Sentences with phrase «back against their leaders»

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Senate Republicans did just that in 2009, when 23 of them — including Mitch McConnell, Lamar Alexander, and John Cornyn, all GOP leaders who count themselves stalwart drug industry allies — backed an importation amendment in an attempt to turn the sector against the entire package and thereby sink it.

Top allies of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blasted Bannon, the head of the far - right website Breitbart News who pledged to run opponents against McConnell - backed candidates whom Bannon deemed not sufficiently conservative.

Assad has said he saw promise in Trump's statements emphasising the battle against Islamic State in Syria, where U.S. policy under President Barack Obama had backed some of the rebels fighting Assad and shunned him as an illegitimate leader.

Incoming Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said that he «strongly support [s] the steps the administration is taking to fight back against Russia's interference in our election.

But leaders there have been looking widely for any way to push back against American sanctions.

Turnbull courts Pacific leaders amid China push: Malcolm Turnbull is using talks in London to reassure Pacific leaders and push back against Chinese encroachment.

Back in 2014, Nathaniel Morales, a former youth leader at SGM's flagship Covenant Life Church in Maryland, was convicted on five counts of sexual abuse against three underage male victims between 1983 and 1991.

That is why the most prominent Lebanese Christian leader, Michel Aoun, is allied to Hezbollah, against the Saudi - and American - backed Sunni opposition.

Speaking from the event on Premier's «News Hour», Dr Anne - Marie Wilson from Christian charity»28 Too Many», which campaigns against FGM urged Christian leaders here to do more to end the practice, she said: «we know that communities that come from overseas to be part the population of Britain will carry on cutting or taking their daughters back home to the motherland to be cut.

One of the leaders of this Brazilian team, former Chelsea centre back David Luiz showed his cool with a wonderful opening penalty in the shoot - out against Chile.

The Blues have made an awful start to the defence of their Premier League title this season as back - to - back defeats against Crystal Palace and Everton has left them 11 points behind current leaders Manchester City and could fall even further behind if they fail to take all three points against the Gunners.

The victory snaps a season - long five - game home court losing streak for the Cougars and is just the third victory in eight games all - time against Jacksonville State, which entered the contest tied with Tennessee Tech and Austin Peay, a game back of second - place Murray State and two games behind conference leader Belmont.

The gap between the Gunners and the league leaders Chelsea had stretched to a massive and daunting looking 12 points after we lost back to back games against Watford and the Blues themselves, but Sean Dyche and his Burnley side did us a big favour today by holding Chelsea to a draw at Turf Moor, or did they?

«Per Mertesacker is a great leader, a very respected one in our dressing room, but I have three entire backs and I adapt a little bit to their level of form, to the number of games they've played and to the opponents we play against.

The current Premier League leaders went into the clash against the Hammers on the back of suffering a 2 - 1 loss at the hands of Serie A giants Juventus in the Champions League opener in midweek, although they had made a perfect start to the domestic campaign.

After suffering back - to - back defeats to Everton and Manchester City which saw Arsene Wenger's team slip behind the league's leaders, they bounced back by edging a 1 - 0 win against West Bromwich Albion on Boxing Day thanks to Olivier Giroud's goal.

In turn, it has led to praise from all quarters as he scored the winner against Roma on Sunday night to lift his side back to within two points of league leaders Napoli.

Therefore, Klopp, with the backing of the CEO Ian Ayre, should be able to recruit some reinforcements, hopefully before next Wednesday's crunch Premier League game against Premier League leaders Arsenal.

Arsene Wenger spoke in the week about the big gap between Arsenal and the current Premier League leaders might just allow the Gunners to play with some of the old fluency and verve that saw us topping the table at the turn of the year and even though the Gunners were knocked out of the Champions League in midweek, there were enough positives from our performance against Barcelona to give us some belief back.

The on - loan Liverpool right back had a torrid time in defence against league leaders Chelsea last week.

People have moaned about Holding but he played better than Mustafi in the loss, Mustafi is the leader when playing in the back 3 he did against NU, bad leader and the defenders get a bad leader to lead them... Any wonder they other CBs look worse when playing under Mustafi?

Crystal Palace are coming into this game on the back of 3 - 1 defeat in the hands of Arsenal and they will fancy their chances at home against current league leaders City to get something out of this match.

Following a slow start against Arsenal, Vlaar has gone on to be a real rock and leader in the back four.

Daws went walkabout, Gallas got back goalside just to admire the view, Dembele made a valiant scramble but failed to get it safe, and only Kyle had the nous to actually * defend *) he made some huge contributions and looked a real leader at the back (likewise against the Hammers)... And just a few weeks ago he looked like he'd lost his mojo.

The league leaders went into the game on the back of their defeat against Liberty Professionals in Week 6 and needed to return to winning ways.

PSV Eindhoven hopes of keeping up with Dutch League leaders Feyenoord and Ajax suffered a set back following their 1 - 1 draw against ADO Den Haag which leaves them five points behind the league top two sides.

Arsenal arrived at Carrow road on the back of a good win against West Ham United, looking to propel ourselves into the Champions League qualifying places, and gain some points on the league leaders, Chelsea....

Last Result: Although they may not have deserved it, Blackburn were beaten 2 - 1 last weekend by league leaders Chelsea in a gripping encounter which had seen Rovers take the lead, certainly not against the run of play mind, through the sparingly used Benjani before Chelsea stormed back to clinch all three points with goals from Nicolas Anelka and Branislav Ivanovic, the latter coming six minutes from time.

Ebbsfleet extended their unbeaten run to eight matches as they fought back for a 2 - 2 draw against National League leaders Macclesfield, who finished the match with 10 men at Kuflink Stadium.

If Jack Wilshere is allowed to leave then it shows that A, Wenger don't have a clue what to do with Jack, B, Wenger is like a football farmer, fatten up the English youngsters then flog em off while signing 2nd rate foreign boys, C, Wenger don't give a monkeys about any players who don't idolise him, Jack is future captain material but Wenger doesn't do captains, which is why when the games going against us we run round like 11 strangers with no leader, I will be glad when Wengers gone and taken his useless back room staff with him,

Paulo Dybala might have scored a hat trick Saturday to help Juventus win 4 - 2, but the league leaders were made to suffer on the day against Benevento, a side that effectively punished Juve's weaknesses at the back.

Cardiff's Motorpoint Arena hosts the action on Thursday with league leader Michael van Gerwen bidding to bounce back against Dave Chisnall.

Real Madrid go into the game five points back of leaders Barcelona and a point back of second - placed Valencia as well, so they have some work to do and they have a big derby game against Atletico coming up in mid-November as well.

What are we seeing in our country today?It is no secret that plans are being made in right wing think tanks and some law firms, within the elephants media and among Npp leaders to bring back to life the 18th century notion that the heavenly prescribed duty of the opposition is to obstruct government business and to incite the public against the establishment.

«I'm taking this step not only because we need to fight back against self - interested politicians like Faso and Trump, but because I believe we need a new generation of leaders to step up and fight for the communities that raised them,» Rhodes wrote in an essay posted to Medium.

A coalition of environmental and conservation organizations on Wednesday released a letter thanking Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York for pushing back against Trump administration policies they contend favors polluters.

Assemblyman Rory Lancman is pushing back against criticism from some of his fellow downstate Democrats that the rent deal struck by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders yesterday does not go far enough.

The leader of the Vietnamese nationalist movement for more than 30 years, he fought against the Japanese, the colonial French and the US - backed South Vietnamese.

At the time, Flanagan was viewed skeptically by upstate Republican leaders, who backed taking a harder line against Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo with DeFrancisco, a pugnacious lawmaker and then the Senate Finance committee chairman.

Second, a number of opposition MPs — who might have been expected to oppose legislation that empowers government censorship — backed the bill, against the stated position of their party leaders.

A left - leaning group is asking the state's top politicians to give back donations from a hedge fund manager who made racially charged comments against New York's only black female legislative leader.

Krueger said she doesn't hold it against Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson that he backed Epsada, even going so far as to suggest that the Brooklyn lawmaker actually backed the controversial Bronx incumbent «on a personal level.»

The paper also backed Gustavo Rivera against Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., Lynn Nunes against Queens Sen. Shirley Huntley and Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat for the seat Sen. Eric Schneiderman (its preferred AG candidate) is vacating to seek statewide office.

McCall not only gave Cuomo cover back when it looked like he might again mount a primary challenge against a black gubernatorial candidate (in this case, a sitting governor — the first African American to hold the post, David Paterson), but also stood by him when other black leaders were complaining about the lack of diversity on the statewide Democratic ticket.

State labor leaders are pushing back against a set of proposed Workers Compensation regulations they claim will slash benefits to injured workers.

Krueger's comment came in response to my question about whether Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson will retain his leadership role in light of the fact that he backed a number of incumbents — notably Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. — against whom rank - and - file members like Krueger campaigned.

And, as a reader pointed out, it was produced and posted by the Senate Democrat - controlled (and taxpayer - funded) media services unit just two weeks before Espada faces off against his two primary opponents: Gustavo Rivera (who is being backed by a number of the majority leader's colleagues and labor unions) and Dan Padernacht.

Trade unions in Scotland have called for Jim Murphy to step down as leader of Scottish Labour as Neil Findlay who stood against Murphy for the leadership last year with the backing of the Left and almost all trade unions announced his resignation from the shadow cabinet at Holyrood where he held the fair work, skills and training brief.

«I'll really be glad to get home,» said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D - Nevada who is in a tough re-election fight against Tea Party - backed Republican Sharron Angle.

Reminding his fellow African leaders that the honourable campaign against corruption will not be an easy task because «corruption does fight back,» he, however, advised them to remain firm and resolute.