Sentences with phrase «controversy over a proposal»

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A Democratic proposal to raise the minimum wage to $ 10.10 from $ 7.25 continues to make controversy in Washington as Democrats and Republicans fight over whether the policy would be good for the economy.

Her proposal of mayoral control over the Syracuse City School District, though, has been met with controversy.

Malpass came on the show to discuss his new role as an economic advisor to Texas Gov. Rick Perry's campaign, which occurred right around the same time that Perry debuted his optional 20 percent flat tax proposal — and then promptly stepped on his own message by reigniting the controversy over President Obama's birth certificate.

Mayor Bill de Blasio, for his part, called he proposal a «very commendable idea» and that it «looks like a real step forward» but said that he looks forward to getting more specifics about the plan, recalling a «big controversy» last year in the state budget where he stated «tried to move some important costs over to the city.»

He became supervisor at a time when the town was split by controversy over the massive Awosting Reserve development proposal, polarizing land preservation advocates and defenders of property rights.

Students explore the controversy over the Trump administration's proposal to add a question about citizenship to the census — and learn about the history and purpose of the U.S.

The agent helps shape the proposal (so that it is clear how the proposed work is different from and better than the competition) or work of fiction, finds a publisher, negotiates the contract, sells subsidiary rights to the work, intervenes when there is a controversy, whether it be over an editorial question or the publisher's promotion plans, weighs in with an opinion (e.g., the book cover), monitors the publishing process and steers the author's career, book by book.

Leading artist Kerry James Marshall has a modest proposal to resolve the controversy over Chicago's monument to fascist aviator Italo Balbo.

Plus, as demonstrated by last year's controversy over Mojave Desert land suggested as a home for solar arrays, projects planned for «spoiled» land face fewer political headwinds that threaten renewable energy proposals in more pristine areas.