Sentences with phrase «policy battle over»

As time passes, more information on the strange bedfellow flow of massive funding to the environmental movement in the legislative and policy battle over climate change continues to emerge.

Not exact matches

Over the past century, monetary policy strategies have evolved in response to changing realities, from the panics and depressions of the late 19th and early 20th centuries that led to the creation of the Federal Reserve to the Great Depression, from Bretton Woods and subsequent battles to contain inflation to the dominance of inflation targeting today (Williams 2014, 2015a).

Yet Crown Prince Mohammed's aggressive regional foreign policy — framed as a black / white battle with Iran and control over the Gulf — has so far been unsuccessful.

It has been over two decades since the popping of Japan's economic bubble and the country is still actively battling with deflationary forces that are so powerful that near - zero interest rates (zero - interest rate policy or ZIRP), repeated bouts of quantitative easing (some call it «money printing») and constant Yen - weakening currency interventions have barely made a dent.

Google, meanwhile, uses its information to offer tailored content — like more relevant search results and ads — and has been in a long running battle with a French regulator over its privacy policies.

As the smoke rises from the battle over plain - pack cigarettes, a dark contest between healthy policy and healthy profits burns on.

Over the decades the food industry, school food service directors, farmers, and the rest of agribusiness have won many battles with nutritionists and the medical profession over government policies on what Americans should Over the decades the food industry, school food service directors, farmers, and the rest of agribusiness have won many battles with nutritionists and the medical profession over government policies on what Americans should over government policies on what Americans should eat.

The battle over Margaret Thatcher's legacy continued today as Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson put pen to paper to insist that the Iron Lady would have agreed with all their major policy positions.

One of the most high - profile campaigns was run by the Focus E15 mums who had their own battle with Newham council over its housing policy.

The three candidates battled it out in the final general election debate on Wednesday, with plenty of jabs over policy to go around.

But Miner's relationship with the current council has been damaged by repeated fights, including a recent court battle over the city computer use policy.

For the entire twentieth century the battles over policy in the labour movement have been fought within a unitary Labour Party.

Andrew Lilico, who should be on the Monetary Policy Committee, and Nadine Dorries, who should be in a senior Government position, battled it out over recently mooted plans to shut down social media during civil unrest.

The union has been heavily involved in policy battles at the state Capitol over the past year, weighing on the fight against both the soda tax and wine - in - grocery stores (both dead for the time being).

Cuomo and de Blasio, both Democrats, have been battling for years over tax and transportation policy, governmental competence, how to manage outbreaks of infectious diseases and even the fate of an errant deer.

It is not going to give in to Blair politically and it is not going to vacate the field of battle over the policies of this government.

It will be seen as the green light to an intense battle between the parties as politicians fight over economic policy for the next six months.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, in a meeting with the press to mark his first year in office, explained that due to sound economic management policies his government has introduced, the battle between the labour unions and government is over.

That sowed the seeds for a number of policy battles, the biggest of which was over the re-approval of mayoral control — a fight the mayor eventually won.

Current rates are due to expire next year, setting up a potential battle over tax policy in Albany.

Cuomo this year is in a protracted battle with NYSUT over his education policies.

Thus, David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn were both keen to deploy «Rosie» as they went to battle over housing policy at Prime Minister's Questions today.

A battle over housing policy is quietly rekindling the feud between New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The battle has potential consequences for New Yorkers as discussions will begin soon over a $ 150 billion - plus state budget and an array of policy issues, from immigration and funding for legal services for the poor to whether to legalize ride - hailing upstate or permit physicians to assist terminal patients end their lives.

As New York City and state officials fight in public over the best policy prescriptions for helping the city manage its homeless population, another battle is taking place in court.

And ultimately, she said, Robert Bennett and James Dawson, each of whom have served more than two decades, were casualties of recent battles over the controversial policies.

Eliot Spitzer and Scott Stringer, the two Democrats locked in an increasingly personal battle over who will serve as New York City's next comptroller, brought their duel for progressive hearts and minds to The Tank, a performing arts space in Hell's Kitchen on Tuesday evening, where liberal activists sipped beers as the two men were grilled in back - to - back policy discussions.

Lori Pelletier, who as president of the Connecticut AFL - CIO has battled with Malloy over budget cuts and tax policy, said she does not expect the governor to change in the second half of his second term.

In the aftermath of the bombings in New York and New Jersey, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump battled back and forth over policy and fitness to lead after the series of weekend bombings in the New York City area.

«The Tory leadership is battling to head off a backbench ambush over a new tax break for married couples... Tim Loughton, the author of the amendment, said that it presented Mr Cameron with a «golden opportunity» to show his Government was capable of enacting true Conservative policies.

The controversy has roiled Senate Democrats as lawmakers started work on the 2018 legislative session, one that will feature battles over state spending and policies in the wake of the federal tax overhaul that's expected to adversely impact New York.

The author analyses Labour s strategic errors and the debilitating bumps in the road the 10p tax rate row, the disastrous battles over 42 - day detention, the plots against Gordon Brown s leadership, poor local and European election results and perceived policy U-turns.

No issue better crystallizes the unwillingness of progressive politicians in New York to confront religious bigotry squarely than the ongoing legal battle over the Department of Education's policy barring religious congregations from renting space in schools.

There is a large over 50's vote in Bexhill & Battle and the majority are very disillusioned with the Tory's over the EU, immigration and the prospect of large housing estates being dumped on their characterful villages by ruthless planners and the National Planning Policy Framework that is set to change so much and not for the better.

The MP added that, although the committee «had not reached a settled view» on the decriminalisation of drugs, its members agreed Britain was «fighting a losing battle over drugs policy».

For example, they argue that opponents have co-opted the human rights language in battles over tobacco and gun control policy to the detriment of desirable public health goals.

The two departments have fought a long battle over the extent to which environmental policy should restrain transport policy.

Today's House action is the latest battle in a protracted war over immigration policy between President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans.

In fact, the battle over evidence extends far beyond the EU institutions and spills over to the private sector and non-governmental groups trying to influence policy, sometimes with the backing of EU member countries.

Without the expected Republican gains, next year's federal education policy battles are likely to echo ones over school construction, teacher hiring, and education tax credits that the...

The move marks the latest battle between states and the Obama administration over what has been perceived to be heavy - handed federal education policy that will continue for the next few years.

It's not like it is difficult to find startling hypocrisy in what passes for public policy debates these days, but the battle over public education seems especially rife with maddening examples, most of them around the notion of accountability, that teachers and schools should be held to high standards and measurable results for the public dollars they use.

It is critical to maintain a focus on federal education and related policies, even if federal progress will be an uphill battle over the next four years.

While Republicans are aiming to weaken teachers unions through such policies as private - school vouchers and legal battles over dues collection, the unions are colliding with Democrats who are challenging bedrock labor rights, such as seniority and teacher tenure.

Few education policy battles have burned as hot as debate over the practice of requiring traditional public schools to share under - used space with charter schools.

Not only does this describe an uphill battle, but it serves to illustrate the puzzling priorities we often emphasize — one half of minority children don't complete high school, over one half of third graders can not read at grade level, and our policy and media attention are focused on affirmative action to achieve diversity in admissions as a compelling objective at our two flagship universities!

It's the most expensive in U.S. history and may help decide one of the most important ideological battles roiling the Democratic Party — the battle over charter schools in education policy.

UEA and Outside Groups are Battling Over School Board Elections Utah Policy analysis by Bob Bernick, Contributing Editor

Since the bill returns power to states, advocates plan on waging state - by - state battles over education policy that were previously fought in Washington.

Charter school policy discussions often devolve into political battles that pit advocates armed with competing research studies against one another in arguments over academic impact.