Sentences with phrase «case against the bill»

The Labour case against the bill is a strong one, which ought to appeal to Lib Dem traditions of localism: they say it is unfair to spatchcock the boundary changes and reduction of parliamentary seats on to the referendum, putting the two together in one bill.

The Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has announced their intention to take their case against Bill Whatcott, a Christian fighting the encroachment of homosexualism, to the Supreme Court of Canada.

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I concluded at the time of the riots that of all the things the government now needed to do, it was the married family which most urgently needed to be rebuilt: I was and remain as certain of that as anything I have ever written, and I have been saying it repeatedly for over 20 years: I was saying it, for instance, when I was attacking (in The Mail and also The Telegraph), as it went through the Commons, the parliamentary bill which became that disastrous piece of (Tory) legislation called the Children Act 1989, which abolished parental rights (substituting for them the much weaker «parental responsibility»), which encouraged parents not to spend too much time with their children, which even, preposterously, gave children the right to take legal action against theirparents for attempting to discipline them, which made it «unlawful for a parent or carer to smack their child, except where this amounts to «reasonable punishment»;» and which specified that «Whether a «smack» amounts to reasonable punishment will depend on the circumstances of each case taking into consideration factors like the age of the child and the nature of the smack.»

«Christianity Case Against Air Force Dismissed» by Bill Vogrin, The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colorado)

Many of the objections put forward by pro-life agencies in Britain against recent euthanasia Bills gave precedence to the «thin end of the wedge» type of argument, often pointing to Holland as a worst case example.

Against the Mental Capacity Bill, for example, a powerful case was put forward arguing that respect for the will of the patient was being legally and morally undermined - but not why the individual's will is relevant, let alone why it should be inviolable.

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Whereas I didn't agree that charter schools take money away from trouble traditional schools BEFORE — I came away from the excellent comments from the Senators voting AGAINST the charter school bill believing this is the case.

It's a classic jujitsu idea — use your enemy's strengths against him, in this case leveraging off of the favorable attention Gerlach has been getting over his puppy bill to point out something that he IS N'T working on... or at least, something that Trevedi would like voters to PERCEIVE that he isn't working on.

Bill Cosby's lawyers rested their case after just a few minutes today without calling the comedian to the stand, opting against a high - stakes gamble that could have allowed him to work his charm on the jury but could have also exposed him to blistering cross-examination.

The recent case of a couple faced with legal bills of over # 29,000 for opposing a late licence at the local pub shows just how weighted the system is against local communities,» he said.

The committees collection and distribution of money factor into a growing criminal case against New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration, and upstate Senate races in 2014.

The senator said he doubts that the Senate will even vote this year on Sen. Brad Hoylman's bill, which would allow victims to file lawsuits over child sexual abuse incidents that occurred before 2006, in many cases decades ago, against abusers and their employers.

NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi makes the case against the Senate Charter School Bill, and talks about what he'd like to see in a charter reform bBill, and talks about what he'd like to see in a charter reform billbill.

Mayor Bill de Blasio today went on a tirade against claims that he and his allies participated in «willful and flagrant» violations of state election law in 2014 — and against the «motivations» of Cuomo - picked Board of Elections counsel who recommended bringing a criminal case against the mayor.

Erie County lawmakers discussed two bills Thursday related to harassment cases against county employees.

Ms. Clark's predecessor, Robert T. Johnson, had been criticized by Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Correction Officers Benevolent Union for delays in prosecuting cases against inmates, even as slashings and assaults continued to rise.

In case you missed it, despite heavy union support for the bill, three trade unions came out against it.

«A win for me is making the case that de Blasio has not been a good mayor and making the case that I can be a good mayor,» Sal Albanese, putting it simply, told Gotham Gazette on Monday, a little more than 48 hours before he was to take the stage against Mayor Bill de Blasio in the first of two Democratic primary debates.

John Ciampoli — an attorney representing the state Republican Party, an intervener in the case that is against closing the LLC loophole — suggested that if the loophole were closed by the judiciary, every legislator who failed to pass a bill could run to the court seeking relief.

WASHINGTON — In perhaps his most sober remarks about the economy this year, President Obama on Thursday described the weakening economy as «an emergency» and made the case for his jobs bill as «an insurance policy against a possible double - dip recession.»

A bill that would give victims of child sexual assault a window to bring old cases against their abusers is stalled in Albany.

The DCCC has already targeted members who voted against the bill, and now Democratic candidates are making the same case.

The oversight bill will inject much - needed scrutiny into the annexation process and require a super-majority vote of the locally involved municipal boards in cases where the county planners recommend against annexation.

The bill would extend the time that criminal or civil cases against predators can be brought, treat public and private institutions equally when it comes to sex abuse cases, and provide a window to revive cases barred under current law.

Cox hopes to attract those voters who have been unsatisfied or in some cases hurt by traditional public schools — a slice of the electorate he hopes could make a difference in 2017 when Republicans hope to run a competitive campaign against Mayor Bill de Blasio.

A furious 74 - year - old Queens woman has filed a negligence suit against NYC, claiming Mayor Bill de Blasio's office broke a promise to help her fight an eviction case.

A Manhattan judge today threw out a fraud case brought against Harlem State Senator Bill Perkins, allowing him to remain on the ballot for in the February 14 special election for the vacant City Council seat that formerly belonged to Assemblywoman Inez Dickens.

In the address, May said the move by the Liberal Democrats to vote against the draft Communications Data Bill had meant the National Crime Agency had to drop «at least twenty cases» - including some where children's lives were at risk - due to missing communications data.

Alongside UK - wide bills on matters such as child poverty and financial regulation, today's legislative programme included minor measures to increase Holyrood's powers, including extending its licensing of private security companies and introducing a 12 - month limit on legal cases against the Scottish government under the Human Rights Act.

Kruger is a reported closet case, and cast a vote against marriage equality last year when the bill came up.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- A restaurant owner central to the case against Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and his wife is also a major donor to Mayor Bill de Blasio, whose fundraising activities are under investigation by federal and state authorities.

Eliot was listed as the plaintiff in the short - lived case against his spouse, which came on the heels of a scathing Post exclusive that revealed the ousted governor was canoodling with former Bill de Blasio spokesman Lis Smith.

Liberty is also campaigning against the Justice and Security Bill published in May 2012 which, amongst other things, would allow national security cases to be heard in closed proceedings — so - called «secret courts».

Dr. Alan Chartock discusses the Fund drive, information unfolding after the Las Vegas mass shooting, a case against Gerrymandering, and a Republican abortion ban bill.

Hoylman's bill would eliminate the time limit that an abuse victim can bring a case against his or her attacker.

The bill, likely to be voted Tuesday, will let prosecutors bring criminal cases any time up to a victim's 23rd birthday, and allow civil lawsuits against abusers any time up to a victim's 50th birthday.

Foye's comments came a day after the prosecution rested its case against Christie's former deputy chief of staff Bridget Anne Kelly and the New Jersey governor's ex-Port Authority deputy executive director Bill Baroni, who allegedly conspired to close lanes on the George Washington Bridge in an act of political vengeance against the Democratic mayor of Fort Lee.

WE CAN only imagine the look on Bill Gates's face when he learned that four - year - old personal files were to be used as evidence against him in the US government's antitrust case against Microsoft.

April 17, 2018 - The «newest frontier» against malaria is gathering data about malaria cases, and by using digital surveillance, such as GPS tracking the locations of where those infected are, said Bill Gates.

This is the case where Thomas Wong and others, initiated a class action lawsuit against the dating site True.com about their auto billing and renewal practices of memberships.

British - born ingénue Cummins, curiously enough, gets top billing over Mature (who was by far the bigger star in 1947) and Vincent Price is the wily detective who knows how to play upon the arrogance of the upper class as he builds his case against Mature.

Maybe his time, given his varying roles, would be better spent a. Getting his Trust to produce a detailed case - study with a breakdown of all the cost - savings made, for other schools to scrutinise and benchmark against... and b. actually making sure that the folk setting up his much trumpeted «national deals brokered by the government to help schools save money on energy bills and hardware like printers and photocopiers» do a better job.

«If you have a school that's struggling, in most cases, the parents, the district and the teachers are working really hard to try and fix it,» said Kathleen Oropeza, a Florida mom who co-founded the nonprofit FundEducationNow.org and fought against parent trigger bills the past two legislative sessions.

1912: NEA endorses Women's Suffrage 1919: NEA members in New Jersey lead the way to the nation's first state pension; by 1945, every state had a pension plan in effect 1941: NEA successfully lobbied Congress for special funding for public schools near military bases 1945: NEA lobbied for the G.I. Bill of Rights to help returning soldiers continue their education 1958: NEA helps gain passage of the National Defense Education Act 1964: NEA lobbies to pass the Civil Rights Act 1968: NEA leads an effort to establish the Bilingual Education Act 1974: NEA backs a case heard before the U.S. Supreme Court that proposes to make unlawful the firing of pregnant teachers or forced maternity leave 1984: NEA fights for and wins passage of a federal retirement equity law that provides the means to end sex discrimination against women in retirement funds 2000s: NEA has lobbied for changes to the No Child Left Behind Act 2009: NEA delegates to the Representative Assembly pass a resolution that opposes the discriminatory treatment of same - sex couple

Perhaps there is a case of money illusion here is, stocks aren't «holding up, p / e ratio have compressed significantly over the past 7/8 years.Another point, you are comparing apples and oranges by taking s & p prices levels against yield bond spread.Try this: s & p earning yield less t - bills against the yield bond spread.

Tried to introduce a bill to Congress to try and stop video game rentals after they lost the court case against Blockbuster.

These activists include Sharon Eubanks, a former US Department of Justice attorney who once helped bring a similar case against Big Tobacco; House Democrats Ted Lieu and Mark DeSaulnier; Canadian eco-loon Bill McKibben (who talks, with characteristic wry understatement, of Exxon's «sheer, profound, and — I think — unparalleled evil»); and, of course, Rhode Island senator Sheldon Whitehouse, another attorney determined to use lawfare to shut down the debate on climate change once and for all.

Writing in Mother Jones, Bill McKibben made a comprehensive case against the plan to substitute shale gas for coal, arguing that the so - called solution might be worse than the original problem.

The case is the first prosecution in the UK against a company in respect of activities taking place overseas, and is an indication of how cases are likely to proceed once more tailored offences relating to overseas corruption under the Bribery Bill become law.