Sentences with phrase «fierce opposition in»

Insurance companies and opponents know that we are fierce opposition in the courtroom and will often try to avoid litigation.

Affleck said the trials, which should be expedited, aren't determining the merit of the pipeline expansion project that faces fierce opposition in B.C.

The bill had already cleared the Senate, but it would have to surmount fierce opposition in the House before it could be ratified by the Northern states.

The bill has faced fierce opposition in the notoriously progressive Codes Committee over the last few years.

Efforts to curtail the tax breaks are likely to face fierce opposition in Congress; the oil and natural gas industry has spent $ 340 million on lobbyists since 2008, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, which monitors political spending.

Massive gas pipelines planned for the Northeast can expect fiercer opposition in coming weeks, now that a five - state Green party alliance has joined the fight to stop two of the biggest pipeline projects.

Not exact matches

In contrast to his fierce opposition to the Obama administration's negotiations with Iran to reach a nuclear deal in 2015, which he called a «historic mistake», Netanyahu said Israel was willing to support U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to strengthen the 2015 agreemenIn contrast to his fierce opposition to the Obama administration's negotiations with Iran to reach a nuclear deal in 2015, which he called a «historic mistake», Netanyahu said Israel was willing to support U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to strengthen the 2015 agreemenin 2015, which he called a «historic mistake», Netanyahu said Israel was willing to support U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to strengthen the 2015 agreement.

McConnell, then in the Senate minority, led a fierce, relentless opposition to virtually everything President Obama's party proposed.

Likewise Ontario, already committed to phase out coal power by 2014, cancelled a project to build a gas - fired power plant in Oakville last year in the face of fierce local opposition.

Since its signing by Governor Pat McCrory in March, the law has triggered fierce opposition from businesses around the country.

The latter involves around 2,600 job cuts and reductions in benefits, and South Korean unions have provided fierce opposition.

With the country in shambles, the move is clearly intended to shore up the President's power in the face of fierce and growing opposition.

In the House bill, homeowners would be allowed to deduct only interest payments on their first $ 500,000 worth of home loans, a proposal that generated fierce opposition from the housing industry, while the Senate bill would keep the current threshold of $ 1 million.

Despite Silicon Valley's early, fierce opposition, however, the idea is still in its infancy.

I have a suspicion that sexism plays a more significant role in the religious right's fierce opposition to Hillary Clinton than some would like to admit.

Francis acknowledged that «the field in which you sow is unyielding and that there is always the temptation to give in to fear, to lick one's wounds, to think back on bygone times and to devise harsh responses to fierce opposition.»

Pope Benedict alienated Latino Catholics because of his fierce opposition to a popular movement in Latin America, scholars say.

He turned 6 this month and had a sudden and fierce opposition to bringing cupcakes in for his class treat.

«As in all the great rivalries, much of Marseille's sense of identity is derived from their fierce opposition to everything PSG, and the events of the last year or so have only served to make the distinction between the clubs clearer.

He deserves more credit than he got for supporting Yes2AV, after fierce opposition from many in his party.

Carlos Ahenkorah, who contested Naa Torshie Addo, faced fierce opposition from some party members who accused him of not helping the party in the constituency.

The bill, however, is encountering fierce opposition from district attorneys who complain it will, among other things, allow criminal defendants to bring bogus charges against prosecutors in a bid to bog down prosecutions.

The potential impact of a plan proposed by Trump on legal immigration has sparked fierce Democratic opposition and appears it may sink chances for a bipartisan deal in Congress.

Others said IDS's decision was in truth about his fierce opposition to Mr Osborne and David Cameron over Europe, with the Tory party utterly divided as the EU referendum looms.

«I saw that meeting as my doing my job of trying to find a way to convey, in any way I could, that the public and even his voters had fierce opposition to the education cuts,» she said, adding that she told Bannon their polling showed half of Trump's voters opposed his cuts.

Their ire comes not from opposition to energy projects and the benefit they would bring, but in fierce defence of the natural beauty that surrounds them, which they cherish.

After spending torrid years with then Candidate Akufo - Addo in opposition, leading all the fierce attacks on his fellow Northerner, former President John Mahama, and hoping to play a key role in a New Patriotic Party administration, Information Minister, Mustapha Abdul Hamid, is instead, reported playing second fiddle to his deputies.

The health secretary's plans to downgrade the South East London hospital in order to secure the future of a failing neighbouring trust have been met with fierce local opposition and large street protests.

The international agreement with the United States of America which saw the two Guantanamo Bay detainees being resettled in Ghana, was met with fierce resistance from Ghanaians and at the front of that, was then opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).

Congressman Eliot Engel, Senator Jeff Klein, Senator Adriano Espaillat, Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz and Councilmember Andrew Cohen continued their fierce opposition to LG Electronic's proposed 143 - foot LG tower along the Palisades by filing a legal brief in support of environmentalists» efforts to end the project.

DeFrancisco and Miner have said repeatedly in recent years they have a good working relationship and have been on the same side of certain issues, including their fierce opposition to tax breaks for the Destiny USA mall.

Yet Hillary is facing what seems to be fierce opposition from within her own party, as well as from third parties here in New York.

Carlos Ahenkorah who contested the incumbent MP, Naa Torshie Addo, faced fierce opposition from some party members who accused him of not helping the party in the constituency.

According to Seifman, «The feeling among Cuomo loyalists is that the governor â $ ¦ was blindsided when the mayor asked him to obliterate the law in the face of fierce union opposition.

But the condo and hotel project was scrapped in December amid fierce community opposition, even after Howard Hughes had scaled back its proposal to 42 stories.

The endorsement was particularly significant given RWDSU's high profile on questions of economic and social justice and its fierce opposition to the mayor's reelection in 2009, a stance that angered top lieutenants in the Bloomberg campaign.

But as the Common Core curriculum was rolled out in 45 states, it has been met with fierce opposition.

Legislator Sparaco and Legislator Schoenberger were champions of Mr. Brega in his pursuit of the $ 80 million County transportation contract in fierce opposition of then County Executive Scott Vanderhoef.

Legislator Sparaco and Legislator Schoenberger were champions of Mr. Brega in his pursuit of the $ 80,000,000 County transportation contract in fierce opposition of then County Executive Scott Vanderhoef.

Several GOP lawmakers contacted by ClimateWire blasted the work on new targets as another example of the Obama administration's «go it alone» approach that, like the current U.S. EPA effort to rein in emissions from coal - fired power plants, will face fierce opposition from Congress.

It's a step back on track for the project, which has drawn fierce opposition from Native Hawaiians and was placed in limbo in late 2015 as a result of a decision by the Hawaiian Supreme Court.

It calls for deep cuts to some federal science agencies (read our initial coverage to get some of the numbers), and is likely to draw fierce opposition from the scientific community and many lawmakers in Congress.

October 29, 2012 • Known for his lushly lyrical scores and a fierce opposition to the Nazism that shadowed his childhood, this major German composer died Saturday in Dresden at age 86.

From director Amma Asante (Belle), A United Kingdom is the true story of Prince Seretse Khama (David Oyelowo), who marries Ruth Williams (Rosamund Pike), a white woman from London in 1947 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments.

A United Kingdom tells the inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the king of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker that he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments.

Administrative attempts to close charter schools are often met with fierce parental opposition and lawsuits, but when parents don't like a school, they can simply vote with their feet, either by withdrawing their children from the school or by not choosing it in the first place.

Once the new tests connected to the Core kicked in, the opposition attracted many new adherents and the battle got a lot fiercer.

Should the government decide to advocate an expansion of grammar schools - in whatever form - the opposition to that would be fierce.

Protesters Turn Fierce Rhetoric on «Corporate» Reform As they kicked off four days of protests at the U.S. Department of Education, organizers of Occupy DOE 2.0 today used inflammatory — and, in one case, racially insulting — rhetoric to rally opposition against high - stakes testing, «corporate» education reform, and the «dismantling of public education.»

The struggle for racial and economic justice is growing today in this nation, despite fierce opposition from the highest ranks of government.