Sentences with phrase «political action on the issue»

The problem with using catastrophic, IMHO, is that it is being used to communicate scientific results to the lay public in a political discussion in order to secure political action on the issue.

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That need for capable employees is part of the reason Facebook formed a political action committee to lobby Capitol Hill on the issue.

On Friday afternoon, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) hosted a panel on pro-life issueOn Friday afternoon, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) hosted a panel on pro-life issueon pro-life issues.

It allows congregations to become active on political issues without the divisions sometimes engendered by church social action in the 1960s and «70s.

One way would be discuss the issue of the meat and advocate for action on a political and individual level, such as adopting Meat Free Monday.

And there's the long - term danger — political action is ultimately based on emotion, on people's feelings about the issues and the politicians involved.

Sen. Bill Stachowski is fighting back against Fight Back PAC, the political action committee created with the sole purpose of replacing senator who voted «no» on gay marriage with candidates who will vote «yes» on the issue.

Carl Paladino, who promised during the Conservative Party's political action conference in January to support primary challengers who take on «key» Senate Republicans this fall, has issued what I believe is his first endorsement in a Senate race.

In March, he created a political - action committee that will not only monitor the voting records of Albany legislators on good - government issues but also, he hopes, shame them into supporting a reform agenda.

As members of that party continue their cash dash, Sen. Liz Krueger, a Manhattan Democrate, is preparing to file a report for a new political action committee called «No Bad Apples,» designed to recruit Democratic candidates whose track record on reform issues is similar to her own.

As Gov. Andrew Cuomo's package of measures aimed at women is expected to become a campaign issue, the abortion - rights group Planned Parenthood Advocates of New York on Monday formed a political action conference to raise reproductive rights issues.

At 11 a.m., the Center for American Progress Action Fund will host a panel on how to implement solutions to tackle current threats to democracy, the influence of money in politics, and the effects of these issues on political participation at large, Rep. Steve Israel participates, 1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor, Washington, D.C.

Going back even further, Soares got caught up in the Troopergate scandal that really blew up when Cuomo issued a scathing report on the actions by his former political rival, ex-Gov.

Although Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, has made Albany corruption a staple of public speeches and news conferences, his prosecutors kept the broader issue out of their opening argument, while Mr. Silver's lawyer touched on it more to suggest that the government had criminalized longstanding political actions that were not crimes.

Despite the political grandstanding that delayed action on this issue until the fourth quarter — the Assembly and Senate had compiled a list of proposals long before the governor convened a last - minute executive panel — lawmakers approved a comprehensive series of bills designed to address the state's insidious opiate crisis.

The endorsement comes from the NFIB CA PAC, the organization's political action committee, and is based on positions regarding key small - business policy issues including health care, taxes, labor, and regulatory issues.

There is never a shortage of issues and actions for Green Party activists but even if you don't think of yourself as an activist, by just registering Green, you are taking a strong stand against the establishment political system that is set on dismantling our democracy.

Mr. Peralta, whose victory in 2010 made him the first Dominican - American to be elected to the State Senate, said in a statement released by the conference on Wednesday that «today's political climate demands that progressive legislators take bold action to deliver for their constituents,» adding that he wanted results on issues like affordable housing, homelessness and school funding.

The recent release of these two reports and the ongoing corruption trials of two legislative leaders have put the spotlight on New York's dire need for state action on ethics reform, yet as Bob Hardt wrote in a recent NY1 column on the issue, «Never aggressively pushing campaign finance reform or transparency, Governor Cuomo seems content to play the master of Albany's current political game rather than rewriting its rules.

While the massive rally has prompted New York City elected officials to be more responsive to the need to take action on climate change, it has had little impact on state and national political leaders who used their partisan gridlock to avoid needed action on this and many other critical issues while promoting increased wealth and tax giveaways for the 1 %.

Mr Rodriguez of The Political Parent Party and others - remember - this is Domestic Violence Month - the actions — or more importantant — inactions by our leaders on the State Senate Issue will be critical and should be remembered.

He draws on familiar political issues to infuse the taut, action - packed tale with a simmering tension that reaches beyond the film.

Critical literacy, according to Lewison, Leland, and Harste, includes four elements: disrupting the commonplace, interrogating multiple viewpoints, focusing on social political issues, and taking action and promoting social justice.

The choice of the Democrat - turned - Republican — a former teachers» union lobbyist and Reagan administration official — drew immediate praise from political conservatives who support her position on two pressing education - related issues: affirmative action and bilingual education, both of which Ms. Chavez opposes.

One of them, Shavar Jeffries, president of the Democrats for Education Reform, an influential political action committee supported heavily by hedge fund managers favoring charter schools, merit - pay tied to test scores and related reforms, issued a statement that went so far as to say that the original draft on education was «progressive and balanced» but that the new language «threatens to roll back» President Obama's education legacy.

A political action committee, or PAC, is a vehicle created by state legislatures and Congress to enable organizations and individuals to pool funds and speak as one voice on issues of common interest.

Federal PACs, such as the American Veterinary Medical Association Political Action Committee, focus on federal issues and may accept contributions from individuals only, not from corporations or unions.

The week includes workshops by writers and artists whose work focuses on social and political issues, including the environment, climate change, gun violence, racial violence, police brutality, violence against women, racial equity, homophobia, and immigration, all through the lens of creative action.

Also included is a letter from Philip Leider, the former editor of Artforum, asking Judd to participate in the September issue on art and political action.

All of the works are portraiture that depict people from the political, artworld or other public areas that typically reflect on issues raised by actions of the individual.

All I (personally) ask of people is that they take the time to completely and thoroughly understand the science, and from that the implications of action or inaction, before taking a political position on the issue — and without letting a current political preference influence their understanding of (or belief in) the science.

Political scholar Steven F. Hayward recently presented in Issues the conservative position on global warming and climate change, including a look at measures that conservatives might accept as part of any action plan.

Many political issues depend on it, to be sure, but until stage c. is reached, I can't theoretically make a good case for action.

In Issues, a scholar of conservative policy has looked at areas where action on climate measures might win favor, while an energy analyst has proposed combining climate policies drawn from across the political spectrum.

With organizing grounded in justice and long - term movement building, 350 Action fellows organized actions, political education and skills - based trainings, and worked with partners on issue - based GOTV.

The core of the issue that I worry most about, as do others, is that arguments for action on climate change that evoke only one particular vision of the future will reflect only the priorities and values of certain parties, rather than a broad, pragmatic set of choices designed to both effectively manage the problem of climate change and align a diversity of political interests in support of policy action.

Miami is on the forefront of the climate fight, and the training will highlight climate issues specific to the region, the political and social conversation around renewable energy deployment and the key leadership role the Latino community has on climate change action.

Given the change in demand, and the muted outlook for new capacity, there is also expected to be a wholesale review of network requirements — the issue that has become the focus of political debate this week since Prime Minister Julia Gillard chose to sheet the blame on state government, and finally foreshadowed some action on controlling the unfettered investment in new capacity.

Given a strong commitment to action on the issue and a strong political outlook, advocates like blogger Joe Romm tend to notice and highlight each instance of dismissive media commentary or falsely balanced coverage of climate change while tending to overlook (or go without mentioning) the many other instances of coverage where consensus views on climate change are strongly asserted.

Every dying movement, every atrophying public institution, every vapid political party, and every hollow - headed hack has closed ranks on the issue of climate change, to form a rearguard action against their own decline.

And in the process, they greatly misrepresented the facts about climate science, they confused the American people, and they delayed political action on one of the most pressing issues of our time.

The study - published in this spring's Sociological Quarterly - documents opinions on global warming, and seems to confirm that global warming has become yet another political totem issue; a worrying sign for the chances of moving forward from debate to action on slowing climate change

And in an era where political deadlock on Capital Hill often leads to a lack of strong action on anything except the most uncontentious of issues, that polarization is worrying.

«If France really wants to remain the guardian of the Paris Agreement,» added Lucille Dufour, policy adviser for Reseau Action Climate in France, «it must bring forth all of its political weight to drive forward progress on key issues like adaptation and loss - and - damage.»

Probably, the major issue that forces us as individuals to take action is health and in so far, no socio - environmental issue like climate change has given rise to such international political and institutional movement, and societal initiatives, including governmental and non-governmental ones, devising strategies in sectors like Energy and so on — for instance, biodiversity maintenance does not have that power!

Resolving the issues in the Indigenous community will require action on many different fronts, albeit social, political, or legal.

The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science published a special issue on The Globalization of Class Actions in March 2009.

Defenders of judicial review like to point to the numerous occasions on which the «political branches» of government — that is, the legislature and the executive — act in ways that can not sensibly be supposed to be constitutional, and indeed with very little thought to the constitutional issues that their actions may raise.

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«The call for action was issued on Friday and more than 6,200 Texas Realtors ® responded, sending 12,000 e-mails to Texas legislators,» says Craig P. Chick, the association's director of political affairs.