Sentences with phrase «vote against raising»

Please vote against raising the interest rate on student loans.

The danger the United States faces today is that the government debt crisis scheduled to hit Congress next spring (when Republicans are threatening to vote against raising the federal debt limit as the government deficit soars) will provide an opportunity for the wealthy to give a coup de grace on what is left of progressive taxation in this country.

He also voted against raising the minimum wage, against tax cuts for the middle class, and most importantly to entrepreneurs, against the Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act in 2012.

Rick voted against raising the minimum wage 8 times.

The Republican went on to say (paraphrasing here) «what if we come back Christmas week and authorize the pay commission and then they still vote against a raise only to have Cuomo turn around and say there is nothing he could do since the Commission is independent.»

George Amedore spent his three terms in the Assembly raising taxes on the middle class, voting against raising the minimum wage and voting against women's rights and dignity.

Former Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle, a Republican from Onondaga Hill, is among those who voted against raising the federal debt limit to prevent default.

And we also voted against raising tuition fees, having failed to persuade a Labour government not to renege on its promise.

Over the same period of time, George Amedore has repeatedly voted against raising the minimum wage at all.

Democrats are urging their Republican counterparts to join them in voting against the raise.

On Tuesday, Holmquist voted against a raise of about $ 33,000 for Mahoney and about $ 4,000 for legislators.

Both voted against the raises.

He's voted against raising our fuel mileage standards and joined George Bush in opposing legislation twice in the last year that included tax credits for more efficient cars.

Not exact matches

Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari, who consistently voted against rate hikes last year, said in a CNBC interview on Friday that the flattening curve was «a yellow light flashing,» a warning that the Fed should soon stop raising rates or risk braking the economy too quickly and plunging the country into recession.

But while Amash's conservative record is strong, he has occassionally bucked his party, most notably by voting against Paul Ryan's budget and against the deal to raise the debt ceiling.

Victory for populism, another vote against inequality, raises risk of stagflation, likely will provide one of the last great opportunities to reduce exposure to bonds.

U.S. hedge fund Sandell Asset Management said on Feb. 8 that it will vote against Tesco's takeover of wholesaler Booker unless the UK supermarket group raises its offer.

These expectations were given further force when minutes of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee showed that it had voted only narrowly against raising policy rates at its October meeting.

In upholding the prohibition against artificial methods of birth control, the encyclical dashed the hopes of many believers for a change in church teaching — hopes that had been raised when the National Catholic Reporter leaked the news that the lay and clerical members of the hand - picked papal commission studying the matter had voted decisively to support the limited use of artificial contraception within the context of marriage.

I pay my taxes... I just vote against those who desire to continually raise them and send us spiraling into economic oblivion just so they, their union buddies, and their bedfellow corporate friends (e.g. the rail line operators) can get rich.

Our inability to coexist in my views may not be the only hurdle against 2019 general election as the age - long underage registration / voting challenge mooted above raised its ugly head in a recent but still trending video captured during a registration exercise and a local council poll in some states.

``... another thing remarkable he did not ask the whole of Ghana to vote for Nana Akufo Addo; of course being an NPP stalwart, it is expected that he would ask people to vote against President Mahama... but he did not ask the people of Ghana to vote for Nana Akufo Addo; it is extremely instructive; it raises a very serious issue... If I were an NPP member, I would be extremely worried about this grave omission,» he noted.

They've attacked him for raising property taxes by 46 % as a Westchester County Lawmaker and blasted him for voting against Governor Cuomo's 2 % property tax cap.

Will he «pander» to the Tea Party or vote against voucherizing Medicare and raising out - of - pocket costs for our seniors?

The by - election consolidated Nick Clegg's hold on power, sparked new rumours of leadership bids against David Cameron, saw a surge in support for Ukip and raised questions about Ed Miliband's ability to win votes in the south - east.

After joining the coalition poll ratings for the party fell, [67] particularly following the government's support for raising the cap on tuition fees with Liberal Democrat MPs voting 27 for, 21 against and 8 abstaining.

After the vote on Tuesday, Mr. Cuomo said that the public was «99 to 1» against raising lawmakers» wages.

Update: Shortly before 9 p.m., the Onondaga County Legislature reversed itself, voting against giving County Clerk M. Ann Ciarpelli a $ 6,000 raise in 2012.

«Mr. Kolb expressed to the governor his entire caucus was going to vote against the bill because they opposed raising any revenue for the state,» Vlasto said.

«The choice for Republicans is clear: they can keep Richard Hanna, who votes to raise taxes, to extend U.S. debt to economically dangerous levels by voting with Obama, Reid and Pelosi to raise the debt ceiling while bankrupting our nation, or they can choose a commonsense Republican like me who has a proven record of voting to reduce taxes, voting against the implementation of Obamacare in New York, votes against funding an illegal database (including ammunition database) against legal gun owners, voting against increasing our debt ceiling in New York and supports countless initiatives to reduce the burdens of government red tape on individuals and small businesses, including family farms,» Tenney said.

Charlene DiCalogero, 12th Worcester: 1st time candidate, 19.7 % of the vote in a small - town - rural mixed economic area, against a 22 - year incumbent Democrat native to the area, with over $ 321,000 in his campaign fund at the start of the race and raised an additional $ 54K, while I raised circa $ 3,000.

A coalition of groups urging a «no» vote on the constitutional convention, which they call «New Yorkers Against Corruption,» disclosed that it had raised $ 635,000 so far.

Both divisions tonight - on increasing the upper tuition fees limit to # 9,000 and on raising the cap on basic tuition fees to # 6,000 - saw identical results: 323 votes in favour and 302 votes against.

, who said he would vote against the jobs bill because he doesn't think it's worth the money, is not opposed to raising taxes on millionaires, per se.

«Just as we look forward to hearing her explanation of supporting Donald Trump, why she supports turning NYPD into a deportation force, and why she voted against marriage equality and raising the minimum wage.»

Norman Lamb said the Liberal Democrats had learned an «extremely painful lesson» from raising tuition fees to # 9,000 while in coalition government with the Conservatives, despite ex-leader Nick Clegg's pledge to vote against any increase.

«We are going to knock on doors, we are going to make phone calls, we are going to say to elected officials, «There are 3 million New Yorkers who need a raise, you vote against $ 15, you vote against the 3 million New Yorkers who need it.»

«I've kept my promise to fight for Long Island by voting over 175 times against raising taxes, delivering a $ 20 million increase in aid for South Shore schools, and passed a plan to prevent corrupt pols from receiving taxpayer funded pensions.

His opponent, Chris Gibson, on the other hand, has failed to live up to his word, saying he supports raising the minimum wage, then voting against it in Congress.

The stolen supreme court seat is something you might not want to push... just another reason for dems to organize, fund raise and vote against anyone aligned with the GOP.

Which sort of raises the question: if you don't believe it exists, why whip your peers into voting against it?

«However, he would be happy to comment on the campaign of «Don't take me literally» Schneiderman, specifically his 12 years in the Albany cesspool, his lack of any law enforcement experience, his radical social agenda, his ranking as one of the worst senator for jobs, his 12 votes to raise taxes, his votes against civil confinement for sex offenders, and his attempted cover - up of a hit and run....

«This ad is made up entirely of lies because Jack Martins can't run on the truth, which is that his record consists of raising taxes in Mineola and voting against women every chance he gets.

Well we had Andy Burnham claiming on Friday's Any Questions that resisting the fees hike was «unsustainable», clearly implying (even though he'd just voted against it along with his party) that had New Labour been in office they would have raised them too.

My voting record in the Senate reflects their agenda — on issues ranging from the fight against fracking to women's rights and raising the minimum wage for working families,» Tkaczyk said in a statement.

Pataki is using the cash he raises through Revere America to travel the country and call for the repeal of «Obamacare» and also run TV ads against select Democratic House candidates in New York and New Hampshire (ahem, 2012) who voted «yes» on the health care reform law.

- is virulently against private gun ownership - is a HUGE supporter of quotas and racial set asides (yet decries racism)- is pro DC voting rights / statehood - is very much pro-choice - is against the death penalty - favors raising taxes (and letting Bush's expire), not cutting spending - favors a nationalized health care plan

For the record, Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, a Republican, stood tall: «The bottom line is that taxes are being raised» — as he and five colleagues voted against the new levies.

Ed Balls wants to raise the top rate of tax to 50p in the pound and, although the Lib Dems voted against this, Clegg and his allies made it clear that they would be perfectly relaxed if the party voted for 50p.

I'm not against fixing Obama care but John Faso voted on this before the studies on the implications of it were in Defunding Planned Parenthood and raising premiums for those with pre existing conditions are unacceptable What about the hard working poor who can't afford property and rely on help from the government