Sentences with phrase «slim majority makes»

Under normal circumstances, the Government would attempt to rush through new legislation to re-design the fees regime and limit claims pre-dating this decision — however Theresa May's slim majority makes this difficult.

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Trump could also make it harder to pass lasting tax reform, since any policy that increases the debt above its baseline either requires Democratic support or — if passed by a slim majority of Republicans in the Senate — would expire in a decade.

With a slim majority in the Senate, the party chose to use «budget reconciliation» — a process that allows a bill to pass with only 50 votes (plus Vice President Mike Pence) but comes with restrictions that make it less than ideal for complex policymaking — to pass their plan.

Even though Republicans are in the majority, it's a very slim majority, and they just don't have the votes to make large changes to the Federal budget without Democrats support.

Its institutionalisation, on the one hand would shelter it from the potential inefficiencies deriving from further enlargements, and, on the other, it would not foreclose EU members to join, should they wish to share the higher political goals and slimmer majorities in the decision making.

However, between them they currently have just 10 MPs and are predicted to lose some seats, making May's chances of achieving a working majority, even in a coalition, appear slim.

Labour candidate Michael McMahon is the incumbent in the Uddingston and Bellshill constituency, although he had only a slim majority of 2.8 % in 2011, making this a key target seat for the SNP.

But the past year has seen a repeat of the drama and turmoil of the Major years: a rancorous party split over Europe within months of victory and a slim commons majority making the government vulnerable to defeats by opposition ambushes and even small backbench rebellions.

The Hydroxycut diet pill makes up a majority of the diet pill market and is very popular among regular consumers, looking to shed a few pounds, as well as die hard body builders wishing to slim down and have their muscles look more «cut.»

Majority of white men are not aware of micro aggressions of black women which make their chances for second dates slim to none.

Even though the state legislature and governorship were under unified Republican control, the Republicans» majorities were slim enough that the active support of Latino groups traditionally affiliated with the Democratic Party made a difference.

The argument is that the vast majority of consumers are not going to repair their own laptops and Apple's customer service will take care of what does break, which means making it repairable (and thus sacrificing the thin, slim, fast features for something slightly bulkier, slightly heavier, and thus subjectively less attractive) is not a logical or necessary choice for a company to make.