voting no.

After extensive conversations over the past several weeks with senior staff persons and key Members of Congress who serve on the congressional committees with jurisdiction over the bill, it has become clear that very few, if any, public health bills such as the SMA Treatment Acceleration Act will move through Congress during the lame - duck session set to begin on November 15.

To its credit, Kushner's script does not shy away from the dubiously ethical machinations employed by Lincoln's cabinet, including bribing lame duck congressmen with cushy appointments.

Urged on by his boss, perpetually exasperated Secretary of State William Seward (David Strathairn) reluctantly sends out a trio of scalawags — wonderfully played by James Spader, Tim Blake Nelson and a curiously under - utilized John Hawkes — to try and buy the votes of lame - duck Democratic congressmen with patronage jobs and folders of cash.

A team of men, led by the slimy W.N. Bilbo (James Spader) is tasked by Secretary of State William Seward (David Strathairn) with essentially buying the votes of lame - duck Democrats, while abolitionist firebrand Rep. Thaddeus Stevens (Tommy Lee Jones, in a performance just as central and Oscar - worthy as Day - Lewis») coordinates backroom deals within his own party.

Working with his once - rival Secretary of State Henry Seward (a low - key David Strathairn), he hires two proto - lobbyists (James Spader and John Hawkes) to woo as many lame - duck Democrats as possible to the amendment's cause, using the promise of government appointments in their home states to sweeten the deal.

With much political power and a sizeable number of lame duck Democrats with nothing to lose, Lincoln views it as the perfect time to pass the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which would abolish slavery and essentially force the Confederates hand in the With much political power and a sizeable number of lame duck Democrats with nothing to lose, Lincoln views it as the perfect time to pass the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which would abolish slavery and essentially force the Confederates hand in the with nothing to lose, Lincoln views it as the perfect time to pass the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which would abolish slavery and essentially force the Confederates hand in the war.

It offered nothing but loud, pointless chase scenes with copious amounts of bad special effects, a lame duck of a story, and an endlessly annoying supporting cast.

He's a lame duck president with diluted power; Democrats control the U.S. House and Senate; and he's burned up much of his political capital with lawmakers wrangling over the war in Iraq.