Sentences with phrase «lukewarm support for»

It's also important to note that those measures of lukewarm support for cap and trade were in response to a question that provided respondents with an explanation of what the policy was and how it would work.

After Wisconsin failed to win first - round funding in March, federal reviewers said a major flaw in its application was lukewarm support for reform plans from the state's teacher unions.

Indeed, many teachers union sympathizers have even expressed only lukewarm support for Obama's re-election.

Yet in the same interview, she showed lukewarm support for three rent reform bills that could be a lifeline for working class and immigrant tenants if the rezoning happens.

Though the Senate approved the cap, there's lukewarm support for it in the Assembly, where many Democrats represent New York City.

(WP)-RRB- ******************* Very likely!If, as expected, the Supremes» right - wing bloc, with possibly Kennedy joining, stike down the mandate, the Obamacare, ACA, will collapse.The mandate was a sop to the private insurance giants, in return for their lukewarm support for the ACA.The mandate would have given the private insurers up to 20 - 30 million new customers, with a large percentage subsidized by the feds.

Introduced by Seabrook as «a man with integrity, a man that brings about the change that is needed in this city,» Jeffries, often mentioned as a possible challenger to de Blasio for the Democratic mayoral nomination in 2017, expressed lukewarm support for the de Blasio's efforts in reforming the island, but chided him for keeping the union out of the process.

The Conservative party is offering lukewarm support for the legislation, despite the pledge being included in the 2010 coalition agreement.

«So far, the lukewarm support for DeLay among likely primary voters is not benefiting his Republican opponents, who together poll less than 10 percent with the rest undecided.»

Not exact matches

This year, Hillary Clinton has better policy proposals to help improve the lives of women, children, and families than Donald Trump, whose pro-life convictions are lukewarm at best, and whose mass deportation plan would rip hundreds of thousands of families apart, whose contempt for Latinos, Muslims, refugees and people with disabilities would further marginalized the «least of these» among us, and whose support for torture and targeting civilians in war call into question whether Christians who support him are truly pro-life or simply anti-abortion.

Far more worried about communism than racial inequality, the Kennedys forced King to break his ties with his closest white friend in the summer of 1963 as a condition for their continued lukewarm support of the movement.

Governor Andrew Cuomo, who has offered only lukewarm support in the past for his fellow Democrats in their quest to take over the State Senate, this week said he would back Democratic candidates in Senate races.

Some MTA board members stand staunchly against a fare hike, arguing instead to accrue funds for the subway's dire upgrades through a congestion pricing plan that has the lukewarm support of Mayor de Blasio.

Recent polling has shown that support for fully renewing Trident is lukewarm at best.

The rest of the Democrats opposed the switch, although Mark Stewart's support for keeping pensions was lukewarm at best.

Also, Gillibrand's support for the mosque has been pretty lukewarm — not the strongest of statements by far, considering comments by people like, say, the president (even with his qualifications), Mayor Bloomberg and Rep. Jerry Nadler.

However, support for a Labour government remains lukewarm in Scotland.

Support for increasing the pension age to 66, reducing corporation tax and (slightly surprisingly) scrapping the planned increase in tax on cider all met with lukewarm sSupport for increasing the pension age to 66, reducing corporation tax and (slightly surprisingly) scrapping the planned increase in tax on cider all met with lukewarm supportsupport.

Among 17 people contacted by syracuse.com, support for a Miner primary bid was lukewarm.

The Islington North MP voted to leave the European Economic Community in 1975 and was lukewarm in his support for voting for Remain during the Labour leadership contest.

In England there was a lukewarm welcome for Jeremy Corbyn's leadership and a grudging support for the Conservatives.

In one case we know about, a single presentation at a national meeting raised from lukewarm to enthusiastic the level of support for a candidate from senior colleagues.

As for the administration, the support has been lukewarm.

As my colleague Mike McShane and I noted last fall in our book Common Core Meets Education Reform, support for Common Core was always a mile wide and an inch deep (and that «mile wide» was greatly aided by federal inducements that encouraged folks to embrace Common Core no matter how lukewarm their enthusiasm).

What's surprising in a new survey published today by 50CAN, a reform - oriented advocacy group that supports more rigorous teacher evaluations and early education, is the relatively lukewarm response to some of the most favored ideas for improving the school system among education advocates and many elected officials.

The results could amount to a cautionary flag about paying teachers for the performance of their students, a reform strategy the Obama administration and many states and school districts have favored despite lukewarm support or outright opposition from teachers» unions.

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In sum, even though the Report mentions alternative structures only briefly, and expressly advocates for only a limited form of them (minority nonlawyer ownership) in a lukewarm manner, a close reading the Report suggests that its authors in fact enthusiastically support alternative structures.