Sentences with phrase «not listen to your constituents»

Instead of talking to each other in this phoney setting - why not take some questions from the media / press... Better yet - why not listen to your constituents - have a few budget related town hall meetings.

And when the newspaper called me for comment, while it was at first tempting to let fly with everything that had gone wrong between us (which is what the paper was after, I'm sure), I realized that the reason Bill was running for mayor is that he believed in local government as a voice for the people, and that the current administration wasn't listening to its constituents, and that his campaign was meant to bring attention to that.

Not exact matches

«Instead of apologizing to his constituents for coming under a House Ethics investigation for potential insider trading and abuse of office violations, Collins has spent his time in Washington — when he's not voting to cut healthcare coverage and raise taxes for millions of New Yorkers — bragging to anyone who will listen about how much money he's made for himself and other members of Congress on this insider deal.

I look forward to seeing constituents from Kinderhook and the surrounding towns on February 9th to listen to their stories and do what our representative will not.»

«After months of consideration and listening to constituents, I have decided that I will not support a ban on horse - drawn carriages,» Ms. Rose wrote.

«Lawmakers should listen to their constituents and not to their rich friends,» said NYSUT Executive Vice President Andrew Pallotta in a press release.

I think those MPs who say they are listening and consulting and haven't yet made up their minds, need to listen a bit harder to some of their constituents and local Party members.

Some of his constituents said while Collins has been doing plenty of talking, he hasn't been listening to them.

«He's listening to people who have big money and that's not everybody, and he needs to listen to everybody,» said Jessica Altman, 27th District constituent.

The Labour education minister reviewing the decision went out of his way to visit and listen to my angry constituents, but he didn't overrule a decision which was obviously right even if politically painful for me and my marginal seat.

And so if you're unwilling to listen to your constituents, unwilling to meet with them, I don't know if you're doing your job then,» she said.

«We don't just listen to «it's always been that way» - we really think about how we can do things better on behalf of our constituents, and we tackle and look to tackle the tough problems.»

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After all, I'm one of Pat's constituents — isn't she supposed to be listening and representing me?

«Members of Congress need to listen to their constituents who do not want to slash public schools in order to spend millions of dollars on private schools.

Or is it OK to listen to the constituents as long as they are not teachers?

At the state level, most officials are so swamped with their own constituents» correspondence that they are not likely to listen to anyone outside of their district.

Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D - Weston, said she thought Rubio was listening to NRA leaders and not residents and constituents.