Sentences with phrase «to maintain the majority»

They hold that white people should maintain their majority in majority - white countries, maintain their political and economic dominance, and that their cultures should be foremost.

And students from middle - income families maintain their achievement when they go to school with students from poor families, if the school maintains a majority of middle - class students.

How many workers should you shift somewhere to maintain a majority for the next turn?

A superintendent's tenure is usually short, based largely on his or her ability to maintain a majority of the school board.

The IDC has helped Republicans maintain a majority in the State Senate.

Republicans maintain a majority with help from Brooklyn Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder, but the IDC plays a key role in legislative and budget negotiations.

Republicans maintain majority control outright with the help of Sen. Simcha Felder, a Democrat from Brooklyn who conferences with the GOP.

In Nevada, Republicans hold the governorship and the state Senate, while Democrats maintain a majority in the House.

The chamber has 31 elected Republicans, who maintain the majority by keeping Sen. Simcha Felder, a Democrat from Brooklyn, in their conference.

The IDC has provided a key bloc of votes for the Senate Republicans, who maintain a majority with the help of Brooklyn Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder, who conferences with the GOP.

There are currently 31 Republicans in the 63 - seat Senate, but the GOP maintains majority control because a Democrat, Simcha Felder of Brooklyn, sits in their caucus.

«Paul Ryan never has defended Donald Trump; he's focused on maintaining our majority in the house,» the congressman said.

Republicans still maintain the majority because five of those Democrats (the Independent Democratic Conference) have entered into a coalition with the Republicans, and another one of the Democrats is known to conference with the GOP.

Mr Mitchell's decision to sell part of the business, while maintaining a majority share and management, also comes just as the Terra Firma - backed Consolidated Pastoral company is being advised by Barclays on possible capital partners or partial sale of its business.

If Killian had won, Republicans would have maintained the majority outright, and Felder wouldn't have budged.

On Monday, Facebook holds its annual shareholder meeting and this year's gathering features a vote on creating another new class of company stock that could help ensure that co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg can maintain his majority voting control even if he sells his shares or transfers them to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the philanthropic endeavor started by Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan.

The Progressive Conservatives under Bernard Lord narrowly maintained a majority government.

Brainware was spun out of SER Solutions, Inc. in February of 2006, with Vista Equity Fund II maintaining a majority ownership.

Agropur's Natrel milk brand maintained its majority market majority in the organic milk category with a 64 % share.

Due to their extra-man advantage, although Spurs lacked width from the left - flank they did maintain majority of the possession (62 %) and kept threatening the goal.

(Assuming the Dems maintain the majority).

We will succeed in November and maintain our Majority so the true priorities of New Yorkers continue to be put first.»

Samuels accused Cuomo of doing «nothing» to help the Senate Democrats maintain the majority last fall (which, of course, they didn't), noting that Spitzer went out of his way to try to flip the chamber into Democratic hands, ruining his relationship with then - Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno — not to mention laying the groundwork for the Troopergate scandal — in the process.

Sen. Lee Zeldin, a freshman GOP lawmaker from Suffolk County whose return to Albany in 2013 is essential to his party's quest to maintain the majority next fall, is kicking off his re-election campaign with a Manhattan fundraiser on Jan. 11.

«The only real path that Senate Republicans have to maintaining their majority into 2013 is for them to draw their own lines,» said Greenberg.

It was a foregone conclusion that the Assembly Democrats would maintain their majority yesterday.

Numerically, there are 32 Democrats and 31 Republicans — enough for Democrats to maintain a majority if they were unified.

State Senator Martin Golden says having Donald Trump as the Republican nominee in the race for president will help the GOP not only maintain their majority in the State Senate come November, it may even help them gain a few more seats.

House Speaker Paul Ryan is coming to Buffalo Monday evening to raise funds for GOP congressional candidates with the hope of helping his party maintain their majority this November.

The founding members appoint further Trustees with the Diocesan Board of Education maintaining a majority of appointments.

As the vehicle brakes the pedestrian maintains the majority of the speed for the vehicle and therefore if not trapped / held continues in that direction before landing on the road and sliding to their post-impact stationary position.

FIMI will maintain a majority stake and Gillon Beck, the current Chairman of Rivulis Irrigation and Senior Partner at FIMI, will serve as the Chairman of the merged entity.

Senate Republicans maintain a majority with Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder, a Democrat who sits with the GOP conference.

While there are 32 Democrats in the 63 - seat Senate, the 31 Republicans maintain the majority by conferencing with Sen. Simcha Felder of Brooklyn.

Some of those Dems say the argument by the independent Dems that they are not enabling the Senate Republicans will go out the window if the only way the GOP maintains its majority is with help from the IDC.

«Let Paul Ryan focus on maintaining the majority in the House.

And though the bill is unlikely to pass the Senate, where the Democrats still maintain a majority, it's a foreboding sign that the pipeline is inching closer to reality.

In New York, state Senate Republicans have maintained a majority for all but a few of the past 50 years, despite registered Democrats outnumbering Republicans 2 - 1.

Democrats maintained their majority in the Texas House of Representatives.

Stewart - Cousins's appearance at the fairgrounds comes after a tumultuous summer for the state Senate and mainline Democrats, who are pressuring the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference to return to the fold as a way of forming a working majority in the chamber (Republicans maintain a majority with the aid of Brooklyn's Simcha Felder, a Democrat who conferences with the Senate GOP).

The Senate is controlled by Republicans, who maintain a majority with the aid of Sen. Simcha Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat, who conferences with the Senate GOP.

The increasingly lopsided race for president in New York may affect downballot races, which is important in the state Senate, where Republicans are attempting to maintain majority control against the growing number of Democrats.

Will Republicans hold enough seats in November to maintain their majority in what could be a wave year for the opposition?

When the Vatican prescribed in 1990 that Catholic universities must maintain a majority of Catholics among their faculty, a number of university presidents responded that this was a requirement that would have to be adjusted to American practices.

The poll also said 49 percent of voters believe Democrats should win control of the Senate, compared with 39 percent who want the GOP to maintain a majority.

Everybody wants to either gain or maintain a majority.

While disposable diapers continue to maintain the majority of the market, cloth diapers are making inroads, particularly among families that express reservations about the disposables «contribution to landfill problems.

«The Senate Democrats want to make sure they maintain the majority.»

A Labour win would suggest that the Tories are not going to maintain their majority.

Republicans maintain the majority in the chamber with the aid of Sen. Simcha Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat who sits with the GOP conference, providing them with a 32nd member in the 63 - seat Senate.