Sentence examples for elected voice from inspiring English sources

It was ruled by a congressional committee on which conservative southern politicians were dominant, and did not have an elected voice in Congress: public signs enforcing segregation reminded black Washingtonians that they inhabited a southern city.

As the elected voice of communities across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, they are now urgently calling for a meeting with government "to discuss a revival of local democracy in the United Kingdom" that would see "real momentum behind the devolution of powers" beyond national parliaments.

Two neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens with fast-growing Asian-American populations would be quartered, making it much more likely that the areas would continue to lack Asian-American elected voices.

Yet a workers' elected representative adding his voice to the din of an internal party argument somehow represents the biggest political landgrab since a bloke with a goatee popped in to the Winter Palace.

While some supporters justify the shifts as pragmatic politics to get elected, others voice doubts about his real commitment to change.

With more elected officials voicing support for expanded medical coverage for those residents, the big question has become: Whose financial responsibility is it?

On the political front, federal and state elected officials voiced concerns about the negative impact that unionization would have on the plant's competitiveness and Tennessee's business climate.

Vision is impossible to govern: 'In the same way that you can't elect your voice.' But he is open to the idea that his Italian ancestry has influenced his work.

Their protest became front-page news after Barack Obama, still the president-elect, voiced support for the workers.

With almost a single voice, elected officials & political commentators were recommending that the Pres do something to somebody, somewhere, but weren't saying what, or to whom.

Last week the party came out in favour of a directly elected mayor.A single voice for London may have universal appeal, but next week's document will duck some awkward issues.