Sentences with phrase «of individual party members»

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Under the current system of lax or non-existent restrictions on political spending, billionaire givers are at least as influential as any individual member of the House or Senate, probably a bigger deal than the chairmen of the two major political parties.

All interested parties, namely: - members of management of companies seeking financing, particularly early stage businesses and other small and medium - sized enterprises; - individual and institutional investors; - dealers, representatives and other registered persons; and - lawyers, accountants and other professionals offering services to issuers.

Members of distinct religious traditions saw the issues differently, and as a result these religious groups were critical both to the formation of party coalitions and to the way individuals voted.

In order to break through the stranglehold of Communist Party members over every sclerotic institution of Soviet life, he must go as far as he dares to empower the creativity of individual citizens.

This Promotion is only open to legal residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia who are at least 18 years old as of the date of entry, except officers, directors, members, and employees of the Sponsor, the judging organization (if applicable), or any other party associated with the development or administration of this Promotion, and the immediate family (i.e., parents, children, siblings, spouse), and persons residing in the same household, as such individuals.

@SoylentGray: I think what Chirstian is trying say here is that the individual elected members of a party are not beholden to vote party line on any bill before them.

I have consistently maintained that instead of loyalty to party, members have become loyal to individuals first before party and this is a worrying concern that must be addressed.

As a Council, we are appalled at some individuals within the ruling party, including a sitting Member of Parliament, whose tacit support and actions seems to be providing oxygen for these criminal elements to carry out these acts of impunity, having the potential of not only casting a slur on their own party leadership and government but undermining the authority of the Presidency, thus eroding the confidence and goodwill that Ghanaians have reposed in the new administration.

An individual congress member can side against their party in support of a bill.

Even though the NDC party has officially remained silent over the former President's latest attacks on its leadership and its late leader, many high profile individual party members are so vexed with the outbursts of the NDC founder; they are threatening to expose his hypocrisy and his selfish motives for his behavior.

Miliband took the biggest gamble of his time as leader yesterday when he confirmed that only individual union members who actively opt - in to supporting Labour would contribute to the party, rather than the current system of an automatic «affiliation» fee paid by three million union members.

The day after unveiling his plan for individual trade union members to «opt - in'to being members of the party, Miliband addressed Labour officials at their Brewer's Green HQ.

It is probably fair to say that libertarianism is a term less familiar to British political culture than to that of the United States, but British conservatives (including members of the Conservative party) often like to claim the mantle of liberalism and individual liberty, usually relating these ideas to the promotion of free enterprise, reduced state intervention in the economy and individual responsibility.

«If an individual member of either National Democratic Congress (NDC) or NPP engages insulting behavior, you can not conclude that every member of that political party insults».

In apparent response to Friday's allegation by the Federal Government listing some individuals as looters of the Nigerian treasury, the People's Democratic Party has threatened to retaliate by names those who have also looted and are currently members of the APC.

Following the address, some members of the party have challenged the party's founder saying the party's defeat was not caused by the actions of the individuals in government.

I won't hold my breath though; the main obstacle to the talks comes not from the Conservatives but from Labour, who have previously refused to consider allowing individual union members to opt out of their union's donations to the Labour Party.

Still, While Estonia could have easily been the world leader in e-voting by introducing this as a regular feature already for the location elections of 2002, probably genuine worries that technical problems would not be solved by the Fall of that year, as well as the skepticism of individual members of parties generally in favour of e-voting, all of them reasonable and appropriate, were among the reasons that prevented such an outcome.

«While all of the individuals setting up Momentum are members or supporters of the Labour party, the group anticipates that many thousands of people who are not [Labour supporters] will be involved in the wider social movement».

A Labour Party spokeswoman said: «We can not comment on individual complaints, but all Labour members and representatives are expected to uphold the highest standard of conduct at all times.»

Why have individual members of Congress, at all, if it's about monolithic, uniform party votes?

The NPF is made up of 204 members representing parliament, European and devolved assemblies, local government, affiliated trade unions, socialist societies and others, and individual members of the Labour Party, who elect representatives through an all member ballot.

Individual members of parliament can push amendments and in some limited cases a small party (or a small group within one party) can threaten to vote against their block on an issue that's very important to them but there is none of the «getting the votes» one - by - one that seems to be going on in the US.

Regardless of the actual voting patterns in this case, any voting system in which individual members are all elected from a single geographical region, as is used in the Australian House of Representatives can easily have the party with most seats (and perhaps an overall majority / plurality) not be the party which received most votes.

Its most well - known member was John Alderdice, who became leader of the party ahead of the 1987 general election, contested the Belfast East parliamentary seat and received 32 % of the vote, the highest percentage ever achieved by Alliance in an individual seat in a Westminster election.

The reform would force the party to be much more pro-active in seeking out the support of individual union members and could bring in thousands of new members.

According to the Electoral Commission's guidelines, «regulated donees» should be members of registered parties or individual holders of elective office, or members associations.

«Serving as a member of the executive committee is a privilege for individuals who have worked tirelessly to strengthen the party,» Gulino said in a statement.

Clause I — Name — The Labour Party Clause II — Membership — There shall be two classes of members, namely a) Affiliated members b) Individual members.»

The Labour Party is a membership organisation consisting of individual members and Constituency Labour Parties, affiliated trade unions, socialist societies and the Co-operative Party, with which it has an electoral agreement.

«What I can tell you as an individual, not as a city councilman but as an individual and a member of the Republican Party, I vigorously support Marc's candidacy,» Voccio said.

A list - based approach could be used to elect individuals, without specifying their post, and this could ensure better representation of different wings of the party, but then members would have no control over who got what portfolio.

«An unfortunate precedent is occurring in our great party where a single individual wishes to hijack the party machinery for personal interest to the detriment of all members.»

The party needs to build an individual relationship with its members, which would allow tailored approaches, recognising the strengths and skills of the member.

It is a mistake to believe «liberal» and «conservative» have a meaning in relation to how they're used to designate individuals as members of a particular political party.

Some individuals, believed to be members of the ruling New Patriotic Party, have stormed the Tema Harbour and are demanding to be...

He adds: «If you do decide to go ahead, the first step is to make sure that you are an individual member of the Labour Party... Moreover, it is important to ensure that those serving on the relevant CLP committees and holding constituency - level office back member - led democracy.»

Mr. Mensah noted that, the Member of Parliament for the area, Sam George, lacks the ability to unify the party in the constituency, and the earlier he works with the party members as a team rather than towing individual lines, the better for the future of the party.

«Nevertheless, our members believe that unless we repeal Wilson Pakula, eliminate party slush funds, and prohibit multi-million dollar transfers from party committees to individual candidates, then we will fail to address the fundamental problems of our current campaign finance system.

I've never liked the way it seems to categorise people into types - members of a group rather than individuals - and to make the party seem like a «machine».

«The fact that this video shows another example of an officer with his number obscured assaulting a member of the public indicates that there is a systematic problem here, not just a series of individual acts of misconduct,» said David Howarth, the party's justice spokesman.

Without wanting to curtail the freedom of speech of Party members, the Council of Elders did what is right, by showing leadership in the wake of a few individuals flaunting their egos to benefit of the NPP and its media lackeys / assigns.

A member of the Lion's Club, which provides aid to individuals with visual and motor impairment throughout the world, he supports full inclusion of persons with disabilities in the Democratic Party.

Dr. Ayeh who is now a leading member of breakaway party, National Democratic Party (NDP), criticized government for denying Ghanaians their political and economic rights by excluding certain individuaparty, National Democratic Party (NDP), criticized government for denying Ghanaians their political and economic rights by excluding certain individuaParty (NDP), criticized government for denying Ghanaians their political and economic rights by excluding certain individuals...

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.

Though the party has been meeting with individuals to form a coalition against the ruling All Progressives Congress in the past, it was however gathered that the main opposition party had stepped up consultations following the open declaration by the members of the nPDP, who are in the APC, that the ruling party and President Muhammadu Buhari last week were marginalising them.

The Republican Party had more members impacted by term limits in the 2010 state legislative elections than the Democratic Party, both in terms of how many individual incumbent legislators the Republican Party lost (190, versus 182 for the Democratic Party) and in terms of how many state legislative chambers lost more Republicans (13, versus 10 for the Democratic Party).

The decision of individual Labour Party members to join a proxy war in Spain in the 1930s stood in stark contrast to the ability of the Parliamentary Labour Party to foment any direct military intervention.

However, the number of individual union and party members could increase, bolstering Labour's campaigning presence.

His plan is to distance himself from the unions, while becoming closer to union members: «Men and women in trade unions should be able to make a more active, individual choice on whether they become part of our party.»