Sentences with phrase «against the measure in»

In a letter to the entire Minnesota congressional delegation, Pawlenty urges the three Republicans and seven Democrats to vote against the measure in its current form, saying the plan won't contain health care costs or improve quality of care.

Doheny said he would have voted against the measure in the House, saying he's against «votes that have no meaning.

The three Democratic senators — Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. and Shirley L. Huntley of Queens and Carl Kruger of Brooklyn — all voted against the measure in 2009, when it failed by a wide margin.

AQR's Andrea Frazzini, a principal on the firm's Capital Management Global Stock Selection team, argued against the measure in his presentation «Deactivating Active Share.»

The senators represent Midwestern and coal - producing states from which many of the 44 Democrats who voted against the measure in the House come from.

Not exact matches

Expect the US to push for sanctions, diplomatic talks, investments in missile defenses — the types of measures taken against other nuclear powers — but don't expect a nuclear exchange.

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.

The process is fairly simple: Extract the cell's DNA, measure its carbon - 14 levels with a tool called a mass spectrometer, and check the result against tables of carbon - 14 decay in the period since 1963.

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.

Today's must - read story is from Fortune «s Tory Newmyer and it looks at labor federation AFL - CIO's decision to lift a freeze on political contributions that it imposed in March in a move meant to pressure Democrats to vote against free trade measures.

People must be measured in performance reviews against industry best practices, rather than previous results in your business.

The bill has shown divisions in the Republican party, which dominates Texas politics, pitting the pro-business establishment wing against the powerful socially conservative wing, which said it was a common - sense measure needed to protect privacy.

People protest in New York City on Dec. 2, 2015 against austerity measures forced onto the severely indebted island of Puerto Rico.

Huge protests against austerity measures engulfed Madrid recently as angry voters displayed their discontent in the streets.

We believe that adjusted diluted net income per share, adjusted net income, adjusted operating income, adjusted operating income margin and adjusted EBITDA are useful measures for investors to review, because they provide a consistent measure of the underlying financial results of our ongoing business and, in our management's view, allow for a supplemental comparison against historical results and expectations for future performance.

Placed's Shim believes that this perception will change in the future, as retailers begin to better understand what drives offline store visits with the same detail they are able to measure and optimize against website visits.

The measure that strips out the volatile prices of energy and unprocessed food, was 1.1 percent year - on - year in April from 1.3 percent in March and against an expected 1.2 percent rate.

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.

China's exports surged and its trade surplus unexpectedly widened in February, illustrating the lopsided nature of global commerce that Donald Trump is preparing to introduce protectionist measures against.

Check out the infographic below for the full breakdown of how November measures up against the last six months in the franchising industry.

In the latest in a series of EU studies into and measures against Chinese exports ranging from solar panels to steel, the Commission has launched anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations into e-bikeIn the latest in a series of EU studies into and measures against Chinese exports ranging from solar panels to steel, the Commission has launched anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations into e-bikein a series of EU studies into and measures against Chinese exports ranging from solar panels to steel, the Commission has launched anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations into e-bikes.

But it's very much a double - edged sword, Kilduff finds; left unchecked and allowed to develop in unfavorable conditions, it can fester into a warped motivator; suddenly, success is measured solely by how we stack up against a single competitor.

In particular, they were most supportive of Harper for speaking up against protectionist sentiments in other G20 countries, and for using tax and other measures to encourage Canadian business investmenIn particular, they were most supportive of Harper for speaking up against protectionist sentiments in other G20 countries, and for using tax and other measures to encourage Canadian business investmenin other G20 countries, and for using tax and other measures to encourage Canadian business investment.

The president's recent comments on the possibility of new gun control reforms must be measured against his pledges to gun advocates in the past.

Delta also said its passenger revenue as measured against flight capacity would decline between 2.5 percent and 4.5 percent in the first quarter of 2016.

Morneau sat silently near the end of hour - long session as person after person approached the microphones in the room to argue against the measures.

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.

In January, Trump demanded that France, Germany, the U.K. and the U.S. Congress «fix» the deal by May 12, by committing to tougher measures against Iran.

Willy Schlacks told me that he sees an even bigger opportunity in more advanced analytics, such as using predictive analysis to lower maintenance costs, using drones to monitor entire construction sites and aggregating data so that contractors can measure their performance against industry benchmarks.

* The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies, was little changed at 90.800, lower than 91.076 hit in the previous session, its strongest level since Jan. 12.

«For more than four years, the government of Ecuador has offered to cooperate in facilitating the questioning of Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, as well as proposing other political and legal measures, in order to reach a satisfactory solution for all parties involved in the legal case against Julian Assange, to end the unnecessary delays in the process and to ensure full and effective legal protection, Ecuador said in a statement, Press Association reported.

For many U.S. airlines, this has resulted in price battlegrounds from Chicago to Dallas and lower unit revenue, which measures ticket sales against flight capacity.

One suspect was placed in «administrative detention», a form of incarceration without trial normally reserved for Palestinian prisoners and the first time the measure has been taken against an alleged Jewish extremist.

Speaking in August after President Donald Trump signed in the new measures against Russia, Jean - Claude Juncker, the European Commission president, said the bloc would be ready to take counter measures if the penalties harmed European companies.

Measured against 65 other countries, Canada places fifth overall in reading, seventh in science and eighth in mathematics, behind China, Korea, Finland and Singapore in the Organization for Co-operation and Economic Development's (OCED) education assessment released in 2010.

The first line of defense against elder financial abuse may be to raise awareness in our communities about the warning signs, common scams and preventative measures that might protect us from these crimes.

«If the U.S. does take protectionist measures, then other countries are likely to take justifiable retaliatory actions against U.S. companies that have an advantage... in fields such as finance and high - tech, leading to a tit - for - tat trade war that benefits no one,» it said.

But compared with the new leadership, they were more measured and less methodical in their crackdowns against the flow of information.

As Nicholas Colas of ConvergEx wrote in a Friday note, «Against measures of long - term earnings power, the S&P 500 is clearly expensive at 25 (times) trailing 10 - year earnings.

Think of it this way — while your income ledger may tell you that your business brought in a lot of money during the year, you may have no way of knowing whether you turned a profit without measuring your income against your total expenses.

«Part of the reasons active measures have worked in the US election is because the commander - in - chief has used Russian active measures at times against his opponents,» Watts said, pointing to Manafort and Trump's citations of fake - news stories pushed out by Russian - linked entities last year.

This repeated counting is not an issue, since the objective of the analysis is to measure the number of mini flash crashes in the test window against the number of mini flash crashes in each window of similar duration during the control period.

Eight Democrats from states Trump would go on to win in 2016 voted against the measure: Tester, Brown, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters of Michigan, Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin.

The Chinese government has already shut down exchanges in China, but it was recently reported to be taking even further measures against new forms of online trading as well as Bitcoin mining operations in the country.

In private, European diplomats admit that the United States is also signaling willingness to ease some proposed protectionist measures against Europe in exchange for such tougher European trade action against BeijinIn private, European diplomats admit that the United States is also signaling willingness to ease some proposed protectionist measures against Europe in exchange for such tougher European trade action against Beijinin exchange for such tougher European trade action against Beijing.

In the video, Thomas shares that, «what BrightFunnel allows us to do is actually track the engagement for each of our target accounts and measure that against our database.

Exacerbating the issue is that owners of lower - priced homes likely don't have the resources to take preventative measures against the rising tides, like putting in sea walls or making changes to foundations to withstand intermittent flooding.

When Europe recently renewed its own anti-dumping measures against Chinese steel, it ensured that these were in accordance with WTO rules and specifically targeting China.

The exchange reportedly disclosed that it has already implemented supervisory measures against 17 companies, including temporarily suspending the trade of some of those companies» shares in order to give the body sufficient time to review the causes behind dramatic changes in their stock prices.

The measures are Mr. Trump's strongest trade action yet against a country that he says is responsible for thousands of lost American jobs and billions in lost revenues.