Sentences with phrase «party pushed its agenda»

Rejecting traditional campaign techniques in favor of social media, the party pushed its agenda of, first, ending the generous state subsidies and salaries paid to Italy's political parties and elected politicians and, second, replacing them with a vaguely conceived Internet - based representation system.

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This means the party could push its right - wing agenda at a national level in a future coalition government.

Last week, Public Citizen's Chamber Watch project began a series exposing the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as one of the central actors pushing the modern day Republican Party's extremist agenda.

All Party Parliamentary Groups are an excellent way to educate and inform interested MPs, who can then take questions to the floor of the House of Commons, help to push issues to the top of the political agenda, and hold government ministers to account.

This would mean either joining a mainstream party and signing up in a broad sense their general philosophy and policies or signing up to a small party and being doomed to obscurity either way the its going to be rather difficult to push a populist agenda unless that is what the party is already doing as you have limited personal resources and power.

To make matters worse the New Patriotic Party has a tight noose on the legislative house, giving Nana Addo and the NPP Members of Parliament, a mandate to push through any agenda, regardless of the consequences on Ghanaians.

Is determined to push Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos right of center, in order to make the Republican Party as irrelevant as the Conservative Party; or at the very least unable to support Cuomo's Progressive legislation agenda.

«Whether it's Molinaro or DeFrancisco, it's clear that the New York G.O.P. is intent on pushing an ultraconservative Trump agenda,» said Geoff Berman, the state Democratic Party's executive director.

Cuomo, and running mate Kathy Hochul have created a «Women's Equality Party» ballot line for November, and they're now pushing for all candidates for state office to sign a pledge in support of their «women's equality agenda.»

The state Democratic Party responded in a statement, saying Molinaro is pushing the «ultra-conservative Trump agenda» and has the same positions as Trump «with a different hair color.»

Another insider said the breakaway Dems won't help control the agenda like they did the past two years, but they do expect to be able to get some bills to the floor — though not contentious ones like the public financing of campaigns that are being pushed by the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.

Cuomo claimed he had no idea why Glenwood would donate $ 14 million to elected officials and party committees over the past decade, if not to push its agenda.

But purists like McKee worry the WFP's willingness to kowtow to Cuomo will cost the party its independence in the long run, arguing it would be better situated to push back against the AG's fiscally conservative agenda if it strikes out on its own.

«Whether it's Molinaro or DeFrancisco, it's clear that the New York GOP is intent on pushing an ultra-conservative Trump agenda, and a candidate that has the same positions as Trump with a different hair color,» said Geoff Berman, executive director of the state Democratic Party.

He previously told the Independent: «I will absolutely use our supporters to push our agenda up to the parliamentary party and get them to follow that.

Sources Friday evening said Cuomo and the leadership of the party had reached a tentative deal for the incumbent Democrat to take the labor - backed line in exchange for pushing on key progressive issues such as the Dream Act, the public financing of political campaigns and the women's agenda.

We will use the party mechanism in whatever way pushes the issues and agenda Sanders campaigned on.»

«If this is given to the Working Families Party — because that's who's pushing this, it's the progressives who are pushing this agenda — I'm going to take very strong exception to it.

The conference, in preparation for many months, will encourage greater debate within the Liberal Democrats to determine how far the party can push the equality agenda within the coalition.

A second NRCC ad for Tenney said her opponents - Democrat Kim Myers and third - party candidate Martin Babinec - will help push Clinton's agenda.

He is open - minded and wants to understand what their greatest concerns are before jusmps around like many of these clowns pushing the party political agenda.

The latest push comes from an unusual coalition of progressive labor interests, political (Democratic Party, that is) and environmental groups, health care interests and good government advocates who are urging Cuomo to enact a «voluntary» public campaign finance system early in the 2011 legislative session — one of the many camapign promises outlined in his «New New York Agenda» books.

The Occupy Movement pretty much mirrors the fringe of the Democratic Party so the way I see it most Northeastern politicians will let them hang around to help push their agenda.

«People who want to get rid of the National Health Service or liberalise gun laws or whatever other US imports they want to peddle for their own agendas should go and set up a party to push that line and see how they get on.»

A legislative push to add protections for illegal immigrants has divided Democrats in Albany, revealing some fractures in the party as it navigates how to respond to Trump's agenda.

Cuomo created the Women's Equality Party last year to push the agenda, not being able to move it this year could prove embarrassing.

When activists in the Working Families Party attempted to run Teachout as their candidate on the WFP ballot line this coming November, Cuomo cut a deal to push the party's agenda and get the line himParty attempted to run Teachout as their candidate on the WFP ballot line this coming November, Cuomo cut a deal to push the party's agenda and get the line himparty's agenda and get the line himself.

While the party's manifesto had assured of a social democratic vision, Aso Villa pushed a neoliberal agenda, and the sale of national assets to cronies in a controversial, often dubious, privatisation process.

He promises to continue to work to advance his party's agenda — including their push to ban the practice of hydraulic fracturing of New York shale deposits.

(The Women's Equality Party was pushed by Cuomo, among others, as both a consolation prize after the State Senate failed to pass the Women's Equality Agenda and, presumably, as a way to bring disaffected women voters back into his fold.

Bill Lipton, state director of the progressive Working Families Party, on Monday called Cuomo's refusal to push for a unified Democratic conference «a stark reminder that despite his accomplishments, he remains deeply committed to a fiscal policy and agenda supported by his billionaire donors at the expense of working families.»

Experts have pointed to surveys which suggest the Conservatives will gain a stronger footing after the general election, giving the party a mandate to push forward the Brexit agenda, which could provide more certainty for investors.

Ofsted was not set up to push through education reforms against resistance from unions, nor was it established to push any particular party political agenda.

«Every leader I've ever known has wanted a team of people around them who have sort of pushed their agenda, and the Labour party throughout its history has always had political groupings.

With the national spotlight on New York City, de Blasio would have a chance to push his progressive agenda and influence the future of the Democratic Party, say political observers.

«It draws attention to his city at a moment when the party is considering its identity and he's pushing a progressive agenda he hopes will be adopted around the country.»

It's not new for Cuomo, who has pushed agenda friendly to suburban, middle - of - the - road voters, to preach moderation for both parties.

Republicans typically want lower taxes and more breaks, except in this instance when the refusal of deductions helps push the party's schooling agenda of privatization.

Greg Wetstone, senior director of governmental and public affairs at the American Wind Energy Association, said in a statement, «We salute Members of Congress in both parties who fought under difficult conditions to keep the renewable energy production tax credit and small turbine investment tax credit on the agenda until the very end, and then pushed them across the finish line.»

We learned from the PBS» «Climate of Doubt» that during the last four years, the momentum was lost by those who called for climate action and gained by a small group of skeptics who rallied the Tea Party grassroots movement to push the issue off the agenda.

Once a moderate on environmental issues, Upton has been pushing a pro-fossil fuel agenda since the rise of the Tea Party movement in 2010.

Once a moderate on environmental issues, he started pushing a pro-fossil fuel agenda when the Tea Party movement took hold in 2010, including challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

Third, if he is serious, is the Prime Minister willing to spend his political capital pushing his climate change agenda through the Coalition party rooms?

In July, E&E Legal issued an extensive report, Buying the Democrat Party Lock, Stock, and Barrel, that details among other things that activist billionaire Tom Steyer is using the Democratic Party to push his self - serving carbon - free energy agenda in the political arena.

Crucially the question of reform of the way political parties are funded, has been pushed off the reform agenda with little probability of returning.