Sentences with phrase «political fight this week»

Of course, the big policy / political fight this week has been the budget / debt ceiling / government shutdown madness, including today's vote in the House to cut SNAP (food stamp) funding and Obamacare implementation.

Not exact matches

In recent weeks, we have seen how, in politics, X does not always equal Y, but rather some function thereof, as the traditional political pressures that have been brought to bear on the healthcare fight have not yielded simple results.

After a tumultuous week, in which House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost his primary, here is a look at the financial side of the races to watch in less than two weeks: Incumbents in Primary Trouble New York's 13 District Democratic Rep. Charles B. Rangel is in the political fight of his life.

Highlights include Matt Ryan's rundown of the week's news, including the unveiling of the 30 - day amendments to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget plan and a Senate Democratic plan to fight anonymous political advertising on social media.

Las Vegas (CNN)- Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman said Friday he was skipping next week's CNN / Western Republican Presidential Debate out of deference to New Hampshire, which is locked in a political scheduling fight with Nevada.

The criminal probe of former Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes — over allegations he used crime - fighting cash to pay a political consultant — is heating up, with authorities subpoenaing multiple witnesses in the past few weeks.

The criminal probe of former Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes — over allegations he used crime - fighting cash to pay a political consultant — is heating up, with authorities subpoenaing multiple witnesses in the past few weeks, sources told The Post.

A Manhattan state justice refused to intervene in a bitter divorce fight between former U.S. Sen. Alfonse D'Amato and his wife, Katuria, that mixes allegations about political influence and a gun, after a Nassau state justice last week gave the ex-senator custody of their two children.

«But last week at Brighton the dinosaurs had broken out of their glass cases, their political DNA apparently uncontaminated by any contact with the reality of thirty years of global economic development ready to wreak havoc fighting the battles of the past using the language of the past, all over again, a sort of political version of Jurassic Park.»

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 and GOP lawmakers are expected to pass the measure early this week — a huge legislative victory for Republicans, who would reform the tax code for the first time in 30 years.

Funding for Gotbaum's office will be cut by about 40 percent after the City Council reached a budget deal last week — a move that the public advocate called «political payback» for not supporting Speaker Christine Quinn (D - Manhattan) during the fight to extend term limits last fall.

Five weeks before referendum day, tonight's Evening Standard has picked up on some academic research which seeks to demonstrate how the political map would have looked different if the last election had been fought under AV.

With Election Day just one week away, education and political leaders in four states are fighting to defeat property - tax - limitation ballot proposals that they contend will cripple education.

So, this week we have brought together some of our colleagues to help us take a deep dive into what research on CBAs and unions has found, ranging from union impacts on student outcomes, to unions» political activity, to the benefits and drawbacks of reforms intended in part to weaken unions and their long - fought priorities.

Finally, in what may will recognize as the most bizarre twist of all, while teachers and public education advocates all across Connecticut fight to save teacher tenure and collective bargaining, the American Federation of Teacher's state chapter, the AFT - CT, endorsed Dannel Malloy last week without ever allowing me to meet with their political action committee or their executive committee.

Elaine Weiss's excellent account of the fight for female suffrage, The Woman's Hour, recounts the furious political battle that was waged in Tennessee (the 36th state to pass the act and last state needed for ratification) in the weeks leading up to this pivotal moment in history.

The bloggers over at Powerline, led in this case by the Koch - cozy John Hinderaker, are all in a tizzy this week after the New York Times reported that Tom Steyer, a major political force in the fight for climate justice, used to invest heavily in coal mining operations.