Sentences with phrase «against the interest of»

On the contrary, the mechanics of primary races, it seems, are pushing the GOP to act not only against the interest of the country, but that of the party itself.

The Trump administration's decision to exclude Haitians from receiving temporary agricultural and seasonal visas in the U.S. could work against the interests of the Trump Organization.

The state by state breakdown of self - interested salesmanship — NOT ADVICE — simply works against the interest of both the saver and the taxpayer.

That's why the recent debate about tweaking it to tackle online sex trafficking pitted some of the biggest online players against the interests of some of the most vulnerable victims in our society.

They have been taking money to act against the interests of the American people and against the Constltution for far too long.

There remains the question as to whether adopting the perspective that locates human beings within the whole creaturely world, albeit as the most valuable part of it, would in fact work against the interests of the poor.

For many nominal Catholics may not live a Christian life at all and may be quite uninterested in the Church, but might nevertheless claim their right to vote for electoral bodies precisely in order to work against the interests of the Church.

The implication is that if you keep on expanding your power inordinately against the interest of others, then you may fail to see the hidden connection between your own interests and other persons» interests.

They will expect him to be a tribune for their concerns: the inequities of a globalized economy, the carnage of war and violence, environmental degradation, and the perception that international affairs are stacked against the interests of smaller and poorer nations.

But this is no justification for taking action that is against the interests of most Mexicans as well as most persons in the United States.

She, as a Mormon Republican, will almost surely vote against the interests of Americans who do not share such sociopathic ideologies as she identifies with.

Why it is actively working against the interests of small - scale pig farmers in its work around planning and regulation; and

i think its a combination of wenger's delusion, stubborness and cheapness: all conspire to make wenger act against the interests of himself and AFC: effectively he sabotages himself and us.

It's against the interest of the club to let big players leave on a free.

«When the number is too big, there is no competition anymore and goes against the interests of the team.

They claim that Blatter «violated his fiduciary duties and acted against the interest of FIFA.»

Either denial of registration is effective, so not using it on mothers and married fathers is against the interests of the child; or it is not effective, so applying it to unmarried fathers adds nothing to the safety of the child.

They portray them as morally bankrupt and as serving the private interests of the ruling elite, against the interests of ordinary people.

Women are more likely than men to support socially «soft» policy positions and are sometimes apt to go against the interests of their own social class.

So whatever is happening in Parliament is working against the interest of Ghana and that is what we have to seek to change.»

«Iain Dale says that Parkinson can not be arguing against gay equality because Parkinson is himself gay» Unfortunately Conservative party LGBT people do work against the interests of other LGBT people.

The United States often acts against the interests of the wider peace.

The Chairman of the Council of Elders, C.K. Tedem explaining the party's decision to suspend its National Chairman, stated that Mr. Afoko was acting against the interest of the party, hence the suspension.

Astorino is an awful human being, whose entire career has been spent playing obstructionist and voting against the interest of the people of Westchester.

«They actually voted against the interests of their own constituents.

This is a victory for common sense, since it halts the prospect of some new body, or group being set at vast amounts of taxpayer's money to take evidence for a long period before reaching the conclusion that some bankers broke the law and others acted against the interests of their customers.

«We are going to continue the observation of our unannounced cessation of hostilities in the Niger Delta against all interest of the multinational oil corporations, but we will continuously adopt our asymmetric warfare during this period if, the Nigerian government and the ruling APC continue to use security agencies / agents, formations and politicians to arrest, intimidate, invade and harass innocent citizens, suspected NDA members and invade especially Ijaw communities.»

«Any judge who delivers a judgement that is against the interest of the ruling party is hounded down by the Department of State Services.

Ariolu Tebidapa (Delta State) and the Secretary, Akpan Ibibio (Akwa - Ibom state), the body claimed that those against the interest of the party were behind the allegation.

The statement reads, «It is obvious, that since after the supreme court judgement that laid to rest the leadership crisis that rocked the PDP, some persons within the party in the region, are still not settled due to the role they played, in spite of the fact that the party has granted amnesty to all those who worked against the interest of the party.

That is why I have always taken on vested interests when they are working against the interests of the people.

«This is a deplorable and cowardly act which is against the interests of the people of Afghanistan who depended on the services she was bravely helping to provide,» Mr Hague said.

Labour once stood up for ordinary people against the interests of the powerful.

These so called protectors of our democracy have activly voted against the interests of the general population time and time again, destroying the lifeblood of our democracy, and making themselves an irrelevance.

Recently Faso sided with banks and credit card companies against the interests of consumers, by making it impossible for his constituents to win legal fights when they've been harmed by predatory lenders.

At the meeting, Kekemeke had declared that he had granted unconditional amnesty to all aggrieved members, who worked against the interest of the APC in the last election, particularly, the candidate of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) Chief Olusola Oke.

Fayose said, «I will resist any policy that is formulated by the Buhari administration against the interests of the Yoruba.

In his weekly columns, Barrett targeted zinged power brokers who worked against the interests of New York's needy.

Maloney's campaign objected to any insinuations that contributions to the charity affected her official duties, pointing to her consistent voting record against the interest of those Wall Street donors.

«I think they are the Benedict Arnolds of today, because they voted against the interests of the people in their districts.

Some of the remarks suggested that the redistricting process, as directed by the courts in the absence of competent execution by the legislature, was systematically discriminatory against the interests of minority voters.

«Time and time again we've seen our representative vote against the interests of his district,» Sundquist said of Reed.

He's voted against the interests of New Jersey voters — against affordable health care, against a woman's right to choose, against gun safety.

«If they vote for this, they're voting against the interest of their constituents, period,» he said.

So now he's going to move heaven and earth to have a Democratic Senate, he wants to elect Democratic Congress members in these swing districts and not see them redistricted against the interests of Democratic candidates.»

Health professionals the world over encounter conflicts of dual loyalty, in which their professional obligations to their patients are pitted against the interest of others, like the state.

The aim of teacher unions is to promote the interests of teachers and to defend them against the interests of other groups.

For example, they urge the introduction of «managed or controlled choice» under which «students would be assigned to schools based on their preferences in a way that balanced their interests against the interests of other students and the community as a whole.»

But when «equity» is used to further segment disadvantaged populations, its application can actually cut against the interests of some underserved kids.

Finally, what protections must be put in place to ensure a school - led system does not become an excuse for a cosy and unchallenging consensus, which in some areas amounts to a conspiracy against the interests of parents and pupils?