Sentences with phrase «lockstep against»

In Florida, the unions have pulled out all the stops, and managed to get the Democratic caucus in the state legislature to more or less march in lockstep against the proposed changes.

They voted in lockstep against Marriage Equality in the State Senate, and we would not expect the Republican Party's candidate for Attorney General to be any different.

Not exact matches

High yield hasn't given you quite the diversification against equities that Treasuries have, but it also hasn't moved in lockstep with stocks either.

(Gold and EUR have been moving up and down against the USD in virtual lockstep so shorting gold was more or less the same thing as shorting EUR.)

While I do not — repeat, do not — condone the mean - spirited comments leveled against them, you must grant that the anger is quite understandable after two years of a constant drumbeat of attack and hate directed at our President personally, as well as his policies, and at the people who support them, including even people in the Republican Party itself who do not march in robotic lockstep with the extreme right teabagging agenda.

The reason why there is an assumption that the Republicans won't vote against Trump in unanimous lockstep, like they did as a matter of policy with Obama, is if the Congressional Republicans basically declare war on their own party leader, no one but the Dems can win (given their track record, that's not a given, either), short or long term.

Hempstead Town Board member Erin King Sweeney broke with her Republican colleagues twice in a row this month to vote against routine personnel resolutions on every town calendar — violating the GOP's usual lockstep voting in an apparent slap at Republican Supervisor Anthony Santino.

The Oscars have revolted against category fraud before — nominating 13 - year - old Keisha Castle - Hughes (Whale Rider), 9 - year - old Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) and Kate Winslet (who eventually won for The Reader) in lead instead of following in lockstep with their supporting campaigns — but they apparently said «meh» this year.

This would be a major improvement over the other form of differentiated curriculum (rigorous content for the college - bound, nonacademic content for the rest) that A Nation at Risk warned against, while also respecting the fact that not all students can handle the same lockstep schedule of rigorous courses.

Klein railed against what he called the three biggest problems contained in the contract and the culture the contract produces: lockstep pay for teachers, regardless of their skills or assignment; lifetime tenure, making it difficult to get rid of incompetent or abusive teachers; and seniority rights that dictate assignments based solely on a teacher's longevity in the system.

The magic circle firm, which overhauled its three - tier lockstep system in 2015, has long had the ability to reward top - performing partners by moving them above its core 100 - point plateau, but has previously opted against such a move — even for lateral hires in the highly competitive US market.

«When a firm with the clear American tilt towards eat - what - you - kill compensation goes up against a firm with the U.K.'s tilt towards lockstep, it turns out that incentives do matter and the U.S. partners battle longer and harder to win the business.