Sentences with phrase «set by political leaders»

Not exact matches

Television certainly offers the potential for social and political impact by religious broadcasters who seek to use it in that way, and yet, the example set by broadcasters in the 1980 election year left much to be desired in the eyes of many Christian leaders and adherents.

I'm told by a source close to the leader that Miliband plans to «ramp up» the issue of bank bonuses in the coming weeks and will use his keynote speech to the Fabian Society on 15 January not just to reiterate his values and ideals but to set out his political priorities for 2011.

Credo political director Murshed Zaheed called Schumer «the worst negotiator in Washington» and said he got «outmaneuvered» by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellGOP lawmakers want Trump to stop bashing Congress Parkland father calls out Trump, McConnell, Ryan after Santa Fe shooting Overnight Finance: House rejects farm bill in conservative revolt NAFTA deal remains elusive as talks drag on Dodd - Frank rollback set for House vote MORE (R - Ky.).

The political outlook set out by Ed Miliband in his first leader's speech «ticked virtually every box» of the policy programme and outlook set out over the past five years by the leftwing pressure group Compass, according to comments today by Neal Lawson, the group's director.

He told the Huffington Post: «I think any leader of any political party is judged by their results and we need to set ambitious, challenging targets for what we want to achieve in May.

Most years, the final budget plan arrives in a mad rush of legislative action that rarely lasts more than two or three days — a sign that the total plan is a carefully calibrated set of deals between legislative leaders and the governor that could, if too much time went by, fall apart due to political pressure.

Deborah Warner, of Centerstate Corporation for Economic Opportunity agreed and pushed the point further, saying state leaders should consider setting political lines by industry influences as much as municipal ones.

Directed and adapted by Armando Iannucci, who created the TV show «Veep,» «The Death of Stalin» is a dark political satire and an odd slice of history set around the political positioning put in motion by the death of the Soviet leader in 1953.

How do we, as teachers and educational leaders, condone putting our students through an assessment process that has been designed to ensure that 70 percent of the students taking the test will not meet the predetermined cut - score that has been set by the test company in consultation with political leaders and educational bureaucrats who are predominantly out - of - touch with both classroom instructional practice and how children learn?

The explanation offered by Jonathan Pershing, a leader of the American delegation, was that the administration was waiting to measure the American technological and political capacity to address climate change and was looking to Congress to set specific targets for reducing carbon pollution.

«By setting out our plans early we can signal to political leaders that we take our responsibilities seriously.»