Sentences with phrase «effort against the issue»

Critics of the proposed tuition policy haven't yet mounted a serious organizing effort against the issue.

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While last week's budget vote cleared the way to begin the tax reform effort, 20 Republicans voted against it, citing issues with the elimination of state and local tax deductions and a massive expansion of the federal deficit.

The Parkland students have been facing many of these issues head - on, meeting with the survivors of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, and now with the Chicago students, in an effort to build coalitions and expand their fight against gun violence.

He came out against middle - class tax increases, said he now supported the mid-1990s welfare reform, and he made an effort to seem like an abortion moderate who struggled with the moral complexity of the issue.

I have to say another step is called for in issuing willingness and effort in the long march against racial enmity.

Finally, unless churches take the economic issues of pornography seriously, we have little hope of being effective in the efforts against it.

If true, the dual - use nature of this technology may eventually raise issues for international law; it can also add further impediments to current efforts to develop legal regimes against weaponization in space.

Occupy Wall Street was a gim me issue for progressives around the city and the world, but in the neighborhood surrounding Zuccotti Park, it was a thorny situation in which free speech and assembly rights had to be balanced against the need of residents not to be disrupted, and Menin led the effort to forge a compromise resolution at C.B. 1.

But Molinaro took issue with Cuomo's lobbying effort against the tax bill, which has included harsh words for Republican members of Congress — five of the state's nine GOP members — who voted for it.

«Taking all other issues raised in the Kaduna Declaration over the past few months, vis a vis the effort by various government and non-governmental bodies to engage us in dialogue, we submit that there is the need to look at the following issues holistically as safeguards against future ethnic tensions:

She said it has been her goal to recruit more female candidates for office — a head - on offensive against Democratic efforts, through the Women's Equality Party that Gov. Andrew Cuomo created, to use gender issues to drive up turnout.

Recchia, the former Democratic councilman running for congress against scandal - tainted Republican incumbent Michael Grimm, has launched a new campaign effort, the «Kitchen Table Listening Tour,» in which he visits residents in their homes, sits at their kitchen tables and discusses issues with them.

Glushefski waged a low - key effort against Mychajliw in which qualifications seemed to reign as a major issue.

This is just as she also threatened to take legal action against the governor of Edo state Adams Oshiomhole for his recent efforts to link her name to the alleged $ 2.1 billion arms issue.

Among the issues Boak highlighted on environmental policy, she pointed to pushing back against the construction of the Algonquin Pipeline and backing the effort to close the Indian Point Nuclear Plant in Westchester County.

Shadow foreign secretary William Hague has called on the government to step up its efforts against nuclear proliferation, comparing the issue in importance to climate change.

The statement said, «Kerry will meet with President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss counter-terrorism efforts, the Nigerian economy, the fight against corruption and human rights issues.

But a slew of Democrats defended the need for a women's issues party today, and railed against what they deemed efforts to rein in women's access to contraceptives or abortion.

On each topic, they issued failing grades, with the exceptions of Sen Skelos getting an F - for not only being inactive on meaningful job creation for low - income communities but for actually fighting against efforts that might otherwise be helpful.

Lawyers for Mangano say they won't pursue the issue at trial, but they requested broad latitude to ask Singh about his illegal conduct with de Blasio and his efforts to obtain a benefit by cooperating against the mayor.

The collapsed effort at forcing through the Postal Services Bill against Labour backbench opposition to restructure the Royal Mail is a glaring example of a government backing away from issues it really needs to deal with.

Indeed, Mr. Weiner drew enormous attention to the issue — and to himself — by erupting in a furious tirade against Mr. King that other New York Democrats saw as needlessly damaging to a delicate effort to line up Republican support.

You control the land and you are equally involved in solving matters that bothers on chieftaincy issues so I plead with you to join the efforts of Operation Vanguard, support them and let us win the fight against illegal mining in the country to protect the environment and our water bodies,» he said.

Long said she wanted to draw attention to the refugees because immigration is an issue in her election against Schumer, who led an effort to pass a bipartisan immigration reform bill in the Senate.

Check out the 6 December print issue of Science for a news package on snakes, including more on the genomes, a story about efforts to develop drugs from venom, and a report about the fight against the invasive brown tree snake in Guam.

That's right, Chick - fil - A issued a cease - and - desist order against Bo in 2006, claiming that «Eat More Kale» was in conflict with their slogan, «Eat More Chikin» — and then blocked his effort to trademark «Eat More Kale» this summer.

It is also an issue that all dating sites would take every effort to fight against.

Hence a tweet he issued tonight, accusing director Paul Thomas Anderson of bearing a grudge against him, one so powerful that it shaped the marketing efforts for Anderson's latest film, Phantom Thread.

The Spring 2012 issue of the Teacher PD Sourcebook highlights instructional efforts that, against difficult odds, are showing signs of success in bringing reading and writing to life for today's students.

While the primary focus of the blog has been the on - going effort to push back against the corporate education reform industry and re-take public control of public education, we've collectively dealt with an impressive array of issues.

The BC Real Estate Association, a trade group for roughly 23,000 agents in the province, issued a statement on Monday saying it supports efforts to track pre-sale information, increase transparency and enforce higher penalties against unethical realtors.

He was a part of efforts to rescue Salomon Brothers and Long Term Capital Management after he had objected to, and warned against, the use of derivatives and other speculations in the early years as they turned into a controversial issue.

We believe that Iris is the most comprehensive solution available to protect against identity theft and resolve issues should theft or fraud occur, and our ongoing success would not have been possible without the outstanding efforts of our expert team.»

Through this reference to the beginnings of struggle against exploitation and the early efforts towards self - organized education of workers, the exhibition «Really Useful Knowledge» looks into issues around education from contemporary perspective.

Green leaders issue a global, social media - based rallying call to push back against an effort to pass the tar sands oil pipeline through the Senate tomorrow.

Mr. McCain (a spokesman): «John McCain has been a leader in the fight against global climate change, working with Democrats on this issue since 2003, but no one has more successfully recruited Americans into this effort than Al Gore.

This, coming from a historian who apparently needs some kind of time travel ability in order for her tale to be plausible regarding her discovery of who her «tobacco - associated critics» were, and this overall concern coming from a side of the issue which doesn't merely believe global warming mitigation efforts are just a sensible thing to do, there's a moral imperative to stop those who are committing crimes against humanity.

Coupled with news of the recent gathering at 10 Downing Street, we might conclude that the British government is turning its efforts against climate change and environmental degradation up a notch... or, at least, trying to create the appearance that they're tackling these issues.

Although we have extensive trial experience against the government, we believe — particularly in heavily - regulated industries or when government contracts are at issue — that it is equally important to engage in early efforts with regulators to pursue alternative solutions that impose only the most reasonable burdens on our clients, using measures such as consent agreements, deferred prosecution agreements, and nonprosecution agreements to amicably resolve disputes, including those in which the amounts at issue reached nine figures

In August 2012, wife filed a petition to enforce the two judgments against Mr. Dougall alleging he had made no effort to pay the judgments issued against him.

The court didn't issue a verdict, but the FBI appears to have simply stepped down and stopped its previous efforts in the courts against Apple.

Naturally, the husband was against this outcome: He claimed that in light of his bankruptcy the order should not be given effect — especially since there were significant and serious custody / parenting issues outstanding, not to mention efforts on the wife's part to exclude him from the child's life.

The Respondent's union asked the CSST to reconsider that decision, arguing the functional limitations resulting from the employment injury at issue made the Respondent a person with a handicap within the meaning of section 10 of the Québec Charter, he could not be discriminated against because of this handicap and that, in looking for suitable employment, the employer had to make every effort to facilitate his return to work without, however, imposing undue hardship on him.

When it comes to international response against child soldiers, much of the effort is at the «end tail of the issue,» Dallaire said.

[103] For instance, the public may view a judge that is involved with fundraising efforts for Mothers Against Drunk Driving Canada as having a pre-disposition on the issue of impaired driving, an issue which may come before the judge in a variety of cases.

Her persistent efforts to pursue the University on this issue, despite numerous rulings against her, are simply not reasonable.

We believe that Iris is the most comprehensive solution available to protect against identity theft and resolve issues should theft or fraud occur, and our ongoing success would not have been possible without the outstanding efforts of our expert team.»

As part of its ongoing efforts to patch its systems against the Meltdown and Spectre chip flaws, Intel indicated last month that it would be issuing fixes as far back as 2005's Yorkfield processors.

• Oversee accounting activities such as calculations, postings and verifying of information into company databases • Review general ledger accounts, balance sheets and income statements and ensure that journal entries are properly adjusted • Recommend enhancements to general accounting activities so that they comply with both company and state regulations • Implement processes improvements and ensure that reconciliation efforts are reduced • Develop and implement accounting practices to ensure smooth accounting operations • Reconcile bank statements and accounts and handle expenditure tracking reports • Monitor revenues and expenditures against set budgets to ensure compliance with approved budget allocations • Approve cash disbursements by carefully verifying check amounts against issued invoices

But the communities, particularly Bourke, are making a concerted effort to address the underlying issues that send schools of Aboriginal children to detention centres, where their future is then burdened so greatly that they will most likely, by the weight of the statistics against them, end up in jail as adults.