Sentences with phrase «legislative accomplishments»

Most presidents sign major legislative accomplishments early in their first terms, and they spend the rest of their time in office implementing those things.

His list of first - year legislative accomplishments is long, and the public will or won't decide to care about the manner in which he achieved them.

Among King's critiques, what King termed Espaillat's attack on President Obama's affordable housing policy, what he regards as a lack of legislative accomplishments by Espaillat and Espaillat's lack of support among sitting members of congress.

At the time, Cohn said he would remain at the White House to see through a tax cut bill that has become the signature legislative accomplishment of the Trump presidency.

The restriction marks a significant legislative accomplishment as REALTORS ® continue their effort to persuade Congress to pass the Community Choice in Real Estate Act.

WASHINGTON, D.C., November15, 2017 — During its annual fall legislative conference in Austin, Texas last evening, the American Tort Reform Association presented Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker with its «Civil Justice Achievement Award,» citing the Badger State executive's longstanding commitment to a fair and predictable civil justice system and his significant legislative accomplishments toward that end.

Both the White House and congressional Republicans are desperate for a big legislative accomplishment before attention turns to the midterm elections next year, especially following the failure to repeal Obamacare.

But Republicans have yet to score a major legislative accomplishment since Trump took office in January, even though the party controls both chambers of Congress as well as the White House.

Councilmember Gale Brewer has real legislative accomplishments on important issues like paid sick leave and protecting small shops on the Upper West Side, and would probably be a good borough president.

Governor Andrew Cuomo considers the SAFE Act a key legislative accomplishment during his time as governor.

At 10 a.m., LG Kathy Hochul visits Camp Bais Rachel to discuss the governor's legislative accomplishments with campers and community leaders, 224 Pleasant Valley Rd., South Fallsburg.

He added that pressure should be kept on Cuomo to enact the database, which is part of a signature legislative accomplishment from the governor's first term.

Among Slaughter's most recent legislative accomplishments in the Rochester area were helping to bring high - tech companies to Eastman Business Park, helping to create the federal photonics institute that led to AIM Photonics, and securing federal funding for the new Rochester train station and filling in the Inner Loop.

When Rep. Scott Murphy (D - N.Y.) won his special election in March 2009, he was in favor of the big Democratic legislative accomplishment at that time - the economic stimulus package.

A spokeswoman for the IDC said that Senator Klein «is a lifelong Democrat who is not walking away from his strong record of core Democratic legislative accomplishments and looks forward to a healthy debate of ideas... in the coming election.»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo considers the SAFE Act among his top legislative accomplishments from his first term alongside the passage of the legalization of same - sex marriage.

«Adriano's legislative accomplishments include working to reform the Rockefeller Drug laws, supporting small businesses, and pushing for progressive social and economic change.»

And both are confrontational conviction politicians who like making speeches and have few legislative accomplishments.

But Andrew has turned out to be an awfully effective governor — more effective, on the scale of basic legislative accomplishments, than his father was for most of his twelve - year tenure.

Her strong and consistent record, chock - full of progressive legislative accomplishments, speaks for itself,» EMILY's List said in a statement.

Dodd allies insist he has no plans to retire and believe there is a path for him to win re-election by scoring a series of legislative accomplishments over the early months of 2010 and, in doing so, proving his relevance in the state.

«The congressman is a straight shooter and a workhorse who has substantial legislative accomplishments under his belt to prove that he is nothing like the sort of Congressman X,» said his spokeswoman, Hannah Kim.

Just before Christmas, President Barack Obama celebrated a string of last - minute legislative accomplishments on tax cuts, gays in the military, the nuclear arms pact, the 9/11 responder bill, and food safety.

The reality of innocent people in our prisons has finally penetrated the national consciousness, and I feel that we are on the verge of many more great legislative accomplishments.

History shows that «it is a mistake to expect big - ticket legislative accomplishments during the early months of presidents newly elected to the office,» said David Mayhew, the Yale political scientist who is perhaps America's foremost student of congressional productivity.

While they smoothed over their relationship as Cohn successfully worked to get tax reform — the President's only major legislative accomplishment — passed, a person close to the matter said it «was never the same.»

[At 10 a.m., LG Kathy Hochul visits Camp Bais Rachel to discuss the governor's legislative accomplishments with campers...]

After years of upbraiding and even threatening to abolish the Internal Revenue Service, Republicans must now depend on the agency to carry out their signature legislative accomplishment: a comprehensive revision of the tax code.

The only reasons Republicans are pushing this disastrous abomination of a tax bill are to show a single significant legislative accomplishment and to appease wealthy campaign donors.

The Democratic National Committee is celebrating with an op - ed in Politico tying the party's recent legislative accomplishments to the historic victory for women.

For instance, Mike Turzai, majority leader of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, recently praised the state's legislative accomplishments at a Republican State Committee meeting last month.

But Cuomo's office signing on to the memorandum was eyebrow - raising: The governor has frequently touted the passage of the SAFE Act as one of his top legislative accomplishments.

Biden touted Reid's legislative accomplishments including financial and health care reform and criticized Angle's positions on health care.

But in a year largely devoid of big legislative accomplishments and never - ending controversy swirling from the White House, Democrats are chomping at the bit to unseat Stefanik.

In his affidavit, MacKay wrote that the Independence Party's support of the IDC had led to legislative accomplishments during this year's legislative session helping minority communities, including raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18.

Although seemingly directed at what Rangel sees as Espaillat's lack of legislative accomplishments, and the corollary that Espaillat's electoral hopes depend significantly on support from the Dominican - Americans in the District, it's been widely portrayed, especially by Espaillat supporters, as racially offensive.

Trump, Republicans unveil tax reform plan Still seeking his first major legislative accomplishment, US president Donald Trump this week unveiled a reform plan designed to simplify the cumbersome US tax code.

As you'll see in our highlight reel, the speeches displayed much of what Team Cuomo has going for it; four years in office with some significant legislative accomplishments, nearly universal support from elected Democrats and their political organizations, enormous amounts of state money spent over the past four years which, whether well spent or not produces support from recipients, and a powerful speaker at the top of the ticket.

The details came as Cuomo invited journalists to join his commissioners in announcing «Phase II» of his administration, via a PowerPoint presentation that was heavy on corporate - speak — such as the promise that the administration would now be «operationalizing» the legislative accomplishments of its first six months.

Weiner is a talented politician who left Congress with no major legislative accomplishments and everything to prove.

We could post for days trying to cover his legislative accomplishments, but everyone in the political world knows anyone can be «electable» — if they are able to target and pull those out who will support that specific candidate.

A good government group issued an analysis of New York's legislative accomplishments this year and reports that Albany moved a little bit closer toward limiting public debate on major issues.

Even Republicans acknowledge the energy is on the Democrats» side, but they're optimistic that a big legislative accomplishment could boost their fundraising heading into 2018.

The IDC launched a digital campaign on Monday with videos featuring Klein touting the conference's legislative accomplishments — they were instrumental in enacting paid family leave legislation and an increase in the minimum wage.

Kessner, 66, of 644 Fellows Ave., said she will stress her qualities of openness and hard work, as well as her legislative accomplishments.

His legislative accomplishments as governor — same - sex marriage legalization, a gun control law, increases in the state's minimum wage — came after cajoling Republicans in the chamber, who hold a narrow majority there and have had to share power with the Independent Democratic Conference.

Congress is back in summer recess and Republicans are returning to their home districts and states without any major legislative accomplishments.

According to a survey of all 436 House votes this year by POLITICO, Maffei has voted less with House Democrats than any other member of the 50 - member Democratic freshmen class — and that includes a recent vote the Democratic lawmaker cast along with his GOP colleagues to delay by one year both the employer and individual mandates in President Obama's signature legislative accomplishment, the Affordable Care Act.