Sentences with phrase «senate after the elections»

[111] However, the Republican Party, led by Henry Cabot Lodge, controlled the US Senate after the election of 1918, and the senators were divided into multiple positions on the Versailles question.

Results represent the composition of the Senate after the elections.

They'll also talk about which party will control the state senate after the elections and whether state government is functioning better or worse than in the past.

Not exact matches

This year's poor performance - only six House seats gained, two Senate seats added, and the White House lost - caused a revolt among House Democrats after the election.

Two Democratic Senate aides said the speech was an attempt by Democrats to harden their position ahead of «fiscal cliff» negotiations set to get under way after the Nov. 6 elections.

Just over four months to the election, and facing pressure from their Democratic opponents, most Republican Senate incumbents opted for consistency despite the political frenzy days after the worst mass shooting in modern American history.

After a series of electoral missteps and concerns over the special Senate election in Alabama, the party — and Trump — needs a victory it can point to ahead of the 2018 midterms.

A former chief of staff to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had the following assessment after Democrat Doug Jones defeated embattled Republican Roy Moore in the special election to fill a Senate seat in Alabama: Anyone out of the phone book — aside from Moore — would've won as a Republican.

The comments from Warner, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, came one day after The Intercept reported on a top - secret National Security Agency document that said hackers associated with Russia's military intelligence agency targeted a company with information on US voting software days before the election.

On the morning of November 3, 2010, for example, the day after Election Dight, Facebook announced that 74 percent of House of candidates with the greatest number of Facebook fans on their ballots won their contests, while in the Senate 81 percent of candidates with the most Facebook fans won seats.

U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D - NY) talks to journalist after attending the Senate Democrat party leadership elections at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S. November 16, 2016.

The White House didn't want to open up Cotton's Arkansas Senate seat after the GOP's shocking loss in the Alabama Senate race and other special elections.

United States Newsmakers After the Republican victory in the 2014 US midterm elections and an eight - year hiatus, Richard Shelby, a senior senator from Alabama, has taken over his old post as chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.

After the election, we at the least we can expect another two years of divided government, in that the Republicans seem to be poised to gain in both the House and Senate.

The Senate will be virtually unchanged after this election from what it has been over the last two years.

It's about the sudden death of his wife, Neilia (above), and their baby daughter Naomi in a car accident shortly after his election to the Senate in 1992.

Could it be that they are waiting until after the elections when they most likely control the House and Senate to make MAJOR changes?

Senate Republicans in Albany in recent weeks have warmed to a Killian candidacy after Democrats nominated Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer of Yonkers to run in the special election.

Gillibrand is looking to win the election for the first time after she was appointed to the Senate by Governor Paterson early last year.

Shortly after Carl Paladino handily won the Republican nomination in the race for governor Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos congratulated Paladino and welcomed him to the general election fight — and Senate Democrats were quick to pounce.

The IDC announced earlier this month it would dissolve and its members would rejoin the Democratic conference in the state Senate, ahead of a broader push to give Democrats control of the chamber after a pair of seats are filled in an April 24 special election.

The Senate was «remade» last election cycle after two deplorable years of Democrats ruling each branch of government.

This means Republicans will stay in power in the Senate, even if Democrats gain a numeric, 32 - member majority in the state Senate, which could happen after two special elections are held today.

At the same time, the WFP had blasted Cuomo on the night of Election Day for not doing more to help Senate Democrats, who did not gain full control of the chamber after a trio of freshman lawmakers lost their seats to Republicans.

The IDC is rebuffing calls for unity from Democrats and liberal pressure groups to re-join the mainline conference of Democrats in the state Senate — calls that have intensified after the election of Brian Benjamin, who gives Democrats a numerical majority in the chamber.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo set up the IDC as a means to subvert the results of the Election vote, and keep the GOP in control of the NYS Senate, even after Democrats won a majority in the NYS Senate!

Since then, there has been much speculation that Klein is again preparing to flex his growing political muscle in favor of the Senate Republicans, should they require his assistance in maintaining control of the chamber after the November elections.

In the chart above, you can see Republicans being much stronger in the Senate after the 2010 midterm elections, but never before (in recent history).

Diaz, along with Sen. George Latimer, will leave office at the end of the year and have their seats filled in special elections to be called after the state budget is completed, based on a Democratic unity push for the state Senate.

This month in Albany two new Democrats took seats in the Legislature after winning special elections in the Senate and Assembly.

The Democratic Senate Campaign Committee reported $ 191,283 in cash on hand after spending heavily in the special election, which ended with Democrat Todd Kaminsky defeating Republican candidate Chris McGrath last month.

The Senate is once again a key flashpoint in this year's down - ballot elections as Democrats seek to gain a majority eight years after losing control following a tumultuous, two - year term.

Liberal advocates had been upset with the timing of the special election, namely holding it after the state budget is expected to be approved, thus giving Republicans in the Senate a chance to negotiate the spending plan.

Marchione's surprise announcement comes one day after the Senate Democrats won two special elections in the Bronx and Westchester, putting them within spitting distance of re-taking the majority.

After Tuesday's special election, Democrats will once again make up a majority of New York's State Senate, giving New York the opportunity to become the seventh state in the nation with a completely Democratic state government,» Ellison said in the statement.

It was learnt that former President Obasanjo and the Senate President Dr Bukola a Saraki had all planned to wait till the end of the election after which they would then approach the court to challenge the illegality of a president who is elected through a legally faulty process.

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.

Republican Julie Killian formally launched her bid for the state Senate on Thursday after securing the nomination for the special election on April 24.

«My office assumed the prosecution of this matter after our colleagues in Brooklyn obtained a felony indictment against Kevin Parker,» said Donovan, who was the GOP's AG candidate in the Nov. 2 general election and lost to Democratic AG - elect Eric Schneiderman (Parker's Senate colleague).

«This explains why they have continued to keep people like the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) in detention, even after he has been granted bail by the courts and have been after figures like Senate President Bukola Saraki, Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu as well as politicians perceived to be interested in the 2019 Presidential elections.

There's a new status quo for Democrats in the state Senate: The Independent Democratic Conference is dissolved and they have 32 enrolled members, enough for a narrow working majority after keeping two seats in their column following special elections on Tuesday.

After the November elections, the IDC forged a deal with Senate Republicans for control of the upper house.

Democrats hope to retake the chamber soon, either after two special Senate elections April 24 or after the November elections, when they hope dissatisfaction with Republican President Donald Trump leads to a Democratic wave.

After being expelled from the state Senate, Monserrate ran in a special election to fill his seat in 2010.

Just last week, Cuomo's «hand - picked» candidate was crushed in a special Senate election in the Southern Tier after the governor failed to mobilize support for her campaign.

(CNN)- Less than a day after winning the Delaware Republican Senate primary in a surprising upset, Christine O'Donnell reached her earlier fundraising goal for the general election.

Because Democrats are already having enough problems passing legislation, next year we're expected to have even fewer Democrats in the House and Senate, and there's talk in town as to whether the Democrats will even control the congress after the elections this fall.

There's a greater chance than ever that the Senate could be dominated by Democrats after the November 8 election.

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They are vowing to try again after special Senate elections next month in Westchester County and the Bronx that could hand Senate control to the Democrats.