Sentence examples for raise constituents from inspiring English sources
But politicians from eastern Washington where a storm on June 26th caused huge damage to cherry and apple crops are reluctant to raise constituents' taxes to help fuming motorists in Seattle.Mr Locke, an able but low-key technocrat, has been pushing his package hard, working on lobbyists and touring the state to muster support.
The Tory MP raised constituents' concerns about the proposed high speed rail link's impact on their areas.
Meanwhile, senators last week hammered away at concerns raised by constituents.
This is not a trivial point, since such requests make up the majority of those raised by constituents.
He said that he believes Riter's lobbying is a "gray area" since the treasurer's office is involved in managing state investments and state funds, issues that would have been raised by constituents.
Others include researching topics like fund-raising or constituent needs and writing a report, writing or editing a newsletter or Web article, translating text or moderating an online discussion.
Politicians say constituents raise few other topics as passionately on the doorstep.
Moderate Republicans expressed relief that they would have new issues to raise with their constituents.
For her part, Ms Ali has used the summer to campaign against the termination of cross-border money-transfer services by Barclays, a bank, after a series of constituents raised the issue in her surgeries.Even in North East Somerset, a charmed constituency whose only blight, at first glance, is overgrowing wisteria, the waiting room at Jacob Rees-Mogg's town-hall clinic is packed.
The assistant defence minister, Michael McCormack, said his constituents raised the changes – which cut back generous tax breaks – with him in the electorate.
She gained political power in the state where she was raised, where conservative constituents liked her gumption enough to overlook her Democratic Party affiliation and more liberal social politics.
