Sentences with phrase «vote as a congressman»

On Sept. 15th, Lancman attacked Turner's very first vote as a congressman, when he voted with Republicans to prevent the National Labor Relations Board from stopping Boeing's new plant in South Carolina from opening.

Not exact matches

Georgia Congressman Tom Price has been cleared as the next Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services after an ugly confirmation battle which included Senate Democrats boycotting his vote by a key panel (a tactic that was rendered useless as the majority Republicans changed committee rules to push his nomination forward).

And take their two senators and 24 congressmen with them, as well as their 38 electoral college votes.

(The rumor was being pushed by the Turner camp, and would be very helpful to the congressman's quest to get 25 percent of the weighted convention vote to get onto the ballot as it would free up two vote - heavy counties now backing Maragos: Nassau and Suffolk).

«Apparently, Dan is so baffled that his anti-Trump voting record has alienated conservative voters that he's sending out campaign operatives posing as government investigators to find out why,» former Congressman Michael Grimm said in a statement.

Mayor de Blasio, Comptroller Stringer, Public Advocate James, Congressmembers Jeffries and Maloney and 21 Democratic Elected Officials Endorse Brian Kavanagh Endorsements follow Kavanagh winning majority of 26th Senate District Democratic County Committee New York - Today, Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh's campaign for State Senate was endorsed by Mayor Bill de Blasio, Comptroller Scott Stringer, Public Advocate Tish James, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries as well as 21 Democratic elected officials, following the conclusion of processes in Brooklyn and Manhattan that resulted in Kavanagh receiving 53 % of the combined Democratic County Committee vote.

Cuomo is determined to make Collins pay for his vote for the tax cut bill and to repeal Obamacare, naming the congressman as one of his targets in this year's elections.

UPDATE: As per McMahon's campaign, the congressman beat Straniere with 60.9 percent of the vote to the Republican's 33.3 percent, so the WFP line didn't provide him with his margin of victory after all.

The Congressman's voting record is as liberal progressive as his talking point.

Staten Island Congressman Dan Donovan — the only Republican representing any part of New York City in Washington, D.C. — voted «no» on the legislation as well, said that Obamacare is «failing and requires major reform» and that he will work on a replacement.

In Syracuse, the Democratic candidate received 38 percent of the vote in a city that gave Hillary Clinton 80 percent, losing to the son of a former Republican congressman who ran as a third - party candidate.

filmmaker Josh Kriegman asks his subject, disgraced congressman Anthony Weiner, as the cameras roll on him at home with his wife, top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin, the morning after Weiner lost the 2013 New York City Democratic mayoral primary with just 4.9 percent of the vote.

Congressman Carolyn Maloney and Public Advocate Letitia James today hit Vermont senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders for his past votes on gun control bills — and touted Democratic front - runner and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's record on the issue as superior.

The Queens Democratic Party, as of last week, was pushing Ms. Nolan's candidacy and if their chair, Congressman Joseph Crowley, falls behind Ms. Nolan, all 18 of Queens» sizable delegation may vote for her.

For all the flak he gets as a congressman, at 65 he finally has a seat at the table and a vote that counts.

Speaking as he accompanied Congressman Charles Rangel to vote today, Wright described those actions as having «brought up all of the ghosts of the civil rights movement... all of the ghosts of Jim Crowism... all of the ghosts of poll taxes» and declared that such tactics have «no place at all in any political activities here in this community.»

Schreibman argues the Republican congressman's effort to cast himself as a pragmatic centrist is undercut by his voting record, in which he generally — but not always — sides with the House leadership, whose agenda is driven by the more conservative members of the conference.

«So it is my pleasure as a woman who is a registered Republican, don't be booing me, and will publicly and proudly be voting for Congressman Sean Maloney in a little bit over a week, please help me welcome Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney,» said McKeon.

Her comment at the time supports the notion that the Congressman has a broader, brighter political future: «I think anybody that actually listened to Chris Gibson, or met Chris Gibson or has looked at any of his votes or any of his values, if they are willing to put away labels, I think they would be very impressed with the man as an individual and what he can do to unite people.»

Republican Congressman Chris Gibson will receive the Spirit of Enterprise award, which is to recognize his pro-business voting record as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted unanimously to approve Democratic Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney's legislation to rename the post office on Route 17M in Monroe as the «National Clandestine Service of the Central Intelligence Agency NCS Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office.»

I am confident that, when we finally count every last vote cast one week ago, I will continue to serve as your Congressman.

«Adriano Espaillat was 1,000 votes away from unseating Congressman Rangel in 2012 as an insurgent with no political support,» said campaign manager Jesse Campoamor.

Moreover, receiving half of the votes against two other statewide incumbent Republicans and a sitting Congressman speaks volumes of her strength as a candidate and bodes very well for her in the General Election.

Laying out his vision for the space program, Aldrin added a vote in favor of timeliness: «I think we need to consider the attention span of the public as well as the term limits of congressmen,» he said.

As the president points out to his secretary of state, William Seward (David Strathairn), the recent election has turned 64 Democratic congressmen into lame ducks — men who'll be out of work soon and might sell their vote for a government job.

But the sailing isn't as smooth this time around, the AP notes, because of intra-party splits: The wave of Tea Party congressmen voted into office in November 2010 largely oppose sweeping federal laws, which makes it more difficult for Republicans to unite around a course of action.

As a member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, Congressman Joe Courtney voted for the legislation in committee and in the House of Representatives.

Unfortunately, Rep. Hefley's legislation, which would have designated 35,000 acres as wilderness, did not come up for a vote before the congressman retired.

That is why Congressman Lance voted for legislation that would invest in research and development of clean and renewable fuels like solar and wind power, as well as alternative fuels.

Vice President Mike Pence, who authored the original legislation to «defund» Planned Parenthood as a congressman, had to cast the tie - breaking vote on the worst bill for women's health in a generation.