Sentences with phrase «drawing lines in the sand over»

To call yourself the «working families» party and then draw the line in the sand over campaign finance reform is an absolute disgrace.

Mindful of the fact that the conservative grassroots is still smarting from the same - sex marriage vote two years ago, and steaming over the SAFE Act passage, the Senate Republicans drew a line in the sand over the abortion plank of the governor's Women's Equality Agenda and also refused to budget on campaign finance reform.

And now Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin appears to be drawing a line in the sand over Murphy's plan to short recipients of the state's popular Homestead Rebate program.

But perhaps the biggest fight Cuomo will face is over his drawing a line in the sand over teacher evaluations.

In an interview with public radio, Cuomo stopped short of drawing a line in the sand over the issue of public campaign financing, something many advocates have called for.

Critical debate regarding The Counselor has been raging back and forth this weekend with critics drawing lines in the sand over who «gets it» and who «hates it» with the ferocity reserved for a Lars Von Trier release.

US industry trade groups draw a line in the sand over C02 limits on renewed permits for existing factories, suing to stall implementation - in the middle of an economic crisis, while auto makers are laying off millions.

Not exact matches

It's our own insecurity, fear and need for control, power and status that makes us draw lines in the sand and stand in judgement over those who don't do it our way...

The Giants drew their line in the sand this week three times over.

Simon Hughes has drawn a line in the sand on the row over the spending review, saying Lib Dems would vote against changes to housing benefit unless there are major changes.

Heastie too, is concerned with Cuomo amassing too much power over the budget, but said he's not drawing any lines in the sand.

Corbyn has sought to draw what his spokesman called a «line in the sand» over the noisy dissent from some in the parliamentary party over his stance on a series of issues from Trident to the legalisation of the «sex industry».

We had to launch over Memorial Day weekend — I think a previous post discussed why — and we needed to draw a line in the sand about what we could realistically go out of the gate with.

And that, my friends, is where the line was drawn in then sand and things got heated over a series of different posts on different sites.

That small group is only drawing a «line in the sand» to then argue over as to «where it should then be moved», and think that if this is done enough «with gusto» then the PAUCITY within what «the players» opinion will be less noticed.

That small group still only drew a «line in the sand», then «argued» over as to «where it should then be moved», and then altered a «graph» to much «Public made fanfare».

When the majority observe the «greenhouse - wagon'theatre teetering along as it is, that small group «aboard» persistently «stops», disembarks, draws a «line in the sand» and argues over where it should then be moved.

Bill Heinze reports that developing and developed countries have drawn a proverbial line in the sand over how the World Intellectual Property Organization should support the second and third world.

There's one place Samsung has drawn a line in the sand that Apple is unlikely to cross over, though: the continued existence of a standard 3.5 mm headphone jack on Samsung phones.

Those who choose the Galaxy S9 over the S9 + shouldn't feel like they're missing out on too much by going with the smaller of the two phones, but it is interesting to see Samsung draw a bigger line in the sand this time around.

To keep living the way we were would be disastrous so we drew a line in the sand and stepped over.