Sentences with phrase «own signature issue»

Gillibrand's profile has risen in tandem with her making the prevention of sexual assaults in the military a signature issue.

The unravelling of the German talks came as a surprise since the main sticking points - immigration and climate policy - were not seen as FDP signature issues.

Under her tenure, Rockefeller has also stuck with such signature issues as improving agriculture in poor countries.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide celebrates the «Spirit to Serve» by serving its communities to support these signature issues:

One could continue with the factual specifics here, but the overarching theme is pretty clear: The Republicans nominated someone who doesn't know anything about his signature issue.

Domestically, defense spending was something that had bipartisan support during WWII and in the early days of the Cold War, and continued to be a signature issue of one of the two major political parties, the Republicans, whose members were much more likely to have been military veterans than Democrats, and who held a more antagonistic view of Communism which was nominally a politically left leaning ideology.

He also said the Legislature missed an opportunity to reach a deal on a property tax cap — one of the signature issues of his gubernatorial campaign platform — after the Assembly departed without passing the measure, leaving the Senate to approve a one - house bill.

With 10,000 signatures the Government is obliged to respond formally and take a stance on the issue; with 100,000 signatures the issue would be considered for a formal parliamentary debate.

First, let us take Trump's signature issue of trade, where he promised better deals to help American blue collar workers.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has made gun control a signature issue for him following the shooting at Connecticut elementary school, said he would back additional gun control efforts, but insisted the SAFE Act remained the best gun control law in the country.

Free preschool for 4 - year - olds was a signature issue that helped New York City's mayor win office in 2013.

He now needs to deliver on this signature issue.

Bloomberg has long had a rocky relationship with the powers that be in Albany, and has seen a number of his signature issues rejected as a result — from the West Side Stadium to congestion pricing (both killed by the Assembly Democrats, led by Speaker Sheldon Silver).

Serphin Maltese, expecting that restoring the Senate to Democratic hands would result in the passage of their signature issue — gay marriage.

This time, he will direct its members to examine raising wages for workers in the fast food industry, which is a signature issue for labor advocates and their left - leaning allies.

He's made land preservation and public transportation — important topics on the North Fork — two of his signature issues.

And then there was the subject matter: the governor proposed expanding universal pre-K — Mr. de Blasio's signature issue — to three - year - olds in a pilot program.

It was my signature issue.

He's reduced taxes and debt twice, continued to make water quality a signature issue, and addressed his long - standing concerns over the lack of affordable housing on the East End by working with developer Georgica Green Ventures and community members to gain town board approval for a 38 - unit workforce housing project in Speonk.

From «The Response: America's Story,» we bring you a program about immigration, one of President Trump's signature issues.

This is a new level of commitment on the part of a governor, according to Levi, who pointed out that while former Gov. David Paterson made gay marriage a signature issue, he didn't have nearly the clout or the popularity that Cuomo now enjoys.

Cleary, Team Cuomo sees these local races as an opportunity to reach voters in an «off» election year on what has become Cuomo's signature issue in this cycle.

There's also some chatter about how Cuomo's signature issue for a long time — fighting homelessness — gets largely overlooked in this budget.

Suozzi's signature issue was always property tax relief, which makes a lot of sense, since Long Island and Westchester have the highest tax rates in one of the highest - taxed states in the nation.

Though she has made some headway with her father, Ivanka Trump faces an uphill battle as she tries to build support for her signature issues of affordable childcare and paid family leave, courting corporate executives and wooing lawmakers in hopes of generating momentum amid a packed legislative agenda in Washington.

In something of an unexpected twist, Trump signaled he was open to compromise on immigration reform, his signature issue during the campaign.

Well, there isn't much news today other than the failure of the House Republicans to get enough votes on their signature issue of the last seven years: Repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act.

At times, it can seem like Ms. James is grasping for the signature issue or cause that will raise her profile.

This week, at an American Legion post in Colonie, New York, Faso opened the «Tax Relief Now» tour, highlighting his signature issue of stimulating the lagging upstate economy by cutting taxes and scaling back intrusive government regulation.

However, Cuomo did announce some of what became signature issues, including $ 1 billion in development funds for Buffalo, allowing casinos across the state, and creating a DNA database for anyone convicted of a felony or misdemeanor.

Whether it was coincidence or karma, two events in the past week focused double attention on a problem that Connecticut Democrats can't seem to shake: The party that once claimed ownership of campaign - finance reform as its signature issue now is being called an enemy of reform.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand had been looking forward to seeing her signature issues — combating sexual assault in the military and on campus, paid family leave, controlling opioids, pay equity — rise to the top in a Hillary Clinton presidency.

Creating more affordable housing is a signature issue for the mayor determined to make New York City more equal, and de Blasio's administration is now prepared to devise a new strategy to regain momentum and secure support for a plan they believe has been poorly understood.

The signature issue of state Assemblyman Dan Stec (R - Queensbury) finally saw some traction with an agreement that will strip legislators convicted of corruption of their taxpayer - funded pensions earned during public service.

One of de Blasio's signature issues, a blueprint to create 200,000 units of affordable housing, has received high marks.

There is a loud minority of New Yorkers who have soured on the governor over his steps toward stronger gun control, but numerous polls have shown that the SAFE Act has support as Cuomo continues his progressive lean in 2015 and maintains gun control as a signature issue in his second term.

The question is whether it's enough, in this overwhelmingly Democratic state, to neutralize Nixon on her signature issue.

While acknowledging that some of his supporters «will not vote» for Clinton, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders argued on «Face the Nation» Sunday that his signature issues stood a better chance of being addressed by a President Clinton than they would by a Donald Trump.

(I neglected to mention that the STAR rebate restoration is being pushed by the Senate Democrats, with the support of some Republicans — particularly those on Long Island — for whom property tax relief has long been a signature issue).

One day after codifying the state's fracking ban — the signature issue of his tenure at the helm of the DEC — the agency's commissioner, Joe Martens, has informed his senior staffers that he plans to depart in July.

McCarthy, who has made gun - control her signature issue over her past 18 years in Congress, said she was «confident» Rice would continue to «carry the torch» on the issue after McCarthy retires.

Since coming to power in 2010, Cameron's Conservatives have made a signature issue of zealously cracking down on benefit fraud.

The candidate said she would make the upcoming fight in Albany over rent regulations her signature issue.

Hochul has said she supports Cuomo's signature gun control bill, the SAFE Act, but she did not exactly disavow her own signature issue — opposing drivers licenses for undocumented immigrants — in an interview on NY1 last month.

Mayor Bill de Blasio convened a group of progressive leaders at Gracie Mansion on Thursday to announce a new national effort to force his signature issue of income inequality into the upcoming presidential campaign.

And he'll undoubtedly need more cash for his signature issue of universal pre-kindergarten.

By Edward Krudy ALBANY, New York (Reuters)-- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo pressed signature issues such as cutting taxes, revitalizing worn infrastructure and boosting

ALBANY, New York (Reuters)-- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo pressed signature issues such as cutting taxes, revitalizing worn infrastructure and boosting the upstate economy in a wide - ranging election - year speech in his annual address on Wednesday.

He also said he'd continue an effort on his «signature issues» of making the state more competitive in economic development, encouraging job growth and reducing regulatory burden on businesses so they can more effectively compete with enterprises elsewhere.

And if this is going to be my signature issue, then I welcome that.