Sentences with phrase «who voted against the legislation»

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his level best to alternately threaten and bribe Senators who voted against the legislation before it was sneakily withdrawn mid-vote.

In particular, assembly member Amy Demboski, who voted against the legislation, sought support for her re-election bid from conservative voters unhappy with the law's passage, many of whom live in her district.

Not exact matches

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.

Anyone who is voting in NC should vote against this anti-gay legislation in protest of this asshole.

Her race is important for the entire state of New York because she's running against a «Trump Democrat» who votes republican, blocking progressive legislation for millions of vulnerable New Yorker's.

Both Cuomo and Pelosi committed to campaigning against the six New York Republicans who voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with the House GOP's proposed legislation: Reps. Elise Stefanik, Lee Zeldin, Chris Collins, Claudia Tenney, Tom Reed and John Faso.

Brooklyn Councilman Vincent Gentile yesterday sought to explain and exculpate his 2002 vote against a major piece of gay rights legislation to members of a Staten Island Democratic club — who subsequently endorsed his longshot bid for Congress.

Cuomo does enjoy a warm relationship with the state's longest - serving Republican member, Rep. Peter King of Long Island, who he praised for voting against the legislation.

Some argued that State Senator Jeff Klein had brought the bill to a vote too soon, while others focused on the Republican Senators who persisted in voting against the legislation.

Legislator Tom Barraga (R - East Islip), who spent over 20 years in Albany as an assemblyman, voted along with legislators Jay Schneiderman (I - Montauk) and Tom Cilmi (R - Bay Shore) against the county Legislature's budget — pointing to past bailouts in New York City and Nassau County as evidence the legislation would not be much of a risk at all.

Senate Republicans on Monday criticized the Democratic leadership in the conference for voting against legislation that would recall an elected official who is indicted for a felony.

There's a variety of factors why Cuomo fares so poorly in some of these districts, ranging from staunch opposition SAFE Act to his truculent relationship with public - worker labor organizations (never mind that Tkaczyk, a Democrat who narrowly won her race by 18 votes in 2012, did not cast a vote for or against the legislation considering her race had not been resolved at that point).

Ex labour, I'll defend you to Kevin berry who said that you're a Tory, because you say labour is swinging towards the left, I take it you're saying that as you don't want to happen, aTory would like labour to swing towards the left as it'll put us out of power for years, but I'd hardly compare 43 m.p.s voting against a piece of legislation including Nick Brown and Frank Field the equivalent of Hatton

But Sen. Brad Hoylman (D - Manhattan), who voted against the bill in committee, cites concerns about brain injuries and proposes legislation to establish a compensation fund for fighters.

ALBANY — The Democratic - controlled state Senate last night passed legislation to more than double the number of charter schools — infuriating teachers - union officials who immediately declared war against the lawmakers who voted for the bill.

There was less obedience on display for the Labour leader, who had ordered his MPs to vote against the legislation.

For the first time in decades, the Assembly has a speaker (Carl Heastie) who's willing to vote against proposed legislation, at least on occasion.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday in a statement credited the congressional lawmakers from New York who voted against the Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act through what is considered a slimmed - down version of the legislation.

Orange, who has made constituent services a priority in her career, voted against gun - control legislation arising from the Sandy Hook school shooting in December 2012 — earning high marks from the National Rifle Association.

MoveOn.org is spending «six figures» on television commercials to run on national cable and called on its membership to back primary challengers to Democrats who vote against health care reform legislation.

Her intervention will embolden more than 100 Tory MPs who are threatening to vote against the legislation in the New Year.

Washington (CNN)-- Prominent Democrat Donna Brazile is calling for primary challengers against Democrats who vote against the health care reform legislation.

The Republicans in the chamber are also aided by an eight - member group of breakaway Democrats — the Independent Democratic Conference — who work with the G.O.P. and give them an extra buffer against some legislation they dislike, a list that this year includes early voting, gun control and any new taxes.

Says Paterson of the marriage equality bill: «People who've lived together for 10, 20, 30 years are waiting, hoping that this legislation will pass while they still have the breath to elicit an «I do» on the altar, and I think it's time that it happens, and if I have to see legislation fail so I can identify who voted against it to better persuade them, then I'll take that chance.»

Blakeman and King Sweeney, who sponsored the legislation, again voted against the rest.

Stefanik, who sits on the House Armed Services Committee, voted against the initial legislation in 2015, expressing doubt that the agreement would fail to shut down the regional power's path to a nuclear bomb.

«Assemblymember Malliotakis has made her career in Albany as a Trump - style conservative who has voted time and time against commonsense legislation, from raising the minimum wage to marriage equality and helping young immigrant students,» de Blasio spokesperson Dan Levitan told Gotham Gazette.

Members of the Citizens Council on Women's Education (ccwe), a project of the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education, also endorsed the civil - rights act of 1984 — the measure tabled by the Senate last week — and urged participants to vote against legislators who failed to back that and other legislation affecting equity in education.

Five other senators who abstained from yesterday's vote had previously voted for or against the legislation just a week before.

Jane Meyer says the Koch brothers» PAC has representatives pledging to vote against «legislation relating to climate change unless it is accompanied by an equivalent amount of tax cuts» and that «the pledge essentially commits those who sign to it to vote against nearly any meaningful bill regarding global war [m] ing».