Sentences with phrase «for over the objections»

Not exact matches

A year later, Elon bought a plane ticket to Canada and, over the objections of his father, left South Africa for good.

Jacobson, a career diplomat, was nominated for the post by President Barack Obama in June 2015, but her confirmation was held up for 10 months in the Senate — led by Republican Sen. Marco Rubio and Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez — over objections to the Obama administration's reestablishment of diplomatic ties with Cuba, which she helped negotiate as assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs.

They're the ones who drove Robin Williams» grief - stricken daughter off of Twitter, who caused one female journalist to call the police in the middle of the night for fear that death threats might be carried out, and who turned Pepe the frog into an official hate symbol, over the objections of the cartoonist who created him.

Gov. García has framed the moratorium, over the objections of creditors, as a way for San Juan to ensure that it will continue to provide public services to its people.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- A Senate committee voted along party lines Wednesday to advance President Donald Trump's picks for key posts at the Environmental Protection Agency over the objections of Democrats who pointed to the nominees» past work for corporate clients they would now regulate.

Bill Clinton's administration pushed for NAFTA and Chinese accession to the World Trade Organization over the objections of labor unions.

Barack Obama's administration pushed for the Trans - Pacific Partnership, again over the objections of labor unions, this time joined by many public health groups.

Stewart said Trump was «just wrong» to call Putin and congratulate him on his reelection over the objections of his own national security aides, who wrote talking points for him with the words «DO NOT CONGRATULATE.»

After approving Friday's release of a disputed memo written by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes over the objections of his own FBI director and intelligence community, Trump's next moves will be critical for the ongoing federal investigation into Russia's election interference and possible collusion with Trump associates.

Thank God for the Democrats that gave the poor hard working true Americans these programs, over the party of greeds objection.

It was this, over and above reasoned objections to certain features of his teaching, that drove the Pharisees into an unnatural (and strictly temporary) alliance with the worldly hierarchy, whose motives for pursuing Jesus to death were quite other.

CNN: please change the headline to read College drops health care plan FOR STUDENTS over religious objections.

Things might very well be different, however, with the International Criminal Court (ICC), which on April 11 was empowered, on a permanent basis and over strenuous American objections, to try individuals» including sitting heads «of «state» for geno cide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.

We sat in your office in 1991 and heard you rightly celebrate your decision to do away with your football dorm, over the objections of Johnson and your then athletic director Sam Jankovich five years ahead of the NCAA's deadline for phasing them out.

The committee unanimously approved the Chicago Park District plan over the objections of residents who fear the tot lot will alter the square's 19th Century character and set a precedent for carving up the city's boulevard system.

MCHENRY — The Huntley Park District has voted to proceed with plans for a park in the Wing Pointe subdivision over the objections of some residents who opposed the plan because of traffic and noise concerns.

An Ohio bill saying a woman is «entitled to breast - feed her baby in any place of public accommodation» passed the Legislature last month over the objection of one representative who wanted to exempt businesses from liability for accidents caused by «spillage.»

The ghost of the late Robin Cook imbues a foreign secretary sacked by Lang for his objections over the Iraq war.

So, the US wanted to change the rules for Iran, they used a boards of governors meeting chaired by foreign ministers at the IAEA, to get the IAEA to refer Iran to the UNSC over the objections of EL Baradei.

«Despite over 700 objection letters submitted by our campaign and 11 objecting speakers, the Strategic Planning Committee approved plans for the Boleyn Ground development with only 25 % so called «affordable housing» and no social housing.

WFP leaders and their affiliates could pay a hefty price for shunning Cuomo in favor of Nixon over the objections of its union benefactors.

A former aide to Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonTrump Jr. met with Gulf adviser who offered help to win election: report Voters Dems need aren't impressed by anti-waterboarding showboating After year of investigation, Trump can rightly claim some vindication MORE criticized Sen. Kirsten GillibrandKirsten Elizabeth GillibrandOvernight Health Care — Sponsored by PCMA — Trump hits federally funded clinics with new abortion restrictions Dem senators ask drug companies to list prices in ads Gillibrand to publish children's book about suffragists MORE on Thursday after the New York Democrat became the first of many senators to join a successful push to force the resignation of Sen. Al FrankenAlan (Al) Stuart Franken100 days after House passage, Gillibrand calls on Senate to act on sexual harassment reform Eric Schneiderman and #MeToo pose challenges for both parties Senate confirms Trump judicial pick over objections of home - state senator MORE (D - Minn.).

One of the rationales for the local income tax over a property tax is that it avoids the alleged injustice of property - based tax bills falling on those with low incomes — precisely the objection that many on this thread have voiced against Vince Cable's proposal.

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Sen. Al FrankenAlan (Al) Stuart Franken100 days after House passage, Gillibrand calls on Senate to act on sexual harassment reform Eric Schneiderman and #MeToo pose challenges for both parties Senate confirms Trump judicial pick over objections of home - state senator MORE (D - Minn.)

Sen. Al FrankenAlan (Al) Stuart Franken100 days after House passage, Gillibrand calls on Senate to act on sexual harassment reform Eric Schneiderman and #MeToo pose challenges for both parties Senate confirms Trump judicial pick over objections of home - state senator MORE's (D - Minn.)

Both Republican and Democratic politicians, including Sen. Al FrankenAlan (Al) Stuart Franken100 days after House passage, Gillibrand calls on Senate to act on sexual harassment reform Eric Schneiderman and #MeToo pose challenges for both parties Senate confirms Trump judicial pick over objections of home - state senator MORE (D - Minn.)

This week, Sen. Al FrankenAlan (Al) Stuart Franken100 days after House passage, Gillibrand calls on Senate to act on sexual harassment reform Eric Schneiderman and #MeToo pose challenges for both parties Senate confirms Trump judicial pick over objections of home - state senator MORE (D - Minn.)

«I see this as a tremendous opportunity for the whole region, but I don't want to do it over the mayor's objections,» Mahoney said.

One loud objection over prosecutors» handling of the de Blasio investigation came from lawyers for former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, a Republican awaiting trial on charges that he also accepted bribes from Singh.

He also recently fought for and got passed, over the objections of the Bloomberg administration, a bill mandating more frequent Staten Island Ferry service and he has been at the fore of the battle to save Mount Manresa from development.

Gillibrand, who was among the first to call for former Sen. Al FrankenAlan (Al) Stuart Franken100 days after House passage, Gillibrand calls on Senate to act on sexual harassment reform Eric Schneiderman and #MeToo pose challenges for both parties Senate confirms Trump judicial pick over objections of home - state senator MORE (D - Minn.)

Question topics included the recent rollout of the City's municipal ID program, an internal PBA meeting reported to have degenerated into yelling and shoving over PBA President Pat Lynch's demands for an apology from the mayor and whether that provided «consolation» to the mayor, whether he takes comfort from the low number of PBA members reported to have signed «stay away from my funeral» statements, Bratton's comment that the «well was poisoned» by de Blasio's bring of former Sharpton aide Rachel Noerdlinger, a potential Teamsters strike at Hunts Point market, Governor Cuomo's consideration of legislation allowing public access to grand jury minutes, the mayor's objections to a City Council proposed bill outlawing police use of chokeholds, a reported Cuomo / Lynch meeting and what role the governor should fill in the Lynch / de Blasio dispute, whether the mayor is willing to acknowledge «missteps», the reports of Legionnaire's Disease in Co-op City, de Blasio's reaction to a possible 2016 Mitt Romney candidacy and when he last spoke with the Rev. Al Sharpton.

Leaders of the Working Families Party and their affiliates could pay a hefty price for shunning Gov. Cuomo in favor of rival Cynthia Nixon over the objections of its union...

De Blasio claims he first learned the health care facility had been sold over community objections for luxury condos from news stories in March.

Miner has feuded with Cor for more than a year, since the company obtained tax breaks on the Inner Harbor project from Onondaga County over the mayor's objection.

He has promised dramatic changes to the state's pension system and its formula for funding schools, over the objections of his old enemies in organized labor.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today declared Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal a Superfund site over the city's objections and after considering the designation for almost a year.

Appearing on the Steve Harvey show on WBLS, Paterson, who signed the bill over the objections of Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, said one time police spoke to him for a few minutes and were «very gracious.»

The IG was created last year over the objection of former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, establishing a new oversight arm for the NYPD.

She was one of the first Democratic senators to call for former Sen. Al FrankenAlan (Al) Stuart Franken100 days after House passage, Gillibrand calls on Senate to act on sexual harassment reform Eric Schneiderman and #MeToo pose challenges for both parties Senate confirms Trump judicial pick over objections of home - state senator MORE's (D - Minn.)

But last year, over the objections of Bloomberg, the Senate GOP successfully pushed to require city bus service for students at private schools that offer classes until at least 5 p.m.

«And as long as we have useful tools who purport to be Republicans, like Dean Skelos, Bob Turner, and a swath of other who are not willing to stand up for principles, but who would rather knuckle under to the most extreme demands of far - left Democrats, Public Service Unions and well - funded special interests in exchange for job security, and who could not lead a one - car funeral on an abandoned stretch of the Thruway, idiots like me — Andrew Cuomo — will continue to roll over the legislature, the taxpayers, the bondholders, and the rest of New York's victims with nary so much as an objection.»

A Democratic senator says she believes the woman accusing fellow Democratic Sen. Al FrankenAlan (Al) Stuart Franken100 days after House passage, Gillibrand calls on Senate to act on sexual harassment reform Eric Schneiderman and #MeToo pose challenges for both parties Senate confirms Trump judicial pick over objections of home - state senator MORE (Minn.) of groping and kissing her without consent during a USO tour in 2006.

In 1998, these companies successfully lobbied Congress — over the objections of some unions and engineering organizations — to temporarily increase the maximum number of visas for foreign technical workers from 65,000 to 115,000 a year.

According to the UK government's Department of Energy and Climate Change, plans for over 5 gigawatts of wind power are currently stalled by aviators» objections.

It passed over the objections of southern African nations with relatively healthy elephant populations, which argued for a regulated trade.

Over his objections, Nick is forced by his boss to offer one of the suspects a light sentence in exchange for testifying against his accomplice.

Over his objections, Nick is forced by his boss to offer one of the suspects a light sentence in exchange for testifying

Over her father's objections, Trinity secretly tracks down both sets of her grandparents, reasonably expecting them to let bygones be bygones, if only for the sake of solving the mystery of her missing mother.

Cathy (Connie Britton), over the mild objections of her husband Grant (David Warshofsky), invites Beatriz to stay for the dinner party that evening.