Sentences with phrase «vote effort by»

Zeldin was boosted by a get - out - the - vote effort by the county GOP committee.

«There was a very well - orchestrated get - out - the - vote effort by local public service unions, but many of those voters would have been Astorino supporters, so it's hard to measure,» said the spokesman, Bill O'Reilly.

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Trump repeated the claim that the Russia investigation is an effort by Democrats to save face after an embarrassing loss, citing the number of electoral votes he won.

Indiana is the latest Midwestern state where Republicans have pushed labor legislation with safe voting margins even as the efforts have drawn large protests by union backers and spawned recall efforts.

The Bank of England Thursday raised U.K. interest rates for the first time since 2007, in an effort to support the pound and head off inflationary pressures caused by a slump since the U.K. voted to leave the EU 16 months ago.

Among white voters, roughly three in 10 said they had been targeted by Trump get - out - the - vote efforts; the same share said they had been targeted by Clinton.

That information — augmented by advocacy efforts from such Addyi supporters as the National Organization for Women and National Consumers League — turned the tide, and the FDA's joint meeting of the Bone, Reproductive and Urologic Drugs Advisory Committee voted 18 to 6 to support approval for HSDD treatment, contingent on Sprout consenting to risk - mitigation measures like warnings and restrictions to prevent misuse.

Republicans need just a simple 51 - vote total to confirm a judicial nominee after the filibuster on lower - level court judicial nominees was killed by Democrats when they last controlled the Senate in an effort to help move along some of Obama's nominees more quickly.

But there isn't such a computer, and without proportional representation, our valiant efforts at voting our principles are undermined or rendered neutral by a crude system designed to favour incumbents and lower expectations of what is possible.

However, the same way investors are growing leery of Washington's political rhetoric, they are also putting less weight on the endless parade of speeches by voting members of the Fed — specifically, Janet Yellen, Stan Fischer, Bill Dudley, and Lael Brainard — in an effort to manipulate markets without doing anything.

This latest effort by Senate Democrats to hit the reverse button and go back to the investment - killing Title II scheme via a Congressional Review Act (CRA) vote serves zero legitimate policy purpose.

I think the vote reflected a good bit of money and effort by the company to reach out to the proxy voting services,» Daly said.

In the tense atmosphere of the city council meeting the night of the vote, Presbyterian minister Paul Miller acknowledged that emotions were running high but told the overflow crowd he spoke from «deep pastoral concern»; he then read a prepared statement signed by 18 members of the clergy who decried «the recent efforts to single out a given group... and to seek to castigate them as being unworthy and unfit to belong to our community.»

The NFL's effort to make football safer was expanded Tuesday by league owners who voted to approve a rule that seeks to take head - first collisions out of the game.

After promising Theo Walcott that his future lies as a main striker in an effort to get the Englishman to sign a new contract extension, Le Prof could give Theo a big vote of confidence by starting him in this crucial match, but will he rely once again on Giroud proving that he can bounce back once again?

The Log Cabin Republicans were very involved in the lobbying effort last December to try to convince some GOP senators to vote «yes» on marriage — an effort that ultimately failed when the entire 30 - member conference, joined by eight Democrats, voted «no» on the measure, killing the bill in the process.

Specifically, state level California Republicans had been pushing an effort in the legislature there to assign California's 55 electors by proportion of the popular vote to give them an opportunity to win some votes in a state with 12 % of the national population that they haven't had success winning in a generation.

According to the rules approved yesterday, and despite efforts by some candidates to change this order, the nomination vote will be held first, followed by the Wilson Pakula question.

These unwelcome efforts by outside countries to subvert the will of the Liberian people and undo the results of the first round of the presidential vote are motivated by these leaders» selfish financial interests.

The White House stepped up its push to revive legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act by placating the most conservative House members, but the effort risked alienating more moderate Republicans whose votes President Trump needs just as much.

A once - quiet effort by governors to block the full repeal of the Affordable Care Act reached its climax in Washington yesterday, as state executives from both parties — who have conspired privately for months — mounted an all - out attack on the Senate's embattled health care legislation hours before Republicans postponed a vote.

Coyne's team were buoyed by this because they expected Len would not, or could not, run again, that they would be able to improve on last time's effort because they weren't starting from scratch now and the expectation that the vote on the Left of Unite would be fractured amongst a number of candidates.

Probably the most immediate use of text messaging in the U.S. will be for election - day Get - Out - The - Vote efforts, though you can also use them as a two - way tool by soliciting information from supporters through polls and such.

No evidence has emerged that efforts to corrupt the vote tabulations in key swing states by outside hackers has emerged, however.

Veteran reporter Joe Mahoney reported on efforts to enact early voting, «no - excuse» absentee voting, pre-registration for teenagers, and other measures championed by Kavanagh that have gained support in the Assembly but have not been acted upon by the Republican - controlled State Senate.

Given their history as the pioneers of grass - roots get - out - the - vote efforts, Republicans claim not to be particularly impressed by the Obama operation, including its estimated army of 8 million volunteers.

But they may have another strategy: to avoid splitting the anti-Labour vote by making only the most token effort in the seat.

During his weekly news conference, House Speaker John Boehner (R - Ohio), who has opposed efforts to pass ENDA, was non-committal when asked by the Blade if he'd be open to allowing the Equality Act to come up for a House floor vote.

A bill passed by both the Senate and Assembly would include New York in an effort to change the allocation of electoral votes in presidential elections.

The reason for NOT expending effort tp «conduct a wide scale attempt» by targeting the subset of non-citizens is that it has been determined time and again that the number of non-citizens that attempt to vote is exceedingly low (but admittedly greater than zero).

It's an in - the - weeds job, but the vote counters at contested conventions have a crucial (and lousy) job, and Rick Lazio's effort was spearheaded by Lynn Krogh, the head of the state's Young Republicans chapter and a former George Pataki staffer.

Apparently annoyed by his former staffer, Weprin supposedly leaned on Satnam Panhar (a Sikh), and Celia Dosamentes (a Hindu) to enter the race in an effort to split the Asian vote and wreck the Muslim Najmi's chance to get a lock on it.

«What we did see was a concerted effort by some folks to apparently, to protest New York's closed primary process by showing up to vote when they weren't registered to vote.

Squadron's efforts to at least bring the bill to the floor for an up - or - down vote were blocked by the Senate Republicans.

After passing by a wide margin in the State Assembly, the bill was defeated by an eight - vote margin in the Senate despite a vigorous lobbying effort spearheaded by the Empire State Pride Agenda.

The state Republican Party plans a massive get - out - the - vote effort for its Congressional candidates this fall, a move that Chairman Ed Cox says is being fueled in part by House Speaker John Boehner's team.

With their efforts and support bolstered by this poll, our members will work until the final vote is cast to elect Sean Patrick Maloney to Congress,» said Cilento.

While some gun rights advocates hailed the MOU as a step in the right direction toward their ultimate goal of full repeal, something to which the governor would never agree, others derided it as meaningless lip service, and an effort by Cuomo to help Flanagan placate those on the right who are still seething over his «yes» vote on the SAFE Act in January 2013.

Lipton also praises Zephyr Teachout, the Fordham professor who sought the WFP line and received 41 percent of the vote at last night's convention to Cuomo's 58 percent, saying party members were «honored» by her effort and «inspired» by her «courage and tenacity.»

Probably the most common use of text messaging in 2012 will be for pre-election and election - day Get - Out - The - Vote efforts, though some will also use them as a two - way tool by soliciting information from supporters through polls and such.

The speaker won 68 percent of the vote thanks in no small part to the combined efforts of his allies in labor and the Working Families Party and in spite of the fact that he was widely lambasted by editorial boards and even saw the NY Times back Newell.

In the opinion of CADA, election threats come in different forms and may include intimidation, registering minors and foreigners, multiple registration, etc. during voter registration exercise or targeting of election officials, intimidation or harassment of journalists, incitement to violence in the media or public, protecting, expanding, or delineating turf or «no - go areas», attacks on election rallies or candidates, intimidation of voters to compel them to vote or stay away, physical attacks on election materials such as snatching and destruction of ballot boxes, armed clashes among political parties, violent clashes among groups of rival supporters, vandalism and physical attacks on property of opponents, targeted attacks against specific candidates or political parties, attacks on rivals who have either won in elections or were defeated, violent street protests and efforts by armed police to maintain or restore order, tear gas, firing on protestors, attacks by protestors on property or the police, escalation and perpetuation of ethnic or sectarian violence.

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It also includes money to permanently extend health benefits for retired miners, a top priority of Senate Democrats facing reelection next year such as Sens. Joe ManchinJoseph (Joe) ManchinTrump to hold Nashville rally amid efforts to boost GOP Senate hopeful Voters Dems need aren't impressed by anti-waterboarding showboating Overnight Finance: House rejects farm bill in conservative revolt NAFTA deal remains elusive as talks drag on Dodd - Frank rollback set for House vote MORE (W.Va.)

Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Wednesday that he is about to «launch a major effort» to see voting and election reforms passed in Albany by the end of the legislative session, which runs until the middle of June.

Voter intimidation is any concerted effort or practice by an individual or group to coerce the voting behavior of a particular class or demographic of voters.

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An effort is underway in Connecticut to get people who were displaced by Hurricane Maria registered to vote.

Equally those who want change, should they lose such a vote, would be expected by the majority of the PLP to devote all of their efforts to winning the election.

Governor Cuomo is reaching out to moderate Republicans to try to win over their vote in next month's elections, his efforts have been bolstered by a new ad featuring Larry Rockefeller.