Sentences with phrase «ruling coalition»

Neither the council's ruling coalition (comprising Liberal Democrats, Conservatives and East Cleveland Independents) nor officers took the view that the progress of Persimmon's planning application should be suspended during the purdah period.

The ruling coalition offered to implement the outstanding part of the 2012 Adjustment Programme and then move on to a successor agreement that would offer Greece further international assistance under softer but still austerity - oriented conditions and Troika - type monitoring.

On March 8th, news broke that Dalton Avancini, president of construction empire Camargo Correa, would confirm that his company paid R$ 100 million (US$ 30 million) in bribes to two political parties — President Dilma Rousseff's Workers» Party (PT) and it's main ally in the ruling coalition, PMDB — in exchange for construction contracts for the Belo Monte Dam.

There is talk that the opposition might be able to persuade MPs from the ruling coalition to defect.

Just wanted to clarify that the ruling coalition did not lose the election.

Having governed Malaysia without interruption since 1957, the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) appeared poised for a historic defeat on May 5th, when it appeared the ruling coalition, Barisan Nasional (BN) led by incumbent Prime Minister Najib Razak, might lose the general elections for the first time in Malaysia's history to the opposition coalition, Pakatan Rakyat (PR), headed by long - serving political firebrand and ex-political prisoner, Anwar Ibrahim.

One party recently left the ruling coalition, leaving Slovenia with a minority government.

While Democrats handily control the 150 - seat Assembly, with most New York City lawmakers sitting in the majority, the 63 - seat Senate is controlled by the Republican conference, made up of many members representing suburban and Upstate areas, that has formed a ruling coalition with the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference and rogue Democratic Senator Simcha Felder, of Brooklyn.

The Independent Democratic Conference (IDC)-- a breakaway group of Senate Democrats that has formed a ruling coalition with Senate Republicans — came out against the convention earlier this month, citing concerns for labor protections.

He concocted a deal with Democratic Sens. Pedro Espada and Hiram Monserrate and created a new ruling coalition with himself as Majority Leader and Espada as Temporary President.

The IDC has formed an informal ruling coalition with the GOP, and helps keep the Republicans, who do not have an actual numerical majority in the chamber, keep in power.

David Cameron has said he «fears for our country» if the SNP form part of a ruling coalition after the election.

Indeed, analysis shows that for at least a third of the past century, the country was governed by parties which had failed to win an election in their own right but had created temporary mergers with another party in order to form a ruling coalition.

Klein's IDC has formed a ruling coalition with Republicans in the Senate for the past two sessions.

Governor Cuomo's end of session agenda was already in peril even before the governor agreed to work to get rid of the current ruling coalition in the Senate, made up of Republicans and five break away Democrats.

The newest member of the state Senate's ruling coalition is getting leadership positions on the chamber's environmental and social services committees.

The Senate ruling coalition is also not willing to bring to the Senate floor a bill to adopt public financing of statewide elections.

In a statement, Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos called Avella an «independent voice and a straight shooter,» and said he'll be an asset to the ruling coalition.

Currently, Democrats and Republicans in the Senate have the same amount of members: 31 each, but the Democrats are divided, with eight members forming a breakaway group that forms an informal ruling coalition with the GOP.

Adam goes on to chide his father for giving the independent democrats a title in the ruling coalition.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo tried unsuccessfully last year to get the bills through the state Senate, where Republicans, led by Sen. John Flanagan, and breakaway Democrats, led by Sen. Jeff Klein, form a ruling coalition.

Republicans in the State Senate, who are the dominant partner in its ruling coalition, have been unwilling to support the DREAM Act, saying tax money should be directed elsewhere.

Yesterday Plaid and Labour agreed to form a ruling coalition in the Welsh Assembly.

Currently, the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) forms a ruling coalition with Republicans, while a ninth nominal Democrat, Senator Simcha Felder, conferences with the Republicans.

The IDC has formed an informal ruling coalition with the GOP and helps keep the Republicans, who do not have an actual numerical majority in the chamber, in power.

De Blasio then met with members of the Independent Democratic Conference, a quartet of senators who have allied with Republicans to form the chamber's ruling coalition.

Despite support from the Democratic Assembly majority, as well minority state Senate Democrats, and the Independent Democratic Conference, which forms a ruling coalition with Senate Republicans, Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi's Home Stability

Challengers of the eight - member IDC, which forms a ruling coalition government with Senate Republicans, say they have drummed up broad grassroots support, as evidenced by pulling impressive fundraising numbers over a short period of time, with

The Senate Finance Committee Chair went on to explain that there was no «clear consensus» among the ruling coalition, which in addition to the GOP, includes five breakaway Democrats.

The ruling coalition in the New York state Senate has grown by one member.

Avella opposes gas drilling using hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a position that puts him at odds with Republicans who dominate the Senate's ruling coalition.

Currently, the state's $ 150 billion - plus budget is largely hammered out by four men: Governor Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, and Senator Jeff Klein, leader of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC), which forms a ruling coalition with the Republican conference.

The moves underscore a new commitment to the rule of law in Malaysia, whose voters, angry about corruption, last week threw out Mr. Najib's long - ruling coalition government.

The raises coincided with his decision to join the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference as it allied with Republicans to form a ruling coalition.

Having the Independent Dems in the ruling coalition enabled Cuomo to get a win on increasing the state's minimum wage, a proposal that Senate Republicans blocked last year.

There are also five members of the Independent Democratic Conference who have in the past formed a majority ruling coalition with the Republicans.

Olenghankoy said that any deal resulting from the weeks of talks between the ruling coalition and the opposition mediated by the Catholic Church would come as a shock.

The Communist Party of Greece considers itself the polar opposite of the ruling coalition, and has a very long history of not co-operating with any other party (even left wing parties).

The I.D.C. announced they were forming a ruling coalition with the Senate's Republican conference in December of 2012, an arrangement that gave I.D.C. members more power and financial resources, and gave the G.O.P. the votes needed to retain control of the chamber, which they've held for most of the past 50 years, despite Democrats» overwhelming registration advantage statewide.

All seven parliamentary parties are putting forward candidates, including the three biggest ones — centre - left Positive Slovenia, which leads the ruling coalition at the time of writing but has no MEPs; the right - leaning Slovenian Democratic Party, currently has three MEPs, and the centre - left Social Democrats — two MEPs.

The big issue, in the wake of the drop in support for CSV in the national election last October, is whether or not one of the ruling coalition parties can take a second seat in Brussels from the hitherto dominant CSV.

He says he's become convinced he can get more accomplished by joining the Senate's ruling coalition, which includes all of the Republicans and a few break away Independent Democrats.

Schneiderman's sweeping legislation, however, appears to have gained an added push from the Senate's Independent Democratic Conference (IDC)-- an eight - member body that has formed a ruling coalition with Senate Republicans.

Of course, Mr. Cuomo is not the sole arbiter of the state budget — there's also the Democrat - led Assembly and the State Senate, now controlled by Republicans who are less than pleased with Mr. de Blasio, who campaigned hard for Democrats to take the majority and sought to end the GOP's ruling coalition with breakaway Democrats in the Independent Democratic Conference.

Can the Senate Republican / Democrat ruling coalition survive?

Under rules adopted for this session, the I.D.C. is regarded as a separate conference in the chamber and part of a ruling coalition.

The debate over publicly financed campaigns in Albany won't break apart the ruling coalition of Republicans and Democrats, Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos told reporters Thursday.

Still if they can't form a ruling coalition / majority when they control 32 of 63 seats that's a dysfunctional group.

The presidents of the Romanian Parliament's two chambers, who are also the leaders of the ruling coalition, signed a letter to the European Commission's leaders expressing their concern that the European Commission was misinformed about the changes to the justice laws recently passed by the Parliament.

Although Governor Andrew Cuomo has publicly vowed to campaign against the ruling coalition in the senate unless headway is made on some key issues, Democrats in the chamber are not optimistic about legislative progress.