Sentences with phrase «political posture»

Greer, associate professor of health management and policy, said the current administration's difficulty getting funding for Zika in a presidential election year represents a bit of déjà vu, in terms of political posturing in the face of a major health threat.

Flanagan, a Republican from Long Island and former chair of the Senate education committee, published his column in the middle of an escalating feud between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and de Blasio and months before the start of next Albany legislative session, which is sure to be dominated by political posturing in preparation for the 2016 elections when the entire legislature will be on the ballot.

But GOP senators insist the measure isn't just political posturing.

Neither one will accomplish much, I fear, since faith doesn't have much to do with political posturing and infelicitous generalizations.

The mayor's latest mass - transit maneuevering drew a furious response from Lhota, who accused City Hall of engaging in political posturing and silly photo ops.

Although determining the precise source of a hack is often impossible, fingers pointed at China as the likely origin, sparking a volley of political posturing from Beijing, Silicon Valley, and Washington, D.C..

Talk about political posturing on her part.

But they must work together and focus on investing in the capital, people and institutions, not political posturing.

The spat between Ukraine and Russia is simply the latest in a longstanding tradition of political posturing around the contest

But the mayor's position was not mere political posturing.

Perhaps it is just as well that we were not subject to political posturing on complex...

Washington (CNN)- Amid the partisan political posturing of Sunday talk shows, indications emerged of how a congressional budget compromise might take shape even as a stop - gap deal remains elusive.

Kaminsky's GOP opponent, attorney Christopher McGrath, said in a statement that Kaminsky's participation in the rally illustrates that he «chooses political posturing over working to achieve a bipartisan solution» on the proposal.

«This feels like political posturing,» said Luci Flowers, principal of the Albert Einstein Academy Charter School.

They added that Xi's stronger political posture also suggests he will become more accountable for the economy's performance.

When Biden made his speech, he talked about shelving consideration for the weeks leading up to the presidential election, to avoid political posturing.

Even commitments from previous majorities / governments are usually not considered fair game for political posturing and honoured by the next government.

«This bill is shameless political posturing,» Choi said.

Our children deserve more high quality school choices, not more political posturing from union bosses.

This, some scholars believe, is good practice as it leads to less political posturing and more non-partisan analysis of bills within committees than the Parliament.

Such political posturing risks fueling the long - dormant «burning security issues» that Gorbachev warned of in the Arctic.

Maybe the best things that can be said about the current «lame duck» session of the legislature is that it gives lawmakers a chance to make amends for purely political posturing before the election and to take a shot at actually governing in the...

But instead, political posturing now threatens our long - term corporate competitiveness.

Without delving into such macroeconomic theory, what people like Buffett seem to be saying is that, political posturing aside, the grown - up way to trim the deficit will inevitably involve some measure of tax increases on wealthy Americans — for example, to the level of the late 1990s, by all measures a prosperous time.

«Sequestration» is the result of irresponsible political posturing by the right against any new taxes, which is supposed to provide the stimulus to the economy.

Governance by political posturings relieves many a fart - wad from alienations of systemic protrusions being petrified by the blood - works of shenanigans» ill - affordabilities.

The real test in our society will be whether these voices can be brought into a genuine conversation with one another, a conversation that moves beyond political posturing.

Some aspects of JW — its post-Christendom political posture and its postliberal theological tone — are hardly unique.

Sounds like typical political posturing, right?

Anything other than that is merely political posturing.

In this context, Khodorkovsky's unprecedented success in business, combined with his support for independent media and outspoken criticism of Putin, was not only powerful political posturing but also an unprecedented challenge to the power status quo.

For example, the debate over the so - called New York DREAM Act has been marred by extreme political posturing.

Today, the House of Representatives plans to vote on final passage of the Democrats» health care reform legislation, which has unleashed a wave of unhinged political posturing from the right.

Antony's speech has often been seized upon by cartoonists seeking to highlight displays of disingenuous political posturing.

«Any suggestion that our common - sense law does otherwise is nothing more than cheap political posturing,» said her spokeswoman Amy Varghese.

Or it is just a bit of triangulated political posturing from the man responsible for the «no money left» 2010 «gag»?

De Blasio then turned his attention to Senate Republicans, saying he believed their opposition to the three - year extension was a matter of political posturing rather than a deeply held belief.

«This is the kind of strong leadership we need — not the type of attacks and stunts that puts political posturing ahead of public policy.

And now Dent Coad has further burnished her reputation for clumsy political posturing - by sharing a post which implies Theresa May is ugly.

Forsyth described the Tory policy of ringfencing international aid spending as «undoubtedly political posturing», but also associated with «people's religious beliefs, Christianity».

Political posturing during the last session of the Erie County Legislature before its summer recess puts the County at great risk of paying upwards of a million of dollars in interest unnecessarily.

«It is pure political posturing and tokenism.

The annual lobby day is hosted by the New York City Charter School Center and Northeast Charter Schools Network, two groups that maintain a decidedly less confrontational political posture than Moskowitz's Success Academy and a group that lobbies on its behalf, Families for Excellent Schools.

This is political posturing at its worst... If you ask most parents in America, they will tell you that their first «choice» is for their neighborhood school to be a great school.

We don't believe in party political posturing.

Unions take these fees from nonmembers claiming that even non-unionized teachers benefit from unions, a specious position considering teacher unions» habitual political posturing.

I'd guess some good old fashioned political posturing right before the BTU...