Sentences with phrase «made official their position»

The Senate Republicans, who occupy 32 of the Senate's 62 seats, have now made official their position that the issue should be dealt with by amending the state consitution — a process that wouldn't be completed in time to affect next year's round of redistricting.

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It wasn't immediately clear what prompted the council change its position, but the company had been asking the city for more time as it worked with regional air - quality officials on a plan to make the smell go away.

The 1999 rule establishing the position says a special counsel should have «a reputation for integrity and impartial decision making» and is supposed to «not be subject to the day - to - day supervision of any official of the department.»

Prior to joining BlackRock, she was a senior official at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), where she worked for 15 years in a range of positions related to economic analysis, policy making and global governance.

While the Wildrose Party «s new role as Official Opposition will mean additional staff and research funding, a party position was made vacant following the election of Shayne Saskiw in Lac La Biche - St.

Magnum Options also offers the «Buy Me Out» feature, which allows a trader to close their position prior to the official expiry time, where the system makes an automatic payout calculation based on historical data to determine the likelihood of the option expiring in or out of the money had it not been closed early; Redwood Options offers no such feature.

«Elected officials who are Latter - day Saints make their own decisions and may not necessarily be in agreement with one another or even with a publicly stated church position,» the policy explains.

If by the power of God's grace we are in a position to accept ourselves as pilgrims, as mortal men seeking their way with difficulty through the darkness, as failing again and again and yet bound in duty to an earthly task; if the Church effects that acceptance by celebrating the death of the Lord, and makes us men of prayer who are really conscious of the future judgment of God, if the Church sends its children strengthened with God's grace out into their own maturity which burdens them but sets them free, then the Church by its official ministry has done what it alone can and must do.

The present position of the Church's official teaching can also perhaps be made clearer by reference to the views of theologians at the present day.

The Jewish religious system and political scene had become corrupt, full of power - hungry priests and religious leaders who stole from the poor and the widows to make themselves rich so they could bribe political officials for special privileges and positions.

Steinfels notes that the Protestants studied are in «a church that ordains married men and women; does not condemn contraception, abortion, or remarriage after divorce; is inclusive in its criteria for membership; prides itself on affirming American values; and emphasizes democratic decision making and the laity's right to participate in congregational spending, selecting pastors, and determining official church positions.

I think the most powerful arguments against unrestricted legal abortion are made by Feminists for Life, which organized in 1972 when the National Organization for Women would not reconsider its official position on abortion.

Someone in «the Vatican,» who has never been identified, made a statement that while the Ottaviani position was «neither official nor semi-official» it was, nevertheless, «unexceptionable.»

The rich were very rich, but their position was often insecure because of demands made upon them by emperors and other officials.

Woods earned his new position — the highest he has been in the OWGR for two years — with a successful return to official PGA Tour competition after a year and his first cut made since the 2015 Wyndham Championship.

But Jose Mourinho has no qualms like that and has made a statement regarding Alexis Sanchez (and also Henrik Mkhitaryan who is being rumoured to be included in a swap deal) on the official Man United website, and this is his description of the current position....

Now, I'm not familiar with the PRECISE terms of Sagna's contract w / Arsenal, but I'm guessing that making statements in the press that contradict the club's official position is generally frowned upon.

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The CDC National Executive Committee of the Congress for Democratic Change has not convened to make a decision on the future of party Officials assuming positions in the CDC led Government.

The CDC, as the Ruling party, will convene a meeting of the CDC National Executive Committee, at the appropriate time to make an informed determination on the future and status of party officials assuming positions in the CDC led Government.

Officials reiterated their position that a morbid joke an aide made about Arizona Sen. John McCain is not the sort of thing that warrants an apology.

The complaint alleges that Aiello and Gerardi, COR's president and general counsel, «entered into a bribery scheme whereby the Syracuse developer would make tens of thousands of dollars in payments to Percoco, using Howe as a pass - through to help conceal that the payments to Percoco came from the Syracuse developer, and in exchange, Percoco agreed to use, and did in fact use, his official position and influence to assist the Syracuse developer with a number of issues as the opportunities arose.»

As part of a separate piece of legislation, lawmakers have agreed to give first passage to a constitutional amendment that would make officials who entered the pension system before 2011 forfeit their pensions if they're convicted of a felony related to their public position.

DEAN SKELOS and ADAM SKELOS were able to secure these illegal payments through implicit and explicit representations that DEAN SKELOS would use his official position to benefit those who made the payments, and punish those who did not.

Sen. Charles Schumer, who had been leaning heavily toward supporting President Obama's call for military strikes against Syria, made his position official today.

According to Kumasi - based Nhyira FM some officials of the GFA have made legal consultations and have positioned themselves to apply for court injunction to stop...

Prosecutors on Thursday afternoon wrapped up 10 weeks of testimony and arguments in Central Islip, where they sought to make the case that the one - time elected officials accepted an illegal stream of benefits from restaurateur Harendra Singh and, in exchange, abused their public positions to get him two county contracts and more than $ 20 million in town - guaranteed loans.

Though Ramirez has yet to make an official announcment, two sources close to Ramirez who requested anonymity, said that Ramirez was working to position himself for a run at Castro's seat, which he will have to defend come next election season.

«Corrupt use of position» applies to officials or candidates who corruptly promise or use their authority to give someone a job or raise or who make offers in return for contributions.

Additionally, what makes you think a local elected official is any better at vetting competence and qualifications of a candidate for official position than the voters?

The believe that making life better for these NDC appointees by allowing them to continue holding key positions, leaving the corrupt NDC officials off the hook, choosing NDC contractors ahead of NPP sympathizers will make things easy for the NPP in 2020 is a very big mistake were being making.

They were used to sensible British officials in Europe finding compromise positions on difficult issues, making promises and delivering on them.

«Whether Mr. Silver engaged in extramarital affairs does not make it more or less likely, for instance, that he used his official position to obtain referrals from real - estate developers,» they said in written arguments.

We are polling all elected officials and those seeking public office as to their position on this important issue and we intend to keep the millions of Italian Americans residing in this state informed as to the result of our inquiry and make the community aware of who is supportive of the Italian American community and who will succumb to anti Italian sentiment.

After speaking with another Nassau official, Walker «informed Dean Skelos that the payments would be made and took steps to expedite the payments due to Dean Skelos» official position,» according to federal prosecutors.

In a move the senator said she probably wouldn't have made five years ago, Klobuchar approached the official's boss at an event a week later and asked him to make sure the official didn't differentiate between men and women in equal positions.

WASHINGTON — Syracuse University officials say U.S. Rep. Claudia Tenney spread «categorically false» information this week about the university's position on the Republican tax plan making its way through Congress.

According to the official, Percoco said he was reaching out «about my position in supporting Bill de Blasio's proposal to fund universal pre-kindergarten and making a strong argument as to why the governor's proposal was a better one.

The city Investigation Department, which routinely vets appointments to high - level municipal positions, recommended that Mr. Ponte not promote William Clemons, a veteran correction official whom the commissioner wanted to make his chief of department, the highest uniformed position.

«It's only the first week here, so I feel like things are just getting going, but in the coming days we will help business leaders meet with lawmakers to help bolster the U.S. position, and to make sure the official U.S. delegation is bold,» says Anne Kelly, senior policy director at Ceres, a business and sustainability nonprofit.

University officials hope to restart the hiring process midway through 2010, but probable additional budget cuts and Campos's high start - up costs make him pessimistic about his chances of winning either that position or another one in this economy.

«Repealing this tax will make indoor tanning easier, thereby putting lives at risk,» reads an official position statement.

Culture and Islamic Guidance Minister Mohammad Hosseini said Iran would boycott the next Academy Awards «to protest against the making of a film insulting the Prophet and because of the organizers» failure to take an official position (against the film),» the Iranian Students» News Agency reported.

Federal officials are now in a position to make decisions that would have been unimaginable even two years ago.

Ms. Chavez left her position with the group, which wants to make English the official language of the United States, after a memorandum written by its chairman, John Tanton, was made public.

The facts in this case, however, make it difficult to show that transfers under the law caused overcrowding in 2003, when Winerip was complaining; they even suggest that school officials did an uncharacteristically competent job of linking transferring students with schools that were in the best position to accommodate them.

Pressure from two of the state's top elected officials — remember, schools chief is an appointed position in Florida — could help Bennett make a decision.

Consistent with NSBA's position as outlined in its «friend of the court» (amicus) brief, Justice Samuel Alito delivered the Court's unanimous opinion and found that the school officials in this case should not be viewed as law enforcement agents, and the statements made by the young child to the teachers were not given with the «primary purpose of creating an out - of - court substitute for trial testimony.»

Concurrent with these troubling findings, school administrators and law enforcement officials find themselves in the untenable position of having to make critical decisions about bomb threat incidents with few established best practices, outdated protocols, and a complete lack of education - based training.