Sentences with phrase «in election years»

Typically in election years, legislative leaders try to avoid controversial issues, but this year may be different.

In election years, the Iowa State Fair serves as a hot spot for rising political figures with their eyes set on the presidency.

What is unusual is to see that in election years, when the politician in question is seeking re-election themselves.

His analysis shows that, as of the Jan. 15 filing date in election years dating back to 2002, Lazio had one of the lowest cash totals among major - party candidates for governor in New York.

Several governments have failed to remain within the budgetary limits especially in election years, which has led to suggestions that John Dramani Mahama's administration will do the same ahead of the...

The flagbearer of the Progressive People's Party (PPP) for the 2016 elections, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, has called on fishermen across the country to reject politicians who only offer them outboard motors and other fishing equipment in election years, and abandon them after they win the elections.

The Constitutional, Parliamentary and Legal Affairs Committee of Ghana's Parliament in its report to the plenary, recommends that the Constitutional Amendment Bill 2016, which will change the country's date of election from December 7th to the first Monday of November in election years, should be adopted and passed by Parliament.

Under state law, a legislature, including the state legislature, can only vote to increase salaries in election years.

Unlike the Democratic and Republican Party leviathans, we are a small organization with a budget of less than $ 2 million a year, yet we run hundreds of candidates in election years and generally get a very big bang for the buck.

And in what appeared to be a critique of Bill Thompson, who re-emerged recently after running for mayor four years ago, de Blasio said there were others candidates «who practice a politics of the moment, who are heroic in election years but not engaged in the day to day fight to save our neighborhoods when their names aren't on the ballot.»

«There are others who practice a politics of the moment, who are heroic in election years, but not engaged in the day - to - day fight to save our neighborhoods when their names aren't on the ballot,» he said, presumably a shot at Thompson.

The short legislative session in election years is ostensibly about making budget adjustments, but lawmakers find plenty of time to debate many other issues — some that have a fiscal impact and others that don't.

This would be a bigger deal in election years where one party has a contested primary and the other one doesn't (meaning there's not too much of a reason for people to go vote in one of them, so why not vote in the other?).

In election years they provide resources for political rhetoric and they guide us in choosing our candidates.

This infographic shows how the U.S. market performs in each year of a presidential term — and specifically, how the market does in election years.

The sector has historically underperformed in election years (source: Bloomberg), due in large part to concerns over pricing pressure on the biotech and pharmaceuticals subsectors.

Yes, the FOMC has raised interest rates in election years.

- One of the sturdiest rules for CEOs has long been to stay out of highly charged political issues, especially in election years.

In election years, people make promises that they will be delivering on year or two after.

Soros said that, in addition to Democratic victories in elections this year, a goal of his was to reestablish a functioning two - party system to uphold US institutions.

In an election year, the Wells scandal is a Wall Street scandal that the average American is directly connected with (almost everyone has a bank account), and it can help the members of Congress look tough on the financial industry.

Germany's media isn't normally as breathless as, for example, the British press, but it's always willing to whip Germans up into a frenzy over the ECB's zero interest - rate policy, especially in an election year.

White House lawyers and other officials studied the option of overriding the ban but did not develop a strong legal position or an effective political sales pitch in an election year, a source familiar with the discussions said.

Don't expect much substantial from Washington in an election year.

We try to stay out of politics in our annual rankings, but in an election year, with 36 states choosing governors, that is next to impossible.

The fiscal cliff, off which U.S. taxpayers may have to leap on Jan. 1, 2013, if the Bush tax cuts expire, is seen as being the inevitable consequence of Washington lawmakers» infighting unless President Obama and Congress honestly confront this deadline in an election year.

At least that's what the banks and other interested groups will have told their government masters, who are worried about the still weak housing market in an election year.

Trump pressed lawmakers to send him «one terrific bill» combining several proposals aimed at reducing gun violence, although that could complicate the legislative outlook for such a contentious issue in an election year.

Negotiators have been working for days - and nights - on details of the bill, which is widely viewed as the last major piece of legislation likely to move through Congress in this election year.

Although both parties want to avoid the fiscal cliff, compromise is seen as being difficult to achieve — particularly in an election year.

The Democrats, however, must do more than licking their wounds and repeating how difficult it was to run in an election year where the Presidential» s approval numbers were in the low 40's.

Libertarian Gary Johnson's plan for capturing the White House hinges on voters following through on polls suggesting they dislike the Republican and Democratic presidential nominees more than in any election year in history.

The steam behind Proposal 96 is its political appeal in an election year.

Still, passing any major piece of legislation through Congress is a challenge, especially in an election year.

«The timing of publication, in an election year, naturally feeds suspicion of a plot by the newspaper or unidentified saboteurs to kill [Adams] off.

Nothing like having a token black to make sure that Mormons are presented as non-racists in an election year.

That is not surprising in an election year.

(CNN)- People have all sorts of questions for presidential candidates in an election year.

CNN: Look at Obama's faith draws criticism, praise People have all sorts of questions for presidential candidates in an election year.

In an election year when reality seems as remote as a Pluto flyby; a year already marked by bombastic promises of walls, jobs, «a future to believe in» and free stuff for everybody, maybe we should take a quick break from the narcoleptic snooze imposed on us by the mass media.

The proper understanding of religion in public took a bad beating in this election year.

That's especially true in an election year, when the huge Catholic vote is seen as perhaps the key swing vote in the nation.

IS he a foreign agent here to undermine the president of the United States in an election year, or merely a useful tool in the hands of our North Korean enemies?

The temptation for Christians in an election year is to misplace our hope in a person or a party rather than the person of Christ.

Washington (CNN)-- Mitt Romney's selection of Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate promises to cast a spotlight on American Catholicism in an election year when the tradition has already been a major focus.

(CNN)-- The Obama administration's key Catholic ally on its controversial plan to require health insurers to provide free contraceptive coverage is dropping support for the plan, potentially complicating the president's relations with Catholics in an election year.

'» As he notes, the word has become nearly meaningless in this election year.

I have noticed that the only time CNN mentions religion is in an election year.

In an election year, in a national recession, and in a global economy whose rules seem to shift like tectonic plates, maybe we need to know more.

Obama blaming the killing of the ambassador on the very county he's supposed to be leading rather than blaming it on Al Qaeda even though that would make him look bad in an election year was completely obvious without the need for FOX news.