Sentences with phrase «also public opposition»

There is also public opposition from advocacy groups outside Congress that not only have financial clout, but hold sway with conservative donors and activists.

Not exact matches

In the 2008 federal election, Opposition Leader Stéphane Dion also tried but failed to convince the public of the need for a carbon tax, despite Canadians» support for action on climate change.

The opposition was also determined though, and a public inquiry lasting many months was held, but the results were inconclusive.

Once it's sent, the message is also tallied in PopVox's record of support / opposition to each piece of legislation, adding to a public record of opinion about the bill.

Beginning last summer, DemCom also automatically imports all letters of support / opposition from outside organizations that have been posted on the public website POPVOX.com and prominently displays those letters alongside the internal / official documents related to that bill.

It also questioned the case for extending the east - west line to Richmond and Kingston, noting this had provoked considerable opposition from the public.

The party also advocates the substitution of council tax by a land - value tax; extra funding for the NHS and public transport; the scrapping of road - building schemes; massive investment in renewable energy; a radical reduction in carbon dioxide emissions; and opposition to GM crop initiatives and fracking.

Cuomo has also insisted the public financing of political campaigns being limited to the state comptroller's race is a breath through considering the opposition to a statewide program in the Senate.

The protesters also blasted Puzder for his opposition to the minimum wage, pointing out that in 2013, researchers at the University of California at Berkeley found that CEOs like Puzder cost taxpayers $ 7.3 billion per year in public assistance by holding down pay for their employees.

He has also announced he's cease political fundraising while the Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity investigates his fundraising practices — a move that isn't much of a hardship on the Democratic DA, given the fact that he faces only token opposition in the general election next month from a write - in candidate, former Brooklyn sex - crimes prosecutor Marc Fliedner.

The Libya operation also did little to convince the British public of the need for foreign interventions, with polls showing opposition to most military solutions to the ongoing killing in the country.

The leading opposition party also urged the President of the Senate and other senators to protect the institution of the legislature and the country's democracy by not limiting their action only to finding Ibrahim Idris as «unfit» to hold public office

Lhota has also refused to make service investments in Northeast Queens where it matters such as adding a Bayside / Whitestone / North Flushing to Lower Manhattan service which the MTA has admitted is a good idea; or having service on the QM2 and QM20 begin earlier in the morning which would better accommodate lots of people; or adding a 3rd Avenue branch to the QM20 bus; or restoring North Shore Towers to Lower Manhattan Express Bus service which the MTA quietly cut in 2008 without a public hearing, and at a time when there were plenty of service investments being planned, such as a Q45 extension to Atlas Park which drew widespread opposition in Glendale and by Community Board 5.

But Okupe, a former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to ex-President Jonathan, who also dumped the PDP for the Accord Party, AP, earlier in the year, said in an Instagram post that welcoming Atiku into the opposition party should not scare President Buhari.

Southold Supervisor Scott Russell, who attended the March 14 meeting to voice his opposition to the plan, also commended the public Thursday for raising the issue.

«What this election is about is backing the right of the Scottish parliament to exercise that mandate and also providing real opposition to this Tory government, and of course allowing the Scottish parliament to resist austerity and some of the public expenditure cutbacks that you've been talking about.

There is also a general pattern emerging: Liberal Democrat opposition has brought progress on the NHS reforms to a standstill, watered down any potential radicalism in the public sector reform White Paper, and now stopped elected Police commisioners, the cornerstone of reformist Conservative policy.

They also knew that its approach to increasing the number of minority scientists seemed out of step with the Bush Administration's public opposition to affirmative action and with the arguments it had filed with the court.

The article also says that «opinion with respect to the Common Core has yet to coalesce,» and then kindly suggests to Core supporters that they «probably need to clarify their intentions to the public if they are to keep their support from slipping,» as if the opposition is based on a particular set of misunderstandings.

Between 2014 and 2015, public opposition to teacher tenure has also slipped, from 57 % to 51 %, just above the 47 % level attained in 2013.

The report examines tax policies in 20 states that have circumvented public opposition or even constitutional obstacles to publicly funded private school vouchers by using their tax codes to either encourage donations to private school scholarship funds, also known as neovouchers or backdoor vouchers or to offset the cost of private school tuition.

Newsom has also talked about his opposition to for - profit charter schools and about holding charter schools more accountable for how they spend public money.

Erin Gable, legislative advocate for State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, also expressed opposition to the plan Tuesday.

Ed Pruden, Brunswick County Public Schools Superintendent who spoke in opposition of the bill, said «students in charter schools also deserve highly qualified teachers.

Undercover investigations might also cause indirect impact by increasing public opposition to animal agriculture or certain features of it.

This opposition also operates on a flimsy foundation that runs counter to sound public policy and legal theory, and misrepresents existing animal protection provisions.

Front page stories at The New York Times and The Washington Post have also highlighted Steyer's past investments in the fossil fuel industry and the profits accrued by the hedge fund he used to lead, noting the apparent inconsistency with his political advocacy.16, 17 Bill McKibben who helped inspire Steyer's opposition to the Keystone pipeline and who consults with the billionaire activist, offers an opposing perspective: «After years of watching rich people manipulate and wreck our political system for selfish personal interests, it's great to watch a rich person use his money and his talents in the public interest.»

You can also attend a public hearing to show your opposition and share your comments.