Sentences with phrase «against the cuts in»

The left shook the government by the breadth of alliances it led against cuts in lone parent benefits.

Community Voices Heard (CVH) member - leaders are organizing to protect the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly Food Stamps, against cuts in Congress.

The state could also dip into a contingency fund that Cuomo wants to establish to backfill as a hedge against cuts in New York's federal healthcare funding.

They have been instrumental in the union's campaign against cuts to front line UK Border Agency staff in Kent, as well as a campaign against a cut in agreed allowances for UKBA staff working on immigration controls in northern France.

«I don't think what the trade unions are saying they are against any cuts in any circumstances but they like me are very, very concerned about the impact they are going to have not just on their members but on the users of their services,» Mr Miliband said.

Standing up against the cuts in disability payments made by this government.

These days however, I do no discriminate against cuts in pants, and I suggest you shouldn't either.

Eleven farm groups wrote Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack last week to argue against any cuts in farm supports and particularly direct payments.

Not exact matches

In June, a group of franchisees filed a lawsuit against parent company Restaurant Brands International, alleging cost cutting at the expense of franchisees.

Pensioners demonstrate to protest against deep cuts to pensions and measures included in the government's draft 2018 budget, on November 23, 2017 in Athens.

Meanwhile, investors will also be assessing developments between Russia and the U.S.. On Friday, the Kremlin told Washington it needs to cut 755 of its staff members in Russia and further measures could be taken as a result of new sanctions against Moscow.

When Jeremy Allaire cofounded Circle in 2013, dark - web markets and criminal activities dominated the discussion about cryptocurrency — and he cut against the grain by resolving to work closely with regulators.

These cost - cutting strategies have now become the plus point for SpaceX to compete against the giants in the industry and for the first time, it is looking possible for the low - cost passenger flights in the space.

We rage against out - of - control CEO pay, demand stricter corporate governance, and yet we love the dominant leader who cuts through the noise, gives us something we didn't know we wanted and creates the most valuable company in the world in an industry — consumer electronics and entertainment — that commands just two or three per cent of household budgets and GDP.

In the rapidly evolving world of sustainability, it's ok to be just starting out on your carbon - cutting journey as long as you state clearly where you are, set goals on what you want to achieve, and measure yourself against them.

Breen and Dow CEO Andrew Liveris have vowed to cut R&D and break the combined company into three smaller firms, leaving it a weakened player in a competition against global chemical giants like Germany's BASF and Bayer, and China's Sinopec and Sinochem.

In a research note, CFRA Research analyst Jim Corridore said United would not be able to increase profitability and close its valuation gap against competitors by cutting compensation.

Ridley Scott's decision to cut Kevin Spacey from his new movie «All the Money in the World» and reshoot his scenes with Christopher Plummer, following the sexual misconduct allegations against Spacey, made worldwide news.

The woman behind a high - profile gender bias lawsuit against a major Silicon Valley venture capital firm testified Monday that a male colleague was «relentless» in his pursuit of her and cut her out of email chains and meetings when she broke off their affair.

He also voted against raising the minimum wage, against tax cuts for the middle class, and most importantly to entrepreneurs, against the Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act in 2012.

At R&E as many as five people are involved in approving and issuing payments — an effective safeguard against the possibility that an unethical staffer might try to cut an extra check or siphon off funds through payments to a dummy supplier.

The biggest tax cut was the two point cut in the GST, which every economist recommended against.

However, despite the economy's on - going dismal job performance, a broad based cut in payroll taxes does not appear to be a very high priority claim for this government against the surpluses.

The firm, created for the sole purpose of lobbying Taseko to replace two directors and give it a say in key company decisions, had no choice: by the meeting's cut - off date for advanced voting, with 50 % of the votes in, shareholders had voted a resounding 94 % against the dissident's proposals.

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.

Amid an emerging markets debt crisis in 1998, the Fed cut interest rates to try to guard the United States against economic fallout, which helped the stock market gain a whopping 29 percent that year despite the global troubles.

Mr. Gurley, who cuts a distinctive figure in Silicon Valley in no small part because of his lanky 6 - foot - 9 frame, went against conventional wisdom even before he became an investor.

In my personal opinion, the emphasis upon taking out insurance against downside risks lies in conflict with the shift to data dependency given long and variable lags of monetary policy impacts on the broader economy which could have counselled front - loading insurance cuts rather than scattering them (if delivering any more at all) in which case precious little insurance has been taken ouIn my personal opinion, the emphasis upon taking out insurance against downside risks lies in conflict with the shift to data dependency given long and variable lags of monetary policy impacts on the broader economy which could have counselled front - loading insurance cuts rather than scattering them (if delivering any more at all) in which case precious little insurance has been taken ouin conflict with the shift to data dependency given long and variable lags of monetary policy impacts on the broader economy which could have counselled front - loading insurance cuts rather than scattering them (if delivering any more at all) in which case precious little insurance has been taken ouin which case precious little insurance has been taken out.

Against the backdrop of a slowdown in economic growth, the People's Bank of China cut its benchmark policy rates on 21 November after local markets had closed - the first such move since July 2012.

It's «mission accomplished» for OPEC in its battle against bulging global inventories of oil, thanks to the production cuts it has had in place for nearly 18 months.

Men with thicker beard stubble may dislike a mild razor because they know when they can't feel the blade against their skin that the razor is not cutting enough hair and they may have to go over the same spots many times in order to get a clean shave.

The Bank of Canada has cut its policy rate by a cumulative 75 basis points so far this year (in three moves) to 2 per cent, against a background of weak GDP growth and subdued inflation.

Tens of thousands marched in Madrid at the weekend to protest against drastic cuts, including a 7pc cut in public wages.

The governor and legislative leaders have spoken against pension cuts and other cost - cutting measures in the proposal.

Against this background, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand cut official interest rates by 25 basis points in both June and July to 5.0 per cent.

WASHINGTON — As the White House prepares to levy punishing tariffs on an array of Chinese goods, it is planning a much more strategic strike against China's dominance in cutting - edge technology by restricting investment in American innovation.

New Democrats feel their best shot at re-election cuts a straight path through Kenney's social values, policies and past comments against same - sex marriage and abortion, as well as his more recent comments that parents ought to be informed that their kids are in school gay - straight alliances.

Management hasn't had the attention or resources to defend against this competition, and has been cutting costs to get by, so it may be falling behind in its offerings.

Its logic was stated in a recent filing by the SEC against The DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization), a now - defunct Ethereum - based provider of «Smart Contracts» for venture capital investors, and appears to cut to the core of issues the Commission has with many similar ICOs.

The settlement, announced on April 21, allows the ride - hailing service to continue treating drivers in California and Massachusetts as independent contractors, while creating new safeguards against cutting them off from the Uber app without warning and allowing them to form drivers» associations.

«The recompense of those who wage war against Allâh and His Messenger and do mischief in the land is only that they shall be killed or crucified or their hands and their feet be cut off on the opposite sides, or be exiled from the land.

Those who speak out against abortion and family practice and at the same time support cuts in education, school lunch funding, decry reasonable control of weapons and other programs that help children can not call themselves Christians.

But while I agree such practices cut against political ideologies of both the Left and Right, it is less clear how they do so, or if they do so in the same way.

God's intent in the As.syrian invasion is to inflict His righteous judgment against sin, and the intent of the As.syrians is to «destroy and cut off many nations.»

This not only helps to explain religion's primordial, irrepressible, widespread, and seemingly inextinguishable character in the human experience, it also suggests that the skeptical Enlightenment, secular humanist, and New Atheist visions for a totally secular human world are simply not realistic — they are cutting against a very strong grain in the nature of reality's structure and so will fail to achieve their purpose.

Further, they often tend to revel in taking positions that cut against the grain of contemporary society and are even doomed to failure (as Rod has said his opposition of SSM is).»

(32) The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger, and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is: execution, or crucifixion or the cutting off of hands and feet from opposite sides, or exile from the land: that is their disgrace in this world, and a heavy punishment is theirs in the Hereafter.

You defenders of religion keep some interesting company: Osama Bin LLaden, Iraninan Mullahs, Saudi Wahabists (who will cut your head off in public if you preach anything but Islam), Joe Smith who preached that black people did not have souls (the church changed it mind after the civil rights act and are now bigotted against gay people), the Taliban, the pope and his child rapists, ignorant & stupid evangelicals who think that revelations is a roadmap to the future.

He is interested in helping the church use its best resources to cut against the grain of conventional wisdom.

There is a justifiable anxiety that in the current war against terrorism religious freedom is once again being put on a back burner as the U.S. cuts deals with some of the most notorious violators» China, Sudan, and Saudi Arabia, for example» in order to secure cooperation and gain momentary tactical advantages.