If Democrats win control of the legislature, they would join with Northam to consolidate control of state government for the first time in a generation. They have promised swift action on a number of priorities in addition to gun control: passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, an increase in the minimum wage and greater spending on transportation.
“All you got to do is pick up a couple seats in two houses and everything changes,†Biden told the enthusiastic crowd at the office park. “You don’t want to wake up like in 2017 and have to pull a name out of a hat.â€
Biden was referring to the race for House of Delegates in Newport News in 2017 between Del. David E. Yancey ® and Democratic challenger Shelly Simonds that ended in a tie that was broken when a state election official pulled Yancey’s name out of a bowl on live national television. Three other races were nearly as close.
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I'm a little concerned in my District, looks like all the candidates decided to be more environmental conscious about mailers and signs (which is great) BUT every where I see are the giant Repub signs. Also I have received, currently, 29 mailers from the repub and nothing from the incumbent, and the Repub mailers have been very ugly. I actually know the guy (Repub) cause he used to live 1 street over, he's a piece of crap only interested in furthering his business he did nothing when he lived in the neighborhood the help the community. Really worried that he's going to eek it out.
A message from the President: pic.twitter.com/3Ud1qHEIcK
— Real Press Sec Bot (@RealPressSecBot) November 4, 2019
Esposito has broken into the international market, landing top-dollar Ukrainian clients last year and collecting $1.65 million from Chinese tech giant Huawei in a three-month period this year, according to lobbying records. In all, Esposito’s firm, Federal Advocates, pulled in five times as much money in 2018 as it did in the year before Trump took office, records show.
Fueling that rise, at least in part, are Esposito’s claims that he is uniquely positioned: a former Capitol Hill staffer who is close to centers of power in the Trump administration.
Esposito has “an open line of communication to the President of the United States†and is in “regular†contact with the president, Federal Advocates wrote in three contract bids reviewed by The Washington Post. The same proposals say Esposito worked with the president’s son Eric Trump and son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner on real estate deals. And the firm’s website calls Esposito “an integral part of the senior-most leadership†of the Republican National Committee.
BREAKING: Fiona Hill has returned to the Capitol to review the transcript of her testimony.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) November 4, 2019
We’ve seen Volker, Sondland and Cooper do the same in recent days. pic.twitter.com/EvFvCSmEho
Breaking CNBC: "The three-judge appeals panel in New York rejected Trump’s argument that he is immune as president from criminal investigation while in the White House."
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) November 4, 2019
Trump loses appeal of New York tax returns case https://t.co/fViJwfZIa0