Sentences with phrase «against conservative proposals»

In the immediate term, Corbyn's acceptance speech pledged to launch a national campaign against Conservative proposals to revive grammar schools.

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Chief of staff John Kelly phoned Trump from Capitol Hill to advise him against accepting the proposal, and the president summoned conservative Republican negotiators to help build a united front against the plan, which would have provided some border security funding as well as protection from deportation for immigrants brought to the country as children and now here illegally.

Even one of Trump's most consistent defenders, Rep. Mark Meadows (R - NC), who chairs the conservative House Freedom Caucus, tweeted against the proposal — although, notably, he put the onus on the Commerce Department, not Trump.

If the proposal doesn't comply with the Senate's rules, an ensuing fight could pit conservatives against moderates and institutionalists — and could edge Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R - KY) closer to completely eliminating the legislative filibuster, a move with far bigger implications than health care policy.

Preaching against homosexuality the same day, another pastor appeared to wrestle with how conservative Christians should respond to proposals that people should literally mete out biblical punishments.

Proposals for the construction of the # 42 billion HS2 project, which a small number of Conservative MPs are set to vote against later today, have also cost the Tories rural votes.

His unsuccessful bid in 2014 to strengthen significantly the Government's recall proposals won the support of almost half of Conservative MPs in a free vote but fell well short of getting through thanks to a strong Labour turnout against his amendment.

Her proposal was withdrawn when the Conservative Party said they would vote against, and an online campaign by mySociety.

Michael Oakeshott's comments came a day after Nick Clegg launched his latest attempt to distinguish his party from the Conservatives with proposals for a new tax against the wealthiest.

Fourteen Conservative MPs voted against David Cameron's proposals on press regulation earlier this evening - or, rather, against the amendments to the Crime and Courts Bill which set out proposals for exemplary damages in relation to newspapers and websites that refuse to be regulated by the new regulator.

For a hint of where Gordon Brown and his chancellor might go, look at the most recent PMQs, in which Brown attacked the Conservatives» inheritance tax cut proposals and used David Cameron's Etonian background against him.

The Conservative Party said as much in a press release, labelling the proposal a response to the «spread of militant divestment campaigns against UK defence and Israeli firms.»

But the proposal came up against hostility from Conservative backbenchers and Labour MPs.

Today Ms Morgan, who lost her Cabinet role when Theresa May became Prime Minister, indicated that she and some other Conservative MPs would vote against the proposals in their current form.

However the proposals still face a tough battle with some in the Conservative party who believe the plans are too weak and would make the situation worse by providing nationalist MPs with a «battering ram against the Union».

I do n`t know if people at Conservative Office look at this site, but if they do they should get the message that posters here are almost unanimous that David Cameron should come out strongly against Mandelson «s proposals and support the Labour rebels.

The Education Bill, which was initially set to introduce the government's plans for the every school in England to be converted in an academy, has faced strong opposition from Education professionals, parents and local government, with a large number of Conservative Councillors speaking out against the proposals.

In the days leading up to the vote, the New York Times revealed that Andreas Schwab, the German conservative who initiated the Google break - up proposal, provides competition policy expertise to a German law firm whose parent company has done work for publishers that are involved in the antitrust case against the company.