Sentences with phrase «of majority leadership»

After decades of operating under the take - no - prisoners model of majority leadership, the GOP got a taste of its own medicine in 2008 when it lost control of the chamber — and all the perks that go along with it, from staffing cash to offices to member item money — in 2008.

Not exact matches

The generation that is quickly occupying the majority of business leadership roles is one that's grown up playing video games, spends the most time shopping online, and uses social media more habitually than any other generation.

He said that though the vast majority of creators respond to changes at YouTube in a reasonable fashion, a fringe element always sees conspiracies and plots in every move made by the company's leadership.

An article last month in Forbes reported that, contrary to common perception, the majority of Americans actually don't aspire to leadership positions.

The majority of Building 8's senior leadership previously worked with Dugan at Google's advanced technologies division, including the leadership team responsible for the shuttered Project Ara modular smartphone.

The majority of my business is facilitating leadership development programs and coaching executives.

Though the President - elect will be coming into power with Republican majorities in both the House and the Senate, many of his most popular positions, like his hardline stances on trade and immigration, are not exactly popular with Congressional leadership.

«During early adolescence, the majority of girls stop raising their hands, participating in sports and extra-curricular activities, taking risks, and stepping into leadership roles,» says Catherine Connors, the company's co-founder and chief content officer.

The good news is that the Chinese do not feel morally superior or exceptional, and that the majority of them believe China should not take on a world leadership role, or if it does, it should jointly lead the world with the United States and other leading nations.

In a secret ballot on 23 June 2015, Yindjibarndi people throughout the State voted by an overwhelming two - thirds majority for change in the management and leadership of Yindjibarndi Native Title business.

«The utter lack of a credible climate policy plan on the part of the Harper government has gone a long way towards undermining Canada's standing in the world, even as a clear majority of Canadian citizens seek action and leadership on climate change.»

Unlike previous PC leadership races, according to recently changed party rules, if no candidate earns a majority of votes on the first ballot, only the first and second candidate move to the second ballot vote.

In America's Forbes Magazine this week, Alejandro Chafuen praised the leadership of the conservative policy think - tanks that helped set the stage for the election of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative majority government in 2011 and the success of conservative politicians across the country.

There's a big difference between buying stocks and ETFs in a market that reverses when the majority of leadership stocks are showing tight price action, versus buying stocks in a sudden market reversal when a large number of former leadership stocks have already lost key support levels and / or their bullish technical patterns have broken down.

With a strong right winged house the chances of a moderate leadership that benefits the majority is pretty much a dream.

Recent diversity reports of major tech companies show that white males make up the vast majority of their workforce and leadership...

From the «I can't believe my eyes and ears» file: A group called Majority Action ¯ which describes itself as being «led by veteran Democratic activists and [having] a leadership board that consists of prominent political figures, including several former Members of Congress,....

However, constituency meetings, especially those at the higher levels of the organizational pyramid, have proved unlikely to act independently because the system for choosing delegates (who are appointed rather than elected) has ensured that the vast majority hold leadership positions in the church or other church - paid positions.

The majority of the book is written in the first person, inviting the reader to share in the honest and sometimes deeply moving accounts of the journeys taken by each woman to her current position of church leadership.

The vast majority of pastors faithfully carry out the most important leadership post in the world for extremely low pay compared to what they could be making in some other field.

But a large majority of the Muslims, under the leadership of Sir Sayyid, were suspicious of Hindu motives, particularly because of their communal and revivalistic outlook.

I would like to suggest the opposite, that not only in leadership, but in the people inside the church, outside of the church, and in the majority of all humanity, secular and religious, there lies a profound and deep fear of powerlessness.

Though the vast majority of Americans and evangelicals are comfortable with women serving in leadership roles in businesses and in political capacities, opinions about ministry are very different.

After the vote, the majority, under the leadership of Ascension's rector John A. Pedler, assumed charge of the property and repainted the church's sign from «Episcopal» to «Anglican Catholic.»

When Henana of Adiabene, the director of the school at Nisibis (570 - 71) preferred John Chrysostom to Theodore, the Persian church repudiated his leadership and the majority of teachers and students left the school.

Note from Ed: Micah did the vast majority of hard work and planning from our team and I'm thankful for him and his leadership!

In the latter camp are all those who do not accept the left's agenda and its self - proclaimed leadership, a category into which the overwhelming majority of South Africa's evangelicals fit.

While there is certainly no such thing today as the «Catholic vote» (unified by issues and / or effective leadership), the majority of Catholics did vote for Obama, and we are informed by Catholic News Service that there is a «historic high» of 163 Catholics in the new Congress.

In the second session they began to exercise more leadership and the majority gradually aligned themselves with the progressive wing of the Council.

Recent diversity reports of major tech companies show that white males make up the vast majority of their workforce and leadership teams.

You said so yourself the majority of the Arsenal fans at the Emirates were fully behind Arsene and his «titles are nice but not essential» leadership.

Also, even though this alliance forces Smith to let bygones be bygones with a guy who once reportedly tried to oust him from his majority leader post (that would be Sen. Jeff Klein back in 2008 when the leadership struggle No. 1 took place), it could hardly be any worse than being the deposed former majority leader of the Democratic conference where he's pretty much just a back bencher since losing his power in the 2009 coup.

He sought the top leadership post as majority leader in 2015, losing to John Flanagan of Suffolk County.

«I think we're going to be anywhere's from 49 to 51 seats, but I think the significance of being that close, especially in this environment, I think there's going to be some Assembly Democrats across the state that'd be a little reluctant just to vote in lock - step with the leadership and the New York City - dominated Assembly majority.»

«Sheldon Silver has already demonstrated his leadership abilities in this area and defending values that are important to the majority of members of his conference, but also recognizing the realities of a difficult budget situation.

AG Andrew Cuomo said this morning it's completely «appropriate» for senators to be asked to publicly state whether they believe scandal - scarred Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. should retain his leadership post after he's been charged by the AG with allegedly looting his Bronx nonprofit of more than $ 14 million.

Add Nasasu County DA Kathleen Rice to the list of elected officials calling on Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. to voluntarily abdicate his leadership post and the perks that come with it in light of his current legal troubles.

Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan celebrates his one - year anniversary for assuming the leadership post following the indictment of Dean Skelos.

After a series of filibusters in the 1960s over civil rights legislation, the Senate put a «two - track system» into place in the early 1970s under the leadership of Majority Leader Mike Mansfield and Majority Whip Robert Byrd.

Sen. Marty Golden was one of the few senators willing to talk on the record — and on camera — about the latest legal troubles to beset Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., pledging to introduce a resolution that seeks to strip the Bronx Democrat of his leadership post.

«Until we achieve unity and stand up for women, immigrants, and the most vulnerable New Yorkers, all talk about a majority is nothing more than meaningless rhetoric on the part of failed leadership,» Giove said.

Nevertheless, Democrats plan to continue their criticism of Larkin for backing the leadership of ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who was ousted late last year following his conviction on felony corruption charges.

Wary of the headache this issue caused Senate President Malcolm Smith, who had to do a delicate dance to both appease the LGBT community that had invested more than $ 1 million to help him win the majority and the members like Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. who held the votes to his leadership post, Sampson is both supporting the six remaining «no» voters and refusing to promise to bring marriage to the floor for another vote.

«Albany incumbent David Valesky, who sits at the same Democrat leadership table as Senator Espada and voted to make him Majority Leader, should urge him to step aside from that position of leadership immediately,» Russo said.

Poll data show that the majority of Palestinians are opposed to a two - state solution, and the leadership has acted in accordance with this.

Sen. John Bonacic, the lone member of the Republican conference to call for then - Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno to give up his leadership post after learning of the FBI's probe into his outside business interests, released a statement this evening calling Bruno's two - year sentence «appropriate.»

«While we all support a unified, progressive Democratic majority in the State Senate under the leadership of Andrea Stewart - Cousins, your claims of unity can not undo the damage that you have done by blocking a single Democratic State Senator in the room to advocate for common - sense progressive priorities.

While this was a tough decision, a majority of WFP leaders decided this morning that she is the right choice to provide the strong, progressive leadership the working families of the 65th district need.

In the Senate, even he is tainted by the formation of an IDC Coalition, which usurped the voter's wishes as indicated through the ballot box count, to have a Democratic Majority in the house, when Sen. Jeff Klein went rogue and aligned himself with the Republicans in a leadership sharing arrangement that failed to deliver for the Governor this session.

«Because we now have 32 registered Democrats under the leadership of Andrea Stewart - Cousins and we expect and believe 32 registered democrats are going to come together and form a Democratic majority.