Sentences with phrase «political action points»

Only residents who live in a district may score political action points.

Not exact matches

Point Bridge Capital, a financial firm in Fort Worth, Texas combed through election filings to identify 150 corporations whose employees, management and political action committees have donated the most money to Republican candidates for office and any party - affiliated federal committees or groups.
As Ford's critics have been quick to point out, he'll have to overcome significant political barriers to put his strong words — whether they pertain to cutting expenses or opening the city for business — into action.
Harper's motto about actions speaking louder than words points up a fundamental truth about political rhetoric - there is often a low correlation between politicians» promises and their subsequent actions.
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.
«Any action at this point instead of just complete stagnancy and blaming the other side of the political aisle would be a step in the right direction,» he added.
It's one poll, but for a gun - control movement anxious to turn the tragedy in Parkland, Fla., into action to prevent further bloodshed, it suggests the political backdrop is more favorable than at any point in the past decade.
Klein points out that out that there isn't even one panel on health care policy at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
It is considered a bit of a faux pas to point this out, but what we are talking about in part is a Democratic president, a largely Democratic professional administrative class in Washington, and an IRS whose workers belong to a union whose political action committee gave roughly 95 % of its political contributions last year to Democrats.
However, as James Sanders wrote in Torah and Canon: «The true prophet does not engage in political diatribe to provide a rallying point for a particular course of action... he questions all the powers that be in the name of the one power beyond them.»
When all 3 are collapsed, it's all political and action and as you point out: life & death seriousness.
At that point people chose to have fewer children, and population leveled off without any political action.
Unfortunately for us, however, events in America may have reached the point where the only political action believers can take is some kind of direct, extra-political confrontation of the judicially controlled regime.
The second subtle point that Maritain makes about practical intellect begins again with the fact that ethical and political action are always about existents.
Referring to the criticism made by Peter Beyerhaus and some others that in the World Council's emphasis on social and political justice there is present a social utopianism which denies the fact of sin and affirms a self - redemptive humanism, Thomas admitted that the danger is always present, but pointed out the opposite danger of not admitting the fact of divine grace and the power of righteousness it releases for a daring faith in the realms of social and political action.
At this point the totality of action, including political action, can consist only in going into the house of the Lord and turning to the prophet.
At this point political action consists in withdrawing into the house of the Lord and crying to him.
An Italian professor pointed out to me in Italy there is always a gap between believing and doing and between belief and action comes the political calculus.
Filed Under: A Green Home, Children, Natural Product Reviews, Political Action Tagged With: Contaminated Food, Dora Diego, Fiasco, Fisher Price Recall, Harms Way, Hindsight, Instru, Key Point, Lame Explanation, Melissa And Doug, Melissa And Doug Products, No Doubt, Quality Children, Safety Regulations, Sesame Street, Thomas The Train, Thomas The Train Toys, Toy Guide, Toy Maker, Toy Recall
Olubunmi Siyanbola also disclosed that 6 Consultants have been sent to the different geo - political zones to make a report on the activities of the states around the 22 action points of the FSP and their success stories so far.
Democrats in the narrowly divided state Senate have sought to stake out ground opposing (or «resisting» in the parlance of the political times) the Trump administration as well as pointing out their contrasts with Republican lawmakers, who they have sought to tie to actions by the new president.
Underscoring that point is the latest campaign finance report filed by one of the early birds, a political action committee called «Real Conservatives.»
It's based around the idea of applying gaming concepts to political actions in social online spaces, basically rewarding people with points, prizes and recognition for taking action.
But it is telling that most political opponents of military action - which at the moment is basically Jeremy Corbyn's Labour leadership and the broader Stop the War movement - do not seem to be making these points.
Stony Point Town Board votes 4 - 1 to approve the new law EDITORIAL BY GEORGE POTANOVIC, JR., President of Stony Point Action Committee for the Environment (Space) In an effort to curb the increasing clutter of lawn signs and political campaign signs that have become larger and more numerous during each election season, the Stony Point -LSB-...]
The political newcomer has made a point of reaching out to both labor and community action organizations as she faces off against well - known Republican Chris Jacobs.
And Cuomo pointed to the Republican support for federal action as a signal the issue isn't a political problem but a «governmental» issue that needs to be fixed, comparing it to a natural disaster, albeit a slow - moving one.
A five - point ethics reform deal contains more useful measures to combat corruption, including reducing the size of financial contributions to political candidates needed to trigger disclosure and adding further restrictions to the political action committees that flourished after the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United decision.
Whether or not specific municipal bond executives gave to the specific PACs, though, may be a moot point: Regulators and ethics experts note that the rule covers «any political action committee controlled» by the bond dealer.
We now have a pretty important data point that progressives are showing up at the polls as well,» said Daniel Altschuler, director of Make the Road Action, the political arm of the Long Island - based immigrant rights group.
The former congressional and gubernatorial candidate on Tuesday evening released a fundraising email for the political action committee The Anti-Corruption League, pointing to what she said was a «bad faith» deal for uniting the Independent Democratic Conference and the mainline Democrats.
The campaign also pointed to the majority of her money coming from individuals, with 6 percent of the money being contributed by corporations or political action committees.
A second point is that, if sections of the public still want to lobby for representation and political action on environmental matters dear to their hearts, there are many campaigning charities, NGOs and activist groups willing to pick up the mantle.
On Tuesday, ClearPath Action Fund, a political action committee that supports a «free market» approach to climate change, announced it will distribute a direct mail piece in response to a press conference Democratic candidate Mike Derrick and the Sierra Club held Monday to discuss Stefanik's score of 9 out of 100 points on the League of Conservation Voters National Environmental scorAction Fund, a political action committee that supports a «free market» approach to climate change, announced it will distribute a direct mail piece in response to a press conference Democratic candidate Mike Derrick and the Sierra Club held Monday to discuss Stefanik's score of 9 out of 100 points on the League of Conservation Voters National Environmental scoraction committee that supports a «free market» approach to climate change, announced it will distribute a direct mail piece in response to a press conference Democratic candidate Mike Derrick and the Sierra Club held Monday to discuss Stefanik's score of 9 out of 100 points on the League of Conservation Voters National Environmental scorecard.
He pointed out, too, that the rate of drug price hikes has been declining in recent quarters — an indication, he said, that even without political action, «the pricing environment today is already dramatically different from what it was in 2013 to 2015.»
In order to deal with political rivals and other threats he needs to work with Nova, the Ghost that was at one point the protagonist of an action title created by Blizzard, and she - in turns - recruits a few other familiar faces, like Rory Swann and Matt Horner.
It makes for a pleasing metaphysical subtext to a film with spectacular action sequences, pointed references to the political economics of the class struggle, and a character in Benicio Del Toro whose nihilism carries with it a whiff of Zen philosophy at its purest.
An exclamation point sprouts from the heads of alerted enemies; lengthy codec conversations and cinematic sequences punctuate the action; bosses yammer on and on about political ideologies before dueling you to the death; and you can even hide in boxes to stay hidden from foes.
Screenwriters Strong and Craig ditch the propaganda speechifying that bogged down the previous film, while returning director Francis Lawrence doesn't allow Collins» pointed cynicism about political leaders to overshadow the fast - paced and exciting action sequences.
Point Bridge Capital, a financial firm in Fort Worth, Texas combed through election filings to identify 150 corporations whose employees, management and political action committees have donated the most money to Republican candidates for office and any party - affiliated federal committees or groups.
don't nobody knock message boards: i participate in three which are absolute mustard: given the right kind of people and enough mutual association, they are the best way to swap ideas and even cooperate on projects (case in point: the TMF banking board successfully staged a fight against the Irish minister of finance to defend a bond widely held by its members — including legal action and political lobbying): there is something about the mechanism of general conversation in a small group of like - minded friends that can really take off
As I have pointed out before, the Fed protests actions that compromise their independence, while taking actions to serve the political ends of those they favor.
We have a great collection of 30 World Games Lacrosse 2018 games for you to play for free as well as other cool games including free online games, girl, sports, series, dress up, kids, coloring, purchase equipment upgrades, action, timing, animal, soccer, puzzle, love, ball, cooking, chicken, rabbit, cartoon, quizz, political, matching, 2 player, management, fighting, football, cricket, ben 10, baby, decorate, unity3d, simulation, funny, fantasy, escape, platforms, dora, adventure, collecting, math, fun, point & click, hidden, multiplication, educational, idnet highscore, peace, birds, shooting, bunny, search and destroy, killing, throwing, street fighting, arcade, beat»em up, boxing, army, turn based, farm, money, idnet, idnet save, plants, 3d, rocket, war, al qaeda, alien, strategy games, arcade games, racing games, shooting games, and flash games!
We have a great collection of 30 Fun Parkour Games Unblocked games for you to play for free as well as other cool games including free online games, girl, kids, dress up, coloring, mouse skill, animal, fun, extreme sport, cartoon, make up, makeover, puzzle, decorate, jumping, 3d, hidden, unity3d, birds, rabbit, running, educational, match 3, sports, love, platforms, bunny, matching, point & click, funny, obstacle, stunts, series, shooting, music, timing, action, romance, memory, golf, letters, political, rollerblade, ball, driving, bubble shooter, arcade, baby, halloween, christmas, multiplayer, chicken, side scrolling games, arcade games, racing games, shooting games, and flash games!
We have a great collection of 24 Xaxer 2016 Games games for you to play for free as well as other cool games including free online games, sports, soccer, football, idnet achievements, idnet, idnet save, idnet highscore, mouse skill, 2 player, collecting, boy, purchase equipment upgrades, arcade, girl, dress up, series, make up, html5, makeover, 3d, running, ball, adventure, timing, puzzle, not on kong, political, unity3d, matching, memory, fun, game contest 2016, american football, grooming, puppet, cartoon, guessing, idnet contest, celebrity, parody, funny, action, platforms, blood, defend, throwing, evade, escape, management, racket, scary, decorate, webgl, beat»em up, fighting, thinking, blocks, jumping, bow, shooting, swimming, bounce, tennis, point & click, extreme sport games, arcade games, racing games, shooting games, and flash games!
From the vibrant explorations of Expressionism and Fauvism, new intellectual points of view of Cubism and Constructivism, the political stance of Social Realism and the rebellion of Dadaism, to the frenetic action painting, the re-invented return of Realism, the sensational Color Field painting or the mind - boggling Op Art, the powerful simplicity of Minimalism and the celebratory critique of Pop art, to say that the century behind us was artistically exciting is a great understatement.
Galleria PACK is proud to present a chronicle of pictures of the most extreme actions by Russian artist Pyotr Pavlensky, whose artistic practice draws attention to and protests against the social and political injustices in Russia today, he points his finger at hard issues such as human rights, censorship as well as the lack freedom of expression and thought in today's Russia and Europe in general.
-- Climate impacts: global temperatures, ice cap melting, ocean currents, ENSO, volcanic impacts, tipping points, severe weather events — Environment impacts: ecosystem changes, disease vectors, coastal flooding, marine ecosystem, agricultural system — Government actions: US political views, world - wide political views, carbon tax / cap - and - trade restrictions, state and city efforts — Reducing GHGs: + electric power systems: fossil fuel use, conservation, solar, wind, geothermal, nuclear, tidal, other + transportation sector: conservation, mass transit, high speed rail, air travel, auto / truck (mileage issues, PHEVs, EVs, biofuels, hydrogen) + architectural structure design: home / office energy use, home / office conservation, passive solar, other
Points of Agreement: Quotes: «There is a real place for politics in climate change, but that is in the mitigation / adaption / amelioration» «That said, political actions / inactions taken without reference to a solid underlying basis in reality rarely work out well in the long run.»
In this wide - ranging discussion of climate concerns Revkin says many experts point to political leadership as a key solution but Revkin cites research that makes such political action problematic.
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z