Sentences with phrase «representative will of the people»

Congress has the power to appropriate resources for such a deal by the representative will of the people - the Fed does not, even under Depression era banking laws.

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We're going to ask [these 22 female GOP representatives] for a verbal commitment that they will stand up for intersectional women's health, that we will make it clear that includes immigrants, refugees, people of color and the LGBTQ community in the United States.
The process of logging each call and leaving a voicemail is automated, so your representatives will spend their time moving onto the next person on the list rather than logging call notes into a database.
«Power that controls the economy should be in the hands of elected representatives of the people, not in the hands of an industrial oligarchy,» Justice William O. Douglas wrote.171 Decentralizing this power would ensure that «the fortunes of the people will not be dependent on the whim or caprice, the political prejudice, the emotional stability of a few self - appointed men.»
That will not only reveal what company representatives are saying about their companies, but it'll also reveal the kinds of questions that the analysts — the people in the know — are asking.
The session will also touch on the ongoing process of monitoring the investment, both as an individual investor and as the person designated to be the investor group's representative on the company's Board of Directors.
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In a true democracy, those representatives present a platform that will act on the wishes of the majority; however it is up to the person seeking election to inform voters of their intent should they be successful in their pursuit.
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While I don't care about Will Wilkinson as such, I will agree with Pete that he is representative of a trend among sophisticated young people: A kind of individualism that might be more evidence still of the victory ofWill Wilkinson as such, I will agree with Pete that he is representative of a trend among sophisticated young people: A kind of individualism that might be more evidence still of the victory ofwill agree with Pete that he is representative of a trend among sophisticated young people: A kind of individualism that might be more evidence still of the victory of....
@Howard — As a republic, which is a version of representative democracy, it means we do not have a true or direct democracy where each law would be voted on by each citizen, but an elected representative for larger groups of people that gets to cast the vote, which may or may not at times represent the will of the voters who elected the representative.
Although they will be «independent persons with no other authority than that of the spirit,» they may yet be effective in the time that approaches as no merely political representatives can be.
It was thought that, since all power in a democracy proceeds from the people in their corporate capacity, the lawmaking bodies of government (the executive, legislature, and judiciary), being representative of the public will, would sufficiently protect these liberties.
By filing a lawsuit to set aside the Mexico City policy on the basis of «international law» created outside the American political system, the CRLP has demonstrated that it firmly believes that «international law» (which has little if anything to do with the will of the American people or the representatives they elect to govern them) is nevertheless enforceable against the American people and, ultimately, the people of the world.
By writing and teaching publicly, you declare yourself a representative of God's Word and teacher, and as such will be held to a much greater standard by God, accountable for every word you write, every person you influence.
I might be ecelectic, but what makes me consistent is my belief is something that combines the belief of Scripture with that of Englightenment philosophy: nurturing life is goodness, simply, and helping others to see a model that thinking for ourselves can help heal the world of all past injustices - so that we all learn to WANT to be good... within reason and by our own choice...: you have a society like that, you'll have less injustices, less violence, less money - grubbing by people who hold themselves as representatives of «authority» -(which side are you on, by the way, if you see the world as so divided in such a bipolar reality...?)
In many cases they are the only representatives of a school's religious tradition, and in some cases they are the only individuals a young person will encounter who will say proudly (albeit subtly) that they believe in God.
If Christianity continues to tell you that WHEN you get your act together — God will finally open his arms, the representatives of this faith are not understanding the premier principal of God — through Christ he loves you NOW — but when his love begins to radiate into your personal life - your very personal life - you will make choices reflecting that reality — all other things, people, dogmas, Biblical interpretations — all of that through the long centuries of man — will be a drop in His eternal ocean and in that first eternal moment — won't matter - your needs now matter — Christ addresses need — with Himself — demands — with parabolic events — and refusal — with the end result of free will — even the will to reject Him — when He would have done anything for you to not be rejected.
Though I often blog about those who wish for theocracy over secular democracy ruling the political will of all people — my own life's experience tells me this isn't representative of most Christians.
Rev Kelvin Inglis, Rector of St Thomas» Church, said: «The service will bring together city leaders and representatives, members of the business community and local people, together with leaders and members of the emergency and public services.
Did the Justices not read into the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment a «right to freedom of contract» in whose name they frustrated the legislative will and usurped the constitutional authority of the elected representatives of the people?
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10 people can give you any proportion but will never be truely representative of millions of supporters.
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In a Representative Democracy a ballot is a list of names of people who might make good leaders, who will then decide what society ought to do.
In insulating representatives from the popular will, they aim to «suspend the blow meditated by the people against themselves, until reason, justice, and truth can regain their authority» — or at least reason, justice, and truth as decided by the members of the colonial elite selected as representatives [6].
In interest of brevity I will stop here but obviously there are lots of ideas applicable here: if you don't like how your representative voted on some issue you can change your vote manually if voting is still in progress... people should be allowed to easily switch their representative on a monthly / yearly level... etc
Then, representatives will echo the voice of their people in an attempt of greater unification.
In the next place, as each representative will be chosen by a greater number of citizens in the large than in the small republic, it will be more difficult for unworthy candidates to practice with success the vicious arts by which elections are too often carried; and the suffrages of the people being more free, will be more likely to centre in men who possess the most attractive merit and the most diffusive and established characters.
They believed that elections were too easily dominated by elites, who used their wealth and education to disproportionately control public offices, and that there were insufficient mechanisms for ensuring that representatives, once elected, would carry out the will of the people who elected them.
The predicament members of parliament are facing in the aftermath of the Brexit referendum is having to choose between the responsibilities of elected representatives in a parliamentary democracy, and the will of the people as expressed in a direct democracy referendum.
Since we'd have an increase in number of elected representatives to reflect the will of all the constituencies no longer losing out by «winner take all,» how would the salaries of those people be allocated?
Under such a regulation, it may well happen that the public voice, pronounced by the representatives of the people, will be more consonant to the public good than if pronounced by the people themselves, convened for the purpose.
«This Office will continue the vigorous prosecution of political corruption to secure for the people of New York — regardless of party affiliation — what they deserve: the honest labors of their elected representatives.
That is what makes me the best candidate to beat Rep. Katko in November, and finally give the people of Central New York a representative that will work on their behalf.»
In a nationally - representative survey of 2,000 people, just 30 % say they feel it is likely that negotiations with the EU will go well this year.
«Mr. Speaker, there have been press conferences from various areas, but I think that as representatives of the people, it is better if we will have the information from source.
A last - minute time change will prevent the lone legislative representative who was planning to attend Cuomo's NYC transparency summit today — GOP Assemblyman Andy Goodell of Chautauqua County — from being there in person.
I am confident that a very strong and qualified candidate will be selected to run who will continue to ensure that the people of the 26th District are represented in the Republican Majority in the House of Representatives in Washington.»
Progressivism, a populist reform movement in the early twentieth century, espoused by Presidents like Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, and grounded in Protestant moralism, which sought to make government both more responsive to the plight of the people, for instance using Constitutional amendments to deal with social problems like alcoholism and using government force to quash monopolies, and at the same time more representative of the will of the electorate, for instance instituting more democracy like the direct election of Senators and ending the corruption of Machine politics in the cities.
We'll discuss some secrets for effective email advocacy below, but for now keep in mind Two Golden Rules of email organizing: if you're contacting Congress or another representative body, you generally should only let people contact their own legislators through your system (rather than spamming all of Congress).
«Yes» to AV argue this will make representatives more accountable, but the «no» campaign says it undermines the principle of one person, one vote.
The Democratic Party in the House of Representatives will have a huge challenge in the coming two years as it fights to defend the American people from a barrage of legislation coming from the soon - to - be Republican House majority that seeks to turn back the clock in the country a decade or more.»
«For decades the legislative leaders of both parties have had far too much power to thwart the will of the people and their elected representatives by holding bills in committee thereby preventing an up or down vote by the legislature.
There is a strong sense that the decision is being forced on this country against the will both of the Government and of the people's representatives in this Parliament.
Peter Riddell, formerly of The Times, has written a stimulating book In Defence of Politicians (Biteback # 9.99) remaking the case for strengthening representative democracy, while John Kampfner's Freedom for Sale: How We Made Money and Lost Our Liberty (Pocket Books # 8.99) asks why so many people around the world appear willing to give up freedoms in return for security or prosperity.
As for how overseas people can watch the debate, in the US, I used C - Span, the official congressional cable channel that will broadcast daily business in the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as other public events.
It will be recalled that three (3) weeks ago, the country's law enforcement agencies cracked allegedly a syndicate of 19 persons at the Tema Harbour, comprising customs officials and representatives of three clearing and freight forwarding agencies, who were allegedly responsible for the loss of some GH cents 1.2 billion in revenue to the state.
He said, «The sovereignty of every nation lies in the people and we are the representatives of the people,» he said, adding: «If we don't do the needful now that we are going into election, before you know it, out democracy will be in shambles.
Only when Labour candidates are confident they can appeal to a representative mix of voters, and only when Labour MPs don't try to defend the idea of people in the Wirral having nearly twice as much voting power as those in Bristol, only then will the party have truly turned a corner.
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