Sentences with phrase «as a minority member»

While Paladino is likely to hold on to his seat, it appears he'll return as a minority member — a prospect Paladino didn't seem too optimistic about.

As a minority member on the Onondaga County Legislature, I worked across geographical and party lines to successfully negotiate a 10 - year agreement that ensured Syracuse would receive its fair share of sales tax revenues collected by the county.

An attempt by Parliament in December 2016 to finally pass the bill, hit a snag as the minority members in the House raised red flag over aspects of the bill.

Faso, who spent decades as a minority member in the New York State Assembly, likewise railed against the funding issue during his campaign last year.

Not exact matches

Users were reporting everyday activities of members of minority groups in their neighborhoods as «suspicious.»

That's because nearly all members of Canada's vast punditocracy have declared that a minority government is, first, inherently unstable, and second, disappointing for Harper insofar as it is not the majority he is said to have wanted when he called the election.

According to President Joset Wright - Lacy of NMSDC, «As we head into our 45th year of developing business opportunities for minority companies, we are very focused on finding new and meaningful ways to engage our members in our overall mission.

Thus the Fed's monetary policy stance continued to reflect a minority of FOMC members» preoccupation with inflation even as financial markets began to crumble.

A uniquely designed year long program, created in partnership with McPherson Berry and MetLife as the title sponsor, EYE will provide the next generation of minority millennial entrepreneurs who will support the needs of corporate members, MBEs and additional stakeholders.

So as a member of the most oppressed minority group in the history of time, religion is the cause of 95 % of the evil in this world and I don't need it in my government.

Many members of minority faiths, as well as atheists, responded with palpable anger, saying the Supreme Court has set them apart as second - class citizens.

But that's not going to happen as long as pundits, politicians and pastors preach hatred for minorities, non-christians, gays and members of other political parties.

Finally, by making it necessary that elections be conducted as contests of like against like (female against female, minority against minority, etc.) the system extended vast powers to the nominating process and enabled those in power to recruit just those board members most likely to agree with their purposes and keep them in power.

More white evangelicals (27 %) than black Protestants (18 %) think of themselves in 2016 as a member of a minority because of their religious beliefs.

But as the UU movement shifts «leftward» religiously, its members will more and more become a new «minority group.»

The word Rohingya hit the headlines as members of the minority group were forced to flee violence in Myanmar to neighbouring Bangladesh.

Steve and Brigitte are minority members on this board; but they are participating members, as is Sabio, whose minority opinion and snarky personal attacks you seem to have little or no problem with.

Tim: I think there is always of course the danger that if you are challenging too much of non-Christian faiths, particularly faiths that are held mostly by members of ethnic minorities, that you might conflate criticisms of their faith with criticism of them as individuals and therefore be seen as racist, so people are nervous of that.

Minorities ought to be invited into the classroom both as faculty members and students, as board members of Christian schools and as teachers.

As a minority group living in a hostile culture, members of the early Christian churches were in no position to identify the bestowal of God's grace and blessing with national peace and prosperity.

One seminary teacher tells of being at his greatest effectiveness during the days that he shared with his students the blow - by - blow account of his dealings with real estate people as he sold his house to a member of a minority group and tried, at the same time, to act responsibly toward his neighbors.

Bishop Azariah of Dornakal, in theologically justifying the rejection of the reserved minority communal electorate offered by Britain to the Christian community in India, spoke of how the acceptance of it would be «a direct blow to the nature of the church of Christ» at two points — one, it would force the church to function «like a religious sect, a community which seeks self - protection for the sake of its own loaves and fishes» which would prevent the fruitful exercise of the calling of the church to permeate the entire society across boundaries of caste, class, language and race, a calling which can be fulfilled only through its members living alongside fellow - Indians sharing in public life with a concern for Christian principles in it; and two, it would put the church's evangelistic programme in a bad light as «a direct move to transfer so many thousands of voters from the Hindu group to the Indian Christian group» (recorded by John Webster, Dalit Christians - A History).

Both Obama, the nation's first black president, and Romney, a Mormon, have found that their shared status as members of minority groups and political pioneers, in many ways, has also changed the rules of this presidential campaign cycle, said Nancy Wadsworth, co-editor of the anthology «Faith and Race in American Political Life.»

And Supply Nation, a business support and networking organisation established in 2009 as the Australian Indigenous Minority Supplier Council, is effective at helping new enterprises find a route to market (all three drinks companies featured here are Supply Nation members).

The basis of the role model concept in sporting contexts is the belief that young people, women, and members of disadvantaged minorities simply lack imagination - they can't picture themselves as «winners.»

Some Members of the Minority walked out of the chamber following what they described as a bias posture of the Speaker towards the Majority.

In contrast, single member districts systemically underrepresent diffuse, politically extreme ideological factions which are minorities almost everywhere which tends to moderate the political system as a whole (something that instant runoff voting also does).

During the many sit - ins, cultural events and discussions at the Park, people of very different backgrounds, who would otherwise not come into contact — Turkish secularists and nationalists, Kurdish activists, members of the creative professions and white collar workers, Socialists, religious and ethnic minorities, Islamists as well as LGBT and gender campaigners — found a way to manage coexistence and respect for pluralism.

This strikes me as a continuation of a theme Lazio started when he called on Cuomo to investigate the funding behind the mosque proposed for construction near Ground Zero (actually, 600 feet away, to be exact)-- a call that has since been seconded by his fellow Republican, Rep. Peter King, the ranking minority member of the House Homeland Security Committee who once said there are «too many mosques in this country.»

A performance appraisal survey on members of parliaments (MPs) has adjudged MP for Bolgatanga Central, Hon Isaac Adongo, as the best performing minority MP for 2017.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins on Monday did not rule out further primary challenges to members of the Independent Democratic Conference and derided their coalition with the Senate Republicans as a «false majority.»

Sen. José Peralta (D - Queens), an IDC member, defended getting $ 12,500 as vice chair of the Energy and Telecommunications Commission, saying he received $ 14,500 as minority whip.

Rice was not at the Thursday meeting, which included several members of the House delegation as well as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

In the Senate, the motion may be offered at other times during consideration of a measure, and is not a prerogative of a member of the minority party; it may also be used as a means of offering an amendment.

«The minority in parliament condemns the attack in no uncertain terms as it is yet another manifestation of political vigilantism designed to intimidate, harass and silence vocal and outspoken members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).

Then as the Ranking Member of the Communications Committee of Parliament and the Communications Director of the Party, Bagbin, as the Minority Leader, proposed to his dear friend, brother and idol to accept to be moved to the Ranking Position on the Foreign Affairs Committee.

The genesis of the bribery scandal stemmed from a Minority member of the Committee, Mahama Ayariga, who alleged that Mr. Agyarko, attempted to bribe the ten minority members on parliament's Appointments Committee with GHc3000 each to ensure the approval of his nomination as the Energy MMinority member of the Committee, Mahama Ayariga, who alleged that Mr. Agyarko, attempted to bribe the ten minority members on parliament's Appointments Committee with GHc3000 each to ensure the approval of his nomination as the Energy Mminority members on parliament's Appointments Committee with GHc3000 each to ensure the approval of his nomination as the Energy Minister.

Kolb, 65, is a former small - business owner who has served as Assembly minority leader since 2009 and been a member of the Assembly since winning election in 2000.

Elected Republicans are also well - represented among the hosts, with the two state legislative leaders, Senate Temporary President and Majority Leader John Flanagan and Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb joining Sen. Marty Golden and Assembly Member Ron Castorina as hosts.

Mr Ayariga, who is a member of the Appointments Committee, told Radio Gold in an interview that the Minority MPs rejected the GHS3000 each which was enveloped for them when they later found out that the money was coming from Mr Agyarko as a bribe.

Other leaders to represent the minority side include Mohammed Muntaka, who will maintain his position as the Chief Whip, with the Member of Parliament for Banda Ahmed Ibrahim, and the Member of Parliament for Pusiga, Hon. Laadi Ayii Ayamba serving as deputy chief whips.

Ronk, who does not claim to speak for all minority members, did not go so far as to endorse Parete for a second term.

ALBANY — Sen. Neil Breslin has been tapped as deputy leader of the 26 - member Democratic Conference, a post that requires him to coordinate the legislative flow on the chamber floor and serve as the second - in - command to Minority Leader John Sampson, D - Brooklyn.

This means Ms. Savino, Mr. Cusick and Mr. Titone would have to forfeit their present positions to embark on an uncertain campaign for the House — and each arguably exercises more influence in Albany now than they would in Washington as a freshman member of the Democratic minority in Congress.

To assist in the consideration of capital projects and the capital program, there shall be a Capital Projects Committee consisting of the County Executive, the Comptroller, the Budget Director, the Commissioner of the Department of Environment and Planning, the County Attorney and such other administrative heads as the County Executive may designate, and the following members of the County Legislature; the chair, the chair of the Finance and Management Committee, and the majority and minority leaders.

«She's very deliberative, very considerate of the various viewpoints of the members of the conference, and very sober,» said Queens Senator Michael Gianaris, who serves as Ms. Stewart - Cousins» hand - picked deputy minority leader and as head of the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, which funds the conference's candidates.

She quickly recovered however, describing her vote as a response to combination of supporting the enhanced penalties included for killing a police officer and the quandary of the bill presenting an infrequent opportunity for a minority member to get any legislation passed.

The majority leader designates the committee chair, vice-chair and majority members, while the minority leader designates the minority members and selects one of them as ranking member.

Only in his second term as a member of the minority in Congress, Mr. Jeffries has already made a name for himself as a rising political player in predominantly black central Brooklyn.

Tamale Central MP, Inusah Fuseini, has refuted suggestions that the National Democratic Congress [NDC] Minority is divided over the suit by caucus member, Dominic Ayine, against the nomination of Martin Amidu as the Special Prosecutor.