Sentences with phrase «opponents of the measure said»

But opponents of the measure said the episode only served to show how the bill was approved in haste and with flaws.

Not exact matches

«Part of the reasons active measures have worked in the US election is because the commander - in - chief has used Russian active measures at times against his opponents,» Watts said, pointing to Manafort and Trump's citations of fake - news stories pushed out by Russian - linked entities last year.

A measure that supporters say would codify Roe v. Wade in state law has also failed to gain a vote as opponents contend it is an unnecessary expansion of abortion rights.

The most recent polling for Gillibrand's own race has her leading opponent Wendy Long by wide margins — 64 to 27 percent, says a September Quinnipiac poll — and so the New York senator has sufficient leeway to throw her time and resources behind other campaigns, an unusual luxury for a politician and a traditional path for New York figures to a measure of national power.

Opponents of the measure are expected to call for a referendum on the law, putting the final say in the hands of Maryland voters.

The group's Karen Scharff says a search through campaign contribution records finds opponents of the measure gave $ 400,000 to state Senate campaigns, and 71 percent of the money went to GOP candidate's coffers.

Currently, the Senate does not have the votes for the GOP plan, but Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul said that doesn't mean opponents of the measure should be complacent.

As the Capitol gears up for what is expected to be a very long night, opponents of same - sex marriage say a vote on the measure in the early hours of Friday morning is unacceptable.

Opponents claimed to support the principle of reform but rejected measures such as widespread elections for new lords, which they said would threaten the primacy of the elected House of Commons.

The group's Karen Scharff says a search through campaign contribution records finds opponents of the measure gave $ 400,000 to State Senate campaigns, and 71 % of the money went to GOP candidate s coffers.

In other words, Cuomo gets to say he did public financing, protect himself from having to practice it himself, and assure opponents of the measure that it's not really happening beyond this one quirky example.

A measure that is aimed at codifing the Roe v. Wade decision in state law is opposed by Senate Republicans and opponents of abortion say it is an expansion of existing protections.

The IDC members says they believe this report will be the final proof needed to convince opponents to embrace same - sex marriage — along with a handful of lawmakers needed to pass the measure in the Senate.

(Cuomo's primary opponent Cynthia Nixon, and others have said, however, that Cuomo is increasingly pursuing popular progressive measures by any means necessary because of the threat of a strong primary challenge.)

Opponents said that the measure should have banned somatic cell nuclear transfer; it criminalized only the «implantation» of an embryo into a woman to create a human clone.

After all, many opponents of screening regulations said hasty patch - up half - measures will only make things worse for the industry, since dating site members will have the false sense of security, while actual sex offenders and scammers will easily avoid unreliable screening obstacles.

Opponents say comparing schools in this way is too crude a measure of a school's quality, achievements and character.

Opponents of the Louisiana measure say the board isn't ready for the transfer of non-failing schools.

- the game's shading mechanism has changed, which allows for increased gear texture quality - all graphical aspects and programming mechanisms have been built up from scratch for this sequel - maximum resolution is 1080p in TV mode - a bigger focus for Nintendo was the 60 frames per second - occasionally the resolution will be scaled down when there is too much ink displaying on the screen - Nintendo reduced the CPU load and refined the way to use CPU power effectively to maintain 60 fps in all matches - weapons were tweaked to let players be more creative by thinking about unique weapon characteristics and their best uses - weapons are designed to be effective when they are used during the right occasion - Special weapons are stronger than the original ones when used in the right situation, but weaker otherwise - the damage and effect of slowing down your movement when you step in the opponent's ink are reduced from original - you can jump up in rank if you're good enough, but only up until S - you can't jump up from C, B or A to S + - when you win battles in Ranked mode, the Ranked meter fills and your rank goes up when its fully filled - when you lose a battle, the gauge does not decrease, but the meter starts to crack - once the meter reaches its limit, it breaks - when the meter breaks, you have to start over again from the beginning or from a lower rank - highest rank is still S +, but if you fill up the Ranked meter, you get numbers after the alphabet such as «S +1», «S +2» and so on - maximum number is «S +50», but this number will not be displayed to your opponent - you are the only one to see it, and you can check it on your own status screen - Ranked Power is calculated by an algorithm to measure how strong each player is with minuteness - this will determine if a player's rank is worthy of receiving a big jump (like from «C» to «A»)- Ranked Power has no relation to your splat rate, and is more tied into to how well you lead your team to victory - you won't drop off more than one rank even if you play poorly - stage rotation time was changed to two hours - this was done because the devs expected people to play for an hour or so, but they found people play much longer - with Salmon Run, Nintendo considered how to implement a co-op oriented mode in a player - versus - player type of game - the devs will monitor how users are playing this mode to see if there's some tweaks they can throw in - more Salmon Run maps will be added in the future, but Nintendo wouldn't comment on adding more enemy types to the mode - rewards are changed each time Salmon Run is played - you can obtain rewards when playing locally, but not gear - originally Nintendo had an idea for this mode, but had no background setting, enemy designs, etc. - Inoue suggested that it should be salmon - themed - when Nintendo hosted the Splatfest that pit Callie against Marie, the development of Splatoon 2 had started - the devs had already decided to have the result reflected in the sequel - they even had an idea to announce the Splatfest with a phrase «Your choice will change the next Splatoon» - the timing to announce a sequel wasn't right, so they decided against this - they eventually released a series of short stories about the Squid Sisters to show how the Splatfest affected the sequel's story - Nintendo wouldn't say if Marina is an Octoling, and noted that Inklings are not paying attention to this too much - Inklings don't care about appearances, as long as everyone is doing something fresh - the Squid Sisters had composers who produced their songs, but Off the Hook are composing their music by themselves - Pearl is genius artist, but she couldn't find a right partner because she's a bit too edgy - she eventually found Marina as a partner though, and their chemistry is sparkling right now - Nintendo is planning a year of content updates for Splatoon 2 - when finished, the quantity of stages will be more than the original - some of the additional stages are totally new and some will be arranged stages from the first game - not all original stages will return and they are choosing stages based on the potential for them to be improved - Brella is shotgun-esque weapon, so the ink hits your opponent more if you are closer - it can shield damage when you open it, but the amount of damage has a limit and once it reaches it, it breaks - you can shoot ink, but you can't use the shield feature when it breaks - the shield won't prevent your allies ink - there are more new weapon categories which haven't been revealed yet - there are no other ranked modes outside of the three current options - the future holds any sort of possibility, but the devs didn't get specific about adding more content like that - for the modes, they adjusted the rule designs so that players will experience the more interesting aspects

He said opponents of the measure dumped more than a million dollars into fighting it - largely by spreading confusion over what a municipal utility would mean for Boulder.

State Rep. Frank Mautino, D - Spring Valley, who sponsored the measure, said he would talk with opponents to see if he can insert new language in the bill to help propel it to the Senate during the final hours of the fall veto session.

Opponents of the measure, however, say the company was foolish to give in.

But opponents of the measure, including the Boulder Area Rental Housing Association, say the total cost to property owners could top $ 35 million.

Opponents of the bill say this measure could result in situations where the Department of Economic Security and adoption agencies are forced to reject the placement of a child with a single parent, even if it is a good placement and better option for the child.