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brooklynite

(94,503 posts) Fri Feb 17, 2017, 02:47 PM Feb 2017

Last night, I was with the author of the "TRUMP ACT"

NYS Senator Brad Hoylman has introduced the "Tax Returns Uniformly Made Public" Act, requiring any Presidential candidate appearing on the NY ballot to make three prior years of tax returns public. Cute idea; but the Republican Senate will never pass it.

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Last night, I was with the author of the "TRUMP ACT" (Original Post) brooklynite Feb 2017 OP

Wow didn't realize the NY State Senate had a Republican Majority. Fla Dem Feb 2017 #1

Welcome to NYS Politics brooklynite Feb 2017 #2

Fla Dem

(23,652 posts)

1. Wow didn't realize the NY State Senate had a Republican Majority.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri Feb 17, 2017, 03:21 PM

Feb 2017

New York State Senate

Republican (31)
Independent Democratic (8)
Caucusing Democrat (1)
Democratic (23)

How is Independent Democrat different from Democrat?

State Assembly is overwhelming Democratic

Democratic (106)
Independence (1)
Republican (43)

So how did the Senate end up Republican?

brooklynite

(94,503 posts)

2. Welcome to NYS Politics

Reply to Fla Dem (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 17, 2017, 04:12 PM

Feb 2017

8 members of the elected Democratic Senators (25%) have created an Independent Democratic Caucus, which votes with the Republicans on organization. It would be easy to say that these aren't "real" Democrats; they are. It's more a lack of confidence in the Democratic leadership team, and the ineffectiveness of the State Party (which really doesn't exist) at enforcing Party discipline.

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