Sentences with phrase «national referendum»

Climate change and our solutions agenda would figure at or near the top of issues in the next presidential election — effectively our only national referendum.

The Democratic turnout was particularly strong in affluent suburban areas the party is targeting in its quest to wrest control of the House in the first national referendum on Donald Trump's presidency, Bloomberg reported.

With 51 % of the voters behind it, the new government shelved the constitution bill, some of its members referring to the 2012 national referendum as an irrelevant «opinion poll».

Under his auspices, next May the first national referendum will be held since 1975 and its subject is electoral reform.

As was the informal national referendum, inadvertently actuated by President Clinton, on gays in the military.

The applicants were praying the court to declare a violation of their human rights with the non-implementation of the law, and a subsequent order for them to take part in general elections and national referenda while residing abroad.

Note that the US has never had a single national referendum on any issue, aside from the presidential elections.

It was only the second national referendum ever to be held within the United Kingdom and the result of the referendum was a decisive rejection of the adoption of the alternative vote by a margin of 67.9 percent to 32.1 percent of voters on a national turnout of 42 %.

Like most other national referendums it may never be held, although Labour will be under huge pressure to offer one too, dooming its leadership to a nerve - wracking nightmare if it wins the next election.

By - elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.

Brexit — the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union, which the country voted for in the 23 June national referendum — has plunged the U.K. scientific community into uncertainty.

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Although Mayer's «no telecommuting» policy was never meant to be a blanket ban on working from home under any circumstances, much less incite a national referendum on the issue, Yahoo failed to publicly explain the decision and contain the backlash.

The Greek government has found itself in a dire political situation after it was forced to accept draconian austerity measures as part of a bailout offer even harsher than the one a national referendum voted no to last week.

The outspoken former minister, who resigned from his role after the national referendum, despite it returning the result he was calling for, told the ABC the far - right Golden Dawn party could «inherit the mantle of the anti-austerity drive, tragically».

The prime minister called a national referendum for July 5 on the conditions of a loan from the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

JERUSALEM (AP)-- A group of former Israeli politicians, security officials, artists and social activists on Monday urged the government to hold a national referendum on the future of the Palestinian territories.

Bernier called for a national referendum on Senate abolition.

During general elections and national referendums, the agency hires several hundred additional employees.

However I know gays don't support a national referendum cause they know they will lose.

I have no issues with a national referendum on gay marriage.

Of all the recent mid-term elections, 2010 is the closest the nation has ever come to a national referendum on overall policy direction or «ideology.»

Ruled by Portugal for more than 400 years and by Indonesia for 24, East Timor gained independence in August 1999 through a national referendum.

But never underestimate the power of an anti-establishment revolt once it gains momentum and never, ever claim to know the outcome of a national referendum with months of campaigning still to go.

Whatever the result is turned over to a national referendum and the outcome of the national referendum shall be the people's constitution without any resort to any assembly for amendment because as long as we still have this national assembly there, they can never restructure this country in a way that will be detrimental to the money they are earning.

Specifically, these modern tribunes would be entitled to veto one piece of congressional legislation, one executive order and one Supreme Court decision; to call one national referendum, over any issue they wish (only two - thirds votes of both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives may render the statute unconstitutional); and to initiate impeachment proceedings against one Federal official from each of the three branches of government during their term of office.

The constitutional bill is firmly anchored in the will of the people because (a) the bill fully reflects the declaration of the 2010 National Assembly at which every Icelander 18 years or older had an equal chance of being invited to take a seat and (b) it was approved by 2/3 of the voters in a national referendum against the wishes of much of the discredited political class.

The political parties did nothing to promote the bill before the national referendum held by Parliament in 2012.

A British «constitutional convention» would presumably adopt (or suggest to a national referendum the adoption of) a truly written constitution specifying the ways that a clearly «federalized» country will operate in the future.

Fourth, Parliament held a national referendum on the bill in 2012 where the bill was accepted by 67 % of the voters and its individual key provisions were approved by 67 % to 83 % of the voters.

In fact, if Cameron tries to appease those hardline Eurosceptic MPs at the expense of the amicable negotiations with other members of the EU, it is likely that the UK will become a liability and isolated in the EU even before the national referendum.

Democratic leaders are trying to frame the November midterm elections not as a national referendum on the party in power but as local choices between two candidates.

After delivering his NRA remarks, the president headed to a private fundraiser for Republican congressional candidate Karen Handel, who is running in a special congressional race that has become a national referendum on his presidency.

Opponents of the plan, and some ministers, such as Benjamin Netanyahu and former minister Natan Sharansky, called on Sharon to hold a national referendum to prove that he had a mandate, which he refused to do.

Suddenly, these European Parliamentary elections have been transformed into a national referendum on the government.

At the launch of his leadership campaign, Kassam called for a national referendum on the right of women in the UK to wear the niqāb, claimed then - U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump does not hold anti-Muslim opinions, and cast doubt on the multiple claims of sexual assault made against Trump.

For much of its time in office the Labour government struggled with serious economic problems and a precarious majority in the Commons, while the party's internal dissent over Britain's membership of the European Economic Community, which Britain had entered under Edward Heath in 1972, led in 1975 to a national referendum on the issue in which two thirds of the public supported continued membership.

But either way, with a fresh set of elections in May and a national referendum around the corner we will all need to raise our game in 2016.

The federal government would then be responsible for figuring out how to respond to the vote, if at all, and would be unlikely to call for a plebiscite or national referendum.

Actually, we have a national referendum on public campaign finance every year with near 100 % participation.

@JimThio There is no national referendum process in the United States.

If, as is widely expected, it is passed by the senate, the changes will then be put to a national referendum — also expected to pass with little outspoken opposition.

Gordon Brown should hold a national referendum on electoral reform, Health Secretary Alan Johnson has said.

He focused on Europe and after reiterating the party's promise to hold a referendum on the draft EU Treaty he also promised to amend the 1972 European Communities Act «so that if any future government agrees any treaty that transfers further competences from Britain to the EU a national referendum before it could be ratified would be required by law.»

* The exact question was: «Voters should be given a national referendum on whether the UK remains a member of the European Union.

Second, the political parties at Westminster are going to have to rethink their attitude to a national referendum on the EU.