Sentences with phrase «up to the election for»

We mothballed the campaign in the months leading up to the election for obvious reasons.

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Up 5.6 % over the same period, the S&P 500 also set a new record high on Friday, but only for the seventh time since the election, according to S&P Global — half as many times as the Dow.

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But since his election he has sought to drum up support in Europe for what he calls a «protection agenda».

Over one - third of respondents (34.98 %) said they would «give up the right to vote in all elections for life» just to secure an extra 10 % in pay, while 9 % said they would «give up their child's or future child's right to vote» for the rest of their lives.

If it sounds like Edwards still needed to apply FEC rules and limits, consider this: Scott Thomas, a former commissioner of the Federal Election Commission testified that he did not consider that the payments would have come under his agency's auspices — in part because they were not used directly for the campaign and did not free up any of Edwards» own money to be spent on the campaign.

Which means that for now, at least, the choice remains with companies like Facebook whether to voluntarily comply with the spirit of American election law, or leave it up to users themselves to do so.

In British Columbia, a childcare advocacy group is pushing for $ 10 - a-day daycare, a plan the B.C. NDP has embraced in the lead - up to the provincial election this spring.

The decision may be a blow to the Republican Party's fundraising as it gears up for midterm elections in November with an unpopular president as its standard - bearer.

Some Democrats also demanded the removal of a provision that allows a massive increase in individual contributions to national political parties for federal elections, potentially up to $ 777,600 a year.

«PM Modi engaged in social media heavily in the run - up to last year's election,» says Richard Rossow, chair in U.S. India policy studies at Washington's Center for Strategic and International Studies.

In a race that includes a primary election, that means contributors can give up to $ 2,700 to a candidate for the primary and an additional $ 2,700 to the same candidate for the general election.

The protectionist sentiments unleashed in the lead - up to the U.S. election is making things very uncertain for Canadian companies selling there

Jensen said he repeated to anyone who'd ask throughout the general election that Clinton was up by 3 or 4 points, but that it was not «that unusual» for polls to be off by that amount.

«In fact when I decided to just do it, I said to myself, I said you know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made - up story, it's an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should have won,» he said.

What will happen over the next few months leading up to the election will have far - reaching effects, not just for American public policy but for global leaders, business executives and foreign policy throughout the world.

Some voters in Jefferson County ended up crossing party lines to cast their ballots for who they thought was the best candidate in each of the races — defying the practice of party line voting in an election that showed a deep red - blue political divide.

Shortly before European elections, German economic affairs minister Sigmar Gabriel criticized the company for its tax avoidance, privacy policies, and dominance, and suggested it might need to be broken up.

Facebook will hire thousands of people to carry out the two new initiatives, which Zuckerberg says are meant to combat the kind of activity that allowed for Russian interference leading up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

The two traded tick - for - tick for many years leading up to the election.

The measures would provide some variation of federal support, including grants, for states to beef up security of their election infrastructures.

Lopez Obrador's party, Morena, has dismissed the suggestion it has ideological or political sympathies for Venezuela's socialist government, but this year, opponents in Mexico have played up purported links between the two, as they did to him before the 2006 election.

Trump's election campaign had offered to pay to have an emoji, or small picture, that would show up on tweets during the second presidential debate anytime Twitter users tweeted the phrase «#Crooked Hillary,» Republican Trump's nickname for his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton.

It's another busy week in the run up to the first presidential caucus for the 2016 election, as two more candidates joined the race.

The diplomatic row comes in the run - up to next week's Dutch election in which the mainstream parties are under strong pressure from Wilders» Party for Freedom (PVV).

The failure of coalition talks is unprecedented in Germany's post-war history, and was likened by newsmagazine Der Spiegel to the shock election of U.S. President Donald Trump or Britain's referendum vote to leave the EU - moments when countries cast aside reputations for stability built up over decades.

Reasons have since been offered for the high - profile provincial misses — in the case of Alberta, a last - minute swing in voting intentions from Wildrose to the PCs; in B.C., the failure of those who said they'd vote NDP to show up on election day.

Not only are they almost twice as likely to vote in federal elections as younger people, it is also bad for your image to be viewed as beating up on the Golden Girls.

There had been speculation one or more of the following election promises would be included: • Increase the annual contribution limit for the TFSA to $ 10,000; • Increase the limit for Children's Fitness Credit to $ 1,000 (and make it refundable); • Introduce Adult Fitness Tax Credit of up to $ 500; • Permit income splitting of up to $ 50,000 for couples with children under 18.

Germany's media isn't normally as breathless as, for example, the British press, but it's always willing to whip Germans up into a frenzy over the ECB's zero interest - rate policy, especially in an election year.

The Daily Telegraph reported on Friday morning that May is lining up Rudd to take over from Hammond after the election as a reward for Rudd's loyalty and the significant role she has played in election campaigning — including standing in for May at a leaders» debate earlier this week despite the death of her father just 48 hours earlier.

Proxy Democracy's website showed that Calvert and CalSTRS were planning to withhold votes for all three director nominees up for election in June.

Koch and many of his top donors refused to support Trump in the run - up to his election, raising questions about both his readiness for the job and his dedication to conservative principles.

Like Doug Jones's win in the special election in Alabama, a win for Democrats in Pennsylvania's 18th District would further add to the party's momentum in the run - up to November's midterm elections and hint at dwindling support for Trump.

Deep Root Analytics, a conservative data firm contracted by the RNC as part of a push to ramp up its voter - analytics operation in the wake of Mitt Romney's defeat in the 2012 presidential election, stored details of about 61 % of the US population on an Amazon cloud server without password protection for those two weeks.

The Democratic senators, many of whom are up for re-election in 2018, seemed eager to court blue - collar voters who flocked to Republican President - elect Donald Trump in elections last month.

The president's decision to reconsider one of his first acts in office — withdrawing from the 12 - nation Trans - Pacific Partnership — opens up another potential line of attack for some Democrats ahead of critical midterm elections in November.

The use or abuse of that data by Cambridge Analytica in work that it had done with Donald Trump's campaign for President in 2016 and potentially for other businesses in the run up to the election is at the heart of Donal

In the lead up to the provincial election next May, the Liberal government has begun laying the groundwork for an election platform, announcing new policies in the hopes of wooing voters.

For sure, Mr. Moore would be on surer footing here if the Conservative Party of Canada hadn't pleaded guilty to violating election spending limits in 2008 and if the Harper government wasn't the only government in this country's history to have been found in contempt of Parliament and if the RCMP wasn't said to be presently investigating Mr. Harper's former chief of staff and and if two Conservative MPs weren't presently in court with Elections Canada and if the Prime Minister hadn't left for Peru without facing the House on the first day that Parliament was in session after the deal between Mr. Wright and Mr. Duffy was revealed and if the Prime Minister hadn't fail to show up in the House on the following Monday and if Mr. Duffy hadn't remained a Conservative senator for awhile despite having apparently claimed a housing allowance he shouldn't haFor sure, Mr. Moore would be on surer footing here if the Conservative Party of Canada hadn't pleaded guilty to violating election spending limits in 2008 and if the Harper government wasn't the only government in this country's history to have been found in contempt of Parliament and if the RCMP wasn't said to be presently investigating Mr. Harper's former chief of staff and and if two Conservative MPs weren't presently in court with Elections Canada and if the Prime Minister hadn't left for Peru without facing the House on the first day that Parliament was in session after the deal between Mr. Wright and Mr. Duffy was revealed and if the Prime Minister hadn't fail to show up in the House on the following Monday and if Mr. Duffy hadn't remained a Conservative senator for awhile despite having apparently claimed a housing allowance he shouldn't hafor Peru without facing the House on the first day that Parliament was in session after the deal between Mr. Wright and Mr. Duffy was revealed and if the Prime Minister hadn't fail to show up in the House on the following Monday and if Mr. Duffy hadn't remained a Conservative senator for awhile despite having apparently claimed a housing allowance he shouldn't hafor awhile despite having apparently claimed a housing allowance he shouldn't have.

In the U.S., women are already responding to the 2016 presidential election by pursuing their own runs for office: since November, more than 4,500 of them have signed up for She Should Run, a new organization that trains women for public life.

Even though other parts of Stormy Daniels's story are corroborated by financial documents and other records — the $ 130,000 payoff she received weeks before the 2016 presidential election, for example — the episodes of intimidation she recounted to 60 Minutes don't yet have evidence to back them up.

The Conservatives are playing up low - cost initiatives such as action on cross-border price differences because they've restricted spending to balance the books by 2015, expected to be an election year, and don't have the cash right now for major tax cuts or lavish program spending.

With Industry Minister Arthur Sinodinos set to open The Australian Financial Review Innovation Summit in Sydney on Tuesday, the government is hoping equity crowdfunding will help bring start - ups and innovation closer to the average Australian, and boost support for the «ideas boom» agenda blamed for nearly losing it the 2016 election.

In the months leading up to the election of the current administration, there was an expectation that President Trump would be very good for the private student loan companies and servicers.

Through 2015 Facebook had actually been ramping up its internal focus on elections as a revenue generating opportunity — growing the headcount of staff working directly with politicians to encourage them to use its platform and tools for campaigning.

This looks similar to last fall's pattern going into the election season, which turned out to be a positive set - up for a strong finish into year - end.

SEAN HANNITY: My question is, are you concerned within the process of this, we did discover that a foreign national, Christopher Steele, was paid through Fusion GPS, used Russian sources that not only weren't verified, but were debunked — are you concerned that was paid for, to manipulate the American people in the lead - up to an election?

In addition to being ahead of Trump in polls in pivotal states, Clinton has maintained a staff of about 700 for months, opened up offices across the country and already spent $ 67 million on general election ads.

Prior to the freeze on July 1, 2009, the Supplemental 401 (k) Plan provided for Company contributions equal to the team member's deferral election in the Wells Fargo 401 (k) Plan as of January 1 for the relevant year up to 6 % of certified compensation, as defined in the plan.