Sentences with phrase «of conservative lawmakers»

Step one, the academy scientists say, should be for the Navy to continue pressing Congress to approve the 1982 Law of the Sea convention, which has long been supported by a majority of senators from both parties, as well as all recent presidents, but is opposed by a handful of conservative lawmakers.

The pair of conservative lawmakers won an early victory against the administration in December, when a court initially granted their request for an injunction to keep the city from dumping the files.

Not exact matches

In the meantime, a group of House lawmakers has sent a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell demanding four major conservative tents to remain in place in any bill — and on one issue, they may get their wish.

Let's begin with the big news from last night: At the end of the day, a band of conservative GOP lawmakers thrust the final stake through the heart of the Senate's health care bill.

Francis Maude, senior adviser at Covington and former Conservative lawmaker, speaks about the progression of the Brexit bill through U.K. parliament.

Earlier, about 100 conservative South Korean lawmakers and activists staged a sit - in near the border with North Korea, facing off against about 2,500 South Korean police to protest against the arrival of a northern delegation led by an official accused of being behind a deadly 2010 attack on a South Korean warship.

Since 2012, however, the bank's destiny has been uncertain as some conservative lawmakers have sought to make it an example of government waste and cronyism, in their own words.

But with no clear outcome for a bill that is unpopular with both conservatives and liberal lawmakers alike, hospital stocks are one of the riskiest bets on the market right now.

In the months and weeks leading up to the congressional debate, she's met with dozens of lawmakers, conservative advocacy organizations, and business groups to build consensus and support for a plan that adopts parts of a 2015 proposal by Republican Sens. Marco Rubio and Mike Lee.

«This is a time for Brussels to listen to the British people and do what we are all doing, and that is cutting our cloth,» Conservative lawmaker Mark Pritchard, one of the revolt's leaders, told Sky News.

The top Republican lawmaker in charge of oversight of the IRS set a hearing to probe the agency's admission that it gave extra scrutiny to conservative «Tea Party» groups.

Moderate and conservative lawmakers have said the legislation needs some major changes in the wake of a brutal Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score projecting widespread coverage losses and short - term premium hikes.

Still, some conservative German lawmakers have indicated ahead of Friday's vote reservations about whether they believe Greece fully meets the conditions required to tap aid from the European Union's bailout fund, much less qualifies for debt relief.

For years, conservatives have said Facebook operates with a deep anti-conservative bias and Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill did not waste the opportunity this week to grill CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the subject during congressional hearings intended to focus on the company's sharing of user data.

But a group of the House's most conservative and Tea Party - sympathetic lawmakers are concerned the momentum might be headed in the wrong direction, and they're cooking up alternatives to rein in the president.

The president of the Club for Growth, an influential group promoting tax cuts, issued a statement Tuesday saying parts of the House bill «fails the pro-growth test,» while social conservative groups pushed lawmakers to restore a tax credit for families who adopt children.

The warnings come as several top GOP lawmakers have stepped forward to publicly criticize Pruitt in recent days, marking a dramatic turn of fortune for one of the most conservative members of President Donald Trump's cabinet who has been heralded for dismantling Obama - era regulations.

The conservative campaign against self - described «pro-life» Democratic lawmakers has spurred a handful of relatively new left - leaning faith groups to come to their defense.

Abortion has come to the fore in a handful of states where self - proclaimed «pro-life» Democratic lawmakers are facing allegations from conservative groups that their support for the healthcare bill legislated federally - funded abortion.

Republican Councilman Eric Ulrich, a fiscally conservative, socially liberal lawmaker from Queens, is taking the first step toward running against de Blasio in 2017, filing paperwork with the Board of Elections to form an exploratory committee.

Gillibrand has come a long way since the early days of her tenure, when her conservative record on immigration issues during her previous life as a Blue Dog House member caused an uproar among Latino lawmakers, one of whom, (Assemblyman Peter Rivera), denounced her as «xenophobic.»

The organization has also championed — endorsing and raising money for — the handful of Assembly Republicans who joined the Democrats in voting «yes» to pass the marriage bill on the other side of the Capitol, protecting these lawmakers on a potentially difficult issue (and one that, as it turned out, didn't lead to anyone's ouster, but did contribute to Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava getting pushed out of the NY - 23 special election by conservatives who argued she was too moderate).

However, both those votes will be doubled rated when the Conservative Party puts together its voting scorecard of lawmakers.

The letter dovetails with what the IDC has long asserted in the Senate: Even with a workable Democratic majority of 32 members, the passage of a left - leaning agenda is not a guarantee given the conservative social views of some lawmakers, including Felder and Sen. Ruben Diaz, a Bronx Democrat.

A liberal former state lawmaker (Richard Brodsky) and a conservative fiscal watchdog (EJ MCMahon) have joined forces — calling on the state to redirect billions of dollars in unspent legal settlement money to help fix the subways.

The most conservative members of the Senate included a four - way tie among Republican lawmakers: Sens. Fred Akshar, Kathy Marchione, Sue Serino and Jim Tedisco.

And he had defeated a more conservative fellow lawmaker, John DeFrancisco of Syracuse.

Even if this latest peace deal between Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins and IDC Leader Jeff Klein holds when lawmakers return to Albany after the Easter / Passover break next week, and even if the Democrats win both the April 24 special elections (the Westchester County race is really the deciding factor there, since the Bronx seat seems a safe bet), the Republicans will still have control of the chamber as long as Felder, a conservative Democrat, continues to caucus with them.

All of the contributions came before the lawmakers faced more conservative challenges in the September primary with varying outcomes.

As lawmakers return for a post-budget legislative session push Tuesday, the state Conservative Party reiterated its call for term limits of elected officials.

Another conservative House lawmaker — Rep. Trent Franks of Arkansas — is calling for special counsel Robert Mueller to resign, arguing that he has a conflict of interest that should disqualify him from running the Department of Justice's probe of potential connections between Trump's surrogates and the Kremlin.

New Yorkers For Constitutional Freedoms, a conservative Christian organization, blasted the measure, saying lawmakers should conduct a more public airing of the bill through hearings.

The Republican - Conservative lawmaker, who is running for a third term in the House, was indicted in April on a litany of criminal charges stemming from alleged wrongdoing in a health food restaurant he owned in Manhattan prior to his election to congress in 2010.

Some conservative lawmakers were uncomfortable with backing the legislation because of a provision that would codify the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision on abortion into state law.

But his blow - dried, sometimes uptight demeanor also made Fossella the poster boy for everything that the left claimed was wrong with America under the Bush administration: Too conservative, intolerant and, in the end, a «family values» lawmaker with feet of clay.

Trump's comments that women should be punished for having abortions are easy to dismiss, but we need to remember that this is in line with the views of many conservative Republican lawmakers across America.

The party sent out a press release this morning reiterating its «staunch» opposition to «the wasteful and often abused system of public financing of campaigns,» and reminding members of the Senate and Assembly who plan on seeking the Conservative line this fall that legislation that would create such a system is double rated — meaning it will carry twice the rate of other bills in determining lawmakers» score, as it were, on top party issues.

The governor insisted that access to the voting booth is an integral benefit of citizenship, and suggested conservative lawmakers have deliberately inserted unnecessary hurdles into the process.

Many Democratic council members fear bucking their allies in labor; more moderate and conservative lawmakers are skeptical of the bill as well.

Opponents — an unofficial coalition of Democratic lawmakers from low - income areas and conservatives opposed to taxes in general — say the fee is regressive and will hurt the poor.

South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint scored a near - perfect 99 percent favorable rating on Heritage Action for America's new legislative scorecard, a barometer of lawmakers» willingness to fight for conservative policies in Congress.

Republican Sen. Stephen Saland, a GOP lawmaker who backed same - sex marriage, lost in part because of the presence of Conservative Party nominee, Neil DiCarlo, in the general election.

Another conservative House lawmaker — Rep. Trent Franks of Arkansas — is calling for special counsel Robert Mueller to resign...» The reason given is that the special council is a democratic partisan.

The head of the small but influential state Conservative Party, Mike Long, wants state lawmakers to slow down on any moves to legalize daily fantasy sports in New York.

One conservative Republican lawmaker, Assemblyman Bill Nojay, of Livingston County, is suggesting Flanagan hold the rent laws hostage in exchange for SAFE Act reforms.

Grisanti had been among a handful of Republican lawmakers who backed the SAFE Act, further souring his already tense relationship with Republican and conservative voters.

MacKay's personal endorsement of the legislation was cast as a counterweight to state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long's pledge to yank the endorsement of any Republican who voted «yes» on the bill, even though MacKay stressed this issue would not be a litmus test for support no matter how a lawmaker voted.

«As New Yorkers are faced with a punishing economic climate fueled by Gov. Cuomo's special interest donors and liberal career politicians, Congressman Gibson's announcement of an exploratory committee for governor is a light at the end of the tunnel,» said Nojay, a conservative lawmaker from the Rochester area and a talk - radio host.

At the very least, the value of the New York State Conservative Party as a stable platform - based wake up call to Republican lawmakers is very healthy and very realistic.

«The conservative Republicans are not going to vote for Mark Grisanti this race,» he said of the Republican incumbent, one of the four GOP lawmakers to back same - sex marriage.