Sentences with phrase «with electing house»

The group, which is tasked with electing House Democrats, paid canvassers to collect signatures to help the Syracuse Democrat secure a spot on the primary ballot.

The peers say with opposition peers being more assertive there is confusion about the Lords» powers and «considerable uncertainty about its relationship with the elected House of Commons».

Not exact matches

Jorge Lima, the Executive Director of the LIBRE Initiative, said that in addition to working with both chambers of Congress and the White House on a bill, his organization would mobilize its grassroots efforts to hammer home their principles to elected officials and individual communities.

If Hillary Clinton is elected, that will likely spell a continuation of the status quo, with a Republican House of Representatives thwarting Democrats from accomplishing the goals that run counter to the interests of much of the business community, leaving free - market enthusiasts no worse off next year than they are today.

Though the President - elect will be coming into power with Republican majorities in both the House and the Senate, many of his most popular positions, like his hardline stances on trade and immigration, are not exactly popular with Congressional leadership.

It could be a House of Cards political thriller: A high - ranking elected official and his family are wined and dined by a rich and powerful foreign agent who does business with the government.

Cohn did not publicly support Trump during the campaign, but Kushner invited him in to meet with the president - elect during the transition, and Cohn apparently really wowed him — after a few more meetings, he was named National Economic Council director, making him the top economic policy staffer in the White House.

We wouldn't want a Senate with anything like the power of our elected representatives in the House of Commons.

She has worked extensively with the executive branch, as well as elected officials in both houses and across the aisles of Congress, State Government, and in the private sector.

Apparently we are worried as a nation at the prospect of electing a Mormon to the White House but in 2008 electing an individual who attended a church which promoted hate, supported Islam, and announced that America got what it deserved with the terrorist attacks was ok.

According to House Republicans, President - elect Donald Trump would prefer to build what he has referred to as the «Great Wall» between Mexico and the United States with taxpayer money through Congress.

SO, in order for your idea to happen, the country needs to be so overflowing with Evangelicals, that they are actually able to elect an evengelical President AND majorities (that's 2/3 not 1/2) in both the House and Senate.

Republicans in the house remember your election coming up in 2 years, work with the president Obama and Democrats otherwise enjoy the last 2 years in Congress because u will not be elected.

Eating Season is what I like to call the 3 - month extravaganza that begins at Halloween when Americans consume even more of their most delicious and comforting candies, bulldozes through Thanksgiving, when we eat all our feelings about being with family (or our country having elected a nationalist orangutan to the White House around this time last year), continues through the December holidays, and ends with the Super Bowl when we can no longer actually chew and consume all our favorite foods in mushy, dip form.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is in Washington today with fellow elected officials from the metropolitan region to discuss the Gateway tunnel project, an underwater connector between New York and New Jersey, at the White House.

«All the parties are internally divided on Lords reform, with strong defenders of an elected or appointed House to be found spread across all parties,» says Hazell, who has serious concerns that the bill might not be accepted by the majority of MPs.

I do also have to disagree strongly and fundamentally with Harry Barnes regarding his proposal to either emasculate or abolish the House of Lords, even if it is composed of elected members.

In an earlier interview Ms Jowell said the government had «no plan B» if parliament rejected the order and last night the culture secretary said: «Ministers will want to reflect and come back to this elected house in due course with proposals as to how to take this policy forward.»

A more dramatic twist: Double the size of the House - every district now elects two seats: The final two opponents with the most votes, and each one gets a vote value based on their percentage of the voters, so they loser with 49 % of the vote gets 0.49 votes in the house and the winner with 51 % of the vote gets 0.512 votes in the house - this way the losing side gets representedHouse - every district now elects two seats: The final two opponents with the most votes, and each one gets a vote value based on their percentage of the voters, so they loser with 49 % of the vote gets 0.49 votes in the house and the winner with 51 % of the vote gets 0.512 votes in the house - this way the losing side gets representedhouse and the winner with 51 % of the vote gets 0.512 votes in the house - this way the losing side gets representedhouse - this way the losing side gets represented too.

However, the party has also reiterated its belief in City Regions, a policy first mooted in the wake of the 2004 North - East regional assembly referendum defeat — stating that it will pass an «English Devolution Act» if elected into government, giving more powers to City and also County regions, and replacing the House of Lords with an elected Senate of the Nations and regions to work as a forum for regional representation.

At UK level, the party also proposes to replace the House of Lords with an elected Senate of the Nations and the Regions, so as to represent every part of the UK.

The hosts of MSNBC's «Morning Joe» said that the White House counselor Kellyanne Conway complained extensively about Trump in private conversations with them before he was elected, and insisted she was only working for him for the money.

The Bridging Gowanus community planning process was convened by the local elected officials representing the Gowanus area, organized together with community leaders from resident, civic, environmental, business, arts and housing groups, and facilitated by the Pratt Center for Community Development.

Two groups, Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) and Allied Progress, have launched TV ads in the senators» home states that aim to tie the two GOP senators to President - elect Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpGOP lawmakers want Trump to stop bashing Congress US ends aid for northwest Syria: report FBI informant met with three Trump campaign advisers: report MORE's Cabinet and White House staff picks.

The name of the person so elected must be endorsed on the writ by an Electoral Commissioner on behalf of the Electoral Commission, and the writ must be returned to the Clerk of the House of Representatives in accordance with section 185.

At the 2001 election he was elected with a majority of 16,362, and gave his maiden speech in the House of Commons on 4 July 2001.

Also on the republican list of demands: abolition of the Privy Council; full proportional representation in elections for the House of Commons; decentralisation of power to local and community authorities; a voting age of 16; fixed - term parliaments; state funding of political parties; a ban on outside earnings for MPs; more powerful Commons select committees, with powers to confirm or block ministerial appointments; elected police chiefs and elected mayors in all the major cities.

Sandberg is meeting with elected officials in Washington this week ahead of a House hearing at which executives from Facebook, Twitter and Google are expected to testify.

The 2000 royal commission report proposed a new House of Lords with no more than a third of elected members.

With a full house Nadine Hoffman, VID's new President opened a lively meeting to elect new VID officers for 2015: Treasurer (s), Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretaries and Executive Committee.

But Rep. Steve Stivers of Ohio, who heads the National Republican Congressional Committee - with overall responsibility for electing GOP House members - said that although 2018 is a challenging election year for Republicans, he is not worried about Faso.

Rep. Steve Israel stands with a book with the U.S. Constitution and the rules of the House of Representatives in hand as he «passes the baton» to newly elected Thomas Suozzi, right, during a ceremony held at Glen Cove City Hall, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017.

Republican Rep. John Katko, the Central New York freshman who is fighting to hold onto his seat in one of the most competitive House races in the nation, is out with his fourth TV ad, which questions the ability of his opponent, Colleen Deacon, to act independently of the Democratic conference if she's elected in November.

In the Lok Sabha (the Lower House of the Indian Parliament), 76 of the 543 members elected in 2009 had been charged with serious criminal offences such as murder, rape and dacoity.

Mayor of London pours scorn on coalition plans to replace House of Lords with elected second chamber

Inspired by such premier league Yellow B ** tards as Lord Oakeshott the Upper House is overstepping its reforming, amending role and is in danger of becoming a roadblock to important Coalition reforms, including with respect to the NHS and elected police chiefs.

Also at 11 a.m., Queens Rep. Joe Crowley, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, along with local elected officials, housing advocates, and community members hold a press conference to announce legislation creating two new refundable tax credits for people who live in rental or government - subsidized housing, Woodside Houses Park, 50th Street between Newtown Road and Broadway, Queens.

(New York, NY)-- Today, downtown elected officials, including State Senator Brian Kavanagh, Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez, Congressmember Jerrold Nadler, Comptroller Scott Stringer, Public Advocate Letitia James, State Senator Brad Hoylman, Assemblymember Yuh - Line Niou, and Assemblymember Deborah Glick joined with Community Board 2 Chair Terri Cude to release the following statement in opposition to the City's proposed housing development at the beloved Elizabeth Street Garden: «The City's decision to build housing at Elizabeth Street Garden is both unfortunate and a great disappointment.

«I need all of you to speak to every elected official in Albany and urge them to step up and to urge the governor of the state of New York and the state Legislature to work with the city government, to work with the mayor, to work with my office, to work with the City Council to provide more resources to come up with more innovative plans and proposals to address the crisis of affordable housing in the city of New York,» she added.

The first elections to the House of Lords, with members being elected for 15 - year terms, are expected to take place at the same time as each of the next three general elections, with the first being held in 2015.

During his flirtation in 1999 with a run for White House as a member of the Reform Party, however, Trump was on the opposite end of similar criticisms, targeting former - Republican turned Reform Party candidate Pat Buchanan as too controversial to be elected.

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (02/15/2013)(readMedia)-- Community Voices Heard and a number of allied organizations will host a public meeting in Poughkeepsie with federal and state elected officials to discuss issues important to low - income residents of the Hudson Valley, including affordable housing, youth issues, raising the minimum wage, immigration reform, safety net programs, job creation, instituting a Fair Elections system in the state, as well as the federal and state budget.

Democrats have made some in roads on Long Island, electing two Democrats to the state Senate in recent years, though the region remains a battleground with Republicans for county executive races, House campaigns and the state Legislature.

Yet the Coalition is preparing to replace that House with a new second chamber elected by means of regional party lists.

President Nana Addo then candidate Nana Addo in 2012 made it clear that he will move to the flagstaff house when elected the President but because he want to enjoy the 9million dollar renovation just like other Presidents from his camp, he has now deliberately refused to move into the flagstaff house with his family at the expense of the poor trader on the street of Nima.

Regardless of the actual voting patterns in this case, any voting system in which individual members are all elected from a single geographical region, as is used in the Australian House of Representatives can easily have the party with most seats (and perhaps an overall majority / plurality) not be the party which received most votes.

House Majority PAC, the Democratic super PAC that works to elect Democrats to the House, is going on the air Tuesday with an ad attacking 12 - term Florida Republican Rep. John L. Mica and introducing Democrat Stephanie Murphy as a «new approach to get the job done.»

«Yet the Coalition is preparing to replace that House with a new second chamber elected by means of regional party lists» Factually untrue, Tories hate closed list PR even more than Lib Dems do, the plan is, and always was, for elections to be run using STV (also known as the British Proportional System, as used for the Australian Senate).

Of course not to mention the fact that CSEA and PEF are dealing with elected officials, who in heavily Democratic areas are most certainly handpicked by them and who are all but willing to give away the kitchen sink and the house in order to be reelected.

End Quote Of course not to mention the fact that CSEA and PEF are dealing with elected officials, who in heavily Democratic areas are most certainly handpicked by them and who are all but willing to give away the kitchen sink and the house in order to be reelected.