Sentences with phrase «key backer»

I'm actually more worried that key backers of school choice are starting to abandon private school choice and focus all of their energies on charters.

Key backer Benchmark Capital sues Kalanick over allocation of board seats.

Niou, who works for Queens Assemblyman Ron Kim, has garnered several key backers, including influential labor unions 32BJ and the United Federation of Teachers.

Mrs Leadsom was flanked by key backers including Iain Duncan Smith, Owen Paterson and Bernard Jenkin as she gave the statement.

To be clear, the FF 91's failure on stage was brief: at first it did not drive when the company's key backer Jia Yueting pressed a «driverless valet» button on the door, but a few minutes later, the car did roll forward on its own after a technician got into the car and poked around in the driver's seat for a short period of time.

Key backers of Common Core standards are aware of this problem and so the U.S. Department of Education funded the development of new tests that would be aligned with these national standards.

The idea of renting computing power from another company was almost unheard of, but Jassy had a key backer in Dalzell, who recalls arguing that «we're going to invest in this anyway,» since Amazon would always need data - center resources for itself.

CBS CEO Leslie Moonves may be one of the fiercest opponents of Aereo, but that hasn't caused him to feud with his friend Barry Diller, a key backer of the video - streaming start - up.

Industry insiders had previously told Re / code that the company — or at least some employees — would likely find a soft landing spot thanks to the connections of investment firm Andreessen Horowitz, one of its key backers.

A plan by Freedom Communications insiders to buy the assets of the bankrupt newspaper company is in danger of losing a key backer, jeopardizing their effort to retain control of the Orange County Register.Santa Ana real estate developer Mike Harrah said...

Sen. Eric Schneiderman locked down some early support in the borough of Kings, with Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson and Sen. Eric Adams among his key backers there.

Jon Greenfield, Latimer's spokesman, pointed out that Mercer is a key backer of both President Trump and Breitbart news chief Steve Bannon.

Cuomo is in three - way negotiations with state lawmakers over the legislation, but Sen. Diane Savino, one of the key backers of the bill, knocked the governor for leaking his problems with the bill to The Daily News this morning.

Savino is one of the key backers of the medical marijuana bill known as the Compassionate Care Act, a bill that late last week was revealed to be the subject of three - way negotiations with Cuomo's office.

The Real Estate Board of New York, a key backer of the Senate GOP, supports the tax abatement.

Brodsky, whose AG candidacy has the support of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, is in a broad field of Democratic hopefuls, each with impressive credentials and key backers.

Savino, a Staten Island Democrat and one of the key backers of the legislation, told reporters a bill could be ready by the beginning of next week, when lawmakers are due to conclude the legislative session.

One key backer of the acting leader fumes: «It was a cheap shot and what makes it all so absurd is Rachel Reeves has been at the heart of this, and she'd be his Shadow Chancellor.»

, who was a key backer of the public insurance option during the health - care debate, said he thinks the P Street Project can help provide resources and political cover for other liberal lawmakers.

One of his key backers is Erie County Republican Chairman Nick Langworthy.

Mr McCluskey has been a key backer of Mr Corbyn in both Labour leadership contests won by the left - winger.

Collins was the first member of the House of Representatives to endorse President Donald Trump during the campaign, and he has been a key backer of the president.

Arron Banks, a key backer of the Leave campaign, appears to be not as rich as he claims — leaving questions about where all his Brexit campaign cash come from.

Among her key backers now are Peter Mandelson and Chris Leslie.

«Mitt Romney has shored up support among his key backers while cutting his loses among Tea Party voters,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

«The American dream is slipping away, and unless our leaders dramaticallyimprove our public schools, our standard of living, our economy, and our very democracy will be threatened,» says Eli Broad, founder of the Broad Foundation and a key backer of the campaign.

This includes the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers, who, as Dropout Nation Editor RiShawn Biddle reminded us yesterday, are key backers of the organizations that Brown Dianis and Jackson represent.

Quick read: Jack McGrory, San Diego city manager from 1991 until 1997, is now a key backer of San Diego State University's plan to convert the Qualcomm stadium site into a satellite campus.

Your name will be forever etched in the credits as one of our key backers!

Neil Record, a City currency manager and trustee of the free market Institute of Economic Affairs, was exposed by DeSmog UK last September as a key backer of Nigel Lawson's climate denial lobby group, the Global Warming Policy Foundation.

Bannon has run afoul not only of Trump, but also of his key backers from the wealthy Mercer family.