Sentences with phrase «given the election of»

I thank Archbishop Chaput for his incisive analysis in his essay on «St. Paul in the Public Square,» regarding the Church's role in the American public square given the election of a stridently pro-abortion administration.
«We'll have a vacancy in a special election for Erie County Clerk, given the election of Chris Jacobs to the State Senate.

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We will continue working with the government to understand the full extent of Russian interference, and we will do our part not only to ensure the integrity of free and fair elections around the world, but also to give everyone a voice and to be a force for good in democracy everywhere.
FARMING groups are taking a cautious view of the Barnett government's promises to make legislative reforms to benefit the sector if it wins the March 9 election, given the lack of action they say has
Over one - third of respondents (34.98 %) said they would «give up the right to vote in all elections for life» just to secure an extra 10 % in pay, while 9 % said they would «give up their child's or future child's right to vote» for the rest of their lives.
Twitter is expected to give Congress an analysis of Russian activity on its social media site during the 2016 presidential election, a source told The Wall Street Journal.
Giving the timing of the next general election, this means making tax reform an agenda item for the government's second mandate.
After the Brexit vote and the election of Donald Trump, the Netherlands will give the first indication of whether populism will shape 2017 too.
Given recent political developments, including the election of Donald Trump, who has called climate change a hoax created by the Chinese, Patagonia decided to take their donations to a new level.
Democrats said Republican leaders, flexing their new political muscle after big wins in the midterm elections that will give them control of both chambers of Congress next year, had gone too far in trying to roll back Dodd - Frank.
With voter anger boiling over ahead of the 2016 election, Former president Bill Clinton explained the advice he gave his wife.
The election result was surprising to political analysts as it saw the Lega party overtake Forza Italia, its center - right coalition partner, in terms of vote share giving it more influence in the coalition and potentially at a national level.
U.S. lawmakers have raised concerns that Moscow might use the firm's products to attack American computer networks, a particularly sensitive issue given allegations by U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia hacked and leaked emails of Democratic Party political groups to interfere in the 2016 presidential election campaign.
The Upshot blog at the New York Times, which has a predictive model of its own, never gave Trump more than a 40 % chance of winning the election.
Wang, a top election forecaster and professor at Princeton University, had given Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton a 98 % to 99 % chance of winning in the days leading up to the election.
A weaker peso has tracked higher odds of Donald Trump winning the election, given his past comments on toughening trade and immigration with Mexico.
That's not good news for Goldsmith given the short space of time that remains until the election.
In late January, Obama will give his fifth State of the Union address, setting his agenda for the final stretch before the 2014 midterm elections render him less able to focus Washington's attention on his own priorities.
On the eve of the election, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump refused to give up on Pennsylvania and its 20 electoral votes.
«Although we expect that the Greek government will implement the required measures, the risk of early elections is increasing given the rising political cost to the government and its slim majority in the parliament... Early elections might bring a new and more reform - minded conservative government, but Greece's economy would be hit again by prolonged uncertainty, after having just started to record positive growth,» Moody's said.
As he celebrated his victory of Toronto's recent mayoral election, a triumphant Rob Ford reiterated the catchphrases that gave him a decisive 47 % of the popular vote.
Jonathan Golub, the chief equity strategist at RBC Capital Markets, said Tuesday that market moves including the tightening of polls and the FBI ending its investigation into Clinton's emails have given a strong indication of how markets will move after the election.
The report also gave details about a two - year - old warning from the Presidential Commission on Election Administration, a bipartisan organization, that described the state of America's aging voting system as an «impending crisis.»
Bremmer and Kupchan worry that in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist rhetoric before elections next year «could give cover to radicalized elements of society that want to target Muslims and lower - caste Hindus.»
Likewise, in Britain, the U.K. Independence Party (UKIP) is a relatively small entity, but the 3.1 percent of votes that it received in the 2010 elections would have given it some seats in Finland or Portugal.
He recommended a ««who - gives - what» transparency in real time (not after the damage has been done), shareholder disclosure of all corporate political expenditures and public financing of congressional elections
Election rules give the center - left a solid majority in the lower house, despite its slim advantage in terms of votes, but without the Senate it will not be able to pass legislation.
Prior to the 2016 election, Cambridge Analytica's now - suspended CEO Alexander Nix, who is also a director of SCL, gave a speech to members of the Philippines» press club in Manila, according to the Post.
«Given that she states her goal is accuracy and verification, that sounds like the language for an audit,» Ned Foley, the director of Election Law at Moritz at Ohio State's law school tells Business Insider.
The debate will continue until Election Day in November and well beyond, and this year's Top States study has given both sides plenty of ammunition.
Newsweek reporter Kurt Eichenwald, who has written many critical stories about President - elect Donald Trump since last month's election, is claiming that people on Twitter have given him seizures by sending him tweets containing GIFs of strobe lights.
Changes in election financing would be a huge step towards diminishing the influence of those who are now actively planning to give our country away.
With only one month remaining before Vancouverites head to the polls, The Vancouver Board of Trade has released results from its 2014 Municipal Election Survey, giving insights into some of the top priorities and concerns of Greater Vancouver's business community.Tue Oct 14 2014
«Insiders say Kinsella has been personally supportive of Campbell during her first election campaign but that she needs someone strong enough to give her strategic advice she'll accept,» the Toronto Star reported.
Because of a change in New York Stock Exchange rules, unlike previous annual meetings, your broker will NOT be able to vote your shares with respect to the election of directors if you have not given your broker specific instructions to do so.
So they forced an election they couldn't possibly win by defeating the Conservatives on a confidence vote in Parliament — and gave Prime Minister Stephen Harper something he couldn't get without their invaluable help — a majority government with no chance of being defeated for four years.
My pay, my job prospects, the performance of my portfolio, the performance of my insurancer's portfolio, the next election — knowing that growth might slow gives me information about all this stuff, without having to know that there will be a recession.
Facebook will give a committee of senior academics independent access to its data, allowing researchers to study the social network's effect on democracy and elections.
«Given the importance of these elections, especially 2018 — with major elections in the United States, India, Brazil, Mexico, Pakistan, Hungary coming up soon — we just thought that that wasn't enough,» he said.
Trump's denial was the first time he's made a public statement about the money given to Daniels ahead of the 2016 election to keep her silent about her alleged 2006 affair with Trump.
In short, given the increased concerns of global growth slowing, oil price instability, the potential Brexit, and U.S. election, we think owning gold as part of a diversified asset allocation continues to be a sound approach.
Given the success of its campaign to interfere in the 2016 election, there's little doubt that Russia will try its hand at swaying elections in 2018 and beyond.
He and his daughter Rebekah Mercer have given $ 15.5 million in support of the Republican candidate's election, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
But given the success the Liberals had this time out with ads clearly designed to elicit fear and loathing, it is safe to predict that we'll see more of the same in future elections, perhaps even from the NDP, which managed in this election to avoid their opponents» tone of personal rage and insult pretty successfully.
Funding for mental health care initiatives is an issue specifically identified in our pre-budget letter to government and our 2017 Provincial Election Platform, given that there is strong evidence that effective programs can reduce both the economic and health impacts of these illnesses.
Given that the next election is likely to be in the fall of 2015, the 2015 Budget will likely show a surplus for 2015 - 16, since the final outcome for the deficit will not be known until the fall of 2016.
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., also based in Calgary, is one of the shippers for the pipeline — in the six months leading to the election they gave $ 11,200 to Christy Clark's party, and almost $ 6,300 to the BC NDP.
Shares that are properly voted by the Internet or telephone or for which proxy cards are properly executed and returned will be voted at the Annual Meeting in accordance with the directions given or, in the absence of directions, will be voted in accordance with the Board's recommendations as follows: «FOR» the election of each of the nominees to the Board named herein; «FOR» the ratification of the appointment of our independent auditors; «FOR» approval, on an advisory basis, of our executive compensation as described in this Proxy Statement; and «AGAINST» the shareholder proposal.
But under federal campaign finance rules, a contribution is «anything of value given, loaned or advanced to influence a federal election
Secondly, the election of Barack Obama in 2008 gave him hope that there would be real reforms, rendering disclosures unnecessary.
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