Sentences with phrase «opponents of raising»

Supporters and opponents of raising taxes — or, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed, renewing the state's existing surcharge on people reporting more than $ 1 million in income — faced off at a Tuesday budget hearing while the Democratic governor lashed out at Republicans in the Legislature.

It seems that opponents of raising the PA are now reduced to denying that the policy actually exists in the form that Clegg claims it does and the party website claims it does in order to maintain their argument.

But opponents of raising interest rates take a different look at the economic metrics.

In an unusual twist, the most vocal opponent of the raises up for a vote Tuesday actually said before the election that he approved of raises.

Not exact matches

Opponents voiced concerns tariffs could raise prices for all kinds of consumer and commercial goods made of aluminum and steel.

The JOBS Act's opponents have raised the prospect of widespread fraud, but truthfully, fraud will probably not be a major problem in crowdfunding.

With big banks hugely unpopular, the key opponents of cramdown were the nation's community bankers, who argued that the law would force them to raise mortgage rates to cover the potential losses.

MOSCOW — A decision by Facebook to block a page used to rally Russian opponents of President Vladimir V. Putin has engulfed the world's largest social networking site in political controversy and raised accusations that it censors content on behalf of the authorities here.

«The opponents of enforcing immigration law and supporters of amnesty for illegal immigrants are using this as an emotional issue, raising this phony idea that a nun ladling out soup to an illegal alien is going to be wrestled to the ground by a SWAT team,» he said.

Opponents were thus faced with two tasks: to raise the level of debate to a plane of ethics beyond the emotive and the anecdotal, and then to argue against the regnant libertarian ethos.

The question is here raised in its exegetical aspect, we turn to the Christian aspect, I would venture to mind my critics that when they put in the forefront, they do, the particular manner in which they wish themselves and their loved ones to survive, they are involuntarily giving grounds to the opponents of Christianity who constantly repeat that the faith of Christians is nothing more than the projection of their desires.

(CNN)- Televangelist Pat Robertson is raising eyebrows, and cheers from activists who are usually his opponents on political issues, by calling for the legalization of marijuana.

In my comments I referred to «The depravity of their cynicism...» regarding opponents raising spurious arguments in opposition to Golden Rice.

This draw raises the tantalising prospect of Hazard, Lukaku & De Bruyne all being half - heartedly booed by fans of PL opponents on the opening day of next season after knocking England out

Ospina was shaky on a lot of opposition set - pieces, and had an opponent got their head on the ball a lot more question marks would have been raised.

Luiz is a dirty player and I don't think he much cares about his opponents, he will raise his foot and kick you in the head even though common says he needed to let the ball drop down rather than flying through the air at head height, he would have also been aware that going in over the top of the ball with studs showing was a dangerous tatic and was likely to hurt the opponent.

What likely raises the ire of Woods that day is Garcia's piercing glare at his opponent following a long birdie putt on the 13th hole.

At the Defensive End he is simply the Most Dominant Defensive Center I can remember — at 7» 2» 280 + lbs the guy's foot speed & coordination is inhuman (B / c of Soccer)-- one of the Hardest things to coach a young player to do at the Defensive end is to Keep his hands raised b / c even if your opponent is Taller if your hands are already raised he must bring the ball thru your Hands — but it's an Unnatural thing to do

once again we manage to concede when wev hav the lionshare of possesion and limited our opponents to 3 shots on target, am hugely dissapointed in nasri, ros, ramsey and edu who were fresher than most and just did nt put in the necessary work to get a result there, i hate to admit it but it looked like we thought the goal and the result wud look after itself because we are arsenal... maybe im wrong but at times i feel we are border line arrogant and then cant raise our game when we get sucker punched

Nigeria will take encouragement from a qualifying campaign in which they cruised through Africa's «Group of Death», while a come - from - behind friendly victory over World Cup opponents Argentina in late 2017 also raised expectations.

Yet again the youngster raised his game under the pressure of an elite opponent.

But the comment came as DeVos, a staunch opponent of public schools, is taking over the nation's free lunch program that provides nutrition to low - income students and is under attack from Republicans, raising questions about whether the administration of President Donald Trump will protect food aid programs for children, NPR reported.

In her letter sent to Cuomo, Krueger raises concerns MMA opponents have in the past, including the long - term health impact of allowing the sport.

The difference between me and my two Republican opponents is that I have actually raised a lot of money from individuals,» Blakeman told Capital Tonight's Kaitlyn Ross.

Only after the bill was accepted by 67 % of the voters, did its opponents turn openly against it, waving objections that no one had raised before concerning provisions that Parliament, rightly, had seen no reason to put on the ballot.

Rep Nan Hayworth is trying to raise some campaign cash of her own off the upcoming event being headlined for one of her two Democratic opponents by Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank.

As of yesterday, we knew Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand had raised another $ 1.5 million during the first three months of 2012 and has $ 9.1 million on hand for her re-election bid, but none of her three GOP opponents had filed their first - quarter numbers with the FEC.

And, with one or two exceptions, they're usually the sorts of candidates who are unlikely to raise much money for their campaigns anyway and so are looking for an issue with which to attack their opponents.

Marc Molinaro, the presumptive Republican candidate for governor, released his tax returns for 2017, but his opponent, incumbent Governor Andrew Cuomo, raised the stakes, saying his GOP challenger should release ten years of tax returns.

Paladino also took the opportunity to again raise the issue of the proposed Islamic center and mosque near Ground Zero — and bash his opponent's support for the plan.

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.

But it was this comment, picked up by someone in the audience on their phone and obtained by NY1, that raised some eyebrows among supporters of Nixon's opponent, Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Opponents of gambling expansion in the state pushed back Thursday, saying such a move is about generating revenue so lawmakers can avoid raising taxes.

Opponents of a ban have been increasingly visible, mounting a significant public relations efforts and raising some uncertainty about the prospects of an expected City Council bill.

Khan repeatedly highlighted the impact of rising travelcard costs, during his campaign as well as attacking his opponent Zac Goldsmith for secretly planning to raise them.

Gennaro and other opponents of fracking in New York have raised the issue's visibility in part by pointing to the disastrous effects the practice has had in a number of Western states that have allowed it, and in Pennsylvania, which shares the same source of gas as New York State, the Marcellus Shale formation, which runs from the Southern Tier to West Virginia, and west to part of Ohio.

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...

Eyebrows are being raised as Joseph Concannon, a former NYPD Captain running for state senate against Tony Avella, is questioning his opponent's role in regards to the recent firing of a staff member involved in a sexual harrassment claim.

Schneiderman's opponent in the fall elections is one of those raising questions about whether the attorney general, who was key to the formation of the ethics commission, could have been more involved and done something to stop alleged interference in probes by Cuomo's aides.

It became public that Jack Martins, Curran's Republican opponent, put a promise of no layoffs ahead of raising taxes.

As her primary opponent was taking her to task for failing to raise money for yesterday's DCCC fundraiser headlined by President Obama, residents of the 14th CD were receiving Rep. Carolyn Maloney's first campaign mailer, featuring — what else?

In the wake of her third Republican opponent's official entry into the race, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand announced this afternoon that she has raised more than $ 8.75 million since she took over last winter, including $ 1.6 million during the first three months of 2010.

I saw the President settle feuds between candidates and opponents, I saw him raise hands of opponents on campaign platforms.

It's a fairly safe bet that Gillibrand, who is something of a fundraising machine, is going to have a lot more on hand to spend than any of her opponents, particularly her lone Democratic primary challenger, Jonathan Tasini, who had raised $ 102,006 as of the end of last year, had $ 20,916 on hand and $ 5,482 worth of debt.

Mr. Recchia has raised considerably more money and has the support of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee — but Mr. Recchia has been set back considerably by a slew of embarrassing gaffes recently highlighted nationwide on the Daily Show and less - than - optimal debate performances upon which his opponent has seized.

«Coleman can expect a bashing from both of his potential Democratic opponents... but he obviously calculated that the money he will raise from the Bush visit is worth it.»

Politicos say that it is worth the equivalent of out - raising your opponent by hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Though questions were raised by both supporters and opponents on the actual effects of the map and the appropriateness of «condemning» the paper, the Legislature largely expressed disagreement with the Journal News» actions in putting up and refusing to remove the map.

Senator Jeff Klein's spokeswoman Candice Giove released this statement yesterday regarding the Senator's opponent Oliver Koppell's failure to file a financial disclosure form this week required of all candidates raising funds:

By contrast, Republican committees raised only $ 3.4 million from labor, less than a fourth of their opponents» total.