Sentences with phrase «attracted widespread support»

Our campaign — Supporting the Choice to Die at Home — has attracted widespread support from cancer patients and their families, healthcare professionals and politicians from all parties.

Universal Credit attracted widespread support because it was originally designed to simplify the benefit system and improve work incentives, with a new cadre of frontline jobcentre work coaches assisting more claimants to prepare for and seek work.

«Your Right to Know» proposed a strong freedom of information regime which attracted widespread support, but the Government promised only to publish a draft Bill in 1998 - which in turn was delayed until May 1999.

All that changed when the GOP took over Congress in November's elections, committee chairs Senator Alexander and Representative Kline made clear ESEA reauthorization was a priority, and vote counters deduced that the right bill could attract widespread support.

On the other hand, added Schuster — citing a thesis being circulated at the time by Chester Finn, then a faculty member at Vanderbilt — it might be possible for education advocates to rally around a new agenda, one powerful enough to attract widespread support and perhaps even bring federal policy makers back into the fold.

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Sayward, who has a gay son, attracted widespread attention in June 2007 when she made a speech on the Assembly floor in support of legalizing gay marriage.

The actress: Emily Mortimer first attracted widespread attention via a small part in Notting Hill, and has since become one of Hollywood's most reliable supporting characters.

While it remains to be seen whether bitcoin cash can attract widespread exchange and miner support to develop its own economy, today's evidence suggests it may be on its way to doing so.