Sentences with phrase «do during an election year»

Striking the balance between ideals and reality is what state lawmakers are trying to do during an election year budget season that will culminate in both sides of the aisle spinning the typical deal - making in their political favor.

Do it during an election year, when politicians in 2009 might say, «Central bank independence hasn't helped the nation.

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At the very least, our editors said, the Fed should do more to reduce the appearance of being political, especially during an election year.

The Putinesque shirtless photos of the 81 - year - old billionaire published during the election probably didn't help.

Macron's campaign was hacked shortly before the presidential election last year, but, thanks to France's election - silence law, it didn't have anywhere near the impact of the hack of the Democratic National Committee during the 2016 election in the U.S..

During the election campaign, Mr. Trudeau didn't shy away from acknowledging that his party's plans to invest in infrastructure would result in several years of deficit spending.

It's all just political grandstanding during election years I'm sure and nothing to do with helping grieving family members left behind.

The reason I bring it up is because I think NYPIRG may have done a report / survey of state websites around 2002ish questioning the Governor's use of state resources to promote himself during an election year.

I am a Labour supporter, and have been for many years, but my problem with any established political party is they don't keep the promises they make during election campaigns.

NYSUT chose not to endorse the Governor during last year's election, though they didn't block the endorsement by the AFL - CIO, their umbrella labor group, which they likely could have.

A delegation made up of heads of various Christian and Muslim organisations in DR Congo held discussions with the former President on how DR Congo could ensure a peaceful environment before, during and after their elections as Ghana has been doing successfully for years.

Maybe it does, but given the speculation over a possible general election polls during conference were inevitable this year).

He was required to submit seven reports during that election year, but didn't file any paperwork until the summer of 2006, and only after the failure prompted press coverage.

Robinson said that she doesn't «trust» the timing of the reunification since the change came during an election year, and she blames the defunct group for holding up liberal legislation in the state Senate.

In fact, after the submission of the list of candidates for the election last year, all those candidates in the Oguebego faction went about their normal businesses and most of them did not even work for their colleagues during the campaigns.

«Yes, I understand we have peace in this country but we shouldn't forget most of these countries that had war used to be most peaceful than Ghana but considering how some politicians have taken this year's elections as a «Do and Die Affair» we need to start preaching peace and start telling everyone that we want peace before, during and after elections — so that anyone who's planning anything evil can know that we Ghanaians are not interested» she said.

Critics of the move also suggested that Khan's keynote speech last year — during which he used the word «power» 34 times and appeared to be positioning himself as the election winner who could save the Labour party - might have had something to do with it.

But they did collectively benefit from well over $ 1 million from REBNY during the 2014 elections, which spent big to help the Republicans re-take the majority with an eye toward getting a clean extension — in other words, no pro-tenant changes — of the rent laws this year.

Actress Susan Sarandon doesn't seem to have any regrets over her staunch opposition to Hillary Clinton during last year's election, saying: «I did think she was very, very dangerous.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke twice with Russia's ambassador to the U.S. last year — encounters he did not disclose during his confirmation hearings — fueling calls for him to either resign or recuse himself from a Justice Department investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

He was required to submit seven reports during that election year, but didn't file any paperwork until the summer of 2006, and only after his failure prompted press coverage.

Apparently Labour didn't bother with daily polling during the Tory conference this year, so while the Conservatives were seeing the polls rapidly reverse as the days went past, Labour were still sailing merrily onwards towards an early election until the weekly polling figures arrived...

Cuomo spokesman Richard Azzopardi said the only GOP Senate candidate Cuomo backed was one who put his career on the line by voting for gay marriage and noted Gianaris has said the governor did everything the Senate Dems asked to during last year's elections.

And if the electorate do next year revert to thinking somewhat about the UK during UK elections, albeit not enough to vote Labour, Salmond's logic is that the party's «I'll work with Labour» approach will not greatly upset people.

One of the more - interested observers of last Tuesday's election results was Zephyr Teachout, who helped crystallize the voter discontent with Governor Cuomo during her Democratic primary run that contributed to Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins — who got even less exposure to the electorate than she did — capturing 5 percent of the ballots for Governor, tripling his vote total from four years earlier.

Attempts to reduce the Legislators» salaries last year were blocked by members of the Majority Caucus and the County charter does not allow salary reduction legislation to be voted on during an election year.

During a radio interview with Geraldo Rivera last week, Grimm spoke openly about the possibility that he could leave the House if the court case doesn't go his way, setting up a special election next year.

With scandals and recent vacancies, the relative strength of the two major parties in the Senate has shifted around a bit during the two years since the last election, but at no time during that period did Republicans have enough votes to govern as a majority on their own.

The Chairman announced that during the second quarter of the exercise, CVR would be moved to polling unit level for Ekiti and Osun states that are having governorship elections this year as was done in Anambra state which had governorship election last November.

We don't know because we need to see what the book's like if and when we win the next election, however we have said we'll stick to the spending plans during the first year.

While it is common that elected officials when endorsed during an election year are often asked to contribute to various parties to defray the cost of literature and advertising, it is unusual when this is done in an off - election year.

Tyga is now defiant about his relationship with 17 - year - old Kylie Jenner... he doesn't care about the laws prohibiting adults from having sex During his election campaign Donald Trump made no secret of his hostility to China, or at least to.

In episode 105, four stories explore the cost of stubbornness: a man refuses to acknowledge some important events in his wife's life; a 14 - year - old boy decides he will never, ever fall in love; a politician attempts to win an election without telling a single lie; a man who continues doing a job during an emergency when most people would probably stop.

[However] in four southern states — Aabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas — Obama did more poorly than John Kerry did four years ago... During Reconstruction, there were as many as 16 black members of Congress, but by 1901, black Southerners had been virtually expunged from politics, even as voters... Governing is complicated, so merely winning an election does not constitute the end of the battle.»

Did you know that seats of 471 members of Congress, 36 governors, and 46 state legislatures will be on the ballots during this year's midterm elections?

I was very impressed with my publicists who developed top notch pitch materials and followed through with persistence and dedication in trying to sell a book featuring war photography, which can be very tough to do, particularly during a presidential election year.

If you do not change your election during the annual selection period, your category will remain the same as the previous year.

He said that the push is an extension of the work the company has done as a subcontractor on a variety of government projects during the last 14 years — and that SCL would have sought the new work no matter who had won the election.

This was, according to a report in the Guardian from last year, SCL's first foray into big data targeting and foreshadowed the voter analytics work U.S. billionaire Robert Mercer financed the company to do under its American arm, Cambridge Analytica, during the 2016 U.S. election.

Mark Zuckerberg did not testify in front of Congress this week to explain how Russian actors used Facebook to try and spread disinformation during last year's U.S. presidential election.

«We don't expect to see any sort of broad change of key issues until the election is over a year from now, which just means more uncertainty during the entire election cycle and less confidence,» says Ed Padilla, CEO of Northmarq Capital in Minneapolis.