Sentences with phrase «majority of citizens who»

«Even in a down housing market, homeownership remains a core American value, with the vast majority of citizens who do not currently own a home saying they want to buy a home,» said Bob Nielsen, president of the National Association of Home Builders and a home builder from Reno, Nev. «Those running for office in November need to understand that voters will not look kindly on any candidates who seek to dismantle the nation's long - term commitment to homeownership.»

«The end result is that the vast majority of citizens who can't afford to make big donations feel shut out, and in many cases actually are.»

Not exact matches

Last week UK citizens voted by a narrow majority to withdraw from the European Union (EU), the amalgam of 28 nation states who joined the collective 23 years ago.

Obviously, given there is a majority of those who identify as «christian» (of some sort)-- in this country, the «attacks» (other than ongoing obviously more violent types in various Middle East countries with state enforced muslim citizens) are so angry and vicious.

Members of these religious bodies today are children of the people who, coming to majority after World War II, finally lost the capacity as citizens to be genuine political actors in America.

Luckily for the rest of the world the majority of US citizens are educated enough to realise they are being flooded by big - business - led propaganda such as Fox news and CNN who don't know the difference between Foot and Mouth disease and Mad Cow disease!

American citizens, including American citizens who have emigrated from countries they wish to adopt from, represent the majority of international adoptive parents, followed by Europeans and those from other developed nations such as Australia.

«Our Senate Republican Majority is the voice of hardworking taxpayers, of small businessmen and women looking to create jobs, of working people who want to provide for their families, of moms and dads who want their kids to be safe and of citizens who just want a better quality of life.

Extend the sphere, and you take in a greater variety of parties and interests; you make it less probable that a majority of the whole will have a common motive to invade the rights of other citizens; or if such a common motive exists, it will be more difficult for all who feel it to discover their own strength, and to act in unison with each other.

The issue is of particular importance to Republicans in the Senate, who hold the majority in that house by just one vote, says Dick Dadey, with the reform group Citizens Union.

A clear majority of voters (59 - 21) say all candidates for state office should sign a pledge in support of a nonpartisan independent redistricting commission — a victory for both former NYC Mayor Ed Koch, whose PAC, New York Uprising, is pushing candidates to do just that; and also for AG Andrew Cuomo, who is calling for citizens and candidates alike to sign his reform pledge.

Not that I'm predicting a Paul presidency; the same factors I talked about back in June still apply (for instance, I can't see the majority of Americans voting for a guy who'd do his best to get rid of Social Security, Medicare and most of the rest of the government benefits and protections average citizens enjoy).

The city of Baltimore took down monuments to Lee, Jackson and pre-Civil War Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney, who wrote the majority decision in the Dred Scott Case, ruling that the descendants of slaves were not US citizens.

«The majority includes people who would replace human rights with citizens» privileges that can be stripped away by government — they ignored their consultation responses and own terms of reference which were supposed to be about building on Convention rights, not destroying them.»

A report released Monday by the good - government group Citizens Union argued the current system for redistricting, dominated by the Democratic majority in the Assembly and Republicans who control the Senate, has led to less - competitive elections, reduced voter turnout and, over the past four election cycles, a 96 percent re-election rate for incumbents — who are returned to office by an average margin of victory of 61 percentage points.

The vast majority of those who «defend the history» are Russian citizens, including the top - ranking officials of that country.

These parents, probably the majority of home schoolers, are mainly middle - class parents who believe in prolonged intimate contact between family and child, but who do not mean to impede their children's access to higher education and jobs or their ability to act as good citizens.

«The two, white suburban legislators, they propose that the white county executive appoint a commissioner who will have parallel authority to the democratically elected school board, and in my book, that's an attack on the democratic rights of the citizens of Milwaukee, the majority of whom are black and brown,» Peterson says.

So let's be clear about this: Once again, Detroit's city council behaves irresponsibly towards its citizens — especially its children — because its majority has lost site of what matters most: The children who must attend this atrocity of a school system.

To be eligible for a SoFi loan, you'll need to be employed or have sufficient income and be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident who has reached the age of majority in your state.

Despite the societal pressures many of the dogs and their owners endure, one thing rings true: The canine hero who was admired by this country's earliest citizens continues to show itself in the faces of the overwhelming majority of pit bulls in our homes and even most of our shelters.

This is the world of Paul Polak, the author of «Out of Poverty» and guru of a movement to «design for the other 90 percent» — meaning the vast majority of global citizens, for whom an iPad or Netflix or Nissan Leaf are not innovations with any meaning but who comprise an enormous market.

«Trump doesn't speak for America on climate change — not for the majority of U.S. citizens who support action on climate change, nor for the 2,500 cities, counties, states, businesses and universities that have pledged their support for the Paris Agreement goals.»

Bill Seitz's actions are the latest in a long line of government officials who have drawn our attention and appear to be more closely aligned with entrenched, fossil fuel interests than the majority of his state's citizens.

The way that US citizens vote is now a major factor in their belief in global warming - with a wide majority of Republicans not seeing climate change as «here and now», compared to a tiny minority of Democrats who deny that global warming as already upon us.

Limbaugh denied having making this statement, so he turned the tables, posting the letter on eBay for sale as a «priceless memento» of the folly of Senior Majority Leader Harry Reid and 40 other senators, who attempted to «demonize a private citizen by lying about his views.»

These are: «Protection of the minority against the majority» (Paragraph 5.22); «Solidarity between EU citizens and between them and the Member States» (Paragraph 5.23); and «[c] omplications in the case of young children who are EU citizens» (Paragraph 5.24).

A majority of these cases are brought by citizens with substantial complaints — persons who are physically or economically injured by torts or frauds or governmental infringement of their rights; persons who have been unjustly deprived of their liberty or their property; and persons who have not yet received the equal opportunity in education, employment, and pursuit of happiness that was the dream of our forefathers.

A majority of the C.A. allowed the Attorney General's appeal, finding that the denial of the vote to non-resident citizens who have been outside Canada for five years or more is saved by s. 1.

Although the majority of households in Jacksonville are headed by a married couple, nearly 37 % of citizens live with someone who is not related to them.2 Since Jacksonville has a highly diverse population, 3 services for families in need of behavioral health counseling must be adaptable to and respectful of each population's unique needs.