Sentences with phrase «face uphill climbs»

They're the minority in the House and Senate, have been shut out of the White House entirely and face uphill climbs at the local level as well.

Legal experts noted that federal authorities face an uphill climb in turning lawyers against their clients.

Military spouses face an uphill climb to find and keep a job.

But she said the lack of any meaningful free range egg standard meant that «genuine» producers faced an uphill climb.

Cincinnati faced an uphill climb to get back into the AFC North race, but it'll be even harder to pull off if Green is sidelined against the Tennessee Titans in Week 10 or potentially beyond.

A plan that would allow for tolls along Manhattan roadways at peak times continues to face an uphill climb among Republican lawmakers from New York City in the state Senate.

Chiavacci Farley faces an uphill climb: no Republican has won statewide office in the Empire State since 2002, and New York has not sent a Republican to the U.S. Senate since Schumer defeated Al D'Amato in 1998.

With Murphy and Kirkpatrick's Senate bids, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee faces an uphill climb at keeping its Republican - leaning House seats.

Despite the solid quarter, Katko knows he faces an uphill climb in the fundraising duel with Maffei.

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has lost the support of yet another key supporter, the latest sign that the beleaguered chairman faces an uphill climb in his bid for a second term.

While Cuomo appears very likely to run for President, he'll almost certainly face an uphill climb between his Machiavellian impulses and ties to financial donors.

Whoever emerges from the GOP field faces an uphill climb to deny Cuomo a third term as the state has 3.4 million more registered Democrat voters than registered Republicans.

The Republican - led Senate previously passed a version of the tax credit legislation, but it faces an uphill climb in the Democratic - led Assembly.

Democrats face an uphill climb in trying to gain full control of the state Senate, according to a trio of Sienna College polls on Monday showing incumbent freshman trailing their Republican opponents by double digits.

Donald Trump met yesterday with GOP strategist Paul Manafort, a huddle that suggests campaign changes could be in the works after the billionaire lost the Wisconsin primary and is facing an uphill climb to clinch the Republican presidential nomination before the convention.

She faces an uphill climb against Gillibrand, who is better known and better funded.

Trump faces an uphill climb to re-election in 2020 against a slate of prominent potential Democratic hopefuls, according to new polling from CNN conducted by SSRS.

Both proposals face an uphill climb in Congress because many Republicans oppose a national paid leave program.

Outsider architecture firms may also be facing an uphill climb.

ALBANY Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the state faces an uphill climb, noting his eighth annual agenda is the «most challenging agenda that I have ever put forth.»

On Monday, the New York State Bar Association fired the opening salvo in what is likely to be a protracted struggle with Mr. Cuomo and the hospital lobby over the malpractice proposal, which will most likely face an uphill climb in the Democratic - controlled Assembly.

(6) One - house sleepers: Dozens, if not hundreds of bills have passed one house and face an uphill climb in the second.

Without that support, Dawidziak said Mangano faces an uphill climb should he decide to run.

Republicans running for Congress in Connecticut face an uphill climb when it comes to collecting campaign cash, according to recent reports with the Federal Election Commission.

Because minorities still face an uphill climb in science and related fields, CEOSE committee members urge students to become more active in their education.

Baumbach faces an uphill climb for his second screenplay nomination, not because he doesn't present a strong case — it's his best writing in years, since at least Greenberg, if not The Squid and the Whale.

Another film will probably happen, but it faces an uphill climb.

I'm not writing off the possibility, but the film faces an uphill climb.

With a strong tradition of centralized power, these proposals face an uphill climb, Scurati believes.

In an educational system where each state is able to set its own educational priorities and where funding for education still primarily comes from state and local sources, she faces an uphill climb.

The latter category, he believes, sadly faces an uphill climb in capturing reader attention due to the fact that the FIRST category was forcefully spoon - fed to those readers at an earlier time, thus developing in their sensibilities an instinct to recoil and avoid.

New people to the industry face an uphill climb in convincing the public that your project has viability.

According to Martin, e-Textbooks still face an uphill climb in many countries despite the government's financial support in European countries (e.g. Norway, Poland, Catalonia).

Nevertheless, the actual experience of publishing locally still faces the uphill climb as one Canadian author complains.

Although he initially announced his indie author status early in 2011, he faced an uphill climb to be recognized.

Given the fact that Smashwords founder, Mark Coker, was a panelist at the Self - publishing Book Expo, it was apparent that B&N's initiative had to face an uphill climb on the DIY route from the start.

Given the large scale of chain stores» coverage and Amazon's low price entry, the internet retail behemoth might face an uphill climb to compete with the competitors.

First - time buyers especially face an uphill climb, as they move against all - cash investors, all - cash or experienced move - up buyers, and other first - timers who are all competing for the same -LSB-...]

The world of eSports is fast - growing, and teams just now starting out face an uphill climb.

While private member's bills (a topic on its own) often face an uphill climb to being passed, let's hope that this one has smooth sailing so that in the future the sailing vessel does not need a false bottom.

When you get your driver's license, then, you are already facing an uphill climb, working against the historical record which states that statistically, you are likely to be an unsafe driver.

YouTube Red also still faces an uphill climb to convince a critical mass of people that it's worth the subscription price.

The technology that powers these experiences is truly incredible, but Microsoft is already facing an uphill climb against Apple's ARKit, which is already seeing widespread developer adoption in the AR space, and existing VR ecosystems in the gaming space.

Also, couples face an uphill climb against societal and friends well - meaning advice at times.

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«Now, they face a steep uphill climb of new network investment, and they will be back to burning cash,» Moffett wrote.

But when I first started, I faced a pretty steep uphill climb because of my lack of familiarity with the special needs culture.

At even - par after day one — nine shots behind Day's 18 - hole lead — Spieth faced an uphill battle to climb into contention in his first start since his Masters meltdown.

The rossoneri fell 2 - 0 in the first leg at home to Arsenal and face a tough uphill climb ahead.

But the measure has faced a steep uphill climb in the Senate.

«There is no way to spin it — State Senator Jack Martins faces a difficult uphill climb this November,» said Bryan Lesswing at the DCCC.