Sentences with phrase «voted against taxes»

Teachers are paid approximately 10 percent less than those in surrounding districts and the community has consistently voted against taxes for budget increases.

They have already used those resources to highlight that Baldwin voted against the tax reform bill, spending $ 3 million on ads and holding town halls and knocking on doors to explain why she should support the legislation.

McCain voted against tax cuts under President George W. Bush due to concerns about its effect on the deficit.

Phillips, for example, noted that the group had held Sens. Tammy Baldwin and Bill Nelson, up for reelection in Wisconsin and Florida respectively, accountable for voting against the tax reform bill, and indicated they would continue to do so.

Concern has been expressed that the tax was unnecessarily rushed through the approval process just before an election that would have added two more people to the 5 - member board that could have swung the vote against the tax.

Partial returns were 1,953 votes against the tax and 1,031 for it.

Trump administration officials and conservative Republicans are also upset that Frelinghuysen voted against the tax cut bill — Trump's biggest legislative achievement — and initially balked at repealing Obamacare.

After numerous conversations with New York families, local elected officials, business owners and other hardworking taxpayers, I've decided that I will vote against the Tax Cuts and Jobs -LSB-...]

McMahon (D - Staten Island / Brooklyn) has drawn the ire of Democratic House leaders by voting against taxing AIG bonuses and by opposing a tax on stock trades pushed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

But the GOP lawmakers, including Rep. John Faso who voted agains the bill, have not taken well to Cuomo's pressure campaign to vote against the tax measure.

The National Republican Congressional Committee is launching new digital ads targeting Democrats who voted against the tax overhaul that passed the House on Thursday.

He vowed independence, and said he has proven himself by bucking the New York Senate's Republican leadership to vote against tax increases.

He votes against taxes and increased spending.

During the GOP convention, Coughlan supporters criticized Rolison for supporting the tax, and Serino, in an online post announcing her candidacy, noted she was one of only a handful of county legislators to vote against the tax.

Hanna has gotten support from outside the district, from a pro-gay rights Republican P.A.C. that, through television ads and direct mail, has accused Tenney of voting against tax relief.

If the residents vote against the tax increase, Dr. Hamilton says they will have to cut $ 1 million from the budget, which would most likely cut universal pre-K.

And it's why I voted against the tax breaks that Congress gave to companies that moved our jobs overseas.

Without that state and local tax deduction, Katko said he will be a «hard no» vote against the tax package that comes out of the conference committee.

«The truth is that John Faso voted against the tax reform bill because he believed it did not do enough to help New York families and taxpayers, and will continue to fight for a bill that will lower their taxes and promotes economic growth,» Faso said.

Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik will vote against the tax overhaul package, she said Monday in a statement.

Five Republicans from New York voted against the tax bill in the House of Representatives.

Steve Bellone, the Democratic county executive in Suffolk County on Long Island, is urging a North Country Republican lawmaker to vote against the tax bill in Congress.

He held no press conferences, issued no policy statements and, aside from reliably voting against tax and spending increases, made relatively few waves during two terms on the Common Council.

Cuomo and Schumer are calling on four New York Republican House members — Claudia Tenney, John Faso, John Katko and Elise Stefanik, who have all expressed reservations about the provision — to vote against the tax plan.

Doug understands the federal government needs to quit spending so much, will vote against tax increases, and protect key values like the right to vote in private in union elections.»

Today the Labour Party is going to be voting against a tax on strivers and in favour of real welfare reform to put people back to work.

«It was to send a strong message and I will vote against the tax legislation itself unless the SALT deduction is taken care of,» King told the Daily News after the vote.

Mr. Zeldin was one of five New York Republicans to vote against the tax bill, and among the most vocal.

Faso, whose district includes parts of the Capital Region, Hudson Valley and Catskills region, is the second Upstate Republican to say he intends to vote against the tax plan.

As a Republican legislator, Sparaco has voted against tax increases, even as the county's multimillion - dollar deficit swells; he's fought pay raises for county employees; and tried to eliminate the county's Youth Employment program.

«I voted against the tax bill when it first came before the House because it did not provide enough relief for New Yorkers.»

Six Republicans in the Climate Solutions Caucus did vote against the tax bill; they made up half of all GOP House dissenters.

(To be fair, some had voted against this tax - grab eleven years earlier when same was implemented).

Not exact matches

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Republican Study Committee, North Carolina Rep. Mark Walker, said Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen should step down as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee for voting against the final version of the GOP tax reform plan that passed Tuesday afternoon.

In contrast to its healthcare - overhaul push that saw many intraparty divisions, the GOP has been relatively cohesive on taxes — not a single Republican voted against the bill in the Senate.

While last week's budget vote cleared the way to begin the tax reform effort, 20 Republicans voted against it, citing issues with the elimination of state and local tax deductions and a massive expansion of the federal deficit.

HARWOOD: I just want to ask you about that in light of two votes you made recently: one for a partisan tax bill that increased the deficit, the other against a bipartisan spending deal that also increased the deficit.

Most or all of the 48 Democrats and independents in the Senate are expected to vote against a Republican tax reform plan.

The absence of a deal on harmonized sales tax (HST) compensation — a long - festering source of tension between Ottawa and Quebec — seems to be the most important reason why the Bloc Quebecois 49 MPs plan to vote against the federal budget.

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 20tax cuts for the middle class, and most importantly to entrepreneurs, against the Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act in 20Tax Relief Act in 2012.

Sen. Bob Corker was the only Republican to vote against the bill, which, among other things, proposes to cut the corporate rate to 20 % while changing individual tax brackets and significantly undercutting portions of the Affordable Care Act.

A particularly stressful week for farmers has come to a relieving end with the Greens today supporting the federal government's proposed 15 per cent backpacker tax after voting against it yesterday.

So they will vote for any politician that promise to lower taxes and against any that say we need to increase them.

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.

Twelve Republicans voted against the final tax bill in the House.

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.

I don't lie, I don't steal, I don't cheat, I don't inflict harm to anyone, I don't hate anyone, I don't discriminate against anyone, I don't inflict unnecessary harm to the environment, I donate, I volunteer, I help those that need it, I help in my community, I work, I vote, I pay taxes, and so does my family.

These people would not allow any religion but Christianity to be seen in a good light if taught in classes in the USA, when history proves that, Christianity is the reason so many people in the USA have been motivated to lynch black people, make gays second class citizens, fought against woman being allowed to vote, hunted down and killed others from different denominations, force all other's to pay for their «work» whether in the USA or around the world through tax exempt status, gifts or «Faith - based initiatives».

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.

Park Treasurer Robert Gibson, who voted against holding the referendum, said he opposes the mailing because he's against a tax hike.