Sentences with phrase «on winning back the majority»

That's a far cry from guaranteeing victory, but it's quite a pivot from a Democratic caucus that four months ago unveiled a data - heavy effort dubbed «The Majority Project» that appeared to focus on winning back the majority by 2020 or 2022.

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Obviously, BO won the presidency on the backs of 35 million aborted womb babies and therefore is the leader of the Immoral Majority i.e..

If we go on to win the title this season the majority on here will be saying we always backed him.

Overall I am happy with a draw... Yes we could easily have won the game if giroud had taken some of the easy chances he was presented with, but the spuds could just have easily gone 2 - 0 up a number of times... We could have gone top of the league today but with all the injuries at the moment the most important thing is that we didn't lose ground on city... Looking forward to after the international break when we will have the majority of our players back #COYG

The senator's main focus, however, seems to be on helping fellow Democrats elsewhere in the country, in hopes that his party will see success in winning back the majority, allowing Schumer to succeed Majority Leader Harry Reid retires at the end of tmajority, allowing Schumer to succeed Majority Leader Harry Reid retires at the end of tMajority Leader Harry Reid retires at the end of the year.

Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro has secured enough GOP support to win a slot on its ticket, and now has almost double the backing of his nearest rival in the contest for the Republican Party's gubernatorial nomination, Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco.

In a July 2011 CapTon interview, back when the DSCC was about $ 2 million in the hole, Gianaris confidently predicted the Dems would be able to fully retire their debt in time for this election cycle, and then go on to be sufficiently competitive to win back the majority.

Labour hasn't yet been able to make significant inroads into the SNP support base, which remains at the same level that delivered last year's majority, and needs to focus on winning over voters who backed the SNP at last year's election.

Sturgeon requires the continuing support of unionist voters, happy to back the SNP in government if not to endorse their view on the future of the UK, if she is to repeat her party's trick of winning an overall majority in a parliament elected under a system that's part first - past - the - post and part proportional representation.

Hayes slammed Cuomo for doing «essentially nothing» to help the Democrats win back the majority, even going to far as to cross party lines to endorse a Republican (Sen. Steve Saland) who had voted «yes» on same - sex marriage last summer.

But the government's majority won it the vote on the parliamentary investigation and Labour backed down.

«A group of shadow ministers believe that one of Tony Blair's bigger strategic mistakes was to row back on co-operation with the Liberal Democrats when he won such a large Commons majority in 1997.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday afternoon rallied on Long Island for Democrats to win back control of the House of Representatives and take a working majority in the state Senate, insisting Republicans are wrong on the issues that range from gun control, to immigration and the environment.

Is there a chance that any party that wins a majority of seats then has a change of heart on voting reform, on the back of their first - past - the - post success?

The Senate Democrats and the governor have been at odds over the past year, following Cuomo's failure to significantly follow through on his pledge to help the conference in its 2014 quest to win back the majority.

The Senate Republicans have never let a little thing like the gray areas of election law stop them from dumping hundreds of thousands of dollars into races when they thought it might help them either win back or hold the majority (depending on the year).

There is a movement to put Senator John Sampson at the head of the group in an effort to lure back at least Senator Hiram Monserrate, who defected to the Republican side on Monday to help win them the apparent majority.

The government backed down on a programme motion but won a thumping majority at second reading, moving an elected Lords to the next legislative step, or perhaps, steepe — stretching out to the horizon as we enter months of trench warfare.

-- Politico, «Obama, Holder to lead post-Trump redistricting campaign,» by Edward - Isaac Dovere: «As Democrats aim to capitalize on this year's Republican turmoil and start building back their own decimated bench, former Attorney General Eric Holder will chair a new umbrella group focused on redistricting reform — with the aim of taking on the gerrymandering that's left the party behind in statehouses and made winning a House majority far more difficult.

Though it appears the Republicans have a good shot at taking back the majority in tomorrow's elections, they'll be living on borrowed time if they win.

Today, Reuters published a story on the power struggle:» Democrats won a majority in the upper house Senate for the first time in more than 40 years in the Nov. 4 election, but three Democratic senators refuse to back fellow Democratic Sen. Malcolm Smith as majority leader without concessions.

During his time as Majority Leader Skelos won battles on redistricting, not only pushing back efforts to create independently drawn lines but even succeeding in the creation of the 63rd Senate seat upstate.

«Although Jim was unsuccessful in his hope to change Washington, he has shed light on our Party's efforts to win back the majority in the House.»

I understand that a group of shadow ministers believe that one of Tony Blair's bigger strategic mistakes was to row back on co-operation with the Liberal Democrats when he won such a large Commons majority in 1997.

Whatever the constitutional convention about the party with the largest number of seats getting first shot at forming a government, the pressure on Clegg to back a Cameron - led administration if the Tories won the largest share of the vote — rather than support a party that had lost its majority — would be intense.

Coalitions, minority governments, electoral reform haggling — if none of the parties win a clear majority on Thursday, it's back to the tactics of elections past

The Conservatives have been on a drive to win back the voters in the north of England it needs if it is to secure an overall majority on May 7.

Sir Malcolm also rejected any suggestion that the Conservative majority across the UK was won on the back of an anti-Scottish rhetoric.

Danner has easily translated her talents from the stage to the small screen (her Emmy wins came care of her supporting work on «Huff,» the Showtime series she won back - to - back awards for in 2005 and 2006) and into feature film offerings, but the vast majority of her big screen roles have consisted of supporting turns that she elevated with her natural grace and unique sense of humor.

Prime minister Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party expected to win majority on back of populist agenda despite number of corruption scandals