Sentences with phrase «democrats were in government»

Live on his Call Clegg phone - in on LBC radio this morning, the deputy prime minister declared the snoopers charter was not going to happen while the Liberal Democrats were in government.

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Pelosi expressed confidence that Democrats are in for a monumental wave election after solid Republican control of government for the past two years.

Democrats, without control of either chamber of Congress, are aiming to secure key legislative priorities in the funding bill that must pass by January 19 to avoid a government shutdown.

In a letter sent Wednesday to Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman US Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R - UT), committee Democrats called on him to hold a hearing on Valeant and Turing later this month.

«I, like all Americans — Republicans and Democrats alike — want to know to what extent Russia involved themselves in our democratic process, and more importantly what can be done to stop future involvement by foreign governments.»

Trump's base - oriented approach to policymaking and messaging could make future collaboration with Democrats all the more difficult as soon as Friday, when the government will shut down if a funding deal in Congress can't be reached.

This month, three senior U.S. House Democrats asked FCC chairman Ajit Pai to take immediate action to address what could be foreign governments» «surveilling Americans in the nation's capital».

The Conservative government's first efforts to pass it in the last parliament were frustrated by its Liberal Democrat coalition partners, but the bill has been revived in a slightly watered - down version since the Conservatives won a majority in May's general elections.

Government figures cited by the Associated Press indicate that just 1.7 million people — out of a total non-farm labor force of some 136 million workers — earned the minimum wage or less in 2006; still the increase was a big political victory for the Democrats, one that came at the expense of lobbyists from the National Federation of Independent Businesses and the Chamber of Commerce, among others.

Though the president publicly weighed in on the subject, surprising many in the industry, the FCC is an independent government agency, overseen by five commissioners — currently three Democrats, including Wheeler, and two Republicans.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D - Calif., chief sponsor of legislation that Democrats are pushing following Orlando, got numbers in March from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office, an investigative arm of Congress.

Republican strategist Ron Bonjean said Democrats «must be careful about overplaying their hand with rhetoric that could sound like government overreach to Americans who believe in the Second Amendment.»

A small majority (54 %) of those who voted for the governing federal Liberals also take the position that B.C.'s government is in the wrong, while most — but far from all — past federal New Democrats support the party's provincial wing in B.C.:

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, and the government of DC are urging residents to prepay their 2018 property taxes in 2017, so they can still be deducted.

For years the B.C. New Democrats have been calling on the B.C. Liberal government to step in to provide protections for the evicted tenants, but the government has neglected to do so.

By John Horgan, leader, B.C. New Democrats In these first days of 2015, I hope Premier Christy Clark and her government are thinking about their new year's resolutions.

«The tailings pond failure at Mount Polley Mine may be the worst industrial accident in B.C. I've seen in my lifetime and Premier Clark and the Liberal government need to be held accountable for their role in it,» said New Democrat leader John Horgan.

VICTORIA — In the wake of serious revelations about Christy Clark's fundraising tactics, B.C. New Democrat Leader John Horgan is calling on the government to provide Elections BC with sufficient resources to complete its investigation before British Columbians vote.

New Democrats are also calling on the Christy Clark government to implement a moratorium of manure disposal on fields until an acceptable plan is in place to bring contamination to a safe level.

Horgan says it's clear that the tax needs to be improved, and suggests three key New Democrat amendments that were rejected by the Clark government in July.

«New Democrats are calling on the Liberal government to take immediate action to create green jobs and incentivize environmental excellence by reinvesting in projects which actually lower the carbon footprint of our public sector.»

Hours before funding for the government expires, Trump said on Twitter that he was weighing a veto «based on the fact that the 800,000 plus DACA recipients have been totally abandoned by the Democrats (not even mentioned in Bill) and the BORDER WALL, which is desperately needed for our National Defense, is not fully funded.»

VANCOUVER — B.C. workers must be first in line for construction jobs and apprenticeship opportunities, but the Christy Clark government does not track temporary foreign workers in our economy, says B.C. New Democrat leader John Horgan.

VICTORIA — B.C. youth and New Democrat health critic Judy Darcy are calling on the B.C. Liberal government to protect the health of vulnerable young people by banning the sale of flavoured tobacco in British Columbia.

«The B.C. Liberal government is mired in scandals where the truth is never uncovered because records were never kept, or they have been hidden from the public,» said New Democrat spokesperson for citizen services Doug Routley.

New Democrat Leader John Horgan explains how the Liberal government promised the cleanest liquefied natural gas industry in the world, but are ignoring 70 per cent of the greenhouse gas emissions from the production.

VANCOUVER — Hundreds of community organizations that rely on provincial grants, including 78 in Vancouver, are feeling the pinch thanks to Christy Clark's government dropping the ball on processing applications, says New Democrat spokesperson for local government, sports and seniors,...

VICTORIA — Fentanyl overdoses are projected to claim a record number of lives in British Columbia this year, but the BC Liberal government has failed to provide adequate, accessible pathways to treatment for people and families desperately seeking mental health and addiction services, said New Democrat leader John Horgan.

VICTORIA — New Democrats are demanding answers from the Christy Clark government following reports that children involved with the Ministry of Children and Family Development were staying at a known drug den in Prince George.

Sue Hammell, New Democrat spokesperson on mental health and addictions, said that many people with addiction problems aren't getting the services that they need in B.C., and said broken promises from the Christy Clark government are adding to the problem.

VICTORIA — The last four years of violent incidents at the Maples adolescent treatment centre aren't just evidence of a failure to protect staff, they are evidence of a failure to protect the children in the government's care, say the New Democrats.

Martin Schulz, the leader of the Social Democrat Party (SPD)-- which was part of Chancellor Merkel's coalition in the previous government — had previously ruled out another partnership, but at the start of December decided to enter talks.

This week was meant to be dedicated to robust and open immigration debate — a promise Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made to Senate Democrats to end the three - day government shutdown in January.

KELOWNA — In sharp contrast to the BC Liberal government, Adrian Dix and the New Democrats are prepared to revitalize BC's agricultural sector through comprehensive measures including grants to fruit growers, the purchase of BC foods by BC's health care...

VICTORIA — To avoid political scrutiny, Christy Clark and her government quietly snuck in changes to how soil contamination is regulated, say B.C. New Democrats.

«If there's one thing Democrats and Republicans agree on today, it's that the dossier was an important part of the government's investigation into potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia,» BuzzFeed said in a written statement.

Many Democrats say Trump's plan puts too much pressure on state and local government budgets and are calling for $ 1 trillion in federal spending.

DELTA — The Christy Clark government is putting vulnerable women and children at further risk by refusing to fund a transition house in Delta, say the New Democrats.

PENTICTON — New Democrat MLAs are holding a forum in Penticton to meet directly with seniors from the Okanagan area about the various concerns and issues that seniors are facing when accessing government programs, services, and supports.

So the government is — essentially, the Social Democrats have imposed the dictatorship in Iceland that they're trying to impose in Greece under the socialist government there and in other social democratic governments throughout Europe.

Didion's point is that this tendency has flattened discussion since 9/11, and has created a government in which Democrats, with few exceptions, either have remained silent or have supported whatever the president wants with respect to foreign policy — the congressional vote on war powers in regard to Iraq being the, prime example.

I certainly don't want the Liberal Democrats just to be a party that tries to somehow get its foot in the door in Whitehall from one government to the next.

Voter turnout was extremely low, in part because the populace was totally disillusioned by the broken promises, ineffectiveness and corruption of Duarte's Christian Democratic government; moreover, the Christian Democrats» candidate, Fidel Chavez Mena, was a lackluster technocrat.

Tom Tom I said both republicans and democrats are responsible for the 16 trillion in national debt and the 84 trillion in unfunded government guarantees.

We're a colorful group, composed of members of the great right - wing conspiracy like me, old - time Southern Democrats, retired union stewards, tree huggers, school teachers, Jews, evangelicals, atheists, Catholics ¯ but we are united in our passion for simple, honest government, and that isn't a partisan issue.

If you are a Democrat you don't worry about such things because you believe in separation of church and state so it is not the government's business what you think.

But those Tories who are part of the Government will in effect be pressurised to vote Yes, and the Labour and Liberal Democrats are keeping quiet.

And when our nation's elected lawmakers are held hostage by a once routine budget procedure that is now being held hostage in an attempt to force Democrats to ditch the Affordable Healthcare Act, the people themselves must rise up and do what the government can not.

The bottom line here is that the Republicans» fascination with an unfettered free market and their lack of faith in the government's ability to provide any benefits to our common life (except to assist business in making money) is no more consistent with Catholic teaching than the Democrats» emphasis on individual freedom in social questions and their faith in human perfectibility through government action.

I vote Democratic because I believe Democrats are compassionate, and believe in using government to help the unfortunate, and believe in rights for everyone (including the um... unwashed?)