There was a similar situation in Wales, where Alun Michael received the support of block votes at the expense of his rival, Rhodri Morgan, who eventually replaced him as First Secretary.
Labor, a crucial block of support for President Barack Obama, has come out forcefully against the selection of Ryan.
Americans for Prosperity, the Koch-funded Tea Party group, has lent support to his campaign to block the new bridge.
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Sanctions or demands for mandatory budget cuts need to be approved by member governments, and the big two have enough support among their fellows to block them.
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Mr Michael has won the block-vote support of a number of unions following ballots restricted to union delegates, and is thought likely to enjoy the support of the majority of assembly candidates.
Its full support would bring the second-largest block of votes in the lower house and vital minutes of pro-Lula television campaign advertising.
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Well, I am told that the FSA did not feel it could block a deal that had so much support in Parliament.
Now it was end-to-end and the next chance fell once again to Van der Vaart - by now pushed forward in support of Crouch - but Dunne's superb block prevented the shot hitting its target.
Jesse Benton, Mr Paul's national campaign chairman, said his candidate's second-place finish in New Hampshire meant the rest of the candidates should drop out and support the Texas congressman, in an attempt to block Mr Romney from gaining the nomination.
"I won't block a vote on anything, whether I support it or not, " he said.
When former Congressman Richard Baker proposed to examine the compensation structure of Fannie and Freddie's top executives, and some members of Congress tried to block him, I explicitly spoke out in support of his right to do that and our right, as a Congress, to examine the GSE's compensation practices.
Coalitions can often successfully block a CEO initiative, and yet not resist the further support of a prestigious outside consultant.
The block grant cuts are especially curious because House Republicans say they support the oncept, which provides states with far more flexibility than typical federal programs.
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He will have the biggest voting block in both houses, and all the parties say they will support him.
So long as low yields continue to support America's housing bubble and hence strong consumer spending, they will block any significant reduction in the country's current-account deficit.
Senate Republicans, despite overwhelming support across the country from Republicans and Democrats, attorneys general, decided to block this nominee and prevent middle-class Americans from having a watchdog looking out for their interests here in Washington.
But for the insistence of the Marine Corps that this aircraft was essential if it were to retain -- indeed, to increase dramatically -- its combat lift and power projection capabilities despite the approaching block obsolescence of it existing inventory of medium lift helicopters, and the indefatigable support of visionary congressional leaders, there would be no production aircraft on display at the Pentagon tomorrow.
With the support of smaller countries such as Greece and Portugal, Britain and France are likely to try to block the directive or at least to water it down.
There also are questions over whether the combined carrier could support eight hubs and, if not, which U.S. city might be on the chopping block.
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