Sentences with phrase «narrow majority»

However, starting in 1966 Republicans began winning narrow majorities in the chamber, ceding control back to Democrats in just three elections: 1974, 1976, and 1990.

One senior Tory said the party faces a «devastating pincer movement» from Ukip in a string of marginal seats where Conservatives won in 2010 with narrow majorities over Labour: «If more Tory votes are siphoned off to Ukip, and Lib Dems switch to Labour, we will be done for in those seats and our position in the north of England will be terrible.

An election where most seats are won by narrow majorities would result in most of the elected (on both sides) having only negligible voting power.

Tessa Jowell was picked as the Labour candidate in Ilford North to defend the party's very narrow majority in what proved to be a key byelection in 1978, caused by the death of the sitting MP.

Republicans pushed through far more with far narrower majorities.

That would threaten the Republicans» narrow majority control of the Senate.

But Trump's tax reform hopes have begun to encounter resistance in the Senate, where the Republicans» narrow majority means they have to keep almost everyone in the party on board.

Narrow majority pro-Corbyn but not as overwhelming as Momentum pretends - or would like

However, I also noted that this would leave a number of Labour MPs nursing narrow majorities.

Narrow majorities also supported closing the Indian Point nuclear reactor and passing the New York Dream Act, which allows undocumented aliens in the state to receive financial aid for college.

The Republicans» narrow majority in the Senate depends on a coalition that includes a conservative Democrat and a five - member Independent Democratic Conference.

It was a defining issue in the 1969 elections, as a result of which they were able to form a government, though with a very narrow majority, and the issue in the subsequent 1972 elections which they won comfortably.

Dean Skelos: Mr. Silver's Republican State Senate counterpart was less of an institution than the disgraced Democrat, and presided over a far narrower majority.

Already, sticking points in the plan have emerged, threatening the loss of votes for a party that holds only a narrow majority in the Senate.

After months of polls showing that a narrow majority of Britons favored staying with the E.U., recent surveys have muddled the picture as some show the country's voters leaning toward leaving the 28 - nation politico - economic union despite the potential for economic aftershocks in the U.K. and across Europe.

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.

A narrow majority of defined - contribution - plan advisers and consultants say managed accounts provide less benefit to participants than target - date funds, according to a survey by Pacific Investment Management Co..

On the monetary policy front the big event of the quarter was the adoption of negative rates by the BOJ Policy Board on 29 January on a narrow majority of five to four.

Polls in both Canada and the United States show a narrow majority now favour legalization.

But young voters are also closely divided on immigration policy and a narrow majority favor restricting most abortions.

On 23 June 2016 a referendum was held in which a narrow majority of voters in the United Kingdom (nearly 52 %) voted in favour of leaving the European Union, the so - called «Brexit».

By giving Adenauer's party and its allies a narrow majority, the voters ratified his vision of Germany's future, one that drew deeply from Christian, and especially Catholic, thought about the challenges facing modern society.

Cuomo, though, has faced criticism from liberal advocates that he has not worked hard enough to help his own party gain control of the chamber, where Republicans hold a narrow majority.

Republicans hold a narrow majority in the state Senate and, with a presidential election approaching, Democrats expect higher turnout to benefit down - ballot races.

The US Senate Democrats» campaign arm is holding onto a fundraising edge as the party tries to protect its narrow majority in the chamber.

Speaking with reporters, DeFrancisco after a marathon voting session cited the need for the Republicans to maintain their narrow majority in the Senate.

A Kaminsky victory in the April 19 special election could scramble control of the Senate, where Republicans hold a narrow majority.

A politician should seek to represent everyone, not merely the narrow majority that elected him or her.

Senate Republicans hold a narrow majority in the chamber, while Democrats expect to do well in suburban and upstate swing districts with Hillary Clinton atop the party's ticket this year.

The race, one of the more costly contests for a Senate seat, comes as Republicans hang on to their narrow majority in the chamber.

The race could prove crucial for control of the chamber, given the narrow majority Republicans currently hold in the Senate.

The proposal seemingly opened a rift between members within the GOP conference that holds a narrow majority in the Senate.

The race for the 9th Senate district is potentially crucial for control of the chamber, given the narrow majority Republicans hold.

There's no word on Nozzolio's return to the Senate, where Republicans hold a narrow majority heading into the final weeks of the 2016 legislative session.

They're missing a trick: while a narrow majority voted to leave the EU, it's clear the public want change on a range of policy issues.

In an op / ed submitted to Capital Tonight's State of Politics, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan insisted Republicans will hold control of the chamber and even grow its narrow majority in the chamber in part by targeting seats held by members of the defunct Independent Democratic Conference.

Republicans hold a narrow majority in the chamber and are fending off Democratic challenges in a presidential election year, which tends to aid Democratic turnout down ballot.

A bill that would declare New York a «sanctuary» state has been a difficult ask in the state Legislature, with the measure passing by a narrow majority in the otherwise Democratic - dominated Assembly and unlikely to come to a vote in the Republican - controlled Senate.

The GOP conference holds a narrow majority in the chamber with the aid of Brooklyn Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder, who is aligned with Republicans.

Republicans in the Senate, who hold a narrow majority, have questioned the voting measures as backed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the budget.

Morris is the lone Democrat running against Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat who conferences with Republicans and gives the GOP its needed 32nd vote in the chamber to maintain its narrow majority.

Republicans hold a narrow majority in the state Senate, with control hinging in part on the Venditto race as well as the seat held by GOP incumbent Carl Marcellino.

The race is a key one for Senate Republicans, who have held the Southern Tier - area seat for the last 100 years, as the conference holds a narrow majority in the chamber.

The seven - member Independent Democratic Conference is retaining its alignment with the Senate Republican conference, who are retaining a narrow majority in the chamber with the help of Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder, a Democrat who sits with the GOP.

He was taking the helm of a conference that held a narrow majority in the Senate and was expected to lose seats in the 2016 election — forcing him to either fall into the minority or form a coalition government with the Independent Democratic Conference.

Regardless, the altered status quo stands in the Senate with Republicans maintaining a narrow majority, but Democrats arrayed to take power, hopeful that a wave year could spread to down ballot races.

The Senate is working on a plan of their own — the last CBO - scored version had 22 million people without insurance — but the narrow majority Republicans hold is making it difficult for them to come to consensus on a bill of their own.

And if you look specifically at Pennsylvania, for example, going into that election, the Democrats had a narrow majority in the statehouse - five or six seats - and that Operation RedMap, this national Republican effort, targeted three, put money in, won all three.