Sentences with phrase «other conservative democrat»

But one other conservative Democrat, Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder, still caucuses with the Republicans.

When that failed, Senators Klein and Valesky and the other conservative Democrats in the Independent Democratic Conference (all also nominated by the corporate Democratic branding operation called the Working Families Party) decided to break off and keep the Republicans in power despite their minority status.

Not exact matches

Conservative supporters have looked the other way when it comes his multiple marriages and dalliances with Democrats (during the debate he boasted that Hillary Clinton «had to come to my wedding» because of his donations to the Clinton Foundation.)

«Job - killing carbon tax» is a way for the Conservatives to tie themselves to one side of that western history and New Democrats to the other.

Despite Trump's complaints during the presidential race that the Fed was aiding Democrats in keeping rates ultra-low under President Barack Obama, his choices for a chairman and for other slots on the Fed's board have been moderates rather than hard - core conservatives who would favor a faster tightening of credit.

Cruz has excelled at rubbing people the wrong way, but this has extended not only to the people that he thinks he's supposed to irritate (i.e., party leaders, Democrats, journalists, etc.) but to other conservatives and would - be allies in Congress.

Beyond politics, beyond all of the labels we wear and assign to each other — like liberal, conservative, Democrat, Republican or independent — we are all sitting at the foot of the cross.

You mean I have it backwards and the Democrats had to struggle the entire way to get conservatives to support efforts to arm Britain or help in any other manner?

Last week, the group announced it is partnering with other socially conservative outfits to spend $ 240,000 in TV ads «highlighting pro-abortion health care votes of so - called «pro-life Democrats.»»

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

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).

Of the 789 members, 229 are Conservative, 212 are Labour, 100 are Liberal Democrat and 16 are from other parties.

While both Labour and Liberal Democrats supporters from other parts of the UK have been helping the «No» campaign, non-voting Conservatives (apart from Cameron himself) have been invisible.

Firstly, I would make case the Conservative party under Cameron, particularly if considered as a joint political project with Nick Clegg and the other Orange Book Liberal Democrats, is, at its heart, a liberal beast.

But while Obama will be busy in 2010, he won't be everywhere: you're not likely to see him standing next to Blanche Lincoln or any other incumbent running in a conservative area, for instance, just one sign of the fact that the Democrats seem to be doing the right things now to win in the Fall.

Mr Cable admitted it would be «difficult to work with the Conservatives or Labour» in the event of a hung Parliament, but added that it was the Liberal Democrat's mindset to show «we can work with other parties in the national interest».

But in practice the difficulty for both the Tory and Lib Dem leadership of maintaining a deal to govern together means that the Conservatives will need to woo the Liberal Democrats in a way that Labour would not need to do were the arithmetic the other way round.

Because of the issues raised by David Davis in the by - election, many parties other than the Conservatives, such as Labour, Liberal Democrats, United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) and British National Party (BNP) chose not to stand.

Miliband had, with his speechwriters, prepared two responses, each different in tone: one if Labour was confident that the Tories had lost, and the other for the possibility of a Conservative — Liberal Democrat — DUP coalition.

The Conservatives would come second with 255, the Liberal Democrats with 45 and other parties including UKIP 28.

Meanwhile commitment to parties other than Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat has risen from one per cent to six per cent.

Senator Gillibrand, on the other hand, campaigned for Congress as a conservative Democrat... now she supports every one of the those liberal policies....

David Cameron became Prime Minister on 11 May after Gordon Brown's resignation and the Liberal Democrats formed a coalition government with the Conservative Party, with Nick Clegg as Deputy Prime Minister and other Liberal Democrats in the cabinet.

The Lords has 252 Conservatives, 199 Labour peers, 100 Liberal Democrats, 181 crossbenchers, 24 bishops and 43 others.

In the heavily conservative South Shore, Assemblyman - Elect Joe Borelli will hold onto a Republican seat and State Senator Andy Lanza won't be going anywhere anytime soon, but Democrats have a decent presence themselves in other local officials.

It shows Labour with 291 seats, the Conservatives with 281, the Liberal Democrats with 48, and other parties with 30 seats among them.

Following the general election of 2010, the Liberal Democrats formed a coalition government with the Conservatives, resulting in party leader Nick Clegg becoming the Deputy Prime minister and many other members becoming ministers.

According to an IFS report before the 2010 general election, [109] the Conservatives needed to find more money from cuts beyond what they had outlined than any other major party, although the report was also critical of Labour and the Liberal Democrats.

The latest YouGov poll gives the Conservatives 38 per cent, Labour 25 per cent, the Liberal Democrats 18 per cent and the other parties 19 per cent.

This includes fixed terms for five years (when average time between elections has been four); the vote to dissolve parliament before calling a general election requiring 55 per cent support in the House of Commons (meaning the Liberal Democrats can not withdraw their support from the Tories and cause a general election as the Lib - Dems, Labour and other parties altogether hold less than 55 per cent of the seats); and stuffing the House of Lords with many more Conservatives and Liberals to weaken opposition there.

Instead, they ask the respondent if they will vote (in random order) for the Conservatives, Labour, the Liberal Democrats, or another party, prompting for UKIP along with the Greens and others if they choose this final option.

The Conservatives have 224 peers, Labour 215 and the Liberal Democrats 103, with 15 for the other parties.

As the dust settled, Liberal Democrats and Conservatives were issuing explicit threats to each other on television, the prime minister was shouting at his own MPs in public and Tory rebels were being ordered to go home to avoid their furious whips.

«We have a good relationship with Frank MacKay, and certainly members of his party... We are as aggressive as our counterparts, the Democrats, in trying to secure other party lines — whether it's Independence or Conservative — so we're in here fighting, right up until Thursday.»

The Conservatives, led by David Cameron, pledged to abolish the Human Rights Act if they were elected to power and replace it with a British Bill of Rights; Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats on the other hand were adamant the HRA would not be repealed, creating something of a dilemma for the Coalition.

It was the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats who led the opposition to this — and we've been leading the way on the environment in other areas, too.

Matheson's plight is similar to other moderate - to - conservative Democrats who voted against the party's health care bill in March and, as a result, have drawn primary challengers.

I don't know much about Yanik or Miller other than to say farmers tend to be conservative, which doesn't play well among rank - and - file Democrats.

Outcome (Based on polling tracker, assuming national swing reproduced in every constituency) Conservatives: 239 seats Labour: 265 seats Liberal Democrat: 115 seats Other: 31 seats Labour short of an overall majority by 61.

On the south coast, Chris Huhne held off the Conservative challenge and increased his share of the vote, while Eastbourne went the other way - a Liberal Democrat gain from the Tories.

Conservatives: 258 seats Labour: 253 seats Liberal Democrat: 104 seats Other: 35 seats Conservatives short of an overall majority by 68

Applying a more sophisticated seats projection methodology, which we term ANS (Adjusted National Swing), which allows for the differential impact of swing on different seats, the Political Forecasting Unit projects the following scenario if the election were held today: Conservatives: 258 seats Labour: 253 seats Liberal Democrat: 104 seats Others: 35 seats

Others may be tempted to do so because they think it is a way to punish the Liberal Democrats — and Nick Clegg in particular — for the decision to join a Conservative - led government.

Conservative: 307 seats Labour: 224 seats Liberal Democrat: 85 seats Other: 34 seats Conservatives short of an overall majority by 19 seats

Conservatives: 255 seats Labour: 267 seats Liberal Democrat: 97 seats Other: 31 seats Labour short of an overall majority by 59

So far, the Conservatives have made a net gain of 885 seats, Labour a net loss of 492, the Liberal Democrats a net loss 243, and Others and Independents, a net loss of 152.

The present tally of peers in the House of Lords is 228 Conservative peers, 212 Labour, 101 Liberal Democrat, 178 crossbenchers, 26 bishops and 38 from other parties or non-affiliated.

And the fact is that when it comes to these matters the instincts of Conservatives pull one way and those of Libereal Democrats the other.

Of those, 198 were sent to Democrats, 263 to Republicans, 16 to Conservatives, 29 to Independence, 128 to voters registered as blanks and a couple of other ballots to minor party registrants.

Unlike the Liberal Democrats» broken pledge to oppose hikes in tuition fees, which has severely dented the standing of the party on the national stage and clobbered Clegg's own personal ratings, the Conservatives had a clear mandate to proceed with reforming Britain's hospitals, schools and other vital public services to drive up the quality in a more cost effective way.