Sentences with phrase «back against initiatives»

They are trying to push back against initiatives to acquire financial and security information from users.

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But Simakovsky said Russia most likely believed it had more leeway to continue destabilizing US interests since the president «is working to pour cold water on initiatives that push back against Russia.»

«All the time not having a clue that they were being whispered against, campaigned against by both Catholics & Anglicans who made it palpably clear that this initiative was detrimental to the «dialogue towards unity» and temporarily compromised their positions as oecumenical ambassadors - that this was a counter-productive «wacked - out» scheme by an ailing Pope who merely needed to be placated until he died - hence delaying tactics, obfuscations, procedurality, red tape and making everything as difficult and administratively untenable as possible; with patronising sympathy and hand - wringing at their lot while sneering, dismissing and chuckling to themselves that the whole thing will eventually come to naught... that the administration will crumble via crises and power politics andpersonality clashes and outright frustration at the situation... and ultimately the Ordinariate will be re-integrated into the Conference system and those not happy about it will crawl back to their friends in the C of E.

Outspoken Coles and Woolworths critic, winemaker Garry Crittenden, is backing an initiative aimed at hitting back against the dominance of the supermarket chains by giving boutique wineries an online sales platform to sell their labels directly to consumers.

Efforts to undermine the Clean Water Act and other federal initiatives must be strongly opposed, and I have led the charge against legislative proposals to roll back important clean water protections that may benefit some special interests, but risk public health and will damage the broader U.S. economy.

On 2 March, representatives from 50 countries met in Brussels at the invitation of She Decides, an initiative to push back against the so - called global gag rule, which denies US federal funding for non-governmental organisations that provide or discuss abortions.

On 2 March, representatives of more than 50 countries met in Brussels at the invitation of She Decides, an initiative launched by Dutch minister Lilianne Ploumen to push back against the so - called global gag rule, which denies US federal funding for non-governmental organisations that provide abortions or discuss the procedure.

And even as they badmouth families, they also engage in intimidating families daring to speak out on the ground, and are working together with traditional districts to push back against Parent Power and choice initiatives in states such as Mississippi and Alabama.

Her department has also taken action against various civil rights initiatives from the Obama administration such as guidance on the rights of transgender students, and her department announced it was scaling back civil rights investigations and would avoid looking into systemic issues.

It was an ambitious initiative that, in subsequent years, fell victim to a political backlash against Common Core and led more than two dozen states to back away from the standards - based tests.

There is no doubt that CEA leadership feels that it has done an effective job pushing back against the onslaught brought on by the politically - driven Common Core State Standards initiative, the unproven and rushed change in standardized testing requirements, the systematic yet false narrative of failing schools and ineffective teachers, and the questionable storing and sharing of private, personal, and confidential information on students and their families.

The utility empire is striking back, with tactics that include a deceptive and well - funded Florida initiative campaign to buttress the utility monopoly against rooftop solar competition.

The new EFF initiative seeks to document these threats and fight back against them.