Sentences with phrase «use voting power»

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Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari has advised women to use their voting power to influence the entrenchment of democratic values of probity, accountability and...

This followed the news in Germany the chairman of the industrial gas group Linde is ready to use his voting powers to approve a $ 65 billion merger with the U.S. rival Praxair.

Not exact matches

«What has changed is that while there used to be a modicum of congressional bargaining across major policy developments, the party in power now tries to pass legislation on straight party - line votes,» says Mr. Jillson.

King wrote that when acting as a federal prosecutor, Sessions used his power to «chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens.»

Canadians did not vote to see government power used to carry out a mandate written by the oil patch in the interests of a single province.

They USE the Catholic church and your conservative vote to give themselves POWER.

She spoke after Labour, Tory and Green MSPs on Holyrood's Social Security Committee united in June to vote through a series of amendments to the Scottish Government's Child Poverty Bill - including one by Green MSP Alison Johnstone requiring ministers to set out whether they will use new welfare powers to increase child benefit.

As they constituted such a large number and always voted in a block, Smith used this power to wrest from the Illinois legislature unheard - of powers for his town.

Finally, the writer [apparently] operates on the mistaken view that if we can only get at least 51 percent of the voting populace to be swayed sufficiently by our coalesced, power structure, emotional appeals, and biblical truth (used only where it will work), then we can pass laws outlawing abortion.

This tactic gives a political impression of power, like the myth that there is a «gay community» and a «gay vote», both used to bluff or intimidate naïve politicians.

Congress has used the italicized power to define the national presidential voting day as the same one for the general election of Senators & Representatives.

Wake up residents of Rochester — register to vote, get out the vote, and use your power at the voting booth to de facto term limit her out of office if you know what's best for you!

A minister could use this power to start making changes on the ground - tinkering with law and regulators in a way that makes it all - but impossible for parliament to vote against the deal, because of the chaos it would trigger.

Using the same data a logit regression model improves the predictive power of local elections to tell us who will win the most votes at the next general election, making correct predictions 86.21 % of the time.

The Hastert Rule, also known as the «majority of the majority» rule, is an informal governing principle used in the United States by Republican [1][2][3] Speakers of the House of Representatives since the mid-1990s to maintain their speakerships [4] and limit the power of the minority party to bring bills up for a vote on the floor of the House.

In exchange, Skelos allegedly voted on legislation that favored one of the firms and used his power to help the other score a $ 12 million government contract.

The flagbearer, also told the gathering that he would ensure a prudent use of the country's resources when voted into power.

Ed notes that you can also influence the conversation on YouTube itself using the power of the vote: «Turns out you can vote comments up / down more than once with a time delay so a little persistence allows people to take over the conversation.»

This has continued since the election as the Liberals have sacrificed many of the manifesto pledges that they used to pose themselves to the left of the Labour Party, such as the scrapping of Trident, proportional representation, an amnesty for illegal immigrants and opposition to nuclear power — the latter on which it will now abstain in any parliamentary votes rather than oppose it as its manifesto had stated.

According to him, politicians in the country will go all out to get power at all cost, and for that to materialize, they will kidnap children and subsequently use them as sacrificial lambs in order to get more votes in the coming election.

In his only clear nod to the LibDems on PR he promised a full report on the success of the new voting methods used since Labour came to power.

Its supporters can use the slogans «power to the people» and «vote for what you really believe in».

For nearly an hour, assistant U.S. attorney Tatiana Martins told a jury of nine women and three men of the power Dean Skelos, the former senate majority leader, had amassed in Albany and how he used his position to «strong - arm businesses that depended on his vote in the Senate.»

«Labour may think it's okay to use these powers as a carrot, dangling it under communities» noses to gather more votes at the Assembly election, but those communities who have had their heart torn out won't be at all thankful for Labour's dithering.»

Critics of the President say his promise not to operate a «family and friends» government when voted into power has turned out to be one of the many fake campaign promises the New Patriotic Party used to hoodwink Ghanaians into choosing the party ahead of the National Democratic Congress in the 2016 general elections.

As an upcoming vote in Romania shows, the recall is a political device that is being used more than ever to put power firmly in the electorate's hands.

U.S. Delegate to the U.N. Nikki Haley voted against the resolution, using the United States» veto power as a permanent member for the first time in more than six years.

Actually, and in spite of what folk etymology might suggest, the word meritocracy is usually used to describe a system in which the «best» get promoted to positions of powers, not a system where a selected number of able people vote as a political body.

The bill uses the power given to each state by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution to change how they award their electoral votes for president.

In his written statement this morning (see 9.07 am) David Davis, the Brexit secretary, said that ministers would not use the powers in the EU withdrawal bill to implement the Brexit withdrawal agreement by order (ie, secondary legislation) until parliament has voted to back the agreement.

Under his plan ministers would be able to start using sweeping Henry VIII powers (powers to amend primary legislation using secondary legislation) following a simple, binary vote.

The borough presidencies had power because they had votes on the Board of Estimate, which oversaw the city's budget and land - use.

According to Sunny Bjerk, communications manager at Housing Works, the group is «asking him to use his power to leverage a vote on GENDA.

She appealed to the residents of the state to come forward for their PVCs, adding that it was their power to vote and they should use it wisely.

Does anyone remember during the 2009 «coup» after Montserrat flipped back and it was 31 - 31 split Espada threatened to use his power as acting Lieutenant Governor to vote twice once as a senator and then once as a tie breaking vote?

The ruthless vote - rigging contraption that used to arrogantly describe itself as Africa's largest political party, has dissembled so rapidly, soon after it was thrown out of power last year.

But the mayor has been spared the embarrassment and left - wing ire such a veto would likely elicit, as sources revealed to the Observer in January that Mark - Viverito was using her powers as speaker to block the bills from getting a vote.

Coalition leaders said they would be following up with Espada in the coming months and warned, «We will know how to pull the lever and use the power of our vote.»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo used executive powers to give all parolees in New York the right to vote, a measure long - sought by liberal activists.

Her supporters argue that under Crown prerogative powers the government can take such decisions on its own but the precedent of the 2013 vote (which defeated David Cameron) makes this harder to maintain than it used to do.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday used executive powers to grant all parolees in New York the right to vote, bypassing the state Legislature on a measure long - sought by activists.

«They must stand united behind Senator Schumer and use the power of the 60 vote necessity,» Cuomo wrote.

Ed Miliband has insisted there will not be a formal Coalition, but David Cameron claims this still leaves open the possibility of Labour using SNP votes to stay in power.

Ed Miliband, speaking on ITV's Lorraine this morning, has insisted there will not be a formal Coalition, but the Tories claim this still leaves open the possibility of Labour using SNP votes to stay in power

There are also concerns union leaders will use their powers to register large numbers of associate members and influence their decisions, despite the loss of their votes.

Some senior figures who worry about the unions» grip on the party fear that a move aimed at diminishing organised - Labour's influence could end up handing them even more power than they had before: although they will lose their block votes, some fear that the unions will use their formidable organisation machines to register large numbers of associate members, and then attempt to influence their votes.

«Disorders of the voice can affect a politician's success: Politicians use their voices to persuade audiences of their leadership qualities, but how vocal disorders affect their powers of persuasion and listeners» voting preferences isn't so clear.»

By using the power of what we buy to influence what is on the shelves we can «vote» for improvement in what is stocked in our stores If your store won't stock what you want to buy you can order many products on line.

Jarecki uses Presley's career and influence to help us make sense of fame, power, corruption, self - destructive behaviour and pretty much all the other ills of the world, like why in hell poor people voted for Donald Trump.