Sentences with phrase «debates on her absences»

Tillis hammered Hagan in ads and debates on her absences and the rise of ISIS and jumped on her acknowledgement that she skipped a national security meeting to attend a fundraiser.

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It is when we recognize that the issue and practice of peace is an enduring, lasting, acute theme, and that it is the seemingly permanent persistence of the absence of peace and reconciliation that impels us to seek to understand, analyse and debate about the facets of peace, that this conference takes on an urgency that is necessary and compelling.

The absence of serious moral debate leaves conservative and even reactionary moral forces as the only voice on the subject of homosexuality.

I find the absence of a serious moral debate within American churches on homosexuality truly puzzling.

A striking example of the negative result of the absence of an open debate on the moral meaning of homosexuality is the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the rights of states to outlaw sodomy.

Less than artful Democrats can accomplish a lot in the absence of any genuine conservative leadership and one myth being advertised by Democrats I actually wish was true is the existence of focused and organized opposition on the part of conservatives who demand, if nothing else, a transparent national debate.

Indeed, judging by the reporting on the presidential campaign, it seems that in the absence of any substantive public debate on morality among religious leaders, media representatives have emerged as the new priesthood in our culture: they demand confessions of misconduct from public figures and then determine the seriousness of the sin and the degree of penance required for the sin to be forgiven.

Interestingly, a fellow Oxford professor and atheist, Dr Daniel Came, said: «The absence of a debate with the foremost apologist for Christian theism is a glaring omission on your CV and is of course apt to be interpreted as cowardice on your part.»

Even if one regrets the neglect or absence of a comprehensive agenda and the pursuit, instead, of single - issue and single - candidate concerns, and regrets even more the lack of a governing political philosophy, the times and issues are such that open debate must be welcomed on as broad a platform as possible.

It would've been a bit too open - handed for Come Sunday to show a full - on theological debate about hell, but in the absence of that conversation, it's important to show both sides in full.

And whichever side you sit on in relation to the debate, it's difficult not to see certain individuals looking spirited by their absence.

And the party's official absence from today's debate will be taken as clear proof that Labour is divided on Europe.

In the absence of legislation on assisted dying, we have to establish the right to a doctor - assisted death through the courts but we also hope that Paul's case will help to stimulate public debate on this issue, and convince Parliament to listen to the massive majority opinion in this country and legalise assisted dying.»

The party needs to debate whether in the absence of such further changes, and considering the substantial changes already underway on the NHS front - line, the Bill can retain Lib Dem support — the Social Liberal Forum will continue to support the likes of Graham Winyard, Charles West, Evan Harris and Shirley Williams as they seek to secure that debate.

The absence of the threat of spontaneous superpower conflict takes some of the urgency and purism out of the nuclear debate; the economic context has been comprehensively reconfigured by Thatcherism; and on Europe almost all Labour MPs, including the leader, and most Labour voters, supported membership.

In addition to the 53 Tory MPs who rebelled on the EU debate here's a list of the thirteen who apparently abstained (either deliberately or because of absence):

U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm sought to take advantage of the absence of his opponent Domenic Recchia at their first scheduled debate in Bay Ridge on Tuesday, telling voters in the audience that a vote for Recchia is a vote for the policies of Mayor Bill de Blasio, and then telling reporters at a post-debate press conference his opponent is not ready for prime time.

It is the absence of any serious critical dialogue on aid that has allowed the public debate to become dumbed down to such simple terms where you are either for it or against it.

It was in response to the absence of the two ministers who were expected to be present for a debate on the crisis surrounding the Ajaokuta Steel Company.

A number of noble Lords have stayed up through the night, having already talked through nine days of scrutinising a bill that is being rushed through, on the pretext of needing an early referendum on AV, in spite of a complete absence of prior consultation, debate and discussion.

William Hague, Shadow Foreign Secretary, on the Prime Minister's absence from the debate: «According to The Sunday Times, the Prime Minister's spokesman said: «The Prime Minister never attends these debates, whatever the subject.»

The debate has rumbled on for decades, but recent findings about the role circumcision can play in preventing transmission of HIV have placed the foreskin — or its absence — firmly back on the public - health agenda.

During the debate over a strike ballot on the academy plans, there was a distinct absence of tub - thumping and rhetoric that might have been expected.

What is most disappointing is the absence of serious dialogue and debate on the merits of school autonomy.

The debate over biofuels and economics has tended to focus on mandates and subsidies rather than carbon taxes — unsurprisingly, given the absence of carbon - taxing in the U.S. and the prevalence of large biofuel subsidies, primarily via the Renewable Fuel Standard.

On social media, some observers decried the absence of climate change discussion at any of this year's debates.

See, The Strong Scottish Moral Leadership On Climate Change Compared To The Absence Of Any Acknowledged Ethical Duty In The US Debate.

According to the Governor of California the debate on climate change is over, the science is irrefutable, and in the absence of federal leadership, his State and others are taking matters into their own hands.

The Strong Scottish Moral Leadership On Climate Change Compared To The Absence Of Any Acknowledged Ethical Duty In The US Debate.

Perhaps you get bored by the absence of debate over there; I've tried reading it; and there is no debate; just a claque of tired typists doing a Conga dance so they can all move around in a circle so they can pat each other on the back.

The government not only eschews such open debates but seems to have altered its own intuitions on the subject in just three years, even in the absence of any developments in the meantime.

Given the general absence of plenary parliamentary debate on delegated powers, the Committee took evidence from a range of witnesses on ideas for improving existing mechanisms for scrutiny.