Sentences with phrase «says as democrats»

Tom Dadey, chairman of the Onondaga County Republican Committee, says as Democrats run more candidates in the county legislature this fall, Republicans will run more candidates in the city of Syracuse.
«I've always said as a Democrat I look forward to do the day of a Democratic Senate,» he said.

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If she were to write the Democrats» autopsy for 2016 - and she'll have a hand in it as one of the newly elected co-chairs of the House Democrats» policy and messaging arm - she says her message would be to «not only talk about jobs and the economy, but do something about it.»
Crowley later claimed she was just «trying to move the conversation along» and, as for the outrage her interjection caused, she said of the Republicans: «I'm sorry they're upset, but tomorrow they'll be upset about something else, as will the Democrats
Ron Wyden, top Democrat on the tax - writing Senate Finance Committee, said Democrats supported a pass - through rate for small businesses, such as «a cleaner, a garage, a restaurant.»
«We as Democrats have to have a stronger economic message that appeals to Midwest and white blue - collar voters,» says Democratic pollster Celinda Lake in an email.
The FBI is investigating whether Donald Trump's associates coordinated with Russian officials in an effort to sway the 2016 presidential election, Director James Comey said Monday in an extraordinary public confirmation of a probe the president has refused to acknowledge, dismissed as fake news and blamed on Democrats.
As the polls showed the race tightening, he says, «reporters frequently focused on other factors, such as early voting and Democrats» supposedly superior turnout operation.&raquAs the polls showed the race tightening, he says, «reporters frequently focused on other factors, such as early voting and Democrats» supposedly superior turnout operation.&raquas early voting and Democrats» supposedly superior turnout operation.»
Speaking to The Irish Times, Kenny said, «European leaders need to be over here talking to Republicans, Democrats and the administration about what membership of the European Union means and the relationship that it can have with as powerful an entity as the United States.»
WASHINGTON, Oct 9 - A top Senate Democrat on Tuesday said new tax revenues should go to reducing the federal deficit, not cutting tax rates, dismissing as «obsolete» a Reagan - era model of tax reform.
As Senator John McCain said last May, «You don't have to be a Democrat to admire Harry Truman.
Of the companies included in the survey, such as Enterprise - Rent - a-Car, Alamo, and MetLife, more Democrats said they had a better opinion of these companies after finding out that they had cut ties with the NRA.
Milrad said he saw the populist rhetoric as a sign that Clinton «has been listening» to backers such as himself who want her to embrace some of the economic policies pushed by Senator Elizabeth Warren, a hero of liberal Democrats.
The same source is quoted in the dossier as saying the Trump campaign was «relatively relaxed» about the attention on Trump's reported ties to Russia «because it deflected media and the Democrats» attention away from Trump's business dealings in China.»
Ashley Schapitl, a spokeswoman for Dianne Feinstein of California, the top Democrat on the committee, said the senator is working with the Justice and Treasury departments to get technical assistance as the bill moves forward.
Republicans said they wanted to release the document to promote transparency and hold law enforcement accountable, but Democrats have characterized it as a thinly veiled attempt to distract the public and discredit the agencies investigating the president and his associates.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into whether President Donald Trump obstructed justice is said to be close to completion, but he may set it aside while he finishes other key parts of his probe, such as possible collusion and the hacking of Democrats, according to current and former U.S. officials.
The panel's top Democrat, Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, hinted as much on Friday, saying the «American people deserve to learn about Senator Sessions» record.»
It was Ronald Reagan who said «mistakes were made» when referring to the Iran - Contra scandal in his 1987 State of the Union address, but Democrats and Republicans alike, as well as some CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, have used this verbal dodge to escape responsibility.
«These are serious things,» said Wheeler, who steps down Friday as Republican Donald Trump replaces Democrat Barack Obama as president.
«I would submit to the Democrats across the country we are going to be compromised in trying to win the election in 2016 if our nominee supported the war in Iraq,» Chafee said, as reported by CNN on Thursday.
Eric Brammer, 30, an information technology specialist from Roanoke, Virginia, who describes himself as Democrat, said he expects tensions to continue over Russia's support of the government of President Bashar Assad in civil war - wracked Syria, where the U.S., Britain and France last week launched missile strikes against Syrian chemical weapons facilities.
«The paralysis you feel right now — the impotent helplessness that washes over you as news of another mass slaughter scrolls across the television screen — isn't real,» Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, said in the statement.
Democrats say it is legislation that has already been approved as «settled law» and that it has been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Critics have cited his past controversies and well - known platform as host of «The Jerry Springer Show» as a distraction, saying Democrats already had numerous qualified candidates seeking the position.
«If Mr. Trump is unable to reverse the trend towards increasing social polarization, U.S. democracy will be at greater risk of further deterioration,» the EIU said in its report, referring to the extreme divides between Republicans and Democrats on issues such as immigration and environmental regulation.
And several Democrats said recent conversations with Springer, as well as his schedule, suggested he seemed to be more seriously interested in running this time than in years past.
BOSTON (Reuters)- Combative Maine Governor Paul LePage said on Tuesday he would consider resigning as he faces a wave of criticism from both fellow Republicans and rival Democrats after leaving a lawmaker a profanity - filled voicemail last week.
As Republicans and Democrats lock horns in Washington over tax thresholds, small business owners say they just need some clarity.
Critics of the restraints such as Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Democrat, say there is no valid safety reason for the prohibitions.
«This is a sham lawsuit about a bogus Russian collusion claim filed by a desperate, dysfunctional, and nearly insolvent Democratic Party,» said Brad Parscale, Campaign Manager of Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. «With the Democrats» conspiracy theories against the President's campaign evaporating as quickly as the failing DNC's fundraising, they've sunk to a new low to raise money, especially among small donors who have abandoned them.
Republicans said the internet will operate essentially the same without what they see as heavy - handed government rules, while Democrats said the repeal will allow internet providers to change how people access content.
«We will fight to defend them because they are about the health and economic security of America's working families, and we will not use Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security as an ATM machine for the Republicans to give tax breaks to their wealthy friends and corporate America,» House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said at her year - end press conference, signaling that Democrats would not support cuts to Social Security and other entitlements.
Democrats said those longstanding financial relationships represented a conflict of interest for Dourson and Wehrum as they become the regulators of their former corporate clients.
«As waters swell and Houston reels, this agency needs to get to work,» Rosenworcel, a Democrat, said in an email.
Fox News «had a man on this morning who was a Democrat his whole life, he voted as a Democrat, but he voted for — I say «us,» I don't say «me» — he voted for us in the last election 2016,» Trump told supporters at the packed Covelli Centre.
I think she is astonishingly good in terms of running the Congress and as a Democratic leader,» Steyer, who is also from California, said after being asked whether Pelosi should remain the House Democrats» leader.
But the House bill is unlikely to be taken up in the Senate, where Republicans have a 52 - 48 seat majority and they need to pay heed to moderates within their own ranks as well as Democrats, lobbyists and analysts said.
«The size of the penalties is testimony to the great damage risky derivatives bets can do, and that's important,» said Sen. Carl Levin, a Michigan Democrat who helped conduct an investigation into the London Whale trade as chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, said in a statement.
Cummings said in the letter, which he wrote with the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Eliot Engel, that «it appears that General Flynn violated federal law by omitting this trip and these foreign contacts from his security clearance renewal application in 2016 and concealing them from security clearance investigators who interviewed him as part of the background check process.»
But a total repeal of Obamacare, at least in the near term, is much easier said than done, and full replacement with new comprehensive legislation seems highly unlikely at this point in time, given that 60 Senate votes will be needed to do so, and Democrats and Republicans appear as far apart as ever in coming to a consensus on a bipartisan strategy to move forward.
GOP Representatives Ron DeSantis and Jeff Duncan both said a man police identified as Hodgkinson spoke to them just before the shooting and asked whether the people at the baseball practice were Republicans or Democrats.
The president's language, which experts say is largely unprecedented in the US's treatment of the country, was condemned by Democrats on Capitol Hill as well as by some Republicans.
«The Deputy Commissioner made clear that Mr. Trump must divest himself not only of managerial control, but of all ownership interest as well,» Representative Elijah Cummings of Maryland and three other Democrats said in the letter, which was made public on Wednesday.
Mr. Lamb ran as an anti-Pelosi Democrat with moderate views on abortion, Mr. Coughlin said, «and the candidate out here is not doing any of those things; she's running a more typical Democratic campaign.»
In a speech at the Magnolia Springs Baptist Church, Moore said he was being attacked by «the Democrats who push a liberal agenda,» as well as «the Washington establishment.»
Apple CEO Tim Cook said he is «encouraged» by President Donald Trump's discussions with Democrats to protect the status of Dreamers, the thousands of young unauthorized immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.
Vancouver — Christy Clark has let down forest workers and communities as U.S. softwood lumber penalties loom, and B.C. New Democrat leader John Horgan says forest workers need a government that will defend their jobs and communities.
«This is about us begging for our lives; this isn't about the GOP, this isn't about the Democrats, this is about us creating a badge of shame for any politicians accepting money from the NRA and using us as collateral,» Kasky said.
«Premier Christy Clark and the B.C. Liberals briefly swooped into Likely several days after the tailings pond failure assuring the town everything was all right, but then disappeared as the bad news rolled in,» said New Democrat leader John Horgan.
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