Sentences with phrase «against legislation in»

Can you explain why you felt strongly enough to speak out against this legislation in such a blatant way?

Mr. Weaver said the group's crowning achievement was a 2009 rally against legislation in Ohio that would limit school choice.

Neil Coyle said he would vote against the legislation in a bid to rescue finance sector jobs in his London constituency.

Her intervention will embolden more than 100 Tory MPs who are threatening to vote against the legislation in the New Year.

Padavan, Onorato and Monserrate had voted against the legislation in 2009.

New York and other hight - tax blue states are scoring wins against legislation in health care and tax reform battles that have turned backed policies officials say would have been harmful.

Staten Island's two Republican Council members, Minority Leader Vincent Ignizio (South Shore) and Councilman Steven Matteo (Mid - Island / Brooklyn), were among those voting against the legislation in the Council — where many members expressed concerns about how the bill might affect small businesses but voted for it anyway.

The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have vowed to vote against the legislation in the Commons and Lords.

Not exact matches

But Congress has pushed back against the federal wage increase, with legislation to increase the minimum wage to $ 10.10 an hour stalling in the Senate last April.

«Another factor is companies [that punish protesting employees] could be viewed as retaliating against political statements, which in some jurisdictions are protected under the human rights legislation, and that can get really hairy.

Similar legislation failed last year, after it pitted environmental scientists against businesses and trade groups that benefit from the $ 2 billion market for sun care products in the U.S.

Sanders also said he favored immigration reform, while defending his record in the Senate where he had voted in 2007 against similar legislation.

While business investors would normally trust Gov. Bruce Rauner, a former private - equity executive, to veto the legislation, the industry's trade group fears the unpopular Republican may cave in an election cycle that pits him against Biss and a pack of other Democratic contenders.

The rationale was strength in numbers; its combined membership of 300,000 would be better poised to fight back against increasingly hostile employers, as well as governments that have neutered stoppages as a bargaining tool through back - to - work legislation.

But Congress has pushed back hard against the federal wage increase, with legislation to increase the minimum wage to $ 10.10 an hour stalling in the Senate last April.

The «Terminator Scenario» is a real possibility, but it's something that we can easily foresee and develop measures to protect ourselves against via legislation and in how we design robot intelligence.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman had held off litigation against what he claimed were illegal gambling operations and the fantasy companies had suspended their «games of skill» while the proposed legislation was in train.

Hamilton is one of the few cities in Ontario to consider such legislation, adding to its ongoing crusade against payday loan companies.

«They stand out as being particularly bad in terms of lobbying against legislation,» she said.

Salesforce came in and pushed the governor of Georgia up against a wall over a anti-gay legislation, and this week, Apple, Google and Facebook are among the companies putting serious pressure on North...

Spending and revenue targets set in the annual budget resolution are enforced by points of order, which any member of Congress may raise against legislation that is inconsistent with those targets.

Progressives and many 2020 presidential hopefuls in the Senate have lined up against the legislation, while some moderates and those from rural states support it and seek to hold it up as an example of their ability to work in a bipartisan manner.

In Tallahassee, the National Rifle Association, one of the most influential special interest groups in the state, asked House lawmakers to vote against the legislatioIn Tallahassee, the National Rifle Association, one of the most influential special interest groups in the state, asked House lawmakers to vote against the legislatioin the state, asked House lawmakers to vote against the legislation.

Just like a thorough vetting of cabinet nominees could have foreseen the scandals that later emerged, a thorough vetting and review process for the monster tax cut legislation would have cautioned against such radical moves in the face of massive maturing supply, a trimming Fed, and a debt - strapped consumer that is seeing higher interest rates on mortgages and credit cards as a result of the spike in rates.

In the latest stage of the provincial government's battle against the proposed Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, it has asked the BC Court of Appeal to review four pages of proposed legislation that would amend the Environmental Management Act and address questions about the amendments's constitutionality.

In the 1990s, Bill Clinton used the harsh prescriptions available in legislation from 1988 that allowed him to issue punitive tariffs against «unfair» trade practiceIn the 1990s, Bill Clinton used the harsh prescriptions available in legislation from 1988 that allowed him to issue punitive tariffs against «unfair» trade practicein legislation from 1988 that allowed him to issue punitive tariffs against «unfair» trade practices.

It's a fairly interesting challenge that Wynne is making, having a provincial government coming out against federal legislation in this sense, but as the province has the duty to enforce the Criminal Code, her asking for options so publicly is an interesting case.

Airbnb is suing the city of San Francisco, battling legislation in New York and fighting widespread allegations that some of its hosts discriminate against renters.

This includes recent legislation that discriminates against the LGBT community, as stated in a recent letter released by the Human Rights Campaign and Equality North Carolina and signed by numerous CEOs, including Howard Schultz.

A day after the bill's prospects wavered somewhat, Republican leaders notched two victories on Friday, when Senator Marco Rubio of Florida said he would vote yes after gaining a more generous child tax credit in the final bill and Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, who voted against the initial Senate bill over deficit concerns, said he would support the legislation.

Amazon has been a champion for the LGBT community as early supporters of the Equality Act, backers of marriage equality campaigns, and active voices against legislation that discriminates against transgender people in states across the country.

But actions have consequences, and if they are going to contribute to an organization that is actively working to get discriminatory legislation passed, they should expect the group being discriminated against — and anyone else that opposes discrimination, whether gilded in biblical passages or not — to respond accordingly.

Well before that, we will see increasing legislation, taxation, and state licensing directed, in the name of gay rights, against church halls and schools and charities: all the Catholic institutions that can be identified as offering some kind of public access and accommodation.

But if anything, her comments anticipate not the distant future but the shape of the Nixon administration and the national backlash against civil rights legislation and the sexual revolution — events close at hand in 1970.

not only will this save us money we can use the money we save to improve are education infrastructure, which help reduce crime, something FOP and CCPOA (i do not now what the call it in other states) have been historically against, those two Gangs have no desire to reduce crime in fact they lobby to increase it; by supporting new legislation and fighting against ones that will reduce crime

In saying this, he set himself against biblical legislation that clearly argued otherwise.

They tried to pass some legislation in the national assembly but as you know Korean workers struggled against the bill and it was finally postponed to year 2000.

I concluded at the time of the riots that of all the things the government now needed to do, it was the married family which most urgently needed to be rebuilt: I was and remain as certain of that as anything I have ever written, and I have been saying it repeatedly for over 20 years: I was saying it, for instance, when I was attacking (in The Mail and also The Telegraph), as it went through the Commons, the parliamentary bill which became that disastrous piece of (Tory) legislation called the Children Act 1989, which abolished parental rights (substituting for them the much weaker «parental responsibility»), which encouraged parents not to spend too much time with their children, which even, preposterously, gave children the right to take legal action against theirparents for attempting to discipline them, which made it «unlawful for a parent or carer to smack their child, except where this amounts to «reasonable punishment»;» and which specified that «Whether a «smack» amounts to reasonable punishment will depend on the circumstances of each case taking into consideration factors like the age of the child and the nature of the smack.»

Ireland introduced legislation in 2012 which made it a legal requirement to report knowledge of crimes against children, and made no exemption for priests who received information about crimes during confession.

The first, in 2004, happened when the Rhea County Commission voted to introduce legislation that would amend Tennessee's criminal code so that the county could charge gays and lesbians with «crimes against nature.»

Recently Pope Benedict said to our Bishops, during their five - yearly visit to him, that the measures enshrined in the Government's equality legislation partly go against the «natural law».

In terms of public perception, the most important groups working against Marris were those who could be most profoundly harmed by the proposed legislation: the elderly, and the disabled.

FRC gained attention in the last days of the campaign for its advertising against Joseph Cao — a Republican congressman from Louisiana who supported hate - crimes legislation and an effort to repeal the military's «don't ask, don't tell» policy on openly homosexual service members.

Anyone who is voting in NC should vote against this anti-gay legislation in protest of this asshole.

Henry's legislation against Rome was revived, although Elizabeth chose to be called «supreme governor», unlike Henry who called himself «supreme head» of the church in England.

Despite her famous 13 - hour filibuster last year against new abortion legislation in Texas, Sen. Wendy Davis says she actually supports a 20 - week ban on abortion.

In the reaction from the Commonwealth, episcopacy was restored, the Book of Common Prayer was ordered read in all the churches, and discriminatory legislation was passed against dissenterIn the reaction from the Commonwealth, episcopacy was restored, the Book of Common Prayer was ordered read in all the churches, and discriminatory legislation was passed against dissenterin all the churches, and discriminatory legislation was passed against dissenters.

Let me name just a few things that did happen: a stimulus bill was passed, GM and Chrysler were saved, affordable healthcare was passed, legislation was passed to guard against the possibility of similar bad behavior by our banks and corporations in the future.

Note: The Senate Economics Legislation Committee recommended against passage of the bill in Feb 2015; see Inquiry page

But there was even an effort in that legislation that was being proposed by the government to ensure that we would see coercive powers used against workers rather than used against employers who were intentionally underpaying those workers or other workers in the labour market.