Sentences with phrase «up to the election make»

Not exact matches

The Justice Department (DOJ) took Edwards all the way to trial over payments some supporters made to his mistress, Rielle Hunter, in the lead - up to the 2008 election cycle.

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

Now local legislatures can make such changes without explanation, and it's up to voters to try to challenge them in lawsuits, and to do so often on an tight timetable, since courts won't want to change voting rules close to an election.

«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.

The NRCC ran ads against Lamb telling voters he would be identical to Pelosi if he made it to the House, which other Republican groups piled on in the weeks leading up to Election Day.

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.

The Russian desk, which was primarily made up of bots and trolls, used fake social - media accounts to flood the internet with pro-Trump agitprop and made - up news throughout the US presidential campaign, especially in the days leading up to the November election.

At the same time the Liberal Party, and Liberal leader Stéphane Dion, have made environmentalism a major component of their election platform through a policy initiative known as the Green Shift — an initiative that was the source of considerable discussion and debate in the lead - up to the election.

The combination of these four sentiment measures makes up our Sentiment Barometer, which assesses the overall mood being expressed in relation to the French elections.

«We are going to sign up thousands of students and make sure they turn out on Election Day,» CAUS chairperson Navneet Khinda said in a press release.

Presidents or Congresses supposedly stabilize policies in the year leading up to the election, or cut taxes, or raise spending, or make promises, or wave a wand.

He has been backed up by the Republican National Committee, which launched a website «Lyin» Comey» last week that makes the case that Democrats should hate the former FBI director because he cost Hillary Clinton the election by reopening an investigation into her emails days before voters went to the polls.

Most importantly, Trump himself contradicted this narrative almost immediately after Comey was fired, telling NBC's Lester Holt: «And 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.

The lead - up to last fall's presidential election is an example of investors feeling pressure to make decisions based on what might happen — in this case of course, which candidate they thought would win.

And the province can do much more to clean up provincial election laws, something that a new all - party committee will be tasked to do soon (and they should consider adopting some of the amendments made by Wildrose MLAs during recent debates in the Legislature).

Vote to officially disband your group at the end of each year, make elections annual, and then start up your group and hold elections immediately so any outsiders coming in later will hold no influence.

a favor and just make a massive write - in campaign for «god»... let's actually elect «god» to office, and see who shows up come Inauguration Day if «god» wins the election?

For starters, it has given me a very important inside & background story as to make up my mind as to who to vote for, if Mitt Romney will become a candidate, in the next general elections.

The image of a woman who is battered for 20 years by her clergyman husband and who would forgive him, «because the Bible tells her to,» the image of a young mother and father who can not understand why their three - year - old daughter was sexually abused in the day care center to which they had entrusted her each morning; the image of a woman who was sacked from the women's program of her church because she refused to comply to the request of the president of the church that she and the other women vote for him in his election campaign; the image of a 14 - year - old migrant domestic worker who faces the death sentence on trumped up charges, because she would not give in to the sexual demands of her employer; the image of a male priest of a church saying that every time he beats his wife she should thank him, because she is one step closer to salvation; or the priest who would make sexual advances on a woman who out of vulnerability turns to the church for pastoral comfort... these are but a glimpse of the many such images that are gathered during the course of this Decade.

As we gear up for this, I want to make sure I state right from the start that I believe in election and predestination.

The move comes as a response to criticism and concern that «fake news» (essentially, stories that were fabricated by shady websites to generate traffic and revenue) was so prevalent during the election, that many voters were confused as to what was true and what was just made up.

It's election season and that means politicians are getting up in front of crowds, making emotional speeches and promising the world to their constituents.

Finally, the Government is also fulfilling its election commitment made by the then Leader of the Opposition on the 11th July last year to set up a dedicated website that gives consumers a snapshot of local grocery prices.

Yepsen lost out on the chance to run in the 2008 Senate election when she came up 32 signatures short of the required 1,000 to make it on the primary ballot.

According to President Akufo - Addo, the propaganda that made the rounds in the Zongos», in the run - up to the 2016 elections, to the effect that both the New Patriotic Party and he were «anti-Zongos»», has proven to be untrue, as the actions and policies undertaken by his government have been to the contrary.

Hi folks, be sure to check out the links to Tuesday's Digital Politics Radio show, on which Karen Jagoda and I cover everything from political video to online advertising to what you can do to make a difference in the fall elections (hmmm, I wonder how that one came up?).

That number is up for Slaughter, who led Assini by about 600 votes at the end of election night, making the race too close to call at that time.

George Osborne and I jointly set up the Vickers Commission and we have committed the government to make its proposals law before the next election.

According to him, the renaming is in honour of the late Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama, and in fulfilment of a pledge made in the run - up to the December 2016 elections.

I say we make this election for the children and the college aged students who call the hudson valley their home and not make it about one man who is part of the problem, the easy solution is we boot him out of office and put in a fresh face who will stand up to shelly silver, the Governor and imagine this maybe even to some fellow republicans who can't be trusted with our childrens futures in their hands....

As some of our readers know by now, IMANI is, in keeping with past tradition, strongly focused exactly on this issue: filtering out partisan and self - serving opinions and claims from solid facts in the promises and policy proposals being made by politicians in the lead up to the 2016 elections.

The bill does this by making three changes to the regulation of campaigning by non-party organisations in the year running up to a general election.

And as the build up to general elections next year gathers momentum, matters are made worse.

It will be difficult to construct election manifestos or advocate policies if parties can not be sure of delivery, either because of the performance of smaller parties in Scotland, or because, depending on the make - up of English MPs, such policies may be vetoed in the south.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo has assured Ghanaians that his government has begun fulfilling the promises made to Ghanaians in the run - up to the December 2016 elections, adding that, ooner than later, Ghanaians will be witnesses to the immense benefits of the realisation of the pledges he made to them.

The film was released in the US during the build - up to the election campaign, with Syllenhaal making some rather hopeful statements about his desire to affect the race.

When Biden made his speech, he talked about shelving consideration for the weeks leading up to the presidential election, to avoid political posturing.

In the run up to the 1997 general election, Labour made courting the City and garnering public support from it an absolute priority.

Clinton denounced people telling her to «shut up» after her 2016 election loss, arguing that people haven't made that demand of defeated male nominees.

«52,000 people wanted to stand in opposition to the hike in fees, and to remind Liberal Democrat MPs of the pledge they made in the run - up to the election.»

Again, 52,000 people wanted to stand in opposition to the hike in fees, and to remind Liberal Democrat MPs of the pledge they made in the run - up to the election.

At the same time, Cuomo had called on lawmakers to «make the case» for a pay increase by personally testifying to the commission — a gambit only a handful took up in an election year.

A little march to and rally outside where he was staying, in support of the action being taken to preserve the eight indigenous ethnic groups, the small but very ancient and entrenched Jewish community, the Gulf's only synagogue and Jewish cemetery, the black community that is part of the East African diaspora, the fifth of the population that is non-Muslim, the half of that fifth which is Christian, the strictly optional status of the women's headscarf, the Sunni third of Bahraini Muslims, the requirement that all legislation be approved by both Houses of Parliament, the election of the Lower House by universal suffrage, the regular appointment of women to the Upper House to make up for their dearth in the elected Lower House, the presence in the Upper House of a Jewish man and a Christian woman (the latter the first woman ever to chair a Parliament in the Arab world), the present position of a Jewish woman as Ambassador to the United States, the very close ties to Britain, and the fact that all of this is perfectly acceptable even to Salafi Members of Parliament.

Don't wait until Election Day to seek the help of your fans (Facebook ads can target them exclusively with zero waste): this week hit your fans with direct requests: sign up to make phone calls, knock on doors, and volunteer on electElection Day to seek the help of your fans (Facebook ads can target them exclusively with zero waste): this week hit your fans with direct requests: sign up to make phone calls, knock on doors, and volunteer on electionelection day.

«I am running to build a real Democratic State Senate majority that finally fully funds our public schools, protects tenants from being thrown out of their homes and strengthens our loophole ridden rent laws, passes badly needed ethics reforms, election reforms and real criminal justice reforms and makes Andrea Stewart - Cousins the first woman Senate Majority Leader, breaking up the so - called «three men in a room.»

After Tuesday's special election, Democrats will once again make up a majority of New York's State Senate, giving New York the opportunity to become the seventh state in the nation with a completely Democratic state government,» Ellison said in the statement.

Individuals (or small groups) tend to make mistakes, but the looming risk of losing power make the ruling faction to listen up to the opposition: to the electors if there are elections, or at least, to the opposition factions existing in the same political party; this is how, basically, the self - regulation works everywhere;

As for the rest of your second question, before the 12th amendment, the runner up in the election was made vice president, so it actually used to be the norm that the two would be from a different party.

According to President Akufo - Addo, in September 2017, two important campaign promises he made in the run - up to the December 2016 elections are going to be met, adding that this is an indication that the pledges he made during the electioneering period were not mere campaign platform talk, but are pledges that will be fulfilled during his tenure of office.

Now we know the make - up of the next parliament, and the astonishing outcome of an election that has given David Cameron the chance to lead a Conservative - only Cabinet, we can start to build up a picture of what the next five years has in store for British politics.