Sentences with phrase «acted as a bloc»

Next week the Labour policy forum will meet to discuss the party's future direction and the unions, holding nearly a quarter of votes, will act as a bloc to push through their changes.

While the government's front benchers sat together in the House of Commons and the two parties acted as a bloc during PMQ, [11] the Liberal Democrat and Conservative backbenchers sat apart and each had their own whips, [11] and the two parties competed in by - elections.

Envision a world where the three North American countries act as a bloc to trade freely among themselves in all things energy, are regulated in a cost - effective and coordinated system — and rival every other nation or bloc in its ability to influence world markets for oil and gas.

Not exact matches

First of all, the Hispanic members of the conference can — and has, back in the amigo days — act as a powerful swing bloc, although that's been diminished somewhat thanks to the defection of the four independent conference members.

Counteracting President Trump; bolstering the Affordable Care Act; and publicly funding campaigns are the issues at stake for the Independent Democratic Conference in a video released Monday as the lawmakers in the breakaway bloc seek to re-affirm their support for liberal causes they believe has been lost in the pitched battle being waged by progressive advocacy groups to pressure them into forming a coalition with mainline Democrats.

Then, after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the ensuing decades saw this demographic flip, with Southern whites becoming a core constituency of the Republican Party and the African American community voting as a bloc for Democrats.

Valesky says he has consistently supported progressive Democratic ideals, like the Dream Act, the Women's Equality Act and campaign finance reform, noting that the Democratic Party does not always vote as a bloc anyway.

We probably could never agree to act as a single bloc on anything short of defending the freedom of the press; there will always be the outliers who can't resist the temptation of scoring «a scoop» based on anonymous source (s).»

Blake, a former chief of staff to state Assemblyman Jeffrion Aubry (D - Corona) and president of the Lefrak City Youth and Adult Activities Association, is acting as Rahman's consultant and believes the path to victory is to mobilize the large blocs of voters in LeFrak City, the Sherwood Village co-ops and some of the residential towers in the sliver of Rego Park the 25th District encompasses.