Sentences with phrase «fight over proposals»

There is also likely to be a bitter fight over their proposals to reform the law on whiplash injuries.

Not exact matches

The president's policy proposals have also hinted at fights over abortion and doctor - assisted suicide.

Pharmaceutical companies are concerned about an onslaught of legislative proposals percolating in state houses around the country, among them: changes to Medicaid programs to rein in the high cost of prescription drugs, intellectual property issues, and the fight over biosimilars.

A Democratic proposal to raise the minimum wage to $ 10.10 from $ 7.25 continues to make controversy in Washington as Democrats and Republicans fight over whether the policy would be good for the economy.

The inclusion of extending high tax rates on wealthy earners in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2017 - 18 budget proposal has the potential to set up an ideological fight over economics with Republicans in the state Senate.

Both sides are determined to fight tooth and nail over the proposals, which need the approval of the Commons by the autumn.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville) today is blasting the Assembly Majority's so - called «comprehensive» ethics reform plan that's really just a flimsy rehash of warmed - over proposals that will do little to fight corruption in Albany.

A math war is being waged over public financing of state political campaigns, one of the most contentious proposals to fight New York's epidemic of public corruption.

These proposals came on the heels of a separate fight between the de Blasio and Cuomo administrations over these housing bonds.

Mr Cable says that, behind the scenes, the Tories and Liberal Democrats are fighting a «constant battle», including over tax proposals.

Many of the proposals have trickled out over the last two weeks, but the governor made news by fleshing out his agenda for public ethics and fighting homelessness.

New York State United Teachers President Karen Magee, whose union fought bitterly with the governor over the initial proposals, calls it a «momentous development.»

A fight over disability pension benefits escalated on Friday, with the de Blasio administration defending its proposal and police and fire unions and members of the City Council claiming it short - changes uniformed workers, forcing them to choose between a better line - of - duty pension or a higher cost - of - living increase after retirement.

But the mayor's relationship with COR soured two years ago, after a politically charged fight over County Executive Joanie Mahoney's proposal to develop a new $ 500 million stadium for Syracuse University.

Azzopardi greeted the proposals with a suggestion that lawmakers didn't really want to get into a fight over transparency with the administration, marking the second time in several days Cuomo officials have responded to reform proposals with a sort of public knuckle - cracking.

The fight was over a proposal from Legislator Patrick Burke to require training for coaches and other adults who work with kids about how to detect a possible concussion.

Council members and advocacy groups are fighting for deeper levels of affordable housing in the plan and de Blasio received a victory over the weekend when a leading critic of the proposals, Real Affordability for All, agreed to endorse the plan in exchange for a study to determine ways to make the proposals more affordable.

Proponents of the gene protection initiative — a diverse coalition of environmental, animal - rights, and political groups that collected 111,000 signatures to bring the proposal to a vote — say their fight isn't over.

«[F] or decades, she has fought a battle with many of her biochemist colleagues over the properties of DNA and, more recently, her unorthodox proposal about how the body repairs damage to this vital molecule» using electricity, Service writes.

The happy version, if you're Duncan, is that hard - pressed states are thankful for any relief, and Congress is too distracted by fights over the gas tax, the FAA, the super-committee proposal, and next year's budget to pay attention.

New York State United Teachers President Karen Magee, whose union fought bitterly with the governor over the initial proposals, calls it a «momentous development».

Opponents of the proposal say the fight isn't over.

However, many education leaders remain opposed to the proposals, and the campaign group Comprehensive Future has now launched a fund - raising bid so it can fight the government over the proposals.

How To Be an Author Publishers Fight For: And Get a Publishing Deal without Writing a Book Proposal (Chad R. Allen): It's true — publishers often fight over the most desirable (read: platform - backed) autFight For: And Get a Publishing Deal without Writing a Book Proposal (Chad R. Allen): It's true — publishers often fight over the most desirable (read: platform - backed) autfight over the most desirable (read: platform - backed) authors.

The recent fight over the just - passed tax reform package, current budget proposals from the Trump administration, and legislation just introduced into Congress all point to an uncertain future for student borrowers.

9B is a proposal from Enbridge to reverse an existing pipeline to carry oil east, but is really just a placeholder for the fight to come over the Transcanada Pipeline that will be rammed through if the Keystone pipeline is rejected.