Sentences with phrase «few members stated»

A few members stated they would not move forward with the bill unless the necessary funds appeared in the proposal as a defense against adding more debt to the deficit.

A few members stated they thought our service, though valuable, was too expensive.

On the contrary, a key role was played with by European Council and by a few member states in a fully intergovernmanental manner, by the Troika — composed by the IMF, the ECB and the European Commission -, and by the ECB which played a crucial role in avoiding the rise of crisis - hit countries borrowing cost, but without any democratic mandate.

Johnson added that the original EU vision was first outlined when there were far fewer member states with similar wage rates.

Not exact matches

Only a few states put a limit on the number of owners (called members), which can usually include corporations, other LLCs, and foreign entities.

For York, American churches produce few martyrs because its members are so willing to do violence when the state asks them to.

He and his wife settled on health care sharing — where fellow members pay a few hundred dollars a month to cover each other's major medical bills — after they struggled to find major insurance carriers in their state that offered individual plans or affordable options through the ACA marketplace.

One single member of the church sent an email to her family and a few friends stating that she was going to fast and some of those friends passed it along.

Matt Huffman, a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives (term - limited out), and now running for state senate in Jordan's district, remembers going to Jordan's daughter's wedding a few years ago and being surprised at who he ended up sitting with for dinner.

A note to Jesse Palmer and other members of the ESPN broadcast crew: Kansas State has played in quite a few big games before.

A few decades ago, home birth in the United States was mostly limited to insular religious communities like the Amish and to dedicated members of the counterculture like Gaskin, whose husband founded The Farm as a commune in the 1970s.

Dabiri - Erewa, a former member of the House of Representatives from Lagos, received her appointment letter at the State House in Abuja few minutes ago.

In particular, the UK isn't as protective as a few other member states.

With potentially five new member states to join the EU in the next few years, a question arises: Is today's EU ready for a further enlargement?

If the state Senate remains in Democratic hands, the few remaining GOP House members (there are two right now, but that's likely to grow by at least one — NY - 29 is a likely pick - up for the Republicans) will be in the crosshairs.

New York is one of the few states in the country where someone can win the nomination of a party without being a member.

Among others, this requires unanimous approval by all present members — which might get blocked by Spain as well as by a few other member states who are afraid of secession movements within their own borders.

Some member states (those who see a risk of themselves losing territories to an independence movement) would likely favor # 1, while those who regained their independence in the last few decades (the Baltic and ex-Yugoslavian states) might hold different views.

The EU's justice commissioner, Franco Frattini, said he would be drawing up plans in the next few weeks to better share passenger information, including biometric data such as iris scans and fingerprints, among member states and other international allies.

To give a few examples, apart from those from outside the European Economic Area who can not lawfully work at all, there have been restrictions on migrants from new EU members states (to self - employment for a period of seven years), those on Tier 2 visas (to a named employer), on students (who may work, but not full time or in a profession), and on domestic workers (who may not seek another employer even if abused).

The state Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment is expected to release its first - draft maps within the next few weeks, and the members of Eastern Queens United stressed the importance of seeing their neighborhoods represented by one state Assembly district.

Monday, members of Syracuse University (SU) announced the iconic Carrier Dome will be receiving a new fixed roof, state - of - the - art sound and lighting equipment, a vertically hung scoreboard and improved Wi - Fi communications to name just a few of the improvement set for the beginning of the 2020 fall semester.

Over the past few years, various members of that team have figured in federal investigations stretching from Newark in the north, to Asbury Park on the Jersey shore, to Camden at the state's southern tip, and across the Delaware River into the sullied administration of Philadelphia Mayor John Street.

No fewer than 35,000 members from the People Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday decamped to the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kogi state.

State lawmakers said a few years ago they would no longer permit the controversial member item program to continue, but critics said the old system, which gave taxpayer money to legislators» pet projects, is being revived in a new form.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has reaffirmed that the party will not recognize parallel congress organised by some aggrieved members of the party in few states.

New York State voters may not have short memories, but fewer members of the electorate, compared with those seven months ago, are now opposed to a Spitzer political comeback.

With the exception of a GOP House member losing in North Carolina, upsets were few and far between in a four - state primary night.

There aren't many high - profile races on the ballot, but we will soon have two new members of the City Council, two new District Attorneys (Staten Island and the Bronx), and a few new state legislators.

Lawmakers and community members say they have been told that the state under Cuomo will be unveiling a number of «enhanced areas» in the next few weeks where homeowners will be able to apply for a buyout worth 100 percent of their homes pre-storm value, with a five percent incentive if they move within their borough.

More than 200 members of the clergy from around New York state are writing to urge Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers to raise the age of criminal responsibility so fewer juvenile offenders end up in adult prisons.

No fewer than 10 Boko Haram members have been killed by the Nigerian Army in Kangarwa, Kukawa Local government area, Born state on Friday.

No fewer than 700 farmers, fishermen and members of their families, who were held captive by Boko Haram terrorists as farm workers have fled the various islands in Lake Chad to Monguno Borno State.

Two SUNY Buffalo State faculty members have boldly ventured where few academics have gone before.

But, he said this was true of all EU member states, while the UK is one of the few European nations on course to meet its Kyoto targets.

But the legislative selections brought a few eyebrow - raisers, including a host of «no endorsements» for freshmen Assembly Democrats and Senate Republicans who had the temerity to vote — along with many more seasoned members of their majority conferences — «yes» on creating a sixth tier in the state pension fund.

The action plan would see VAT being paid on all transactions (with a few exceptions) and then recovered from the EU member state where it was incurred if the goods were used to make taxable supplies of goods and services.

However, few weeks after Mr. Afoko's revelations, the party has had it leaders issuing threats upon threats to people, as well as state institutions, especially the Ghana Police Service, the Electoral Commission (EC) and members of their main political opponents; the National Democratic Congress (NDC), creating fear and panic.

ALBANY — Democrats in the State Assembly are considering a rules change that would allow majority leader Joe Morelle to continue to act as speaker as negotiations over the state budget intensify in the next few months, according to several memState Assembly are considering a rules change that would allow majority leader Joe Morelle to continue to act as speaker as negotiations over the state budget intensify in the next few months, according to several memstate budget intensify in the next few months, according to several members.

His aides pointed out that relatively few state legislators — including Democratic Assembly members from New York City — have publicly supported congestion pricing compared with the broad legislative support for marriage equality and the minimum wage going into budget negotiations.

A few members of the New York state legislature are protesting the subsidies, including state Sen. David Carlucci, who serves on the senate's energy committee.

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, no fewer than 7, 235 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau State have dumped the broom and...

(Worth noting: While fewer than 300 state committee members voted in the presidential straw poll, 421 members cast ballots in the race for state party chairman — a reminder that it's wise not to read to much into the straw poll results.)

Silver, who has privately told members of his leadership team that he sees no choice but to make major spending cuts next year, also disclosed that he had invited Cuomo to address a closed - door meeting of the Assembly Democratic Conference in the next few weeks to bluntly outline «the realities» faced by the state.

Crony capitalism is the means by which those who seize the power of the state use it to distribute the wealth of the state to a few oligarchs, mostly their friends, members of their families, or lovers — basically a narrow population — to control and dominate state wealth for the maintenance of the idea of private property.

So, with this I think the next wiser step left for Osoba is to lead his people out of (Egypt) APC to promised land.Moreso, with what his on grand now in ogun state toward 2015 election, am sorry for Amosu, especially when all who is who in ogun politics are ready to work with Osoba and there is strong alliance discussion going on in opposition party, but people even in Amosun cabinet were leaving APC day by day, I foresee what happened in Ekiti and kwara between Olushola SARAKI and then governor Lawal again in ogun come 2015, The victory of Aregbesola for APC in osun is so diffrent with this: some few month to election in osun many politician especially former governors were started joining APC to support Aregbesola while reverse is the case in ogun here, many even in cabinet are leaving the government to oppose Amosun, just imagine ew months to election now all former governors were agaist Amosun, all senators, Reps, and many assembly members were leaving APC agaist him and this is just the begining.Though,» ETI O WUN A WI TI OLUWA LASE» yet All EYI O WUN TI A NWI NI 2001, ILE OSOBA NI OLUWA TI FI ADE SI NI 2011.

No fewer than 5,000 members including 59 leaders of the All Progressives Congress, Bayelsa State chapter, have dumped the party for the Peoples Democratic Party.

«Although my current state of health will prevent me from playing an energetic part in the election campaign, I am confident that if I am re-elected I will be able to resume my duties as member of parliament with renewed vigour within a very few months,» he wrote.

State lawmakers said a few years ago that they would no longer permit the controversial member item program to continue, but critics say the old system, which gave taxpayer money to legislators» pet projects, is being revived in a new form.

A local State Committee member for the 26th A.D in Queens has a front row seat to the Democratic National Convention and he's sent Queens - Politics a few pictures to share the experience.