Sentences with phrase «powerful politician on»

Brady is the most powerful politician on the list, as his role as chair of the 1922 Committee makes him the keeper of any letters of no confidence in the prime minister from Conservative MPs.

Not exact matches

As allegations continue to rain down on powerful media moguls (like the recently - convicted comedian Bill Cosby), as well as high - profile politicians, doctors, members of Congress and male journalists, the idea that power can be a dangerous tool of manipulation is shifting into the mainstream.

Tufts and Fairbanks put the blame squarely on the politicians who caved in to the powerful public - sector unions.

From commercials predicated on creating desires rather than on meeting utilitarian needs, to the therapeutic rhetoric of politicians of Left and Right, the gravitational pull toward a psychological understanding of the self is powerful and omnipresent.

Absolutely, it does make sense to at least 6 billion people on earth including but not limited to professionals and the elite such as Doctors, Scientists, Juries, Judges, Magistrates, Politicians, even by the person who holds the highest position of the most powerful country of the world.

So in today's Motherlode piece I ask Confessore what, if anything, parents can do to be heard on this issue over the powerful voices of lobbyists and politicians.

Critics accuse Vucic, who remains the country's most powerful politician, of being a populist authoritarian who has clamped down on media freedom.

Much is made by Eurosceptics that Brussels is more powerful than our Westminster Parliament, something borne out by your statement in your interview with Sharon Bowles: «She has far more impact on our legislation than your average Westminster politician.»

«Although this decision puts on hold the justice that New Yorkers got upon Silver's conviction, we look forward to presenting to another jury the evidence of decades - long corruption by one of the most powerful politicians in New York State history.

Prosecutors say the 74 - year - old Silver earned $ 4 million illegally in fees for his work on behalf of a cancer researcher and real estate developers who stood to benefit from his clout as one of the three most powerful politicians in New York state government.

Kim's statement goes on to say, «Although this decision puts on hold the justice that New Yorkers got upon Silver's conviction, we look forward to presenting to another jury the evidence of decades - long corruption by one of the most powerful politicians in New York State history.

In their opening statement in the corruption trial of state Senator Dean Skelos on Tuesday, federal prosecutors painted a picture of a powerful politician who abused his office to benefit his son and co-defendant, Adam.

Silver, 74, is on trial for the second time in three years on charges that he sold his office as one of the three most powerful politicians in the state — along with the Senate majority leader and governor — in exchange for $ 4 million in illegal kickbacks.

Minutes after pleading not guilty to sweeping corruption charges, the once - powerful politician barely dodged another embarrassing fall from grace when he slipped on a mound of ice and barely avoided landing on his butt.

«Although this decision puts on hold the justice that New Yorkers got upon Silver's conviction, we look forward to presenting to another jury the evidence of decades - long corruption by one of the most powerful politicians in New York State history,» he said.

Sheldon Silver, an assemblyman who rose from the Lower East Side of Manhattan to become one of New York State's most powerful politicians, was found guilty on Monday in a federal corruption trial.

Sheldon Silver, who rose from the Lower East Side of Manhattan to become one of the state's most powerful and feared politicians as speaker of the New York Assembly, was sentenced on Tuesday to 12 years in prison in a case that came to symbolize Albany's culture of graft.

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — Federal prosecutors have tried and tried again to take on public corruption in New York, going after several of the state's most powerful politicians and power brokers.

The corruption trial of a powerful politician Newsday takes a look back at what led to the downfall of former Sen. Dean Skelos and his son Adam after their conviction on Dec. 11, 2015.

MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURT — Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, once one of New York's most powerful politicians, was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison Tuesday following his conviction on corruption charges.

New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who bent state government to his will for more than 20 years as one of New York's most powerful and canny politicians, was arrested Thursday on charges of taking nearly $ 4 million in payoffs and kickbacks.

Sheldon Silver, the former speaker of the New York State Assembly and one of the state's most powerful politicians, was convicted Monday in a federal corruption trial that shone a light on the real estate lobby's dealings in Albany.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, considered one of the most powerful men in Albany, and the politician who in 1994 torpedoed Staten Island's attempt to secede from New York City, was arrested Thursday on corruption charges.

The press conference, held in the shadows of a federal courthouse where one of New York's most powerful politicians is being tried on corruption charges, came as other recent developments also shine a bright light on the state's insufficient handling of ethics and corruption.

He said, «He is a grassroots politician, he has worked with most three powerful politicians in South West, as SA to Tinubu on LG and Chieftaincy matter, Coordinator, Obasanjo Atiku Presidential campaign, also with Adedibu which earned him the position of Chairman, Board of Ogun Osun River Basin under Obasanjo and Chairman, Board of LAUTECH during Akala eleven months reign.

But when it comes to doing his civic duty by serving on a jury, Heastie, now one of the most powerful politicians in the state, has been less than accountable, according to court records.

But they emerged from a five - hour, closed - door meeting saying there was no consensus on who would succeed Silver, one of the most powerful politicians in New York for the past two decades.

NEW YORK (WBEN / AP)-- A lawyer for former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is counting on the U.S. Supreme Court reviewing the case before the once - powerful politician endures a second trial on corruption charges.

«Although this decision puts on hold the justice that New Yorkers got upon Silver's conviction, we look forward to presenting to another jury the evidence of decades - long corruption by one of the most powerful politicians in New York State history,» Kim said.

Sheldon Silver, the speaker of the New York Assembly, exploited his position as one of the most powerful politicians in the state to obtain millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks, federal authorities said on Thursday as they announced his arrest on a sweeping series of corruption charges.

From these subtle yet powerful opening scenes (it's the poor and the disenfranchised who fight for the wealthy and powerful), The Manchurian Candidate explores a multitude of political «issues» to a lesser or greater extent: the ill that is committed under the guise of defending a nation; the behind - the - scenes machinations of any country's political process; the unpalatable relationship between entertainment, money and politics, and most specifically, the enormous influence big business has on politics and politicians.

When they learn that is a lie, their mother confesses she was a wild child in the»70s who slept with many powerful people she met at Studio 54, including movie stars, athletes and politicians, prompting the siblings to set out on the road to find their real father.

Gore's message still resonates, but for every powerful moment or example of incontestable scientific fact there's also one where the point of all this gets diluted as it focuses on the former politician - turned - activist and not the story he is eager to tell.

And on suspicion of the murder of a powerful politician!?

The notorious pair collected over $ 100 million in fees by pretending to approach powerful politicians like President G.W. Bush (Brent Mendenhall) and Speaker of the House Tom DeLay (Spencer Garrett) on their behalf of their gullible clients.

Politicians and business leaders gathered behind these powerful words to insist, for the first time, on high standards for all children — a goal schools had never before embraced, and one they did not immediately know how to achieve.

On Tuesday, Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger — one of the state's most powerful Republican politicians — told North Carolina's teachers they'd soon be receiving their fifth consecutive round of raises.

«For parents concerned about the harm being caused by this increasing focus on testing, «opting out» is a powerful option — a kind of civil disobedience in response to a testing regime imposed by politicians, many of whom haven't spent any significant time in a public school classroom.»

He's a noted Los Angeles architect whose commissions take him from the developing Las Vegas strip to the top - secret atomic - test sites in the surrounding desert, jobs that have him mixing with gangsters, politicians, Brat - Pack hangers - on, and other powerful players.

As wild rumors spread, a powerful anti-jacker politician capitalizes on mindreaders»... Read More

And on suspicion of the murder of a powerful politician!?

In works like «Bill Clinton, the Lippo Group, and Jackson Stephens of Little Rock, Arkansas 5th Version» Mark Lombardi researched relationships among the world's most powerful people: politicians, financial manipulators, out - and - out crooks, and laid them out on huge drawings in the form of diagrammatic networks.

Danger of Undermining Emissions Mitigation Efforts If politicians are led to believe that a low - cost technological fix can reduce or eliminate the need for politically difficult actions such as increasing the cost of carbon by cap and trade schemes or taxation, going against the wishes of powerful fossil energy corporations, and getting countries all around the world to agree on climate goals, it is likely to undermine their resolve to deal with the underlying cause of the problem by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

On this Halloween eve, it is truly frightening to grasp the extent to which America's politicians, policies, laws, regulations, energy, economy, jobs, and future are controlled by a cabal of stealthy billionaires — who receive billions from state and federal government agencies, and use those riches to become even wealthier, more powerful, and more in control of our lives, livelihoods, living standards, and liberties.

The facts that a) we use in one year an amount of fossil fuel that took a million years to accumulate, b) we may be on the verge of a climate change catastrophe of global proportions and c) powerful technologies may soon fall into the hands of disturbed individuals with minds riven with those twin cancers of nationalism and religious fanaticism, seem to concern the scientific community a lot more than they do politicians or the media.

Despite the fact that Molina and Rowland's theory had wide support in the scientific community, a handful of skeptics, their voices greatly amplified by the public relations machines of powerful corporations and politicians sympathetic to them, succeeded in delaying imposition of controls on CFCs for many years.

«Quoting the Bible, the politician went on to say that «no man or men, however powerful, can mess with Almighty God with impunity and get away with it» and that «a Christian nation that abandons its faith and acts contrary to the Gospel will be beset by natural disasters.»

NPTA's Chairman and CEO, Mike Johnston, CPhT, traveled on numerous occasions to Ohio to support Kelly Jerry and work with Senator Grendell in overcoming powerful, opposing lobbyist efforts and a few petty politicians.

From taking on powerful politicians to wealthy movie moguls, no industry is excluded from #MeToo.