Sentences with phrase «opponents of federal»

As is so often the case, the most vocal opponents of federal school choice are right for the wrong reasons.

But if states renege on their promises and the feds feel obligated to come down hard, then opponents of federal K — 12 activity will have a new laundry list of offenses to add to their bill of particulars.

He did, however, use President George W. Bush's famous NCLB line against opponents of federal accountability.

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, the presumptive GOP gubernatorial nominee and a rising national figure on the right, told an Iowa - based radio show Wednesday night that opponents of a federal mandate for contraception coverage should be willing to «go to jail» to fight the law.

A vocal opponent of the federal government's capacity zones, which could raise utility rates in the Hudson Valley by 20 %, Dr. Murphy sees this as the opportunity to promote and incorporate green energy projects to stabilize our...

Mr. Zeldin accused Mr. Demos of distorting his record, insisting that he was a staunch opponent of the federal health care law.

Not exact matches

The drilling work is just to the north of a protest camp on federal land where pipeline opponents had gathered since August.

Thursday's vote by the Federal Communications Commission to revoke its 2015 net neutrality rules generated heated commentary from both supporters and opponents of the move.

In the waning days of the 1993 federal election campaign, Jean Chrétien's personal popularity was vulnerable compared to that of his opponent, Kim Campbell.

U.S. lawmakers are close to delivering a draft of the Federal Aviation Authority's reauthorization bill, which will include rules for nonmilitary drones, and drone opponents are lobbying hard against the unmanned flying machines, The New York Times reports.

Sessions, a longtime opponent of marijuana, has hinted at initiating a federal crack down on state - legal marijuana businesses for the better part of a year.

Called by some a sellout to corporate interests and a surrender to Washington, Bill C - 32 — the federal government's third attempt at bringing the Copyright Act into the Internet age — has its share of opponents.

Opponents of Sinclair Broadcast Group's proposed $ 3.9 billion takeover of Tribune Media Co. have stepped up opposition to the deal following media reports that federal regulators may fine the Hunt Valley - based Sinclair $ 13.3 million for airing programming...

At press time, supporters and opponents of DOL's rule were busy wading through the voluminous final rule, which is available on the Federal Register's website.

After a string of federal court losses last year, DOL rule opponents finally found a friendly court.

But Federal Reserve Vice Chair Janet Yellen, his chief opponent in the tight race to replace Ben Bernanke at the helm of the U.S. central bank, is not exactly struggling financially.

His proposal for a federal veto of state laws went down to defeat, and most dispiriting for him, his opponents in the Constitutional Convention won equal representation of the states in the Senate.

Thus when Prime Minister Julia Gillard (an avowed atheist who makes Nancy Pelosi seem like Margaret Thatcher) nonetheless announced that a «gay marriage» proposal would get a «conscience vote» in the federal parliament, she was accused by her lefter - than - left opponents of being... undemocratic.

It is instructive to note, however, that in the debates of 1964, proponents and opponents of the proposed Civil Rights Act both listed all of the forms of federal financial assistance that would be cut off if the act passed, and neither side mentioned tax exemption.

But that largely changed this year after most pro-life Democrats voted for the federal healthcare bill that many abortion opponents say allows for federal funding of abortion.

With federal judges in two highly conservative states striking down «defense of marriage» laws as unconstitutional this January, more church - state experts are advising same - sex marriage opponents that the marriage battleground should shift to religious freedom.

In The Lunch Tray's Guide to Getting Junk Food Out of Your Child's Classroom, I address a wide variety of topics including: how wellness policies and the new federal «Smart Snacks» rules relate to classroom junk food; the tricky problem of birthday treats and how to respond to your opponents on that issue; the use of junk food as a classroom reward; the use of candy as a teaching «manipulative;» kids and sugar consumption; and much more.

U.S. District Judge Ruben Castillo made the permit a necessity in February when he agreed with Park District opponent Roger Stone's contention that the trapshooting was a violation of the federal Clean Water Act.

Opponents who could not see the issue more differently have nonetheless put the decision in the hands of a federal judge who heard the arguments last month, and she has not yet decided.

A battle between Rep. Dan Donovan and his GOP primary opponent, former Rep. Michael Grimm, over the Reform Party line has been referred by the state Board of Elections to federal prosecutors.

Opponents of a planned fracked gas power plant in the Hudson Valley say they are hoping the U.S. attorney will investigate decisions made in the permitting process for the plan, now that it's been revealed that the wife of a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo took payments from the lead engineering firm in the project, and that her husband is the subject of a federal probe.

The unique problem posed by Bharara is that few of the tools Cuomo typically uses to beat back problems (and opponents) will be at his disposal when it comes to dealing with the federal prosecutor.

Roger Dean «RD» Huffstetler, who spent nearly three - quarters of the roughly $ 1.1 million he raised through the first filing quarter, according to the Federal Elections Commission records, suspended his campaign Thursday and announced he is endorsing Democratic primary opponent Leslie Cockburn.

In the high - stakes world of federal electoral campaigning, where every word and every character matters, candidates can't afford to neglect technologies and software that their opponents are using.

Schumer's opponent, Republican Wendy Long, argues any federal representative of Western New York should and would have fought for the Bills.

The Supreme Court had on Friday dismissed an appeal filed by the governor challenging the verdict of an Abuja Federal High Court which ruled in favour of Akeredolu's opponent in the primaries that produced, Mr. Segun Adams.

The Tenants PAC does not endorse candidates in federal elections, but it did honor one of Wright's opponents in September — Sen. Adriano Espaillat — for participating in a sit - in in support of rent control that was held at the Capitol in June.

Opponents of a planned fracked gas power plant in the Hudson Valley say they are hoping the U.S. attorney will investigate decisions made in the permitting process for the plan, now that it's been revealed that the wife of a former top aide to Cuomo took payments from the lead engineering firm in the project, and that her husband is the subject of a federal probe.

«My opponent didn't have the right to vote because he lost that because of his federal conviction of a felony.

Katko, who quit his job as a federal prosecutor to challenge Democratic Rep. Dan Maffei this fall, accused his «opponents» of rehashing this incident in an effort to impact his congressional run.

In remarks at the White House, Obama rejected arguments by Republican opponents of the bill that it will increase the federal deficit.

The federal study was a step on the way to implementing that plan — it established the baseline level of methane in the groundwater before fracking, providing a basis for before - after comparison, and a preemptive defense against later claims of pollution from fracking opponents.

Cuomo had sought to create the exchanges, required under the federal health care law, as part of the budget, but some Senate Republicans refused, saying they did not want to codify what opponents call Obamacare.

Opponents of campaign - finance laws hope that the case argued Tuesday — McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission — will carry on the work the justices did in Citizens United in 2010, when they struck down as unconstitutional a ban on corporations making independent expenditures in elections.

The topsy - turvy race between Republican U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm and his Democratic opponent, Domenic Recchia, which has seen everything from a 20 - count federal indictment against the incumbent to the challenger being lampooned by Jon Stewart on «The Daily Show,» was hit with another bombshell on Friday when the results of the latest

«Despite appointing a federal monitor, Judge Scheindlin didn't embrace the reckless proposals of my opponents,» he said in a statement.

Republican Wendy Long accused her Democratic opponent, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, of engaging in «pay to play» by raising campaign funds from developers who benefit from the federal immigrant investor program.

Her opponents and newspaper stories have portrayed Cancel as a «crony» of Sheldon Silver, the former speaker soon headed to prison for federal corruption crimes.

Zephyr Teachout, Cuomo's primary opponent from last year and author of a book on political corruption, has slammed the policy and pointed out that Cuomo is under federal investigation for tampering with The Moreland Commission on Public Corruption.

De Blasio's opponents had an opening in the campaign's final weeks after Jona Rechnitz, a major donor to the mayor's 2013 campaign, gave sordid testimony in a separate federal corruption trial of the access to the mayor that his money bought him.

The federal courthouse was also the scene of a midday protest by opponents of the CPV plant, who view it as a corrupt artifact of the nation's ongoing dependence on fossil fuels as opposed to renewable sources.

Eldridge, in depicting Gibson as just another cold - hearted Republican bent on balancing the federal budget on the backs of the poor, continues to accuse his opponent of cutting aid to hungry Americans.

Schneiderman, a Democrat, also served as an outspoken opponent of the Trump administration, criticizing its cancellation of DACA and threatening to sue the federal government over its attempts to repeal Obamacare.

Opponents of a planned fracked gas power plant in the Hudson Valley say they are hoping the U.S. Attorney will investigate decisions made in the permitting process for the plan, now that it has been revealed that the wife of a former top aide to Cuomo took payments from the lead engineering firm in the project, and that her husband is the subject of a federal probe.

Williams took in $ 152,320 during the last quarter of the year, but had to dig into his own pockets to edge out his opponents, according to new financial disclosure reports filed with the Federal Election Commission.