Sentences with phrase «voting reform without»

It now seems almost certain that Labour did NOT promise the Lib Dems voting reform without a referendum.

PM's resignation and voting reform without referendum would have been price of Lib - Lab coalition, Lord Mandelson reveals

Not exact matches

Oh good, I really rate Bradshaw (I did, after all, vote for him when he was my MP), although he's not without flaws he's deeply committed personally to reform.

Although the IDC has introduced wide - ranging reform legislation — which includes public matching funds for small donations — and held public hearings on the matter, they've refused to bring the bill to a vote without approval from the Senate Republicans.

The occasion for this insult was the latest open letter from the Democratic governor calling on Faso to «stand with his constituents» in opposition to the the federal tax reform law, which narrowly passed the House and Senate in December without a single Democratic vote — and without Faso's vote, either.

We need to take the demand for reform onto the streets now there is widespread public sentiment for a fair system where people can vote honestly and have an influence, without all the dreadful calculations of tactical advantage that is, frankly, corrupting.

When I say Cameron will play the long game he will avoid any major electoral reform, because that will mean that the tories would find it impossible to form a govt without a much bigger share of the vote.

He added that she has «straight As» from the National Rifle Association and voted against Democratic Gov. David Paterson's «bloated» budget this year (Burns conceded there were other issues on which the Republican has problems with conservatives in her party: she is pro-abortion, voted for gay marriage and, while not endorsing the controversial «card check» provision in the Employee Free Choice Act, she does support «reform in workers» ability to organize» — a stand not too different from that of AFL - CIO President Rich Trumka when he said he could support EFCA without card check).

Forty of the Council's 51 members have signed onto the bill, but it has languished without receiving a floor vote — adding it to a growing list of bills with strong support among council members that have failed to move forward under Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, a close de Blasio ally, despite promises of more democratic Council rules reform.

«My opposition on the issues that are important to the mayor like congestion pricing, like nonpartisan voting, like school governance, like lifting the charter school caps without any reforms... is a real problem for them,» Parker said.

Campaigners for democratic reform give a mixed reaction on Mr Brown's proposals, with some, such as Power 2010 saying it did not go far enough: «Without troubling the public for their views, ministers hand - picked the voting system they favour in a cynical exercise aimed at wrong - footing the Tories ahead of a likely election defeat.

This time around, Arcuri is at an extra disadvantage as he is running without the benefit of the Working Families Party line, due to his «no» vote on health care reform.

Without voting reform, the Lib Dem grass roots might decide to try to trigger an end to the coalition.

Reform Party leader Curtis Sliwa has proposed filling the job via a citywide public vote, but that makes little sense: A speaker without support from a majority of the members can't run the council.

Lawmakers also adjourned without voting on Governor Cuomo's campaign finance reform and anti-corruption agenda, aimed at answering a wave of scandals to hit the legislature this year.

As a result, she said, she could not vote in favor of raises without those reforms.

He added that the bill included «modernising reforms» which would «ensure strikes only happen as a result of a clear, positive decision by those entitled to vote», saying «members of the public need to know they can get on with their lives without unjustified disruption».

Everybody recognizes that the system is set up to protect incumbents, and since reform bills won't pass without the votes of incumbents, the prospect for change is bleak.

Of course, the corporate education reform industry won't withdraw without a fight and will be relying on New Haven Mayor Toni Harp to line up the votes in favor of the project known as Achievement First Elm City Imagine.

He wants to «fix this problem without making our economic situation worse;» he voted in favor of the market - based reform in 2013.

In a move that many of us in the life insurance business have been warning about for years, the President's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (nicknamed the Deficit Reduction Commission, or DRC), completed its work without a formal vote on the deficit reduction plan coauthored by the Commission's two co-chairs.

Every way - too - early rumored Senate candidate for the 2020 Democratic primary — Harris, Booker, Warren, Gillibrand, Sanders — voted against renewing Sec. 702 spying without reforms.