Sentences with phrase «sought coalition with»

As his diaries reveal, Paddy Ashdown ardently sought a coalition with Labour after 1997, which might have happened had the Labour majority not been so large.

Not exact matches

Italy appeared to be taking a step closer to forming a coalition government on Wednesday, with the country's president seeking to push coalition talks between the biggest political parties.

The president is under no obligation to hand a mandate to the biggest party, and may first seek to establish whether parties can get together a coalition with enough seats to govern,» Wolfango Piccoli, co-president of Teneo Intelligence, said in a note last Tuesday.

While Müller sought to create an anti-Nazi coalition with former labor leaders, heroic priests worked to unite disparate groups into an effective opposition.

With the emergence of the black churches, which are engaged in electoral registration drives and are seeking to become a political force as in America, the Coalition parties risk punishment in the marginal seats.

This strategy would seek to cement a coalition between orthodox conservatives and working - class white swing voters who have never been fully comfortable with conservative small government politics.

Seeking to reform the Affordable Care Act is not a betrayal of populism but an effort to keep faith with the particular populist coalition Trump assembled, with which the law is very unpopular.

The coalition of industry associations, of which FPA is a member, sought clarification on the scope of the Conflict Minerals rule with regard to chemical compounds derived from tin, tantalum and tungsten

As background, the «Regenerative Organic Certified» protocol was developed by Rodale with a coalition of stakeholders who are now seeking a broad review of the proposed certification program.

The Allegheny County Health Department, in cooperation with the Allegheny County Breastfeeding Coalition, is seeking nominations for its annual Breastfeeding Friendly Place Awards.

Labour originally sought to form a coalition with Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats, but this collapsed after Mike German's Lib Dems pulled out of talks.

Flanagan, too, has sought to maintain the Republican conference's ties with the five - member Independent Democratic Conference, which has in the past formed a majority coalition with the Senate GOP.

«We continue to stand firmly in that posture as we seek a coalition under similar terms as have existed between the IDC and Senate Republicans, and are willing to enter a coalition consistent with the recent correspondence from state Democratic party officials.

Those are the issues at stake for the Independent Democratic Conference in a video released Monday as the lawmakers in the breakaway bloc seek to re-affirm their support for liberal causes they believe has been lost in the pitched battle being waged by progressive advocacy groups to pressure them into forming a coalition with mainline Democrats.

«The NASUWT will be considering the implications of today's announcement very carefully once the detail has been shared and as there has been no consultation prior to these provisions being introduced will seek to engage with the Coalition Government to identify what support teachers, school leaders and schools will require to enable them to protect fully the children and young people in their care.»

On the contrary, this was the speech of what Cameron is and always has been: a one - nation Conservative who is still seeking, in the words of Matthew d'Ancona's important new book about the coalition, to solve the political theorem that dominates post-Thatcher Britain — that of combining the vigour of market economics with social justice and social responsibility.

It is more likely that Cameron will seek to embarrass the Lib Dems politically over their sudden opposition to boundary reform, but have to accept that they are not going to vote through the boundary changes, and carry on with the coalition.

The Queen would then call for David Cameron, who could seek a coalition or an arrangement with other parties.

For the two years before his federal indictment, Lipsky was one of the most prominent voices in defending Willets Point United, a coalition of small business and property owners in Willets Point who have sought to fight the city's plans to replace the 62 - acre district of auto repair shops and factories with a $ 3 billion development project.

As the coalition's reactionary measures will be met with deep unpopularity and a backlash from the population, it is seeking to put into place mechanisms to safeguard itself.

Or should it follow the same path as last time, and seek to re-form the Coalition with the Liberal Democrats?

Having ruled in coalition with nationalist Plaid Cymru for the past four years, Mr Jones will have to decide whether to govern through this slim majority or seek coalition partners once more.

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.

Counteracting President Trump; bolstering the Affordable Care Act; and publicly funding campaigns are the issues at stake for the Independent Democratic Conference in a video released Monday as the lawmakers in the breakaway bloc seek to re-affirm their support for liberal causes they believe has been lost in the pitched battle being waged by progressive advocacy groups to pressure them into forming a coalition with mainline Democrats.

Also at 10 a.m., Rebuild NY Now, a broad - based coalition seeking to raise public awareness about the challenges facing New York State's infrastructure, along with Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo and other local elected officials, members of organized labor, environmental organizations, Chambers of Commerce and private local businesses, will be holding a press conference.

Also at 10:30 a.m., Rebuild NY Now, a broad - based coalition seeking to raise public awareness about New York State's infrastructure needs, along with other local elected officials, members of organized labor, Chambers of Commerce and private local businesses, North Greenbush Town Hall, 2 Douglas St., Wynantskill.

First, there were threats, delivered in phone calls or through intermediaries: He would seek to dissolve their fledgling coalition by pressuring his fellow Democrats to reunite; pummel recalcitrant Republican senators for months with a seven - figure advertising blitz backed by national groups like the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence; and campaign on Long Island, where 9 of the 30 Republican senators live, and across the state.

After the loss, he stayed on with Nadler, working as his district coordinator while also volunteering as leader of the Mitchell - Lama Residents Coalition, which sought to preserve affordable housing right around the time Mitchell - Lama properties began aging out of the program.

The agreement resolves litigation that has been pending for over a year in New Jersey, with a coalition of individuals and advocacy groups seeking to void LG's approval to build a 143 - foot - high corporate headquarters Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

«We continue to stand firmly in that posture as we seek a coalition under similar terms as have existed between the IDC and Senate Republicans, and are willing to enter a coalition consistent with the recent correspondence from state Democratic party officials,» she said.

«We continue to stand firmly in that posture as we seek a coalition under similar terms as have existed between the IDC and Senate Republicans, and are willing to enter a coalition consistent with the recent correspondence from state Democratic party officials,» she stated.

But if this agenda is going to have any credibility whatsoever, the Coalition must take it to Brussels with full force and seek renegotiations of a slew of misguided EU laws.

Lucy Anderson from the National Policy Forum said Labour must seek to re-establish a form of local authority control over schools and Heather Wakefield from UNISON said that local government has been the biggest victim of the coalition's austerity binge and that, with privatisation, huge amounts of public funds were wasted when local government contracted out public services.

At 9:15 a.m., the Parkash Tenant Coalition, a coalition of tenants from 15 of landlord Ved Parkash's buildings, publicly announces its formation, holds a press conference, and rallies with the support of NYC Public Advocate Tish James to seek justice, after they claim 2,369 violations in 11 of his 43 buildings, Bronx Housing Court, 1118 Grand Concourse, tCoalition, a coalition of tenants from 15 of landlord Ved Parkash's buildings, publicly announces its formation, holds a press conference, and rallies with the support of NYC Public Advocate Tish James to seek justice, after they claim 2,369 violations in 11 of his 43 buildings, Bronx Housing Court, 1118 Grand Concourse, tcoalition of tenants from 15 of landlord Ved Parkash's buildings, publicly announces its formation, holds a press conference, and rallies with the support of NYC Public Advocate Tish James to seek justice, after they claim 2,369 violations in 11 of his 43 buildings, Bronx Housing Court, 1118 Grand Concourse, the Bronx.

With the general election just over a year away, Labour has sought to focus attention on how strongly inflation has outstripped pay growth, adding to the burden on households from the coalition's austerity drive.

Davis» decision not to seek the support of groups like the Alabama Democratic Conference and the New South Coalition — he has long been at odds with the leaders of those organizations — led them to throw their endorsements behind state Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks, who is white, in the primary.

Yet we still believe that Labour is the party that offers the best hope of achieving the progressive transformation of British society that we seek, perhaps one day in coalition with the Liberal Democrats.

I have said before that I thought it was right for short - term commitments to be in line with the coalition spending plans, as changes inevitably produce disturbance to business cycles, but that doesn't prevent Labour from saying that long - term they would seek to ameliorate the concerns of public sector - workers, e.g. future pay increases would be above inflation to restore the earning power that was lost through the recession.

With a state committee edging toward wrapping up its budget deliberations, lawmakers are seeking to slash transportation borrowing while a diverse coalition pushes to scale back planned expansions of major highways.

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed she will not seek to form a coalition with another party.

The prime minister has held talks with the Chancellor George Osborne and his Liberal Democrat coalition partners to seek agreement on next week's budget.

Finally, we also seek to expand and enhance the UFT's Community Learning Schools Initiative, which we launched five years ago with the help of the City Council, the Partnership for New York City, Trinity Wall Street and Senate Coalition Leader Jeff Klein.

Since 2012, the leader of the State Senate's Independent Democratic Conference has enjoyed some kind of coalition agreement with the State Senate Republicans, granting him many of the perquisites of power his former colleagues in the mainline Democratic caucus once sought to deny him.

A coalition of labor groups and lawmakers seeking to raise public awareness about the issues impacting New York's infrastructure continued its campaign today in the Capital Region with a news conference in Wynantskill.

Now a well - financed coalition of right - wing ideologues, out - of - state oil and gas companies and climate - change skeptics is seeking to effectively kill that law with an initiative on the November state ballot.

Schools in our coalition have established thriving partnerships with other schools and seek out opportunities to learn from and exchange ideas with our colleagues.

Under Ralia's leadership, PEJ has launched new landmark education lawsuits in Minnesota and New Jersey, built coalitions across the country for families seeking justice, and most recently, partnered with 50CAN to strengthen the chapter in the education reform movement utilizing legal strategies for educational equity.

Sharon Robinson, president and CEO of AACTE, recently wrote of the coalition, «Rather than reacting to new technologies, members of [the coalition] sought to shape them by partnering with developers to include discipline - specific pedagogical considerations.»

In the contest pitting Anderson against Zimmer, the coalition sought to provide Deasy with an enthusiastic ally in a race that drew more than $ 2.5 million in outside spending.

Organized by the United Way under the acronym CLASS — Communities for Los Angeles School Success — the coalition sent a letter Friday to board President Richard Vladovic, with copies to his six colleagues, urging him to seek input from teachers, administrators and students and to give them more control over spending priorities.