Sentences with phrase «for liberal priorities»

Cuomo won the backing of the party after promising to work for liberal priorities, including a higher minimum wage and broad public campaign financing.

Rather than any question of how much longer he can hang on — a question which, as recently as this April, Fred Dicker was raising in print — the test for Silver is how effectively he'll be able to advocate for the liberal priorities of his members with Cuomo campaigning as a centrist, and the State Senate in the hands of coalition of Republicans and breakaway Democrats.

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«She is living in poverty because the B.C. Liberal government is taking the money her dad pays to support her, and using it to pay for their misguided priorities, like spending more than a million dollars hiring failed B.C. Liberal candidates and giving insiders cushy appointments after the last election.»

Rationales of this sort for Madison's republicanism are useful reminders of the liberal priorities that he would not allow to be compromised.

For many Jews, it seems, almost nothing takes priority over being perceived to be properly liberal.

The priority of particular group loyalties has protected the Italians from the worst extremes of ideological passion of the twentieth century — even fascism never went very deep — but it has also operated to undermine a genuine commitment to democratic and liberal values when these did not seem to pay off for particular groups.

That's why I, and the Liberal Democrats, have made building a Britain that's fit for modern families one of our biggest priorities in government.

UKIP's rise really began at the tail end of Tony Blair's second term, when his Government's aggressive pro-Europeanism, liberal immigration policies and lack of interest in the domestic political priorities of working class voters became too much for some.

Consider two criteria for priority for a Labour blogger: (1) the degree of importance of an issue to the basic functioning of a liberal democracy; (2) areas where the party / government has things very wrong.

But top Democrats in the House of Representatives said Thursday they'll be back next year to press for an increase in the minimum wage, new protections for victims of sexual harassment and other liberal policy priorities.

It was only after the administration's tax cut deal with Congressional Republicans enraged liberal Democrats that repealing DADT became a last - minute priority for the White House, which badly needed a legislative victory to soothe its progressive base.

New York Senate Democrats have resolved a longstanding internal power struggle that empowered Republicans and prevented votes on liberal priorities including gun control, early voting, abortion rights and help for immigrants.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Democrats resolved a longstanding internal rupture in the New York state Senate Wednesday that had empowered Republicans and prevented votes on liberal priorities including gun control, abortion rights and help for immigrants.

Tories and Liberal Democrats also had priorities in common which could provide «a strong basis for a strong government», said Mr Cameron, citing the scrapping of ID cards, enhanced funding of disadvantaged schoolchildren with a «pupil premium», support for low carbon industries and avoiding the National Insurance rise.

Nixon has criticized Cuomo for what she said is allowing Republicans, bolstered by the Independent Democratic Conference, to remain in power, leading to a block on liberal priorities like early voting and more money for high - needs schools.

Clinton used the first public rally of her presidential campaign to align herself with the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, saying she wanted to ease income inequality and would push for expanded paid family leave, universal preschool and other liberal priorities.

Silver, who has served as speaker since 1994, is arguably the party's most powerful champion in Albany for its liberal legislative priorities.

Liberal groups and voices have for years painted the IDC as a block against progressive priorities, including public campaign finance and extending college tuition subsidies to undocumented immigrants.

NEW YORK — Hillary Clinton used the first public rally of her presidential campaign to align herself with the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, saying she wanted to ease income inequality and would push for expanded paid family leave, universal preschool and other liberal priorities.

A powerful governor now owes him a future favor and already promised that he would work to usher in a Democratic majority in the State Senate, a necessity for Mr. de Blasio to eventually cement all of his liberal priorities, many Albany observers argue.

Here is a list of some of the Social Liberal Forum members and supporters who are actively promoting our priorities and are standing for the various committees — Federal Policy Committee (FPC), Federal Conference Committee (FCC), and Federal Executive (FE) are the most important elections:

The new Social Liberal Forum executive has published a joint statement on what we see are the key priorities for the next Liberal Democrat manifesto.

As for de Blasio, he's currently, suddenly, railing against the governor for not funding a number of city (and liberal) priorities.

Deilvering smaller class sizes was a priority for the Welsh Liberal Democrats in the last election.

Welsh Liberal Democrats are making mental health a priority, putting it front and centre of our plan for the NHS and in line for extra investment.

Mr Clegg has received a separate warning from 15 Liberal Democrat peers that Lords reform, his party's constitutional priority, will «gum up completely» Parliament for at least a year.»

At his campaign launch, he outlined a pro-homeowner, pro-motorist vision for his candidacy that seemed detached from the priorities of the Democrats» liberal base.

Mark Williams MP responds to the triggering of Article 50 and outlines the Welsh Liberal Democrats negotiating priorities for Wales.

I also welcome yet another increase in the tax - free personal allowance to # 11,500 - a key priority for the Liberal Democrats» in the last government to support hard working families and put money back in their pockets.

Liberal Democrat and Labour peers, along with Tory peer Baroness Wheatcroft, are expected to lodge amendments calling for the Government to shed more light on its negotiating priorities.

The immediate priority for the Liberal Democrats is to maximise the number of seats they will hold.

These plans are the result of Kirsty Williams» Progressive Agreement with the First Minister, and were a key priority for the Welsh Liberal Democrats before the election.

At the launch of their Assembly election campaign, Kirsty Williams, Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, will unveil the party's three key priorities to deliver a «Wales that works for you».

The Welsh Liberal Democrats have challenged the Conservative Government on it's legislative and investment priorities for Wales.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats will make economic regeneration a priority for the next five years of local government.

BRITISH COLUMBIA: The Liberal government identifies key priorities of job creation, families first and leading an «open data» platform in preparing students for jobs of tomorrow.

The legislature had been cutting education spending for years, with the amount of per - student funding dropping by nearly 30 percent (when adjusted for inflation) over the past decade, according to the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

The Liberals have stated their first priority will be to cut the federal tax rate from 22 % to 20.5 % for the middle income - tax bracket, which affects Canadians with taxable annual income between about $ 45,000 and $ 90,000.

Higher issue priority ratings for action by the president and Congress, especially among women, Democrats, liberals and moderates;

Instead, it solicits contributions from millionaires and billionaires and serves as a «pass through» between those donors and top liberal advocacy groups, including the Center for American Progress, Media Matters for America, and Democratic super PAC Priorities USA.

Following the release of the Supreme Court of Canada decision in Carter, the leader of the Liberal Party expressed support for the decision and made a motion in the House of Commons to appoint a special committee to «consider the ruling of the Supreme Court; that the committee consult with experts and with Canadians, and make recommendations for a legislative framework that will respect the Constitution, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the priorities of Canadians.»

For any of our Liberal Kansas online traffic school or Liberal Kansas online defensive driving courses, the safety and integrity of customers» information is our number one priority.

It could even be a turning point in his presidency, on the issue of immigration and his level of cooperation with Republican leaders; Sources who've discussed it with Trump say it freaked him out to see the array of usually friendly faces on Fox News» opinion shows ripping into him for signing a bill that spent a ton of money, but gave lots away to liberal priorities and did little for his signature promise to build a wall.