Sentences with phrase «leading democratic voice»
So did Rep. George Miller, a leading Democratic voice on education policy in Congress.
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Frank Pallone, a Democratic congressman from New Jersey, has been a leading voice on the matter.
Leading conservative voices — including The Wall Street Journal's editorial page and The Weekly Standard and the talk show personalities Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck — took on the Republican nominee, Assemblywoman Scozzafava, who supports gay rights and abortion rights and had embraced some Democratic economic policies like the federal stimulus package.
Considered a leading voice of the Democratic Party, Cuomo announced in late 1991 that he would forego a run for president to remain in Albany for state budget negotiations.
Berky, an independent urban planning consultant, has been a leading voice for the progressive wing of the legislature's Democratic caucus and has pushed for anti-transgender discrimination laws and beefed up Human Rights Commission.
We both share the same core values that make our Democratic Party the leading voice for all underserved members of society.»
Democratic New York Senator Ruben Diaz, perhaps the NY Senate's leading voice against same - sex marriage, has responded to the announced launch of a campaign to pass marriage equality in the state with a statement attacking Governor Cuomo for having the gall to launch it during Holy Week.
The Independent Democratic Conference — a group of eight breakaway state senators elected as Democrats — has been a leading force of obstruction since 2011, partnering with Senate Republicans to shut out tenant voices
International Trade Secretary Liam Fox, a leading voice in the 2016 campaign to get Britain out of the EU, told BBC Radio 4's Today: «It is not acceptable for an unelected house to try to block the democratic will of the British people.»
Sen. Charles Schumer, soon to be the Senate Democratic leader, voiced token opposition to the plan, but did nothing to lobby his conference — or even junior New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand — to follow his lead.