Sentences with phrase «hard against a proposal»

The real estate board fought hard against a proposal to require a prevailing wage for construction work, something it said would threaten the viability of many projects.

Kentucky, one of the states expected to push back hardest against the proposal, wants the interim period eliminated outright.

Evers also pushed hard against a proposal from Rep. Joe Sanfelippo, R - West Allis, to turn the superintendent's job into a political appointment rather than an elected position.

As you know, the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ® has been fighting hard against a proposal by the Federal Reserve Board and the U.S. Treasury Department that would allow big bank conglomerates into real estate.

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[109][110][111] Corzine later wrote that only after the proposal was released did he discover «the harsh reality: the public intensely disliked the idea» and that, in retrospect, he «should have pressed harder to identify the most salient arguments against the plan and developed a strategy to get in front of and respond to those challenges.»

He claimed the current system was biased against disabled children going into mainstream schools, but that Tory proposals would make it even harder.

GOP lawmakers have run hard against the passage of the bill, especially in upstate and suburban battleground districts where support among voters for the proposal is thin.

But also coming down hard against Ceretto was New Yorkers for Independent Action, a super PAC which supports the proposal to create a tax credit for private and religious school tuition.

Reeves made her proposal on Mail Online, the website of one of the newspapers that has campaigned hardest against migrants» perceived abuse of the welfare system.

Critics of Chin said she has not fought hard enough against development proposals widely opposed by the communities she serves.

The Hoffman campaign made its mark by running hard against the newly elected President Obama's health care proposals, gaining national attention and blowing a hole in the Republicans» hopes of hanging onto a seat in a heavily Republican district.

Emerging from a Democratic Caucus meeting Tuesday morning — where they were briefed on Obama's plan by top White House adviser Rob Nabors — the Democrats pushed back hard against the president's proposal to reduce future cost - of - living raises for beneficiaries of the popular retirement program.

Despite that vote, Hochul said she will campaign hard against the Ryan spending proposals, because business owners and farmers in her district «are not buying it that Paul Ryan has dressed things up a little differently this year on Medicare.»

CPS employees lobbied hard against the administration's proposal, saying that all employees in Child Protective Services deserved a raise, not just the newest ones.

(Among the arguments raised against the proposal: it would hit female teachers with children harder than it would hit men.)

Nor does TASC mention that they fought hard against the original UDMSA proposals and spent tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars fighting back against proposed rules they now long for and cite as a benefit.

It is a well - known fact that cadres of highly paid lobbyists representing ExxonMobil and the American Petroleum Institute fought hard against the so - called Waxman - Markey bill, a comprehensive legislative proposal before the Congress in 2009 that passed the House but was not brought up in the Senate.

Join us to speak out against this proposal — and celebrate our hard work maintain the Thin Green Line after the hearing.

Even Bitcoin pioneer Nick Szabo has taken a public stance against the hard fork proposal, adding the now - ubiquitous «[NO2X]» tag to his Twitter handle this week.