Sentences with phrase «marriage vote campaign»
Mayor Bloomberg excluded both Kruger and Huntley, who is facing a member items probe by AG Eric Schneiderman's office, when he maxed out to five of the seven key «yes» voters in his post-gay marriage vote campaign contributions blitz.
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Whoppi Goldberg is the latest prominent New Yorker to sign on to Fight Back PAC's campaign to legalize same - sex marriage, recording a Web video that seeks contributions to fuel the group's effort to oust senators who voted «no» on the bill last December.
Most people in this state would oppose same - sex marriage, were it put to a vote (which is why four GOP legislators had to be «convinced» with campaign contributions from a handful of Manhattan billionaires.)
During his time in the legislature, Brian has sponsored legislation and worked with colleagues to extend and strengthen tenant protections; increase New York's commitment to cleaner more sustainable energy sources and greater efficiency; prevent people from being exposed to toxic chemicals; increase the minimum wage; ensure equality in civil marriage laws; strengthen laws intended to keep guns out of the wrong hands; and promote cleaner, fairer elections by modernizing voting and closing loopholes in campaign finance laws.
Little, who voted against legalizing same - sex marriage, received $ 70,050 in the period between early January and mid-July, according to a recent campaign finance report.
The Empire State Pride Agenda, which had pledged to support Sen. Roy McDonald had he continued his campaign, released a statement this afternoon expressing disappointment in the development, but also praised him for his same - sex marriage vote.
«Ultimately, their smear campaign allowed them to defeat the last Republican who voted for marriage equality and gun safety, replacing him with Senator - elect Panepinto, who was convicted of election fraud a few years ago,» the memo says, referring to a 13 - year - old case.
McDonald, part of the GOP foursome who voted yes for the same - sex marriage bill, also scored a $ 1,050 check from the Senate Republican Campaign Committee, which cleared last week.
Today the governor said the details have not been worked out yet, and he's waiting for directions from Obama's campaign Cuomo also didn't back off from his endorsement last week of a Republican state senator who cast what he called the courageous and critical vote to legalize gay marriage in the state.
But while Cuomo was able to get several Republican Senators to vote to enact same sex marriage in 2011, he could not get them to budge on several issues that the Democratic left was pushing for, including, further increasing the minimum wage, allowing children of undocumented immigrants college aid known as the Dream Act, and public financing of political campaigns.
Diaz said he has initiated a campaign requesting a referendum so that the 20 million citizens of New York State can vote to decide whether they want gay marriage.
During the campaign, Cuomo publicly praised the GOP senator — the last remaining Republican senator of the four who voted «yes» on same - sex marriage in 2011.
Mindful of the fact that the conservative grassroots is still smarting from the same - sex marriage vote two years ago, and steaming over the SAFE Act passage, the Senate Republicans drew a line in the sand over the abortion plank of the governor's Women's Equality Agenda and also refused to budget on campaign finance reform.
The fact is that until the last moment you did not want to vote for the gay marriage bill but you received unbearable pressure from your campaign manager Joel Giambra.
Earlier today the group announced it would begin a $ 150,000 mailer campaign against lawmakers who flipped their same - sex marriage votes from no to yes.
The National Organization for Marriage is launching a $ 150,000 mailing campaign aimed at seven Senate lawmakers who switched their avowed same - sex marriage votes from no to yes Marriage is launching a $ 150,000 mailing campaign aimed at seven Senate lawmakers who switched their avowed same - sex marriage votes from no to yes marriage votes from no to yes in June.
Marriage is not cheap and lets not forget all those campaign contributions they made now and in 2010 to defeat Senators who voted against them.
Even the senator's decision to switch his 2009 «no» vote on same - sex marriage to «yes» — a move for which his fellow Democrats, Queens Sen. Joe Addabbo, and four Republicans, Sens. Jim Alesi, Steve Saland, Roy McDonald and Mark Grisanti, were handsomely rewarded — didn't net him any campaign contribution love.
The issue of Weprin's support for gay marriage was raised early in the campaign after Orthodox Jewish voters signaled they were upset with the lawmakers» yes vote in June.
The announcement comes as the National Organization for Marriage, which is launching a $ 150,000 mailer campaign aimed at the Senate lawmakers who flipped their votes from no to yes.
More campaign news from Sen. Mark Grisanti, who is arguably the Republicans» most vulnerable member this fall, thanks to a confluence of factors that include his «yes» vote on same - sex marriage, his fist - fight at the Seneca Niagara Casino in February and the general craziness of Western New York politics.
Although representatives of the candidates denied the issue had a large impact, Mr. Brown said in an interview on Friday that Mr. Weprin's defeat was evidence that gay rights advocates were mistaken when they assured lawmakers who voted for same - sex marriage that they would not be hurt by their votes in future campaigns.
Addabbo has said he never discussed his personal beliefs or how he would vote on gay marriage in the Senate during his campaign against then Sen. Serphin Maltese (R - Glendale).
Reformers believe that getting issues like early voting or campaign finance reform passed would require an aggressive public campaign from Cuomo, like the ones he undertook on same - sex marriage and minimum wage.
It's the first in a series to be featured as advocates for same - sex marriage campaign for New York senate votes.
She also helped establish Fight Back New York, an endeavor to remove state senators who are against marriage equality — a campaign she says raised $ 800,000 and helped elect three new votes to legalize same - sex marriage.
The Fine Gael - Labour government, alongside the main opposition parties, said it was confident Ireland would vote yes despite strong campaigning in the past few days by those opposed to same - sex marriage.
«We want to build excitement and momentum in advance of that,» said Ellner... As part of that strategy, the Human Rights Campaign and its allies are spending heavily to oust three New York state senators — all Democrats — who voted against the marriage bill last year and who face opponents in the primary on Tuesday: William Stachowski of Buffalo, Shirley L. Huntley of Queens and Rubén Díaz Sr. of the Bronx.»
The Empire State Pride Agenda, the Human Rights Campaign, Freedom to Marry and Marriage Equality New York — will form a single organization called New Yorkers United for Marriage which will shortly undertake a coordinated effort to sway three Democrats and 12 Republicans who voted against marriage equality last year in an effort to pass it by early summer, the NYT Marriage Equality New York — will form a single organization called New Yorkers United for Marriage which will shortly undertake a coordinated effort to sway three Democrats and 12 Republicans who voted against marriage equality last year in an effort to pass it by early summer, the NYT Marriage which will shortly undertake a coordinated effort to sway three Democrats and 12 Republicans who voted against marriage equality last year in an effort to pass it by early summer, the NYT marriage equality last year in an effort to pass it by early summer, the NYT reports:
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg again changes promises on what votes he can provide from Senate Republicans on marriage equality: «Less than a month after defending his support for Republican state senators, saying he could get their votes for gay marriage, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said conservatives in that body will not support what the mayor termed «our number one priority» at a recent campaign event with gay supporters.
«Marc Molinaro is a Trump mini-me with an «A» rating from the NRA who voted against marriage equality and is decidedly both anti-LGBTQ and anti-woman,» Cuomo campaign aide Abbey Fashouer said.
In December, the state Senate rejected a gay marriage bill in a lopsided 38 - 24 vote, a stinging defeat for advocates who had waged a long, expensive campaign and had won pledges of support from Senate Democratic leaders.
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Colin Farrell is campaigning for gay marriage rights in Ireland.The Hollywood actor is putting his support behind a «yes» vote in his native country...
The film follows Rene (the best performance yet from Gael Garcia Bernal), a trendy, skateboarding ad executive with a collapsing marriage, who's asked to run the advertising campaign for those asking the people of Chile to vote «No» on the upcoming referendum, and oust Pinochet from power.