Sentences with phrase «fight against the proposal»

Dawley says they'll continue to fight against the proposal by the Rochester - based Wilmorite Corporation, a daunting prospect for the small group.

5) California: North Hollywood High School students are organizing to fight against a proposal to locate a charter school in their school.

Not exact matches

WASHINGTON / BEIJING, April 4 - President Donald Trump's administration said on Wednesday talks with Beijing could resolve an escalating U.S. - China trade fight after China retaliated against U.S. proposals to slap tariffs on $ 50 billion in Chinese goods by targeting key American imports with similar duties.

Republican lawmakers in the high - tax blue states that benefit from the provisions already have fought back against a proposal to scrap them.

He was active in the fight against Salt River Project's proposal to hit solar customers in Arizona with fees.

If the proposal doesn't comply with the Senate's rules, an ensuing fight could pit conservatives against moderates and institutionalists — and could edge Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R - KY) closer to completely eliminating the legislative filibuster, a move with far bigger implications than health care policy.

She notes that Republican leaders like Indiana Rep. Mike Pence and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann have a foot in both camps, helping to spearhead the House fight against Obama's budget proposals and its attempt to defund Planned Parenthood.

The biggest problem with Wallis's blanket denunciations of the world economy and his vague proposals for a «third way» is not that they are out - of - date or leftist but that they hinder the fight against poverty here and abroad in three ways.

Congress wants to keep pizza and french fries on school lunch lines, fighting back against an Obama administration proposal to make school lunches healthier.

2013 — 2014 FRAC leads the anti-hunger and anti-poverty communities in fighting back against Farm Bill proposals to weaken SNAP and in promoting implementation options that enhance program benefits and positive impacts.

Both companies have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars so far this year alone: Uber fought back against a New York City Council proposal the company believed would have hindered its growth in the five boroughs.

The fight against same - sex marriage has intensified with a cross-party letter from politicians opposing the coalition's proposals.

We urge the Parliament of Romania to reject proposals that weaken the rule of law and endanger the fight against corruption.

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo vowed to fight back against Washington Republicans on Tuesday with a $ 168 billion state budget proposal that lays out spending on schools and mass transit while also confronting greater uncertainty in federal funding.

Teacher's unions fought bitterly against the governor's proposals.

Stephanie Miner — The Syracuse mayor took her fight against the governor mainstream, penning an op - ed in The New York Times this week that takes him to task for a budget proposal that she says does little to help municipalities in dire financial straits.

Wednesday, September 10 is the Internet Slowdown, a day of protest against the FCC's «fast lane» proposal, organized by Fight for the Future and Demand Progress.

Approved unanimously at the April 25, 2013 Erie County Legislature session, the resolution will be sent to federal representatives, encouraging them to continue to fight against a recent proposal that could result in an increased cost for motorists and pedestrians to travel into the United States.

Critics of Chin said she has not fought hard enough against development proposals widely opposed by the communities she serves.

But in 2011, Fariña indirectly pitted herself against Moskowitz in a 2011 fight for school space: after a Success Academy was slated to move into a Cobble Hill school building, Fariña helped draw up a competing proposal to create an early - childhood education center in the same location.

YORKVILLE — Local parents and politicians are fighting back against a Department of Education proposal that would use an «unprecedented» hybrid admissions process for a new middle school.

Senator Connor has consistently fought against efforts to dismantle New York's health care system, and has opposed proposals to cut vital medical care and other human services for children, the elderly and people with disabilities.

«These proposals will be a real boost to law - abiding drivers in the continuing fight against rogue parking firms.

State officials have taken a big step in the fight against public corruption, as the Legislature has approved a proposal to enact a constitutional amendment that would strip taxpayer - funded pensions from state and local leaders who commit felonies in connection with their office.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio took his fight against the Republican tax plan to Trump Tower Tuesday, calling the proposal a «scam» at a rally with seniors and local union workers.

The real estate board fought hard against a proposal to require a prevailing wage for construction work, something it said would threaten the viability of many projects.

The 15 - member «Association of Cities Fighting Against Xylophagous Insects and Termites In Particular» has put a proposal for new legislation before the French Senate.

«These are our children, and we intend to fight for them and resist what they are trying to do,» said Jonathan Hodges, a longtime member of the advisory board who voted against the proposals.

But in 2011, Fariña indirectly pitted herself against Moskowitz in a 2011 fight for school space: after a Success Academy was slated to move into a Cobble Hill school building, Fariña helped draw up a competing proposal to create an early - childhood education center in the same location.

Nor does TASC mention that they fought hard against the original UDMSA proposals and spent tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars fighting back against proposed rules they now long for and cite as a benefit.

Residents Against Jupiter wind turbines (RAJwt) who've been formally fighting the proposal for four + years, are both elated at the withdrawal and unsurprised at the developer's comments.

Marcia Bystryn, Executive Director of the New York League of Conservation Voters said, «Offshore drilling has no place in New York's energy future, and we commend Governor Cuomo for fighting against this backward proposal.

It is a well - known fact that cadres of highly paid lobbyists representing ExxonMobil and the American Petroleum Institute fought hard against the so - called Waxman - Markey bill, a comprehensive legislative proposal before the Congress in 2009 that passed the House but was not brought up in the Senate.

Asm Calderon, an avid surfer, has joint - authored a bill with Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi to declare surfing the official state sport of California, elevated the fight against plastic pollution with his proposal to limit the distribution of single - use straws and has firmly rejected the federal administration's attempt to open up California waters to new offshore oil drilling.

FirstEnergy continues to fight against full disclosure of details in its bid to have Ohio ratepayers guarantee sales for three less profitable coal plants plus the Davis - Besse nuclear plant, even as it adds new rate proposals.

[1] It should be noted, though, that the Council (i.e., the Member States) reduced the scope of the EPPO's competence signifcantly as they expressly excluded VAT fraud from the Commission's initial proposal of directive on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law.

First, a proposal of directive on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law («Proposed Directive Financial Interests») harmonises the definition of offences against the Union's financial interests as well as the sanctions for those offences, and thereby constitutes the substantive basis for the offences within the EPPO's competence (infra).

Oberg then demonstrates how such criteria could be applied to some actual examples of legislative initiatives — for instance, the Environmental Crimes Directive, the Market Abuse Crimes Directive, the (at the time of writing the book) proposed «PIF» Directive (i.e. on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by criminal law), which meanwhile has been adopted — and demonstrates how sometimes the legislative initiatives and proposals would have failed his proposed testing.

In September 2010 the European Commission published a new proposal to fight cybercrime called the «proposal for a Directive on attacks against information systems and repealing Council Framework Decision 2005 / 222 / JHA».

The Commission should follow this lead and make concrete proposals to create an effective and level playing field for claimants in the EU to push forward the fight against cartels.

We think this proposal — which is also one of the reforms proposed at our Defend Innovation project — is a great first step in the fight against patent trolls.

As you know, the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ® has been fighting hard against a proposal by the Federal Reserve Board and the U.S. Treasury Department that would allow big bank conglomerates into real estate.