Sentences with phrase «fought against budget»

The weeklong teachers» strike in Chicago has crippled the nation's third - largest public school system as union leaders fought against budget cuts and a reform agenda laid out by the city's Democratic mayor, Rahm Emanuel.

The construction trades unions added their muscle to the fight against budget cuts and layoffs in the public sector when they rallied at Brooklyn's Cadman Plaza and then marched across the Brooklyn Bridge to City Hall in the early afternoon on June 15 in what organizers called a «Solidarity March for the Middle Class.»

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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.

In his recent FY2011 budget request, President Obama requested significant funding increases for two of the main programs we have in the fight against malaria: the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malfight against malaria: the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalFight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

«These candidates have a proven history of fighting to protect NYC Health + Hospitals against the onslaught of budget cuts coming from Washington.

Cable is leading the fight against further cuts to the welfare budget, but the Treasury also faces opposition from potential Conservative leadership challengers including defence secretary Philip Hammond and environment secretary Owen Paterson.

The UK has a long legacy of leading the fight against global poverty, and it's essential that we use our influence to ensure the European Union also delivers on the 0.7 % commitment as it develops its budget from 2014 — 20.

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.

«Inside the government it has been Mandelson who has led the fight against Gordon Brown's instinct to use the budget as a way of pitting «Labour investment» against «Tory cuts».

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

MANHATTAN — After a long fight against plans for a waterfront trash collection site at East 91st Street, Upper East Siders thought they had finally won a reprieve because budget constraints appeared to have postponed the project indefinitely.

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.

Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi, in an email, said of NYPIRG's criticism: «No governor has fought harder to reform New York's campaign finance system than Governor Cuomo, who included public campaign financing in his budget and is using the funds that NYPIRG is railing against for commercials urging the public to support it.»

If budgets are statements of values, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo clearly values the fight he is waging against a federal tax bill he views as both onerous and directed at states like New York.

Other prominent attorneys general are similarly taking action against Trump, including California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, who has devoted budget funding specifically to fight the Trump administration's actions and policies, according to the Times.

It is time for Ghanaians to arise and build — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:44 The theme for the 2018 budget is «Putting Ghana back to work» — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:43 The fight against poverty and unemployment is not optional.

Saraki said the 8th Senate has scored many firsts since its inception and that it has fulfilled its mandate through the passage of several critical economic reform bills, opening of the National Assembly's budget, and its investigations that have helped in the fight against corruption.

HARTFORD — Advocates for people with intellectual disabilities who have been fighting against program reductions will have to ratchet up the pressure during this legislative budget session.

Highlighting the stories of area residents who have been directly impacted by past budget cuts, the NYInequality coalition is seeking to persuade local lawmakers to fight back against giving the wealthiest another tax windfall, especially since New York ranks first in the nation for income inequality.

The group, a nonprofit advocacy organization formed in 2001 and historically funded by teachers unions, has long offered itself as a voice for parents and communities of color and, as such, has also been a thorn in the side of successive state and city governments, consistently pushing for more funding in the state budget to meet the needs of underserved schools and fighting against school closures and charter schools.

Educators and parent leaders from Brooklyn's PS / IS 180 and PS 231, the District 75 school with which it shares space, held an early - morning «Black Friday» protest against budget cuts and layoffs on June 17 as part of the ongoing series of «Fight Back Friday» demonstrations at schools around the city.

And he said the party should now give up its «cautious silence» on the issue and prepare to fight «tooth and nail» against an expected hike in the tax to 20 % in Chancellor George Osborne's June 22 Budget.

ALBANY — Looking to fight back against President Trump's immigration policies, the state is set to dedicate $ 10 million in its emerging new budget for immigrant legal services, the Daily News has learned.

This spring, Republicans quietly dropped the proposed policy in budget negotiations, and analysts predicted that the party might finally be giving up the fight against Medicare.

Ed has a strong record, from voting against every bad budget since 2008, to implementing a Gas Tax Cap, to fighting high - density housing like Patrick Farms.

«Addressing alleged corruption in the budget process by pursuing prosecution of indicted principal officers of the National Assembly will provide an important opportunity for the Federal Government to reignite the fight against corruption and fulfil a cardinal campaign promise, to show that the Federal Government works on behalf of the many, and not the few, as well as jumpstart economic activities and break the back of the recession.»

I was a voice actually fighting back against the failures of Washington to solve the problems, and in that case in particular, again you had a short term budget solution not a long term budget plan for how we're going to live within our means as a country.

It's not nearly enough money for a full - fledged fight against Zika, said White House budget director Shaun Donovan.

That campaign fights back against the Conservative government's outrageous budget «omnibus» bill C - 38.

Working with an oddball staff, no budget and no sleep, Liz keeps up the good fight against long odds.

Even as education advocates nationwide fight to hold the line against district - level funding cuts, the state education departments responsible for overseeing K - 12 policy are coming under the budget ax.

The union's repeated threats to strike over pay and pension issues in recent weeks have evolved into a labor - led fight against Rauner's anti-union agenda, and a call for new revenue amid a state budget impasse that has jeopardized social service programs and public universities.

Uptown Messenger: Audubon Charter discusses legal fight against proposed budget cuts; French consulate urges new high school http://bit.ly/1NhxMpl

People's Action has joined with AROS and the #WeChoose campaign to fight back against the Trump / DeVos education agenda and any cuts to the federal education budget!

With libraries around the world coming under almost as much threat of demise as brick - and - mortar bookstores, one UK library system is taking legal action to fight back against proposed budget cuts in their county that will mean the planned closing of a number of local public libraries.

Bill Pascrell (D) claims to be «an unyielding advocate» who «fights against slashing education budgets.»

With almost all state budgets fighting against a deficit, and some in deep trouble, it makes for interesting and ugly politics.

Both games have the same basic premise, about human military forces fighting against invading aliens and monsters, but while 4.1 has the sleek, modern feel of big - budget Hollywood, 2 hearkens back to the old B - movie days, when movies like Gamera, War of the Colossal Beast, and Them!

The position recognises the importance of the EU budget in the fight against climate change, and in the transition towards zero - carbon and climate - resilient economies.

Rivera didn't have a big campaign budget, but she turned out hundreds of volunteers to fight against the oil companies» efforts to prevent the law's implementation.