Sentences with phrase «achieved against the bill»

He says he «still» hopes there can be a «consensus» achieved against the bill.

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Virtually the entire Bill of Rights has now been applied against the states, achieving three revolutionary results at once: 1) The original understanding of federalism has been obliterated, so that the states exercise their power now largely at the sufferance of the Supreme Court; 2) The Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of Section 1 have become a kind of witches» cauldron from which an exotic brew of postmodern nostrums has been fed into the bloodstream of the political culture; 3) The Supreme Court has successfully arrogated to itself more or less exclusive powers of constitutional interpretation.

Jones turns up as the new help in a holiday home owned by Westwick's dad, the always splendid Bill Nighy, and must do battle against a snobby colleague (who turns out to have a heart of gold obviously), some vulgar Americans (who get their comeuppance obviously) and her own personal demons (who don't hold her back from achieving her dreams obviously).

Although the California Teachers Association has not officially opposed AB 1220, the union has in recent history lobbied against any bill that increases the weight of student test scores in calculating performance, or is perceived to weaken permanent status for teachers or make it more difficult to achieve.

Represented a major health care provider against qui tam claims alleging a nationwide scheme of improper billing and achieved summary judgment in favor of the client on all claims.