Sentences with phrase «is an election year»

Although the original JOBS Act passed with bipartisan support in 2012, this is an election year, and so the fate of the bill could be subject to political whims.

Now, this is an election year and spending for science research, among other things, is on the Tea Party chopping block.

Now that it's an election year — the technical term for two years before an election, according to comedian Stephen Colbert — one thing new graduates need is a well - calibrated B.S. detector, he told departing students.

But this is an election year.

The Conservatives are playing up low - cost initiatives such as action on cross-border price differences because they've restricted spending to balance the books by 2015, expected to be an election year, and don't have the cash right now for major tax cuts or lavish program spending.

«Being an election year, this is only going to make you a hero in the eyes of these kids and this community and these parents,» she said.

This is election year in the U.S. and nobody can reasonably forecast the outcome except that we can be sure our politicians will take us right to the edge of the fiscal cliff, deep and wide as it is.

«On International Workers» Day this year, lets renew our commitment to push for positive change that will benefit all workers,» says Patrick Colford, President of the New Brunswick Federation of Labour, «With this year being an election year, we need to make sure that our elected representatives are accountable for improving fairness and making sure that economic prosperity benefits everyone.»

because it's an election year, we are getting all these bailouts to help out «the working americans» stay in their homes that they can't afford.

Despite indications of deep cuts in the Pentagon's budget, given that this is an election year, there is little doubt that the House Armed Services Committee will approval all, or nearly all, of the money.

There have been election years when candidates were assassinated prior to election day, and years when they were killed not long after inauguration.

Oh, and since it's an election year, I am a Republican, so we're all not crazy.

But since this is an election year, I want to apply the idea of Catholic witness specifically to our public life as citizens.

Plus, this year is an election year, so the topic is bound to come up.

I also heard that they may delay this regulation for a year, again it is an election year.

Though I do believe they the administration will change its mind being an election year.

It is an election year... of course his faith is changing along with any of his leftist beliefs more toward a centralist... He will let you hear what he wants and then go back to the far left.

This is an election year, in case you haven't noticed, and looks like it will be an especially unattractive one, unfortunately.

A vote on a separate piece of legislation Paterson will be sending up to delay $ 1.5 billion worth of education aid payments to school districts could be more problematic — particularly since this is an election year and few lawmakers are going to want to take that potentially troublesome vote.

Ironically, considering that 2016 is an election year, NONE of my time has gone to candidates, though I've chatted off and on with various groups interested in making things happen on the electoral front.

«This year is election year and as you know we need peace to conduct the elections successfully.

It's an election year for all 212 (plus one added seat should the Senate redistricting plan be allowed) and an off - cycle year for the governor.

Skelos said passing a pension overhaul needed to happen whether it was an election year or not, though my question was more along the lines of asking whether it was difficult to get something like that done in an election year.

Particularly since by the time the three months are up, we will be getting into 2018 which is an election year — Democrats hope that they will do well in those elections, and if they do, it will be useful for them to not have the debt ceiling to worry about.

2018 is an election year for statewide offices, and Cuomo has said he's interested in seeking a third term, though he has not yet formally announced his candidacy.

It's an election year for all 212 members of the legislature, and unions often provide support for field campaigns in the form of volunteers to staff phone banks and to drop off campaign literature door to door.

«I hear Nana is going to take part in a cleanup exercise in Kwahu, is he doing that because it's an election year?

The appointment of a successor is also complicated because it's an election year, and any appointee may need to quickly form a campaign committee and defend the seat this fall in both a primary and general election, according to longtime Albany legislators.

But 2018 is an election year, so the New York Land Bank Association won't ask New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo to pass tax hikes, Wright said.

That plan needs Albany's approval, and the Senate Republicans have said they will not raise taxes next year, which happens to be an election year.

«It's an election year, there's going to the trials,» Camarda said.

Once again, it is an election year, with Republican and Democratic conventions in the near future, and various political interests at play.

2018 is an election year, so a special election to fill the vacancy might not occur before the November general election.

And second, it's an election year for the governor and all 200 plus state lawmakers.

After all, next year is an election year, when the narrowly divided state Senate in particular is expected to continue to be a wild card.

It's an election year!

Governor Cuomo offered something for everyone in his third state of the state message, as he faces a re election year.

«I hear people say that this is an election year and that governance will slow down; but let me assure you that in this state, we will stay focused to our plans and ensure that steady progress is achieved.»

This is an election year, after all, and nothing attracts voters like hometown bacon.

On top of being an election year, district lines for state and federal offices must be finalized in the beginning of the year — a process that will surely face court challenges.

But this is an election year.

True, 2014 is an election year, and he needs to brag about his record.

Under city Campaign Finance Board rules, any contribution that a campaign or campaign committee receives must be «accepted and deposited, or rejected and returned to a contributor» within 10 or 20 days depending on whether it is an election year.

It went from being the largest political giver in the state, with more than $ 1 million in donations in 2014, to giving candidates and committees less than $ 67,000 in the first half of 2015 and just over $ 51,000 in all of 2016, which was an election year.

It's an election year and political parties will go the extra mile to clinch victory in the scheduled November 7th presidential and Parliamentary elections.

That seems unrealistic, some lawmakers said privately, given that it is an election year for the 213 legislative seats come 2016.

«We are not fighting corruption because it is an election year; we have to fight corruption all - year round.

«Next year is an election year, and...

«It's an election year, so there's not a tremendous appetite for them to take on campaign financing,» said Cuomo.

2014 is an election year for Governor Cuomo as well as all of the 213 seats in the legislature.