Sentences with phrase «chip away»

Not only would that chip away at the influence of money in politics, it also could be the first step toward restoring the public's faith in government.

He has supported legalized marriage for gay couples and has opposed efforts to chip away at funding for Planned Parenthood.

None of these measures will even chip away at the deficit.

Levy has worked to chip away at Lazio's support and woo the undecided county chairmen and committee leaders who will serve as convention delegates.

In an open - seat race, Democrats will heavily target the seat for a pickup as the party looks to chip away at Republicans» 30 - seat majority.

Mr. Sanders, a Vermont independent wildly popular with many progressive activists, is hoping to chip away at Ms. Clinton's support where he can.

«That serves a purpose - a lot of the business of politics goes on, both formally and informally - but it doesn't do anything to chip away at that huge barrier which seems to exist between the chattering political class and everyone else.»

Expressing disappointment, Sammy Awuku warned that Mr. Ahomka Lindsay's attitude at the conference could chip away the goodwill towards the government and lead to disenchantment among the voting public.

Instead of fighting to repeal the entire set of stricter gun laws, a bi-partisan group of lawmakers has introduced legislation to chip away at parts of the Safe Act that have proved hard to enforce, been rejected by a federal court, and, in one case, has not been implemented yet.

He expressed worry that the governing party would invest taxpayer's money to fund smaller parties as a strategy to chip away NPP support ahead of the November 2016 elections.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP)- Democrats hoping to chip away at strong Republican majorities in the Pennsylvania Legislature hope the pending primary is the first step.

We can continue to chip away at getting this right or that right, allowing ourselves to be used by either party to score political points.

Opponents, however, worry about activists using a convention to advance political causes like gun control or chip away at protections for abortion.

Despite demographic shifts that threatened to chip away at his African American support base, Rep. Charles B. Rangel clinched his 23rd congressional victory Wednesday over New York state Sen. Adriano Espaillat in their Democratic primary.

In Camillus, town leaders are pleased they have more opportunity from Albany to chip away at local projects.

Who knows how many of these are real plans, how many are there to expand the scope of reform negotiations in the government's favour and how many are merely being put out there to chip away at the BBC's confidence and smear its reputation ahead of reform?

Meanwhile, the Greens and Lib Dems are hacking away at Labour support on the left, while Ukip and the BNP chip away from the right.

The GOP is hoping to chip away at the Democratic majority in the West Virginia Senate this year to put it in play for 2016.

If the rebellion is sufficiently successful (the humiliation of the Congolese army in Goma certainly helps), the idea is presumably that the Congolese government will have no choice but to negotiate with the rebels and give up on any attempts to marginalise the rebels or chip away at their privileges.

This referendum is an attempt to chip away at our right, as American citizens, to keep and bear arms.

Rather than spend significant capital, marshalling the necessary resources for a full repeal, Trump is likely to use a more executive strategy, in an effort to chip away at the foundation of Dodd - Frank.

But in recent years, there's been an increasing effort to chip away at that power, especially in the closely divided Senate.

Divorce attorneys have a front - row seat to the kinds of problems that can chip away at relationships.

Feeling unending back labor, getting nauseated and possibly vomiting or fearing the possibility of a C - section if baby isn't born RIGHT NOW can chip away at anyone's control.

But now special interests are working to chip away at the law.

the one that the AMA is still lobbying to chip away at?

So, you know, as breastfeeding moms, we can, you know, we can try and be brave and go out and do some breastfeeding in front of other women and in front of other girls and you know, that's going to chip away at this image of the breastmilk being functional.

«Minute by minute, well - intentioned parents chip away at their kids» self - confidence by constantly correcting their manners, deriding their mistakes, and unnecessarily intruding as kids try to perform the simplest tasks.

At the age of seven the bedwetting began to chip away at his self esteem.

I felt proud that I had been able to chip away at that stigma that baby loss is still haunted by, that there would perhaps be less head - tilters and more people saying «Tell me more about your son...»

Moving twice in 5 months, and other things that chip away at a peaceful home?

The sun is going to really chip away at how long those goggles will last you.

With reports of decreased student participation in meal programs and trash cans full of discarded fruits and vegetables, the climate is ripe for a variety of factions to chip away at the new regulations — and the scheduled reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act in 2015 (commonly referred to as the «CNR») will give them a prime opportunity to do so.

The other anti-obesity efforts mentioned by Emanuel and Steinmetz are certainly worthwhile, but none of them are the «power tools» we need to significantly chip away at existing obesity rates.

But I do have a wish or two for you in 2015 — please consider getting rid of the script in your head of what love, relationships or marriage should look like and instead ask yourself what you want them to look like; that you stop looking to others to tell you what you should or shouldn't do and question, question, question any advice you read or hear from Internet experts or, for that matter, even credentialed experts (some are just not very good or have their own biases); and, finally, to stop giving credence to articles in women's magazines that often fuel anxiety and chip away at self - esteem because the emphasis always seems to be that you're doing something wrong and if you just did X, Y and Z, you'd have what you want and live happily ever after.

Kiddos can help toss small toys in before this massive ice block is frozen, and then the fun really begins when they chip away to discover those treasures and cool off in the process.

Without him, City could not chip away at a deficit that been inflicted on them by some outstanding Liverpool attacking as Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino combined to devastating affect.

With this result, Milan chip away at the gap between them and those above in the table who dropped points this weekend — including Roma, Sampdoria, Inter, Napoli, and Juventus.

Bortles, Yeldon, and Chris Ivory continued to chip away and convert third downs.

They began to chip away at the lead and by the middle innings they had actually flipped the script and taken a big lead..

Team Sternberg would chip away at the lead and they would actually tie the Game before the final inning.

We got a couple steals that got us out in transition and at that point it was nice that we were able to chip away at the lead.»

Team Lazarov would chip away as they got 3 in the 6th to make it an 11 - 8 Game.

Better opponents will chip away at Xhaka's weaknesses along with Aarons sometimes frivolous behavior.

Cleveland's offense couldn't pull its weight, however, and the Colts were able to chip away a 21 - 7 deficit for a 25 - 24 win.

If I think about all the things I can't control, it will just chip away at my focus.

Spieth, who made Day grind out every shot in the tense finale, kept waiting for any opening his opponent might give him to chip away at his advantage.

I prefer to see us chip away at the deficit by attacking the basket, getting easier shots, drawing fouls and making the defense work.

The best we can do is get on a winning streak and chip away points between us send the leaders (hope they slip up).

Jameer Nelson and former Celtic Glen Davis began to chip away at Boston's lead, pulling even at 47 on a three - point shot by J.J. Redick with 2:24 to play in the first half.