Sentences with phrase «political support behind»

With broad - based political support behind us and environmental renewal and a potential economic bonanza before us, the choice to fully deregulate and commercialize the entire hemp plant is clearly one of common sense.

Teachers need not endorse any particular viewpoint or policy proposal in the current debate over the availability of firearms to help students explore the power of young people to galvanize public opinion and political support behind issues they care about.

For that to happen, small schools must mature into a stronger movement by formulating serious proposals for assessments and accountability, throwing their vocal political support behind school choice, and insisting on new, innovative efforts to reduce the learning curve for those who wish to start small schools and their overseers.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg is putting his political support behind Andrew Cuomo's bid to be New York's next governor.

If the rally was any indication, there is political support behind the suggestions.

After his four year term, he decided to throw his political support behind his then - senator wife while he focused on securing a base of power for them inside the historically dominant — but often fractured — Peronist party.

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The support is also widespread and broad — the majority of people in all regions of the country and of all political persuasions (85 % Democrats, 65 % of Independents, and 51 % of Republicans) stand behind the actions.

Over the past few months, behind the scenes, tens of thousands of people have been writing to mutual fund company Vanguard telling the investment manager that it's time it supported transparency by corporations about their political donations.

There are already plenty of examples of wealthy individuals attempting to advance their political agendas by supporting unaccountable lobby groups, as was the case with Calgary's infamous Sprawl Cabal «s plans to throw more than $ 1 million behind Preston Manning «s «Municipal Governance Initiative,» and the anonymous donors behind the shady «St. Albert Think Tank.»

On Friday, Zuckerberg threw his support behind proposed legislation, known as the Honest Ads Act, that would require social media sites to disclose the identities of buyers of online political campaign ads.

Instead, the crisis comes from the fact that the old - guard religious right political establishment normalized an awful candidate — some offering outright support in theological terms, others hedging their bets and whispering advice behind closed doors.

In 1947, political and civic leaders threw their support behind a proposed Fox River Valley Pleasure Driveway and Park District.

That this House notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian casualties, using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.

The safe - streets political action committee has put its support behind the reelection efforts of Manhattan State Senator Adriano Espaillat and Suffolk County Assemblyman Edward Hennessey, Bay Ridge Senate challenger James Kemmerer, Suffolk County Assembly challenger Tom Schiliro, and Pete Sikora, who's running a primary race for Assembly in Brownstone Brooklyn.

INWOOD — Two former Borough Presidents threw their support behind opposing candidates in the State Senate District 31 race this week — opening up old wounds in a longstanding political battle.

The Out People of Color Political Action Club threw their support behind three Queens Council candidates Thursday, including two running in the same race.

Ten [10] months to election 2016 and obviously some individuals within the entertainment industry will publicly throw their support behind some political parties.

«That this house notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters, and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian causalities; using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government's will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.»

She has managed not only to ease liberals» misgivings about her but also to win their enthusiastic support — all while maintaining her moderate cred and doing the kind of behind - the - scenes political scut work that could enable an eventual national bid.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is in Florida today to throw his support behind the Senate candidacy of former state House Speaker Marco Rubio, a bit of political payback directed at Gov. Charlie Crist so great that it has forced us to rename a category in the Fix endorsement hierarchy.

Taxes will continue to rise and patronage jobs will continue to be handed out to those who control the political levers behind the scenes giving them the time and financial support to continue these activities at our expense in no - show jobs.

In fact, if any film seems to support the radical ideas behind the Trump - politico machine's bellowing about devious political collusion, countrywide walls and armed guards walking those barriers, then Heineman's film is it.

Mulgrew also blasted the governor for being behind «corporate bonus - style merit pay,» claimed that his «education agenda isn't about education at all — it is political payback» (because the unions did not support his reelection bid) and that «it is poverty and inequality and lack of funding, not «failing schools» or «bad teachers,» that are at the root of our education system's struggles.»

Given the political climate and opportunities for change — the availability of stimulus funds (including Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's commitment of $ 350 million in stimulus funding to support assessment work), the movement toward common standards, and the upcoming reauthorization of No Child Left Behind — we can bypass the debate between the two flawed options of either maintaining the status quo or returning to performance - based assessment systems of the 1990s.

Four incumbent state representatives from DeSoto County were defeated Tuesday night after a political action committee pushing for charter schools and school vouchers threw its support behind the opponents» campaigns.

We have a president who, for political reasons, can not throw his full support behind the only federal education program in the nation's history that is constitutional, successful, and cost - effective.

The report describes how the incredibly successful campaign behind charters — that relied on branding public schools as «failures» and pitched the private sector as the only source for solutions — was supported by «a powerful political, legal, and marketing infrastructure.»

The Michigan Education Association has repeatedly put its money behind one political party and issues supported almost exclusively by political liberals.

Lennie Grimaldi, Bridgeport's leading political pundit, and author of the blog, Only in Bridgeport, broke the news today that Mayor Mike Bloomberg gave $ 20,000 to Residents For A Better Bridgeport, the political action committee behind the campaign to support Mayor Bill Finch's power grab to eliminate a democratically elected school board and replace it with one appointed by him.

Rather than requiring that any candidate seeking political support from teachers have a solid progressive record on public education and articulate clear - cut policies and positions that are diametrically opposed to the corporate education reform industry, there is a growing acceptance of candidates who have thrown their support behind the charter school industry and the broader education reform agenda.

That means creating political and financial supports, such as federal loan guarantees, and rallying the Canadian public behind the idea.

As more and more companies, organizations and governments align themselves behind a clean energy transition, the political forces that have maintained the status quo through supporting fossil fuel subsidies and funding climate denial become increasingly marginalized.

From The Guardian Hidden behind the save - the - world rhetoric of the global climate change negotiations lies the mucky realpolitik: money and threats buy political support; spying and cyberwarfare are used to seek out leverage.

We shouldn't assume that the political masters behind the legislation want to make it more unlikely that those likely to support them will be convicted, right?

The legal memo also warned Cambridge Analytica that it needed to carefully hide behind a firewall any work it did in a single state or election for a particular candidate and for any of the so - called super-PACs (political action committees) supporting the campaign.

Supporting those candidates is precisely the objective behind the REALTORS ® Political Action Committee and NAR's other political Political Action Committee and NAR's other political political programs.