Sentences with phrase «clear majority support»

Polls show a clear majority support assisted dying in Britain — but it depends on how the question is asked.

The results of the poll indicate a clear majority support the all - night format among the public and, given the vocal support coming from a number of party figures, across the political spectrum as well.

Not exact matches

The Democratic senator's proposed legislation will face an unlikely road to passage, considering that most lawmakers (including those in the White House) are reluctant to end the drug's federal prohibition, but the bill is still the latest attempt by a prominent politician to update federal marijuana laws at a time when a clear majority of Americans support legalization.

However, the truth is that hard forks (HF) are not necessarily dangerous, especially if they occur with a clear majority of hashing power supporting the upgraded consensus rules.

A clear majority of Americans now support nationwide marriage equality.

A clear majority of Americans support marriage equality for LGBT Americans.

Fremarek said township trustees were clear in their support for staff, but felt the «no confidence» vote in the district was the only way to get their message across to the park board's majority.

And the NOM poll strangely only matches their political agenda, and not any of the other multiple polls that show a clear majority of New Yorkers supporting marriage equality.

One of the most prominent was Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who on Friday tweeted out his support for Trump's strike, writing, «This was a clear signal from America that Bashar al Assad can no longer use chemical weapons against his own people with impunity.»

Paulina Lampsa, international secretary at Pasok, is clear contined austerity alone can not drive reform: «A large majority supports reforms that can guarantee more solid prospects for future generations but is not ready to accept more austerity without growth.»

@Stuart White: The Cabinet Office rule - book (draft of chapter 6, approved by the House of Commons Select Committee on Justice and drawn up in consultation, I understand, with the party leaders and with constitutional experts) lays it down that after an election the incumbent prime minister has a duty, as well as a right, to remain in office until there's clear and incontrovertible evidence that someone else is definitely in a position to command majority support in the house of commons.

The only thing that seems clear at present is that the majority of members will not support Eagle.

[5] Clear majorities expressed support for both a devolved Scottish Parliament and that Parliament having the power to vary the basic rate of income tax.

Unite's Policy Conference sent a very clear message to rebel Labour MPs yesterday by voting by an overwhelming majority to support a rule change to the Labour Party rulebook to reintroduce mandatory reselection of MPs before each general election.

According to a ComRes poll, for example, a clear majority of public supports raising the minimum wage and increasing the top rate of tax to 50p from 45p — two key Labour pledges.

In July, after announcing it would support the state senate GOP's quest to remain in the majority, 1199 funneled $ 100,000 to the state Republican Party's coffers, a whopping sum by Albany standards that made clear what side it was on.

A clear majority of voters (59 - 21) say all candidates for state office should sign a pledge in support of a nonpartisan independent redistricting commission — a victory for both former NYC Mayor Ed Koch, whose PAC, New York Uprising, is pushing candidates to do just that; and also for AG Andrew Cuomo, who is calling for citizens and candidates alike to sign his reform pledge.

While a majority of Tories are opposed, David Cameron has made it clear he will support change.

He said the only blip could come from Buffalo Assemblyman Mark Schroeder, who has made it clear he will (again) withhold support for the speaker until he shows more love for Western NY — a move that has not won him many friends among his fellow majority members.

Diaz Sr., the last member of the storied four amigos who played a central role in the last leadership battle after the Democrats took the majority in 2008, made it clear today that he won't support a Republican for majority leader.

A year earlier, there were enough Democrats to form a clear majority to ram through much of the legislation the IDC has enacted or supports, like a robust minimum wage hike, statewide paid family leave and the DREAM Act.

It would be unconscionable not to pass lifesaving legislation when a clear majority of House members support it.»

To deal with situations in parliamentary systems where no clear majority to support a government exists, two or more parties may establish a formal coalition government, commanding a clear majority of the parliamentary members, or a party might enter into less formal alliances or agreements with other parties, or individual members, to allow the minority government to stay in office.

It should be clear to the Met Council, who singled me out, that even as a member of the IDC without the support of a majority of state Senators these bills will not pass.

«Our goal has always been to constructively work with the speaker to pass the Right to Know Act — she has a clear choice: support sound policy that a majority of her members, 18 families of New Yorkers killed by the NYPD and hundreds of community groups from across the city endorse, or chart a path that is increasingly antithetical to democracy and allows police abuses to continue.»

Already, 100 business leaders supported the continuation of austerity in The Telegraph, but a clear majority of the leading economists does not, instead arguing that it harms growth.

Over on the Senate side, the statement was less sweeping and less definitive as to what the Senate Majority would do in the area, but very clear in what it would not do — support public financing of elections.

The prime minister's speech today has thrown down the gauntlet to Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg to align with over 70 % of people and a clear majority of their own parties» voters who support an EU referendum».

If Ann Widdecombe was likely to be pleased with Friday's news that a clear majority of the next generation of Conservative MPs supported reductions in the time limit for abortion she'll be less impressed with the second finding of ConservativeHome.com's exclusive survey of adopted Tory candidates.

It is clear from Corbyn's long political history, and the trenchant opposition to him from the right wing, that a Corbyn - led Labour party would be a break from that trend, and that this break had majority support in the Labour electorate.

While the majority of 147 teachers surveyed provided some classroom - based support for students, almost half indicated their school had no clear policy for responding to the crisis and half received no training to help them.

Support among those residing in below - average districts does drop by 7 percentage points when statewide ranking information is provided, but even among this group a clear majority remains supportive.

Even though these schools are being encouraged to support the standards voluntarily, the majority haven't made their position clear and there's no requirement for them to do so.

Support for tax credits to fund scholarships for low - income children has declined in 2015 to 55 percent from 60 percent in 2014, but it still commands a clear majority.

Indeed, it is not clear if DeVos fully supports the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and its various components, which were approved by an overwhelming bipartisan majority of both your committee and the full Senate.

The summative grades achieved for each pupil are reported to parents, but it is clear from the low scores on two questions that the majority of pupils are not skilled in using case study examples to support their answers.

The clear majority of payday loan borrowers, 59.50 percent, maintain that payday loans should be legal, while 22.20 percent supported banning the financial product.

Recent public votes, developments and activity have made it clear that a large majority of Floridians strongly support making solar energy more accessible, affordable and commonplace, whether it be in the form of individual solar rooftops, ground - mounted photovoltaic (PV) systems, community solar co-ops, or utility - scale solar power stations.

Scientists proposing catastrophic majority anthropogenic global warming models (a.k.a. «Climate change») bear the burden of proof of providing clear robust evidence supporting validated model predictions of anthropogenic warming with strong significant differences from this climatic null hypothesis.

Let's be clear: the reason the Government was negotiating with the Coalition so persistently is that they were the only single grouping whose support could deliver a Senate majority.

Instead of the relatively clear rule that the Court's prior cases support, the majority today adopts a more amorphous measure of when the Lovell - Freedman doctrine should apply.

Comment: The majority of commenters supported our proposal to codify the existing special enrollment periods for (1) dependents of Indians on the same application as the Indian at § 155.420 (d)(8)(ii); (2) victims of domestic abuse or spousal abandonment at § 155.420 (d)(10); (3) Medicaid or CHIP denials at § 155.420 (d)(11); (4) material plan or benefit display errors at § 155.420 (d)(12); and (5) data matching issues that are cleared post-expiration of an inconsistency period or individuals who are verified through the data matching process to meet the citizenship, national, or immigration criteria described in section 1401 (c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Affordable Care Act at § 155.420 (d)(13).

It is clear that a strong majority of Americans support Planned Parenthood and reject these radical attacks.

Two new public polls released today show majority support for Planned Parenthood, and clear opposition to efforts to bar Planned Parenthood from receiving federal funds for preventive health care such as lifesaving cancer screenings, breast exams, birth control, and STD testing and treatment, including HIV testing.

On Pink Out Day, we will stand together across the country to make it clear to politicians that the majority of women and men support the critical health care and education that Planned Parenthood has provided for nearly a century.

There is an inherent tension at play between a clear articulation of the precise legal effect of the referendum and the need for a simple and concise message to garner majority support.