Sentences with phrase «election issue which»

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The notes, which were photographed as one of his aides closed the binder during a short break from testifying, were extensive and covered issues of data scraping, data safety, and matters surrounding disturbing content on the platform, as well as broader issues of diversity, competition, Facebook's business model, Apple's business model, and «Election Integrity (Russia).»

«For sure, the priorities are immigration, the control of borders, of Europe, (the issue of) cultural identities and the understanding of how the Italian society should move ahead in a globalized world,» Terzi di Sant «Agata said, following the Italian election result which pointed to a hung parliament where no one party or coalition gained a majority of the vote that would allow it to govern alone.

The Cambridge Analytica issue was the reason Zuckerberg was on Capitol Hill, answering questions for the second time in two days about how the group - which has counted U.S. President Donald Trump's election campaign among its clients - got hold of data on many millions of Facebook users.

And now that the time for revisionist history has arrived, and strategists no longer have to serve a political agenda and scare investors and traders into voting with their wallets, the research reports calling for precisely the outcome that we expected are coming in fast and furious, starting with none other than Goldman, whose chief strategist David Kostin issued a note overnight in which he says that «the equity market response to the election result will be limited» and adds that «our year - end 2016 price target for the S&P 500 remains 2100, roughly 2 % below the current level of 2140.»

With less than 100 days until the May 9 B.C. Election, the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade has released its 2017 Provincial Election Platform, which outlines key issues and priorities of the regional business community and makes a series of recommendations to the parties running to form the next Provincial Government.

Having tried to dissuade Trump behind the scenes, hoping that he would vacillate on this issue as he had on DACA and guns, the usually supine Republican leaders Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan finally spoke up after five days of public silence, expressing concern on the part of their followers that the tariffs would set off a trade war and wipe out the economic gains on which they were pinning their November election prospects.

A lack of response from the governing BC Liberals turned corporate cash into a major issue in this year's provincial election, which Christy Clark's Liberals ultimately lost.

Tribune Publishing, which earlier had announced the election of the directors (who needed only a plurality of those voting), issued a rejoinder saying Gannett's claim was misleading.

By contrast, health care, which was the number one issue in that election, dropped from 20 percent to 14 percent.

Company president Ian Anderson issued a statement saying Kinder Morgan is confident it can answer concerns and is incorporating feedback into the project plans regardless of which party wins the election.

Election experts say Facebook must crack down on inflammatory ads on politically divisive issues such as immigration reform and gun rights, which were used to influence voters during and after the presidential campaign.

Both parties have issues which I disagree, but the greater one this election is in my wallet.

Although intelligence reform is fundamentally a law - and - order issue which ought to appeal to conservative voters, this cautious election year augurs ill for reform in two additional ways.

It makes no difference who is in political power with respect to the economy which was the number one issue in the election.

We may, however, raise questions about which issues should bear the greatest weight in the election.

Ultimately, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick read portions of the letter and the Vatican response to it at a service for Kennedy in Washington, D.C. News reports called the Vatican letter pro forma, and its cited portions avoid mention of the social issues on which Kennedy not only defied his faith, but spearheaded defiance of his faith — a modus operandi that is still deployed (and was just deployed in the recent Lamb - Saccone special election in Pennsylvania) by pro-choice Catholic Democrats.

During that year's general election, the bishops of England and Wales had issued a document entitled The Common Good, which sought to apply....

The next paragraph drove home the agonising dilemma facing the followers of a movement which has always been profoundly loyal to the papacy, most of whom were undoubtedly hoping for the election of Joseph Ratzinger as Pope John Paul's successor: «TheVatican ruling, issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, indicates that the Pope accepts that there is substance to the charges against Fr Maciel, some of which date back to the 1940s.»

He asks us to believe that the U.S. bishops issued a statement called «Political Responsibility» during a U.S. election year that merely rediscovers nineteenth - century German social thought, which by chance offers a political platform that, by sheer coincidence, parallels the U.S. Democratic platform program by program, yet these very bishops are completely immune from influence by the current political constellation in their headquarters» host city of Washington, D.C. Further, this very professor tells us that the problem with Republicans» the party of Ford, Bush, and Dole» is that they are excessively committed to the «unfettered free market» and lack «faith in the government's ability to provide» social benefits, a position he claims is completely contrary to the Catholic faith.

For the first time in Australia, state elections in Tasmania in 1989 brought five «Greens» into parliament, which resulted in them having the balance of power with the prospect of a major change in direction in environmental issues in that state.

Says the chief justice: «It conflicts with our whole history and tradition to permit questions of the Religion Clauses to assume such importance in our legislatures and in our elections that they could divert attention from the myriad issues and problems which confront every level of government» (ibid., 622).

Oh wait, she covers her hair too... (side note: According to Islamic beliefs, Mary is considered the most pious of women and is granted a high place in Paradise for her righteousness)-- Another interesting note to make is that this New York mosque, which was once the Burlington Coat Factory, was bought a long time before now, How interesting that politicians are making an issue of it now, before elections.

One method by which they attempted to rally support for politicians who supported their particular causes was by endorsing a «rating» system which collated scores for each individual legislator according to how that legislator voted on several issues considered by the broadcasters to be «Christian» issues of the election.

Conservative Christian singer Fabricio Alvarado has won the first - round of Costa Rica's presidential election, which was dominated by the issue of same - sex marriage.

In an election season of intense conflict, it's amazing to think that breastfeeding babies is an issue on which nearly all of us agree.

NEW LENOX — The New Lenox Park District's Sanctuary Golf Course, which became an issue in the April election, is steadily gaining ground financially, park officials said at a press conference Tuesday.

«I think it's a sign of the times that it's the Lib Dems that have the best team - that have Vince,» he corrected, before adding quickly, «as the most authoritative spokesperson on an issue which is dominating this election agenda».

If it is being considered a workable model we are in a world which is much more realistic than the one we were in before — and certainly more than the one we were in before the election, when May's tragic - comic aides killed all rational thought about the issue.

It's only the issue which will, after all, decide the next general election.

The current British Election Study has collected data from about 4,000 Scots on a variety of political issues — one of which is Scottish independence — and also includes a large amount of background information, including each respondent's placement on the «Big Five» personality dimensions.

Hunting became a particularly high - profile political issue in the late 1990s, with the election of Tony Blair's Labour government, which in its 1997 manifesto promised MPs a free vote on a ban on hunting with hounds.

In an article titled «Russia: The Ethnicity Issue,» which Putin published in January 2012 ahead of the presidential election, his ambiguous support for ethnically - based nationalism was apparent.

Regarding our involment in election management from 2011 up till the generals election of 2015, l would say that, despite the apolcalytic projections either about the elections or about the country going under on account of some devisive issues, the successful transition of Nigeria from same - party democratic consolidation to opposition party democratic consolidation, which is not very common, especially in our continent, is indicative of progress and we should congratulate ourselves as a people and a country.

No doubt, there should be a thorough parliamentary debate on the issue, but instead of forcing a decision in this parliament, which could well be as controversial and divisive as the ill - fated referendum, I strongly agree with Nick Clegg that by far the best and most dignified way out of the current mess would be to ask the people in the proper constitutional way by calling an snap general election:

There are cameo appearances by some banker puppets that are supposed to be Lazio's friends from JPMorgan and by the «tax man» (dressed as Uncle Sam) character from the 2000 US Senate election, during which the candidate's tax returns were also an issue.

This is an interesting data point, particularly since the mayor just decided to drop his latest push for nonpartisan elections — a major pet issue of his and a priority for the large - i Independence Party, which gave Bloomberg its line for the third straight time last year.

The president's re-election campaign has released a new TV ad in which former President Bill Clinton endorses the administration's approach to boosting the economy — an issue voters say tops their lists of concerns this election season.

Viloria - Fisher spoke about property tax relief — an issue Cuomo has made part of his campaign platform and one that is crucial to voters in the suburbs, which are expected to be a battleground in the upcoming general election — particularly in the fight for control of the state Senate.

He can't on the one hand acknowledge a vacancy to have occurred in March that he uses as a defense to issue a Special Election in November because he must declare the Special Election within 30 - 40 days of said acknoledgement, and then claim on the other hand the vacancy occurs after July 1st which precludes him from calling the Special in the first place.

In the recent blowup over the unverifiable allegation by a White House spokesman that GCHQ was spying on Trump before the election at the behest of the previous administration, the GCHQ issued a rare statement claiming that because of Five Eyes agreement (which dates to the 1970s) they do not participate in circumventing the laws of other participating nations.

This article is the first of four parts of a larger article I wrote for the Campaigns & Elections special edition on the CampaignTech conference, which is shipping with the current issue of the magazine.

But Cuomo has said he would push to make gun control — which has become a key issue for him after the passage of the SAFE Act in 2013 — a centerpiece concern in the 2016 presidential election.

This is the third of four parts of a larger article I wrote for the Campaigns & Elections special edition on the CampaignTech conference, which is shipping with the current issue of the magazine.

This is the second of four parts of a larger article I wrote for the Campaigns & Elections special edition on the CampaignTech conference, which is shipping with the current issue of the magazine.

Expenditure is «controlled» if it is spending on election activities which «can reasonably be regarded as intended to influence voters to vote for or against political parties or categories of candidates including those parties and categories of candidates who support or do not support particular policies or issues».

Stay tuned for updates about which parties are dominating coverage, who is setting the agenda, and how far broadcasters cover the issues voters need to know about before election day.

The Lobbying Act has been widely criticised for the chilling effect it is having on the lawful raising of issues by third party campaigners which legitimately require airing at election time.

Online political ads in New York elections will have to disclose who's paying for them under legislation signed by Cuomo — an issue on which he was called out by Nixon.

He was picketed by religious groups during the 2010 election campaign for his stance on family and parenting issues, which, as outlined in the poll opposite, went down like a lead balloon with some Christian voters.

The special will run concurrent with the November general election, which addresses the cost issue that the governor has been citing as the main reason behind the delay of this decision.