Sentences with phrase «vote against senator»

Speaking while reacting to a statement credited to Governor Wike where he asked the Ogoni to vote against Senator Abe as a matter of priority, at a groundbreaking rally organised by Khana Connected Friends at Bori Police Field, Bori in Khana Local Government Area, Abe queried why who would win Rivers South East Senatorial election was more important to Wike than who would win in his own Senatorial District, the Rivers East.

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McCain joined two other Republican senators, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who voted against the bill and quashed Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's plan to upend the US healthcare system after 20 hours of debate.

At least two GOP Senators, Kentucky's Rand Paul and Maine's Susan Collins, are expected to vote against the Graham - Cassidy bill to repeal Obamacare if it comes to the floor.

As a senator, Sessions criticized the Justice Department in 2009 for dismissing three defendants from a voting rights lawsuit against the New Black Panther Party after allegations of voter intimidation outside a Philadelphia polling place.

Democratic Senators Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Jon Tester of Montana voted against expanded background checks, while Indiana Senator Joe Donnelly voted with Republicans.

Some Republican state Senators were recalled in Wisconsin for voting to curb union power, but Republican Governor Scott Walker survived a recall effort against him.

In Virginia, heavily favored Democratic incumbent Senator Mark Warner found himself in a surprisingly close fight against Republican challenger Ed Gillespie, with much of the vote counted.

In a 51 - 49 vote following party lines, the Senate approved its version of the tax reform bill during a marathon session, with only one Republican, Tennessee Senator Bob Corker, voting against the measure.

And there is speculation that other GOP senators — particularly John McCain, Bob Corker and Jeff Flake — could vote against it as well.

The bill's price tag had been a sticking point for one senator, Mr. Corker, a longtime deficit hawk, who voted against the initial Senate bill over concerns it would add to the federal debt.

A day after the bill's prospects wavered somewhat, Republican leaders notched two victories on Friday, when Senator Marco Rubio of Florida said he would vote yes after gaining a more generous child tax credit in the final bill and Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, who voted against the initial Senate bill over deficit concerns, said he would support the legislation.

Even the Republican state senator who sponsored the bill said that «none of those who voted against [the bill] favored infanticide.»

Senator Norris here presents his arguments why he was the only senator who voted against our entry into World War I: we have multiplied most of the problems we went into that war toSenator Norris here presents his arguments why he was the only senator who voted against our entry into World War I: we have multiplied most of the problems we went into that war tosenator who voted against our entry into World War I: we have multiplied most of the problems we went into that war to solve.

(Sasse was among the majority of Senators who voted against cloture, guaranteeing that debate over the bill will continue.)

Diaz singles out Senator Shirley Hunter and Frank Padavan, as well as Hiram Monserrate (who has since been ousted in from the Senate, but is running for the Assembly) and thanks them for taking a political risk by voting against same - sex marriage.

Whereas I didn't agree that charter schools take money away from trouble traditional schools BEFORE — I came away from the excellent comments from the Senators voting AGAINST the charter school bill believing this is the case.

None of the Republican senators cast a vote against the budget bill that included the wage increase.

Sen. Bill Stachowski is fighting back against Fight Back PAC, the political action committee created with the sole purpose of replacing senator who voted «no» on gay marriage with candidates who will vote «yes» on the issue.

Bloomberg is doing his level best to alternately threaten and bribe Senators who voted against the legislation before it was sneakily withdrawn mid-vote.

Senator Maziarz, who voted against the SAFE Act, has been criticized by conservatives for not doing enough to repeal it.

«And he did it by convincing Republicans, Democrats and independents to vote for him while runnning unapologetically against the Obama Agenda that Senator Gillibrand has furthered every step of the way.

The only Democrat left in the field against Gillibrand is labor activist Jonathan Tasini, who also mounted a long - shot challenge to Clinton in 2006, running to the then - senator's left by focusing almost entirely on her «yes» vote on the Iraq War.

This fear of an NRA backlash might, at least in part, explain why Republican senators continue to vote against gun control legislation that's popular with their own conservative constituents.

Senator Ted Cruz proposed an amendment to the recent tax reform bill to allow funds from 529 plans to be used for homeschooling1, but the Democrats voted against it and it did not make it into the final bill.

Cox defended Cruz's appearance at the dinner, arguing the senator supported aid for Sandy victims but that Senate Democrats had filled the bill with «pork,» and that's why he had voted against it.

As a state senator battling for re-election in 2002, he voted against the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act, which barred business and property owners from firing or evicting gays and lesbians on the basis of their identity.

I am extremely disappointed at Senator Tkaczyk, who represents the very district containing the puppy farm, for voting against this bill to protect the health and safety of animals across New YorkState.

As a senator, Rubio has voted against an LGBT - inclusive reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act and doesn't co-sponsor any pro-LGBTagainst an LGBT - inclusive reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act and doesn't co-sponsor any pro-LGBTAgainst Women Act and doesn't co-sponsor any pro-LGBT bills.

There is currently a federal law against non-citizens voting in an election for a federal office (president / vice president, senator, or representative), but there is no federal law against non-citizens voting in any other state or local election.

Gun rights groups claim a slim majority for their position in the Senate, given the two or three Democratic Senators representing rural districts who often vote against gun control — although there are also Republican Senators from urban districts who tend to waver.

Cruz squared off last week in a GOP presidential debate against New York businessman Donald Trump, who the Texas senator is in an increasingly tight race with for the first - in - the - nation voting in Iowa on Feb. 1.

With two Republican senators all but locked in against it and Trump exerting pressure on them to pass it, U.S. Senate leaders can not lose another vote on the health care reform bill they plan to unveil today.

WASHINGTON — New York's two Democratic senators, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, should each expect to get a federal income tax cut worth thousands of dollars next year under the new Republican tax law, which they both fought and voted against, according to projections based on their 2017 tax returns.

The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association thanks Senator Dean Skelos and his conference for doing the right thing and not supporting this bill, along with Senators William Stachowski, Darrel Aubertine and David Valesky for putting principle above party politics and voting against S - 6005A.

Former state Rep. Joseph Morrissey ran as an independent against incumbent Rosalyn Dance (D) in Senate District 16, meaning he himself could have become a deciding vote, something an unnamed Democratic senator told The Washington Post «would put us in a horrible position and make it very hard for us to maintain our integrity and have him be part of our caucus.»

Not one of the questioners during the nearly four - hour hearing seemed to indicate that they would vote against a mayoral control extension, even though a few senators asked de Blasio pointed questions about the various investigations circling his administration and other disparate education issues.

The Republicans have a problem in that without throwing a bone to their own base upstate that regards Skelos only a step or two behind Cuomo on the «personification of evil» scale, they risk that base vote staying home in close races next year or, even worse, primaries against the senators who voted for Flanagan last week.

Think voting against a public health bill that hurts tobacco interests by senators in tobacco producing states.

While 2011 would see all seven Queens senators vote in favor of the bill, in 2009 five of Queens» senators voted against the measure: current state Sens. Shirley Huntley (D - Jamaica) and Joseph Addabbo Jr. (D - Howard Beach) and former Sens. George Onorato, Hiram Monserrate and Frank Padavan.

The senator said he doubts that the Senate will even vote this year on Sen. Brad Hoylman's bill, which would allow victims to file lawsuits over child sexual abuse incidents that occurred before 2006, in many cases decades ago, against abusers and their employers.

Dutchess County Democrat Terry Gipson was one of only four state senators to vote against letting Ulster County reinstate its additional 1 percent sales tax.

Four Democratic state senators voted against the payment of $ 27,230.88 to the widow of former Assemblyman Bill Nojay, who faced federal fraud charges at the time of his suicide.

Gillibrand was one of just seven senators who voted against the provision to deny funds to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now — a move that put her at odds with her Democratic colleague from New York, Sen. Charles E. Schumer.

«You have to be concerned anytime somebody's lawyers up and try to pull an Al Franken, if you will,» Miller said, referring to the Minnesota Democratic senator who took his seat after emerging from a lengthy recount against incumbent GOP Sen. Norm Coleman with a 312 - vote win.

Two Democratic senators who voted against the bill in 2009 have since departed, replaced by supporters of the bill.

State Senator Tom Duane, the marriage equality bill's lead sponsor, has released a statement regarding today's vote: Today's vote against Marriage Equality makes me very angry.

De Blasio is also being challenged in the Democratic primary by Queens State Senator Tony Avella and former Brooklyn City Councilman Sal Albanese, who previously ran against de Blasio in 2013 and failed to get one percent of the votes.

She has been vocal in opposing Trump policies, especially the Muslim travel ban, and reportedly cast more «no» votes against Trump administration nominees than any other senator.

The battle turned brutal in recent days as two renegade Bronx Democratic senators, Pedro Espada Jr. and Ruben Diaz Sr., threatened to shut down state government by voting against the next budget extender.

He also sounded off against the two Democratic Senators — Simcha Felder of Brooklyn and Ted O'Brien of Rochester — who voted against the bill.