Sentences with phrase «pressure from party leaders»

Cuomo, under pressure from party leaders, recorded a video promising that he'd work to expel Republicans from co leadership of the State Senate, and work to reinstall Democrats instead.

The investigation into harassment claims against the Assemblyman actually began in 2012, but it wasn't until May 2013 that he stepped down amidst pressure from party leaders, including Governor Andrew Cuomo.

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Redford resigns — Pressure from her caucus and party results in Ms. Redford resigning as Premier of Alberta and leader of the PC Pparty results in Ms. Redford resigning as Premier of Alberta and leader of the PC PartyParty.

According to the aggrieved victims, it is strange that, the opposition leader and his party mounted pressure on government over DKM Microfinance defrauding customers and called for a refund of deposits to the swindled customers, yet failed to demand same from their MP whose bank has gone bankrupt.

Trump's team stepped up the pressure on the prime minister after the tycoon's path to becoming Republican party leader was cleared by rival Ted Cruz's withdrawal from the race.

Even though they have been given a free vote by their anti-war leader Jeremy Corbyn, many Labour MPs will feel pressure from their constituency parties and local left - wing activists not to vote in the same lobby as the Tories.

The co-ordinated string of resignations from the shadow cabinet that followed the Brexit vote was designed to pressure Corbyn to resign as leader of the party.

Cuomo is pressuring the labor - backed party to nominate a placeholder candidate in the race to replace him, urging WFP leaders away from Sen. Eric Schneiderman.

Gov. Cuomo called a special election after Weiner resigned under pressure from national party leaders once he was exposed sexting raunchy photos of himself to online admirers.

Valesky said he's not worried about the pressure from Schumer, Gillibrand and leaders of the New York Democratic Party.

The video, which features IDC Leader Jeff Klein speaking directly into the camera about the eight conference members, comes as the conference is under pressure from liberal advocacy groups to return to the fold of mainline Democrats in the Senate and deliver a working majority for the party.

According to the political science lecturer, if the President decides to shrug off pressure from leaders and supporters of his party as well as some of his ministers to grant the Montie trio pardon, it could win him floating voters.

Cox also praised IDC Leader Jeff Klein, who has come under pressure from liberals and mainline Democrats to rejoin the mainline conference or form a new alliance with his party.

IDC Leader Sen. Jeff Klein, has also been under pressure from the left - leaning elements of the Democratic Party.

In remarks immediately seized on by Nigel Farage, the Ukip leader, the senior Tory said that the party's MPs have to rebel against the leadership because they face pressure from hardline associations.

IDC Leader, Senator Jeff Klein, has, like Cuomo, also been under pressure from the left leaning elements of the Democratic Party.

Mr Corbyn has so far stood firm in the face of huge pressure for him to quit, arguing he has a 60 % mandate from the party membership to remain as leader.

On 2 July 2008, Nicol announced he was stepping down as party leader with immediate effect because of the pressures of leading a political party while having a young family based in Aberdeen, some distance from the Parliament in Edinburgh.

Union leaders are angry not because they are disaffected with Labour but because they have been defending Labour in spite of the pressure from their own members who are so disaffected from Labour that they are more likely not to vote at all than to vote for any other party.

Jeremy Corbyn has denied that he is under pressure, amid repeated calls from fellow Labour MPs to stand down as party leader.

Mr. Cuomo called on Republicans to ignore pressure from leaders of the state's Republican and Conservative parties and support the marriage measure.

Jeremy Corbyn has come under intense pressure to take some personal responsibility for Labour's historic byelection defeat in Copeland from senior party figures, including trade union leaders and even members of his own shadow cabinet.

Cameron had infuriated Merkel and most other EU leaders when he caved in to pressure from his own right flank during the 2005 leadership contest and pledged to leave the centrist majority European People's Party (EPP).

Newly re-elected Labour leader to say that party will not «sow division» despite pressure from backbenchers in wake of vote to leave EU

The Telegraph reports that the Tory leadership has been discussing an «elegant retreat» from its policy of matching Labour on spending: «The Tory leader, under mounting internal pressure to stretch his party's lead over Labour, has conceded that it could be impossible to deliver tax cuts if he sticks to Gordon Brown's commitments.»

But, following cross-party agreement that Scotland should be handed sweeping new powers, party leaders are now under intense pressure to bar Scottish MPs from voting on purely English matters at Westminster.

Party officials later revealed that he will also use today's speech to deride «part - time liberals» in a jibe against the Tory leader, David Cameron, whose claims to be a «liberal conservative» have faded under pressure from his own rightwing.

The landmark decision to track well - being follows political pressure from the leader of the main opposition party on the importance of well - being and public concern following a UNICEF report which placed the UK at the bottom of a league for child well - being.