Sentences with phrase «against the legislation over»

For their part, Republicans have campaigned against the legislation over the years, saying a state with limited resources should help those who come to the country through legal channels first.

Not exact matches

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...

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.

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.»

Not only are we up against a school district food system that is set in it's ways, we're battling a larger food culture that values high calorie, highly processed convenience food AND huge food lobbies that have great influence over Congress and the legislation that is passed.

In the United Kingdom, the 2012 Contest annual report notes that «over 4,000 URLs which breach UK terrorism legislation have been taken down», while referencing the need to see «more work done to ensure the communications industry is aware of extremist material circulating on their communications services and is actively assessing that material against their own codes of practice to determine whether it should be removed».

Specifically, these modern tribunes would be entitled to veto one piece of congressional legislation, one executive order and one Supreme Court decision; to call one national referendum, over any issue they wish (only two - thirds votes of both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives may render the statute unconstitutional); and to initiate impeachment proceedings against one Federal official from each of the three branches of government during their term of office.

-- Vote against the finance bill after listening to the people's concerns over issues like the 10p tax rate (assuming the bill remains talking about retrospective taxation)-- Recognise the much bulkier and more vast argument against 42 days legislation and support the rebellion against this legislation rather than supporting the PR men and the policy writers to the hilt regardless of the realities of the situation.

The legislation seeks to increase the criminal and civil statutes of limitations, remove special protections for public institutions that have acted as a shield against liability and create a one - year look - back window to allow survivors over the age of 23 to seek retrospective civil relief.

The DUP, which is targeting 10 seats this time, is pragmatic about its partnerships and famous for driving hard bargains: it propped John Major up against Conservative rebels in the 1990s but also saved Labour from defeat over anti-terrorism legislation two years ago.

Legislator Tom Barraga (R - East Islip), who spent over 20 years in Albany as an assemblyman, voted along with legislators Jay Schneiderman (I - Montauk) and Tom Cilmi (R - Bay Shore) against the county Legislature's budget — pointing to past bailouts in New York City and Nassau County as evidence the legislation would not be much of a risk at all.

Vulnerable California representative Dana Rohrabacher joins the revolt against GOP tax legislation over concerns about the SALT deduction.

She is the leader, she's presiding over legislation that is discriminating against a whole group of people who came from the Commonwealth, who suffered racism when they came over - the no «blacks, no Irish, no dogs» - and now they're having to relive that trauma all over again because of Theresa May.»

Business interests will predominantly support Republican candidates, seeing a GOP - controlled Senate as a firewall against legislation that favors workers over employers and tenants over landlords.

Campaigners trying to stop HS2 were awaiting the latest legal ruling into challenges against the scheme today, amid controversy over the wording of the legislation.

The RTI bill, which is expected to make information easily accessible by the media and Ghanaians to boost the fight against corruption has been in legislation for well over 17 years now because successive governments have failed to implement it despite several assurances.

McCain, 80, first had to get through a primary against Kelli Ward, who ran as a tea party insurgent proudly backing Donald Trump and aped Trump's criticism of McCain over veterans» legislation.

Syracuse, N.Y. — Mayor Stephanie Miner today mounted a last - ditch, double - barreled attack against recently passed legislation which, if it survives her challenge, would give the city council more power over the planning commission.

This application will require over 430,000 voter signatures to make the ballot, but hopefully the effects of cancelling the affiliates program have generated enough outrage that the citizens will take a stand with Amazon against what it feels is a punitive violation of current sales tax legislation.

Though we started out solely as a rescue in 2004, over the past several years, our priority shifted to the battle against breed specific legislation in Tennessee, as well as across the country.

Your generous gift will allow us to fight to protect all the important gains we've made over the years as well as continue our work to advocate for legislation taking on domestic violence against pets, horse slaughter and horse soring, animal testing for cosmetics, shark finning, the dangerous exotic pet trade and dog meat trade, and other cruelties.

With the World Health Organization classifying «gaming disorder» a mental health condition and burgeoning legislation around the world against Loot Boxes, a handful of government officials again wield outsized power over our creative and business decisions.

Moreover, the legislation puts the interests of the oil and gas lobby over millions of citizens, thousands of businesses and hundreds of coastal communities who spoke out against new offshore drilling during the federal government's extensive planning process.

The conservatives (denialists) in a society see themselves as being near the top of the heap, mechanisms that bring about major social changes are likely to be bad for their position, in comparison the liberals (alarmists) see such mechanisms as an opportunity to bring about social change to their advantage, examples of how conservatives fight against such changes can be seen all over the place, from giving women the vote, to civil rights legislation, to gay marriage, etc..

This is unlike the United States where over half the States have specific anti-SLAPP legislation and First Amendment rights to free speech that provide rules for the better protection of the right to protest and speak out against government agencies and corporations.

If the prospect of a personal injury claim against an e-cigarette manufacturer seems too remote a prospect at present, it is perhaps more certain that «big tobacco» will be back in court over the next 12 months, with BAT promising to resist any legislation for plain packaging of conventional cigarettes, and to counter moves to more closely regulate e-cigarette marketing.

Cambridge Analytica whistle blower lost job with Michael Ignatieff over data - harvesting in 2009: Liberal source, National Post Political staffers split on whether harassment legislation will work: survey, Globe and Mail OPP charge five young people in separate investigations into social - media threats against schools, Toronto Star

How does Ontario's workers» compensation system help or hinder the protection of injured workers — immediately and over time — against negative economic, social, physical and mental health consequences of injury and how legislation, policies, programs and practices can best support injured workers?.

Moreover, a debate over rideshare legislation in 2014 exposed the content and pervasiveness of complaints Chicagoans have made against the city's taxi drivers.