Sentences with phrase «voters supported this bill»

Only 25 percent of voters supported the bill.

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It turns out that Eich contributed $ 1,000 to California's controversial Proposition 8, an anti-same-sex marriage bill that passed with broad voter support in 2008, and which became the basis for one of the gay marriage cases argued before the Supreme Court in 2013.

CNBC's John Harwood: «Voters just raised a massive red flag for the GOP's agenda»»... Specifically, it made it more difficult for a specific subset of Republican lawmakers that Trump and party leaders need to hold behind a bill designed to pass without any Democratic support.

To win reelection in 1996, Bill Clinton's task was straightforward: to retain the voters who elected him originally and expand his support enough to undercut his opponents, who collectively out - polled him in 1992.

A poll commissioned by the Planned Parenthood Action Fund shows that 50 percent of voters in NY - 19 — Republican Rep. John Faso's district — support the Affordable Care Act and only 33 percent support the American Health Care Act replacement bill.

GOP lawmakers have run hard against the passage of the bill, especially in upstate and suburban battleground districts where support among voters for the proposal is thin.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio — who endorsed Hillary Clinton in October 2015 — also issued a statement Tuesday condemning the purge of voters from voting lists and added his support for the comptroller's audit.

«There was a theory,» said Brodsky, a former Democratic assemblyman, «that if Bill de Blasio had maintained his first - year support among voters, that his late endorsement would mean more than an early endorsement.

The League of Women Voters has issued a memo of support for the bill.

A New York Times / Siena College poll found voters support Democratic NYC mayoral frontrunner Bill de Blasio, even though they don't agree with some of his key plans, like replacing NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly.

Cuomo supports the Dream Act, and he said he would continue to push for it (Changes of the measure passing took a double - whammy hit in March when the state Senate narrowly defeated the bill and a Siena College poll showed most voters oppose the measure).

He not only had Hillary, but also Bill Clinton appear at get out the vote rallies, he met with Orthodox Jewish leaders, and sent emails to women voters touting his support for the Women's Equality Act, an issue he has campaigned for in bus tours across the state.

«The non-binding ballot line was intended to provide voters who did not support the candidates at hand with an alternative,» according to the bill's memo.

Today's Siena poll finds Doug Hoffman continues to attract the support of 15 percent of NY - 23 voters even though he's no longer campaigning, leaving the two remaining candidates — Democrat Rep. Bill Owens and Republican Matt Doheny — running neck - and - neck.

The candidate who is trying to buy the seat with his own money continues to do worse and it's no shock as he really won't be able to connect to the average voter as someone who made 20 + million at the dirtiest time on Wall Street, won't support the Wall Street reform bill and continues to call for transparency when he won't be transparent.

Sharkey said that Fairfield County voters were more inclined to support the gun bill than those in some other areas of the state.

When Mr. Bloomberg ran for a third term in 2009 against Bill Thompson, who is black, his performance in minority communities was staggeringly low: just 22 and 23 percent of black male and female voters supported Mr. Bloomberg, exit polls showed.

NEW YORK CITY — Mayor Bill de Blasio's approval rating has held steady even after a bruising war of words with the city's police unions — bolstered by overwhelming support from black and Latino voters as well as successes on key policy issues, according to a new poll and experts.

But it is still a bad bill, which rightly has very little support from either health professionals or voters.

The Syracuse Common Council will consider on Monday a resolution to support New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo's voter reform bill that would allow early voting throughout the state.

* The governor has called for a constitutional amendment to strip public pensions from legislators convicted of crimes, and yet this bill supports making the proposed language available only on obscure websites few voters will ever see.

The poll indicates that 41 percent of likely voters support Conservative candidate Doug Hoffman, with 36 percent backing Democrat Bill Owens, and 6 percent supporting Republican nominee Dede Scozzafava, who suspended her campaign on Saturday.

However, while voters supported de Blasio's pick of Bill Bratton for police commissioner (59 percent), only 48 percent agreed that the NYPD could reduce stop - and - frisk and still keep the city safe, while 62 percent said the police force was currently doing a good job.

I encourage Councilmember Helen Sears to do the right thing and stand against a legislative change to term limits and, if she must support either bill, to vote for creating a charter review commission to look at the issue and offer it up to the voters to decide.

U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer, D - N.Y., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D - N.Y., will stop at Sunshine's Coffee Shop on Thompson Road in DeWitt to rally voters for Deacon and talk about their support for a bill to provide paid family leave for American workers.

The day before New York voters would cast their ballots in the Democratic presidential primary, former President Bill Clinton worked his way across Western New York in a last - minute effort to rally support for his wife, Hillary Clinton.

In addition, the American Civil Liberties Union of N.C., the State Bar Association, and the N.C. League of Women Voters have expressed support for the bill.

Cuomo lost the most support among New York City voters, who also side against the governor in his public fight with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Klein will also be able to point to his role in helping to secure money for universal pre-kindergarten in New York City, both as a means of demonstrating to liberal voters his usefulness as a co-leader of the Senate, and of keeping supporters of Mayor Bill de Blasio from supporting a challenge to him.

The office of Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R - Rochester, who has pledged to «do whatever it takes to make sure that voter ID becomes the law in Wisconsin,» did not respond to a request for comment about the lack of lobby support for such bills.

Collins, who narrowly defeated Hochul for Congress in 2012 but won handily in his last two elections, said it will be Cuomo who voters turn against when they realize their growing property taxes bill support Medicaid.

Comptroller Bill Thompson is behind Weiner with 30 % of voters» support while just 9 % of Democrats report they would back City Council Member Tony Avella.

She said that Rep. John Faso, who represents the Hudson Valley, and his colleagues who supported the ill - fated bill took a «huge political risk» and will be coming home to «a lot of angry voters.»

Despite cross-party support a private member's bill introduced in November failed to gather enough parliamentary traction to move government policy on general elections, where voters must be 18.

The bill would also do away with the traditional school budget vote and require districts to simply ask voters to support a tax increase.

Just consider how it has been impossible to get Congress to pass a bill making it harder for the mentally ill to purchase a gun, despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of voters support the common sense idea.

Boxer's support «sent an important signal to Democratic voters that Nick and Kelly were both true progressives in this race,» said Melvoin's campaign consultant Bill Burton, himself a former aide to U.S. Senate Democrats.

The editorial board of CharterConfidential supports the Opportunity School District bill and encourages the General Assembly to put this question to the voters of Georgia.

This bill is sponsored by CABE and Californians Together in response to feedback from educators that additional resources are required for our school districts to expand or establish new dual language immersion or development bilingual programs as called for in Proposition 58 of November 2016 and overwhelmingly supported by voters!

We will work to bring out voters in support of those bills.

Public Policy Polling, which conducted a survey of voters in battleground states, found particularly broad support for the Congress to pass a student loan refinancing bill.

I respectfully request that you do not allow this «fast - tracked» bill initiated by special interest groups to circumvent the will of voters who overwhelmingly support pet stores like Mutts & Co. and Pet Valu who make an enduring commitment to end the «puppy mill to pet store» supply chain in their business operations.»

This is an election year. As voters, we all shoulder some responsibility with regard to the stalled legislation that's designed to protect dogs. After all, every representative who is refusing to support House Bill 2525 and / or 2532 secured his or her position by way of the popular vote.Â

The bill, which was added into the state's Omnibus Supplemental Budget Bill (HF 3172), will require that «any research institution that receives state support... offer dogs and cats who have been used for testing purposes and who would otherwise be euthanized... to be offered for adoption through an animal rescue organization,» according to Minnesota Voters for Animal Protectbill, which was added into the state's Omnibus Supplemental Budget Bill (HF 3172), will require that «any research institution that receives state support... offer dogs and cats who have been used for testing purposes and who would otherwise be euthanized... to be offered for adoption through an animal rescue organization,» according to Minnesota Voters for Animal ProtectBill (HF 3172), will require that «any research institution that receives state support... offer dogs and cats who have been used for testing purposes and who would otherwise be euthanized... to be offered for adoption through an animal rescue organization,» according to Minnesota Voters for Animal Protection.

The original bill (SB 1001) was sponsored by Senator John Kavanagh, a longtime animal welfare advocate who drafted the legislation with the support of the Humane Legislative Coalition of Arizona (HLCA) comprised of the Animal Defense League of Arizona, the Arizona Humane Society, Humane Society of Southern Arizona and Humane Voters of Arizona.

WASHINGTON — As the Senate wades back into the climate debate, the White House is enlisting some of the young voters who helped usher President Obama into office to galvanize support for the climate and energy bill.

When asked what kind of bill increase they would find acceptable, voters across demographics showed support for REV: overall, 87 % considered $ 2 per month acceptable and 74 % considered $ 5 acceptable.

Maybe conservative State Representative Bill Seitz, solar's most staunch and recalcitrant opponent in the Ohio Statehouse, might finally listen to the solar industry, now that nearly 80 % of Ohio's conservative voters say they support solar's expansion in the state.