Sentences with phrase «led senior democrats»

Cuomo's union - backed «campaign» for a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage is billed as an effort to address economic inequality, but new TV commercials that juxtapose excerpts of Gov. Mario Cuomo's famous 1984 keynote address with Andrew Cuomo's own remarks have led senior Democrats to conclude the current governor is seeking to follow in his father's footsteps.

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New Democrats have led the way on establishing a seniors» advocate, first proposing legislation in 2007.
Notably, Democrats lead among male voters by 2 points, 46 percent to 44 percent, and among seniors by 4 points, 46 percent to 42 percent.
To avoid the Baker scenario, the Liberal Democrats should deploy more than one junior minister in key departments that are led by the senior party of the coalition.
The Liberal Democrats are leading calls for a police inquiry, arguing «at first sight» it appears senior figures in the Labour party have broken the law by accepting laundered funds from millionaire David Abrahams.
Before yet another battle between Day and the Democrats heated up, however, a senior official from AETNA made a controversial statement that led to erosion of trust in the company across the United States.
Consequently, senior figures from both parties embarked on a series of make - or - break meetings with representatives from the Liberal Democrats led by Nick Clegg, aimed at forming a coalition government.
The Republican candidate insisted that while the Republican - led House was working to tackle entitlement reforms so future seniors will have benefits, the Democrats are simply ignoring the major challenge to instead play politics with the issue.
You should already know that because of the alliance between a group of breakaway Democrats, led by Senator Jeff Klein to form the Independent Democratic Conference and keep the Republicans in power, senior citizens have been suffering.
Representatives Henry Waxman and Edward Markey — two senior Democrats with solid green credentials — recently charted all the votes taken so far this year and calculated that the Republican - led House has voted to «stop,» «block» or «undermine» efforts to protect the environment 110 times since January.
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