Sentences with phrase «for partisan interest»

While voters may punish Mrs May for calling an early election for partisan interest, that punishment is unlikely to overwhelm their underlying approval of her leadership and of her government's performance.

Not exact matches

After power changed hands in D.C. a year later, the federal government and Congress delayed picking up the baton for several months due to partisan bickering and lobbying by special interests.

If for once the Liberals and the NDP set aside partisan politics and acted in the interests of Canada, it would be the beginning of a new era for us.

So the Catholic impulse to imitate the Protestant penchant for acting as a partisan interest group in the political arena is not entirely new.

In our country, the highly partisan political atmosphere we have established does not allow any room for cross party consultation on matters of presumed national interest.

It seems like a good test for partisan gerrymanders that are unfair, but there would be a lot of other factors or dimensions (as discussed in the other answers - things like common economic interests) that might also make a district's representation unfair even within the efficiency threshold.

At a moment when there is partisan deadlock on critical issues facing the nation, New York State has transcended political interests to do what is right for the 1.1 million children whose future depends on a good education.

«Andrew Cuomo has shown time and again that by bringing integrity, honesty, and independence — both from partisan politics and special interests — government can get things done for the people,» Barrett said.

«The 2012 redistricting process was business as usual in Albany, with the majority parties controlling the process and lines being drawn for partisan purposes rather than in the best interests of voters, with greater candidate choice and more contested elections,» said Dick Dadey, Executive Director of Citizens Union.

«This agreement will permanently reform the redistricting process in New York to once and for all end self - interested and partisan gerrymandering,» Cuomo said in March 2012.

Fourthly, Lib Dem and swing voters especially will not forgive Lib Dems for precipitating the demise of the Coalition government, probably two years before it is due to end, not on a point of principle, such as on tuition fees, tax policy, social policy like gay marriage, Trident, the European treaty veto or the health or welfare bills but on... an issue of narrow partisan electoral self interest, i.e. unhappiness at boundary changes (which they had already voted for in February 2011).

«The Republican agenda puts special interests and partisan ideology ahead of what's best for everyday Americans and Pat Toomey is the poster boy for those misplaced priorities,» said Shripal Shah, a spokesman for Senate Majority PAC.

«The only thing we ask for other senators who might be interested, the one thing you have to do is say you're interested in governing, in being serious about legislating, putting aside party partisan differences and really putting policy over partisanship.

It's interesting that if user18 posted a question that baselessly accused someone of lying for partisan reasons, it'd have been downvoted to oblibion.

Democrat Sean Eldridge accused Republican Rep. Chris Gibson of putting «partisan politics before the best interests of his constituents» for refusing to support a strings - free debt limit extension.

«After his preferred candidate gets crushed in 7 seven weeks at the polls, hopefully the Governor will choose to be a little less partisan and political for the best interest of New Yorkers.

«What makes their ranting more pathetic is that they do not offer credible alternatives,» he said, adding, President Mahama would not sacrifice the long term interest of the nation for short term partisan political gains.»

It added, «INEC as a statutory body has the full complements of technical hands in its legal department to advice it appropriately and we wonder why it had to wait for directives from the AGF, an external party, if not for partisan and subjective interest.

«It is very worrying for people who are expected to know better (especially if some happen to be leading members of the august House of Parliament) to conveniently join the streets wagon in pursuit of petty partisan parochial interests to churn out deliberate falsehood to perpetuate the fallacy that access to the President has to be secured with financial inducements»

«Because I'm not funded by special interest groups or partisan politics, you can trust me to work for your best interests, doing the most with your dollars,» she said.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - During the 20 years Democrat Sheldon Silver was Assembly speaker, it was difficult for a Republican lawmaker to make a dent in his or her bill wish list, but Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis is finding that since Silver's reign ended last year, the new leadership is less partisan and interested in getting things done.

The Common Cause proposal would directly task LATFOR with drawing districts for the Senate, Assembly and Congress that consider «communities of interest,» such as ethnic neighborhoods of similar towns, and forbid it from considering addresses of incumbents or the partisan enrollment of voters in a given area.

A spokesman for Jack Straw said of the move on confidence votes: «For all the phoney talk about a «new politics» this proposal is simply about crudely seeking to fix the electoral system to suit partisan interesfor Jack Straw said of the move on confidence votes: «For all the phoney talk about a «new politics» this proposal is simply about crudely seeking to fix the electoral system to suit partisan interesFor all the phoney talk about a «new politics» this proposal is simply about crudely seeking to fix the electoral system to suit partisan interests.

This is of interest to third partisans for two reasons.

«This agreement will permanently reform the redistricting process in New York to once and for all end self - interested and partisan gerrymandering,» Cuomo said.

David Denenberg (D - Merrick), who is running for State Senate in the 8th District, said Haber's strength is that he shows no interest in partisan politics.

Almost 200 candidates were kept off Democratic and Republican primary ballots (for state legislature and local partisan office) because of confusion over the deadline for filing a Statement of Economic Interests.

Remember, this is the person who coined the term «Death Panels» - and opened the flood gates for months of false attacks by special interests and partisan extremists.

Surely this is undemocratic as no Labour MP will vote for something that will reduce Labour's representation — in other words partisan vested interests could scupper a perfectly reasonable redistribution of seats.

It is very worrying for people who are expected to know better (especially if some happen to be leading members of the august House of Parliament) to conveniently join the streets wagon in pursuit of petty partisan parochial interests to churn out deliberate falsehood to perpetuate the fallacy that access to the President has to be secured with financial inducements,» excerpts of the statement said.

The former EU trade commissioner said May had to make it «absolutely clear that the country's interests come first, not partisan interests and she's got to be a prime minister for the whole of the country, not just those who voted to leave»

Having left behind him the Cato Institute and other climate «contrarian» partisans, interests, and individual climate science «deniers,» Taylor may yet come to be seen, in this second iteration, as being among the most quotable and effective communicators and proponents for climate action.

That means there's a booming market for education experts, especially those who claim to speak with the disinterested voice of reason among the gaggle of partisan squawkers and interest groups.

Tony Evers has been a strong and consistent advocate for higher standards, better data to inform policy decisions, and cooperation across partisan lines in the best interests of children.

Journalists with deadlines and scant knowledge of the field quite often do not know where to go for this context on papers that are being pushed by some of the partisan think - tanks or other interested parties.

I also see common code for partisan left - wing politics, like «the public interest».

It is not now used as a methodology to provide honest direction towards «truths» as much as the definitive support for partisan political and economic interests.

For skeptics, it'd probably require dismantling major chunks of the «denial industry» — the multinational corporations, conservative think tanks, and partisan cable networks that have an interest in promulgating doubt about climate science.

The problem, as I see it, is that when such over-generalizations are made, it is impossible to distinguish between the arguments made by those who are overtly driven by partisan interests (and don't care) and those who may be influenced by partisan interests (as we all are) but are open to controlling for those influences.

A second possibility is that the practice of intervention allows interveners to provide the «best argument» for certain partisan interests that judges might want to «affiliate» with.

Whether or not this is purely partisan politics, citing the AG for contempt is precedent setting and the legal basis for the assertion of privilege raises interesting issues.