Sentences with phrase «if slim majority»

Schlafly is now eighty - one years old, and she has the undoubted satisfaction of knowing that the conservativism that she pushed without compromising for decades is now the majority (if slim majority) ideology in America.

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Trump could also make it harder to pass lasting tax reform, since any policy that increases the debt above its baseline either requires Democratic support or — if passed by a slim majority of Republicans in the Senate — would expire in a decade.

Despite their enthusiasm for Verizon participating in the market, the slim majority of Canadians, just more than half, agree that Canadians might lose control of their own mobile market to foreign interests if they are large enough (52 %).

Even if the Republicans do take control of Congress their majority will be slim.

And if those first dozen picks are «taken», there are really only 18 1st rounders left up for grabs, 2 of which went to non-US players after # 12, so you have (16) 1st round slots to fight over for the majority of combine players — those are slim odds.

There would have been the same reluctance if the Democrats had managed to keep a slim majority, which they didn't because of blundering incompetence.

In addition, Democrats hold a slim majority in the House of Representatives that could change if only four Democrats switch their votes.

The GOP ended up taking the majority — albeit by a very slim margin that could be imperiled if the Democrats win the Libous seat.

If Republicans lose their slim majority in 2016 — Mr. de Blasio implied today Mr. Cuomo leaned on them to foil him — Mr. de Blasio will only have more weapons in his arsenal.

If the results hold, the conference will likely still be wooed to some degree by a Republican conference with a slim majority, but the chances they will be co-equal partners would likely evaporate.

But even if the exemption is approved by that panel, the chances of the proposal passing through the Senate are slim, said Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald.

The care and feeding of Upstate Republicans is important to Flanagan if he wants to retain the slim GOP majority in the Senate and keep his new job.

It's unclear what the indictment might mean, if anything, to Republicans» slim majority in the Senate with about a week until the state budget is due.

The commission warned, «If only to keep and improve on the slim competitive edge we still retain in world markets, we must dedicate ourselves to the reform of our educational system for the benefit of all — old and young alike, affluent and poor, majority and minority.»

In response to a separate question, a slim majority of public school parents (54 %) say that if they had a choice to send their child to a private or religious school using public funds, they would still send their child to a public school.

«If conservatives hold their slim majority, the legal battle likely would continue.