Sentences with phrase «policy issue in the election»

While the economy may be the most important policy issue in the election, the environment will also be critical.

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If they succeed, their tax overhaul will immediately become the top policy issue in the 2018 congressional elections.

Drug policy is one of the major issues in Mexico's July 1 presidential election.

While I understand that the NDP must feel intense pressure to capture votes — including from people who have never taken a course from John Smithin — I often wish that the NDP would show a bit more policy leadership on the issue of the deficit and debt. I was particularly disappointed during the 2008 federal election campaign when Mr. Layton stated, unequivocally, that the NDP would not run a deficit in the following year if elected (even though it was clear that Canada was entering a recession).

The former State Department diplomat who oversaw U.S. government sanctions policy said he was «extremely» frustrated when the Obama administration issued «weak» and «frankly inadequate» sanctions against Russia in December 2016 in response to that country's campaign to disrupt the U.S. presidential election.

All of the major companies there — Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft — have increased lobbying and policy operations in Washington since the 2016 election to deal with a Republican - controlled Congress and the Trump administration, whose policies tend to run counter to the tech industry's stances on immigration and other issues.

Dimon, who in the past has described himself as «barely» a Democrat, has been going to Washington more often since the 2016 elections to lobby lawmakers on issues including changes in corporate taxes, immigration policies and mortgage finance.

Under federal tax law, section 501 (c)(3) organizations may take positions on public policy issues, including issues that divide candidates in an election for public office.

As some of our readers know by now, IMANI is, in keeping with past tradition, strongly focused exactly on this issue: filtering out partisan and self - serving opinions and claims from solid facts in the promises and policy proposals being made by politicians in the lead up to the 2016 elections.

But he remained a trusted regular in the election debate spin rooms and TV and radio interviews, solidly defending Tory policies on tricky issues like means testing winter fuel payments.

And yet, the overwhelming focus of election coverage in UK newspapers has not been about European issues and policy debates, but on Nigel Farage's...

Posted on 24th April 2016 in Expectations of constitutional change, Policy issues, Elections, parties & leaders

«On the heels of thousands joining NAN in Tallahassee, FL for a «stand your ground» rally, participants will address additional key policy issues such as jobs, voter ID and immigration; which will be key in this midterm election year...»

My research has looked in detail attitudes to public policy issues, the prospects for each party, perceptions of political leaders, and the state of play in the marginal seats that determine the outcome of elections.

Posted on 19th February 2016 in How Scotland should be governed, Policy issues, The Scottish independence referendum, Elections, parties & leaders

An 11 - page policy paper released by the New York Public Interest Research Group on Friday takes issue with the state Board of Elections to suspend the aggregate political contribution limits in the wake of the Supreme Court decision, McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission.

We thought we would put the health policy issue in a box on the shelf at the general election, and just say that we were going to spend more.

The data shows that only 5 % of the voters think foreign policy is the most important issue in the presidential election.

The by - election was a single - issue election in regards to government security policy, in which the Liberal Democrats supported the Conservative candidate.

Angela Eagle is infinitely more qualified for shadow chancellor than John McDonnell and Diane Abbott, whose lack of support in the London Mayoral elections only underlines the issues highlighted above, has views on foreign policy and immigration surely closer to Corbyn's than Hilary Benn and Andy Burnham.

[10] Also in 2007, Cameron used the website to challenge Gordon Brown to a live televised political debate as he prepared to succeed Tony Blair as Prime Minister, arguing the format had proved useful for discussing «serious policy issues» during the 2005 Conservative leadership election.

SOP's Liz Benjamin reported that newly - minted Rep. Bob Turner is keeping up his critique of the Obama administration's foreign policy, moving from Israel (a major issue in the NY - 9 special election, thanks to Ed Koch) to Japan.

They came up with issue of N450 million sent to the State Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) for the general election, especially state Assembly election in line with policy of sponsoring election.

The Political Parties» Youth Debate Series will see the youth and female representatives of political parties in Ghana debating policies and issues in the run - up to the November 2016 elections.

Jon Cruddas, the Labour policy chief, is widely thought to view euroscepticism as part of his Blue Labour agenda and even figures like Chuka Umunna have expressed support for an In / Out referendum to settle the issue (I should know - he knocked on my door at election time and told me so).

In a speech that was equal parts wish list, progressive victory lap and ominous critique of the federal landscape, the governor issued an ambitious list of 30 - or - so proposals, including implementing a uniform sexual harassment policy for state and local officials, tightening up efforts to combat election meddling, ending homelessness and expanding access to food at school to combat child hunger.

More often I found that we made points or issued challenges, or tried to spark controversy in one policy area or another, and it has fallen on deaf ears among the broadcasters in a way I've never seen in a previous election.

Smyth said that despite McLaughlin's previous scandals, she will focus solely on policy and issues facing Rensselaer County during the general election, but has condemned McLaughlin's comments in the audio recording in the past.

Thatcher fought three elections on «centre ground» issues but in each case with radical policies to address them.

In an effort to assist the scientific and engineering community digest developments since Election Day, AAAS has made information available about its actions in response to administration policy shifts that impact scientific integrity and tracked Cabinet nominations as well as other relevant policy issues at www.ForceForScience.orIn an effort to assist the scientific and engineering community digest developments since Election Day, AAAS has made information available about its actions in response to administration policy shifts that impact scientific integrity and tracked Cabinet nominations as well as other relevant policy issues at www.ForceForScience.orin response to administration policy shifts that impact scientific integrity and tracked Cabinet nominations as well as other relevant policy issues at www.ForceForScience.org.

While issues of national security and economic policy seem likely to dominate the 2004 presidential election, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act has already assumed extraordinary importance in this campaign.

Chapters take on a variety of work, including: Regularly scheduled events for the public to discuss public education, school board candidate forums, monitoring school board meetings, translating proposed school board policies into other languages for various language groups, providing tours of schools for prospective students and families, working for adequate funding for public schools, engaging with bond elections, helping parents navigate enrollment policies, and in general, being involved in the issues of public schools in their communities.

Paul Peterson interviews Robert Shapiro, an expert on public opinion, about how the partisan divide in education policy is shifting, as issues of school quality and accountability have produced «conflicted liberals,» at the same time that the presidential election is creating «conflicted conservatives.»

Until late last week, however, I thought education would itself play a minor role in the 2012 election, as in 2008, partly because other issues loom larger but also because Duncan and Obama stole so much of the traditional GOP ed - policy thunder as to leave Republican candidates with little to say that's fresh or differentiating on this topic.

With K — 12 education policy barely registering as an issue at the presidential level this election cycle, Question 2 has given Massachusetts voters a unique chance to weigh in on the future of school choice in their state.

Washington — The Reagan Administration's education policies are «out of step» with the beliefs of the American public, according to a survey on «prominent issues in the 1984 elections» commissioned by the Project on Equal Education Rights of the now Legal Defense and Education Fund.

Choosing a school is one of the key points at which parents experience national policy through a local lens, and as such, should be an important election issue both in the big debates and on the doorstep.

The GOP takeover of the Senate could shake up higher education policy, analysts say, while results in state elections offer more of a mixed bag, with teacher unions prevailing in California, while the GOP retained two hotly contested governorships in Wisconsin and Florida, where education issues played a role.

There may be no general election this year, but Whiteman insists he still wants his members in campaign mode as they prepare to debate and set policy on the biggest issues facing schools across the country.

Arizona and California have both mandated English - only education, and English - only policies were an issue in November's election.

Rejection of harsh accountability policies was an important factor in New York's recent election of Mayor Bill de Blasio after the mayoralty of Michael Bloomberg and, next door in Connecticut, State Superintendent Stefan Pryor just called it quits over similar issues to free Democrat Daniel Malloy from that yoke.

Of the many surprises this election season, one surely was the number of times the issue of «education» came up in President Obama and Governor Romney's third debate — a debate ostensibly about foreign policy.

The 2016 election cycle is in full swing, with candidates from all political parties at the national, state and local level campaigning and debating a variety of issues, ranging from the economy and foreign policy to immigration and the environment, among others.

Since the 2002 elections, the political climate in Kenya took a turn for the better, with government leaders listening more intently to issues affecting women, and in turn allowing women to have more participation in policy decisions.

With Election Day a week away Kyle Isakower, API's vice president for regulatory and economic policy, and Erik Milito, API upstream group director, held a conference call with reporters to reiterate the embedded nature of energy in a variety of national issues and the importance of selecting leaders at all levels of government who will advance pro-development energy policies.

Despite climate policy being something of a sleeper issue in this election, our results suggest that concern about the climate is more widespread now than it was five years ago.

That scheme bit the dust in 2014 after becoming a hotly debated issue during the rancorous 2013 election campaign, but carbon policy has not had the same high profile during the current campaign.

So it can be said that although climate policy was not the major issue in the election, the outcome means that there is now considerable hope that the US will avoid major damage from climate alarmism.

Energy as the driver of a number of key public policy issues, and energy as a bipartisan antidote to Washington's dysfunctions — both are seen in the results of an election - night survey of actual U.S. voters, results that should guide the next administration and the new Congress.

The journalist and best - selling author of The Omnivore's Dilemma, explains how food policy is a cornerstone of many of the key issues in the current election campaign while remaining virtually unacknowledged by the candidates.