After all, everyone knows that work tends to slow down around the holidays when companies are
holding office parties and workers are out shopping for gifts.
Not exact matches
In light of Harvey Weinstein and several other sexual harassment allegations, a recent survey by consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. shows that 11 percent of employers say they will not
hold an
office holiday
party this year after
holding one in the past.
He's never
held a senior political
office and has no real political
party behind him.
Demonstrators from the left - wing Parti de Gauche
party held signs outside the
offices of Standard and Poor's in Paris on Friday.
However, the Republicans have been a market - friendly
party and it looks like they will
hold the House and Senate along with the Oval
Office.
You'd think the same would
hold true for a governing Conservative
party that came to
office in 2006 on a platform of transparency and accountability, or the three opposition
parties who make daily denunciations about Prime Minister Stephen Harper's penchant of secrecy.
George W. Bush has, of course, flagrantly violated his oath of
office, which requires him «to protect and defend the constitution,» and the opposition
party has been remarkably reluctant to
hold him to account.
Contra America, it is not the bishops but the
party that must make the decision whether Catholics are to be «precluded from
holding high public
office.»
Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from
Office, and disqualification to
hold and enjoy any
Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the
Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.
They have alluded to the time that Mr Turnbull's predecessor Tony Abbott asked the Senator to briefly stand aside while the Independent Commission against Corruption looked into donations to the Liberal
Party from Australian Water
Holdings - which the Senator was a former senior
office holder of and was part - owned by corrupt former Labor kingpin Eddie Obeid.
The
party holds a town meeting biennially in November where the leading candidates for local
offices are nominated.
To take into account the aspects explained above, I introduce the following control variables: MP received an
office budget uplift; MP is a London MP; MP
held a frontbench position in 2014 - 15 [12]; MP stood down at the next election; the time it takes to drive from the constituency to Westminster; and the MP's
party affiliation.
«For the time being any past leader and even those who
held office at the highest level have to be circumspect - including me - about our pronouncements and interventions which might have the exact opposite effect as was intended,» he accepts, before adding: «It doesn't mean that any of us simply should be told to get back in the box and go away, and fail to express a lifetime's experience or commitment to the
party, but it does mean we need to be very careful.»
«Today many of those who
hold high
office in the
party are personalities who first identified their leadership qualities from wards and branches.
@Stuart White: Of course there's a difference between (a) a minority government which a smaller
party permits to remain in
office by not using its votes to defeat its programme and legislation, either ad hoc or in accordance with some semi-formal pact, and (b) a coalition in which both
parties hold seats in the Cabinet.
When one political
party holds the governor's
office and a majority in both houses of the state legislature, the state is governed by a state government trifecta.
Minor
party candidates
hold over two hundred
offices nationwide.
Rules authorized by Cuomo and Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul were
held to be valid, and Rachel Gold, a former counsel in the governor's
office, remained the
party's chairwoman.
According to New York law, state - level campaign contributions can be used for «any lawful purpose,» but they «shall not be converted by any person to a personal use which is unrelated to a political campaign or the
holding of a public
office or
party position.»
Both legislative chambers and the governor's
office were
held by a single
party before November 4, making New York a state government trifecta.
The report cited a 2013 legislative proposal by Cuomo that campaign contributions should be used only for a purpose «directly related to promoting the nomination or election of a candidate or the execution of duties associated with the
holding of a public
office or
party position.»
At its nominating convention
held today at the Holiday Inn Turf in Colonie, New York, the Independence
Party of New York State nominated the following candidates for statewide
offices:
The Scottish National
Party has
held office at devolved level since 2007; and the surprisingly close result in the referendum of September 2014 has given its cause added momentum.
Kayle's been awol from the site b / c of successive Canadian elections keeping him busy (he
holds province - wide
party office with the Ontario New Democratic Party), but his left - wingers made major gains in recent federal and provincial elections, so we'll forgive him — this
party office with the Ontario New Democratic
Party), but his left - wingers made major gains in recent federal and provincial elections, so we'll forgive him — this
Party), but his left - wingers made major gains in recent federal and provincial elections, so we'll forgive him — this time.
The meeting was supposed to be
held at the
party office but to our greatest surprise there was no meeting at the
party secretariat.
He subsequently
held the positions of Conservative
Party Chairman and Shadow Secretary of State for the
Office of Deputy Prime Minister.
Many lords rarely attend parliament and do not
hold ministerial or
party office, so there can be little evidence of their
party allegiance, even if they have one.
With state - level organizing tools and the state
parties themselves seemingly an afterthought for the DNC leadership, how does the Left stand any chance of taking back the thousands of state and local
offices once
held by Democrats but now monopolized by Republicans?
Such funds shall not be converted by any person to a personal use which is unrelated to a political campaign or the
holding of a public
office or
party position.»
The acting NPP Chairman also said Hajia Fati, has an
office to herself at the
party's headquarters in Accra, although she
holds no official portfolio.
It asks the Leader to make a statement which condemns campaigning outside MPs»
offices and surgeries; to make a commitment to «actively change» behaviour which goes against Labour
Party values; and to
hold Labour figures «accountable» for supporting events where abusive behaviour is encouraged.
His supporters cast this as a major victory, noting Coffey has never before
held elected
office and, unlike the straw poll winner, former state Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo, has never been involved in government and has deep ties to the
party rank - and - file, although he has been a big Democratic donor for some time.
While alleging that the APC spokesman is «completely unfit» to
hold a responsible national
office in a democratic government, the
party wrote that his cantankerous nature, resort to personal attacks and uncouth description of a rival political
party while responding to critical issues were indicative of his background, pedigree, upbringing and emptiness as a low life.
A minority government could continue in
office on a vote - by - vote basis, without any formal deal with another
party - if it can
hold the confidence of the House.
The ad notes Curran's ethics plan, which calls for an independent
office to monitor county contracts and banning county executive appointees from
holding leadership positions in political
party committees or clubs.
Given that a modern political
party aims to win votes, win seats and to
hold office, the mood on the ground seems little short of bizarre.
The main complaint about the
party prior to 2010 was that it had no experience in
holding office and now it has.
Such personal use will be defined as expenditures that are exclusively for personal benefit of the candidate or any other individual, not in connection with a political campaign or
holding of a public
office or
party position.
County Legislator Ken Jenkins, a Yonkers Democrat, and state Sen. George Latimer, a Rye Democrat, took aim at Astorino — who has
held the county's top
office since 2010 — hoping to invigorate a Democratic
Party still reeling from the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.
It was Gustavo Rivera, a 34 - year - old part - time college professor and former political staffer who has never
held elected
office, and who is now running for the State Senate against a well - financed incumbent senator of his own
party.
Except for the county attorney, the revamped ethics code directs that no member of the five - member board «shall be a public employee in any jurisdiction» or «
hold any political
party office.»
Randerson's post made her the first female Liberal in the
party's history to
hold ministerial
office.
«There were always more similarities than differences between the five Democrats who vied heartily for this
office, and now is the time for
party unity to ensure that the principle we all
hold dear — that government is a force for good in people's lives — continues to thrive in the people's lawyer.
A state government trifecta is a term that describes single -
party government, when one political
party holds the governor's
office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government.
Whenever the Chairperson of the County Committee by reason of the Rules of the Democratic
Party of the State of New York is a member of a District Committee of a political subdivision lying partly within and partly without New York County which is required to make a
Party nomination for public
office, he or she shall convene a meeting of the District Committee for the part of such political subdivision within New York County, to be
held no later than five days before the last day provided by law for filing a certificate of such
Party nomination; he or she shall consult with such District Committee and in carrying out his or her duties as a member of the District Committee for such political subdivision, he or she shall, to the extent feasible, be guided by the advice of a majority of those present and voting at the meeting of the District Committee for the part of such political subdivision within New York County.
Last Democrat standing in Mississippi: The elections in Mississippi could mark a milestone for both
parties: If Attorney General Jim Hood loses re-election, Republicans will
hold every statewide elected
office in the Magnolia State.
(d) Although a Democratic organization, club or association described in paragraph (a) may, in its discretion, permit within its membership persons
holding membership in more than one such organization, in all votes taken for endorsement of a nominee for public
office or
party position such multiple membership holder may not vote on such endorsement in any such organization if the member has already voted on such endorsement in any other such organization.
Give Kingston Republican
Party Chairman Joe Ingarra credit for shaking up a moribund political organization (Democrats
hold 14 of 15 city elected
offices).
The
party currently
holds no statewide
office and sits in the minority in both houses of the legislature.
Also at 1 p.m., Green
Party gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins
holds a press conference on the Working Families
Party endorsement of Cuomo, L.C.A. Room (130), Legislative
Office Building, Albany.