Sentences with phrase «criticized by the president»

Liberal groups have been hobbled by widespread reluctance among Democrats to support unlimited - spending groups, which have been criticized by President Obama and others as unhealthy for democracy.

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Immigration advocates criticized the move as unnecessary, but the Trump administration and others were quick to point out that the National Guard has been deployed to the border in the past — most recently by former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush.

The unilateral statement issued by the White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, initially caught some defense, military, and intelligence officials off guard, NBC News and BuzzFeed reported late Monday, and struck many as President Donald Trump's attempt to draw a red line for US military intervention in Syria — something he had criticized President Barack Obama for doing in the past.

But Baron's account contradicts assertions by President Trump, who has repeatedly accused Bezos and the paper of doing Amazon's bidding — in addition to criticizing its political reporting — despite the fact that Amazon itself does not own any stake in the Post.

But this day of typical Easter activities was preceded by something considered an anomaly by any President except this one: several early morning tweets defending his decision not to label China a currency manipulator — a policy reversal from his campaign rhetoric — and criticizing the protesters in Saturday's tax marches who demanded he release his returns.

President Donald Trump's executive order banning people from seven primarily Muslim countries was criticized by business leaders.

Following the decision made by the Department of Transportation, Paul Hudson, president of Flyers Rights, criticized the agency.

Sony had been fiercely criticized by top Hollywood talent and President Barack Obama for what many considered caving to the hackers.

Fox News host Sean Hannity, after being revealed as a previously secret client of President Donald Trump's embattled personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, was criticized on his own show by legal expert Alan Dershowitz.

While never mentioning Trump by name, Trudeau has often criticized the Republican Party's candidate for president since he became prime minister last year.

Several of the students have criticized the president, whose election was strongly supported by the National Rifle Association and who ran on a platform opposing gun control.

Under Armour has joined other top U.S. footwear brands in criticizing President Donald Trump's plans to slap punishing tariffs on Chinese imports by Thursday, saying the move would hurt consumers, jobs and business.

The merger was criticized by brewers like Steve Hindy, the co-founder and president of Brooklyn Brewery.

While American steel and aluminum executives cheered the idea, it was roundly criticized by trade groups and even some of the president's allies.

Bernanke, who has criticized cryptocurrencies in the past, will be interviewed by Gene Sperling, the former national economic adviser under Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.

GM and other automakers have been sharply criticized by Republican U.S. President - elect Donald Trump for building vehicles in Mexico that are imported into the United States.

At the time, Alibaba said it was «very disappointed» with the decision and insinuated it was «influenced by the current political climate» following the election of President Donald Trump, who has criticized the current trade relationship between the two nations.

He even criticizes former President Bush's rhetoric about «ridding the world of evildoers» by force... a message that is completely contrary to the way of Jesus.

Hundreds, including seminary presidents, have signed a statement on salvation criticized by both Reformed and Arminian theologians.

This has been criticized by faith leaders, including Hannu Haukka, president of Great Commission Media Ministries, who called the laws restrictive and similar to repressive legislation passed by Soviet - era Russia.

This «coddling» culture, a term coined by Haidt and Lukianoff, has been criticized by conservatives — as would be expected — but also liberals, including President Obama.

The irony is that, though Republicans criticize spending on social programs by Democratic presidents, it was the Bush administration that spent over one trillion dollars in tax cuts for the wealthy.

He was also criticized by some GOP county chairs for being too liberal — he's pro-choice and voted for President Obama in 2008.

The WFP leader pointedly did not call out any Democratic leaders by name, but both President Obama and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have been intermittently criticized by the liberal wing of their own party for being too pragmatic, or even downright conservative in some cases.

On the eve of President Obama's budget presentation, a Western New York Republican joined the AARP in criticizing an expected decrease in the amount paid out in Social Security benefits by restructuring cost of living adjustments.

Cuomo himself alluded several times to Donald Trump's administration, though did not criticize the president by name.

Cuomo rarely criticizes President Trump by name, though the New York governor does frequently rail against federal Republican proposals, like repealing Obamacare.

Onyekpere also criticized the late approval of the 2017 budget, which was submitted on Dec. 14, 2016 by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Cuomo interpreted the victories by Democrats in New York as a rejection of President Donald Trump, congressional Republicans and a GOP - backed tax plan on the federal level he has criticized for its potential to have a negative impact on the state.

The cap proposal has been criticized as faulty and flawed by a number of New York City and state elected officials, including city Comptroller Scott Stringer, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat from Brooklyn who is rumored to be mulling a run against de Blasio in 2017.

Goodluck Jonathan was not spared, as the former military ruler criticized what he described as «extra-constitutional measures», the measures applied by the National Assembly to empower Goodluck Jonathan as the acting president when the constitution already had a solution to the problem.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in a Cabinet viewed by some as strategic but criticized by others as lackluster that has a woman investment banker taking charge of the finances of Africa's biggest economy.

Peter Sanderson will be responsible for keeping the project on schedule and within budget, for an annual salary of $ 340,000, an amount being criticized by Civil Service Employees Union President Danny Donohue.

Paladino and Levy's champion, state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, have been battling back and forth over whether Paladino will get a chance to speak at the convention, with the candidate upping the ante yesterday by releasing a video in which Randy Credico did his President Nixon impression to criticize the chairman.

Former President Rawlings and founder of the NDC has come under numerous verbal attacks by some members of his own party for speaking his mind and criticizing his own administration for wrong doing

Nana Akufo - Addo who has criticized the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) led by President John Mahama of leading Ghanaians into untold hardship has said on various political platforms that he is ready to lead Ghana into a period of economic prosperity and progress.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo criticized the budget proposal released this week by President Donald Trump as the «Niagara Falls of trickle - down economics,» saying it will positively impact the very rich at the expense of the very poor.

The Democratic political action committee End Citizens United wasted little time in criticizing Rep. Claudia Tenney's vote in favor of the tax overhaul bill, approved Wednesday in the House of Representatives and signed by President Trump.

Trump is being criticized for his attitudes toward the press and Russia by an unexpected source — former President George W. Bush.

«It's disappointing to me that Democrats are doing this,» she said in a radio interview with Susan Arbetter on «The Capitol Pressroom,» calling it «incredibly ironic» that she was criticized by Republicans in 2012 for being too close to the president.

The boards, which are appointed by the mayor, City Council and borough presidents, have criticized the rezoning plans as not providing enough housing that is affordable to the actual income levels of people in the neighborhoods and for fear that it would spark more gentrification and overcrowding.

The borough president also intends to criticize the city's decision to put $ 170 million into renovating the Horizon Juvenile Center by The Hub, part of its plan to move 16 - and 17 - year - olds off of Rikers Island.

The president has also been criticized — even by some liberals — for his use of drones to target terrorist suspects abroad, some of whom have been U.S. citizens.

President Donald Trump's early June announcement that the U.S. is withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord has been sharply criticized by environmental advocates who have been organizing protests and demonstrations.

According to him, most of the people criticizing the former President were not privy to arrangements put in place by...

This decision reminds me of the huge public cry that greeted the decision of President Mahama and his government to make Accra the centre for Ebola treatment and how are Christian bodies even joined to criticize that decision but at the end of the day, we all saw how that particular decision saved countries that were hit by Ebola and the world at large.

In the last couple of weeks, he leveled wild allegations against some unnamed presidential staffers indicating that they demand a minimum of $ 20,000 from persons seeking to see the president before allowing them, a comment that has been widely criticized by the party.

His call is in response to a 2016 statement made by John Mahama while he was president, suggesting that, Dr. Bawumia lacked the capacity to criticize him [Mahama], since Bawumia had not...

Red States Called Moochers as Hillary Defends Tunnel Project Hillary Clinton came to the defense of the Gateway Project and accused President Donald Trump of playing politics by holding back federal funds as several members of the New Jersey congressional delegation criticized Republican House efforts to cut funding.

HAVERSTRAW — Rep. Nita Lowey is criticizing President Trump's 2019 budget for allegedly neglecting the public's health needs by cutting funding for the Centers for Disease Control.