Sentences with phrase «political party supporting»

The democratic deficit - an evenly - split country, a growing mood for a second chance to decide, and neither main political party supporting a referendum.

While there is a vocal minority who want gun laws in the U.K. relaxed, they do appear to be very small — all the mainstream political parties support strict gun laws, and much of the debate centers on whether the U.K., which already has some of the strictest gun laws in the entire world, needs more control.

It shows that although there is statistically significant evidence that individuals change their views to match those of the political party they support, the shift in attitudes is relatively slight.

Subsequent policy papers will examine political party support and cross-cutting themes, such as the role of gender in democracy promotion.

Tactical voting is a deeply problematic concept, though — it perverts the fundamental principle that people should cast their vote for the political party they support.

Recent polls show a majority of New Yorkers of both political parties support medicinal marijuana, but Senate co-leader Dean Skelos has not committed to bringing the act to the Senate floor for a vote.

«A wide majority of Texans in every demographic group and both political parties support school choice.

In other countries, e.g. the UK, there are less academic and public surveys from which to make a bulk combined assessment, but the situation seems similar despite the fact that all the main UK political parties support climate orthodox policies and have done so for a long time.

All political parties supported the creation of the monument.

Not exact matches

LNG development also has strong political support in B.C. — all three major parties favour it in principle — because, unlike oil from Alberta, it would almost certainly result in higher royalty revenues.

This notion is supported more by contributions to political parties than it is to economic growth.

Polls show the race is tight and that the large «Together for Yes» block formed by pro-independence parties from the rest of political spectrum will need support from the smaller CUP to secure a 68 - seat majority in Catalonia's 135 - seat parliament.

The heavy political calendar in Europe and the significant rise in support for populist parties are making investors nervous.

The bloc is holding key elections in several member states at a time when rising support for anti-euro and anti-European parties threatens the current political system.

Despite a heavy political calendar in Europe and expectations of rising support for populist parties across the region, Goldman Sachs seems confident that there are opportunities arising amid such an environment.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

Every minority - government budget is to some great extent a political document, purpose - built for two contradictory goals: persuading at least one opposition party to support it to keep the government afloat, while also serving as a de facto election platform if no one bites.

While in prison and since her release, Manning has remained a highly visible political voice, with growing support from leftists within and outside the Democratic party.

«Institutions that support and sustain peaceful and prosperous societies — governments, political parties, courts, the media, and financial institutions — continue to lose the public credibility on which their legitimacy depends,» Bremmer and Kupchan said.

It also means that morality provisions can not prevent employees from supporting a political party or practicing a specific religion, for example (although some employers, such as denominational school boards, have argued successfully that their religious beliefs allow them to hold employees to a different moral standards).

Financially, I support political friends regardless of party.

The refugee crisis that has struck Europe is the worst the continent has seen since the Second World War, and with it has come the resurgence of political parties that have not enjoyed this kind of support since 1945.

While most lawmakers of both political parties typically equate helping community banks with apple pie and baseball in terms of their support, Warren signaled she has a different view.

Italian elections are due to take place during the first half of 2018, and have the potential to deliver another political upset, although recently there have been signs that populist parties — most notably the Five Star Movement, which according to polls enjoys similar levels of support among Italian voters as the ruling Democratic Party — are toning down their calls for a referendum on Italy's membership of the eurozone.

The Finance Committee's consultation report is primarily a political document, reflecting the priorities of their respective parties, loosely using the hearings to support their respective policy paradigm.

Where does this leave the three political parties when it comes to offering credible strategies to support jobs and growth.

All political parties love to make public announcements in support of infrastructure spending, and why not?

Trump's comments, delivered at a White House news conference, illustrate the political minefield he will navigate in September as he tries to draw support for disaster recovery funds but wages a bitter fight with lawmakers from both parties about whether U.S. taxpayers should finance the creation of a wall that he has long promised Mexico would fund.

CANBERRA, Australia (AP)-- The government's plan to hold a popular vote on whether Australia should allow same - sex marriage suffered a setback Monday when a political party announced it would not support the proposed plebiscite.

While surveys conducted by both the Centre for Political Research and Studies (CIEP) and the University of Costa Rica (UCR) indicate that while the Costa Rican electorate is happy with Solís» performance in office, they have not repaid his party with substantive support for its candidate.

Greece has been unable to form a coalition government since voters gave support to political parties that want to cancel or renegotiate the terms of a massive financial bailout by international lenders that requires harsh austerity measures.

As such, some have suggested that Canadians may support domestic political parties and leaders that resemble Obama's image, while turning away from incumbent parties and leaders.

This impression is supported by the fact that around half of the French electorate voted against the established political parties.

Trends, arguably, are important in public opinion, something Alberta political parties forget — or ignore — in their ongoing conversation about the level of public support for that pipeline across the Rockies to B.C.. However, that needs to be a topic for another day.

Carlos, in support of your point, Barry Cooper, a man described in Wikipedia as «a member of an influential group of conservative political scientists, the Calgary School», said the PC party lost its way in the second half of Ralph Klein's tenure.

The most notable PAC created since the NDP banned corporate political party donations was Jason Kenney «s Unite Alberta PAC, which supported his campaign for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party and the United Conservative Pparty donations was Jason Kenney «s Unite Alberta PAC, which supported his campaign for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party and the United Conservative PParty and the United Conservative PartyParty.

And in India, Muslims listen ONLY to their MULLAHs who are in negotiations to gleen maximum concessions from teh political parties in return for the communities» support.

The pope also warned the Ukrainian Greek - Catholic Church to be less involved in politics, even though this church does not support any political party or regime.

A good many of the new faces in Washington will have been supported by the Tea Party movement, and a good number of these are committed to the worldview and political philosophy of libertarianism.

Into this gladiatorial context, Christians from various political parties have come together to counter-culturally support one another and say that «kingdom comes before tribe».

The concordat required the Vatican withdraw its support from Germany's Catholic Center (political) Party, this sanctioning Hitler's one - party «total state&raParty, this sanctioning Hitler's one - party «total state&raparty «total state».

However, whereas progressive Christianity interprets this to mean that the church must remain aloof from involvement with political parties and economic interests, the fourth church, at the urging of its forceful thinkers, supports the best systems available.

But as we have seen with the Tea Party (another political movement Perry hopped aboard in its early days), the support of a constituent group doesn't come without strings.

In an article on Think Progress, Zach Beauchamp cites a study by political scientists Thomas Carsey and Geoffrey Layman which shows that over time, people often change their abortion attitudes to match the political party they generally support.

Tyagi Bill supported by the Prime Minister Desai restricting religious conversion and also the discrimination of scheduled caste converts to Christianity in the special benefits to people of the scheduled caste background, may be mentioned as violations of the covenant on the part of the State; and the Christian people have been unhappy at giving up minority communal safeguards and many efforts to organize Christian political parties off and on have been made in several states especially in the South by Christians.

Popular support waned, and political parties began using the environment as a weapon to beat each other up.

And so I can not support a party that sees itself as the political extension of religious organizations trying to use government to force themselves into my soul, into my faith, into my life.

All the rules for a 501 (c) stat is that you can't support a candidate or political party.

My comments here should not be misrepresented as supporting one political party over the other.

That freedom to decide who we want to be, what we want to believe in, who we want to support, which political party we want to align with, where we want to live, everything?