Sentences with phrase «minority party member of»

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The president, who has repeatedly said he wants to accomplish the difficult feat of winning Democratic votes, joked about the minority party's support to Sen. Ron Wyden, D - Ore., the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee.

Additionally, there are several other related party transactions involving Walton family members and Wal - Mart executives, that raised concerns regarding the effectiveness of our board in representing the interests of us, the minority shareholders.

But that's not going to happen as long as pundits, politicians and pastors preach hatred for minorities, non-christians, gays and members of other political parties.

The key questions are whether the majority of Labour MPs and the significant minority of party members who oppose Labour's lurch towards far left politics are alienated enough by it all to leave (given that the alternative of an internal challenge has failed), and whether the unions, who still underwrite much of the party's finances, will eventually call time on the Corbyn project.

Minority leader in Parliament and Member of Parliament Haruna Iddrisu Tamale South has warned the New Patriotic Party [NPP] to stay off the Independent Electoral Commission and its Chair Charlotte Osei.

Holding only 84 seats in the parliament, the Socialists engineered a coalition with the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, a mainly ethnic Turkish minority party, which had 36 deputies, thus securing a total of 120 votes in the 240 - member parliament.

The NDC General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah; Minority leader, Haruna Iddrisu; Former Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah; Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Inusah Fuseini; MP for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini, and a former Northern Regional Minister, Moses Bukari Mabengba were among the party bigwigs that participated in the event.

The ranking member typically oversees minority committee staff and may coordinate involvement of the minority party committee members in committee activities.

The most senior (though not necessarily the longest - serving) member of the minority party on a committee (or subcommittee).

In the House, a motion offered by a member of the minority party at the end of floor consideration that, if adopted in its simple form, returns the measure to legislative committee.

Committee rules require that at least two members of the minority party be present for a vote to be held.

This follows comments by the Minority that some members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) vigilante groups had been recruited to provide security in Parliament.

In the Senate, the motion may be offered at other times during consideration of a measure, and is not a prerogative of a member of the minority party; it may also be used as a means of offering an amendment.

Then as the Ranking Member of the Communications Committee of Parliament and the Communications Director of the Party, Bagbin, as the Minority Leader, proposed to his dear friend, brother and idol to accept to be moved to the Ranking Position on the Foreign Affairs Committee.

President Akufo - Addo today [Thursday], took a rather unusual subtle jibe at members of the National Democratic Congress [NDC] minority in Parliament, when he suggested that they no longer recognize the Founder of their party, Jerry John Rawlings.

The reason we haven't included Ryan on our Line is because being a member of the minority party in the House is a very small platform on which to make a national impact.

Everyone knows that each House and Senate committee has representatives from both parties which include a senior member of the minority party.

It selects four members from the majority party (the one controlling the majority of the 132 total seats) and three members from the minority party.

«New York City has to have a good relationship with Albany, and I thought it was important for them to see members of the minority and majority party together.»

Republican Thomas McKevitt, 46, is a minority - party member of the State Assembly from East Meadow.

As a minority member on the Onondaga County Legislature, I worked across geographical and party lines to successfully negotiate a 10 - year agreement that ensured Syracuse would receive its fair share of sales tax revenues collected by the county.

Bertha Lewis, head of the The Black Institute and a founding member of The Working Families Party who supported de Blasio for mayor, said the administration «has not demonstrated» that minority hiring is a «priority.»

Twelve members of the majority, including six from the Assembly and six from the Senate, and four members of the minority party, including two from each house, make up the committee.

With the current Welsh Government being a minority government run by Welsh Labour, the main opposition party from May — mid October was Plaid Cymru but after one of Plaid's Assembly Members resigned from the party, it had equally the same seats as the Welsh Conservatives.

The Minority leader in Parliament Osei Kyei Mensah - Bonsu has condemned the MP for Assin North, Kennedy Agyapong, for defending the attack on a Member of Parliament by the Ashanti regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party.

Sources in the party have related that, various minority members of parliament have bemoaned against the incredibly deep rooted division their flagbearer Nana Akufo - Addo, has infested the party with.

It is gathered that most a number of colleague Members of Parliament (MPs) from both Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the majority New Patriotic Party (NPP) were in attendance.

Republicans also advanced two other cabinet nominations — Steve Mnuchin as Treasury secretary and Georgia Rep. Tom Price for secretary of Health and Human Services — suspending quorum rules that require a member of the minority party to participate in confirmation votes.

The EHRC has claimed that the changes to the constitution could continue to discourage mixed marriages and integration of ethnic minorities with «indigenous British» people and still require new members to undergo a vetting process by party officials.

At this session, the lieutenant governor was a member of the minority party, and the Democratic majority voted to appoint the committees by ballot.

But as long as Labour's leaders can't be bothered to build their own relationships within the minority communities, then the troubles of BAME Labour will continue and the party will keep on letting down its minority members.

Jack: Ethnic minorities overwhelmingly back Labour throughout the country, despite the often negative statements about the Labour party made by members of the ethnic minorities.

Although this proposal was sniffed at by some members of the Scottish Nationalist Party on Monday, the government was only aiming to implement exactly what SNP MPs demanded when we originally set the Committee up, without minority party participaParty on Monday, the government was only aiming to implement exactly what SNP MPs demanded when we originally set the Committee up, without minority party participaparty participation.

«If he continues to refuse to denounce those calling for a split, members will think he is simply trying to scaremonger them to vote for him by his talking up of threats from a minority of MPs supporting his campaign who are plotting to split our party in Tory newspapers, while at the same time refusing to denounce them.

Even after rendering an unqualified apology, for his outbursts largely considered partisan, discriminatory and divisive, the Minority in Parliament is maintaining its stance that Ghana's High Commissioner to South Africa, George Ayisi Boateng, should resign for pledging to prioritize New Patriotic Party (NPP) members in the execution of his mandate.

To deal with situations in parliamentary systems where no clear majority to support a government exists, two or more parties may establish a formal coalition government, commanding a clear majority of the parliamentary members, or a party might enter into less formal alliances or agreements with other parties, or individual members, to allow the minority government to stay in office.

Governor Cuomo gathered with leaders of the legislature to celebrate an on time budget for the second year in a row, but some minority party members weren't as happy.

Talks have centered on a 10 member panel, five Democrats and five Republicans, appointed by the majority and minority parties of the legislature, with appointees coming equally from both parties in the legislature.

In a letter released Monday evening by leaders of the Democratic State Committee, a quartet of party insiders said the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference should break its alliance with the Senate's 31 Republicans and instead coalesce with Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins and her 23 mainstream Democrats.

«This is a very important time for the Labour Party and we must stamp out completely the stain of anti-Semitism from a minority of members.

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Under the measure, new maps would require support from at least half the members of the minority party and three - fifths support in Ohio's House and Senate overall.

But at the moment, it looks like former Assemblyman Frank Seddio has amassed sufficient support to take control of the party organization, even as a number of minority members are pushing for Assemblyman Karim Camara, whose candidacy is complicated by the fact that he's neither a district leader nor an executive committee member.

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Cuomo's selection of Duffy as a candidate for lieutenant governor was largely welcomed by the Democratic party, though some party members reportedly said they had hoped the attorney general would choose a minority for the ticket.

State Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb said Tuesday he plans to seek the Republican nomination for governor in 2018, becoming the the first member of his party to formally enter the race.

Being a member of the minority party means he's not beholden to the assembly leadership.»

The Common Council «rule» which defines the minority leader as the head of the non-majority Party with the second largest number of members is hardly clear.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Builsa North, James Agalga has suggested that Minority Members of Parliament are ready to back the suit filed by a member of the party against the government over the defence cooperation agreement with the United SMember of Parliament for Builsa North, James Agalga has suggested that Minority Members of Parliament are ready to back the suit filed by a member of the party against the government over the defence cooperation agreement with the United Smember of the party against the government over the defence cooperation agreement with the United States.

Jews resigning over antisemitism, members resigning over Europe; Labour looks more like a minority charismatic religion than a political party with a realistic prospect of power.