Sentences with phrase «numerical majority of»

In the latter situation, existing well - established practice in Commonwealth constitutional Law and Conventions suggests that the Governor General, before acting to withdraw the mandate from an incumbent Prime Minister, is entitled to be satisfied, beyond reasonable doubt, of the political capacity of Opposition parties to be able to form, and then maintain for a sufficient time period, an alternative government that commands the support of a numerical majority of House members.

These self - marginalizing alliances leave a numerical majority of American parents, who like their traditional neighborhood public schools (and who've had it with high - stakes testing) or who don't identify as political progressives, regarding reform with either indifference or as a threat.

If Brooks prevails, the 63 - seat Senate in January would include a numerical majority of 32 lawmakers elected as Democrats — although that list includes Simcha Felder, who has conferenced with Republicans and has said he plans to continue doing do, and seven members of the Independent Democratic Conference, which has flirted with partnering with the Democratic mainline conference but could simply return to partnering with the GOP, as it has done for the past four years.

They do not have the numerical majority of 32 members that they need to lead the Senate outright.

Democrats won two New York state Senate special elections Tuesday, gaining a numerical majority of the number of representatives in the chamber.

In 2012, he struck an alliance with Republicans that kept the GOP in control of the chamber despite a numerical majority of Democratic senators.

Mayer declared victory Tuesday night, allowing Democrats to get back to their numerical majority of 32 seats in the state Senate.

Indeed much energy has been invested into explaining why the apparent numerical majority of the poor has failed to produce socialist outcomes through the ballot (this is Przeworski's and Sprague's famous «paper stones» argument).

«There is a numerical majority of Democrats in the Senate, but it will take real leadership from the party establishment to ensure they all work together,» he said.

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The Scandinavians, of course, moved to the upper Midwest, where Lutherans still dominate the culture even where they are not the numerical majority.

Families with lower incomes, who constitute a numerical majority, would require some form of subsidy.

Ideal for the vast majority of sectors and applications, not only can this system detect the smallest contaminants, it also collects a huge amount of other vital visual and numerical information, from missing components to defects, incorrect fill levels and product - in - seals.

Pablo Ibanez, whom is a doubt for Saturday, was sent off early on in that encounter, wrongly so as well as the FA later rescinded the red card, meaning the Baggies had to play the majority of the match with a numerical disadvantage.

A Republican victory there would likely dash any springtime hopes of Democrats gaining a working majority in the chamber, let alone a numerical one.

The IDC is rebuffing calls for unity from Democrats and liberal pressure groups to re-join the mainline conference of Democrats in the state Senate — calls that have intensified after the election of Brian Benjamin, who gives Democrats a numerical majority in the chamber.

The development puts Democrats in a numerical majority, but does not give them control of the chamber, given the alliance of Brooklyn Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder with the Senate GOP (Republicans have aligned themselves in the past with the five member Independent Democratic Conference).

Democrats need to win both races in order to gain a numerical majority in the chamber and move toward a coalition majority with the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference, based on agreement hammered out at the end of last year.

A Brooks win would solidify the claim the mainline Democratic conference leadership has been making for the last several weeks: A numerical 32 - lawmaker majority in the Senate should be enough to hand them control of the chamber.

It is mind - boggling that in Progressive New York for Democrats to win a majority they are required to win more than just a numerical majority to actually govern and that is why we need the Leader of our Party to step up.

Should Democrats gain a 32 - member numerical majority in the state Senate but fail to make that a working majority in the chamber would make for a «disaster for New York» as Republicans prepare to take full control of the Congress and presidency next year, Sen. Michael Gianaris said in a Capital Tonight interview.

After winning a numerical majority in November, the idea that any one of them would join a coalition that empowers Trump Republicans is unthinkable.»

Nevertheless, the Senate Republicans and Democrats exhausted their main campaign accounts, and slug fest resulted in no side emerging a clear winner in the sense that they have firm control over the chamber (Democrats have already won a majority of the seats giving them a numerical advantage and two races remain undecided).

The running feud is to the delight of Senate Republicans, who are in a numerical minority in the chamber, but retain a working majority with the help of Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder, who sits with the GOP conference.

But while Cuomo wrote Felder a letter last week asking him to join fellow Democrats in the numerical majority, he seems resigned that it may not happen and not much will get done in Albany these last two months of session.

Democrats in the State Senate remain hopeful that they will regain the numerical majority and control of the chamber after a special election is held later this month.

Interpretations of the National Interest have been at the forefront of the debate in an entirely new way for the British, pitching referendum against parliamentary voting, domestic and against foreign policy issues, numerical majorities against political and economic arguments, elites against elites.

* Note: Although Democrats had numerical majorities in both the New York State Senate and Washington State Senate, coalitions gave Republicans control of those chambers.

The WFP, along with a range of liberal pressure organizations and Democrats have been trying to push the IDC back to the mainline Democratic fold over the last several weeks, following the election of a 32nd enrolled Democrat to the Senate, giving the party a numerical majority, but not a working one.

The move toward a governing majority in the Senate was reignited in May when Democrats gained a numerical majority in the chamber with the special election victory of Brian Benjamin to an upper Manhattan district.

Democrats have a numerical majority in the Senate, but Republicans retain power with the aid of Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder, a registered Democrat who sits with the GOP conference.

Further, two members of the mainline Democratic conference — Bronx State Senator Ruben Diaz Jr. and Westchester State Senator George Latimer — are seeking local office, which could leave holes in the numerical Democratic majority for as long as their seats remain vacant.

If Mr. Kaminsky's small lead over Christopher T. McGrath, the Republican, holds up, the Democrats would take a numerical majority in the State Senate, which Republicans currently hold by the leanest of margins.

After the GOP regained a numerical majority in the 2014 elections, they revised the arrangement: Bronx State Senator Jeffrey Klein, the head of the IDC, retained his title of «co-leader» but lost much of his power over legislation and the chamber's internal workings

Democrats in the New York state Senate remain hopeful that they will regain the numerical majority and control of the chamber after a special election is held later this month.

The senate math today is murkier, but it's possible that by the end of May, with the help of a conservative Democrat from Brooklyn who caucuses with the GOP and has expressed interest in returning to the Democratic fold, the numbers will be there to form a numerical majority.

Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein expects there to be «some changes» in the existing power - sharing agreement with his five - member conference and the Senate Republicans, the latter of which is entering the new year with a numerical majority in the chamber.

Despite the agreement, Democrats will remain short of a numerical majority until potentially winning two seats in a special election on April 24.

The IDC in the wake of the 2012 elections formed a majority coalition with Republicans in the state Senate, with the GOP conference retaining the trappings of the majority in the process, despite falling into a numerical minority.

A special election in April is also looming, which could allow Democrats in the Senate — where Republicans rule thanks to a collaboration with Mr. Felder and a group of eight rogue Democrats — to take a numerical majority.

Note: A party with a numerical majority in a chamber may be forced to share power with other parties due to informal coalitions or may cede power outright because of divisions within its caucus.

They are both in heavily Democratic districts, and if the party's candidates win the seats in the special election, they would have the numerical majority required to take back control of the Senate from the Republicans.

ALBANY — Democrats awoke on Wednesday tantalizingly close to having a numerical majority in the State Senate, claiming victory in the Long Island district vacated by Dean G. Skelos, the former Republican majority leader convicted of federal corruption charges in December.

Democrats hold 32 of the Senate's 63 seats, a numerical majority.

An alliance between the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC), Felder, and the Senate Republicans had kept the GOP in control of the state Senate since 2013, despite Democrats often having a numerical majority.

Democrats won a 32 - 31 numerical majority in the 2016 elections, but the IDC and Felder again chose to align with Republicans, giving them effective control of the chamber.

The Democrats currently have the numerical majority in the Senate, but in a complicated political scenario, one of the Democrats meets with the Republican caucus and five other breakaway Democrats meet in their own separate group.

Democrats won both special elections on April 24, giving them a 32 - 31 numerical majority with Republicans still in control of the chamber through their alliance with Felder.

With a whole slew of Republicans announcing that they will not seek reelection and with Blue State New York in revolution against a Trump presidency, and with the Democrats having a numerical majority (minus the traitor Felder) there can be little doubt that this is the time that the State Senate will finally fall into Democratic hands.

Sumner said she raised the motion against naming Klein because of the IDC's decision in 2012 to align itself with Republicans, despite Democrats having the numerical majority in the 63 - seat upper chamber, which effectively kept the party out of power.

Stewart - Cousins told the New York Daily News that the proposed alliance depended on the outcome of special elections in 2018 where Democrats would need to replace two of their members — Ruben Diaz (D) and George Latimer (D)-- who resigned to take local elected positions in order to maintain a 32 - 31 numerical majority in the chamber.