Sentences with phrase «called opponents of the plans»

She directly took on Liberal Democrat deputy prime minister Nick Clegg's speechwriters, who called opponents of the plans «bigots» in a draft speech.

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Now that AG Andrew Cuomo is dipping his toe into the roiling waters (via Fred Dicker) on select issues such as the still - late state budget, the Ravitch plan and lifting the charter school cap, his opponents are taking the opportunity to call on the yet - unannounced gubernatorial hopeful to make clear his positions on a host of other topics as well.

Opponents of the plan, and some ministers, such as Benjamin Netanyahu and former minister Natan Sharansky, called on Sharon to hold a national referendum to prove that he had a mandate, which he refused to do.

She said she has worked harder than any of her opponents, for her team has made thousands of phone calls, knocked on thousands of doors and she has already written her plan for her first 100 days in office as mayor.

He said he's planning to use the Fighting for Children PAC to buy ads in newspapers across the state to call out DeFrancisco and other opponents of the legislation.

But Syracuse's teachers union and some of Lavine's opponents are calling that plan a mistake.

Wilson is calling on DiNapoli, who was in Buffalo yesterday raising concerns about the state budget, not to sign off on the spending plan (once it's officially finished), insisting that the comptroller has the power to refuse to certify — an assertion DiNapoli insists is false (as did one of his predecessors, H. Carl McCall, who was needled on the same point by his then - primary opponent in 2002, Andrew Cuomo).

After Labour leader Ed Miliband's bruising encounter with singer Myleene Klass on the same issue, an even more formidable potential opponent of his plans for a so - called «mansion tax» on properties worth more than # 2m looms large: Angelina Jolie.

Stringer criticized opponents of the mosque plan, specifically targeting conservatives aligned with the Tea Party movement, calling their comments «unfortunate» and accusing them of «looking to divide [the] city» through their opposition.

Opponents of the plan call it a bad idea to house children — some as young as 4 — in the same facility as adults.

CITY HALL — Nearly 100 opponents of NYU's controversial Greenwich Village expansion plan were tossed out of the City Council's chambers before a final vote Wednesday when they flouted Speaker Christine Quinn's repeated calls for silence.

Opponents of a new open enrollment program are calling on a little - known state legal agency to exercise its authority to send back emergency regulations governing the plan for further revisions.

CAFÉ: Obama introduced a bold new plan that brought Republicans and Democrats, CAFÉ supporters and long - time opponents together in support of legislation that will gradually increase fuel economy standards and offer what the New York Times editorial page called «real as opposed to hypothetical results.»

Richards, in written testimony, called the videos «a deliberate and systematic effort by (CMP Director) David Daleiden and other opponents of safe and legal abortion to infiltrate our health centers, try to entrap our staff into potentially illegal conduct, and create discredited, doctored videos designed to smear Planned Parenthood.»

Abortion opponents, outraged by a series of hidden - camera videos that depict Planned Parenthood employees discussing fetal tissue donation, have called for Congress to investigate Planned Parenthood and strip the organization of the more than $ 500 million in federal funding it receives each year.