Sentences with phrase «debates leading up»

Lhota, a deputy mayor under former GOP Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former head of the city transit authority, faced off against his Democratic opponent, New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, in the first of three debates leading up to the November mayoral election.

Two candidates for New York state Senate in Westchester's 37th District continue to court undecided voters in a series of scheduled debates leading up to Election Day.

The leaders of the three biggest political parties will face each other live in three TV debates leading up to the general election.

As I stated at the time, the intense debate leading up to the official unveiling of the plan gave the perception of an end - result, but the FCC's plan is merely a set of proposals and guidelines that basically frame the real debate — which is just beginning.

None of these proposals will be in the Speech from the Throne but they should be part of the public debate leading up to the next election.

Although the failure to reach a living wage agreement with the developer had been a key issue in the weeks of debate leading up to the City Council vote, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn cited traffic issues as integral to the decision to vote against the project.

the process and debate leading up to the next Strategic Defence and Security Review in 2015 needs to be open, inclusive and transparent, examining all capabilities, including nuclear.

The policy debate leading up to the choice of a 5/15 target was undertaken before the full severity of the financial crisis and the need for a $ 42 billion stimulus became apparent.

The Prime Minister continued his stance on an official apology throughout the community debate leading up to Sorry Day on 26 May, 1998, and maintained the distinction between addressing concrete issues such as health and housing and the symbolic act of apologising.

Not exact matches

But when you're up against a stubborn belief, words will likely lead to a lengthy — and ultimately futile — debate.

In the months and weeks leading up to the congressional debate, she's met with dozens of lawmakers, conservative advocacy organizations, and business groups to build consensus and support for a plan that adopts parts of a 2015 proposal by Republican Sens. Marco Rubio and Mike Lee.

In the weeks leading up to the book's release on Monday, pundits and press hounds have been debating its merits.

President Obama's first debate In the run - up to the first presidential debate, President Obama enjoyed a comfortable lead over GOP challenger Mitt Romney.

Call us naïve, but this is the economic debate that Canadians deserve, and our political leaders should be having, in the lead up to the 2015 election.

At the same time the Liberal Party, and Liberal leader Stéphane Dion, have made environmentalism a major component of their election platform through a policy initiative known as the Green Shift — an initiative that was the source of considerable discussion and debate in the lead - up to the election.

But it seems likely that the fierce intra-administration debates in the weeks leading up to it — which a White House aide described as «absolute chaos» — made it more likely that Trump would act impulsively without properly consulting his team or thinking through the details of the actual unveiling.

However, in the ongoing AMA, hosted by Bitcoin.com, Shrem opened up about a range of topics including the ongoing debate over bitcoin's block size, adjusting to prison life and why he believes the transparent nature of the bitcoin blockchain will lead to more repressive government regulation.

Similarly, MacIntyre has come up with a metaphor to explain exactly why it is that moral debate in today's society is so shrill and so rarely leads to consensus — why, in other words, society seems utterly incapable of coming to enough basic agreement in matters of ethics to enable it to deal with the moral chaos that surrounds us.

To lead us in these conversations we have recently invited some of the best up - and - coming thinkers and practitioners to help us dig deep into loving debates that challenge common assumptions and affirm uncommon insight.

My piece was not a «lament,» but essentially a defense of Pope Benedict (as was my brief follow - up here) against just the type of over-the-top criticisms cited elsewhere in Allen's article, even as I raised one respectful question about the pope's prudential decision not to meet with leading dissidents — a legitimate, good - faith debate among sincere Catholics.

We lost the dimension of participation that was so prevalent in the Jewish synagogues, where any male (at that time) could stand up, read a passage, and then give his own interpretation, often leading to intense debate.

Each «missional» thinker who roots their ideas in the historical debate over «church and mission» takes an «off ramp» somewhere off the IMC highway so they don't end up where the IMC movement led (see above).

We hope that what happens at Emory over the next few years will stimulate discussion, debate and creative ideas at other graduate schools, leading them to take up these challenges in their own ways and build other educational models for preparing practical theologians.

Now, more than ever, we need you to stay loud, as political debate about live export intensifies in the lead up to the election.

Whether such big - money signings are necessary is up for debate given the level that Ernesto Valverde has his side playing at right now, as they lead the way in La Liga with a four - point gap to their nearest rivals and they sit top of their Champions League group.

It's lead to various previous discussions being dredged up, most notably the near - constant goalkeeping debate.

«There's a danger of taking something that may be common sense, but fetishising it into a philosophy, leading to heated debates about which is the ideal way to bring up children, when a middle way is almost always the best.»

Indeed in December's debate Italian European People's Party (Christian Democrats) MEP, Elisabetta Gardini, said listening to Taylor felt like «going back in time» as all the issues he raised had already been considered in the thorough two - year process leading up to the draft before them.

Leading up thru the civil war, the debate on what constituted as «property» extended to profits off [slave] labor and off slaves themselves.

In particular, a number of other rural organisations worked tirelessly in the months leading up to the evidence hearing and this week's debate and they should be congratulated for their efforts.

There was little debate over the financial plan, although some members voiced concern over what they considered to be «rushed» negotiations in the days leading up to the budget.

As the State Senate today passed «Kirby & Quigley's Law» by a 59 - 2 vote, Senator Jim Tedisco (R,C,I,REF - Glenville), the author and lead sponsor of the bill, has announced a new online petition drive to harness the power of the people to urge the Assembly to bring the public safety measure to the Floor of the New York State Assembly for a debate and up or down vote.

Leaving aside the debate about just how much influence Britain has within the EU anyway, would a Brexit really result in a diminution of power greater than the end of empire, or that which states like Greece gave up when they joined the Euro, or when Poland chose paralysis as its political system in the eighteenth century, leading to it disappearing from the map altogether for well over a century?

Gov. Andrew Cuomo will do something before November's general election that he refused to do leading up to the Democratic primary — debate.

Follow all the issues and campaign news leading up to the debate on CNNPolitics.com and @cnnpolitics on Twitter.

The mostly cordial first debate in the 2nd Congressional District race got personal when the topic of gun control came up, with U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney's Republican opponent criticizing him for taking part in a Democratic - led House sit - in to push for votes...

In the lead up to the election, the mayor publicly — in debates, interviews and press conferences — positioned himself as someone who will stand up against big - bad real estate interests.

New York City's premiere political television news show, NY1's Inside City Hall, has been hosting candidate debates in the weeks leading up to the September 13 state legislative primaries, as it has ahead of past elections.

«What you will hear from Donald leading up this next debate and in the debate is a guy who is talking at 50,000 feet and a guy who is talking about what direction the country is going to go,» Paladino told Newsday in an interview on Wednesday.

The firming - up of the poll lead suggests the public was turned off by Salmond's performance in the TV debate with Darling.

The ABI's role is to: - Be the voice of the UK insurance industry, leading debate and speaking up for insurers.

President Mahama, the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, who had earlier accused the Nana Akufo - Addo of running away from a one - on - one debate and now says Ghanaians deserve a face up between the leading presidential contenders.

Astorino was on Capital Tonight Friday, where he said if Hawkins is polling well leading up to the debates, the campaigns would possibly look into sending an invitation to the Green Party candidate.

«It was disappointing that someone who is seeking to lead our nation failed to turn up to the debate and provide the leadership that the country is currently crying out for.

North upped the ante even further on May 9, in an interview with the Washington Times, claiming that the young survivors of the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida — many of whom have since become leading voices in the gun control debate — and others like them were «civil terrorists.»

Leading up to the November 7 vote on whether to hold a convention, the debate is shaping up around fear of what could be taken away versus hope that the public can take a shot at democratic reform.

Up to Us is launching today with leading women's groups like Women's Campaign Fund, and I Am That Girl's Emily Greener, as well as high - profile women like Sophia Bush who want to change the public debate.

Carly Fiorina: The former Hewlett - Packard CEO was able to overcome the fact that somebody left her closing statement in a hotel lobby printer, leading to it being posted on Twitter, to offer up by far the best performance in the «kids» table» version of the Republican presidential debate.

The four candidates seeking to replace City Councilman Eric Gioia (D - Sunnyside) told the TimesLedger Newspapers staff in a debate last week that affordable housing, education, the oil spill at Newtown Creek and a dispute between tenants and landlord Vantage Properties were among the key issues leading up to the Sept. 15 Democratic primary.

This is just as the leading candidates earmarked for the debate are warming up to reel out their plans for the state in the next four years as contained in their manifestos.