Sentences with phrase «fights over government»

The lobbyist added that several major firms were more interested in making deals with the Trump administration that could affect their bottom lines, such as tax repatriation, than getting caught in politically charged fights over government surveillance.

But the origins of the fight over government funding and Obamacare from 2013 are instructive.

Not exact matches

The state government will introduce legislation into parliament tomorrow designed to finalise the long - running Bell Group legal case, in which the Insurance Commission of WA and other creditors are fighting over a $ 1.7 billion payout.

A political opponent of Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen wants Facebook to hand over information that might help him fight legal claims against him by the government.

The Canadian government is buoyed by other recent developments in Canada-U.S. trade: this week Boeing has dropped its legal fight against Bombardier and there are indications of a potential settlement in a dispute over glossy paper.

Governments and tech companies have ramped up their fight against fake news over the past few months.

The fight has become a lightening rod over encryption, with tech companies saying any attempt to weaken security opens the door to hackers and government espionage.

The fight over the Trans Mountain expansion, which would nearly triple the capacity of the 1,150 - kilometre (715 mile) line from Alberta to a British Columbia port, has engulfed two provinces and the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The current Conservative government does not look likely to fight for passporting during Brexit negotiations, instead prioritising control over immigration.

THE URGENCY OF NOW: VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER — A KEYNOTE CONVERSATION Under Vice President Biden's leadership, the White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force catalyzed novel, innovative and impactful collaborations among twenty government agencies, departments and White House offices and over seventy private sector entities designed to achieve a decade's worth of progress in five years in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

Dogwood's Strategy Director Will Horter reflects on this historic day It looks like British Columbians may finally get a government ready to fight for what's right in B.C. Today, Christy Clark announced her intention to bring back the B.C. legislature as soon as possible in June, face a confidence vote and hand over power to -LSB-...]

Get Me also largely stayed out of the Prop 1 fight because the essence of the fight was over ride - hailing companies» ability to effectively set their own rules over what local governments may prefer, which isn't how the firm's leadership believes that relationship should work.

Harry's last few years were spent fighting the UK government over an injustice that hits more than half a million British pensioners.

Despite the more than $ 22 trillion the federal government has spent over the past five decades fighting the War on Poverty, nearly 40.6 million Americans remain trapped in poverty.

With the Alberta flag firmly draped over her shoulders and not a bottle of BC wine to be found, Notley should take the political fight out of Edmonton's government district.

Those complaints are settled if a company agrees to change its practices, or they're fought over in court if a company disputes the government's charges.

Meanwhile, despite threats from Trump that he would shut down the government if his U.S. - Mexico border wall is not paid for, lawmakers and aides say the White House has eased off that threat and any fight over the border wall will be delayed until later in the year.

The U.S. Senate reached a bipartisan deal on stopgap spending designed to avoid a government shutdown and defuse a fight over aid to victims of natural disasters.

The biggest cryptocurrency news which will continue to move the market will be the stance that governments all over the world will take on either adopting or supporting these digital currencies, or fighting them.

Republican House leaders were facing a losing public relations fight with the White House over the debt ceiling that would have gotten far worse if the government had begun to default on some if its obligations.

You are idiots for calling him on the carpet, instead you should be getting the federal government out of the poverty fighting business, The war on poverty is over 44 years old and for all intents and purposes all it did was create an out of control bureaucracy that needs to be taken apart and labeled a bad idea for future generations.

This is my country and we see everywhere we go how Secular it really is... we are not fighting over frivolous religitard issues within our government... we know they have no place there!

Once elected, however, Nixon found himself with no mechanisms for fighting his drug war, because the federal government had little day - to - day jurisdiction over crime.

Everett Piper — the president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University, which sued the federal government over the ACA birth control mandate — and Montse Alvarado — executive director of Becket, a leading religious liberty law firm which represented the Little Sisters of the Poor in their contraceptive fight — spoke at the HHS announcement and applauded the new office, as did Jewish and Muslim representatives.

Having symbols of our faith and heritage removed from government property pales in comparison to such persecution, yet the Church fights them with as much piss and vinegar as Jesus turning over the moneychanger's tables in the temple!

The «left wing» refuses to acknowledge legitimate flaws in the regs and accuses the right of politicizing our children's future and always fighting against anything the Obama administration puts forward, and the «right wing» isn't recognizing any of the improvements that were made as a result of the regs and blaming the government for over regulating and not giving the administration an ounce of credit for at least taking on an overhaul of a system that hadn't seen significant reform in 20 years.

As Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces took over Ukraine's Crimean peninsula in early 2014, the interim Ukrainian government was debating whether or not to fight back against the «little green men» Russia had deployed.

He'd even struggle to control his own government ministers as they fought over policy and budgets.

The lawmaker said the PDP government handed over modern fighting equipment to the APC government adding that no significant progress has been recorded in the battle against Boko Haram.

Two Cabinet ministers and civil servants at the Department for Transport are fighting an increasingly bitter blame game behind closed doors over the collapse of the government's system for awarding rail franchises.

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.

From Honolulu City Council to the Hawaii House of Representatives to presiding over the State Senate, she has fought for women's rights, clean energy, and accountable government.

The House of Representatives, the White House and several states on Wednesday settled a lawsuit over appropriations for the 2010 health law, resolving years of fighting over the balance of powers between the branches of government.

After years of legal wrangling between Westchester County and the federal government over a court - ordered 2009 settlement to meet fair housing requirements, federal officials appear to have stopped fighting.

In the United States, this system of Government is called a Jeffersonian Democracy, which favors a weak centralized government (without writing tons, a Jeffersonian believes the Local Government should have more control over an individual by law as they are easier for the individual to fight) and as the scope of authority rises in a federal system, the government deals less and less with the individual and more and more with lower goGovernment is called a Jeffersonian Democracy, which favors a weak centralized government (without writing tons, a Jeffersonian believes the Local Government should have more control over an individual by law as they are easier for the individual to fight) and as the scope of authority rises in a federal system, the government deals less and less with the individual and more and more with lower gogovernment (without writing tons, a Jeffersonian believes the Local Government should have more control over an individual by law as they are easier for the individual to fight) and as the scope of authority rises in a federal system, the government deals less and less with the individual and more and more with lower goGovernment should have more control over an individual by law as they are easier for the individual to fight) and as the scope of authority rises in a federal system, the government deals less and less with the individual and more and more with lower gogovernment deals less and less with the individual and more and more with lower governments.

That's more saying it's important to avert a shutdown now than in September 2013, just before a budget fight over federal funding for some portions of the Affordable Care Act led to a partial government shutdown.

They fought over whether governments should intervene in markets; both were influenced by the impact of WW1 and had studied the boom and bust of the business cycle.

The latest disruption was in response to news that over 100 children have died over the weekend in northern Sri Lanka, where the separatist rebel Tamil Tigers are fighting a last stand against government forces.

And please don't misunderstand me, I'm not saying we shouldn't check corruption, but if we come to office and to power — I've been preaching for 40 years in this country and I've seen governments come and go, from CPP, my father's government, and NDC and NPP, they are here, I've seen them over the 40 years — and this thing where we come into office with vindictiveness and bitterness because of the way we've been mishandled and mistreated, and we target people to go after them, settle scores, I pray that during the reign of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, because of the fight and the betrayals and the suffering and the pain he went through to become president, he will not allow his presidency to be used by people who have problems with others and their opponents to settle scores, but that during his watch and his reign, that vicious cycle would be broken in the name of Jesus; that every Ghanaian, irrespective of your political party, if you're doing the right thing, you'll prosper», the founder of Action Chapel International (ACI) told his congregation on Sunday, 22 April.

Here's a quick overview of the key battlegrounds being fought over as the government prepares its final legislation for parliament.

Police chiefs see the row over the riots as a good opportunity to fight back against government plans to cut the police budget.

And it's not the only fight the government is facing over its «hostile environment» agenda.

The Conservative leader of the Local Government Association, Sir Simon Milton, has warned councils against over zealous use of surveillance powers that they were given to fight terrorism and criminal offences.

All over the world, groups and individuals are using technology in a variety of innovative ways to increase government transparency, fight corruption, open data, hack on civic problems, strengthen economic development, address environmental problems, improve public health and education, and advance the conditions of women and children.

And lastly, is the current language in the bill what Republicans were fighting for in 2013 when the government shut down for 16 days during the continuing resolution fight over Obamacare?

Miller sought to win over support by insisting «I am fighting your corner as hard as I can within government» — and insisted steps need to be taken to reframe the value of art in monetary terms.

This avoided a time - consuming parliamentary fight, over what Blair saw as an issue of secondary importance next to his other ambitious plans for government.

The absence of a government amendment had led some Labour MPs to assume that the Tories and Lib Dems are still fighting behind the scenes over the policy and can not agree on a particular line to take.

Currently, government is embroiled in a fight with the management of the University of Ghana, Legon, to take over the management of the newly constructed 611 - bed University of Ghana Medical Center in Legon.

Ultimately, council elections will cast judgement on whether modest council tax hikes in the name of local autonomy and better services are preferred over ever - diminishing central government hand outs, but the gloves are now off as local democracy fights back.