Sentences with phrase «upper house as»

Roberts will sit in Australia's upper house as a member of the far - right One Nation party that wants to ban Muslim immigration and investigate climate scientists for «fraud and corruption».

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The Lords, as its referred to, is the upper house of Parliament in the British system.

But Obama fired Flynn as the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2014 — and Flynn's security clearance would have been renewed at the DIA level rather than by the upper echelons of the White House.

«When the town asks regional authorities for funding for a project, it's told: you have Rusal, go work it out with them,» said Erik Chernyshev, a local Communist Party politician, former member of the region's upper house, who also worked as an engineer at the factory for 18 years.

Russian lawmaker Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of the international affairs committee of Russia's upper house of parliament, described the action as baseless and unfriendly, Interfax news agency reported.

Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlsuconi's center - right gained ground in the upper house, known as the Senate.

Respondents to the Palo Alto Weekly's survey cited the area's chronic housing crisis and high cost of living as reasons for identifying as middle - class instead of upper - class.

A daunting list, but shorter than it was two years ago and it would be shorter still if it were not for political obstructions to proposed reforms such as the GST in the upper house of parliament where Mr. Modi's government does not have a majority.

Formerly known as the Rous Stand, it was renamed after their former manager housing the clubs Executive boxes and hospitality suites in the upper tier, including the 1881 Club.

I agree I live in a upper and right below me are the loudest 2 moms and 1 year old in the world letting there kid run into walls smashing things at as early as 5 - 00 am on top of this both moms slam the door like they are the only ones who live here the whole house shakes with wakes me up and having insomnia it drives me nuts this is due to shitty parenting skills from the start I am very quiet and live alone we get along most of the time I just do nt see how people think they can be so fucking inconsiderate to others well trash is trash

In her widely discussed piece in The Atlantic, Hanna Rosin called breastfeeding the «new sucking sound» — replacing vacuuming as the task that shackles women to the house, promotes the unequal distribution of childcare and household duties, and prevents women from reaching the upper echelons of professional success.

As the above diagrams show, bills can start in either the lower or upper houses (commons or lords) and are then passed to the other house before final consideration of amendments followed by royal assent.

More tentatively, an elected body replacing the House of Lords could have the important function of serving as a single upper house for all these various national and regional assembHouse of Lords could have the important function of serving as a single upper house for all these various national and regional assembhouse for all these various national and regional assemblies.

The substantial financial earnings made by individual Church of England Bishops from their privileged place within the House of Lords have come under scrutiny, leading to further calls from the British Humanist Association (BHA) for their removal as a part of the impending reforms to the upper chamber.

As I stated:... you can not judge the merits of a proposed electoral change for the House of Commons without considering how such a change interacts with the electoral process for the upper chamber (assuming we ever get one).

By the end of the session in June, nothing had been voted on by the upper house so Cuomo created the now infamous Moreland Commission to «use as a hammer» against the legislature.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins is using Gov. Andrew Cuomo's free college tuition plan as yet another example of how much more the governor might be able to accomplish if only his fellow Democrats controlled the upper house.

One of the most interesting aspect of the debate, however, was in the arguments in favour of the Baroness» request by the Bishop of Blackburn, who sits in the upper house ex officio as one of the Lords Spiritual (one of the twenty six senior bishops in the Church of England), and Baron Cormack, a long - time member of the joint Ecclesiastical Committee of Parliament, which includes members of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords and is responsible for reviewing internal legislation of the Church of England (Church Measuhouse ex officio as one of the Lords Spiritual (one of the twenty six senior bishops in the Church of England), and Baron Cormack, a long - time member of the joint Ecclesiastical Committee of Parliament, which includes members of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords and is responsible for reviewing internal legislation of the Church of England (Church MeasuHouse of Commons and the House of Lords and is responsible for reviewing internal legislation of the Church of England (Church MeasuHouse of Lords and is responsible for reviewing internal legislation of the Church of England (Church Measures).

Critics within the Lords say that a byelection for a hereditary position will strike some members of the public as baffling, especially at a time when the upper house is swamped with political appointments.

New York's senior senator isn't psyched about the idea of being back in the minority after serving as one of the most powerful men in the Democrat - controlled upper house.

The upper House's historic powers of self - regulation will be curbed «as soon as the parliamentary timetable allows», however.

Once the law has passed the parliament's upper house in a few weeks — a vote seen as all but assured — the bill will be presented to the German president Joachim Gauck for signature.

As for the upper house: in the UK, the House of Lords has only attempted to block supply once in the last 300 years, when it attempted to reject the «People's Budget» of 191house: in the UK, the House of Lords has only attempted to block supply once in the last 300 years, when it attempted to reject the «People's Budget» of 191House of Lords has only attempted to block supply once in the last 300 years, when it attempted to reject the «People's Budget» of 1910/11.

The district is likely to be a battleground again next year as the Democrats and Republicans stage yet another re-match for control of the upper house.

New Yorkers remain unimpressed with the Senate and Assembly as government bodies, with the lower chamber's favorable / unfavorable rating at 42 - 41, and the upper house at 45 - 44.

Sen. Bill Stachowski, who is battling for his political life as the Sept. 14 primary approaches, insisted at a press conference in Buffalo earlier today he had nothing to do with the now - infamous ’09 Senate coup that has become synonymous with everything that is wrong with the upper house.

These provisions have been rejected as unnecessary by the joint committee on human rights and condemned by the upper house.

Lord Newby of Rothwell said Strathclyde was «extremely helpful and supportive» when he took up his post as Lib Dem leader in the upper house.

as potentially leaving the House next year for a shot at the upper chamber.

He did not, as had been expected, go on to become chief whip; and, in 1999, when rehe form of the Lords began, failed by only 15 votes to be included among the 92 hereditary peers elected to continue in the interim half - reformed upper house.

Significant numbers of MPs from both the main parties believe that an elected upper House would undermine the Commons» monopoly of democratic legitimacy and, as in 2012, they will defy the Whips to block it.

The federal government sets 30 percent as the upper limit for housing that's deemed «affordable,» meaning more than a third of Buffalo's residents can't really afford the rental housing... (read more)

The question of whether the upper house of the parliament should be abolished is gaining traction, with some people calling for a directly elected senate to address what they see as cronyism.

In replacing Lord Strathclyde as leader of the Lords, the cerebral politician enters an upper house full of fraught coalition relations

A charming and smooth operator, Strathclyde, 52, would not be so vulgar as to boast that he had personally succeeded in blocking an elected upper house.

If the upper house then approves the law, it sends it back to the government with the text «To the King, The States General have accepted the proposal of law as it is offered here.»

Today, Reuters published a story on the power struggle:» Democrats won a majority in the upper house Senate for the first time in more than 40 years in the Nov. 4 election, but three Democratic senators refuse to back fellow Democratic Sen. Malcolm Smith as majority leader without concessions.

He also sent out a briefing to his party pointing out that only 15 countries predominantly use appointments for selecting its upper house «putting Britain in the same league as Jordan, Belize and Burkina Faso».

If Rajoy invokes Article 155 of the 1978 constitution, which allows him to take control of a region if it breaks the law, it would not be fully effective until at least early next week as it needs upper house approval.

But more than this, reformers are left wondering whether the House of Lords will ever become a democratically legitimate body either by way of incremental changes or, as many of us would prefer, a «big bang» event which replaces the upper house with an elected chaHouse of Lords will ever become a democratically legitimate body either by way of incremental changes or, as many of us would prefer, a «big bang» event which replaces the upper house with an elected chahouse with an elected chamber.

Also indicated is the majority party of the state legislatures» upper and lower houses as well as U.S. Senate representation.

As the Brexit bill heads to the House of Lords this week, Mandelson also said he believed the government could be defeated in the upper chamber on the issues of a meaningful parliamentary vote at the end of negotiations and guaranteed rights for EU citizens in the UK.

Some critics have argued that Mr. Cuomo — who reportedly facilitated the arrangement between the GOP and the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference to maintain control of the upper house of the legislature — created the Women's Equality Party as a means to siphon support away from the Working Families Party, in order to deny them the 50,000 votes needed to remain on the ballot.

All 150 seats in Australia's lower house, the House of Representatives, were being contested at this election, as were all 76 seats in the upper house, the Sehouse, the House of Representatives, were being contested at this election, as were all 76 seats in the upper house, the SeHouse of Representatives, were being contested at this election, as were all 76 seats in the upper house, the Sehouse, the Senate.

The upper internals structure (UIS) houses instrumentation which measures critical properties such as flow velocity, temperature, neutron flux levels, etc..

The Zwinger Palace houses the famous Old Masters Gallery with the «Sistine Madonna «and Dresden, about 30 kilometers north of the border with the Czech Republic, lies in a wide basin in the upper Elbe valley that's long been popular as a place

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He loses his place in American upper middle class corporate hierarchy - you know the nice car, the nice house — and a sense of himself as somebody important.

The pack includes: Display banner - A long display banner of «Winter» decorated with snowflakes Large letters - Lower and upper case letters of the alphabet for display or making your own titles - each letter is decorated with small snowflakes Multicultural alphabet line - A colourful alphabet line of multicultural children all dressed up for the cold winter weather Photographs - A collection of colour photographs to print out and add to your displays - great for discussion Display border - A snowflake border to print out and use on your wintery displays Dress the teddy for winter - A blank teddy with clothes such as jumper, mittens, scarf etc. to put onto the teddy so he dressed for the cold weather Winter clothes - Winter clothes labels showing the word and picture - these are great for discussion or for your Winter displays Work borders - Various A4 borders for children to write on or to use as quick borders for work - these are supplied in colour ready for display and also in black and white for the children to colour Penguin and Igloo alphabet - A cute alphabet set with upper case letters on igloos and lower case letters on cute penguins Winter village - Create a wintery village display with snow covered houses, church and trees - there is a Christmas version with the houses and church being decorated for Christmas and a Santa and sleigh to include in your display and also a version without decorations.

Opponents of the U.S. Senate tradition of the filibuster — or the extensive debate on the floor of the federal upper house geared toward preventing a vote on legislation or confirming a presidential appointee — certainly don't welcome Sen. Rand Paul's move today to exercise that privilege to prevent what would certainly be the speedy confirmation of John Brennan as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.