Sentences with phrase «against president barack»

Last year, on August 12, 2015, a group of courageous millennials filed suit against President Barack Obama and members of his cabinet for failing to adequately address the climate change problem commensurate with the threat, despite the fact that we... Continue reading →

You should know that Senator Chuck Schumer, a Democrat and the Senior US Senator from the State of New York has publicly declared that he will vote against President Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran.

Still, he worried about the Democrat being dragged down by those going to the polls to vote against President Barack Obama.

If a Republican is in the White House, Schumer becomes squelcher - in - chief, similar to the role that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R - Ky., plays now against President Barack Obama.

An Orthodox Jew, Weprin says he is a staunch supporter of Israel and is against President Barack Obama's suggestion that Israel go back to its pre-1967 war borders as a condition for negotiations with the Palestinians.

New York Police Department commissioner Bill Bratton said Thursday that the White House's proposed cut of about half the money New York City gets for anti-terror funding may be «political payback» against Senator Chuck Schumer, who voted against President Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP)-- A 31 - year - old western New York man is heading to prison for tweeting threats against President Barack Obama and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

A 30 - year - old western New York man was charged with tweeting threats against President Barack Obama, LG Bob Duffy Cuomo.

Some Democrats resent Mr. McMahon for voting against President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act and worry that his vote, as a city councilman, to hike property taxes in the wake of the September 11 attacks could hurt him in another election.

The Senate is the last, best chance to build a «firewall» against a President Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.).

Pataki gave a fiery speech against President Barack Obama, and says this year's election is a fight for the very «soul» of the nation.

(CNN)- Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney delivered his party's weekly address on Saturday, outlining his economic platform and case against President Barack Obama with just three days remaining until Tuesday's election.

(CNN)- Rick Santorum continued his offensive against President Barack Obama while speaking Sunday night to a church in Georgia ahead of the state's primary next month, portraying the president as a leader intent on starting a cultural war.

McMahon was one of only 34 Democrats — and the only one from the city — to vote against President Barack Obama's landmark health - care legislation.

In a sermon that likely broke the law, Indiana pastor Ron Johnson told his 400 congregants Sunday that for those who believe in the Bible, the decision to vote against President Barack Obama «is a no - brainer.»

Think about the fact that your candidates have spent millions of dollars for the right to run against President Barack Obama.

Bee pointed out that NBC continued their relationship with Trump as host of «The Apprentice» franchise as he fervently rolled out his «birther» campaign against President Barack Obama — essentially condoning «a race - baiting demagogue,» in Bee's opinion.

Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, who aspires to using his business for a «higher purpose» than just raking in cash (though he's doing that, too), took a public stand against President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms, describing them as akin to «fascism.»

Texas led the legal fight against President Barack Obama's plan to protect up to four million immigrants from deportation, joined by 25 other Republican - led states.

During the campaign, Trump railed against President Barack Obama's use of the power, which has the benefit of not needing congressional approval.

Not exact matches

WASHINGTON — Seeking to intensify pressure on Russia, President Barack Obama on Thursday expanded U.S. economic sanctions against Moscow over its actions in Ukraine, targeting President Vladimir Putin's chief of staff and 19 other individuals as well as a Russian bank that provides them support.

His comments comes two - weeks after U.S. President Barack Obama urged Britons to vote against «Brexit».

The problem is, Paul Volcker is an influential figure in the U.S. (he chaired the Economic Recovery Advisory Board under President Barack Obama, after all), and he has fought back hard against the criticism of his namesake bill.

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Under former president Barack Obama, Transcanada Corp's Keystone XL oil pipeline was rejected in 2015 after environmentalists campaigned against the project for more than seven years.

By running the risk of higher deficits, the Trump plan could damage the credibility of Republican lawmakers who spent years railing against the rising national debt under former President Barack Obama.

Assad has said he saw promise in Trump's statements emphasising the battle against Islamic State in Syria, where U.S. policy under President Barack Obama had backed some of the rebels fighting Assad and shunned him as an illegitimate leader.

In the same hearing, Comey and National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers added their organizations to the list of many other American and international intelligence agencies over the past week that have said there's no evidence to back the president's wiretapping allegation against former President Barapresident's wiretapping allegation against former President BaraPresident Barack Obama.

President Barack Obama, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson all took the tack this week that gun measures were a safeguard against terrorism.

Emanuel, 51, the former chief of staff to President Barack Obama, is competing against rivals who include two Hispanics — Gery Chico, a former Daley chief of staff, and City Clerk Miguel del Valle — and Carol Moseley Braun, who was the first black woman elected to the Senate.

Despite campaigning hard against Trump, President Barack Obama says now we should all be rooting for Trump, regardless of our politics.

Consider TransCanada Corp., which recently launched a $ 15 - billion (U.S.) arbitration case against the U.S. government over President Barack Obama's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline.

So when President Barack Obama pushed for a $ 60 billion package of federal aid, it sparked more than three months of partisan sparring — a delay that left Democrats and northeastern Republicans fuming while the remainder of the GOP fulminated against the threat of a growing national debt and the inclusion of spending they deemed wasteful.

BERLIN — U.S. President Barack Obama was a subject of derision Saturday as hundreds of thousands of Germans across the country marched against a White House - backed trade deal.

• Prior to the election, some Iranian commentators claimed that the so - called reformer Hossein Moussavi would actually end up taking a stronger line against the United States than President Ahmadinejad, who was widely denounced by hard - line clerics for agreeing to meet with Barack Obama.

People for the American Way, a liberal advocacy group and dedicated Bachmann opponent, resurfaced the petition earlier this month after news that the congresswoman would remain on the high - profile panel despite spearheading a controversial campaign against Muslim members of President Barack Obama's administration last year.

A week after Broomfield's death, President Barack Obama announced the deployment of up to 450 more troops to train Iraqi forces to more effectively fight against ISIS, NPR reports.

President Barack Obama, addressing the UN, countered that «the strongest weapon against hateful speech is not repression, it is more speech.»

(CNN)- China spoke out strongly Sunday against a meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama, saying it «hurt the feelings of the Chinese people and harmed Sino-U.S. relations.»

CNN: Top Catholic defends Obama invite against conservative criticism Cardinal Timothy Dolan, America's most prominent Catholic official, defended on Wednesday the decision to invite President Barack Obama to a major Catholic dinner in the face of criticism from conservatives, saying the event is an opportunity for «friendship, civility and patriotism» amid a heated political campaign.

Only two presidents have overcome these desiderata (John Kennedy and Barack Obama), and they have run against their religion (in the case of Kennedy) and their race (in the case of Obama), reassuring the American people that they weren't really all that Catholic or all that black — that they were Americans first, and members of their religious or racial communities second.

The Israeli spook site Debka reports today that «Barack Obama's decision prompted Russian president Dmitry Medvedev's surprise comment Monday, Sept. 14, that his government no longer rules out further sanctions against Iran - although the Kremlin has always denied its cooperation with the US on the Iranian nuclear issue was contingent on the removal of the US missile shield plan.»

Last night the United States President Barack Obama authorised air strikes against Islamic militants that are taking over several parts of Iraq.

The United States President Barack Obama has authorised air strikes against Islamic militants that are taking over several parts of Iraq.

It's fascinating to me that so few of the Americans who are speaking up so vehemently now against Barack Hussein Obama were yelling nearly as loudly when our last president led us into the multi-decade global fiasco we find ourselves still mired in today.

Washington (CNN)- Addressing his large, mostly black congregation on Sunday morning, the Rev. Wallace Charles Smith did not mince words about where he stood on President Barack Obama's newly announced support for same - sex marriage: The church is against it, he said, prompting shouts of «Amen!»

LANDOVER, Md. — Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu met with former President of the United States Barack Obama at half - time of the Catalan club's International Champions Cup 1 - 0 win against Manchester United on Wpresident Josep Maria Bartomeu met with former President of the United States Barack Obama at half - time of the Catalan club's International Champions Cup 1 - 0 win against Manchester United on WPresident of the United States Barack Obama at half - time of the Catalan club's International Champions Cup 1 - 0 win against Manchester United on Wednesday.

In a statement, former President Barack Obama spoke out against Trump's efforts to seal the United States borders against people from seven predominantly Muslim countries, siding with protesters around the country outraged at the crackdown on immigration.

House Speaker John Boehner warned President Barack Obama against sweeping action on immigration without congressional approval, saying: «When you play with matches, you take the risk of burning yourself.»

But in the 2016 presidential race, his outsider status has played well with the right - wing base furious with what he derides as the «mushy middle» GOP establishment unwilling to play hardball against US President Barack Obama.