Sentences with phrase «oppose voting reform»

Securing parliamentary approval for a referendum would put pressure on the Conservatives, who oppose voting reform.

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These include holding open Cabinet meetings at least once a month, which will be broadcasted on the Internet; giving Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) a greater role by reforming the Legislative committee system and allowing government MLAs to vote freely (as opposed to voting according to the Party's preferences); restricting the tenure of a premier to two (four - year) terms; holding a Citizen's Assembly on electoral reform to examine alternative models for electing MLAs; instituting a system by which citizens can recall elected officials; and instituting elections for all government boards and commissions.

But according to Senator Gavin Marshall, chairman of the «Left federal parliamentary Labor Party caucus,» writing in The Age, Gillard's decision to allow a «conscience vote» on «gay marriage» is «not democratic,» because it «exposes individual parliamentarians to powerful conservative lobby groups» and the retrograde opinions of those «stubbornly opposed to all social reforms.»

We may note that the media already seems to be framing the need to resolve the West Lothian Question (as opposed to the House of Lords or voting reform) as common sense, and the English - only days proposal as the only realistic solution on the table.

«Despite this, John Faso has worked against gun reform from the start, opposing even basic policies like background checks, and voting against the New York SAFE Act.

The charity Rethink Mental Illness is calling on Liberal Democrats to vote in favor of a motion opposing aspects of the Welfare Reform Bill at their party conference tomorrow (Saturday 17 September).

The coalition government is facing the prospect of its first major Commons defeat after a 70 - strong group of Tory rebels signed a letter opposing House of Lords reform before a crucial vote on Tuesday.

The executive committee of the state's Conservative Party on Monday night voted to oppose the formation of the «Reform Party» by Rob Astorino, the Westchester County executive and 2014 candidate for governor.

Beyond the Senate GOP, anti-Common Core advocates and the state's Conservative Party have raised issues with the formation of the Reform Party and Astorino's consolidation of power (The Conservative Party's executive committee this month voted to formally oppose the Reform Party's formation).

The Conservative Party's executive committee voted last month to formally oppose the new ballot line, and its county chairs are being urged to dissuade candidates from the taking the Reform Party line.

And she says that the fact that all three parties proposed Lords reform in their manifestos makes the case for a referendum even stronger, because people did not have the chance to vote for a party opposed to it.

«Golden has consistently voted against needed welfare reforms, he voted to support illegal immigration sanctuary cities, socialist bureaucratic healthcare, and Golden even earned a D rating from the NRA for opposing Maine's sportsmen and 2nd Amendment rights,» Littlefield added.

Pataki took a pass on running statewide this year to instead focus on his Revere America committee, which dropped more than $ 2 million to opposes candidates who voted «yes» on, or simply spoke in support of, health care reform (or, as he puts it, «Obamacare»).

Labour oppose the measures so all it would take for the Commons to stop these reforms is for the Liberal Democrats to vote against them.

With their new clout, progressives in the City Council will undoubtedly take on many of the legislative priorities they've been touting for months, including council rule reforms and passing a new living wage law that would benefit unions and pro-immigrant policies like noncitizen voting, which the mayor opposes.

Unfortunately, liberal Dan Donovan has gone against the best interests of his constituents and opposed President Trump's legislative priorities by voting «NO» every single opportunity he had: repealing ObamaCare, banning Sanctuary Cities and Tax Reform.»

She has used her position's influence to prevent legislation he opposes — including controversial police reform bills — from receiving a vote, even though they enjoy the backing of the majority of Council members.

He voted against the war in Iraq in 2003 and opposed the introduction of tuition fees in 2004, but on other matters - such as Tony Blair's reforms of the National Health Service, he remained loyal.

Clegg is more strongly opposed, fearing that a vote would not capture the public imagination and, as with last year's vote on electoral reform, could be lost.

Most of the reforms are opposed by Republicans in the state Senate who continue to control the chamber with the help of a rogue Democratic Senator, Simcha Felder of Brooklyn, who caucuses with the GOP to give them a one - vote majority.

But former OPSB and BESE board member Leslie Jacobs, widely regarded as the founder of Louisiana's school reform movement, correctly predicted that BESE did not have the votes to oppose Pastorek.

However, if the vast majority of the union membership believes that corporate reform policies of privatizing education and reducing teaching and learning to a test scores is harmful to public education — as we have expressed in numerous votes in the SEA — then we need a union that more rigorously opposes these harmful policies.

Republicans traditionally oppose mandates, but nearly all of them voted for Malloy's «education reform» bill which contains tens of millions of dollars in unfunded mandates.

Democrat Eshoo of the 18th California Congressional District initially opposed a preliminary version of the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act, but she eventually voted in favor for the market - based interest rate reform.

The White House has announced it strongly opposes the current version of the Patent Reform Act, which most likely will be voted on by the Senate later this month.