Sentences with phrase «in electing a head»

Or are those quaint and irrelevant considerations in electing a head of state in 21st - century America?

Not exact matches

Republican voters will head to the polls in Florida's House District 114 Tuesday to try, for the first time, to elect someone who won't plead guilty to criminal charges.

At the hearing, Senator Elizabeth Warren pressed Carson over the fact that, as the head of the department, he would be in charge of numerous programs that the president could manipulate to profit his real estate empire, asking Carson, «Can you assure me that not a single taxpayer dollar that you give out will financially benefit the president - elect or his family?»

In a sign of Mr. Trump's rightward tilt [on financial regulation], former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins is heading up the president - elect's transition team's work concerning the SEC, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and other financial regulators that historically operate independently of the White House...

The nation's top tech executives couldn't know what to expect when they headed to Trump Tower in Manhattan on Wednesday for what President - elect Donald Trump's transition team had billed as an innovation «summit.»

5oo, ooo priests for 1.2 billion Catholics - There is the answer to why the abusing priests were tolerated.The conclave elected exactly who they wanted to be Pope - Someone who would not rock the boat.I believe Pope Benedict was advised to retire in light of the Federal indictment pending so this would not involve a standing Pope and the possiblity of him being found guilty.I further think this new election of Pope will allow the Church to change it's stance on the very controvertial issues the Church is facing ie.female priests being one, the decisions appearing more acceptable coming from a new head as opposed to reversed stance of standing Pope.This decision to retire, in the Churchs» view I believe is damage control and not neccessarily Pope Benedict's desire.If looked at for what it is - A very slick maneuver indeed.

The main business of a General Conference session is to elect the officers and departmental heads at both the General Conference and division levels and to make changes in the constitution of the church and in the Church Manual.

When we first met in April 2011, what initially impressed me about Sviatoslav Shevchuk was his almost preternatural calm: which was striking, in that, less than a month before and still a few weeks shy of his 41st birthday, Shevchuk had been elected Major - Archbishop of Kyiv - Halych and head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church — the largest of the Eastern Catholic Churches, Byzantine in liturgy and governance while in full communion with the Bishop of Rome.

In 1993, Kathleen Richardson was elected president of the Conference, becoming the first female head of the Methodist Church and one of just a handful of British denominational leaders who are female.

We are not electing «head preacher of the US» — we're attempting to elect the candidate most likely to increase the greatness of our nation and be a better commander in chief than the other guy.

For the elect who awaits his Judge with head held high, there can be no alternative but to proclaim this Judge to those who do not yet know him and thus to remain in solidarity with all [people].

It's the first time an Islamist has been elected a head of state in Egypt, and the repercussions for Egyptians are, at this stage, unclear...

After military rule and civil war yielded to a democratically elected government — headed by a Christian president — in 1999, the ruling Muslim political class in the north moved to consolidate its hold on the region.

It was this same period when, in 1961, AG minister David J. du Plessis was asked to cease his developing ministries among churches aligned with the NCC and WCC — no doubt an embarrassment to the NAE at a time when du Plessis» denominational chief executive was serving as the NAE's elected head.

He was elected because of his strong oratory skills, yet we've found out that, policy wise, there was not much going on in that head of his.

Not surprisingly, Thomas F. Zimmerman, head of the AG from I957 to date, in 1960 became the elected president of the NAE.

The champions - elect have spent a fortune since being taken over by Roman Abramovich 11 years ago but in the last two seasons with the threat of FFP hanging over their heads they have found a way to get round the rules by making a huge profit in their transfer sales.

Heading towards breaking Thierry Henry's record of 20 assists in a league campaign and is the creative spark behind the champions elect.

She ended up attending Little Rock Mann, by then a junior high, as her last in - state school before heading to Washington with her newly elected president dad.

New Alabama head baseball coach Greg Goff got his first win as starting pitcher Nick Eicholtz has elected to return to Alabama after being drafted by Marlins in the 13th round of the 2016 MLB Draft.

Earlier FIFA president Gianni Infantino urged UEFA, of which he was general secretary before being elected as new head of world football in February, to donate its world federation cash grants to the game's poorest associations.

According to a quote in RFKM's newsletter, the head of the district's nutrition services department agrees, saying «Cheetos and Doritos were products that we elected to remove for sale because the ingredient label had such a plethora of additives and preservatives.

John Moyer President — Elect of PATS and head athletic trainer at Wilson High School in West Lawn, PA commented that «The Hike to Harrisburg was a very well organized and positive experience.

A referendum was held in 1998 on proposals for the establishment of a new strategic authority headed by a directly - elected Mayor - a concept Labour was at that time keen to promote across the country.

if our elected leaders especially the IDC, wanted to help women in New York they need to stop remarketing the same old tired reports with a new heading and look at what they can but, won't do.

Smooth the process of becoming head of state with respect to time, in various ways such as indirect election by a rolling elected panel.

In these circumstances it does not fall to the Queen to decide who shall be First Minister, or in Ireland to the President; under their constitutions it falls to the newly elected parliament, whose first business (after election of a presiding officer) is to elect the head of the new governmenIn these circumstances it does not fall to the Queen to decide who shall be First Minister, or in Ireland to the President; under their constitutions it falls to the newly elected parliament, whose first business (after election of a presiding officer) is to elect the head of the new governmenin Ireland to the President; under their constitutions it falls to the newly elected parliament, whose first business (after election of a presiding officer) is to elect the head of the new government.

There are few real checks and balances in the Hungarian political system, which is unicameral and has an indirectly elected head of state.

In each case the newly elected parliament elected the head of the new government.

The former deputy mayor of London for business and enterprise was thought by some colleagues to have kept his head down after getting elected in 2015.

State Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs confirmed the NYT report that he has tendered his resignation to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, clearing the way for the governor to select his own leader of an organization of which he became the de facto head when he was elected back in 2010.

Thirdly, an elected President of the EU executive would be responsible in front of the voters and not in front of the heads of state and government, hence reducing their influence further.

A directly - elected city mayor, in contrast, is the head of a single city council or local authority and is responsible for public service delivery within that area.

Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Hakeem Jeffries (D), who was first elected in 2012.

Incumbent: Heading into the election was incumbent Nita Lowey (D), who was first elected to the House in 1988.

Incumbent: Heading into the election was incumbent Ann Marie Buerkle (R), who was first elected to the House in 2010.

Business Kit Malthouse The former deputy mayor of London for business and enterprise was thought by some colleagues to have kept his head down after getting elected in 2015.

Incumbent: Heading into the election was incumbent Steve Israel (D), who was first elected to the House in 2000.

Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Louise Slaughter (D), who was first elected in 1986.

Ever since first being elected as the MP for Harwich in 2005, the former head of the Conservative party policy unit has been depressed by what he's seen.

Fossella became the de facto head of the party when he was elected to Congress in 1997, with his Uncle Frank and his father, Vito Sr., the power brokers behind the scenes.

And despite her background in the pointy - headed world of Britain's think - tanks, she communicates her ideas with a clarity that puts most of our elected politicians to shame.

They deserve action, not a head in the sand approach from their elected leaders.

Walsh also said he would propose creating a «quality of life commission» that would engage the community, department heads and elected officials to focus on topics such as beautification and litter in the city.

Senator Kavanagh was elected in the general election in November 2017 after his predecessor, Daniel Squadron, resigned to accept a new job heading Future Now, a national non-profit organization.

In Bohen, Democrats Wednesday complained that he got elected with GOP financial help and had the head of the Erie County Republican Party, Nicholas Langworthy, front and center at his victory party Tuesday night after offering his assistance in getting Bohen electeIn Bohen, Democrats Wednesday complained that he got elected with GOP financial help and had the head of the Erie County Republican Party, Nicholas Langworthy, front and center at his victory party Tuesday night after offering his assistance in getting Bohen electein getting Bohen elected.

Immediately before he was elected senator in 2015, he was a federal prosecutor in the Brooklyn - based Eastern District, where he served as acting head of the public integrity section.

The state teachers» union is heading into session in a weakened state after spending millions in an unsuccessful effort to elect Democrats to the Senate, alienating Republicans in the process.

Stuart Appelbaum, head of the Retail Workers and Department Store Union (RWDSU), the local labor leader who invited Trumka to the armory, said that «bringing the head of the AFL - CIO the first week after he is elected sends a powerful message about what working people want in economic development.

As head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Israel is in charge of getting as many Democrats as possible elected this November.