Sentences with phrase «agendas of our allies»

Should we ignore motivation and make common cause when possible, or should we be concerned about the larger agendas of our allies?

Not exact matches

The guiding considerations of an effective U.S. strategy for addressing China's inroads in Europe should be to 1) include Europe in its own thinking and considerations about China, 2) avoid adopting contradictory economic policies that target European allies rather than China, 3) work with Europe to shape and advance a proactive, joint transatlantic agenda to address shared concerns about China.

The NDP can learn from some of the major communications mistakes made by the PC Party and respond promptly to the Wildrose attacks, otherwise the opposition and its conservative allies will set the agenda.

As I'm an LGBT ally, I will leave it up to those in the LGBT community to offer their perceptions of how Tony has used the community over the years to advance his own agenda.

I should have known to not bother reading the article when I read that the author lives in the Soviet Socialist Republic of Chicago, its funny how the left HATES Christianity until it they need another ally to push their twisted agenda.

The economic crisis, previously viewed as an indispensable ally in helping the President enact the agenda, now appears as a malevolent agent, and a perversely ill - timed one at that, since, as Hendrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker explained, «the longest and deepest mass suffering» of the Great Recession, in contrast to the Great Depression, «has occurred with Obama in the White House.»

To advance this new agenda, the organization threw itself into the welcoming arms of House Republicans and for a while these allies seemed to be working on the same page.

May's decision to sweep out most of Cameron and Osborne's ministerial allies along with their policy agenda means there are a lot of disgruntled faces behind her at PMQs.

«This is a sad and frankly pathetic attempt by (Republican opponent Julie) Killian to distract from her and her Trump allies» extremist pro-gun agenda of allowing more guns in our schools and allowing the NRA to control our state government,» said Mayer spokesman Doug Forand.

But this strategy of allying with a bourgeois party as a pretext for future adaptation to the ruling class agenda seems to be attracting Europe Ecology.

But Alison Hirsh, the union's political director, calls the WFP «one of our most important political allies when it comes to moving our political agenda forward.»

That's thanks not only to the end of the legal cloud that has hung over the WFP's head since the 2009 NYC elections; but also to the success of its longtime ally, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, and renewed national focus on its top agenda item: Bridging the income equality gap.

Much of 2015 for de Blasio and his Democratic allies in the city and Albany will likely be about ensuring their «must» items, not necessarily pursuing a more ambitious agenda.

When allies of the mayor began to set up the Campaign for One New York, after de Blasio's election in 2013, they followed a model established by Gov. Andrew Cuomo — even hiring the same well - established election lawyer, Laurence Laufer, who had helped set up a similar nonprofit to support Cuomo's agenda three years earlier.

«There are many good candidates, but Dan is best positioned to unite us behind Bill's progressive agenda and ensure that the Council is an equal partner in government,» Councilman Rory Lancman, an ally of the Queens County Democratic Party, told Politicker.

«Residents of the 55th Senate District need to know that a vote for Ted O» Brien is a vote to put the New York City Democrats and their special interest allies, who want to overturn the property tax cap and obstruct Governor Cuomo's agenda, back in control of the State Senate.»

Mills was a Gallo ally and, along with Dawson and council Minority Leader Deborah Brown (R - Ward 9) formed a core of opposition to aspects of Noble's agenda.

In yet another sign allies of Senate Democrats will be using the 10 - point women's agenda this fall as a political bludgeon against Republican candidates, Planned Parenthood Advocates of New York are blasting GOP hopeful Rich Funke for comments made on the key abortion provision in the measure.

ALBANY — Democratic allies of Governor Andrew Cuomo rallied around his agenda on Monday, and said a recent slump in his approval rating was nothing to worry about.

When the New York Legislature approved same - sex marriage in 2011, a signature Cuomo initiative, one of the administration's allies was Ross D. Levi, executive director of the Empire State Pride Agenda.

The reform agenda touted by Mr. Cuomo has put the governor at odds, not for the first time, with teachers unions — who have often been allies of Mr. de Blasio and other New York City politicians.

In response, Mayer said, «This is a sad and frankly pathetic attempt by Killian to distract from her and her Trump allies» extremist pro-gun agenda of allowing more guns in our schools and allowing the NRA to control our state government.»

But Castorina described a potential nightmare for federal agencies attempting to monitor the financial dealings of suspicious persons if the city expunged the data, and accused de Blasio and his allies of endangering Americans in order to advance a liberal «political agenda.»

Until now, Hizzoner and his allies have directed much of their fundraising attention to the Campaign for One New York — a group that could collect unlimited donations, not bound by the $ 4,950 limit, and was created to promote the mayor's political agenda.

ICYMI: Allies of the Senate Democrats, who are anxious to see a Democrat - controlled upper house in order to more easily pass what they have deemed a «progressive» agenda, are now injecting race into the equation, noting a coalition between the Republicans and Independent Democratic Conference will be dominated by white men.

Asked at an Israel Day parade about his promise to support his party's efforts to take control of the State Senate from his erstwhile Republican and breakaway - Democratic allies, Cuomo told NY1's Courtney Gross, «This is about electing people who support an agenda.

Obama has committed to raising money for fellow Democrats, agreed to help recruit viable candidates, and launched a political nonprofit group dedicated to furthering his agenda and that of his congressional allies.

With the leadership of a historically popular governor, an Assembly that has repeatedly voted in support of this agenda and rapidly increasing statewide momentum, this year marks the most dynamic opportunity yet for LGBT New Yorkers and their allies to tell their stories directly to legislators.

Cuomo's allies described the mayor as weak, and say his expectations of what the governor would do to advance his agenda — friends or not — were never grounded in reality.

EdNext: Some critics have suggested that the administration's embrace of allies like the Education Trust has allowed liberal advocates to define the aims and shape the future of the NCLB reform agenda.

That should energize the agendas of groups like the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the NAACP, which when the inequities were hidden, looked the other way out of deference to their union allies.

Likewise, it would not be long before the agenda of Polly Williams and that of her conservative allies would diverge.

Dedicated to the charter school industry and the corporate education reform agenda, Trumbull's Stephen P. Wright has been one of Governor Dannel Malloy's staunchest allies on the State Board of Education.

Regarding the legislators noted in the article in Education Week, the opening sentence says plenty, «Seeking more allies for his school improvement agenda, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today asked a select group of state legislators to keep «pushing very, very hard» on the policy levers that he and President Barack Obama have made a top priority.»

Now, Germany's greatest weapon - a woman with special talents, both for tradecraft and for death - is headed home with critical information about the still - developing atomic bomb, and the Allies» chief hope for stopping her is a British agent with agendas of his own.

Other movement leaders on the agenda included Becky Robinson from Alley Cat Allies, Brent Toellner and Michelle Davis of Kansas City Pet Project, and Joe Angelo, who was critical in getting to a save rate of 86 percent in San Antonio!

(Just last week, Alley Cat Allies delivered more than 55,000 signatures to the Smithsonian Institution in response to the publication earlier this year of agenda - driven junk science produced by researchers at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute.)

In the company of a variety of unlikely allies with their own pasts and agendas, Aluche's strong desire to save Liliana gives her the strength to scatter the shadows shrouding the world and motivation to uncover the shocking truth behind the mysterious Queen of the Moon.

In the company of a variety of unlikely allies with their own pasts and agendas, Alushe's strong desire to save Liliana gives her the strength to scatter the shadows shrouding the world and motivation to uncover the shocking truth behind the mysterious Queen of the Moon.

«That's what he said he'd do from the start, but Republicans in Congress continued to waste everyone's time with a bill destined to go nowhere, just to satisfy the agenda of their big oil allies.»

Ultimately, the latest scientific understanding of climate change allied with current emission trends and a commitment to «limiting average global temperature increases to below 4C above pre-industrial levels», demands a radical reframing of both the climate change agenda, and the economic characterization of contemporary society.