Sentences with phrase «calling on their constituents»

They are calling on their constituents to drop off cereal, powdered milk, canned soup, canned meat, canned vegetables, pasta and peanut butter.

He therefore called on the constituents to vote massively for Dr. Samuel Sarpong in the upcoming parliamentary election.

Perhaps most importantly, the model calls on constituents to collaborate around authentic questions that foster robust consideration and contextualized problem solving.

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She also works the jobs that her constituents work, something she calls «Cheri on shift.»

OPINION: With one eye on re-election and afraid of making tough calls, politicians have ignored a number of crises that will profoundly affect their constituents.

Minnesota Democrat Sen. Amy Klobuchar, whose daughter has food allergies, called for a Senate hearing and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) probe into the matter on Monday, and Republican Chuck Grassley of Iowa sent Mylan CEO Heather Bresch a letter describing the consequences the price hike has had for his constituents.

And if we can not avoid the tension between the lure of constituents which are truly atomic on the one hand and the lure of wholes which are truly organic on the other, it may provide what Thomas Kuhn has called an «essential tension «2 — a tension without which, at least in the realm with which Kuhn is concerned, science can not operate.

The constituents Frege distinguishes in logical analysis call for distinctions which do not depend on words composing the sentence, but on the logical consequences derivable from the judgment or thought.

On my return, I took a call from the clerk of a prominent select committee who had been fielding calls from constituents for over an hour.

The flyer accuses Golden, who is a former cop himself, of being a «puppet» of the gun lobby and urges his constituents to call on him to «stand with law enforcement and vote «yes.»»

Congress does not lack for citizen input — every year, hundreds of millions of emails, faxes, letters and calls crashland on the Hill, and some congressional offices are so overwhelmed that they've basically stopped accepting electronic communications from constituents.

For me it's an honour that my constituents have called on me to come and lead them.»

Democratic Sen. Liz Krueger is urging constituents to write or call Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office to push him to veto a bill that would delay a 5 - cent surcharge on carry - out disposable bags in New York City.

Now the WRBA is calling on Ulrich and Crowley to make good on their public statements and to vote in the best interest of their Woodhaven constituents.

A number of constituents are calling on their Senators to show true leadership and bring the Fair Elections bill, S04705A, to a vote.

The occasion for this insult was the latest open letter from the Democratic governor calling on Faso to «stand with his constituents» in opposition to the the federal tax reform law, which narrowly passed the House and Senate in December without a single Democratic vote — and without Faso's vote, either.

The Senator, who represents Kogi West Senatorial District, is facing a recall by his constituents who in a petition on June 23, 2017, called on INEC to recall him.

My MP was out, and my colleague was on the phone to a constituent who regularly calls to complain about everything from the trees he'd like to have outside his house to intricate changes in the welfare system.

The poll came under scrutiny when The New York Post reported today an automated voice on the call used a swear word, according to a constituent of Sen. Jose Peralta.

We call on the Assembly Majority to hold a public leadership vote so that their constituents can see where they stand and that they take seriously the leadership and staff's abrogations of responsibility.»

«I am running to serve in the 27th Assembly District to continue the work that defined Mike Simanowitz's public service: strong advocacy on the issues that matter to all our neighbors, dedicated constituent services, and a commitment to making our community a better place to live,» Rosenthal, who called Simanowitz his mentor, said in a statement.

Backbench MPs said the public only see the House of Commons on TV for the so - called Punch and Judy sessions at PMQs, and some of their constituents are not impressed.

Backbench MPs said the public only see the House of Commons on TV for the so - called Punch and Judy sessions at PMQs, and some of their constituents were not impressed.

«I appreciate feedback from my constituents on the North Shore of Staten Island, but repeated phone calls from all corners of the country is not helpful and makes it difficult for my staff to serve the everyday needs of people in my district.»

«Obviously, I trust her implicitly, she knows what I think and why I think it and constituents can call on her whenever I'm not around,» Gale added.

The ad, called «Kaleigh's Story», focuses exclusively on two Gibson constituents who lobbied for the measure's passage.

But when state legislators ignore the will of their constituents and keep churning out wonderful sounding ideas without a thought to costs, we need to draw a line and call them out on it,» said Legislator Day.

At the hearing, Silver's defense attorneys repeatedly called attention to those years of public service and the numerous letters that were sent on his behalf, which they said showed all the good he had done for his constituents.

And finally, given how John Faso has regularly stood on the side of banks, not his constituents, you can call his office to voice your displeasure with his callous disregard for the people he supposedly represents, and kick him out of office come November.

The get - together, called so Weiner could update Turner on the projects he had been working on for his former constituents, was held in «strict confidence,» O'Reilly noted, but could very easily have been leaked with a single well - placed anonymous phone call.

State Assemblyman Marcos Crespo, a Bronx Democrat, is waiting to hear from his own mother and relatives on Puerto Rico even as he fields unceasing phone calls from constituents trying to reach theirs.

Three years ago, Justice Minister Jack Straw called on his Muslim constituents to stop veiling themselves.

In a quick interview with Roll Call on Monday afternoon, a cheerful Hanna emphasized his constituent services, quick turnaround on casework and legislative record.

DeLay called prosecutor Ronnie Earle a «runaway district attorney who is abusing his power,» adding: «My constituents know what's going on here.»

«I'm calling on Senator Oppenheimer to think about her constituents when she goes up to Albany, not the Working Families Party and the other special interests that oppose the cap and are backing her political campaign.»

Congresswoman Claudia Tenney on Tuesday released a message which stated, «Over the last week constituents have contacted our office reporting repeated, harassing phone calls either claiming to be from our office or directly connecting them to our office.»

Advocates moved aggressively this year to capitalize on that shift, flooding the district offices of wavering lawmakers with phone calls, e-mails and signed postcards from constituents who favored same - sex marriage, sometimes in bundles that numbered in the thousands.

Even though Sean Patrick Maloney was only elected to Congress two days ago, local leaders will call on him to make a commitment to his new constituents that he will fight for them when he begins his term in January, not the wealthiest 2 %.

Those issues are still very much relevant today, and I am delighted that her legacy will live on forever at the corner she called home with her family, friends, and constituents... It is an honor well deserved for a true New York icon.»

«Whenever I need help on a federal level and call Bishop's office for previous constituents of mine, the doors fly open.

Let's confine our observations to throwing temper tantrums on the radio when someone who calls in fails to offer a glowing review of him, considering some constituents persona non grata after calling out the more common political corruptions in this state, and using more or less the same women in campaign ads time after time.

Becker, who is retiring at year's end, said legislators have «enormous responsibilities» and work long hours at the job, often taking calls from constituents at home at night and on weekends.

The event took place in a small suite at the Roosevelt Hotel, just down the hall from the annual Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty breakfast — a must - attend event for local politicians to demonstrate their support for the Jewish community — and it took place just an hour before the annual Israel Day Parade... Neither Schumer nor Silver nor Nadler so much as mentioned Israel, though there were a couple of Orthodox supporters conspicuously positioned behind the speakers... Silver, who is now a constituent of hers, called Velazquez his «newly acquired» congresswoman, and mostly talked about her work for federal housing money and on behalf of small businesses.

Abdullahi called on all civil servants in Kogi to raise their heads above the parody of bags of rice from the Senators, restating their absolute support for the recall of Senator Dino Melaye by his constituents.

Cotrofeld said he signed on after receiving a number of phone calls and emails from constituents highlighting concerns with the law — especially how it deals with law enforcement and veterans.

«Based on our discovery, organohalogens are likely to be a constituent of the so - called «primordial soup», both on the young Earth and on nascent rocky exoplanets.»

When physicists look at the basic constituents of reality — atoms and their innards, or the particles of light called photons — what they see depends on how they have set up their experiment.

Each Senator's staff tracks calls on key issues like conservation funding, and constituent views are a factor in Senators» votes.

We are calling on lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and in both houses to be courageous and listen to the voices of their constituents.

In such an environment, crowing about top quartile performance, or telling stories about «impact companies» can fall on deaf ears, particularly with the liquid asset constituents of the portfolio still resent that their portfolios were used as ATMs for increasingly frequent PE capital calls between 2004 and 2008.