Sentences with word «pol»

The word "pol" is short for "political". It refers to anything related to government, laws, or public affairs. Full definition
In fact, a whole barge load of pols who signed off on the project for a period of years will miss their chance for some «splaining».
In the clearest sign yet that the Richard Blumenthal / Vietnam service story has morphed into something beyond the borders of Connecticut, the NRSC has melded his «misspeak» about what he did in the military into a web ad spliced with the choice words of some other pols who got in trouble.
Brodsky's rationale — that bankruptcy would leave local pols in charge while forcing bondholders to «share the pain» of eliminating deficits — also highlights the risk that multiple bankruptcies would lead to higher borrowing costs for all New York localities.
The almost half - a-mil in known donations he's doled out directly and through assorted corporations and partnerships to a host of pols from both parties for the last ten years were «donations to good government» *.
President Trump is getting hammered for his «alternative facts» — a reference to adviser Kellyanne Conway's clumsy spin — but is he really so different from other pols on that score?
He also enjoys the support of former Minneapolis Mayor and retiring DNC Vice Chairman DNC Vice Chairman R.T. Rybak — the man he aims to replace — and David Pepper, chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party, as well as local pols like Bronx Councilman Ritchie Torres and Bronx State Senator Gustavo Rivera.
I've seen countless divorces caused by people working 24/7 for pols in the state legislature.
It was yet another attack by a top Democratic pol on the Koch brothers.
The crooked Queens pol said in new filings to U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas that he deserves leniency because his attempt to bribe his way into City Hall was not for financial gain.
Margulis then slapped the disgraced pol with a $ 5,000 fine on top of everything else, and ordered him cuffed.
An aspiring Queens pol accused of faking donations in order to get matching taxpayer funds for her losing 2015 campaign went on trial Wednesday.
Disgraced ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver should serve more than 14 years behind bars for corruption — a longer term than any other state pol convicted of similar crimes, federal prosecutors argued Wednesday.
He's a savvy pol with old - school charm and he's been incredibly popular in recent elections for County Legislature.
The Democratic pols who got campaign cash from crooked financier Hassan Nemazee — including President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton — are being asked to return the dirty money so it can be forfeited to the feds.
Much to the chagrin of several New York Pols like Steve Levy, Governor Paterson (for a short time), and of course, Jimmy McMillan, a Florida firefighter has won the Moustached American of the Year.
City pols who had slammed the Board's conduct during the primary praised the decision to switch to memory sticks.
«I don't sign anybody's pledges,» the veteran Albany pol said.
Around the same time, Sampson paid Lowe an additional $ 150,000 from his personal campaign committee — even though the Brooklyn pol did not face a tough re-election fight.
Add the name of Michael Grimm to the ever - expanding list of corrupt New York pols from both parties.
In the 1980s, Giuliani brought down mobsters and crooked pols on his way to City Hall, then broadened his approach to tackle crime, fix the budget and reform welfare and higher education.
Congressman Charlie Rangel may have trounced State Senator Adriano Espaillat in East Harlem, but the neighborhood's most powerful pol said today her backing still mattered.
January 22, 2007: In the roster of corrupt pols who serve the people on the Eastern Seaboard, few provide as many black laffs as the Asselin clan of Springfield, Massachusetts.
A state pol got caught abusing her parking placard in a driving lane outside her district office in Brooklyn — then tried to publicly shame the rookie traffic agent who slapped her with a $ 115 ticket.
The teen flashed a wide smile as he posed for photos in the ornate chair, known by pols as the «Captain America» chair for its flamboyant upholstering, which resembles the superhero's shield.
A Chinese - American congresswoman lashed out at a Brooklyn pol for making head - scratching claims about Asians moving into public housing in droves.
The lawyer for a Russian woman charged with blackmailing former Gov. Eliot Spitzer said that the disgraced former pol wielded «political influence» at the outset of the drama and should have been arrested.
UPDATED, 11: 26 a.m., November 14: Bernard Spitzer, papa to fallen pol Eliot Spitzer, is moving today across his block in Midtown — to rental digs at 200 Central Park South.
True News: In the swamp of Queens politics Jennings might be the only pol not owned by Crowley machine»
The campaign's offer also includes a 90 - minute private reception with the gov. Cuomo's not the only pol using the Fall Classic to raise campaign funds: Rep. Grace Meng has a similar scheme — for an only slightly more affordable $ 2,500 a head.
The calls come as pols nervous about getting too close to Rangel as he prepares to face a public trial on 13 ethics charges are sending regrets and suddenly remembering some oh - so - important previous engagements like a family trip to Virginia (Rep. Carolyn Maloney), a fundraiser in Connecticut (Rep. Ed Towns) and a firefighters parade in his district (Rep. John Hall).
Cardinale said that he had not sounded out Hein about the current election cycle and added that there may still be veteran pols in the district biding their time and waiting for the race to take a more coherent shape before making their move.
The wannabe Harlem pol also ran for the Council seat in 2013, a race in which he used the n - word to refer to a fund - raiser backing his opponent.
Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel helped win a prison transfer for former NYC Councilman Larry Seabrook, a convicted pol famously accused of billing taxpayers $ 177 for a bagel and a soda, from a squalid Brooklyn jail to a «Club Fed» - style lockup.
The work of the Portland Association of Teachers and legislation supported by the Arkansas Education Association just this week stands in contrast to the so - called nuclear option exercised by Republican pols in Madison, WI Wednesday night and today that appeared to advance Gov. Walker's union - stripping plan close to law.
Personally, I get nervous when pols use such godlike terms.
Back in December, the New York Post — citing a video of Rangel's remarks at a closed - door fund - raiser — quoted the 85 - year - old Harlem pol saying he was backing Assemblyman Keith Wright, and encouraging others to back him too.
(It is not illegal to earn outside income while serving in the State Legislature; many pols do.)
GOP pols from states slammed by Superstorm Sandy say they'll back a massive federal aid package for victims of Hurricane Harvey — even though Republican lawmakers from Texas fought against similar aid for New York and New Jersey.
At least he was willing to pay for it, which is more than most pols do.
New York's efforts to fight homelessness have hit a hurdle with landlords refusing to take rent vouchers — so a city pol wants to make it easier for landlords to get paid.
ALBANY — Gov. Paterson vowed yesterday to force a confrontation over state - worker furloughs next week if pols and labor unions refuse to accept his cost - cutting plans.
Brooklyn Congressman Hakeem Jeffries and a coterie of other Democratic pols called Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump a «two - bit racial arsonist» who's making a «desperate» claim that the presidential election next month will be rigged to save his flailing campaign.
But if he does make a move, it would roil a GOP primary field in which former FBI agent and mob - buster Michael Grimm, a first - time pol who's backed by Rudy Giuliani and former Staten Island Borough President Guy Molinari, is facing off against local fuel oil heir Michael Allegretti.
The 23 - term Democratic veteran said Wright has support from several top pols from The Bronx, which includes half the district, and predicted he would continue Harlem's «political success» in Washington.
And after Espaillat captured the congressional seat, the triumphant pol backed a leader in his political club, Marisol Alcantara, for the seat.
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