Sentences with phrase «leads the state democratic»

Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, for instance, was picked by Cuomo to lead the state Democratic Committee.

He was recently tapped by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to lead the state Democratic party, adding to his official responsibilities.

«Governor Paterson is one of New York State's finest public servants with a lifetime of fighting for a stronger and more progressive State, and there is no one better prepared to lead the State Democratic Party.

Not exact matches

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is leading Trump in recent polls in important swing states.

Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy, whose state of Connecticut shouldered the killing of 20 children in Newtown in 2012, led a filibuster on Wednesday to try to force a vote, insisting he would stay on the Senate floor «until we get some signal, some sign that we can come together.»

Jacobson, a career diplomat, was nominated for the post by President Barack Obama in June 2015, but her confirmation was held up for 10 months in the Senate — led by Republican Sen. Marco Rubio and Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez — over objections to the Obama administration's reestablishment of diplomatic ties with Cuba, which she helped negotiate as assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs.

Ties between the two countries have been strained over U.S. support for the Syrian Democratic forces, the mainly Kurdish - led militias fighting Islamic State in northern Syria with the help of U.S. forces.

Mr. Trump's announcement was welcomed by a leading Democratic trade hawk in the Senate, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, who said the tariffs were a first step toward a comprehensive response to China that should also include increased screening of foreign investment in the United States to ensure it does not hurt American jobs.

Phil Murphy, the leading Democratic candidate for governor of New Jersey, has made a state - owned bank a centerpiece of his campaign.

«I've been talking about UBI for years,» said Rocky Fernandez, Region 5 director for the California Democratic Party and district director for State Senator Bob Wieckowski, who played a leading role in getting UBI included in the platform.

If abortion and related life issues are in fact the great civil - rights issues of our time» in that they test whether the state may arbitrarily deny the protection of the law to certain members of the human community» then Griswold eventually led to a situation in which the Democratic and Republican positions on civil rights flipped, with members of today's Democratic party playing the role that its Southern intransigents played during the glory days of the American civil - rights movement.

This would lead to an historic compromise involving the state (not only as is often presented in caricature style as a gang of technocrats and stupid autocratic bureaucrats) but as an effective instrument to implement a transparent and democratic social contract.

We can point to the polish democratic opposition which led to the advent of the Solidarity movement, to the discourse generated by the «Second Left» in France in the mid-1970's and afterward, to thinking of the originally West German «Greens,» to the forces that have led the transformation from authoritarian regimes to fragile democracies in Latin America, to the complex network of organizations behind the fall of state socialism in Eastern Europe.

Mitt Romney will be a much better leader than the current «lead from behind» President Obama, because Gov. Romney has proven he can get things done, even in a heavily Democratic state.

The measure has been approved by the Democratic - led Assembly in recent years, but has stalled in the closely divided state Senate, led by Republicans.

A coalition led by the New York State United Teachers and the Alliance for Quality Education is launching a direct mail campaign today slamming Democratic senators who voted «yes» on a budget resolution that included Gov. David Paterson's proposed education spending cuts.

Both the city and statewide bar associations on Thursday backed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's push to have legal clients of state lawmakers disclosed — a proposal backed by the Democratic - led Assembly, but not Senate Republicans.

Democrat Jen Lunsford in a statement pointed to the measures backed by the Democratic - led Assembly that, among other things, banned bump stock devices from being possessed in the state and a bill that would make it easier for those deemed to be dangerous to themselves or others to lose their firearm through a court order.

For minority lawmakers, especially in the Democratic - dominated Assembly, a change in the state constitution, or a complete overhaul of the document, could lead to more equity in how things get done at the Capitol.

As we continue to wait for the passage of a budget bill, Democratic state Senator Tim Kennedy ripped into the process that's led to gridlock at the Capitol.

Rep. Peter King, the most prominent New York Republican in the state's congressional delegation, endorsed state Senate candidate Chris McGrath in a video released this week that warned of the impact of a Democratic - led Senate for Nassau County.

Democratic state Sen. Brad Hoylman is the new lead sponsor of legislation aimed at protecting transgender people from discrimination in a variety of key areas such as the workplace and in housing.

The push for peace between the two factions of Democrats in the state Senate has led to a strained relationship between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein, a source familiar with the talks said Wednesday.

Democratic state Senate candidate Ross Barkan in a fundraising email blasted Republican incumbent Marty Golden after The Daily News reported the lawmaker in 2005 was the driver in a crash the led to a woman in a coma that resulted in a large settlement to her family.

Liberals are placing an increasing amount of pressure on the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference in the state Senate, which is narrowly led by Senate Republicans.

The race had hinged in large part on two different visions: Faso was knocked by Teachout for his work as a lobbyist and tenure as a state lawmaker in the Democratic - led Assembly.

The Democratic - led Assembly over the next two days will take up a package of a dozen bills aimed at reforming the criminal justice system in the state.

The state Democratic Committee is releasing a video as part of its ongoing fight against the Republican - led efforts in Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

The public - financing measure is one that's been blocked in the GOP - led state Senate in the past year, but is supported by the Democratic - controlled Assembly and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The leaders in the Republican - led Senate and Democratic - controlled Assembly on Monday indicated they would push to change Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to require local governments to develop ways of sharing services and scale back his efforts to expand his office's powers over the state budget.

Manhattan Sen. Brad Hoylman was not pleased to read on Thursday Gov. Andrew Cuomo's remarks critical of the previous Democratic majority in the state Senate, tweeting throughout the morning that the party's takeover of the chamber would lead to a range of sought - effort liberal policies.

Berntsen started out in the crowded GOP race in NY - 1 to take on Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop — that field also includes state GOP Chairman Ed Cox's son, Chris — but changed his mind to focus on Schumer after Townsend was already in the race, leading some to wonder whether Ed Cox had a hand in that.

«A Democratic Senate to stand up and say, we're going to lead the state,» Cuomo said.

With ballot counting completed in the 8th Senate district, Democratic candidate John Brooks leads Republican incumbent Michael Venditto by 41 votes, an outcome that is almost certainly headed to state Supreme Court in the undecided race for the state Senate seat on Long Island.

The state Senate remains narrowly led by Republicans thanks in part to their alliance with Brooklyn Democratic Senator Simcha Felder.

State Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs just blasted GOP gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino, saying the racially and sexually explicit e-mails he forwarded disqualify him from leading the sState Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs just blasted GOP gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino, saying the racially and sexually explicit e-mails he forwarded disqualify him from leading the statestate.

The Republican - led state Senate, for the fourth consecutive session, passed legislation to crack down on violent gangs — but Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie shot it down.

Manhattan Democratic Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal introduced a bill that would outlaw all high school shooting sports programs in the state — including air rifle teams and archery clubs — on the premise that they feed into a gun and shooting culture that could lead to violence.

Republican Fred Akshar has a broad, 52 - percentage point lead over Democratic candidate Barbara Fiala in the special election fill a vacant state Senate seat in the Southern Tier region, according to an exclusive Time Warner Cable News / Siena College poll released this evening.

The exhaustion of political capital has lead to a systemic dimension: a growing mistrust in the democratic problem - solving capacity of the European Union and its member states.

«If the IDC members do not join the Democratic Caucus and form a majority, the Democratic Party will lead an aggressive primary against every IDC member and assure we have a True Blue State Senate.

The WFP has pledged to be a «bulwark» in New York against Trump's policies, placing pressure on Democratic state elected officials to provide an alternative policy choice to a Republican - led federal government.

Republican Fred Akshar holds a 28 percentage point lead over Democratic candidate Barbara Fiala in the special election to fill a state Senate seat in the Southern Tier, according to a Time Warner Cable News / Siena College poll released this evening.

James Hughes, a leading member of transhumanist community and executive director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (and a democratic transhumanist too), states that

That's how she had such a huge superdelegate lead on day one... she bought support from 33 state democratic parties in return for the cash.

While polls indicate Hillary Clinton would be the overwhelming frontrunner if she runs for president in 2016, a CNN / ORC International Poll conducted in November shows that if the former Secretary of State passes on a second White House bid, Biden would be the leading contender in the Democratic primary with 43 %, with Cuomo coming in next at 15 %.

U.S. universities in both Democratic - and Republican - led states said over the weekend they were unnerved by the executive order.

Last cycle at this time, no one really thought the retirement of Kent Conrad from the Democratic Senate seat in North Dakota — a state McCain won with 53 % and Romney won with 58 % — would lead to a new Democratic freshman, Heidi Heitkamp.

Nixon, who is challenging Cuomo in a Democratic primary, said New York should follow the lead of eight other states and end a «key front» in what she called the «racist» war on drugs.

In the race for New York State governor, Democratic incumbent Andrew Cuomo leads his Republican challenger,...