Sentences with phrase «defeated past efforts»

The bill, which now is pending in the state Senate, is supported by the California Teachers Association, which was criticized for having defeated past efforts to streamline teacher -LSB-...]

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The GOP Senate's efforts to repeal Obamacare with its own health care bill have been on the brink of defeat over the past 48 hours.

Sharpton has fulminated about alleged efforts to obstruct blacks from voting in the past, most recently during the Democratic primary for retiring Congressman Charles Rangel «s seat, which saw Dominican - American State Senator Adriano Espaillat defeat African - American Assemblyman Keith Wright.

«An arms length relationship between the Tory leadership and the No campaign that meant Cameron was unable to stop the targeting of the politically toxic Nick Clegg and his broken promises Main AV could only be defeated if a large number of Labour supported voted to keep First Past The Post and from the earliest days of the campaign huge efforts were made to ensure the No campaign was genuinely cross-party»

An effort led by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, however, was defeated in the New York state Senate this past session.

At the same time he starts private tuition with Professor Dumbledore, learning the secrets of Voldemort's past in an effort to find a method through which to defeat him.