Sentences with phrase «conservative leader of the house»

The Conservative leader of the House of Lords, Lord Strathclyde, has resigned from the government just hours before the official launch of the coalition's mid-term review.

Conservative leader of the House of Commons William Hague told BBC Breakfast it was important the result was reversed next May: «We're not going to let UKIP let Ed Miliband sneak into Downing Street by the back door.

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In the meantime, a group of House lawmakers has sent a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell demanding four major conservative tents to remain in place in any bill — and on one issue, they may get their wish.

«Steinbrueck behaves like a bull in a china shop,» said Michael Meister, deputy leader of Merkel's conservatives in the Bundestag (lower house of parliament).

NDP House leader Nathan Cullen and Conservative MP Michelle Rempel exchanged pantomimes of weightlifters raising the bar above their heads.

The leading candidate to replace him is Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the majority leader, who is viewed more favorably by the House's more conservative members both for his willingness to bend to their will and for his cheerful manner.

Texas and South Carolina are home to leading opponents of the bank, including Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, a Tea Party favorite and Republican presidential candidate; Representative Jeb Hensarling of Texas, who, as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has defied Speaker John A. Boehner and refused to bring any bank bill to a vote in his panel; and Representative Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina, a leader among conservatives in the House.

OTTAWA — Government House Leader Peter Van Loan is using the return of Parliament to boast about the Conservatives» economic track record — but OECD figures cast a small doubt over his claim that Canada tops the G7 in job creation.

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Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer asks a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, June 5, 2017.

Dubbed «Ryancare» or «Trumpcare» (over the objection of White House staff), the Republican health care bill is under attack from left and right, with even conservative leaders calling it «Obamacare Lite», «bad policy», a «warmed - over substitute,» and «dead on arrival.»

For instance, in reaction to Trudeau's convention speech, Conservative house leader Candice Bergen tweeted: «With their long track record of failure, Trudeau Libs are desperate to change the channel on their dismal record...»

But the company, Spectra Energy Corp., said former federal Conservative government house leader Jay Hill's role in the discussions about those laws has probably been very minor and, in any case, represents just part of the work he does for the company.

He was first elected to the House of Assembly in 1993 and became leader of the Progressive Conservative Party in 1995.

The allegations first came to light when Progressive Conservative Leader Paul Davis raised questions in the house of assembly about whether the premier had received complaints of bullying or harassing behaviour in the Liberal ranks.

The Trump administration said Sunday that it wants Congress to attach aid for victims of Hurricane Harvey to a bill that would increase the federal debt limit, a move that clashes with an influential group of House conservatives who have warned GOP leaders not to connect the two funding initiatives.

When the Opposition leader noted in the House of Commons, in 2012, that a federal study had shown that Canada was falling prey to «Dutch disease» (named after the 1960s oil boom, which devastated other exports in the Netherlands), Conservative MP Kellie Leitch offered the government's response: «The leader of the Opposition wants to call Canadian employers a disease.»

(CNN)- Does a group of more than 150 conservative leaders stand a chance of reshaping the race to the White House?

In last week's down - to - the - wire budget battle between the White House and Republican leaders, for example, it was a GOP effort to defund Planned Parenthood — a longtime enemy of Christian conservatives — that emerged as a final stumbling block.

Billed as a «day of prayer and fasting,» it also involved dozens of conservative Christian leaders whose support is coveted by most of the Republican White House hopefuls.

And it's hard to think of a more establishment figure than Dick Armey, a former House leader now in charge of an organization that's been pushing the economic conservative message for over 25 years, a point Jon Stewart hit repeatedly when Armey recently appeared on his show.

In 1999, following the reform whereby most hereditary peers were removed from the chamber, then Conservative Leader in the House of Lords Tom Strathclyde made a bold speech stating that «I declare this convention dead».

Trump met at the White House with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and the top Republican and Democrat on the Judiciary Committee to discuss filling the court's lingering vacancy caused by the death of conservative Justice Antonin Scalia more than 11 monthLeader Mitch McConnell, Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and the top Republican and Democrat on the Judiciary Committee to discuss filling the court's lingering vacancy caused by the death of conservative Justice Antonin Scalia more than 11 monthleader Chuck Schumer and the top Republican and Democrat on the Judiciary Committee to discuss filling the court's lingering vacancy caused by the death of conservative Justice Antonin Scalia more than 11 months ago.

Leader Tim Farron is a spirited campaigner, an indomitable figure in Westminster who strives bravely to look on the bright side as rival MPs, Conservative, Liberal Democrat and SNP, groan audibly whenever he climbs to his feet to speak in the House of Commons.

West Derbyshire MP Patrick McLoughlin has been appointed as the new chief whip, replacing David Maclean, while Oliver Letwin has been named director of policy and Lord Strathclyde holds his post as Conservative leader in the House of Lords.

«Sparked by the conservative activist group Club for Growth,» the repeal movement has won the support of Sen. Jim DeMint (R - SC) and House Minority Leader John Boehner (R - OH), who said Republicans would «have an effort to repeal the bill.»

Waxman's comments came shortly after a representative of a group of fiscally conservative House Democrats urged congressional leaders to slow the pace of health care deliberations.

Simon Hughes, the Liberal Democrats» deputy leader, said although the Conservative MPs» decision not to back House of Lords reform was a «major failure», «life goes on» when it comes to the coalition.

He had been a Labour councillor for 25 years when he defected to the Conservatives and has held a number of civic posts including chair of Housing, chair of Planning, chair of Recycling and Waste, Cabinet member for the Environment, deputy leader of the council and Mayor of Ealing.

Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus were skeptical when GOP leaders first outlined plans to extend government funding to Dec. 22.

The statement comes as Republican leaders in the House of Representatives are still trying to line up votes for the health care bill, which has stalled over the last several months, but revived after conservative groups pushed for action on the issue.

David Cameron accused Jeremy Corbyn of being a «small c conservative» at Prime Minister's Questions today, after the Labour leader looked to savage the government's housing policy.

Jack Straw, leader of the House of Commons «The Conservative party has lost one of its stars and this House has lost a great parliamentarian.

Last year, he became leader of the Conservatives in the House of Lords.

Conservative MP Nadine Dorries asked House of Commons leader Andrew Lansley to bring the issue of a book that «advocates the beating of children» to Parliament in a bid to pressurise Amazon into removing it from their website.

Angela Eagle, the Shadow Leader of the House, compares the Conservative benches to new pictures of Pluto.

RealClearPolitics.com quoted openly gay Republican U.S. House candidate Carl DeMaio about how he's been received by opposite ends of the political spectrum: «I've found more tolerance, acceptance and inclusion from social conservative groups who have to reconcile that I'm a Republican who happens to be gay... versus the intolerance the LGBT leaders see me as a gay man who happens to be a Republican.»

The highest - profile members of parliament leaving were: Gordon Brown, a former Prime Minister, Leader of the Labour Party (both 2007 — 2010) and Chancellor of the Exchequer (1997 — 2007); and William Hague, the outgoing First Secretary of State and Leader of the House of Commons and former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (2010 — 2014), Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition (both 1997 — 2001).

Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives are ready to break a hard - fought budget deal with Democrats as they try to quell a revolt by conservatives who are insisting on deeper spending cuts ahead of the November elections.

«I think listeners will draw their own conclusions about someone who one day asks for a peerage, to be elevated to the House of Lords, and the next minute launches a great attack on the leader of the Conservative Party.»

The Lib Dem leader added that, in rejecting proportional representation, Cameron was «defending a political culture of moats, duck houses, Ashcroft, party funding scandals and a system where you have hundreds of Labour and Conservative MPs who can completely dismiss and ignore their constituents».

«As promised, House Minority Leader John Boehner, along with Reps. Aaron Schock (R - IL) and Peter Roskam (R - IL), huddled this morning with representatives of the most powerful conservative business and trade groups in the country to field policy ideas and build a legislative agenda ahead of the November elections, when Republicans could retake the House.

Rachel Sylvester in the Times (#) today reported that the Leader of the House of Lords, Lord Strathclyde and Mark Harper MP, both Conservatives, will be responsible for «selling» the reforms.

On 8 September 2009, Conservative party leader David Cameron appointed Young to the front bench again, taking up his former role of Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, replacing Alan Duncan who had held the post since Januaryleader David Cameron appointed Young to the front bench again, taking up his former role of Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, replacing Alan Duncan who had held the post since JanuaryLeader of the House of Commons, replacing Alan Duncan who had held the post since January 2009.

He became Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal on 12 May 2010 after the Conservative Party formed a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats following the 2010 general election.

Leading Democratic lawmakers, including Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (Nev.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), have stepped up their fundraising efforts in recent months on behalf of liberal - leaning super PACs, which can raise unlimited money but have fallen far short of matching their conservative opponents.

Challenges to the government's refusal to hold a referendum on the Lisbon treaty will «come to a head» in the House of Lords next week, the Conservative leader in the House of Lords believes.

in the more than a year since he began his White House bid, Trump has not held a single event aimed at black voters in their communities, and has also turned down repeated invitations to address gatherings of black leaders, ignored African - American conservatives in states he needs to win and made numerous inflammatory comments about minorities.

So far, Young Guns, a super PAC with ties to outgoing House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, is the lone conservative outside group that has made fall reservations — worth $ 3 million — as of press time.

The House of Representatives seemed poised to pass a bill to keep the government open until 16 February, after promising conservatives a vote on a major increase in defense spending, a hard - line immigration bill as well as other unnamed concessions that the conservative House Freedom Caucus leader Mark Meadows called «subplots» on Thursday night.