Sentences with phrase «politicians from»

Perhaps with some help, such as permanently disallowing politicians from being lobbyists, it could make a genuine change in the way our government works.

Inside the chamber of the Constituent Assembly on the night of 14 August 1947, two thousand princes and politicians from across the one and a quarter million square miles that remained of India sat together on parliamentary benches.

«Africa is materially more decrepit than it was when I first knew it,» he writes, «hungrier, poorer, less educated, more pessimistic, more corrupt, and you can't tell the politicians from the witch doctors.

As they declare implacable resistance to Donald Trump, politicians from Gov. Jerry Brown downward portray California as an island of tolerance.

Others will argue it doesn't solve the problem, but simply masks the problem (poverty, etc...) and distracts politicians from working for better solutions.

This move toward a single set of standards has been embraced by politicians from both sides of the aisle and by educators.

CINCINNATI — In search of a cure for ailing schools, educators and politicians from around the world have descended on this city's poorest neighborhoods, hearing of a renaissance.

«It is incumbent on politicians from across the political spectrum to demonstrate to teachers that they grasp what the real and pressing issues in education are.

Politicians from both parties are going to lobby fiercely to ensure that their state gets money, regardless of the merits.

Politicians from both parties seem more interested in being right and placing blame on the other party.

Saturday's citywide convening of School Defense Committees brought together parents, students, educators, community members, and politicians from all around the city and beyond to take the next step in the fight against public school takeovers and advance public community schools for Milwaukee.

Sayeed continues to be concerned by the way in which politicians from the White House to the governor's mansion are marginalizing the issues she cares about most.

«Politicians from all parties need to hear that funding matters: to us, to parents and to students.

«This [retention] is a failed policy, but it doesn't stop politicians from jumping on the band wagon,» he said.

At the report's parliamentary launch, the group's co-chair, childrens» advocate Baroness Floella Benjamin, called on politicians from all parties to acknowledge the vital role of play in childrens» lives and particularly in helping tackle the physical inactivity crisis.

Goodwin charted four years of the Lincoln presidency, and the skill with which he united politicians from different factions behind his attempt to abolish slavery.

But that hasn't stopped politicians from talking about what those cuts will mean.

Not even wartime and daily national tragedy is enough to keep these politicians from sniping at one another so viciously that it makes the most heated modern exchanges feel like a legislative love - in.

Noting the absence of pop stars and politicians from the scene — «Where's Beyoncé now?»

Monika's business acumen combined with an exceptionally intuitive sensitivity for people makes her a highly sought - after expert by high profile business executives and politicians from around the world.

This can be great ammunition for junk food companies that claim there is no research to confirm sugar is unhealthy, and keeps politicians from implementing useful policies directed at improving the health of their constituents (especially considering that Big Sugar lobbies overshadow them).

Even as scientists and politicians from around the world debated in December how to deal with a practical problem of profound importance — global climate change — another international group of physicists was waiting with bated breath for a more esoteric development.

That didn't stop politicians from seizing on the cold.

PARIS — A medical scandal involving a diabetes drug has raised questions about the rigor of France's regulatory system and has embarrassed politicians from both sides of the political aisle.

Science and technology have been given a low profile by politicians from all parties.

Over time, those arguments have won over prominent politicians from both parties, including from President Barack Obama, who has talked about «stapling a green card to the diplomas» of such students.

Sure, quantification hasn't stopped politicians from lying, or prevented us all from making foolish gut decisions.

Listen to serious politicians from the poorest countries, and they say that they can not implement necessary programs with aid because it is so unpredictable.

Debating some of the key issues with local people are three cabinet - ranking politicians from the major parties: - Labour chief whip Geoff Hoon - Michael Gove, shadow secretary of state for children, schools and families, and - Liberal Democrat treasury spokesman Vince Cable.

In 1984, the Buhari regime portrayed politicians from the Shagari era as corrupt and so intense was the fight against corruption that the regime promulgated a decree that officers of the Shagari administration were presumed guilty until proved innocent.

I will continue to stand up for taxpayers and keep politicians from screwing things up.

But state and federal politicians from New York argue repealing the tax break would amount to a form of double taxation for residents of high - tax states like New York, New Jersey and California.

Emerging from a district where socially conservative Evangelical Christianity has taken hold in recent decades — making it, in Torres» words, the Bible Belt of New York City — his ability to win over leaders across the spectrum, including most major unions, the Working Families Party, and politicians from reformer Gustavo Rivera to political dynasty scion Ruben Diaz, Jr., was striking.

Preet Bharara had a seemingly apolitical tenure, noted for prosecutions of powerful politicians from both parties.

There has been an unusual focus on upstate New York among top state politicians from the downstate area in recent weeks.

A total of 26 Bronx politicians from the federal, state and city levels of government signed a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook calling on his company to open one of its retail stores in the borough, noting that while the tech giant currently has 10 stores in the city, none of them are in The Bronx.

NORTHERN MANHATTAN — Parents and politicians from across the city joined forces Tuesday to rail against the potential dezoning of their schools districts.

«Unfortunately, the recent absurdity promoted by INEC in the case of double registration involving Governor Yahaya Bello has emboldened him to violate another electoral law with the recent political rally he organised in Okene purportedly to receive food is ready politicians from PDP to his party.

At an event that's become increasingly rare in state politics, two politicians from opposing parties sat down together Monday and had a civil discussion about issues facing New York.

The governor also called for overhauling state rules to block politicians from using campaign money to cover personal finances, to force greater disclosure of the sources of campaign money and also to institute a system of public financing of elections.

The fact that Lord Smith managed to get a consensus from ten politicians from five different parties with very different devolution agendas to publish a report ahead of deadline was no mean feat in itself.

Several senior politicians from Gordon Brown downwards, or upwards, tell me they can attract big crowds at a book festival or at a meeting of Make Poverty History, whereas if they deliver the same speech at a party meeting only a handful of people turn up.

And it may be why so many politicians from all parties in both houses of parliament ask for my advice about defamation, privacy and other legal matters, and why Lord McAlpine asked me to act for him in his libel complaints, one of which involved the wife of an MP.

Nonetheless, politicians from Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer praised the planning process and its outcome.

Politicians from across central New York also came out to show their support.

Politicians from all the main parties have been saying much the same thing: that voters have sent them a message, and that they must listen.

Below is the updated graph of the net impression figures for senior Labour party politicians from YouGov's BrandIndex tracker, now including the effect of the Labour party conference.

Still that has not stopped many NY politicians from siding with Assemblyman Silver, both in the past and now.

The comptroller responded each time that he intended only to run again for his current post, which he would have to forfeit in order to mount a challenge, since New York law bars politicians from running for multiple offices simultaneously.

• Politicians from the three main parties have all accepted that Ukip's success shows that politicians need to listen more to the concerns of the electorate.