Sentences with phrase «back against this administration»

Certainly a few reformers, notably those of a civil rights orientation, have battled strongly against the waiver gambit; this includes Alliance for Excellent Education, which has rallied organizations, along with congressional leaders such as Rep. George Miller (who helped craft No Child) to beat back against the administration's efforts to allow states to game graduation rates.

Not exact matches

In Chicago, 28 - year - old Brenda Burciaga was among thousands of people who marched through the streets to push back against the new administration.

One Putin effort to push back against the Magnitsky Act was the 2012 imposition of restrictions on Russian adoptions to the U.S. Those adoptions — and, by extension, the Magnitsky sanctions — were the reported topic of various conversations between Russian representatives and the Trump administration.

He pushed back strongly against fresh Republican criticism of the administration's handling of last year's deadly Benghazi attacks, calling it a political «sideshow.»

And when Spicer said the administration intended to «push back» against «false narratives and false stories,» some saw an obvious connection between those comments and the exclusion of CNN and the Times.

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.

Back in Europe, Germany, France and the U.K. have joined forces against potential new tariffs from the U.S.. On Sunday, the three countries urged the U.S. administration to not apply metal tariffs to Europe.

But a Republican operative with close ties to the White House pushed back against the notion that this administration needs to repair its relationship with the press.

Yet Mr. Trump's immigration order has been so unpopular with so many tech workers — many of whom are immigrants themselves and who advocate globalization — that they are now exerting pressure on their chief executives to push back forcefully against the administration.

Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday announced a lawsuit by California and 17 other states against the Trump administration to protect national vehicle emission standards from being rolled back by the federal government.

28 December 2017 The Trump administration scaled back an Obama - era policy of levying heavy fines against nursing homes that harm patients.

«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.

Because it was a democratic administration which finally broke the backs of segregation in the 1960's, those who fought so bitterly against integration moved to the republican party to the regret of many republicans who are finding no home for the expression of their true political beliefs.

Congress wants to keep pizza and french fries on school lunch lines, fighting back against an Obama administration proposal to make school lunches healthier.

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.

The proposal was framed as an effort to push back against the «anti-worker» policies of President Donald Trump's administration, which comes as the IDC itself has been accused by liberal advocacy organizations and some fellow Democrats for enabling Senate Republicans in Albany.

Cuomo couched the unity effort as part of his push back against the federal government, controlled by Republicans, and President Donald Trump's administration.

If the current administration and Democratic Congress won't stand up against a corrupt system and even attempt reform, attempt structural change or pull us back from the last 3 decades where BOTH parties have moved firmly to the right, they're part of the problem.

Future administrations and Congress could not reinstate it and declaring it unconstitutional would have paved the way for soldiers discharged under DADT to get reinstatement, back pay, or other compensation for being unlawfully discriminated against.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli is pushing back against a Post report that quoted an anonymous Paterson administration official slamming his «inept» office for holding up the Genting NY Aqueduct racino contract.

Despite mea culpas and the public backing of his boss, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Kevin Jennings, a so - called schools czar in the Obama administration, continues to be the target of a conservative campaign against his long - ago actions as a schoolteachers.

«The Governor is a progressive champion who has led the way on education, gun safety reform, and fighting back against the destructive policies of the Trump Administration in Washington.

Waste, penned by British playwright Harley Granville Barker in 1906 before being revised in 1926, is set against a hung parliament with the incumbent administration facing defeat at its upcoming Queen's Speech — while an expectant Tory party waits with bated breath to seize back control.

This likely sends Republicans back to the drawing board for a candidate to run against Schneiderman, who has in the last year challenged policies backed by President Donald Trump's administration.

We therefore urge the Buhari - led administration to introduce other bills similar to the anti-money laundering bill for implementation into the system to help with the fight against corruption, for when one fights against corruption, corruption itself fights back.

The torture debate continues to heat up in Washington; with President Obama and top Senate Democrats pushing back against the creation of an independent commission to investigate the Bush administration's approval of so - called enhanced interrogation techniques.

State Senate Republicans demanded that New York's representatives in Congress — in both parties — vote against the Obama administration - backed deal to drop sanctions against Iran in exchange for a pause in its nuclear program.

And we're going to say, this is statement that we're going to make on how New York can really push back against the draconian policies that we're seeing from the Trump administration.»

«Over the last year, we have not hesitated to fight back against the Trump Administration's assault on the law and New Yorkers» fundamental right to clean water, air, and environment.

A Brooklyn city councilwoman is pushing back against a plan backed by the de Blasio administration that would redevelopment the Bedford Armory, a major component of the mayor's affordable housing plan.

The developer of the Syracuse Inner Harbor, COR Van Rensselaer Street Co., is striking back at the administration of Mayor Stephanie Miner by filing a breach of contract lawsuit against the Syracuse Industrial Development Agency.

The Real Estate Board of New York, which raised $ 750,000 from business leaders last year to back mostly GOPers against WFPers in City Council races, just hired Bloomberg administration veteran James Whelan for a similar push this year against WFP - backed Senate candidates.

Updated: The Division of Budget, part of the Cuomo administration, pushed back against the ranking.

As NJ notes, this would set up the bill to be voted on when the Senate returns in January, and would represent a «bold act of defiance against the administration, which was still begging lawmakers this week to sit back and wait to see whether a comprehensive agreement can be reached.»

New Jersey prosecutors have dropped manslaughter charges against the son of a former top de Blasio administration aide over botched evidence that backs up his self - defense claim, lawyers said Thursday...

Plumb, who most recently served as a military aide in the Obama administration, moved back to the Jamestown area in May to run against Reed in the Southern Tier's sprawling 23rd Congressional District.

McConnell backed Paul's opponent in the Kentucky Republican Senate primary, but said that Kentucky Republicans will «unite in standing against the overreaching policies of the Obama Administration.»

He noted that when Build It Back was just getting started under former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration, the federal government was advocating for storm victims to apply for SBA loans — something he said «was terrible really in hindsight» because the loans are being used against the Build It Back grant.

State Senators Serrano & Hoylman Introduce Bills to Make New York a Safe Place for Immigrants Package of bills would protect immigrant rights and fight back against the Trump administration Comes on the heels of nationwide raids by U.S. Immigration -LSB-...]

State Senators Serrano and Hoylman Introduce Bills to Make New York a Sanctuary State Package of bills would protect immigrant rights and fight back against the Trump administration Comes on the heels of nationwide raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs -LSB-...]

A group of state and city legislators from Queens today released a letter to Congressman Gregory Meeks urging him to flip his current stance and vote against the Trans - Pacific Partnership — a free trade agreement backed by the Obama administration but opposed by numerous labor and environmental groups.

The administration pushed back against the commission's claims.

«Was able to bring back our hitherto military allies; which saw the United States and UK governments commit their resources to the fight against the insurgents after previously backing out of negotiations with the previous administration.

She also criticized him for refusing to clarify whether he would push back against the Trump administration's reported desire to scrap appropriations for offices within the Energy Department tied to renewables and energy efficiency that have bipartisan support.

While one should always be cautious, it does provide some additional evidence beyond rhetoric that the current Congress is willing to push back against the Trump administration's plans.»

Because it's unlikely that many states ever will, and even less likely that the money will vanish entirely (though HR 5 caps and redirects it in ways that the Obama administration is railing against), conservatives should cheer the flexibility and empowerment given back to state leaders by this bill.

Now, I think there is a possible explanation that Gov. Jindal is ticked off at the Obama administration for their strong - arm tactics in trying to stymie the state's voucher program and he's using the Common Core as a platform to continue fighting back against them.

As Dropout Nation noted back in January, DeVos and her team are going to use every tool available in their collaboration in the Trump Administration's low - grade ethnic cleansing against poor, minority and immigrant communities.

Every administration has a different philosophy that governs the work of the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights (OCR).28 Education Secretary DeVos» actions show a clear deprioritization of the office: Under her leadership, the Education Department announced that the OCR will not actively investigate patterns of discriminatory practices, 29 rolled back guidance to prevent discrimination against transgender students, 30 and refused to commit to continue the Civil Rights Data Collection.31

At times I have seen it take on an «us against them» situation as evidenced by the comments I heard from teacher leaders that ranged from administrators trusting us as professionals to telling administration to back this is the... more»