Sentences with phrase «bill against criticism»

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The problem is, Paul Volcker is an influential figure in the U.S. (he chaired the Economic Recovery Advisory Board under President Barack Obama, after all), and he has fought back hard against the criticism of his namesake bill.

Cruz, speaking Monday on MSNBC, called the criticism «political sniping» and stood by his vote against Sandy aid: «The problem with that particular bill is, it became a $ 50 billion bill that was filled with unrelated pork,» he said.

Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has endorsed the re-election of state Senator Stephen Saland, a Republican who backs gay marriage, prompting harsh criticism from Senator Ruben Diaz, the only Democrat in the New York Senate who voted against a bill legalizing such unions in the state.

NEW YORK CITY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Mayor Bill de Blasio's frustration with Albany was behind the stinging criticism the mayor issued against him last week.

Golden voted against Bloomberg's bill to expand charter schools too without a word of criticism from Mike or his stooges at the Post & News.

Gjonaj has received criticism from women's rights groups for sending taxpayer - funded mailers touting his support for the ten - point women's equality agenda, a suite of bills he voted against.

When Hudson walked into Chancery Lane back in 2006, the Law Society looked like an organisation in deep trauma that veered from one calamity to the next: a clash with the then Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine, over its campaign against the Access to Justice Bill; non-stop criticism flowing from the profession's inability to get a grip on its handling of consumer complaints; and then there was the Kamlesh Bahl saga, a rancorous dispute with the first Asian woman to become vice-president.