Sentences with phrase «fight over seats»

Everyone will fight over these seats.

The high - stakes fight over his seat could affect control over the Senate, where Republicans hold on to power with a coalition of Independent Democrats.

Not exact matches

During the financial crisis of 2008, Bair insisted that she and her agency have a seat at the table, where she worked — and fought — with Henry Paulson, then the treasury secretary, and Timothy Geithner, the president of the New York Federal Reserve, as they tried to cobble together solutions that would keep the financial system from going over a cliff.

Icahn launched a successful proxy fight and secured seats on the board for himself and two others, putting Antioco on the defensive over his strategies for growth.

One afternoon as they raged over the question of who would sit in the front seat as Mom drove them home on the daily commute, I asked, «Is there anything you two won't fight about?»

Car seat, infant and diaper bag in one hand, writhing, shoeless four - year - old in the other, four and five year old trailing behind and ultimately fighting over which seat in the van was most awesome that night.

One sip and I'm suddenly transported back to my childhood... fighting over a strawberry milkshake with my brothers in the back seat of my mom's old green station wagon we referred to as The Pickle Mobile.

Last night my husband and I took all five kids, drove 2 hours, stood in the cold for 45 minutes until the doors opened and we got herded inside, then we fought the crowd of over 8,000 people to find seats — all so our kids could enjoy Winter Jam 2010.

The three do not have to fight over specific seats because each will enjoy an equal vantage point.

I was worried that my boys would not enjoy sitting behind the stroller, but more times than not it is a fight over who gets to sit in that seat.

Although the food industry has taken a back seat in the bitter political fight over reauthorizing the law, many companies continue to be concerned about its sodium standards.

Since there's no «front» or «back» seat, there's less to fight over when the children get older.

other people that left double stroller reviews really liked the fact the seats and canopies are independently adjustable, no more kids fighting over where to put the canopy an the back or the seat.

The potty training accidents, the endless snack requests and subsequent spills, the constant fight over the need to actually be buckled into a car seat — these may not be the highlights of each day, but somewhere along with that first baby smile, the hilarious comments only a toddler is capable of making, and the out - of - nowhere hugs that make you want to freeze time, they all combine to make one amazing lifetime of experiences.

There are also a number of fights over empty seats worth watching.

Perhaps the fiercest fight over the payroll tax is happening in southern Suffolk County, where incumbent Brian X. Foley is defending his seat against Republican Lee Zeldin.

Former Yonkers Inspector General Dan Schorr on Thursday announced his bid for the 37th Senate district in Westchester County, a seat that is at the center of a fight over control for the chamber.

Simon, Sikora and Biviano are fighting to take over the seat being vacated by longtime Assemblymember Joan Millman.

A city - country fight is underway over who should get the GOP nod to run for the seat Sen. Dale Volker is vacating.

That would mean Labour and the Conservatives fighting over 550 seats.

In all, 2,700 English councils seats were fought over, along with 129 Scottish Parliament seats, 60 in the Welsh Assembly, and all Police and Crime Commissioner posts in Wales and England.

One item, a fight over family court seats, has the attention of some local members of the state delegation.

Carlina Rivera is likely to take over this seat, with biker / pastor Rick del Rio — who challenged Mendez in 2013 — putting up a fight.

But with the seat open this year, some observers believe the union will opt to stay on the sidelines and see how the race, which could prove crucial in the fight over who controls the chamber, plays out.

If the special elections turn into a fight over the majority, with Cuomo perhaps forced to take a more bullish stance on Democrats gaining seats in the state Senate, it could upset his negotiations with the state Legislature.

They have to fight as long as they can over this stolen seat.

According to the Rallings and Thrasher projection, the seat would have returned a Conservative MP at the last general election with a majority of a little over 500, if it had been fought under the new boundaries which are about to come into effect.

The view Tony Blair has destroyed the Labour Party, by his critics is often met with, the last election Neil Kinnock fought, he got 34.5 %, the last election Blair fought he got 35.3 %» all be it, on a lower turnout, those who'd been in the party for years, who resigned over Iraq, stopped voting labour in 2005, even though Blair was on his way out, lost MPs who were against Iraq, their seats

We don't yet know for sure the impact of the reduction in the number of constituencies — the Conservatives should be the net beneficiaries, but the parties will fight over every boundary line; until the new map is drawn we won't know how many seats will change hands for a given swing.

But several speakers hinted at battles that will be fought this spring over two vacant Senate seats and the composition of the three - conference chamber.

In Nassau County, an open seat for county executive is being fought over by former Sen. Jack Martins, a Republican, and Democratic County Legislator Laura Curran.

In 2012, Espaillat pushed hard to have a Latino congressional district drawn uptown, saying a political «war» could break out if blacks and Hispanics had to fight over the same congressional seat.

Mixed in is the fight over control of the county Legislature, with Democrats seeking to regain control and Republicans seeking to add another seat to the majority caucus, adding to the current six - to - five margin.

We would have to fight over getting the seat back.»

Over the last few weeks we have published a variety of lists, categorising a number of the next generation of Conservative MPs - the candidates fighting Tory - held or top 200 target seats at the next general election.

The Labour MP for Worsley, Barbara Keeley, will be fighting the Worsley and Eccles South seat, where she will defend a notional Labour majority of 10,001 (based on the Rallings and Thrasher calculations) over the Conservatives, which means Iain requires a swing of 12.8 % to gain the seat.

However, he resigned as an MP in a one - man protest over civil liberties in 2008 to fight a byelection in his own seat.

It will be surprising if her party's lead over Labour is not increased by at least 30 seats, which will probably ensure a Commons majority of about 90 — a solid foundation for the 2022 election, which will probably be fought in new constituencies likely to boost the Tory lead over Labour by at least another 20 seats despite the reduction by 50 in the number of MPs.

In a postponed selection, local man and Party Agent Stephen McPartland was yesterday selected to fight Stevenage, another seat with a Labour majority of just over 3000.

In Nevada, which has the only Democratic - held Senate seat being aggressively fought over this year, strategists in both parties say Republicans have an advantage in the race to succeed Harry Reid, the minority leader.

How can you fight corruption in a country where parliamentary seats are skewed up deliberately and insidiously to perpetually put a section of the country in advantage over others?

Two - term Democratic Rep. Michael Arcuri is fighting to hold his seat for a third term in a do - over race against Republican Richard Hanna.

This is fought - over seat by pretty much everyone in our house.

Driver's brooding performance, equal parts justifiable resentment and melancholy, is wonderfully nuanced, and a perfect counterpoint to Ridley's explosive idealism, though it is an idealism fighting its own battle to dominate her own deep - seated angst over having been abandoned by her parents when she was a child.

Police arrived at the AMC theater where witnesses reported a fight between several people over assigned seating.

The depiction is a sensational ensemble piece of people who fight over Joseph Stalin's (Adrian McLoughlin) vacant seat.

The action scenes had you hanging on the edge of your seat and the brutality of the genocide made me want to jump out of my seat, get in a plane and go over there to help fight the terrorists.

Heated second - row seats are also included with the 2016 Ford Explorer Platinum, which means there will be a lot less fighting over which kid gets to sit up front in February.

The back seat is roomy enough to fit the kids with their booster seats without fighting over whose arm goes where.

Mercedes - Benz's 2016 GLA250 luxury - crossover SUV is the kind of vehicle that prompts fights over who gets the driver's seat and who rides shotgun, and there's even more to love when it comes to the GLA45 AMG.