Sentences with phrase «opposition mlas»

But Sturgeon said she believed his position could be changed if there was enough opposition from within Labour.

The biggest reason given for opposition to a Sinochem sale was that China does not observe international patent and commercial laws.

«Given some of his past statements and his staunch opposition to immigration reform, I am very concerned about what he would do with the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice and want to hear what he has to say,» incoming Democratic Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York said in a statement.

«We don't even have an ambassador to South Korea,» said Sanders, likely referring to the fact that the nomination of Victor Cha, Trump's original pick, was rescinded last month after Cha expressed opposition to the administration's proposal for a military strike.

Alibaba Group Holding and Tencent are scouring for projects, while Didi's acquisition of Brazil 99 showed deals can get done quickly, unlike the political opposition Chinese companies face in the U.S.

After Alex Jones used his platform to rant about the Comedy Central host, Klepper weaved his comments about «The Opposition» into a bit at a test screening in New York.

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.

What makes matters more frustrating is homeowner opposition to rental and multi-unit developments.

Activist investor Carl Icahn has spearheaded opposition to the bid and presented a proposal of his own with Southeastern Asset Management Inc., although this will not go to a vote on Thursday.

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.

Further, while the show's creators are quick to point out that late - night talk shows take time to develop, Comedy Central has high hopes that «The Opposition» can help return the network to its glory years as a political comedy powerhouse.

The proposed Keystone XL and Northern Gateway pipelines have long confronted both public and political opposition.

And he was a famous opposition activist.

It was not yet clear whether the Trump administration will also drop opposition to Texas» maps.

However, if it gets final approval it won't be built for at least a decade and faces opposition from local residents who could see their homes compulsorily acquired for the development against their wishes.

That will likely stir opposition from Tea Party members and fiscal conservatives in the House.

But nearly two decades of house arrest could not quash the opposition leader's determination.

The budget for the Department of Energy would include $ 120 million to restart licensing for the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump in Nevada, a project that has been stalled for years because of lawsuits and local opposition.

While the Bundeswehr and the ruling CDU party supports the move, opposition parties are critical.

His comments also come one day after Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg voiced her opposition to Trump's anti-abortion executive order.

«The Opposition» is the major first comedy show with a baked - in acknowledgement of the shift in the conservative - media landscape away from the dogmatic, small - government Reagan Republican.

He used to be former prime minister Gordon Brown's fixer in Fife, and backed Corbyn in his leadership election last year, breaking from Dugdale's opposition to the Labour leader.

On Monday, T. Rowe Price Group Inc., which has a roughly 4 percent stake in Dell, affirmed its opposition to the buyout through a statement.

The problem is that North Korea remains an extraordinarily repressive state, and it seems collective opposition to the government is almost entirely absent.

5 - Star was founded in 2009 and has risen rapidly to become Italy's main opposition party.

Indeed, the next round of cuts could be nixed if the Harper administration doesn't sweeten its next budget with expensive items to attract support from at least one opposition party.

At 6:35 p.m. on November 8, when most pollsters and pundits believed Clinton would carry the election, WikiLeaks messaged Trump Jr. and suggested Trump contest the results because it would help him mount an opposition media brand, and that it would expose «media corruption, primary corruption, PAC corruption, etc..»

He said he's been advised by legal counsel that there shouldn't be any opposition from the government, but any hiccups could see the deal close later, by January 2013.

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.

In comments to Bloomberg, a member of the Turkish opposition party CHP said the Wikipedia block shows that «the government can't get enough of censorship.»

If North Koreans get their daily goods from the grey or black market and not the state rationing system like they were promised, could this foster opposition?

But there hasn't been a groundswell of opposition on the level that greeted NAFTA in the late 1980s.

Fianna Fail, whose backing Varadkar requires from the opposition benches to keep his government functioning, has said it will move a motion of no confidence in Fitzgerald at 2000 GMT on Tuesday unless she quits, a position that hardened on Monday.

One of the most prominent features of the set of «The Opposition» is a permanently installed Murder Board, a tackboard reminiscent of «A Beautiful Mind» with nonsense scribbled next to a 2016 electoral map, and images and arrows linking Beyoncé, former Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Taylor Swift, and, of course, Hillary Clinton.

Both pipelines face two forms of opposition: widely dispersed environmentalists worried about climate change, and stakeholders along the route more concerned about oil spills.

Much organized opposition to NAFTA centered on the fear that the abolishment of trade barriers would spur U.S. firms to pack up and move to Mexico to take advantage of cheap labor.

British opposition politicians said Trump was not welcome in the U.K. Former opposition Labour party leader leader Ed Miliband tweeted to Trump that the reason he cancelled was really «because nobody wanted you to come.

But Terry Campbell, the new president and CEO of the Canadian Bankers Association (CBA), has little interest in feuding with the country's official opposition.

The 3 percent withholding tax due to take effect at year - end has unleashed a groundswell of opposition among business owners and advocates.

On Friday, Lavrov told the BBC that the US «still, in spite of many repeated promises and commitments... are not able or not willing to» separate the moderate opposition they support with former al Qaeda elements.

With digital distribution platforms like Netflix (NFLX), Amazon (AMZN), and Google (GOOG) vertically integrating into content creation with little opposition or oversight, it's hard to argue that the DOJ should prevent AT&T from competing by doing the same.

President Trump has once again signed a travel ban, and just as before, the tech industry has voiced its opposition to the executive order, arguing that this revised ban will hurt U.S. businesses.

Instead, the carrier abandoned its opposition and rolled out an unlimited plan that was somewhat more expensive than plans from Sprint and T - Mobile, but which deeply undercut its own previous pricing plans for heavy data users and family plans.

Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair's voice quivered and he had to squeeze his eyes against tears as he remembered Flaherty «for his pleasant demeanour and strength of character.»

Many used the hashtag #NoDAPL to show their opposition.

Premier Colin Barnett has voiced his opposition to The West Australian's proposed purchase of The Sunday Times as the competition watchdog raised concerns of its own.

Khan, a politician from the opposition Labour Party who is also chairman of TfL, has long criticized Uber's British management and backed the regulator's decision Thursday.

Keeping the issue on the down low doesn't allow for people to mobilize opposition, including physical blockades, he says.

The federal government has secured opposition support to pass one of the most substantial budget packages since the Coalition took office in 2013, making trade - offs on renewable energy funding and welfare payments to pick up about $ 6 billion in savings.

Lukashenko's re-election five years ago led to mass protests and the imprisonment of leading opposition figures, but support for his 20 - year - old regime has risen after he cast himself as the guarantor of stability in the face of economic crisis and a pro-Russian separatist conflict in neighboring Ukraine.