Sentences with phrase «holds the state hostage»

Will Hoosiers stand for another two years of having their best interests set aside while Big Emergency - Band Radio holds the state hostage?

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«The Beatles,» the State Department said, «is responsible for holding captive and beheading approximately two dozen hostages, including several Westerners.»

With actual net neutrality rules in the United States in limbo if not dead, large network owners such as Comcast are effectively free to engage in whatever activities they want, which is exactly how this situation has been perceived; Netflix had no choice but to give in to its customers being held hostage.

«The United States is not held hostage by the global economy.

Contrast Canada with the United States where needed changes to Social Security and other entitlement programs are held hostage to ongoing political gridlock.

The disputed deal raises a stark question: Are China's economy and resources held hostage by privileged state corporations and their executives, who can use influence and gain access to easy credit in ways that undermine long - term growth?

The gunman was wearing an Islamic headband and made hostages hold up a flag which appeared similar to that of Islamic State.

The decision to close the plant comes after state officials and Entergy representatives negotiated privately over the last two months to keep the facility open, though Gov. Andrew Cuomo had warned the company not to hold jobs hostage in exchange for tax incentives and credits.

«Governor Cuomo is holding millions of transit riders hostage in his dispute with the Mayor, even after he acknowledged that the subway system is in a state of emergency and promised to fix it,» said Executive Director of the Riders Alliance, Joel Raskin before suggesting that the two politicians use their respective powers to fill the funding gap.

Reverend Ruben Diaz Sr. was not only an accomplice in holding the State Legislature hostage for his own gain, but has been a vocal opponent of women's rights and marriage equality.

Tea Party Republicans may have decided hold hostage the functioning of government and the full faith and credit of the United States of America for now, but the fact that the uninsured WANT the new system means that this fight is essentially their last.

It is seriously scary that the greatest state in the country is controlled — or held hostage — by these bozos.

In other words, the Judicial Branch can not hold the other two branches hostage and force them to keep a state they wish to expel if they do so by a proper treaty.

Hollande, who has spent the last two days with the leaders of Britain, Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan and the United States, said he would not be held hostage.

I think you must have seen the depressing pictures of your kins and relatives held hostage for so many yrs in your back yard.Also you did not appear in this forum when a man with 20 heads was arrested in Ogun state also in your backyard.

Ripp's Friday email said he would «hold my financial disclosure hostage» because of what he said were «double standards» and the town's failure to provide him with «certified» copies of financial disclosure forms of Republican candidates and a town employee requested under the state Freedom of Information Law.

Multimillionaire commodities trader Adam Haber, who's trying to buy a State Senate seat, raised school taxes, opposed the property tax cap, and supports holding legislation ensuring equal pay for women hostage so that non-doctors can perform late term / partial birth abortions.

States could never hold the federal government hostage like this.

«Funding for New York State schools should not be held hostage due to the ongoing debate over how best to reform our education system.

Planned Parenthood has been complicit in holding sensible reforms that would benefit women across the state hostage to an expansion of later term abortion.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins on Thursday weighed in on the education funding discussions in the state budget, saying in a statement school aid should not be «held hostage» in the ongoing effort instill education reforms.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie — the two most powerful Democrats in Albany — escalated their feud over a proposed salary bump for state legislators tonight in a pair of dueling press releases, which found Heastie accusing the governor of holding the State Legislature hostage and of disseminating misinformastate legislators tonight in a pair of dueling press releases, which found Heastie accusing the governor of holding the State Legislature hostage and of disseminating misinformaState Legislature hostage and of disseminating misinformation.

The Republicans in the state Senate held the budget hostage for 106 days, costing the state economy billions of dollars in a lower bond rating and lack of confidence.

Following his 2015 speech, New York State United Teachers President Karen Magee called the governor «misinformed» and suggested the linkage of school aid to Cuomo reforms was tantamount to holding students hostage.

He wants to be able to continue to exercise control over the internal security of the Southern States and to continue to hold them hostage.

One single person holding the entire budget of the state of New York hostage,» Alcantara said at the time.

In a statement by Ojodu, titled «The State of the Nation» said on that it was not true that Osinbajo was being held hostage by some governors who were alleged to have sought his resignation from office.

In a statement signed by the Registrar of the university, Dr Y.I Abubakar, he disclosed that the management had received a letter from the governor, indicating that ASUU KSU has been banned and would not be allowed to further hold the students hostage from resuming their academic activities which has been crippled for several months due to the dispute between the state government and it's employees.

In the meantime, Mr. Cuomo is holding state education aid hostage until lawmakers approve his Draconian teacher evaluation plan, which ties 50 percent of a teacher's annual evaluation to that test I just spoke of.

No fewer than 10 gunmen stormed three courts in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, on Wednesday, and held a sitting judge hostage.

I mean whatever you think of Paladino, there is no denying that Silver is a criminal, he is single handedly holding the entire state hostage so he can please a few special interest groups in Manhattan, he's been in there for 16 years, thats longer that some of the worlds worst dictators.

The state hadn't brought in an on - time spending plan since 1983 — as then - Speaker Sheldon Silver held everyone hostage for weeks upon weeks so he could deliver the maximum for his special - interest patrons.

Tracy Swan, co-author and hepatitis / HIV project director at Treatment Action Group, said, «It is unacceptable for treatment to be held hostage by state Medicaid programs.

British aid worker David Haines was being held hostage by Islamic State militants, after being captured in Syria in March 2013.

With their headquarters destroyed and the world held hostage, members of Kingsman find new allies when they discover a spy organization in the United States known as Statesman.

The political world essentially holds school districts hostage by tying both federal and state money to standardized tests performance.

Worst of all, Speaker Corcoran has added proviso language to the bill that effectively holds all of the state's education funding hostage unless this trainwreck is passed.

Instead, he wanted to hold the bill — and therefore the ability of the government to authorize new charter schools that the Governor and state board are ready to support — hostage to future budget negotiations.

If you've been following the attempts to revamp the state's Dog Law as it pertains to puppy mills, this tactic is all too familiar and underscores the power of an agricultural community that now encompasses commercial dog breeders and the Pennsylvania Veterinary Medical Association. By banding together these farm and animal related special interest groups, and their lobbyists, have held hostage the will of the majority of Pennsylvanians who realize that the state's laws, especially as they pertain to dogs, are largely antiquated and ineffective.

Activision created a «police state,» conducted secret «interrogations» of employees and held $ 54 million dollars hostage as they tried to threaten and cajole the team behind Modern Warfare 2 into making the next Modern Warfare game, according to an amended lawsuit filed in California today and obtained by Kotaku.

«It's encouraging to see that China and the United States aren't going to hold HFCs hostage under international climate negotiations,» said Mark Roberts, international policy advisor for EIA.

In Pennsylvania, an organization funded by conservative Richard Mellon Scaife persuaded Republican state senators to threaten to hold my university's funding hostage until «appropriate action» was taken against me.

This is great news for lawyers — more than 20 states now offer some form of cloud ethics guidance, and a growing number of software vendors (including Clio) make it easy for customers to export data and retain ownership rather than holding users hostage.