Sentences with phrase «get public support for»

To get public support for that plan, the government has needed a metric for comparing the costs of fossil - fuel energy versus «renewables» that will make the renewables appear much cheaper than they actually are.

Not exact matches

Democrats pushing for gun curbs after the latest mass shooting in the United States are co-opting a Republican mantra to build public support and defang opposition: It's time to get tough on national security.

Groups such as Catholics United and Faith in Public Life got off the ground during and just after the 2004 election when a Catholic Democratic presidential nominee - Sen. John Kerry - was hard - pressed to find Catholic support in the face of condemnations from some Catholic bishops over his support for abortion rights.

Any realistic plan for getting enough public support to repeal Obamacare is going to have to address this population.

That means support of the quest for a new international economic order and willingness to share generously the tremendous profit the U.S. has been getting out of the region — sharing through substantial financial aid for public works, food, education and housing projects.

He said: «I have no sympathy for bishops who privately say «Actually, I really support you and I want to see a Church in which we can celebrate gay and lesbian relationships, but I can't say that in public because I'll get attacked for it».»

Mr Helou is also hitting the road across Victoria's south - west to get feedback and support from Murray Goulburn's 2,500 farmer - shareholders for his plans for a partial public listing on the ASX.

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

The Bobcats are getting little public support, which is unusual for favorites.

«I think that public understanding of engineering and science is incredibly important, both to continue getting support for these fields, but also to inform people as they make decisions about lots of issues that are confronting our world today,» he said.

«To help get that revolution started in the public sector, working with the Cabinet Office, I've been pushing hard for radical reforms to the way in which the Civil Service pays and supports its staff after their children are born.

Ingram and Johnson worked with fathers to increase breastfeeding support for mothers and found that fathers» attitudes to breastfeeding in public and knowing how much milk the baby was getting had the most influence on whether they supported their partner to continue to breastfeed [52].

Put another way, one of the reasons that arts supporters want public support for this programs is the get politicians to express their support for the arts on a regular basis as a way to culture the politicians and tame them.

Elsewhere in the housing strategy, the theme of building new homes continues with a # 500 million Growing Places Fund, the release of public sector land for building, a # 400 million Get Britain Building investment fund, a simplified planning system and support for self builders.

«So if you want to contribute to a school, a public school specifically, or a not - for - profit that supports a government purpose... you get a tax deduction,» the official said.

Politicians on all sides are steered by polls suggesting low public support for raising benefits, especially for the unemployed (about 15 % believe they should get more).

For example, throughout the course of the last parliament, there was massive popular support for a public debate about the 90's privatisation of the railways, and how rail users have got the rough end of the stick in terms of their faiFor example, throughout the course of the last parliament, there was massive popular support for a public debate about the 90's privatisation of the railways, and how rail users have got the rough end of the stick in terms of their faifor a public debate about the 90's privatisation of the railways, and how rail users have got the rough end of the stick in terms of their fairs.

Blair Horner, legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, said Cuomo made a «naked political deal» with hospitals on malpractice to get their support for a painful 2 - percent cut in Medicaid reimbursement.

«Despite Cuomo's wide, early lead over Nixon, among Democrats most enthusiastic about voting, she already attracts the support of close to what Zephyr Teachout got,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

«If I do get sworn in, I'll know my support for public financing is a central reason I won the job.»

Instead of cuts, we support a plan for public investment and jobs that can get the economy growing.

A large segment of the public maya be determined never to vote for the candidate yet may wish to see them on the ballot and support their efforts to get on the ballot.»

«When you get into long - term contracts that guarantee something every year, you've really tied the hands of districts to maneuver and adjust,» said Tim Hoefer, executive director of the Empire Center for Public Policy, an Albany - based think tank that is fiscally conservative and has strongly supported the state's tax - cap law.

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But you want to be in public office, they have a right to know who you are, who pays you, where you get your money from, if you're asking for their vote and their support,» the governor said.

And because in this — as in other disasters before it — bereaved and grieving families do not get the support they need, we will introduce an independent public advocate for major disasters.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's reelection bid got a boost from the city's teacher's union, the UFT, which praised the mayor for his support of public education.

e) Establishing a regional growth fund to ensure that regions, towns and cities that depend heavily on the public sector will not be forgotten, getting meaningful support to help create jobs and opportunities for all.

A resolution to set a date for a public hearing to consider term limits for elected officials in the Town of Huntington failed to get enough support to be scheduled.

Because while controlled immigration can bring great benefits — filling skills shortages, delivering public services, making British businesses the world - beaters they often are — when the numbers get too high, public support for the system falters.

The bill was also getting more and more unpopular as the «debate» went on and got uglier and it started becoming apparent that anyone who voted for the bill that wasn't in a totally safe district would face major challenges in reelection bids, especially for republicans, for supporting the bill, so passing fast there was hope that the public's short memory would forget the worst transgressions.

MyDD's Jonathan Singer and Hotline's Jennifer Skala both pick up on a statement from Barack Obama hinting that, contrary to previous statements, he won't accept public financing because «We have created a parallel public financing system where the American people decide if they want to support a campaign they can get on the Internet and finance it...» Skala argues that since Obama isn't taking money from PACs or Washington lobbyists (state lobbyists is another issue), «What would he have to prove by signing up for public financing?»

Well folks, it looks like supporting the theft of public parkland won't be so helpful for the distinguished gentleman who turned his back on the vote brokers that helped him get elected in the first place.

A candidate, for instance, might promise pay hikes for public workers or tax breaks for select groups, knowing he'll get their political support.

On the human spaceflight side, which accounts for about half of the agency's budget, Congress continued to support both public and private approaches to getting humans into space.

Time for public health to get on - side and support this consumer - based health movement.

«Once the public understands that no one is getting sick from these methods,» he said, «then there's likely to be great support for them.»

«Public safety is our top priority for launch operations and the teams at Wallops have done a tremendous job getting ready to support these launches.

Clara Lovett, the American Association for Higher Education's president, warned that less prestigious state universities «don't have private endowments, they're getting less and less financial support from the public sector, particularly state legislatures — and it's only going to get worse.

Pictured: Oscar getting support from his former Two Gentelman of Verona co-star Rosario Dawson, John Turturro, Keegan - Michael Key, Andrew Rannells and John Leguizamo at the opening night party for Hamlet held at The Public Theater on Thursday (July 13) in New York City.

Gladwell's call to innovation and experimentation in our schools got me thinking about the idea of educational entrepreneurship and how supporting a spirit of adventure and risk within the boundaries of our public school system may allow us to realize more of the gains that we were hoping for rather than more of the same like the past two decades of tight control and, as Gladwell suggests, regimentation.

While public school buildings are publicly funded, charter schools have no financial resources for building, renting, or renovating, and must find them or take them from the funds they get for teaching, which are in any case less than the support the public schools receive.

Whether taking part for fun or fitness, the public can show their support for Sport Relief by getting kitted out in the limited edition merchandise, available from 15th February, from official partner Sainsbury's and at sportrelief.com.

However, far from a «Wild West» approach to charter oversight, his organization instead advocated for, and got, important accountability measures included in the law: mandatory closure for persistently low - performing charter schools, A — F grading of schools (both charter and public), and an end to so - called «authorizer shopping,» in which failing schools move to a new authorizer after their existing one withdraws its support.

Bad private schools will get lots of media attention, which will drive down public support for school choice and strengthen the hands of those who opposed such programs in the first place and are just waiting to eradicate them.»

Price, a nonresident Senior Fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institute and John L. Weinberg / Goldman Sachs visiting professor of public and international affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, wrote Achievement Matters: Getting Your Child the Best Education Possible «for educators who wish to mobilize their own communities to support student success,» he wrote.

«If you do that, you get student achievement and good public support for public education,» Wilson concluded.

But as Andy Rotherham points out, forcing people to «go private» in order to get a customized education for their kids is not a great political strategy for building broad support for the public schools.

Nonchargeable activities: lobbying and ballot initiatives; external public relations; litigation, «unless specifically related to collective bargaining, contract administration or organizational maintenance»; get - out - the - vote activities; contributing to charitable, religious, or ideological causes; supporting political organizations or candidates for public office; organizing or recruiting new members and «defending against challenges to exclusive bargaining representative status»; and «monitoring and opposing activities of groups and individuals whose purpose is to undermine public education.»

«I really want to see us get away from teaching for a test and letting the test support the educators» goals in teaching our children,» says Angelina Camacho, a parent of a second - grader at a Boston public school.