Sentences with phrase «outspoken opponent of»

Price, an outspoken opponent of abortion rights, was the lead sponsor of legislation that would have barred federal funds from Planned Parenthood were it not vetoed by President Obama.

In Seattle he's an outspoken opponent of the city's proposal to build a new juvenile jail.»

His «Summary of Experience» submitted to the Utah Public Service Commission details that he's submitted expert testimony and reports of behalf of major utility and fossil fuel interests like Exelon; Occidental; Duke Energy; and FirstEnergy, which is an outspoken opponent of energy efficiency measures in Ohio.

Rep. Runyan has been an outspoken opponent of the National Ocean Policy and repeatedly attempted to weaken provisions of the law aimed at ending overfishing.

Resolution introduced on June 28 to reaffirm the United States» position both as a leader in whale conservation and as an outspoken opponent of commercial whaling [PDF]

During these years, Davis was an outspoken opponent of fascism and, in 1938, became the national chairman of the American Artists» Congress.

DeGenevieve's NEA - funded work famously came under attack during the Culture Wars of the 1990s, and she became an outspoken opponent of censorship and a popular professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Well, for one thing, because I have been a very outspoken opponent of Kindle Select in the past.

One particular panel featured writers from leading book industry trade magazines, and the moderator was Joe Wikert, a well - respected digital publishing executive who is an outspoken opponent of DRM.

Rick Carufel, once a supporter of the STGRB website who has been accused of soliciting hackers to unearth the identities of online «trolls,» has now filed a lawsuit against StopTheGRBulllies and individuals he believes are involved in the matter, including outspoken opponent of author bullying, Anne Rice.

Charters Care is spending their money on «literature and T - shirts promoting Stallworth over Pereira, an outspoken opponent of charter schools, and Rep. Terry Adams of Bridgeport over Dan Dauplaise.»

At the same time, she is an outspoken opponent of many of the Race to the Top reforms, including the Common Core.

Hintz said he assumes he's a target for AFC since he's been an outspoken opponent of a taxpayer - funded voucher program, and of moving money from public schools to their private counterparts.

The statewide teachers union, the Florida Education Association, has been an outspoken opponent of the plan, along with Democratic allies in the Legislature.

Barton, an outspoken opponent of government policy who has said his decision to stand is sparked by rage at the government's grammar school plans, is likely to want ASCL to campaign harder than it has in recent years.

She is also a union activist in the United Teachers of Los Angeles, a fierce advocate for social justice, and an outspoken opponent of high stakes testing.

The National Education Association (NEA) is the most outspoken opponent of school vouchers, claiming they will lead to the reduction of funding for and the privatization of public education.

Even Terry Moe, an outspoken opponent of collective bargaining for teachers (see «Seeing the Forest Instead of the Trees,» book reviews, page 77), suggests that research on the impact of collective bargaining on student outcomes «has generated mixed findings (so far) and doesn't provide definitive answers.»

Prosperous and proud, Nora is also an outspoken opponent of marriage, declaring it «as cruel, and it destroys women's lives.»

They do not want the public to know,» says Jeremy Rifkin, an outspoken opponent of the biotechnology industry who is going to court to overturn the FDA's decision to approve the use of BST.

District Attorney David Soares has been an outspoken opponent of the order and is dealing with this issue right now in his home county of Albany.

Sen. Greg Ball's upcoming hearing on terrorism preparedness is drawing Sen. Kevin Parker's ire for two perspective witnesses: Frank Gaffney, an outspoken opponent of a mosque proposed to be built in Tennessee, and Nonie Darwish, an Egypitan - born American citizen who is director of Former Muslims United.

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.

City Councilman Robert Jackson, who organized Tuesday's activities, has been an outspoken opponent of dezoning.

Mayor Luke Bronin said Friday night he was surprised to learn that his nominee for the city school board, Harold Sparrow, once led a Boston - area black clergymens» group at a time when the organization was an outspoken opponent of gay marriage.

The law was passed after Mr. de Blasio, an outspoken opponent of charters in the past, tried to charge the well - heeled schools rent.

Diaz Sr., a conservative Bronx Democrat, has long been an outspoken opponent of same - sex marriage.

Otter has been an outspoken opponent of marriage equality despite a ruling from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that struck down the state's ban on gay marriage, a r... Read

Green, a West Point graduate who spent 20 years in active military service, has been an outspoken opponent of equality, introducing legislation this year to make it -LSB-...]

State Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long was an outspoken opponent of the gay marriage bill — perhaps the most recognizable member of the anti crowd.

The political insider said the senator's vote was a bid to maintain the support of Sen. Ruben Diaz (D - Bronx), an outspoken opponent of same - sex marriage and a key Monserrate ally since the Senate coup in June.

Diaz, the father of Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., is an extremely conservative Democrat who invited Sen. Ted Cruz to the Bronx during last year's New York presidential primary and has been an outspoken opponent of gay marriage.

Perkins has been an outspoken opponent of charters, and that position has cost him political support among Harlem politicians.

In 2008, he was an outspoken opponent of Mayor Bloomberg's eventually successful effort to push a term limits extension through the NYC Council, enabling him — and all other city officials facing forced retirement — to seek re-election in 2009.

When I tried to ask Diaz Sr. about Ramos, who has been reaching out to the LGBT community in hopes of gaining their support againt the senator — the chamber's most outspoken opponent of same - sex marriage — he clamed right up.

Email blasts from the two liberal organizations note that Avella used to be an outspoken opponent of charters — and co-location in particular — and yet voted «yes» on the Senate one - house budget that education advocates say pushes more of the controversial co-locations and hikes state aid to charters at the expense of traditional public schools.

[Voltaire] was well known as an outspoken opponent of Christianity, and predicted that it would cease to exist within 100 years.

The evangelical modern classic God's Plan for Man relates a terrifying account of Voltaire's last days: [Voltaire] was well known as an outspoken opponent of Christianity, and predicted that it would cease to exi st within 100 years.

A former civil rights activist and outspoken opponent of U. S. involvement in Vietnam, he has been greatly disturbed by the success of the Reagan revolution and the values, especially that of privatism, that it has fostered.

When Jean Cardinal Verdier, the archbishop of Paris and outspoken opponent of Nazism, died in 1940, the New York Times commented: «Cardinal Verdier like Pope Pius XI and Pope Pius XII, was the especial champion of persecuted Jews.

On the other hand, Erwin Chargaff, retired biochemist at Columbia University and an outspoken opponent of the research, says that «anyone affirming immediate disaster is a charlatan, but anyone denying the possibility of its occurring is an even greater one» (quoted in «Recombinant DNA: The Argument Shifts,» by Tabith M. Powledge, the Hastings Center Retort [April 1977], p. 19).

But Senator Jeff Sessions, the Alabama Republican whom Trump tapped for U.S. attorney general, has been an outspoken opponent of marijuana laws.

Susan Fowler, the former Uber software engineer who wrote an explosive blog post last year about sexual harassment that she faced at the company, has become an outspoken opponent of forced arbitration agreements.

The two - day meeting also included two mass meetings at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, featuring addresses by Robert McAfee Brown, William Sloane Coffin and Rabbi Abraham J. Heschel, each of whom would, in the ensuing years, continue to be outspoken opponents of the nation's Vietnam policy.

ICMYI: Councilman Jim Gennaro, one of the most outspoken opponents of hydrofracking — and the only geologist in the City Council — applauds Governor Cuomo's initiative to regulate the hydrofracking industry.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who represents the surrounding district, was one of the most outspoken opponents of the homeless shelter and was disappointed by the ruling.»

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who represents the surrounding district, was one of the most outspoken opponents of the homeless shelter, and said she was disappointed by the ruling.

Ed Next's report noted that within the past year, progressive Democratic Senators Bernie Sanders, D - VT, and Elizabeth Warren, D - MA, have been outspoken opponents of charters.

Instead, he had proposed an ambitious plan for free higher education, unveiled alongside Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, one of the country's most outspoken opponents of charter schools.

The Checks and Balances Project is scrutinizing Ohio Rep. Bill Seitz (R - Cincinnati), one of the state's most outspoken opponents of commercial wind farms and enforceable clean energy standards.