Sentences with phrase «points against the bills»

The week before, they scored just nine points against the Bills.

Not exact matches

Though he does say that «things are changing,» pointing to The Hollywood Reporter giving him space for his piece, and other outlets reporting on the sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby.

The president has responded harshly toward Republican congresspeople whom he considers insufficiently supportive of his agenda, even going so far as to meet with their primary challengers, while a pro-Trump political action committee at one point purchased, then withdrew, campaign ads against a senator who was wavering on the Senate GOP's health - care bill.

The bill's price tag had been a sticking point for one senator, Mr. Corker, a longtime deficit hawk, who voted against the initial Senate bill over concerns it would add to the federal debt.

Many of the objections put forward by pro-life agencies in Britain against recent euthanasia Bills gave precedence to the «thin end of the wedge» type of argument, often pointing to Holland as a worst case example.

The World Today with Peter Cave, Radio Interview with Ashley Hall, Monday 29 June 2009 at 12.52 pm (ACCC action against Cabcharge — pre-recorded) «Review Misses Bill's Key Points», Australian Financial Review, Tuesday 21 April 2009, p 63

The public still likes the Patriots» -14.5 points in their game against the Bills Sunday.

The Jags opened as 8.5 - point favorites at Pinnacle against the Colts, which is the first time they've been favored by more than eight points since they closed -9 against the Bills on Nov. 22, 2009.

In another major move, the Seahawks were listed as 10 - point favorites against the Bills on the preseason lookahead line.

Most recently it scored 54 points against the Buffalo Bills.

Overall, Fournette is the highest - rated back in the Levitan, Bales, and SportsGeek models in large part thanks to his matchup against a Bills defense that has allowed a slate - high 1.7 DraftKings points above salary - based expectation to running backs over the past 12 months.

DFS edge: Head coach Andy Reid relinquished play - calling duties after scoring a combined 19 points against the Giants and Bills in Weeks 11 - 12.

Conversely, the Bills squandered a 15 - point lead last week against the Raiders, which dropped their record to 6 - 6 on the season.

Despite starting as 2.5 point dogs, the Bills have moved to a pick»em in Los Angeles this Sunday against the Rams.

Villanova led the nation in scoring (86.6 points), made an NCAA record 454 3 - pointers and set a Final Four single - game record with 18 triples against Kansas, after which coach Bill Self said «They'd be hard for anybody to deal with if they shoot the ball like that.»

Arsenal have been performing at a high level for over a month; keeping their Champions League dreams alive and overcoming a massive injury list to stay second in the table, but at some point, the bill for that strain comes due and it did in spades against Southampton.

And how many points did Houston score when Blanda completed 37 of 68 passes against the Bills?

New England is a hefty 10 - point favorite for the Week 1 Monday Night Football opener against the Buffalo Bills, a -400 favorite to win the AFC East Division, a +180 favorite to win the AFC Championship and +350 favorite to capture the teams fourth Super Bowl since 2000.

Jay Rood, vice president of MGM race and sports, said his book was «a couple six figures» long on the Bills, who went from 3 - point to 1 - point underdogs before kickoff against the Dolphins.

It's a classic jujitsu idea — use your enemy's strengths against him, in this case leveraging off of the favorable attention Gerlach has been getting over his puppy bill to point out something that he IS N'T working on... or at least, something that Trevedi would like voters to PERCEIVE that he isn't working on.

As Lord Harries of Pentregarth and Iain McLean have pointed out, and as the Guardian recognised at the time; in the main debate on the civil partnership bill in 2004, six bishops voted in favour of (and one against) a wrecking amendment.

The so called «repeal» bill being scrutinised in parliament for the first time will itself be repealed at certain key points against her will, merely the beginning of a stormy parliamentary journey over which she has limited control.

The failure to fulfil the Tory pledge for automatic jail sentences for carrying a knife illegally and the fact the Human Rights Act still has not been replaced by a British Bill of Rights are certainly points against the Conservatives, but they were respectively scored by Ken Clarke and a Commission set up by the Prime Minister, so count as own goals.

In July 2016, Trump tweeted a meme of Clinton with the words «most corrupt candidate ever» emblazoned on a six - pointed star of David, against a backdrop of $ 100 bills.

He's not without his critics, however, who point to a vote by McLaughlin against a budget bill that would have provided funding for environmental and clean - water programs.

As Azi Paybarah points out, Bloomberg is also expected to support his 2009 campaign consultant and charter school supporter, Basil Smikle, who is mounting a primary challenge against an anti-charter Democrat, Sen. Bill Perkins.

Senate Republicans and the Independent Democratic Conference are backing a bill today aimed at protecting child against abuse, arguing that existing laws are «overly complicated» to the point of being useless.

In Arkansas, just days before the June 8 Senate runoff, Republicans leaped at the chance to score points in a contest where another pesky Democratic challenger, Lt. Gov. Bill Halter, is running against Sen. Blanche Lincoln, the White House - backed incumbent.

Markey's support for the bill, and more specifically her unsubstantiated claim that a bishop had briber her to drop it, was used by Barnwell as a talking point against her.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently signed a series of bills that fall under the 10 - point Women's Equality Act, aimed at protecting women against discrimination.

Her campaign is pointing to votes Amedore took as a state assemblyman, including against bills aimed at helping mortgage - paying homeowners, as being on the side of wealthy landlords.

The release then provides a point - by - point response to all of the arguments against Cuomo's bill that have been raised by the Senate Republicans, including:

19:11 - A Sky reporter is pointing out that there is only one person protesting against the bill outside parliament right now.

And to illustrate that point further, 45 percent of those polled said they do not know enough about Bill Thompson, who ran against Bloomberg for mayor in 2009, to have an opinion.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Feeling the political wind at his back after years of reversals, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer pointed to Tuesday's Democratic electoral victories and predicted a momentum shift against the GOP tax bill.

The bill was presented in the Assembly as one huge bill where all 10 points had to be either voted for or voted against.

Gjonaj has received criticism from women's rights groups for sending taxpayer - funded mailers touting his support for the ten - point women's equality agenda, a suite of bills he voted against.

The new police commissioner, Bill Bratton, pointed out that the unusually chilly winter may also be playing a role in the overall crime decline, but experts say targeted programs against gangs and neighborhood crime spikes are the more likely explanation.

Likewise, legislators earn between one and three points for voting against bills that were give a rating of one, two or three «smokestacks.»

Hillis: It's very robust against lines going down — although as Bill points out maybe we've even optimized that robustness out of it — but for instance, it did assume that you could trust the (UNCLEAR 15.11) because they all knew each other, and we all trusted each other.

Given the picture's enduring popularity, there's really no point in rehashing the plot — OK, for the uninitiated (all two of you): Ripley (series star Sigourney Weaver) heads back into space and leads a team of military grunts against the nasty extra-terrestrials — but there's always room to rehash many of the highlights: Weaver's terrific performance in the central role; the contrast between the heroic Corporal Hicks (Michael Biehn) and the cowardly Private Hudson (Bill Paxton); the escalating villainy of company man Burke (Paul Reiser); scripter Cameron's ability to keep piling on confrontations and director Cameron's ability to milk them for maximum tension; and, of course, those wonderful alien creations.

While you shouldn't expect to compete against the iPad at this price point, the Fire HD 8 fits the bill for media consumption and light gaming, making it our Editors» Choice for affordable tablets.

Perhaps there is a case of money illusion here is, stocks aren't «holding up, p / e ratio have compressed significantly over the past 7/8 years.Another point, you are comparing apples and oranges by taking s & p prices levels against yield bond spread.Try this: s & p earning yield less t - bills against the yield bond spread.

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As you, Bill, should realize, it is difficult for an honest peer review officer — even one who does not have a personal pecuniary or professional interest in the support of a particular point of view — to contest an assertion in a manuscript which is clearly supported by a previously peer - reviewed article, a copy of which has come to said review officer along with the manuscript in question, all highlighted and redlined «with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one was to be used as evidence against us.»

I see your point to a certain degree, however I have several argument against what you say, because I happen to live in very close proximity to several large coal fired power stations, I would have thought we people living in this are deserved a discount on our electricity bill compared to those living much further away?

The Charlottesville Daily Progress broke the story: Letters Urged Protection of Minorities From Higher Electricity Costs Pointing out that «our state gets 56 % of its electricity from coal,» the letter urged Perriello to vote against the American Clean Energy & Security Act in order to «protect minorities and other consumers in your district from higher electricity bills.»

In her two - page piece attacking what she calls «Obama's» cap and trade (strange, it was authored by Representatives Waxman and Markey), she breaks out all the usual talking points commonly levelled against cap and trade while offering precisely no alternatives to acheiving the climate bill's goals.

«The opening clause of the Eighth Amendment, «Excessive bail shall not be required,»» is one of the least litigated provisions in the Bill of Rights,» Judge Kim Wardlaw noted, pointing out that the Supreme Court hasn't even expressly incorporated the provision against the states.

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