Sentences with phrase «significant voting block»
The Mayor should also point out how poorly NY State has handled the East Ramapo mess — avoiding taking on the fraudulent practices of a Board of Education that represents a significant voting block.
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The coalition of black churches in urban communities can no longer be counted on for block Democratic votes, and despite the president's pleas, he may find that his most loyal constituency will not be able to bring significant wins to the Democratic column come Tuesday.
, or without a vigorous opposition press, or with a slanderous and irresponsible opposition press, or which have signed up to supranational bodies outside democratic control, or which have signed up to international treaties ditto, or which make use of protected seats for women or ethnic minorities, or where the if the prime minister is one ethnic group the president is conventionally always another, or where unlimited campaign donations are allowed, or disallowed, or where significant numbers question the legitimacy of the polity holding the vote, or where voting is compulsory, or where non-citizens can not vote, or where they can, or where there is (or is not) a second chamber or supreme court that can block popular legislation...
It was a significant defeat for Democrats and a win for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R - Kentucky, who persuaded several Republicans who had previously voted to support the higher spending level to change their positions and vote to block the bill.
Cuomo and the state Legislature must prove to the voters before November they believe in actual democracy, by enacting significant reforms that block the big - money billionaires and lift up the voices and votes of everyday New Yorkers.