Sentences with phrase «merely symbolic act»
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Several conference members have since launched on - line petitions calling for the act's repeal — a quixotic and merely symbolic quest, since the governor clearly considers this a big win and has no intention of revisiting the matter.
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Peralta, clad in his signature DREAM Act T - shirt, which he sports over his chamber - dress - code - appopriate shirt and tie, told me during a CapTon interview last night that he and his fellow Latino lawmakers in both the Senate and Assembly are in discussions to reject the education bill, even though they are well aware their «no» votes will be merely symbolic.
Stossel writes that even if America reaches Obama's «absurd» pledge to put 1,000,000 electric vehicles on the road by 2015, the impacts of climate change would only be delayed by «one hour,» according to Lomborg, and the mitigation measure was merely a «symbolic act.»
On the face of it - a simple act — described in denigrating terms by some as merely a «symbolic» action.