Sentences with phrase «pressure from voters»

Notwithstanding the unity Democrats showed on Saturday night in getting the Reid bill to the floor for debate, McConnell suggested Sunday that the Democratic caucus could fracture under pressure from voters.

And it may also signal that the body's newest members — those with the least ties to the Legislature's scandal - stained status quo — feel greater pressure from voters to be seen as part of the solution.

One reason the Coalition has been slow to adopt candidate quotas or non-quota means of increasing the number of women candidates is lack of pressure from their voters.

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The overhaul came in response to increasing pressure Facebook endures over its potentially negative impact on society, from sharing violent videos to letting fake news run unchecked to its late acknowledgement that Russian operatives had used to platform to target U.S. voters.

Even if Labour gave a free vote, which is unlikely, the pressure from Labour constituency activists (not Labour voters) would force most Labour MPs to vote for the change: just a few people of principle will hold out.

In the face of strong pressure from below, the county government is likely to demand a greater share of oil revenues so that it is better placed to assuage frustration of voters.

The minority party, with virtually no legislative power to block Trump Cabinet nominees as was illustrated this morning, is under pressure from liberal voters to do whatever they possibly can to stop Trump's nominees from being approved.

What they're saying: «Issoufou has been under pressure from the opposition and civil society to make changes to the voters» roll; he may want to use the pretext of a destabilization plot to avoid making changes that could be to his disadvantage in the election,» Francois Conradie, a political analyst for South Africa - based NKC African Economics.

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.

The constitution minister was under pressure over voter registration, with fears that there could be a 20 % decrease in the number of registered voters as a result of the transition from the current system.

So far, congressional Republicans have shown the most concern about pressure from donors, not voters, though.

Speaking on NEAT FM's morning show Ghana Montie John Boadu noted that the NPP is fully behind the three pressure groups — but said it's unfortunate that the groups have been prevented from picketing at the Electoral Commission Wednesday over a new voters» register.

The pressure to speed things up will grow, not least from Liberal Democrat ministers who need to be able to demonstrate tangible success on the environment to their voters.

He's hopeful that several of the eight Democratic «no» voters from 2009 who are still serving will resist enormous pressure from the governor and his allies to switch sides.

The then Tory leader was under pressure from his own backbenchers and wanted to stop Tory voters from drifting to UKIP at the 2010.

Cameron now faces intense pressure from disgruntled voters, backbenchers and Cabinet ministers demanding that further Scottish devolution be accompanied by comparable changes across England.

Mike Boland, the operative who left the party to run Teachout's campaign, and Bertha Lewis, who nominated Teachout from the floor of the W.F.P. convention, have both gone on record urging Teachout voters to hold their noses and vote W.F.P. as a way of keeping liberal pressure on Cuomo, reminding them of the party's successful pushes on items like paid sick days and the minimum wage.

May and supporters from the group True Blue NY - 53 have been trying to pressure Valesky to leave the IDC, which they view as a betrayal of Democratic voters and priorities.

That prospect was clear this month in Massachusetts, when voters refused to agree to raise a cap on charter school expansion, and Moody's, the rating agency, applauded the move, saying it would allow urban districts to maintain their current financial operations without added pressure from charters that could create virtually insurmountable money problems.

It is clear that the only thing that will force lawmakers to move their positions is MORE public pressure and direct contact from voters at home.

If Missouri voters can't get the powers that be to listen maybe Facebook pressure from around the world will.

Recently, an advertising campaign was kicked off in the province of Ontario to educate Canadians about the myths of Kyoto, and asking voters to demand answers from their MPs... Friends of Science will ensure that domestic pressure to walk away from Kyoto gets stronger and stronger.»

Members of Congress know that climate change legislation doesn't offer tangible benefits to voters, so they're unlikely to act unless they feel pressure from activists in their districts.

Still trying to rein back the support of younger voters from Jeremy Corbyn, the Government is under growing pressure to ease the path for first time buyers to buy their home.

The Liberals are also under pressure from the opposition Progressive Conservatives, who have capitalized on the anger of some voters about higher electricity costs, changes to the province's sales tax and rising government spending.

After the Trump team, under pressure from the Republican National Committee and others to ramp up its ground game and voter - targeting operation, met with Cambridge Analytica officials in late June, campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Trump son - in - law Jared Kushner were at loggerheads: While Kushner wanted to bring the company aboard, Manafort opposed the move.

So far, congressional Republicans have shown the most concern about pressure from donors, not voters, though.

The company has been under a lot of pressure to be more wary of it handles people's personal data ever since reports from The New York Times and The Guardian revealed that data analytics company Cambridge Analytics had improperly obtained and used the data from 50 million Facebook users to influence voters» decisions during the 2016 presidential election.

Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg has come under intense pressure from politicians in Europe and the US to explain how political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, which worked with Donald Trump's presidential campaign, harvested data from about 50 million Facebook users as it built an election - consulting company that boasted it could sway voters in contests all over the world.