Sentences with phrase «democratic voting policies»

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WASHINGTON — President Trump's major policy moves over the course of his first year in office have had a common denominator: They either overtly favor his base of support — the roughly one - third of voters who solidly back him — or they appear to penalize those states that vote Democratic.

But Yellen would be unlikely to lose any Democratic votes and she's not tied to the Obama administration's economic policies in the way Summers is, so it's hard to imagine her inspiring much bloodlust among Republicans, either.

As politics is governed more and more by the wealthy, masses of people have given up hope in democratic policies and do not even vote.

The reason for the present Republican surge is that this isn't change that most Americans believe in, although it is change they voted for (at least if any of them gave a moment's thought to the more or less inevitable policy consequences of their votes for Obama and a Democratic Congress).

Just as Ryan keeps insisting, contrary to all evidence and common sense, that people don't care whether you cut their taxes or those of their bosses, he will keep insisting that his unpopular policies will win over Democratic - leaning voters, even as those voters keep voting Democrat.

I've met other Christians who vote Democrat because they feel just as strongly that Jesus» call to minister to the poor, sick, and disenfranchised is best answered by the policies of the Democratic party.

Her voting record and policies fell more in line with the left wing of the Democratic Party than the middle.

And, these states both tend to vote Democratic and also demonstrably underwrite the low - tax policies of places like Alabama, etc..

November 14, 2017 Tony Evers, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Wisconsin, was recently the University of Wisconsin Board of Regent's lone vote against a new policy on freedom of expression.

Single - payer health care, progressive housing policies, changes to campaign finance and redistricting laws that have suppressed the vote — these are all issues a Democratic state government could tackle.

If, in a democratic system, every vote counted equally, everyone had an equal say as to how the country is run, then we the people would be able to participate and policies would develop to respond to all our diverse views.

The contrast in rural and urban voting may reflect a legacy of Uribe's presidency: His Democratic Security Policy made Colombia's cities safer and pushed the conflict toward the peripheries.

As someone who generally agrees with the policy positions of Left Futures, I find it rather ridiculous that you're supporting a petition that says we reverse the results of a democratic election because the result seems like something that wouldn't happen in an uncoerced vote.

New York's 29 Democratic electors may have been heartbroken while casting their votes for Hillary Clinton after her bruising loss to Donald Trump last month, but they made sure to send a final riposte to the president - elect's anti-immigrant rhetoric — by donating their Electoral College salaries, a total of $ 435, to a prominent immigrant policy and advocacy organization.

New York County GOP Chairwoman Adele Malpass told The Post that the purpose of the new line, approved on Friday, was to give the large numbers of Democratic and independent voters who polls show are unhappy with de Blasio's policies a place to cast their ballots without feeling uncomfortable about voting Republican.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the Democratic win, in a district where Republicans outnumber Democrats, is a vote of confidence for the president and his policies.

Roy says that the trouble started when our defeat in 1992 was taken to mean - wrongly, in his view - that people wouldn't vote for an «overtly social democratic policy platform».

It has hobbled the ability of the Democratic Party, which technically won a majority in the state Senate in 2012 and 2016 (Republicans won the majority in 2014), to push for progressive policies in areas like health care, voting reform, reproductive rights, and immigration.

They're working with the town and county Democratic committees on initiatives including get - out - the - vote campaigns in an effort to defeat Zeldin, whom they describe as tightly allied with Trump and his policies, said Eileen Duffy, a Quogue food writer who helped found the group.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats are a democratic party, and any member of the Welsh Liberal Democrats can vote on our debates and policies at Conference.

Just two days ago, Mark - Viverito and New York's 28 other Democratic electors donated their Electoral College salaries — a total of $ 435 — to the New York Immigration Coalition, a well - known immigrant policy and advocacy organization despite feeling discouraged as they cast their votes for their preferred candidate Hillary Clinton following her bruising loss to Donald Trump last month.

The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, also said the Nigerian electorate should not vote for the APC or the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in future elections, because neither can boost of any manifesto or policies that would impart positively on the lives of the people.

Overwhelmingly Democratic, they typically side with President Barack Obama and are now under enormous pressure to vote for a signature piece of Mr. Obama's foreign policy agenda.

The party was a longtime critic of the governor's conservative fiscal policies, but voted at its convention in May to endorse the him for a second time in exchange for his promise to help flip the State Senate into Democratic hands.

Westchester County's Democratic Caucus is mounting some political pressure in hopes of bringing to the floor a vote on legislation that would set forth a policy on immigration enforcement, despite it not even making it out of committee yet.

Corbyn will of course allow the Labour Peers - all Appointed - to Vote Against Brexit the policy which has an overwhelming Democratic Cross Party Support of the Electorate.

Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, said today that the stunningly high vote total against Cuomo in the Democratic Primary shows that many New Yorkers reject his conservative economic policies.

Indeed, one could make a strong argument that any outsized influence that teachers unions exercise in school board elections provides a nice enhancement of democratic decisionmaking on education policy because teachers, as much as any other group in society, can serve as powerful advocates for those Americans who can not vote: schoolchildren.

Congress can make such changes to tax policy through «reconciliation,» a procedure that avoids up - or - down votes on each proposal and the threat of a Democratic filibuster in the Senate.

Rank - and - file - led decision - making and democratic votes on important policy decisions, a union that organizes and mobilizes to insure that our interests are protected.

«In education policy, there would be times where they didn't have votes — maybe 10 or 15 Republicans who didn't want to vote for totally expanding the charter - school cap,» says Brandon Dillon, who served in the Michigan Statehouse before becoming the state Democratic chair.

Clark's opposition in the B.C. legislature is under new leadership of its own, as Adrian Dix aims to place his stamp on New Democratic Party policy before the province votes.

This puppy doesn't know who to vote for because lines of democratic accountability have been obscured.The filibuster stands today as the single most important impediment to the significant reforms needed in America's climate / energy policies, its immigration policies, its labor law policies, and its need for a functioning judiciary.

Professional Experience Service Employee International Union, Union Organizer (City, ST) 2010 — Present Fenton Communications, Project Director (Washington, D.C. & Fairfax, VA) 2009 — 2010 South Carolina New Democrats (DLC), Executive Director (Charleston, SC) 2008 — 2009 Frantic Knights Entertainment Management & Booking, Co-Owner (City, ST) 2009 Committee to Elect Clay Middleton, Campaign Manager (Charleston, SC) 2008 Barack Obama for President, Advance Team (Charleston, SC) 2007 Joe Riley for Mayor, Field Director (Charleston, SC) 2007 Jim Webb for US Senate, Get out the Vote Regional Phone Bank Director (Richmond, VA) 2006 Department of Labor and Industry, Policy Advisor to the Governor (Richmond, VA) 2006 Transportation Forums, Special Advisor (City, ST) 2005 — 2006 Kaine for Governor / Virginia Democratic Coordinated Campaign, Field Organizer (Richmond, VA) 2005 Virginia General Assembly, Office of Delegate Reese, Jr..

All monetary and policy decisions at the local, provincial and national levels would be subject to a pre defined, time-wise, democratic vote on a once yearly basis.