Sentences with phrase «party of the legislature»

Talks have centered on a 10 member panel, five Democrats and five Republicans, appointed by the majority and minority parties of the legislature, with appointees coming equally from both parties in the legislature.

Not exact matches

By March the Nazi Party controlled 44.6 % of the Reichstag and managed to pass the infamous Enabling Act, which allowed the German cabinet to pass laws without the legislature or the president.

Maduro's government has had success sidelining the country's political opposition, circumventing the opposition - controlled legislature, securing electoral victories with the help of fraud and dirty tricks, and working to block main opposition parties from future elections.

The legislature resumes at a time of political upheaval, with both opposition parties dealing with significant changes in their ranks.

The Senate passed the Republican tax reform bill early Saturday in a massive win for the party and President Donald Trump, who has seen many of his agenda items stall in the legislature during his first year in office.

Share: FacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogle + emailVANCOUVER — Merran Smith, executive director of Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the B.C. NDP and B.C. Green Party announcement regarding their intent to cooperate in the legislature: «It's clear that British Columbians voted for change in this election and support the NDP and Greens» objectives: building a clean economy and putting...

Party leaders are centralizing authority and muting the voices of duly - elected members, warns the legislature's Speaker.

The PQ government holds just a slim majority of seats in the legislature, so it would need support from at least one opposition party for the budget to pass.

Prior to the dissolution of the Alberta legislature, the Progressive Conservative Party held 73 seats, with the Alberta Liberal Party holding five seats, and the Alberta New Democratic Party holding two seats.

The previous general election was held in 2001, with the Progressive Conservative Party winning a landslide victory, picking up 74 of a possible 83 seats in the Alberta legislature.

«This year we have a lot to celebrate here in B.C. — with a record number of Indigenous people elected to our B.C. legislature, to all three parties.

We have struck a more collegial tone within the legislature on issues of democracy and health: for instance, we struck an all - party committee to review ethics in the legislature and asked MLAs Dr. David Swann and Danielle Larivee to co-lead a review of the province's mental health services.

The election was a landslide win for the PC Party, whom improved both their seat total in the legislature and their share of the popular vote from the 2004 general election.

The NDP folks are nice and will do a good job in government; they will actually work rather than loll around in the house of corruption avoiding the questions of the opposition parties as I noted when I went to the legislature to present my banned self to my MLA — Mr. Mandel.

He was first elected to the provincial legislature in 1998, and became leader of the New Democratic Party in 2002.

I for one hope Rachel goes full speed ahead on her party's commitments, once of course her government is actually assembled and in place (they're still looking for the light switches in their legislature offices, so we will need to wait a bit longer).

Prior to the election being called, the Progressive Conservative Party held a majority government with 31 of 52 seats in the Nova Scotia legislature.

Out of 120 votes in the provincial legislature since the NDP took office, the two parties voted together 90 per cent of the time, says the report by John Whittaker, a policy analyst with the Calgary - based research centre.

The PC Party secured 25 seats in the provincial legislature, 2 seats shy of a clear majority.

The Party took 72 of 84 seats in the provincial legislature, and 53 percent of the popular vote.

Prior to the calling of the 2008 general election, the party standings in the provincial legislature were as follows:

Paul Hinman is the leader of the Wildrose Alliance Party, and the only member of the party to be elected to the Alberta legislaParty, and the only member of the party to be elected to the Alberta legislaparty to be elected to the Alberta legislature.

He endorsed Jason Kenney and his multistep bid to take over the Alberta PC party, merge it with the Wildrose, and stampede Rachel Notley's NDP out of the provincial legislature's government offices.

At a moment when the Republican Party has reclaimed power in the House, has taken control of most state legislatures, and is set to begin the process of choosing its next presidential nominee, the Christian Right is playing an increasingly influential role in the pParty has reclaimed power in the House, has taken control of most state legislatures, and is set to begin the process of choosing its next presidential nominee, the Christian Right is playing an increasingly influential role in the partyparty.

The party that he founded — the Republican Nationalist Alliance, or ARENA — now controls all branches of government: the presidency, the legislature and the courts.

But even so, PAN («National Action Party») gets at most 14 percent of regional votes, and its token seats in the legislature serve more to prove the ruling party operates a democParty») gets at most 14 percent of regional votes, and its token seats in the legislature serve more to prove the ruling party operates a democparty operates a democracy.

Political pressure has intensified since the Kentucky Republican party finished its takeover of Kentucky's legislature by winning control of the House of Representatives.

Passed by a large majority (360 out of 602 votes), the German law was proposed by members of Parliament belonging to all the parties currently represented in the German national legislature, the Bundestag.

Madigan, who had kept the bitter and racially charged Chicago City Council fight out of the capital until last week, suffered a jolt when 14 black Democrats threatened to abandon the party in the November election if the park district bill passed the legislature.

As a doctoral student in Politics (DPhil), Raphael's current research examines the impact of electoral rules on legislative behaviour as well as determinants of MP - level party loyalty in European legislatures.

With the 2016 general elections just five months away, this paper can authoritatively report that, among those nursing ambition to step into the shoes of President Mahama include; cabinet and regional ministers, deputy ministers, high ranking government officials at the seat of government and some party gurus in the legislature.

«At the end of the day, I would argue if one party controls the entire state legislature, then New Yorkers need a Republican governor to make sure that there's appropriate checks and balances and I'd like to be that person.»

With United Russia's commanding majority, sharing committee chairs is one straightforward and symbolic way to try to allay fears of a one - party legislature.

Bear in mind also that in parliamentary systems, there are more ways to remove the head of government (chancellor / prime minister) than just losing an election, including loss of support from their own party / coalition, or loss of confidence from the legislature.

The party that controls the state legislature tries to put the opposite party's voters into safe seats, and maximize the number of seats that go to its own party.

The committee was fresh off a series of primary challenges from a group of renegade Democrats that contributed to the party losing control of the county legislature to the GOP in 2013.

In British Columbia citizens were tasked with solving the problem independently of politicians, precisely because political parties» vested interest in a voting system that most benefited them had rendered the problem intractable in the legislature.

The party currently holds 9 of 57 seats in the legislature and their presidential candidate achieved a full 20 % of the popular vote in the 2010 presidential elections.

When one political party holds the governor's office and a majority in both houses of the state legislature, the state is governed by a state government trifecta.

Ashcroft delayed comment on whether he currently pays tax on his global income in the United Kingdom, despite being a prominent and influential member of the legislature and major donor to the Conservative Party but eventually announced his non-domiciled status.

In state government elections, the Democratic Party lost one governor's office and gained control of two state legislatures.

Gerrymandering, which can be traced back to at least 1788, has resulted in 69 of 99 state legislatures and both houses in 35 states to be controlled by Republicans in a country in which both parties are pretty evenly represented, with Democrats slightly ahead.

Heading into the 2018 election, the Republican Party is in a position of dominance in state legislatures.

New MPs will of course know of the battle between parties, but there is also an historic, never ending democratic battle - regardless of party - between the executive (government) and legislature (parliament).

Now, the idea of representative democracy and state legislatures is that state representatives and state senators are chosen by local voters to represent their interest and generally funded by local interests or, in some cases, state party interests.

The party executive committee, at a nominating convention at Wisdom Lane School in Levittown, backed Blakeman, a former presiding officer of the county legislature, over Frank Scaturro, a New Hyde Park attorney who is making his third run in Nassau's 4th District.

In state government elections, the Democratic Party lost 8 governors» offices and lost control of 10 state legislatures.

In the past, the majority party in each house, Republicans in the Senate, and Democrats in the Assembly, have drawn the districts to help boost their parties» power in each house of the legislature.

``... There is no place in government or politics someone who conducts himself as Vito Lopez has; now, therefore, be it resolved that the New York State Democratic Committee (NYSDC) seeks to send the strongest possible message condemning his conduct, and declare that New York State will have zero tolerance for sexual harassment in our legislature, our party, and the halls of government; and be it further.»

First, given the current political balance, the Turkish legislature is likely to become more of a rubberstamp than it already is under a single - party government, and this will be detrimental for opposition groups, which are already weak and unable to affect policy.