Sentence examples for control over parliament from inspiring English sources
While Medvedev has no party, Putin leads United Russia, which he uses to exert control over parliament, regional leaders and the bureaucracy.
There is unlikely to be any immediate political cost to Putin, given his government's dominant control over parliament and the media.
But it appeared possible that the Party of Regions, and its traditional ally, the Communist Party, would wield less control over Parliament than they do now.
The campaign, symbolised by the United Kingdom garishly wrapped in the Union Jack, opposes the "break-up" of Britain, growing government control over Parliament, and further transfers of power to the European Union.But sounding the alarms is not enough either.
But the steady expansion of his control over the Parliament, the media, the courts and the tycoons suggests a neo-Soviet boss capitalizing on the fatigue of Russians to herd them back under authoritarian control.
However, Boswell was not around for two of Johnson's most politically active periods: during Walpole's control over British Parliament and during the Seven Years' War.
In any event, in voting that also takes place on Sunday, Mr. Milosevic is expected to retain control over the federal Parliament -- aided greatly by the boycott of this election by Montenegro's President Milo Djukanovic.
The release of Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi, 65, came just six days after an election engineered by the military to give it control over a civilian Parliament and government.
He also has near-absolute control over government spending; parliament can only increase or decrease spending with his permission.
Furthermore, members of parliament have moved to assert control over the bureau and parliament now has the right to take a no-confidence vote against the agency's head.
