Sentences with phrase «during election years there»

«During election years there is a temptation to open up expenditure because of...

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The Alberta NDP is trying to ensure there's a project worth boasting about during its election next year.

There is no evidence that the offer was accepted, but the email containing the offer is one of tens of thousands of documents that have been turned over to special counsel Robert Mueller's team as part of the ongoing investigation into what, if any, collusion with Russia took place during last year's presidential election.

Boris was a great Mayor but during last year's general election there was no obvious plan to try and hold or win target seats in the Capital.

If a DEEM turns bad or ineffective during the four - year term, and loses the confidence of the council, in the current English model there is no provision for the removal of a DEEM until the next election, although a leader can be ejected.

There have already been notable examples in British politics of attempted outreach during an election, such as UKIP's #WhyImVotingUkip debacle on Twitter last year during the European elections.

There had been an assumption that with another overall majority the SNP would have a «mandate» to demand one at some point during this five - year parliament (assuming the right conditions were in place), the precedent being the 2011 election.

Schaefer argued that ---- given GENDA's strong polling and the progress made this year on educating senators ---- if Senate leadership were willing to step up, there is no reason GENDA could not win approval next year, despite the customary assumption that tough votes are best avoided during an election year.

It's unclear, though, whether there's enough political pressure, especially during an election year, to convince the Republican - controlled Senate to approve the $ 1.25 per hour raise and create a system of automatic future increases tied to other economic changes.

And he noted that there are too many primaries, pointing to the June congressional primary, the September primaries, three primaries during the presidential election year and runoff elections for city races.

In the event there is a tie in the voting, a run - off election is held during the first three days of March, with the full Governing Committee's new term beginning on March 4 and lasting through February 28 (or 29 if a leap year) of the following year.

[However] in four southern states — Aabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas — Obama did more poorly than John Kerry did four years ago... During Reconstruction, there were as many as 16 black members of Congress, but by 1901, black Southerners had been virtually expunged from politics, even as voters... Governing is complicated, so merely winning an election does not constitute the end of the battle.»

For school - board elections, I focus on those that are held during odd years, when there are no general elections for federal and state offices.

During a presidential election year, there couldn't be a better time to talk about and imagine a new vision for learning in the U.S..

The fact that I was living there in 2016, during a turbulent election year, made it all the more interesting.

In Myanmar, Facebook basically is the internet, and it has been accused by the U.N. of fueling the genocide there through misinformation and fake news, also prevalent during Kenya's volatile elections last year.

It's natural for political banter to occur within the workplace, especially during election years, and though it should not be a topic in your very important job interview, or one of the interview questions to prepare for, there is the chance that an interviewer might venture onto the topic.

The White House released a legislative outline on «rebuilding infrastructure» on Feb. 12, but there's been no indication Congress will act on it during a mid-term election year.