Sentences with phrase «democratic will of»

The symposium notes that the Uluru Statement is the ultimate expression of the democratic will of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders from the many nations of Australia to find a voice at the national level.

The court stressed that Connecticut law has long recognized need to protect the democratic will of the people who elect their local boards of education.

A Conservative spokesman said: «Alex Salmond has confirmed he would sabotage the democratic will of the British people in order to make Ed Miliband prime minister.

Today, ignoring the democratic will of the County Committee, Manhattan political boss and lobbyist Keith Wright met Brooklyn political boss Fran Seddio at a cheesecake fundraiser and chose Brian Kavanagh as the Democratic nominee.

But while the nature and composition of the Lords has changed from an hereditary chamber to one almost wholly appointed, the democratic will of the people has always found resistance.

International Trade Secretary Liam Fox, a leading voice in the 2016 campaign to get Britain out of the EU, told BBC Radio 4's Today: «It is not acceptable for an unelected house to try to block the democratic will of the British people.»

The added factor of needing a referendum on AV might slow the process a little, but would also likely see the Lords more readily accept the changes to the voting system (not wanting to defy the democratic will of the people).

To explore such avenues would be no retreat from the democratic will of the people.

Wike, who spoke through his Commissioner for Information and Communication, Dr. Austin Tam - George, said, «Governor Wike is a democrat and has never been associated with the subversion of democratic will of the members of the PDP or of the general electoral process in the country.

Such an attitude means that those who continue to object to the country's current trajectory are dismissed as arrogant, patronising and of being in contempt of the democratic will of the public.

The policies he implemented expressed the democratic will of the people, as they were ultimately designed to benefit the majority of the people, to alleviate poverty and eradicate ignorance.

Owen Smith says we need to win then perhaps presents himself as part of the ELITE arrogantly calling for a second EC referendum (against the democratic will of the British people) and at a stroke loses 17.4 m Out voters!

So Smith wants a Labour Government then with his call for another referendum on the EC (not accepting the democratic will of he people) the first thing he does is slap 17m Out voters in the face and a significant number of these are potential Labour voters!

British foreign secretary Jack Straw said afterwards that there was «strong evidence that they [the results] do not reflect the free, democratic will of the Zimbabwean people».

My second objection is that the EU often works against the democratic will of its member states.

We can not allow a timid and cowardly Parliamentary Party to undermine the democratic will of its members and diverge from that goal.

It has gone through the Assembly stages but due to Tory opposition did not make it through the wash up at Westminster despite it clearly being the democratic will of Wales.

«How we work together to put in place the democratic will of the Scottish people will be defining - both for us as individuals and for us we as we work to redefine our place within the United Kingdom.»

For it does not change the fundamental fact that not everything in the Roman - Catholic Church is left to the democratic will of the Christian people, including its ministers.

Not exact matches

Overall, in both chambers, the number of top Democratic committee members from coastal states will decline in next year's Congress.

And how about this uplifting message from Jagmeet Singh after he won the leadership of the New Democratic Party on the weekend: «At a time when people are feeling so despondent, when there is a lack of hope, when it feels like things will only get worse before they get better, Canadians must stand united and champion a politics of courage to fight the politics of fear.»

... Does that sound to you like the temperament of a man we should elect as president, and how will you answer the charge from Hillary Clinton, who was likely to be the Democratic nominee, that you are part of the war on women?»

In an Oct. 4 letter to acting Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy, Sen. Marco Rubio demanded the branch nullify the military commission of 2nd Lt. Spenser Rapone, the West Point graduate, Afghanistan combat veteran, and self - identified member of the Democratic Socialists of America who posted photos of himself wearing a Che Guevara shirt under his uniform and a «Communism Will Win» sign tucked into his cover on Sept. 24.

«Pelosi is already the most unpopular politician in America — something House Democratic candidates would agree with — and the prospect of her implementing an extremely progressive agenda will be a huge motivator for Republicans this fall,» National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) spokesman Jesse Hunt wrote in an email to reporters.

This means the government will resist taking ownership of economic growth that could fade, while the Conservative and New Democratic parties will continue to exaggerate the weaknesses.

When Florida Gov. Rick Scott announced he will run against Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson Monday, he set off a race that experts say will likely become one of the most expensive campaigns in U.S. history

Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said the Trump campaign will «have to answer for the content» of the speech.

At least five Democratic Representatives will boycott President Trump's State of the Union address on Jan. 30.

In the upper chamber, Minority Leader Harry Reid (D - NV) will be retiring at the end of 2016, clearing the path for Senator Chuck Schumer (D - NY) to take the lead of the Senate Democratic caucus in 2017.

Hours before the US launched the missiles, Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee and former secretary of state, said the previous administration «should have been more willing to confront Assad» after previous chemical attacks killed thousands of innocent civilians.

While Congress is in the hands of a Republican majority, getting Democrats to go along with cutting taxes for the wealthiest Americans — as is Trump's plan — will be a tough sell; while the Republicans control the Senate, the Democratic minority could filibuster bills they don't like.

Bernie Sanders, the insurgent candidate currently enjoying a nice bounce in the polls for who will be the Democratic nominee for president, will be among the first guests for Stephen Colbert as he launches his new version of the «Late Show,» according to Variety.

Three - quarters of Democratic millionaires say the economy will be the same or weaker next year.

In other, less democratic countries, the government will dictate and control all aspects of how a company exists.

Oregon Representative Peter DeFazio, the top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, who was in Trump's meeting with a dozen Democratic and Republican lawmakers, said the president also told them he would be willing to increase the amount of federal spending beyond the $ 200 billion he is seeking for the infrastructure program.

If Democratic legislative candidates run as strongly in 2019 as Northam did this year, they'll end up with 58 % of the seats in the House of Delegates and 60 % of the seats in the Senate, and they'll be able to write whatever Medicaid plan they want.

Rick Perry, the three - term governor of Texas, and Lindsey Graham, the senior senator from South Carolina, will join half - a-dozen already declared candidates for president, including two Democratic hopefuls.

«Nothing indicates that there will be retrogression, both in the democratic system and in the conduct of the Brazilian economy, toward a broad participation and integration with the rest of the world,» says Solival Menezes, a former economics professor at the University of São Paulo, who now operates a business consultancy in Canada.

She will not win the White House with the traditional politics of the Democratic Party.

Skeptics will question whether he is a little too corporate - friendly for the tastes of Democratic primary voters.

According to the Ivanplats prospectus, released back in September, most of the funds raised will be put toward several projects throughout the continent, including its US$ 2 - billion Kamoa copper project in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has 9.2 million tonnes of measured and indicated resources and 12.5 million tonnes inferred.

«DEA will carry out its assessment of the FDA recommendation in accordance with the [Controlled Substances Act]... and hopes to release its determination in the first half of 2016,» the DEA said in a letter to a group of Democratic senators, first obtained by The Huffington Post.

Although we will still block content based on standards and local laws, our hope is that this system of personal controls and democratic referenda should minimize restrictions on what we can share.

Given the worrying headlines that consistently swirl around the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, common sense suggests that you'd be hard pressed to find a vacationer willing to take a trip there.

Messina says the same will hold true for the manager of the 2016 Democratic presidential campaign.

«I will agree that there have been a significant number of smart, leading folks from the Ohio Democratic Party or who have held Ohio Democratic Party elected positions who have talked to Jerry about this,» he said.

Throughout the homestretch of the presidential campaign, Inc.com will post a series of articles that focus on three questions that leading entrepreneurs would like to pose to the Democratic and Republican candidates.

In response, Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. notes that this frivolous lawsuit is a last - ditch effort to substantiate the baseless Russian collusion allegations by a nearly - bankrupt Democratic Party still trying to counter the will of the people in the 2016 presidential election.

The campaign called the suit a «frivolous,» «partisan» and meritless action that represents a «last - ditch effort» by a «nearly - bankrupt Democratic Party» still trying to counter the will of the American public.

Weddings are both a joyous family affair and a tangle of moving parts — perhaps it's the stress of making sure one Trump - voting aunt won't be seated next to a Democratic in - law, or rerouting those flowers from the wrong location on the big day — that make the event notoriously stressful for both brides and grooms.