Sentences with phrase «lukewarm support of»

Critics cite a 30 percent decline between 2000 and 2006 in NASA's Earth science budget — which funds environmental satellites — as evidence of the administration's lukewarm support of keeping an eye on the planet's condition.

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.

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.

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.

In the wake of last fall's NFL owners» vote, the Europe league received a two - year stay of execution, a lukewarm endorsement despite the continued support of commissioner Paul Tagliabue.

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.

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.

10.30 pm James Sturcke here, picking up from where Andrew left off and David Miliband has given a decidedly lukewarm message of support:

Lord Mandelson - Issued lukewarm statement of support Harriet Harman - Has not commented David Miliband - Has not commented, but his brother says he backs Brown Alistair Darling - Issued lukewarm statement of support Jack Straw - Strongly supportive.

Critics of Cuomo say he has given them lukewarm support in past election cycles in order to maintain his close working relationship with the Senate GOP.

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.

Packed with both the home and arcade versions of the classic game, leaderboard functionality and Kinect support; Dragon's Lair XBLA brings a few modern flourishes to the arcade experience to decidedly lukewarm results.

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.

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.

So if the 95 % certainty claim is not in support of just «Cataclysmic» warming, but includes lukewarming, this is not a contensious issue.

From the outset Sir Rupert has advocated momentum in implementation, an objective supported now by the Ministry of Justice which was initially lukewarm on change.

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.