Sentences with phrase «comes as a coalition»

And this all comes as a coalition of groups calls for a reduction in state mandated spending in light of a 2 percent cap on local property taxes now in effect.

The agreement for the WFP to stay neutral also comes as a coalition of labor groups, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo support a full Democratic takeover of the Senate.

The announcement comes as a coalition of affordable housing advocacy groups urge de Blasio to fire Glen on the grounds that she is bringing a for - profit investment model from Wall Street — she headed Goldman Sachs» urban investment division — into the de Blasio administration.

The website, savenytips.org, comes as the coalition also plans to stoke opposition through a regular newsletter on the issue and its impact on the restaurant industry.

Not exact matches

Any coalition formation could be delayed by regional elections coming up in Italy later this month, but the vote could be a test of support for parties such as Forza Italia that were sidelined in the general election.

The break down of the talks came as a surprise, especially as it was announced by the resurgent FDP, Merkel's preferred coalition partners who had dropped out of parliament four years ago and had ruled with her conservatives 2009 - 2013.

So at first it all seemed good... but then around 9:00 PM in Athens, word came that the leader of PASOK, Venizelos, was threatening to withhold support for a new government unless SYRIZA also joined as part of a broad coalition.

But Trudeau's ability to assemble a remarkably broad coalition to help him out on NAFTA shows how widely the deal has come to be seen as essential to guaranteeing that Canadian goods and services aren't unduly impeded from entry into the hugely lucrative U.S. market.

A coalition of community and labour organizations have come together to present their views on necessary EI reforms as part of the pre-budget process.

As a new benefit cap comes into force, a coalition of churches is warning poor children will be hit the... More

As the coalition moved Iraqui forces south of the 36th parallel, the Kurds started to come home into northern Iraq.

Burk, Moore and the Gospel Coalition seem to think that a power - struggle is okay, so long as it is the man who comes out on top.

According to the coalition's statement, their manifesto comes as «Western culture has become increasingly post-Christian... it has embarked upon a massive revision of what it means to be a human being».

«Consumers have a right to know what's in the food we buy, eat and feed our children, just as we have the right to know how many calories are in the food we buy, and where our food comes from,» the Vermont Right to Know GMOs coalition says.

The annual gathering of green proponents has come a long way since 1990, when the Coalition organized as «an informal, brown bag lunch group» and held its first conference — which drew about 30 people to a 4 - H hall.

Her previous work experience includes the Center for Community Change as a policy analyst on transportation issues and Housing Comes First, Missouri's statewide low - income housing coalition, as director of tenant organizing.

Upheaval and uncertainty during the prolonged transition period as the coalition developed alternative policies, has at times come to characterise the relationship between business and government in the regions.

General election 1945Clement Atlee's landslide victory in July 1945 came as a complete surprise to the Conservatives who were hoping to capitalise on Winston Churchill's hugely successful period as Britain's wartime coalition prime minister.

The warning came as Iain Duncan Smith champions the rollout of the «claimant commitment», a key part of the coalition's welfare reforms which forces those on jobseekers allowance to treat looking for work as a «full - time job».

When I was there we weren't being shot at too much because despite what we were being told further up the chain we weren't so stupid as to not go into every village and say «we're not going to touch your poppy» and arguably the upturn in violence against coalition forces came in 2009 and in 2010 when the American marine brigade started saying «oh hang on, weren't we supposed to eradicating poppies?

The party is hesitant to come out with something that pleases one group and alienates the other as it attempts to hold together a shaky coalition of city - dwelling liberals and comparatively socially conservative, but economically left - leaning, voters who're more likely to reside in smaller towns in Wales, the Midlands and the North.

Iain Duncan Smith placed his political credibility on the line this morning, as the coalition's benefit cap finally comes into force across the country.

«The hope I have always had is that the two parties could come together in a coalition and learn from each other» And I. Unfortunately, it was Labour in office that sold that idea down the river, and the marginalising those that favoured it (such as the under promoted Ben Bradshaw who should've hit Cabinet before either Miliband or Balls did).

The push, which advanced on Monday in Albany with a Senate hearing on the issue, comes as the IDC is facing pressure from the left for their coalition government with Senate Republicans in the new era of uncertainty for liberals under the Donald Trump administration.

The details of the stillborn coalition negotiations between the two centre - left parties comes as senior figures in both parties start building bridges ahead of what is expected to be another hung parliament in 2015.

Her campaign comes as economic - focused progressives try to build a larger coalition of voters within the party, and as black party activists demand that black voters not be take for granted by the Democratic party.

His resignation came as he published Minority Verdict, his critical analysis of why the Conservative Party failed to gain an overall majority in the general election; leading to the Conservatives forming the Coalition government with the Liberal Democrats.

The coalition Government stopped the regional level of control after coming to power in May last year, saying bodies such as Regional Development Agencies and Government Offices lacked legitimacy.

One of David Cameron's first acts as prime minister was to come to the Department of Energy and Climate Change last May and declare his ambition that this coalition should be the greenest government ever.

But as the many political contradictions and tensions within the loose coalition that is the NTC come to light, the position of the NATO countries will be challenged and put under increasing pressure.

Clegg has indicated that he would not forge a coalition with Labour should it come third in the popular vote — as it is currently placed in opinion polls.

If they signalled they wouldn't do so, two immediate points of interest come to mind: 1) If Labour were the largest party, or even in a whole UK majority, but the Tories were the largest rump UK party, the Liberal Democrats could more easily claim a renewed coalition with the Conservatives was preferable to a centre - left alliance, since a government that would lose its majority within a year would be unable to govern effectively; 2) A Labour or Labour - led government following a «yes» vote would have an incentive to push back the date of independence as far as possible.

«Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough)(Con): The whole country will be grateful for what the Prime Minister has done, especially because he has said, if I have understood him correctly, that when he is returned as Prime Minister, without the pesky Liberal Democrats in coalition, he will renegotiate with the European Union and put a referendum to the people in which they can vote yes for the renegotiation or no to come out.

The curious dance of Saturday's proceedings comes as the WFP, originally formed as a coalition between labor unions and grassroots activist groups, has been somewhat depleted after the exodus of Cuomo - allied unions and is fighting to remain a force in liberal New York.

Senate Coalition Disintegrates As the legislative session came to a close last week, comprehensive campaign finance reform remained stalled.

The second came after Nick Clegg's statement about Lords reform, in which the Deputy Prime Minister confirmed — as if confirmation were needed — that the Coalition's plans for the second chamber are no more.

«WFP should learn from this rejection that power for working people comes from their independent political action, not acting as a faction of the Democratic coalition and handing over their votes to the corporate - dominated Democratic Party, which then takes their votes for granted and reduces their leverage and power to nothing.

The prominent Lib Dem's attacks come at a time of heightened disharmony between the two coalition parties, as the referendum date approaches.

Balls proceeds to make an unusual invitation, not least coming from someone regarded as a tribal Labour figure: he invites Liberal Democrat MPs to form a coalition with Labour now.

This is coming at a time when a group known as the South West chapter of the Nigeria Youth Coalition, NYC, admonished the former Vice President to return to the PDP «as soon as possible».

«We will continue working as coalition partners in the days to come to avoid unnecessary distractions and strengthen our mutual efforts to elect more Democrats and enact the progressive agenda that remains incomplete.»

«I wouldn't expect there to be outright hostility towards theleadership but people will be coming to the conference with questions about how we retain our distinctiveness as a party while working in the coalition.»

The news comes as the SPD begins a crucial vote on a coalition with Angela Merkel.

On a legislative level, the coalition between the GOP and the renegade Democrats — known as the Independent Democratic Conference — allows Cuomo to control the pace of the reform coming out of Albany.

The latest labor endorsement for Klein comes as 1199 / SEIU has indicated it will back all five members of the IDC after Klein and the mainline Democratic conference reached an agreement to form a new coalition after Election Day this year, ending its two - year alliance with the Senate GOP.

The move also comes as the latest polling data reveals the coalition is losing support from low - earning working women, a key demographic responsible for bringing Mr Cameron to power.

The surprise announcement, rumored during most of the weekend, comes as Senate Republicans face stiff political headwinds this cycle — including an effort from a coalition of labor groups and Democrats to oust them from power.

The coalition backing the casino expansion amendment called NY Jobs Now has registered as a political referendum committee with the state Board of Elections — a distinction that comes with disclosure, but no contribution limits.

Nevertheless, Democrats expect to mount a competitive challenge in the district, which comes as Republicans hope to win a clear majority in the chamber following the Independent Democratic Conference's decision to end the coalition alliance that has been in place since 2012.

The latest spat between the two sides came as the IDC and the Senate Republican conference plan to move forward with an altered version of the leadership coalition that has been in place since late 2012.