Sentences with phrase «asked by party leaders»

«No pro-life member should be asked by party leaders to vote to continue funding Planned Parenthood,» the group said in a statement last week.

The Canandaigua Republican said Wednesday he's been asked by party leaders, other elected officials and members of the business community to challenge Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat who will likely seek a third term next year.

Not exact matches

Justin Trudeau, leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, was recently asked by a charitable organization to give back a hefty speaking fee — $ 20,000 — after the event he spoke at took a loss.

The leader of the largest party in the House of Commons is by convention asked by the monarch to be Prime Minister and to form a government.

We asked what people had noticed and what had passed them by, what they thought the parties were trying to tell them and how believable (or otherwise) they found it, what mattered to them and what didn't, what they made of the leaders vying for their attention, which way they were leaning and what doubts stopped them making their minds up.

Not one, but two Republicans connected to the veteran operative have been approached by party leaders and asked to consider challenging New York's junior senator, Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand, next fall.

It was a noisy and acrimonious scene on the floor of the Senate as Senator Thomas W. Libous, a Republican from Binghamton and the party's deputy leader, shouted for a roll - call vote, while Democrats attempted to stall the vote by asking to adjourn the session.

The governor, at a business group breakfast earlier this summer, was asked, by the leader of the state's Republican Party, Ed Cox, how the bridge would ultimately be paid for, after that.

Private emails circulated by several party officials have asked Republican leaders to hold off on endorsing DeFrancisco, and to search for alternative candidates to challenge Gov. Andrew Cuomo in November.

The first is that normal voting intention questions do not include prompting by the party leaders names, so realistically you should only compare the results of a question asking «how would you vote with Milliband in charge» with one saying «how would you vote with Brown in charge».

UKIP leader Nigel Farage appeared to admit he had been talking to Conservative MPs about defecting to his party, but he declined to give any names when asked by Andrew Neil.

On Saturday the Tottenham MP had told ITV News he would consider running for the job of Labour party leader if he was asked to «step up» by colleagues.

David Lammy has said he would consider running for the job of new Labour party leader if he was asked to «step up» by colleagues.

[9] Instead the leader of the second largest parliamentary opposition party at the time, Nigel Dodds of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), usually asked a single question later in the session followed by at least one MP from another smaller party such as the Scottish National Party or Plaid Cparty at the time, Nigel Dodds of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), usually asked a single question later in the session followed by at least one MP from another smaller party such as the Scottish National Party or Plaid CParty (DUP), usually asked a single question later in the session followed by at least one MP from another smaller party such as the Scottish National Party or Plaid Cparty such as the Scottish National Party or Plaid CParty or Plaid Cymru.

Asked what he would say to colleagues who are frustrated by Corbyn leadership, Watson said: «MPs are very important leaders within the Labour party, but our members lead the Labour party now.

YouGov also asked about how the three present party leaders and Gordon Brown were seen by the public.

When rural Democratic leaders assembled in Niagara Falls this month for a straw poll, Mr. Cuomo's allies also sought to blunt the momentum of Eric R. Dinallo, the former state insurance superintendent, by asking party officials to consider switching their votes to other candidates.

Casey seemed to part ways with his party's leadership when asked by CNN's John King whether Democratic Party leaders - including President Obama, Vice President Biden, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell - should be making public pledges of support to Specter in an apparent effort to dissuade any would - be primary challengers to the former Republparty's leadership when asked by CNN's John King whether Democratic Party leaders - including President Obama, Vice President Biden, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell - should be making public pledges of support to Specter in an apparent effort to dissuade any would - be primary challengers to the former RepublParty leaders - including President Obama, Vice President Biden, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell - should be making public pledges of support to Specter in an apparent effort to dissuade any would - be primary challengers to the former Republican.

Their job is made harder by the presence in their party of an anti-ape hothead (Kirk Acevedo), and by their colony leader (Gary Oldman), who would just as soon shoot first and ask permission to use the power plant later.

Mr. Ford recently asked his party's leaders to help him raise $ 2 million by the end of the year before he will commit to a race against Mr. Frist, 47.

The Green Party, for instance, asked Toronto lawyer Sheila Block to probe accusations from three former staffers of workplace bullying by longtime Leader Elizabeth May.