Sentences with phrase «against the legislation earlier»

Despite the bill containing a «quadruple lock» which the government claims will protect organisations like the Church of England from legal challenge, incoming Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby spoke out against the legislation earlier.

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Oakland's decision to drive equity into the marijuana legislation assures minority ownership and seeks to compensate for discrimination against those affected by earlier laws.

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.

In a crucial difference with the version of the legislation that failed to win sufficient Republican support earlier this year, the current incarnation allows states to individually decide which pre-existing conditions insurers must cover and removes caps on how much the afflicted can be charged, and includes an age tax that allows insurance companies to charge higher premiums to individuals between the ages of 50 and 64 — allowing it to win votes from the previously recalcitrant Tea Party - aligned Freedom Caucus and pass by a margin of 217 in favor to 213 against.

Sanctions against Russia's mining, metals and shipping industries would be tied to another bill imposing a new round of penalties against Iran.The legislation could be voted on as early as this week.

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However, one lawmaker told me earlier that with so many items thrown into the legislation, it would be difficult to vote against.

For example the two - term Congressman was the only Republican in the House earlier this year against G.O.P. legislation that would ban federal payments for abortion, and he's joined the gay rights caucus on Capitol Hill.

The Republicans in the chamber are also aided by an eight - member group of breakaway Democrats — the Independent Democratic Conference — who work with the G.O.P. and give them an extra buffer against some legislation they dislike, a list that this year includes early voting, gun control and any new taxes.

Earlier this year, Tory MEPs abstained from voting against anti-gay legislation in Europe.

But according to Kofi Bentil, who spoke to Citi News before a meeting between law students and Parliament's Subsidiary Legislation Committee, the proposals by the General Legal Council were against an earlier decision by the Supreme Court.

Assoc. comes out against breed specific legislation citing 5 causes of bites: hereditary, early experience, later socialization, training, health & victim behavior.

Earlier this month, at the same time as the proposed ban on pit bulls in Montreal was suspended indefinitely by a judge in that city, pending the continued legal challenge by the Montreal SPCA, and emphatic anti-BSL protests from around the globe, a suburb of Montreal passed a resolution against breed specific legislation.

The Competitive Enterprise Institute, which is fighting hard against treaties or legislation limiting greenhouse gases, has pointed afresh to old media coverage pointing to «unprecedented» Arctic ice retreats and warming early in the 20th century.

The Ontario legislation enacts new procedural rules so that defendants can have an early determination of the validity of the lawsuit against them.

Earlier this year the government suggested it was planning legislation to make it mandatory for ISPs to take action against those guilty of illegal sharing files.

From the earliest days of compulsory acquisition legislation in England and Australia, statutory provisions affording powers to governments or their agencies to acquire the property interests of individuals have been interpreted with considerable vigilance to protect those affected against abuse.

McLean also pushed SBAND take an official position opposing Shared Parenting Legislation despite SBAND's one year - old policy against such positions and despite the fact that similar actions two years earlier resulted in SBAND being sued in Federal court.