Sentences with phrase «powerful political force»

There are exceedingly powerful political forces and consequences involved here....
It's no wonder that when asked last year about reforming this law, Governor Cuomo responded, «the trial lawyers are the single most powerful political force in Albany.»
While they make up only a fraction of the 74 million Turks, they are considered one of the most powerful political forces in Turkey.
The goal was to overcome what Klipsch referred to as «the problem» — the Indiana State Teachers Association, which his presentation calls «the most powerful political force at the Statehouse and at the ballot box» and «the biggest spender by far» in Indiana politics.
So, there is the perception, at least with this highly respected, older OB that there are very powerful political forces intertwined in this issue of regulation regarding women's health across the spectrum.
The two members of CCT panel deserve commendations and not knocks for their bold and courageous adjudication on this matter in spite of the intense pressures and distractions from powerful political forces.
The Labour left is the single most powerful political force seeking to defend the working class against Blair's attacks.
He's the most powerful political force in the state.»
«RPAC is stronger than ever and has been crucial in making NAR one of the most powerful political forces at the federal level.
Mr. Obama will be facing some very powerful political forces as he goes against CO2 production.
The two members of CCT panel deserve commendations and not knock for their bold and courageous adjudication on this matter in spite of the intense pressures and distractions from powerful political forces.
As if all that wasn't enough to produce a crisis of teacher quality in California's public schools, the weakest teachers are protected by a system of tenure and the California Teachers Association, the most powerful political force in the state.
The phrase is being used more and more in Bern, where pressure is being exerted by the Swiss People's Party (SVP) which last year recorded its finest parliamentary election result in over a century with nearly 30 % of the vote to become the country's most powerful political force.
The pressure on legislators to keep up the so - called entitlements has become a powerful political force.
Mr. Cuomo protected New York City teachers, one of the state's most powerful political forces, by blocking Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's proposal this winter to immediately end teacher seniority protections.
NEW YORK CITY — State Sen. Malcolm Smith, who was arrested Tuesday for allegedly trying to rig the mayoral race, has been a powerful political force in Queens for years who has a history of brushes with the law as well as his party.
Dinkins, prior to his ascension as mayor, belonged to Harlem's «Gang of Four» — a powerful political force with colleagues Rep. Charles Rangel, one - time state Sen. Basil Paterson and politician / businessman Percy Sutton.
In a city where unions are powerful political forces to begin with, Seabrook derived unusual clout from his position at the intersection of multiple lines of influence.
But the upset was hardly limited to the Jewish community, which is, let's face it, a powerful political force.
«It is time for NYSUT to exert itself as a powerful political force once again,» she said, to applause.
Cuomo remains a powerful political force.
In doing that, he'll need to collaborate more closely than ever with Bloomberg, a friend and political supporter, in an alliance that could become a powerful political force.
She was backed by the Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee, a powerful political force headed by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.
Dentists are fixing more than teeth — they've also become a powerful political force in Albany.
Push to hold industry accountable The oil and gas industry, one of the state's most powerful political forces, has acknowledged some role in the damages, but so far has defeated efforts to force companies to pay for it.
On Earth, powerful political forces that oppose human spaceflight try to use the accident as proof that sending humans into space is too dangerous to continue.
Teachers are literate and they vote so they are a powerful political force especially where teacher unions are strong.
Whatever the superintendent's agenda, there are powerful political forces at work in an urban system: mayors, school boards, and teachers and their unions, to name a few.
Mike McShane, who researches education policy for the American Enterprise Institute, says restrictive collective bargaining laws have weakened teachers unions to a degree, but they remain a powerful political force.
The law requires that all teachers in public schools pay compulsory «agency fees» to support the agenda of the teachers unions — the most powerful political force in the state — thus allowing the union to dominate and skew political dialogue.
Within just two years, despite persecution and division, the PUP had become a powerful political force, and George Price had clearly become the party's leader.
In the U.S., ranchers are a powerful political force in many sparely populated states that are over-represented in the Senate and Electoral College.
The palm oil industry is a powerful political force in the country.
At great risk to his life and safety, Amenga - Etego leads a movement that has galvanized a Ghanaian civil society emerging from decades of military oppression into a powerful political force.
It joined forces with the NSPCC to produce a powerful political force to extend the definition of «harm» in the Children's Act 1989 to now include «impairment suffered from seeing or hearing the ill - treatment of another».
Not only are the ranchers a powerful political force in the state, but local governments also fear that urban sprawl will invade the pristine natural beauty of their open spaces.
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