Sentences with phrase «vote on policy issues»

Bey said his vote on policy issues counts equally with the citywide councilors and he often responds to constituent complaints in other parts of Syracuse.

«To me, it is an affront when a Peer says that he thought his peerage was a reward for his success as a composer and he did not expect to attend debates and vote on policy issues.

to allow a roll - call vote on the policy issue that's gotten the most traction following the Florida shooting.

The vast majority — those who are voting on policy issues, talking to friends, arguing with thier kids» elementary school teachers — do not grasp the science behind GCM's, for instance.

Not exact matches

«They're women who vote not on traditional «women's issues» — education, abortion, etc. — but on foreign policy,» the Post's Naomi Schaefer Riley said.

While I understand that the NDP must feel intense pressure to capture votes — including from people who have never taken a course from John Smithin — I often wish that the NDP would show a bit more policy leadership on the issue of the deficit and debt. I was particularly disappointed during the 2008 federal election campaign when Mr. Layton stated, unequivocally, that the NDP would not run a deficit in the following year if elected (even though it was clear that Canada was entering a recession).

How they vote on these issues at the remaining five policy meetings this year will shape what happens in the stock and bond markets, mortgage rates and savings rates.

He is also the author of several IGOPP policy papers, which offer new perspectives on a range of controversial issues including: Dual - class voting shares, Corporate Citizenship, The place of women on boards of directors, Say - on - Pay by shareholders, The Gordian knot of executive compensation, The Troubling Case of Proxy Advisors, among others.

Totally agree — I'd vote Republican on economic issues, but I can't stomach the intolerance of the religious right and the anti-women policies they embrace.

The decline in political activity proved true for every category, from preaching a sermon on a public policy issue (1 % did so in 2016, down from 37 % in 2014) to distributing voter guides (36 %, down from 45 %) to speaking to the congregation about the importance of voting (62 %, down from 78 %).

We will need to cast our votes at the ballot box to help decide how public policy should be formulated on many issues like this.

Farm Members receive periodical surveys on issues and policies important to organic farmers, so we can be your voice in Washington, D.C. Only farm members are eligible to vote on OFA policy positions and priorities.

The party may very well not represent many of their views (those ~ 20 % libertarians are among the examples you list, who largely disagree with Republicans on social issues like gay marriage - yet, they tend to vote Republican, over other issues like fiscal policy)

By standing aside from the party's group in the Lords, the peer will not be able to vote with his party on issues and will also have to withdraw from the party's federal policy committee.

You are more right wing than Tories on many issues see Votes for Prisoners, Prison Policy and racist attacks on the pakistani community.

They're missing a trick: while a narrow majority voted to leave the EU, it's clear the public want change on a range of policy issues.

Expenditure is «controlled» if it is spending on election activities which «can reasonably be regarded as intended to influence voters to vote for or against political parties or categories of candidates including those parties and categories of candidates who support or do not support particular policies or issues».

It is for this reason that the party has no firm policies on such issues and would leave them as a «free vote» to our representatives.

At The Business Council's Annual Meeting at The Sagamore Resort in Bolton Landing, the Board of Directors voted to create a board - level education policy committee that will focus on educational issues including secondary and post-secondary education and workforce development.

If he is not prepared to put his career on the line by only voting slavishly in line with the whip then there can not be any complaints about his lack of credibility when it comes to raising issues regarding his party's policy failures.

Amongst the population as a whole, we found that over half of Brits (52 %) feel that that the biggest influence on their vote is the values of the party, rather than hard policy issues (which polled at 27 %).

It also divided the electorate into segments according to their characteristics — including how they voted in 2010, their views of the party leaders, which party has the best policies on different issues, and their opinion of each party's attributes — and identified each segment's propensity to vote Conservative.

It was tough enough for the party to find itself voting against its own policy on issues which were agreed compromises set out in the coalition programme.

Given that M Ps were to be given a free vote on the issue, correctly in my view, there could be no question that this would set party policy on the topic — and it is doubtful whether this could ever be legitimate as this form of exercise is not one that appears in the rules as part of the policy making process as far as I can see.

The existing Panel for Educational Policy, the board that votes on education issues, would be redundant under a board system and would be eliminated.

«I can not support Hillary Clinton for president due to our policy differences on a range of issues and I have not endorsed Donald Trump nor have I even decided to vote for him in November.»

Fourthly, Lib Dem and swing voters especially will not forgive Lib Dems for precipitating the demise of the Coalition government, probably two years before it is due to end, not on a point of principle, such as on tuition fees, tax policy, social policy like gay marriage, Trident, the European treaty veto or the health or welfare bills but on... an issue of narrow partisan electoral self interest, i.e. unhappiness at boundary changes (which they had already voted for in February 2011).

The Prime Minister has said measures to address the issue of MPs with seats in the devolved nations being able to vote on policies that do not apply in their constituencies must go «in tandem» with the process of granting fresh powers to Holyrood.

It's a simple matter of democracy: if there's party policy on an issue, that ought absolutely to preclude a free vote.

UKYP voted to «make public transport cheaper, better, and accessible for all» and set up a Select Committee to work on the issue and to create policies.

Liberals have long asserted that more can and could have been done on those issues, even as Klein and the IDC question whether all the votes would be available for policy goals the left wants to see accomplished.

The Conservatives, sensing their policy on this issue is a vote - loser, have been desperately seeking a way to get their point of view across.

You have to recognize that intelligent voters vote on issues and policies that matter to them.

At 6 p.m., Sen. Liz Krueger will host a conversation with New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, discussing his work to challenge Trump Administration policies on a host of issues from immigration to the environment to civil and voting rights.

City Councilwoman Jessica Lappin, Assemblymen Dan Quart and Micah Kellner, and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, among other area elected officials, have asked the DOE to reconsider the plan before the Panel for Education Policy votes on the issue June 19.

She said there is no clear policy as to whether it's appropriate for the full board to vote on an issue in the absence of a committee hearing (she hopes the board will establish a policy in the near future).

«Also worth noting that he voted on that measure in the context of the Obama Administration's stated policy of limited enforcement on this issue, a policy the current AG [Jeff Sessions] has gone out of his way to counteract.»

«In considering the Government's policy on this thorny issue, will the Secretary of State, if he has to abide by the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights, restrict the right to vote to those prisoners at the lowest level of seriousness — for example, those dealt with by the magistrates courts for summary offences only?»

The release goes on to say the primary reason for the endorsement is foreign policy concerns, which I would assume would mean that Koch takes issue with Hinchey's votes on issues relating to Israel, which are detailed in this article by the conservative blog HotAir.com.

He held no press conferences, issued no policy statements and, aside from reliably voting against tax and spending increases, made relatively few waves during two terms on the Common Council.

The long - discussed issue of the Buffalo School District's gender identity policy was voted on at Wednesday night's meeting of the School Board, and the meeting ended in celebration.

The board, which plays an advisory role on land use and community policy issues in the city, unanimously voted against the Mandatory Inclusionary Housing and Zoning for Quality and Affordability proposals with the exception of City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito's office, which abstained from both votes.

The budget saw some significant developments centered on the city's beleaguered subway system, strengthening sexual harassment policies and repairing the city's public housing — though some key issues, such as voting reforms and extending the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse victims, did not make it into the budget.

They are creating public policy on important issues including civil rights, a living wage, affordable housing and alternative voting systems.

Labour is split three ways on the issue, as Jeremy Corbyn has pledged to vote against the standing party policy of backing Trident renewal, key figures in the Shadow Cabinet will abstain, and the bulk of MPs are expected to vote in favour of the motion.

The proposals will, ministers say, address the long - standing anomaly - known as the West Lothian Question - by which Scottish MPs can vote on issues such as health and education affecting England, but the House of Commons has no say on similar matters relating to Scotland, where such policies are devolved.

However, when they were asked to poll on policy issues differing between the candidates, without the candidates name associated to it, they voted 60 % to 40 % in favor of Romney over Obama.

This asks why Scottish MPs are allowed to vote on health and education in Scotland while English MPs have no say on such policy issues north of the border.

They can vote in Parliament on issues like stem cell research and policy on mad cow disease, they can pass the Government's science budget without even knowing what it says, but they can not actually engage with the scientific community.

Participants were then asked to rate how willing they would be to sign a petition in favor of the exam policy and to put their names on a list of students who favor the exam policy, and which way they would vote on the issue.