Sentences with phrase «debate over the proposal»

An Ethereum Improvement Proposal editor has given up his role after a nearly two - week long debate over a proposal to set up a process for the recovery of lost funds.

«The heated, sometimes angry, debate over the proposal to build a mosque two blocks from Ground Zero has New York State voters twisted in knots, with some of them taking contradictory positions depending on how the question is asked,» said Quinnipiac University Polling Institute director, Maurice Carroll, commented in a statement.

Debate over the proposal flared at an NIH advisory board meeting this morning.

Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla, D - Martinez, attempted to curtail debate over the proposal because her committee had already considered mandate reform at a recent hearing and considered it a legislative policy question.

George C. Marshall Institute (5/3/13) reports: «The year 2013 will see a major political debate over proposals for a carbon tax — a tax on emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), particularly carbon -LSB-...]

Heated political debate over the proposal could further muddle Obama nominee Gina McCarthy's chances of confirmation as EPA administrator, which has languished for more than a month.

Coming amidst a heated debate over a proposal that seeks to standardize a method by which changes to the ethereum software would be considered as a way to retrieve lost funds, developers discussed how to clarify their process for accepting code changes and whether they should move to resolve perceived issues.

Not exact matches

Victoria businessman David Black has thrown yet another log on the fiery debate over Enbridge's Northern Gateway pipeline with his proposal to build a $ 13 - billion oil refinery on the province's northern coast.

Despite the bipartisan popularity of business - friendly proposals, including increasing the cap on H - 1B work visas for skilled workers and creating a visa category for venture - backed entrepreneurs, the public debate frequently devolves into shouting matches over whether people should be deported and how quickly.

The proposal has generated a great deal of often vitriolic debate over the future of the wheat board, and the C.D. Howe Institute recently weighed in with a report arguing that global grain markets have changed significantly over the past few decades, to the point that the CWB is more often than not a price taker.

With Hillary Clinton's tax proposals to encourage longer - term investing, the debate over whether American business is too fixated on the short term has moved from the dimly lit offices of earnest policy wonks into the klieg lights of U.S. primary season.

One of the main reasons for United States withdrawal of financial support from the United Nations was the concern of U.S. news and publishing interests over the growing momentum of the new information proposals, although there was scarcely any coverage of the information order debate in U.S. newspapers themselves.

«We continue to hear from many people on the debate over sexuality that our current Discipline contains language which is contradictory, unnecessarily hurtful, and inadequate for the variety of local, regional and global contexts,» the proposal said.

But people on both sides say the proposal has become mired in debate over affordable housing, with one resident at a recent Village Board meeting, for example, warning against attracting bums to the neighborhood.

After months of debate fueled by environmental concerns over a proposed mega gas station at the northeast corner of Butterfield Road and Route 53 near Glen Ellyn, DuPage County board members Tuesday soundly defeated the proposal in a 14 to 4 vote.

During a debate over the plan, board member Maureen Block said numerous people have told her the proposal is a bad idea.

But as the debate over well water and lake water escalates, it's become difficult to tell just how much support there is for the Citizens proposal — and how much of a role a Chicago public relations firm hired by Citizens is playing in the promotional effort.

The Monday of conference is always a bit of damp squib, a hump to get over before the final debates and leader's speech, but there is an important debate on some secret justice proposals today in which Lib Dems must reaffirm their stance on fair justice.

Yet, his intention was certainly not to avoid debate over policy - proposals and between candidates.

The Valentine's Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School by a gunman armed with an AR - 15 style assault rifle has reignited national debate over gun laws and school safety, including proposals by President Donald Trump and others to designate more people — including trained teachers — to carry arms on school grounds.

MPs are today debating Conservative proposals to give councils far more power over how their local communities are run.

«The good news is that the Governor has a proposal which helps advance the legislative debate over eliminating plastic bags.

The debate over the mayor's tax break proposal is just the latest in an ongoing feud between Mr. Cuomo and Mr. de Blasio, but marks a turn toward harsher discharges of rhetoric between the two men, who have always claimed to be friends.

The letter was released as Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat deputy prime minister, prepared to appeal for unity over proposals for an 80 % - elected upper chamber as he opened a two - day debate on the bill on Monday afternoon.

Updated: Schneiderman in a statement called Lippman's proposals «thoughtful» and said they should further the debate over criminal justice reforms.

The report comes a day after Gov. Andrew Cuomo outlined his $ 168 billion budget proposal for the coming fiscal year, kicking starting a coming debate over how the state would restructure its system of collecting revenue.

Cuomo also said he's standing firm on ethics reform, and called debate over the inclusion of policy proposals in the budget a «red herring.»

But there's been an unintended consequence of such a proposal: a reignition of the debate over what exactly constitutes «upstate.»

Debate over the CUNY shifts took a curious turn on Monday as Republican Sen. Cathy Young, the chair of the finance committee, offered a new rationale for the CUNY proposal: the cost shift as a punishment for recent anti-Semitic incidents at CUNY and what some lawmakers see as an inefficient response to them.

The wage proposal also lands squarely in the middle of a debate over whether 421 - a should have a similar requirement for construction workers.

MIDDLETOWN — A proposal by the charter revision commission to eliminate the elected city treasurer post has initiated a debate over the merits of the position.

The five Republican candidates for governor met Thursday for one of the last televised debates before the primary, clashing over tax policy, immigration proposals and gun rights.

Debating the Leveson proposals is much like wrangling over the abolition of Page Three — it's just as much an argument of «freedom from» as «freedom to»

Tax advisers have welcomed the Government's launch of a debate over penalties for offshore tax evasion but expressed concern over proposals for a new criminal offence for those who fail to declare taxable offshore income and gains.

New York lawmakers will return to Albany on Wednesday to begin their work for 2017, a session expected to include debates over voting laws, corruption, Uber's proposal to expand upstate and the state's response to the Trump administration.

During last night's GOP presidential debate, frontrunner Donald Trump's rivals united against his proposal to bar Muslims from entering the United States, and all nine candidates tussled over which of them would be toughest against terrorist threats.

Cuomo's second tax commission is weighing a proposal with more than $ 1 billion in mostly property tax cuts, but debate over former Gov. George Pataki's plan to slash the personal - income tax on the highest earners has helped delay the release of the group's report.

The storm of outrage among civil society organisations over the government's bill to stifle campaigning by voluntary bodies, pressure groups and charities for a year in advance of the next general election has eclipsed debate on the abject weakness of the same bill's proposals for a register of lobbyists.

Speaking on a visit to Cannock, Mr Cameron said he had «unblocked the log - jam» over what format a televised election debate should take and that he was sticking to his proposal that any debate must take place before the official general election campaign starts.

Debate was heated over the proposal to transfer the city - owned Palace Theatre to the venue's board, but the Albany Common Council agreed to move forward Monday night with the plans.

Members of Connecticut's largest teachers» union will be rallying in support overhauling the state's education system and urging lawmakers to include voices from educators in the debate over Governor Dannel P. Malloy's education proposals.

New York lawmakers will return to Albany on Wednesday to begin their work for 2017, a session expected to include debates over voting laws, corruption, Uber's proposal to expand upstate and the state's response to the administration of President - elect Donald Trump.

In POWER2010's Deliberative Poll last month these two proposals received resounding support from a gathered microcosm of the population, given sufficient time and information to understand the proposals they debated; meanwhile, support for Brown's Alternative Vote actually fell over the two days from 43 % to 36 %!

The DOE's proposal is intended to ease overcrowding one school, but the proposal has sparked debate over race, school equity, school quality, and school desegregation and integration.

The governor's proposal kicks off a two - month debate over how the state will spend its money; the current state budget expires March 31.

After recent debates over Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell's idea for a moratorium on new winery, brewery and distillery development, Mr. Russell and a representative of the Long Island Wine Council spoke at the Mattituck Chamber of Commerce meeting Wednesday night about the proposal.

The agenda for New York's six - month legislative session promises big debates over the cost of higher education, government ethics and Uber's proposal to expand into upstate cities like Buffalo and Syracuse, as well as a bill that would «Raise the Age» — therein ending the state's practice of prosecuting 16 - and 17 - year - olds as adults.

While the debate rages over how Proposal One would affect who sits at lawmakers» desks, Proposal Two would fundamentally change what sits on those desks.

The House of Commons has debated revised government proposals to give England's MPs a veto over English laws.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Because of a promise of jobs, the Onondaga County Legislature almost waded into a debate two counties away over a proposal to build a casino in the Finger Lakes.