Sentences with phrase «around his election as»

In recent days, Heastie's use of his campaign funds, his donations and steering of member items to contributors have come under the magnifying glass as Assembly Democrats coalesce around his election as speaker.

Not exact matches

«And when a consumer is a little uncertain around their future and really trying to figure out what this election cycle really means to them, they're not as apt to spend as freely as they might have even just a couple of quarters ago,» said Penegor.

In the days following election, numerous boycotts are floating around on both sides of the aisles as comments made by a number of executives win praise or condemnation taking some sort of stance as it relates to the election.

Small - business owners around the country are casting their ballots as the race to the 2014 Midterm Election finish line comes to an end — and how Main Street votes could determine not just who will go to Washington, but also the outcome of key initiatives that affect all of our bottom lines.

«As summer 2016 progressed, my concerns about the possibility of a cyberattack around our national election grew.»

Although Renzi's Democratic party (PD) emerged from Sunday's regional elections as the overall victor, it lost a bellwether race in Liguria, in northern Italy, to the League - backed candidate from Silvio Berlusconi's centre - right Forza Italia, and was trounced by the League in Veneto, the region around Venice.

Facebook is showing an unprecedented level of transparency around its latest effort to suspend Russian trolls trying to influence elections and mislead the public as it tries to regain the trust of users and the government.

As the election results were confirmed late Tuesday night in the United States (around midday Wednesday in Asia), we had a pretty violent reaction in many markets and across asset classes and regions.

«Fake accounts overall are a big issue because that's how a lot of the other issues that we see around fake news and foreign election interference are happening as well.»

Roger: I think some of the reflections of the elections around the world have to do with dissatisfaction from people who may have had a lifestyle that existed in the 1970s that no longer exists as a result of a lot of these changes that we are talking about, so I think that's potential ramifications that could stifle.

As illustrated by the next chart, the year - over-year rate of growth in commercial bank credit was slightly above 8 % at around the time of the Presidential election in late - 2016 and is now about 3 %.

«Use your overall opinions to trade short - term moves around key markets that are trading directly as a result of the US election result.

While the initial boost following the US Presidential elections was sentiment driven, the markets held their own as the data flow stabilized and improved in the US and around the world.

I've been really struggling with the concepts around election recently as I've been having conversations with a calvanist.

Pundits who throughout the summer had billed the elections as the first post-Webster «referendum on abortion» increasingly argued, as fall rolled around, that abortion had «faded» as a decisive issue for voters.

Piper refers to Trump's «divisive rhetorical style... and his reckless Twitter form of leadership,» and says, as his third point, that a «huge percentage» of white evangelicals voted for Trump «even though the character issues were screaming to be taken more seriously» (Statistically, around 80 percent of white evangelicals voted for President Trump in the 2016 election.).

With another election around the corner, Heather Tomlinson asks, «Is engaging in politics really part of our mission and calling as Christians?»

As far as creating opportunities for dialog within your faith communities, I'd recommend starting with a book club, perhaps around a book like Trouble I've Seen by Drew Hart, or The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander, or Assimilate or Go Home by Danielle Mayfield, or Forgive Us by the authors mentioned above — something that's not directly about this election or this presidency, but that addresses issues related to justicAs far as creating opportunities for dialog within your faith communities, I'd recommend starting with a book club, perhaps around a book like Trouble I've Seen by Drew Hart, or The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander, or Assimilate or Go Home by Danielle Mayfield, or Forgive Us by the authors mentioned above — something that's not directly about this election or this presidency, but that addresses issues related to justicas creating opportunities for dialog within your faith communities, I'd recommend starting with a book club, perhaps around a book like Trouble I've Seen by Drew Hart, or The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander, or Assimilate or Go Home by Danielle Mayfield, or Forgive Us by the authors mentioned above — something that's not directly about this election or this presidency, but that addresses issues related to justice.

Win or lose, Trump Evangelicals will be around after the election as well, and the evangelical community loses if different views of Donald Trump divide us.

As news of Archbishop Dolan's precedent - shattering election as president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ricochets around the Catholic blogosphere, pundits on all sides are having their say, and more comments and analyses are sure to folloAs news of Archbishop Dolan's precedent - shattering election as president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ricochets around the Catholic blogosphere, pundits on all sides are having their say, and more comments and analyses are sure to folloas president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ricochets around the Catholic blogosphere, pundits on all sides are having their say, and more comments and analyses are sure to follow.

As The Nation pointed out after the election, «One out of every four Trump voters voted with the Supreme Court in mind, and it's a safe bet that a very substantial number of those see the Supreme Court through the lens of abortion politics... If you can rally voters around abortion, few other issues matter.»

It seems that just weeks before the general election that old leftist rag, Time Magazine, has flushed out evidence of militant, right wing, militia types running around my neck of the woods: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2022516,00.html As it turns out about fifteen years....

With no - one planning to run against him in the upcoming FIA election, Jean Todt is basically guaranteed to stick around as FIA president

As Las Vegas does not allow odds on any election or award that is voted upon, ironically it is Irish sportsbook Paddy Power widely considered to the premier source for election odds, not just in the US, but around the world.

All around, it was a fascinating evening: besides the election itself, we got to watch from within as a local news station put together live coverage of a big event on the fly.

The March 20 special election is right around the corner, and Democratic Common Council Member Michael «Mickey» Kearns is kicking his campaign for the 145th Assembly District up a notch with an ad that slams his opponent as nothing but a «puppet» of Speaker Sheldon Silver.

The result, as the world now knows: an election victory for Barack Obama, a sea change in American politics and policy, and a model for online campaigners around the world.

The Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) went into the May 2012 elections on the back of a 43.9 percent showing last time around but carrying heavy baggage as a signatory of the troika memorandum.

Cuomo remains popular in the suburban counties around New York City, part of his base of support in New York that will come in handy in a primary against Cynthia Nixon this fall as well as the general election.

It is the expectation of Bayelsans that this time around election materials will get to the various units across the council area as against the botched December exercise where materials and electoral officials were hijacked by political thugs.

Those around the premier say he's keen to go even further, as eyes become more focused on the next general election.

As the election into various offices of the national body of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is around the corner, no fewer than 31 persons have shown interest in replacing the current President, Mr. Augustine Alegeh (SAN).

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg announced his party's intention to block boundary changes, thought to be worth around 20 MPs to the Tory party at the next election, as a direct response to the failure of his plans to make the Lords reform a mainly elected second chamber.

Delegates faithfully try to execute the people's mandate and opinion as far as they can be discerned, and like all politicians, Blair became a delegate around election time.

Reports suggest that Romney, Ryan, and key people around them remained confident of victory to the very end, seeing that they were «hitting their numbers» in many districts — only to realize as Election Night unfolded that turnout would exceed their expectations in most swing states, raising the bar for victory and leaving them in the unenviable position of having achieved their tactical goals but lost the strategic battle nonetheless.

At the end of 2014 the party were trending at around 20 per cent in several opinion polls with some excitable elements in the media claiming the party could win as many as 40 seats in the general election.

The NEA has around 3 million members, spends quite a bit on lobbying, and makes substantial contributions directly to election funds and such (enough to rank as the third largest political donor in the US, according to opensecrets.org).

The number of women donating to political campaigns is climbing to new heights ahead of this year's midterm elections as women swarm to politics and run in record numbers for Congress and other elected posts around the country.

Pasok is in turmoil as its 43 % at the 2009 elections has now dropped to around 11 % in the opinion polls, with voters blaming the Papandreou - led government for its handling of the deep crisis even more than they blame New Democracy which was in power and increased the deficit substantially from 2004 - 2009.

A series of local events highlighting legislators» reliance on out - of - district campaign contributions is being held around the state this week and next as part of a build - up to the formal launch of a new coalition called Fair Elections for New York on April 17.

How Kenyans are using tech to stop election fraud and violence How Kenyans are using tech to stop election fraud and violence Odinga, running as the NASA candidate, told CNN Thursday that he doesn't «trust» the paper forms from polling stations around the country that officials used to authenticate votes.

Recent political events such as the energy around the Scottish referendum and indeed the surprise people - movement that secured Jeremy Corbyn's victory in the Labour leadership election indicate that discontent with stale managerial politics is spreading.

Under first - past - the - post, they have fared less strongly in general elections, typically recording around one per cent of the UK - wide vote (although a slightly higher average in the seats they contest); in 2010, the Greens won 0.96 per cent of the vote (1.81 per cent in the seats where they put up a candidate), and returned an MP to the House of Commons for the first time, as Caroline Lucas wrested Brighton Pavilion from Labour.

And he is sanguine about the splits at the top of the party triggered by Iain Duncan Smith's resignation from the Cabinet: «If you look at the evidence, the party is united around me, for me to win on 5 May... They [the party] also understand that this is the biggest election between now and the general election, so it matters politically as well.

The coalition is struggling to find savings as it puts forward spending plans for 2015/6, after the Lib Dems and Tories agreed to commit to joint spending plans for a period of around ten months after the next election.

If the Lib Dems can retain around 40 seats (as suggested by the local election results) Clegg will once again be kingmaker.

We at JLM are proud to oppose the actions of the Israeli government but do you know that every time comrades in this room and around the party seek to delegitimise us as a voice in this party the impact that it has back in Israel is to provide fodder for the Israeli right and election leaflets from Netanyahu telling them that Europe is riddled with antisemitism where even left wing Jewish movements have no space to operate?»

He said: «Many in Britain and elsewhere will be understandably shocked by Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election, the rhetoric around it and what the election result means for the rest of the world, as well as America.

Rather disarmingly for an election campaign with a lot of bad blood flowing around the two seem to get on pretty well, as if this were a case of two mates having a political argument all over the street.

Marked «sensitive» and sent to the work and pensions secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, two weeks after the general election, the civil service memo forecasts that «around 40,000 more... children might in the absence of any behaviour change, find themselves in poverty as a result of reducing the cap to # 23,000».