Sentences with phrase «seat majority right»
They only have a 51 - seat majority right now, so in order to pass whatever plan they come up with, they would have to get 9 Democrats to vote for it (assuming every Republican did, which is also unlikely).
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Portugal's minority center - right government collapsed this week after the three leftist parties that won the majority of seats in September month's general election refused to support its continuation of bailout - dictated austerity policies.
An earlier exit poll indicated that the center - right alliance would gain between 248 to 268 seats in the lower house of parliament, short of the 316 needed for a majority.
His Jewish Home party, a successor to the National Religious Party, quadrupled its representation from three to 12 seats.Together with the Sephardic Orthodox Shas party and the haredi Orthodox United Torah Judaism, the right - wing Knesset bloc will hold 62 of the Knesset's 120 seats — a slim majority.
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His quote that «whichever party has won the most votes and the most seats, if not an absolute majority, has the first right to seek to govern» was originally included as a footnote to the draft Cabinet manual.
Hungary's Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, celebrated a historic victory today after his right - wing Fidesz / Christian Democrat coalition retained its two - thirds majority in the Hungarian Parliament, winning 133 out of 199 seats.
Why take a 10 - 20 seat majority, totally beholden to the Tory right, when you can have an 80 seat majority with the Lib Dems to act as human shields.
Add in the 11 seats won by the Conservatives in Wales, and the right would have taken 360 seats - an overall majority of 70, bigger than Blair's victory in 2005.
The same's true with three extra seats on the govering NEC for a membership that's soared to 569,000 (more than every other British political party combined) though an additional union place going to an Usdaw shopworkers on the Right of the party translates into a net gain of two in Corbyn's slim majority.
Tory leader revives right - to - buy scheme for 1.3 m social tenants as latest Guardian seat projection has Labour and SNP on course for combined majority
As for whether the by - election should be happening at all, three quarters of voters in the seat (including a majority of Labour voters) think Phil Woolas «did make false statements about his opponents and this probably affected the result», so rerunning the election was the right decision.
In Scotland the Additional Member System agreed for the Scottish Parliament will hand Labour seats to parties to its right — the Liberal Democrats, SNP and even the Tories will benefit — and almost certainly lose Labour the majority it would have under the present system.
I imagine that any extra donations to association funds would be especially welcome right now in a seat where Gareth is seeking to oust a first - term Lib Dem MP who is defending a three - figure majority.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (middle) speaking with Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (seated right)
In March the rock - solid Tory seat of Orpington, located right next to Macmillan's own seat, turned Liberal as a majority of nearly 15,000 disintegrated.
Still, that's a narrow working majority of one seat, making it difficult for Democrats to pass some of the more controversial measures on their to - do list, such as strengthening abortion rights.
Hoping to quell upset on the right, Flanagan tapped his former rival to serve as his No. 2, replacing ex-Deputy Majority Leader Tom Libous, who was forced to resign his seat after being found guilty on a felony corruption charge.
Display ads seen on right - leaning news sites in August, proclaim, «President Obama and a 60 - seat Democrat Senate Majority?
But Flanagan, who continues to be under fire from the right for voting «yes» on the controversial gun control law, is unlikely to approve funding any time soon — especially not with the special election for ex-Deputy Senate Majority Leader Tom Libous» seat this fall and the 2016 rematch for control of the majority Majority Leader Tom Libous» seat this fall and the 2016 rematch for control of the majority majority looming.
And she repeatedly noted that Republicans only hold a one - seat majority in the Senate, adding there are no plans to drop an emphasis on key issues for Democrats such as a minimum wage increase, strengthening abortion rights and the Dream Act — even if the votes just aren't there for those measures.
«I believe Chris Jacobs is the best possible candidate we could be running right now to bring the seat back into the majority.»
Andy Slaughter would face a Tory majority of 14 % in the new Hammersmith & Fulham seat Gareth Thomas would face a Tory majority of 11 % in the new Harrow and Stanmore Joan Ryan would face a small Tory majority of just 3 % in the new Enfield seat Ruth Cadbury faces a 10 % Tory majority in Brentford & Chiswick Tulip Siddiq faces a 9 % Tory majority in Hampstead and Golders Green Alex Cunningham is only eligible for the nomination in Stockton West, with a 7 % Tory majority Chris Matheson doesn't actually face much change, but Chester would have a 1 % Tory majority on paper Jenny Chapman faces a notional Tory majority of 1 % in Darlington Madeleine Moon's Bridgend is merged with the Vale of Glamorgan to create a notionally Tory seat, but with a majority of only 3 % Alan Whitehead's Southampton Test would have a 4 % Tory majority on paper (Southampton Itchen would flip to Labour... but Whitehead doesn't have the right to go there under Labour rules) Melanie Orr would be eligible to seek selection in either Grimsby North & Barton or Grimsby South and Cleethorpes.
In Kingston upon Thames, though, their majority now hangs on a single seat — and on the hope that UKIP takes Conservative votes in the right places.
Accordingly, a majority in all seats — reaching two thirds in the Conservative - Liberal Democrat battleground — agreed that «it is right to start cutting back on public spending now because the longer we put off dealing with the deficit the greater the cost of sorting it out».
At the moment you're probably right that even if Con picked up every UKIP voter, it wouldn't affect the result in those most marginal seats... but it would make a difference in target seats further down the list, and consequently to Labour's majority / largest party prospects.
Indeed, if 75 voters in the right seats had voted differently the Conservatives would have a working majority, meaning a deal with the DUP would have been unnecessary.
As for being «spanked» in 2005 under Michael Howard (who you say swung to the Right), he actually got the best result for the Conservatives since 1992 by cutting the Labour majority down to the 60s from over 100 and winning back many seats.
Kendall, a former Labour leadership candidate who is well regarded by the party's right wing, has a majority of just over 7,000 in her Leicester West constituency, but local Tories say they are hopeful of taking the seat.
There will be Democratic contests for eight seats — including three of Albany's five majority - minority districts that were the subject of the nearly four - year federal voting rights lawsuit that the county lost in April.
K.Taheri: What is your perspective on future U.S. negotiations with Iran, as a result of the recent election victory by the Republican's, who now hold the majority of seats in both the Houses and Senate, and will it have any effect on the situation of human rights in Iran?
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The coalition government needs our vociferous support right now — they have a 30 seat majority in parliament and can't do a damn thing to save our bacon.