Sentences with phrase «political efforts aimed»

Similarly, state Republicans were less - than - enthused by the teacher's union's political efforts aimed at Grisanti.

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This speech was political theater, a lobbying effort aimed at the president of the United States — a point Netanyahu all but admitted at the end.
Encyclical Logic Reading Douglas Farrow's interpretation of Benedict XVI's latest encyclical, Caritas in Veritate («Charity & Unity,» October 2009), either he or the pope seems to be prompting Christians to aim their efforts toward the foolhardy task of encouraging the world to embrace an all - encompassing political authority so that the ends of God may come to fruition in the unity of all mankind.
The aim of our political efforts he believes, should therefore be to work towards enduring structural reform that effectively symbolizes the idea that all human lives are of equal value.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D) vowed that the coalition of Democratic state officials would continue to oppose President TrumpDonald John TrumpMexican presidential candidate vows to fire back at Trump's «offensive» tweets Elizabeth Warren urges grads to fight for «what is decent» in current political climate Jim Carrey takes aim at Kent State grad who posed with AR - 10 MORE's efforts to ban travel from nations the administration says do not meet information - sharing requirements, calling the ban «discriminatory.»
The Democratic officials say the ads are aimed at providing the political cover that Obama and his top aides promised lawmakers in the final stages of the lobbying effort to get the legislation through the House on Sunday night.
It had momentum prior to the 2008 election as state policymakers came to understand that their own academic standards for public schooling were far too low — and sadly uneven — and that a joint effort to create common standards might provide the political cover to aim higher.
New Research Aims to Promote High - Quality Civic and Political Engagement Spencer Foundation launched $ 2 million effort to create first - of - their - kind measures
According to the official reports filed with the commonwealth of Massachusetts, a total of five political action committees engaged in the effort to fund the ballot proposition aimed at lifting the cap on the number of charter schools allowed in Massachusetts.
In spite of EPW's focus on Vitter's billionaire's club and political spending by environmental groups, Senator Vitter has refused to support campaign finance reform, or efforts aimed at reducing the wealthy's influence in politics, like the DISCLOSE Act.
... The coordinated tactics of the climate denial network, Brulle's report states, «span a wide range of activities, including political lobbying, contributions to political candidates, and a large number of communication and media efforts that aim at undermining climate science.»
These announcements are part of an effort to build political will and momentum leading up to the U.N. climate conference later this year in Paris, which aims to produce an international agreement on climate change.
Wylie told «Today» that while political ads are also targeted at specific voters, the Cambridge effort aimed to make sure people wouldn't know they were getting messages aimed at influencing their views.
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