Sentences with phrase «expressed public support for»

So far, few GOP lawmakers have expressed public support for preserving Fannie and Freddie in their current state, and both Republican and Democratic lawmakers have worked on legislation to significantly change the housing - finance system.

Ava DuVernay and David Simon also expressed public support for the protest.

Surprisingly, many progressive Reform Rabbis have expressed public support for the Christian Zionists and the Christian right, knowing full well that the Christian right's theological and political agendas are contrary to the Reform Jewish community's longstanding progressive stance on civil liberties and human rights.

(Or rather, why are they expressing public support for a scheme which is massively at odds with some of their private positions?)

Not exact matches

The Supreme Court's Citizens United decision in 2010 allowed for unlimited political spending by corporations, but Justice Anthony Kennedy expressed his strong support for public disclosure of the money spent.

A mix of public figures, from the MP Caroline Lucas to several religious figures, have expressed support for the cap remaining.

That declaration — published simultaneously by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and the local Schwäbischen Tagblatt — was a dramatic reversal of an earlier public stand taken on December 8, when the full professors of the faculty unanimously expressed their support of Küng and pointed out the dangers for freedom of theological research and teaching intrinsic in the German bishops» position (ibid., pp. 100 - 101).

It is as if the representatives of Safe Sleep Committees nationwide, who are general supported by public monies, assume that it is their civil right and not the parents civil rights to make one of the most important decisions parents make: how they will choose to care for and express their love to, their infants.

We can support new mothers by giving salaried public employees time and a place to express milk at work, and requiring that state agencies seek the mother - friendly designation that ensures mothers have a clean, private place to pump milk for their babies.

Condi was supported by others earlier as being a shock and awe VP choice.It won't happen.She has expressed no interest in being a public candidate, and likely would be very bad at it.In many ways, she is a delicate flower; and would not easily survive in the political garden of vipers.And what would she add to the GOP ticket?A slight tick up for black voters?

Some senior Lib Dem sources have expressed private discomfort with the ban, but have not been willing to come out express their opposition to the move in public, although the presence of party support for the EDM may make them think again.

Put another way, one of the reasons that arts supporters want public support for this programs is the get politicians to express their support for the arts on a regular basis as a way to culture the politicians and tame them.

Siena Poll: 57 Percent of New Yorkers Favor Public Financing A new research poll by Siena shows that New York residents across the state express strong support for the public financing of elecPublic Financing A new research poll by Siena shows that New York residents across the state express strong support for the public financing of elecpublic financing of elections.

Aware of these challenges, Farage has started to soften some of the party's stances on fiscal policy and public services; he has even expressed some support for the welfare state.

Former State Congressman Mike Arcuri expressed his strong support this week for a state system of public campaign financing.

The New York Housing Conference Inc., a real estate - backed nonprofit group, has expressed political support for U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley's housing proposals that pivot the Government's commitment away from public housing and that offers a tax credit solution to tenants facing a rent burden.

Cuomo has yet to offer the full - throated public support for MMA that the sport's promoters claim he has expressed in private, but continues to make generally supportive comments about its potential economic benefits.

He also expressed support for public financing, lower contribution limits, early voting and making ballots more readable.

Public officials including U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko, D - Amsterdam, and Rensselaer Mayor Daniel Dwyer have expressed support for the idea, though without making any financial commitments.

Although I am happy to see my neighbors express support for ending the corruption and passing Public Finance.

In the past, Governor Andrew Cuomo, a second - term Democrat, has repeatedly expressed support for a convention, suggesting a con con may be the only way to enact comprehensive campaign finance reform while Republicans who oppose a public matching system and donation limits continue to control the state Senate.

In 2012, Ball has expressed strong support for the use of public funds to transport private school students and is currently trying to increase the distance for these children that the public schools would be responsible for.

County Executive Joanie Mahoney expressed support for the legislation but stopped short of saying she will sign it, pending a required public hearing.

Jones, a Democrat, previously expressed support for middle - class tax relief, an increase in education funding for public schools and more tools to fight the state's opiate epidemic.

The Tory leader expressed his hope and belief that public support for a hung parliament is waning after a burst of enthusiasm when Nick Clegg gained the early momentum in the campaign.

He also pledged to redouble the push for a public felony gun offender registry in the city and state and expressed support for building a new freezer facility in Hunts Point for local food markets and redeveloping the Sheridan Expressway, noting that the West Side of Manhattan had seen success converting highways into boulevards.

In an email sent to supporters late Monday afternoon, NYC Public Advocate Letitia «Tish» James expressed her support for gun control measures to curb the gun violence that plagues parts of the Bronx and Brooklyn.

Bill de Blasio has, on multiple occasions, expressed his support for banning carriage horses but as mayor has not yet taken any public action toward a ban.

In campaign materials and public statements, the Republican town board candidates have expressed support for fewer restrictions at East Hampton Airport.

Elsewhere in a wide - ranging interview, the former prime minister expressed his support for Ed Miliband, something many commentators took with a pinch of salt given his half - public backing for David Miliband during the leadership race.

NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio took to Twitter this morning to capitalize on counter Mayor Bloomberg's verbal slight to Buffalo, expressing his love and support for the Queen City.

The Republican Caucus strongly opposes this request which clearly argues against the beliefs of 83 percent of the public, as expressed in last year's referendum (see attached chart showing overwhelming support for downsizing).

Mr. Felder — an Orthodox Jew who represents a large Orthodox Jewish constituency in Brooklyn — has expressed support in the past for allowing yeshivas leeway in complying with state law, which requires that private schools must offer students instruction that is «at least substantially equivalent» to that offered in public schools.

Some residents who spoke during the public hearing — including business owners, neighbors and Town Board members themselves — expressed support for the proposed code change.

I also thank the hon. Members in all parts of the House and the very many members of the public who expressed support for me over the weekend.

Among these was the express condition that a public - private partnership (Belgian Polar Secretariat) be set up to manage the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, and that the International Polar Foundation be appointed as operator for the station, and the logistics furnished in support of research activity.

These responses raise the question of why parents and teachers more frequently express support for technology in schools than does the public at large.

As noted above, the public as a whole expresses strong support for increasing or at least maintaining current spending levels on public education.

Public supports Common Core, and when given national ranking of local schools, Americans give those schools lower grades and express greater support for vouchers, charters, and teacher tenure reform

Each year a strong majority of the public has expressed support for federal efforts to hold schools accountable by requiring that students be tested in reading and math.

Asked about support for «giving tenure to teachers,» just 31 % of the public express a favorable view in 2016, a figure that has declined by 10 percentage points since 2013.

Asked their opinion on «basing part of the salaries of teachers on how much their students learn,» 60 % of the public express support for the idea in 2016.

President Clinton last week expressed qualified support for voluntary prayer in public schools, and said he is willing to discuss with House Republicans their intention to offer an amendment to the U.S. Constitution assuring students the right to pray.

The public's long - standing support for school and student accountability measures remains high, though it is expressed in slightly more qualified terms than in the past.

When considering online education for either students in rural communities who have «access to only a limited number of course offerings in their public schools» or advanced students interested in taking courses for college credit, the public expresses considerable support.

Neither teachers nor the public as a whole express much support for the practice of mainstreaming emotionally or behaviorally disabled children.

Unlike the public at large, teachers are more likely to express support for the Common Core when the survey question does not include the accountability phrase.

Every since the 1990s, Clinton has expressed support for charter schools, but in Saturday's remarks, she said something that is likely to irritate her supporters within the Democratic Party who are avid backers of charter schools as a principal means of reforming public education: that most charters don't accept those students who are the most difficult to educate, or, if they do, they «don't keep them.»

March 26, 2015: NSBA Signs on to NCPE Coalition Letter Opposing Vouchers NSBA, along with 52 other members of the National Coalition for Public Education (NCPE), writes the Senate to express our strong opposition to any amendments to the Fiscal 2016 Senate Budget Resolution (S. Con Res.11) that would support the creation of a private school voucher or tuition tax credit program.

I was disappointed when my friend Rick Hess, who blogs for Education Week, expressed his support for Wisconsin's Governor Scott Walker («I Stand with Governor Walker») and noted in another post that the average salary of a Milwaukee public school teacher is $ 56,500.