Sentences with phrase «upper house some years»

I re-read my post from last year's party (which by the way, had over 400 link ups) and I was so anticipating getting a fixer upper house this year and I'm so thrilled that it happened, just as I had hoped and dreamed about!

Not exact matches

«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.

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.

after my friends funeral there was a get together at an upper classmen's house from h.s. they were 4 years older than me.

In his maiden speech — which, following a tradition now rarely observed, he waited a year after his election to deliver — Sasse argued that the upper house of the U.S. Congress was intended specifically by the framers to preserve minority opinion by enshrining a process of long - form debate to preclude a legislative fast track.

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

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D - N.Y.) said the Senate plan, like the House bill, would harm middle and upper middle - class taxpayers on Long Island and in suburbs across the country — and warned House Republicans voting for their bills they could face defeat next year.

The Conservatives became, for the first time in many years, the largest single party in the upper house, with 222 members taking the Tory whip including 49 hereditary peers.

«Daily Show» host Jon Stewart lavished praise on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand last night, calling her «instrumental» in passing several major bills — from a 9/11 health care act to the repeal of «Don't Ask, Don't Tell» — despite spending just two years in the upper house.

Left - leaning healthcare workers union 1199 SEIU has endorsed Brooklyn GOP State Senator Martin Golden for re-election — in spite of a vow earlier this year to work exclusively toward helping the Democrats win control of the upper house of the state legislature.

The Hollis motion said the upper house would decline to approve the tax credit cuts until the government delivered a «scheme for full transitional protection for a minimum of three years for all low - income families and individuals currently receiving tax credits before April 6 2016».

Trump may think McConnell and his Republican Senate colleagues are occasionally a headache for him now, but a GOP - controlled upper chamber will be a major asset for the president if Democrats take control of the House next year.

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 new arrivals will take the upper house to 826 members and will cost taxpayers «at least» # 1.2 m per year, according to the Electoral Reform Society.

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.

He served 10 years in the Assembly prior to his successful run for a seat in the upper house).

But the UCL's experts point out that reform is by no means guaranteed and that the upper House must function properly for the next four years at least.

The peer made clear he was ready to pay full UK tax if the law is changed to bar non-doms from membership of the upper house, saying: «I agree with this change and expect to be sitting in the House of Lords for many years to come.&rhouse, saying: «I agree with this change and expect to be sitting in the House of Lords for many years to come.&rHouse of Lords for many years to come.»

Senate Democrats, after an embarrassingly dysfunctional two years in power and riven by bitter racial and philosophical divisions, lost control of the Legislature's upper house in 2010, prompting Klein to form the IDC.

Mr. de Blasio argued the network of donors and unions he helped organize would lead the Democrats to victory in the upper house of the legislature two years from now.

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

Former Niagara County Republican Sen. George Maziarz, who in 2014 ended 19 years in the upper house under a cloud of investigation, is emerging from two years of self - imposed exile to join a high - powered Albany lobbying firm, Patricia Lynch & Associates.

In fact, for the last 10 years the upper house at Westminster has continued to function with no overall control, with the Labour government having to secure the support of one or more other parties in order to win a vote.

If Democrats have any hope of gaining control of the New York State Senate this year — gaining an upper hand on progressive priorities like expanding voting rights, campaign finance reform, promoting reproductive justice, affordable housing, criminal justice reform, and gun control — then we have to win the April 24 special election in lower Westchester.

But the answer is clear: finally sorting out our upper house will improve our constitution for hundreds of years.

Mr. de Blasio, a liberal Democrat, dedicated substantial resources to the State Senate Democrats» failed effort to capture the upper house of the legislature last year — which became fodder for Republican attack ads.

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.

«After nearly 100 years the House of Commons has at last taken the momentous step to reform the upper house and make it fit for a modern democHouse of Commons has at last taken the momentous step to reform the upper house and make it fit for a modern demochouse and make it fit for a modern democracy.

But the Democrats made history that year by winning the majority in the state's upper house by just two seats.

A parliamentary report on House of Lords reform recommended an upper house of 450 members serving for 15 - year non-renewable terms, with 80 % of members elected and 20 % nominHouse of Lords reform recommended an upper house of 450 members serving for 15 - year non-renewable terms, with 80 % of members elected and 20 % nominhouse of 450 members serving for 15 - year non-renewable terms, with 80 % of members elected and 20 % nominated.

For all the political advantages New York Democrats have enjoyed in recent years, they never succeeded for any length of time in ruling the upper house of the State Legislature.

GOP leaders in the state's upper house introduced another proposal to re-authorize mayoral control of the state's largest school system, offering New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio an additional three years but pairing it with a tax credit for donations to private school scholarships — a known poison pill for Heastie and the Democratic conference he leads.

Nick Clegg will next year outline plans for the most far - reaching changes to the House of Lords since landmark reforms 100 years ago by a Liberal government ended the upper house's ability to block Britain's annual buHouse of Lords since landmark reforms 100 years ago by a Liberal government ended the upper house's ability to block Britain's annual buhouse's ability to block Britain's annual budget.

Senate Democratic leaders say they will reject any House effort to amend a «fiscal cliff» deal that passed the upper chamber with overwhelming support on New Year's Day.

He resigned from RIKEN earlier this year and on 12 July was elected to the upper house of Japan's Diet.

When the Florida House popped out and passed a sweeping, 278 - page education bill in the final days of this year's legislative session, Republican Sen. David Simmons of Altamonte Springs issued a warning to his colleagues in the upper chamber: If they...

For the 2012 - 2013 school year, the modular buildings will house upper level English and social studies classes, choir and band, a weight and fitness room, a workshop for engineering and 3D art programs and possibly a parent center.

Again this year, the New Products Showcase will be housed in the east end of the upper level of the LVCC's South Hall.

This year, the New Products Showcase will be housed in the east end of the upper level of the LVCC's South Hall.

Penguin Random House officially merged on July 1st this year, but so far, not much has changed at either side of the company other than the formalization of the upper leadership.

The upper level housed the bedroom with a lot of space to easily fit in an extra small bed for our 5 - year old, plus an ensuite bathroom.

I am going again to be doing Beach Cottage Love Your Christmas Home and it starts this week — if you remember last year this little series is about having a pretty not perfect home this season and keeping it all real girl and thinking about what you want, instead, and (more importantly what is do - able), of opening Christmas magazines of amazing spreads and beautiful houses (which we all actually know were styled by marketing people, a tonne of assistants and stylists in July) and feeling total and utter let down that your houses / life / food / upper arms will never ever look like that anytime soon when it's really just you and the dog thinking about Christmas until at least the 20th of December.

The tapestries, which were woven on a computerized loom, are the result of a tour of England Perry made last year for a three - part television documentary on taste, for which he embedded himself in a working - class industrial town, a middle - class housing estate, and an upper - class rural community.

As of early afternoon Jan 12 this year, when flood warnings were drastically revised upwards, we were expecting the upper level to be flooded; a later revision suggested 600 - 800 mm downstairs; the water was four metres from the house at 7.30 pm with the flood expected to peak at 4 a.m..

Seventeen years ago we bought an old house — a fixer upper — over a hundred years old — in Westford, MA.

The white paper states that since the report of the Royal Commission in 2000, there has been a widespread consensus that elected members of a reformed upper House «should normally serve a single, non-renewable term of 12 — 15 years.

The principle of electing members of the «upper house» is a good one — but the proposals for a 15 year term, to quote just one part, let alone difficulties surrounding primacy of the two houses and the lack of a referendum reveal a lack of clear thinking and, one suspects, an element of haste for vainglorious Liberal - Democrat political legacy and glory?

He actually helped me beat the first appraisal (appraisals working in your favor are a big part of BRRR) from a xenophobic appraiser (topic for another post - I am not Caucasian, neither are my renters)- the 1st appraiser appraised a 150K house for 105K, using 3 comps which were fixer - uppers and almost a year old.

Since you are renting now, I would suggest finding a fixer upper and house hack it for the next year or two.

I would love for you to come to my house, we bought a fixer upper a few years ago but there as you know, there are always things that can be done to make it better.