Sentences with phrase «from political leadership»

From political leadership and philanthropic bonds to hometown friends and college buddies, Goddard built his real estate career by serving the community.

«The governor's point was the Republican Congress members he spoke to said they were under pressure from their political leadership to vote yes,» Azzopardi said.

Cuomo's spokesman, Richard Azzopardi, acknowledged that the governor had not spoken to Collins or Tenney about the so - called SALT deduction, saying: «The governor's point was the Republican Congress members he spoke to said they were under pressure from their political leadership to vote yes.»

«The Governor's point was the republican congress members he spoke to said they were under pressure from their political leadership to vote yes,» said Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi.

Not exact matches

Lesetja Kganyago of the South African Reserve Bank says the country's sovereign rating and monetary indicators such as the rand have all benefited from the change in political leadership.

No matter which side of the political fence you live on, President Obama is good at moving his agenda forward from a leadership perspective.

I think we're on the cusp of a generation of government, political and social leadership that come from the «outside» as barriers of entry to these fields are lowered and we see more competitive elections, which will hopefully be more content - driven.

Given the approach American political leadership has taken to the aftermath of the devastation in Puerto Rico, Musk provided a rare a glimmer of hope when he talked about rebuilding the destroyed electrical grid using solar power — though some have argued that his comments in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria may serve as a distraction from the enormous challenges the island faces.

Participants were asked to rank their level of anxiety (or lack thereof) on subjects such as their country's current political leadership, economy, health care, cost of living, and their perceived level of threat from terrorism and military hostilities.

«We are honored once again to gather leaders of business and industry, innovators from across the globe, and political representatives from both sides of the aisle to discuss the future of American leadership,» conference executive director Matt Waldrip said.

The immediate issues had been to contain further scandals involving MANNAFORT's commercial and political role in Russia / Ukraine and to limit the damage arising from exposure of former TRUMP foreign policy advisor, Carter PAGE's secret meetings with Russian leadership figures in Moscow the previous month.

As discussed in last week's blog, under Tom Donohue's leadership, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has gone from a rather staid business advocacy organization with ties to both political parties to one that has become rabidly partisan.

But tax simplification and reform would require the ultimate in «political leadership and courage» from the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance.

Find information on Canadian federal electoral history from 2006 - 2008, including 2006 general election results, changes in party leadership, and political party standing prior to 2008 general election.

Since Peter Lougheed catapulted from official opposition leader to Premier in 1971, Alberta's opposition leadership have become a political graveyard for many well - intentioned and ambitious politicians.

From recruiting many emerging Pro-Life leaders who have gained valuable knowledge and skills in political leadership on our provincial board to activating lifelong Pro-Life supporters at the grassroots level, helping them engage effectively in our last provincial election.

It took over a century of deft Vatican diplomacy, disentangling the appointment of bishops from various political imbroglios, to make that canon possible, and the twenty - first - century Church now has the capacity to choose its leadership by its own criteria.

From the «I can't believe my eyes and ears» file: A group called Majority Action ¯ which describes itself as being «led by veteran Democratic activists and [having] a leadership board that consists of prominent political figures, including several former Members of Congress,....

The political leadership of Revisionism at this time was secular and sometimes unlettered about Judaism; it generally chose to «respect» religion from a distance.

I also hear from a lot of evangelicals who have begun attending Mainline Protestant churches precisely because they welcome LGBT people, accept science, avoid aligning with a single political party, practice traditional worship, preach from the lectionary, affirm women in ministry, etc. but these new attendees never hear the leadership of the church explain why this is the case.

Good for the Republican leadership, a political party that profits from stupidity will never lack for votes!

There are a few main explanations: 1) long term failure in leadership by the Irish Catholic church, and connected with this, the awful Jansenist culture; 2) Europe — or rather, political interference from European Community institutions; 3) American money; 4) the claim of the «Yes» campaign that the Referendum was won by «the stories,» that is, the constant appeal to emotion and the complete refusal actually to think about the legal consequences of passing such a change not merely into law, but also into the Irish Constitution, the foundation of that law.

It flowed naturally from a lack of foresight, clearly designated goals, and political leadership.

And while the strains of the post-Conciliar years (which were also years of tremendous demographic transformation on the American urban / suburban landscape) have tested that claim as never before, there remain, in this, the sesquicentennial year of the erection of the diocese, many impressive signs of vitality in a local church that has been distinguished for its rich ethnic diversity, its identification of parish and neighborhood, its impressive clerical and lay leadership, its self - conscious social and political liberalism, and its sense of itself as the «lead diocese» in matters ranging from liturgical renewal to Christian social action.

But while top political leadership has come chiefly from members of one of the mainline Protestant groups, that membership has been of little political significance.

Beyond that there were doubts about the leadership and capacity of the Scottish Nationalists and of the other Scottish political parties; and there was also a dislike of the idea of separating Scotland from the rest of the U.K.: As it was often put, «Why break up the most successful political union of nations in modern history?»

During a Summit of the G - 7 * on the information superhighway in February 1995 at Brussels it became abundantly clear that the information superhighway project receives strong support from the world's top political leadership.

One difficulty today is that so many people are alienated from the political process and from institutions and leadership generally.

Global sales of milk formula (including infant formula and follow - on milks) have increased from a value of about US$ 2 billion in 1987 to about US$ 40 billion in 2014... Political commitment, investment, and effective international, national, and local leadership are needed to end promotion of products that compete with breastfeeding.»

The Tuesday afternoon Home Affairs select committee on leadership and standards in the police should provoke interest from all sides of the political spectrum.

Alexis Jay, whose report covered the period from 1997 to 2013, concluded that until 2009 «the collective failures of political and officer leadership were blatant».

The NPP leader who turns 72 years today March 29, has been receiving well - wishers from all political parties including the leadership of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).

Despite the opprobrium that Mr Blair's interventions draw from Labour's new model army, his analysis and political approach remains the only coherent argument coming from the left of centre and Labour's leadership appears to be out of step with the Party.

The political debate from both left and right was extraordinarily thin in the last leadership election.

Curran has pledged to bar her appointees from holding leadership positions in political committees or clubs, and from contributing to her campaigns.

«Noam Bramson loves talking about Albany issues to deflect from his mismanagement of New Rochelle that has resulted in extraordinary tax increases, but he refuses to address the most important question before the state today: Should an Assembly Speaker who has repeatedly covered up sexual harassment and violent sexual assaults committed by political colleagues continue to hold a leadership position,» asked Astorino spokeswoman Jessica Proud in a recent statement.

From increasing engagement among «less political» demographics to bringing leaders closer to voters, the positive legacy of the BBC's leadership special shows it's time to make TV debates a core and established part of our elections in the UK.

Its merits include the sharing of leadership tasks, and it benefits from the interdependent relationship between leaders and their political parties.

I agree with the above commenter - let's hear more from the Labour leadership candidates about how political the economic decisions are, and how they can be different.

Criticisms of Corbyn's leadership style focused on his inept approach to internal party management and estrangement from his own parliamentary party; where Corbyn exceeded expectations was his ability to fashion a distinctive, eye - catching political agenda that captured the imagination of the electorate, and distanced the Labour party from its potentially «toxic» legacy (one of the historian Stuart Ball's key criteria for effective opposition party leadership).

Despite the ongoing and relentlessly negative noise — mainly not around key political or economic issues — from our biased media, Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour Party has so far proven a success.

Curran has pledged to ban her government appointees from holding active leadership positions in a political party committee or club, and from contributing to her campaign.

On the spot, Wagner cut a check from her leadership political action committee and offered to help Stefanik with an event.

Given the historic nature of those convictions, it would be reasonable to expect reaction from Albany's political leadership.

«From a political perspective, it has been my belief from the outset that the key to providing new progressive leadership for the First Congressional District was early consensus around a single candidate to oppose the incumbFrom a political perspective, it has been my belief from the outset that the key to providing new progressive leadership for the First Congressional District was early consensus around a single candidate to oppose the incumbfrom the outset that the key to providing new progressive leadership for the First Congressional District was early consensus around a single candidate to oppose the incumbent.

Mr Miliband is keen to distance himself from the unions for fear of being branded «Red Ed» by the tabloid press, a particularly crucial political move given his reliance on union votes when he beat his brother to the Labour party leadership.

Supporters of Miliband are delighted the defeat has moved the political narrative on from disquiet about his leadership, but he faces accusations of «playing politics» from a furious Downing Street.

The GBC reported that the active members from the leadership of the two major political parties, the NPP and NDC converged at the Dabala Parish of the Global Evangelical Church in the Volta Region to mourn Madam Gladys Amavi Amehoho, the mother of businessman, Alfred Woyome.

The opposition leader promised a vigorous political response from Labour in the new year, as he seeks to dispel questions around his leadership.

According to Governing Magazine, political and business leadership in the area has tended to come from the same families for decades, with little impetus to change.