Sentence examples for eliminating a district from inspiring English sources

Both parties propose eliminating a district in the New York City area, but they could not agree on the details.

Representative Dawnna Dukes, Democrat of Austin, recently wrote that the interim plan "reduces the voting power of blacks," eliminating a district "where blacks, voting in a coalition with Latino and white crossover voters, were able to consistently elect their candidate of choice to Congress".

In Louisiana, the state eliminated a district because of a decline in population after Hurricane Katrina struck nearly six years ago.

First, the parties try to protect incumbents, by eliminating from a district those pockets where support is weak.

New York City's population gains make it harder, though by no means impossible, to eliminate a House district in the city.

Because the committee will have to eliminate a congressional district, something the 1990 committee didn't have to contend with, the job "would be a little tougher this time around," Senator DeLuca said.

An amendment proposed by Franken and Bennet to eliminate a school district's ability to transfer school personnel without mutual consent was adopted almost unanimously, save for Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn).

When population shifts between 1990 and 2000 resulted in the loss of two seats for New York, Democrats and Republicans compromised, eliminating one district belonging to a Democrat in Buffalo and one held by a Republican in the Hudson Valley.

He decided early Tuesday to challenge Ms. Gillibrand, after a federal magistrate judge overseeing the Congressional redistricting released a map shortly before midnight on Monday eliminating his district, according to two Republicans close to him.

To meet the budget, Mr. Williams recommended laying off staff and eliminating the district's athletic programs, but those recommendations were rejected by the school board.

The superintendent of schools, Horace Williams, had proposed making those cuts by eliminating the district's athletic programs and laying off teachers.