Sentences with phrase «on public opposition»

We created a focal point for the media to report on public opposition to the tests.

The Republican candidate for Governor is petitioning to run on a new ballot line that capitalizes on public opposition to the new Common Core learning standards.

The Republican candidate for governor in New York is petitioning to run on a new ballot line that capitalizes on public opposition to the new Common Core learning standards.

Not exact matches

Denton's optimism about this recent investment stands in direct opposition to his previous, and very public, aversion to taking on outside money.

On Thursday, Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman was named chairman — despite the public opposition of Shari Redstone, who happens to be Viacom's vice-chairman and daughter of ailing billionaire and controlling shareholder Sumner Redstone.

Many governments, businesses and social organizations rely on the data, and opposition groups argue the Conservatives are attempting to influence future public policy decisions since low - income earners and immigrants will be less likely to fill out a voluntary form.

And Haley says the boat - captain incident has further diffused local opposition to American forces on Okinawa, and has strengthened Japanese public support for stronger ties to the U.S. «Japan has enormous problems with its aging economy and aging population,» she notes.

Sen. Ben Cardin said in a statement that he was «deeply troubled» by Tillerson's relationship with Putin as well as his public opposition to sanctions on Russia after it invaded Ukraine and annexed Crimea.

Environmental groups are employing the same strategy, in a less direct way, on the oilpatch, by raising public opposition to pipelines and low - carbon fuel standards for refineries in California and Europe.

«The determination of the PSD - led government to charge ahead with the contentious criminal justice reform in disregard of widespread public discontent and political opposition sets a scene for tumultuous period ahead, highlighting a risk of further deteriorating operating environment,» Andrius Tursa, advisor on central and eastern European issues at Teneo Intelligence said in a note last week.

The Opposition Conservatives have chided the government for moving too fast on legal pot, suggesting there are outstanding public safety issues that need to be addressed.

A year of hellish relations with aboriginal groups; a possibly fatal public - relations cloud over the Keystone project, based precisely on the Harper government's poor environmental record; serious opposition in Europe to any extension in Canada - EU relations at the very same time we're trying to negotiate a trade deal; and a set of controversies that still motivate NDP supporters and the NDP caucus today, another year closer to a federal election.

Democrats pushing for gun curbs after the latest mass shooting in the United States are co-opting a Republican mantra to build public support and defang opposition: It's time to get tough on national security.

Once the legislation passes the Senate with opposition support as expected, all proprietary and unlisted public companies with an annual turnover or gross assets of up to $ 25 million will be able to advertise their business plans on licensed crowdfunding portals and raise up to $ 5 million a year to carry them out.

The Opposition, media, financial analysts and the public primarily focus on this measure.

«The controversy over fracking in the UK has deepened as Scotland imposed a ban on giving the green light to new schemes amid ongoing public opposition to the process.

In the 2008 federal election, Opposition Leader Stéphane Dion also tried but failed to convince the public of the need for a carbon tax, despite Canadians» support for action on climate change.

UCP opposition to Bill 24: An Act to Support Gay - Straight Alliances, has caught the party on the wrong side of public opinion and on the wrong side of history.

Although public housing met with bitter opposition in these years from private real estate interests who attacked it as the entering wedge of socialism, it was on the whole a popular program.

The publicity about, and consequent opposition to, partial - birth abortion rendered a great service in educating the public on how extreme is the abortion license created by Roe v. Wade.

The militia movement's stance on such issues as gun control or abortion or the sightings of UN troops in the American heartland do not threaten the Jewish community and thus need not trigger the public opposition of the Jewish community.

All IRC section 501 (c)(3) organizations, including churches and religious organizations, must abide by certain rules: ■ their net earnings may not inure to any private shareholder or individual, ■ they must not provide a substantial benefit to private interests, ■ they must not devote a substantial part of their activities to attempting to influence legislation, ■ they must not participate in, or intervene in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office, and ■ the organization's purposes and activities may

Meanwhile, a group of 160 African - American community leaders sent NAACP a letter detailing their own objections to its charter - school opposition on behalf of «700,000 black families choosing to send their children to charter public schools, and the tens of thousands more who are still on waiting lists.»

Currently, IRS laws prohibits political campaign activity by charities and churches by defining a 501 (c)(3) organization as one «which does not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office.»

The continuing secular popularity of Pope Francis, thought Sandro Magister, had a good reason, which «explains better than any other the benevolence of worldwide secular public opinion toward Francis... [and that is] his silence in the political camp, especially on the minefield that sees the greatest opposition between the Catholic Church and the dominant culture.

Some certainly suffered more public abuse than others or firmer opposition from the royal house; but Isaiah's counsel was on occasion categorically rejected by the king (so again Isa.

From the time she denounced Britain's participation in World War II as a girl (because it was plain to her, just months out of her teens, that Britain would be carrying out deliberate attacks on civilians), through her widely publicized opposition as a young don to Oxford's awarding an honorary degree to Harry Truman (on the ground that «having a couple of massacres to his credit» disqualifies a man for public honors), to her recent arrests in her seventies for participation in pro-life actions parallel to those carried out by «Operation Rescue» in the United States (because she found the life of a conceived child as worthy of protection and respect as any other), her life recalls John Paul II's injunction: «Always seek the truth; venerate the truth discovered; obey the truth.

Internal Revenue Code 1.50 (c)(3)-1 prohibits any supposed religious organization from» (ii) Directly or indirectly to participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office.»

Johnson's anti-Obama sermonizing likely violated the so - called Johnson Amendment, an Internal Revenue Service rule that forbids churches that receive tax - exempt status from the federal government to intervene in «any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for elective public office.»

Recently, however, the traditional liberal Jewish opposition to the public display of religious symbols has been countered by a growing demand on the part of many Jews for «equal time» for specifically Jewish symbols.

«We decided to conduct these activities on the occasion of the world food day celebration because we want to generate a strong public opposition against golden rice which we believe is a poison disguised as food,» said Diego Dela Cruz, chairman of the advocacy committee of MASIPAG.

The general public is already skeptical of him based on his background: he's a numbers guy, which some folks still see as being in opposition to the scout guys (which is inane by the way).

There's no doubt that American League teams have had a significant advantage since the inception of interleague play, but public perception has caused oddsmakers to shade their lines to encourage action on their National League opposition.

Since we already knew that a majority of public bettors routinely take ranked teams against ranked opposition, I believed that we could exploit this tendency by focusing on heavily bet games where shading would be more prevalent.

If he can persuade the public that he is on their side, and that it's the medical establishment standing in the way of improved healthcare (for whatever reason, misguided or malign), and face down the unions then not only will the strikes falter in the face of rising public opposition but his will be a star in the ascendency.

Haruna Iddrisu since last month appeared to have come under some pressure from persons within the party to run as flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) ahead of the 2020 general elections or make his stance on who he will support public.

Beginning last summer, DemCom also automatically imports all letters of support / opposition from outside organizations that have been posted on the public website POPVOX.com and prominently displays those letters alongside the internal / official documents related to that bill.

The opposition isn't simply to spending money on art and culture and news, it is to spending public funds on liberal art and culture and news, and there is something to that given the track record of how the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which sends some money to PBS and National Public Radio, have chosen to use their public funds on liberal art and culture and news, and there is something to that given the track record of how the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which sends some money to PBS and National Public Radio, have chosen to use their Public Broadcasting, which sends some money to PBS and National Public Radio, have chosen to use their Public Radio, have chosen to use their funds.

Opposition continues in the Assembly even as supporters point to the dozens of lawmakers from both parties who have signed on in support of a version of the legislation, which would provide a tax credit to those who donate to public schools or to a scholarship program that benefits a private or parochial school.

The state has put the brakes on a plan to convert Buffalo's Scajaquada Expressway into a lower - speed boulevard after receiving public comments that were overwhelmingly in opposition.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has asked its members to ignore attacks by former first lady Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings since she is working to douse the seeming public attention on the troubles in opposition New Patriotic Party.

In particular, the group's applaud the six - to - one match for donations up to $ 250, restrictions on public funds for candidates who face little opposition and the requirement that participants in the program commit to a public debate, among others.

Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Martey's claims on governance to be a genuine love for God and country, but last week, his sincerity was questioned with the accusations from his former Public Relations Officer (PRO) that his utterances, have been influenced heavily by an opposition political leader with cash and an expensive brand new SUV car.

Cars, refrigerators, washing machines, homes and food have been distributed to buy off voters, while the opposition not even counts on public funds to pay for their headquarters.

Despite intense opposition from nearly every local elected official and a total lack of public input on the new design, Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state Department of Transportation are moving forward with plans to build a new Tappan Zee Bridge without transit.

Labour's shadow cabinet agreed on Monday that MPs would be given a free vote, despite Corbyn's public opposition to strikes, to avert a threatened rebellion by pro-bombing members such as shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn.

The writer of the local law, Frank Commisso, already seems to disagree with what he wrote after hearing from dozens of people in opposition to it at a public hearing on Tuesday night.

The governor is already running smack into a wall of opposition in the Senate, where Republicans (and at least one Democrat) don't want to hold a vote on a measure to strengthen abortion laws or allow for the public financing of political campaigns.

Since his speech in favour of air strikes on Syria I am struck by the number of Hilary Benn's colleagues, those who have worked with him in cabinets or shadow cabinets, who tell me he has changed since the summer, finding his political voice or public definition in opposition to Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.

The Opposition forced a vote for today on the end of austerity measures (not all) in regards to pay cap on public sector jobs.