Sentences with phrase «fights over cutting»

What's revealed vividly, of course, is that political fights over cutting those programs are not only threatening many worthy — and modest — efforts, but distracting the public completely from what economists of many stripes say is one of the core challenges attending living within our means.

Not exact matches

Before replacing Matthias Mueller as CEO, Diess repeatedly clashed with works council chief Bernd Osterloh over the implementation of a hard - fought cost - cutting programme at VW's namesake brand, which Diess continues to run.
Cost - cutting by health insurers and concerns over drug pricing have made CVS's pharma - benefits unit seem like a liability to some investors; and in the head - to - head fight, Walgreens has grabbed some market share.
Meadows also said that he did not expect a major fight over whether the Harvey aid package would be offset with cuts elsewhere in the federal budget.
That has yet to happen, and now builders are fighting the Trump administration over its proposed tax plan, which cuts popular deductions for homeownership.
I suppose if there were scores of verses the issue would be more cut and dry, but when there are only a couple verses dealing with an issue, people are more likely to fight over it, especially when the verses are a little vague...
Editor - in - chief Adam Rapoport and I have gotten in numerous fights over this, as he sees nothing wrong with a club sandwich and some crinkle - cut fries after a long flight.
Including sponsors, show money, PPV cut, etc, McGregor could possibly gross over 20 million for his next fight in the UFC.
The bell for the seventh never rang because Curry was out of the fight and on his way to the hospital, his nose broken, cuts over his left eye and on his lower lip and, according to promoter Bob Arum, worth about $ 10 million less as an asset.
This House of Cards created by the thin - skinned narcissist and our absentee landlord is going to come crashing down over the next 12 months and anyone who doesn't put the success of the club ahead of blind allegiances will need to check themselves so that we can move forward once the dust has settled... this club has been on auto - pilot for far too long and the same old, same old just won't cut it in the new EPL where many of the best managers, players and deepest pockets in the world now reside... just think to yourself what has transpired in the last 7 years alone: Leicester City won the EPL, Chelsea and ManCity have changed several managers and still won the League on multiple occasions, ManU lost Fergie yet we still didn't take advantage, Liverpool has emerged from their slumber and the Spurs are presently the better team in North London... if you find this acceptable, I feel for you and this future of this club... hope you all enjoy fighting with Everton and West Ham for the final Europa spot every year (aka the new Wenger Cup)
Team Bartlett has showcased over the years that they have the heart of a champion and fought back to grab a TD before half to cut the lead down just before half.
This will also cut back on fights over using the bathroom.
I found that if I can keep them busy with activities, it cuts down on the fighting over toys....
Pensioners will join the army of groups fighting government cuts tomorrow, when they march on parliament over threats to the bus pass and winter fuel allowance.
Faced with losing the ballot line to a challenger who tapped into resentment over his estate tax cuts, charter - school championing and failure to deliver campaign finance reform, Governor Andrew Cuomo won the party's designation only after promising to fight for Democratic control of the state Senate and deliver a progressive policy wish list.
With the major political parties fighting over who is in the best position to make the swingeing cuts necessary to help fix our ailing economy, not enough attention is being paid to the question of how we become profitable again.
ALBANY — Gov. David A. Paterson has reportedly put off what would unquestionably be a bloody fight with lawmakers over cuts to school aid — at least for the moment.
She's fought on behalf of students and recent graduates suffering from crippling student loan debt, and to change the debate in D.C. from a discussion over whether to cut Social Security into one about how we can grow it.»
Obviously, there has been much talk about the political fight that Cuomo and Silver are likely to have over budget cuts, and controversial fiscal policies like a property tax cap.
Police chiefs see the row over the riots as a good opportunity to fight back against government plans to cut the police budget.
The superintendent of Rockville Center schools, who earns $ 310,000 a year, thinks Cuomo's cap is a «distraction» from the fight over $ 1.5 billion in education aid cuts.
Repeating the governor's claim that state cuts to education do not require layoffs, Mulgrew said it was clear that Mayor Bloomberg's priority «is not to get money for the schools; he would rather fight over who to lay off than fight on behalf of children.»
During the fight over service cuts and fare increases, some of the most vocal testimony at public hearings involved people with disabilities who need Metro Bus and Rail to get around to jobs, to homes, to health care.
Barbara Bowen, a CUNY English professor who is president of the Professional Staff Congress, the union that represents 25,000 CUNY faculty and staff, said she was happy to see the governor acknowledge the need for money to cover the retroactive raises that the union has been fighting for but was worried over the $ 485 million cut in state spending for CUNY.
«That's why I've voted over 175 against tax increases, passed a plan to strip convicted politicians of their pensions, delivered a $ 4 billion middle class tax cut, and fought for an additional $ 20 million in funding for South Shore schools.
But while the public were convinced of the need for some cuts following a recession, they are far less likely to be convinced by the need for a protracted and ideological fight over restricting union rights.
Wozniak reiterates the «this is a distraction (from the real fight over funding cuts) argument that has been floated by the state Council of School Superintendents.
But both LWR and LS cut a niche as bastions of African nationalism, which often even fired the imagination and awe of the Eko aborigines, especially when newspapers like Herbert Macaulay» sLagos Daily News, the town's first daily newspaper, fought community crusades, over land and water issues, against the British, to roaring cheer from the appreciative community.
He has fought a losing battle with the chancellor over defence cuts - with the comprehensive spending review overshadowing all other government plans.
After five years of bitter clashes, Republican congressional leaders and President Obama last night appeared to settle their final budget fight by reaching a tentative deal that would modestly increase spending over the next two years, cut some social programs, and raise the federal borrowing limit.
Nonetheless, he was still not willing to outline alterations to his own budget to compensate for the potential shortfalls — insisting that Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, along with elected officials and activists nationwide, would fight the cuts over the next several months.
Schumer stayed above the fray and said that if the American Health Care Act passes, fighting over who has to make up the cuts will be like «rearranging the decks on the Titanic.»
Senate Democrats plan to hold a test vote on a bill that would give small businesses tax breaks for boosting payrolls, the opening salvo in a long - anticipated election - season fight over which party's tax cut plan is more likely to help spur job creation.
Mr. Spitzer, readying for a fight over the health care cuts and school aid, told lawmakers on Wednesday morning that he would take his case to the public.
Andrew Mitchell, who lost his job over the row, maintains the Police Federation had a political agenda and was picking a fight with the Government over cuts to police budgets.
«Our party has always been a broad church, and despite my principled differences with Jeremy over many issues of defence, foreign policy and national security, I agreed to serve on his front bench because of the mandate he was given, his assurances that honesty and difference were welcomed, and due to the many areas we agreed wholeheartedly on such as fighting the vicious Tory trade union bill - which I was proud to lead our work on - cuts to tax credits and tackling climate change.
Let's fight instead over a cultural center in a commercial district in downtown Manhattan — after Congress cuts back funding for anti-terrorism security measures in NYC so they can defend Montano and other high risk places.
Both Labour and the Conservatives think the battle over when to start cutting spending is a fight they can win.
Schoenberger noted that among Mr. Miele's many local contributions and accomplishments was his long fight against MTA taxes and the Authority's jurisdiction over Rockland County, his help to form the Village of Montebello, as well as his work to speed up and cut costs on the long - delayed county courthouse construction.
Our immune system can fight off infections, our blood clots so that we don't bleed to death with every cut, tissues regenerate and bone fractures heal, if imperfectly, over time.
I tried EVERYTHING: drugstore cleansers, expensive top - notch cleansers, dermatologist prescribed creams, ointments, washes, homemade face masks, cutting certain «acne - causing» foods from my diet, adding «acne - fighting» foods into my diet, drinking over a gallon of water per day, exfoliating, store - bought masks, massaging my face every night, getting more sleep, not wearing any foundation / makeup, juice cleanses, etc..
We learn about Toronto activists who've drastically cut collision deaths by placing small markers on mirrored or clear - glass building surfaces that birds otherwise can't perceive; a fight between hunters and preservationists over the ortolan bunting, still a culinary delicacy despite its trapping being declared illegal in 1999; and monitors at a 9/11 memorial in New York, making sure that a temporary light sculpture doesn't confuse birds at the height of migration season.
They have challenged a gang of Natives, led by William Cutting, a.k.a. Bill the Butcher (Daniel Day - Lewis), to a fight over control of Five Points, an area of much illegal activity in the city.
The style, pacing and conventions of both genres will leave Western fans annoyed by the noise, CGI and fast - paced cuts of horrific action once the alien plot begins to take over, while those sci - fi fans looking for some good fights and explosions will be bored by the more leisurely pace and character - driven storylines that are the bread and butter of any good Western tale.
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In some US cuts of the movie, «Kung Fu Fighting» is played over the end credits, replacing the original soundtrack.
While Cammell was fighting Warner execs over the final cut of Performance, Roeg began to set up his solo debut, Walkabout.
Community and board members are taking a stand, fighting to reinstate music programs cut from school budgets over the last decade.
The fight ended abruptly in Round 3 this past Tuesday night with a TKO: Despite a flurry of long and hard — and well - attended — budget workshops over the past week, and hundreds of suggestions offered for how to cut expenses and increase revenue, to improve the rejected budget, the board, again by a vote of 4 to 3, reimposed that same rejected budget.
The fight over The Project School cuts to the heart of what makes charter schools different and once again highlights an instance in which reconciling two prevailing values of the state's current education policy regime is far from simple.
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