Sentences with phrase «choosing policy positions»

And it's pretty clear (though not accepted by everyone) that ideological identity counts more than scientific knowledge when voters are choosing policy positions.

Not exact matches

However, First Solar is incredibly well positioned for the long term, no matter what direction Trump chooses to take on its climate and energy policy.

Likewise, the Presbyterian Church (USA)'s changes to its policy took place over a much longer time than Azumah names, involved persons holding many positions left undescribed, and came about not because the denomination chose to ignore the Scriptures but because over time, many of us became convinced that there are theologically and historically faithful ways of reading the Scriptures that find space for contemporary understandings of homosexuality.

Personally, I care not what you choose to do but in the case of Mr. Rubio and others in a position to make Science policy, his statements concern me greatly.

The way in which our country positions itself — the alliances it forms, the policies it chooses to condone and, indeed, the policies it enacts — matter enormously.

Positions are chosen and policies are made through a process involving a very large number of people, from the individual voters on up to representatives, senators, party elites, and eventually the presidential candidates.

Union funding of political parties also came under scrutiny, with Policy Exchange railing against the default position for union membership being a commitment to donation rather than allowing workers to «opt - in» if they so choose.

Commenting on the announcement of the draft Scottish budget for 2013/14, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the fastest growing teachers» union in Scotland, said: «While the Scottish Government has been placed in a difficult position by the Westminster Government's imposition of its austerity measures, it is deeply disappointing that the Scottish Government has chosen to follow the Coalition's flawed economic policies by imposing another year of pay freeze on public sector workers.»

Aside from tenure - track positions, postdocs chose other career paths such as consulting, grants management, science policy, and more.

Once the state has decided on its policy position, however, a judicial presence should be maintained to ensure that the chosen policy is fully funded, is implemented in a coherent manner, and results in substantially improved student performance, as measured by validated assessments of academic achievement and of students» ability to function as capable citizens and workers.

Regardless of the chosen position, there was general agreement that monetary policy was being asked to do too much.

Investigators may choose to cite or build upon the work of others not based on the projected contribution to their own future discoveries but instead on the attention and support they will get by affiliating with a given policy position.

As can be seen in the accompanying graph, only 50 % of Democrats, who typically have been the most environmentally oriented in their policy positions, opt for the environmental protection position — just six points higher than the percentage of Democrats choosing economic growth.

I think people in a position to choose should split the difference and get both, either using a policy with a rider or two separate policies.