Sentences with phrase «also blocked their efforts»

He also blocked their efforts to communicate with the public during the Sandy emergency.

Unions have also blocked efforts to fire abusive workers, and nonprofit groups caring for disabled people were using Medicaid to finance seven - figure compensation packages for executives.

Not exact matches

But the lawsuit is also in line with ongoing efforts by legacy telecoms to block competition, including lobbying at the state level to prevent cities from building their own broadband networks.

Early on, Mr. Levitt also went to war with Congress, blocking a Republican effort in 1995 to eliminate the S.E.C.'s Investor Education Department.

He is also able to get more shots at goal away from home, have less of them blocked, whilst also getting more efforts in the box.

By skipping feedings in an effort to reduce your supply, you're also putting your body at risk of blocked ducts and mastitis.

H&R Block spent $ 3 million, also directing some of their efforts towards the bill.

He also hopes to solve the police - parking and bike - lane - blocking problem on Schermerhorn Street, and will continue his efforts to achieve equity in the handling of the city's waste and reform of the carting industry.

He also praised state leaders for rejecting efforts to block public disclosure of teacher evaluations.

County lawmakers voted narrowly Monday to be the first in New York to block the sale of tobacco products in any retail stores that also contain licensed pharmacies — a ban that survived the supermarket industry's efforts to stamp it out.

It was the first time the public learned Silver, who has successfully blocked nearly every effort at tort reform in the Assembly, worked not only for a personal injury law firm, but also for a real estate firm.

The $ 2 billion tax increase follows months of efforts by Assembly Democrats to hike taxes on the wealthy despite promises by Cuomo, also a Democrat, and the Senate's Republican majority that they'd block any increases in one of the nation's most heavily taxed states.

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the so - called Citizens United case, which allowed almost unchecked independent expenditures by corporations and unions, also made it nearly impossible for candidates to block outside campaign efforts, whether positive or negative — unlike direct campaign contributions.

Senate Democrats also would have the filibuster in order to block legislation, which means that there would not likely be any efforts to get rid of the filibuster.

The results, from a survey of UC Berkeley students in the physical sciences and engineering, highlight a stumbling block for diversity and inclusion efforts — but also offer a potential bright spot

Epps is also leading an effort to do nanoscale patterning with block polymers as a low - cost alternative to lithographic approaches currently used to make electronic devices.

By blocking estrogen, improving liver function, decreasing inflammation and improving insulin sensitivity, turmeric will also enhance all your other efforts at losing man boobs.

Cruz also shocks; after exhibiting all the expressiveness of a block of wood in her previous stateside efforts, who knew she was capable of such a scenery - plowing, over-the-top-and-into-earth's - orbit performance.

It also includes heroes, of course — Mrs. Henry, Ruby's first grade teacher; the Foremans and Gabrielles, who endured threats and taunts for keeping their children in school; U.S. District Judge J. Skelly Wright, who continuously blocked the efforts of the segregationists; and the neighbors who stood guard over the Bridges» house at night.

These efforts also helped ensure the FY17 appropriations agreement did not block any protections for students and taxpayers.

Real dogs not only must be housetrained - most owners are aware of that need; they also must be taught not to chew the furniture, taught not to jump on their owners, taught not to play - bite, taught not to bowl over the toddler, taught not to dig holes in the yard, taught to come when they are called, taught not to eat the homework or the woodwork, taught not to swipe food off the table, taught not to growl at strangers or bark at the mail carrier, taught to walk on a leash without dragging their owner down the block, taught to allow their toenails to be cut and their coats to be groomed without biting the groomer, taught not to shred feather pillows and down comforters, taught not to steal the baby's toys, taught not to growl at their owner's mother - in - law, taught to sit, stay, and to lay down when and where the owner tells them to, and to wait there until the owner says they may get up (absolutely essential commands for the dog's own safety), taught not to escape out the front door or out of the yard or out of the car when the owner looks away for just a second... all of these things and many more are not «natural» canine behaviors; they must be taught by owners who are willing to spend the time and the effort doing so.

Ms. Block's defenders also said that this type of international effort was important for a small museum seeking broader recognition.

The exhibition will also highlight Shannon's efforts to preserve and promote Traylor's legacy, displaying Shannon's preliminary sketch of Traylor for a portrait mural at the New South and an original block - or screen - printed brochure from Traylor's 1940 New South exhibition.

The research also is important to consider in gauging any effort to geo - engineer the climate using sun - blocking aerosols.

But triggering an algae bloom is also a way to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, and along with spewing particles into the stratosphere to block some of the sun's heat, it's one of the main techniques geoengineers talk about using if efforts to limit those emissions ultimately fail.

The law reduced cycling rates among young adults, has caused no appreciable change to head injury rates (versus provinces without such a law), blocked our eight - year efforts to establish a bike - share in Vancouver, while also wasting police and court resources with an unenforceable distraction.

Environmental groups also say the bill could set off a boom in the construction of new coal plants because of provisions that would restrict legal efforts to block such projects.

Google has also made efforts in blocking specific ads on websites.

At the same time, pixel grid's efforts to block the light also results in compromised black as some light passes through.

Also the social feed is filled with spam and phishing links to scams with no effort on etoro to block or deal with this issue.

In Congress, Pence was at the forefront of a conservative effort to block any federal funds from going to Planned Parenthood because the organization — which provides women with cancer screenings, counseling services and tests — also provides abortions.

He fought successfully for development of federally funded domestic and international family planning programs and also helped block the efforts of demographers and politicians who urged coercive methods to halt population growth.

The Obama Administration's new ruling also comes amid efforts from extreme politicians to block people who rely on federal funds from accessing their health care at Planned Parenthood health centers.

Also in April the Farm Credit Administration denied an application by a farm credit lender to engage in farm management; NAR analysts saw the FCA decision as a test case in the association's continuing effort to block large banks from entering real estate brokerage and management.

But she also declared Taubman's efforts to thwart Simon's attempt to amend the Taubman charter was a breach of fiduciary duty and that Robert Taubman violated the Michigan Control Shares Act by forming a voting block against the Simon / Westfield bid.