Sentences with phrase «position on whether»

Representative Peter King of New York said he's «leaning» toward supporting Trump's call for ending the loophole, but didn't take a position on whether it could be done by executive action.

Wasserman Schultz said she doesn't have a position on whether the Second Amendment should be repealed or kept in its current form.

However, the book is not able to take a position on whether this trend will continue, and if it is irreversible.

In your view, is it appropriate for sitting justices to announce a position on whether their colleagues should be elected or defeated at the polls, have you announced your views in that regard with respect to your colleagues» candidacies, and why or why not?

The courts» position on whether the Charter allows an accused to use her cell phone to contact counsel from a police car will therefore become important.

The judge did not take a position on whether it was extortion or, as the Crown argued, a misguided attempt to get closure by having the defendant pay for counselling and rehabilitation.

For two of the modified terms, today's decision doesn't take a position on whether the different constructions must result in a different determination concerning infringement.

HJC: I was asked by several members for my position on whether Trinity Western University («TWU») should have been accredited by the LSUC.

I take no position on whether lawyers or litigation support professionals are better suited to play the role of legal project management specialist.

The vast majority of states, however, are yet to take a public position on whether and, if so, how to reform investor - state dispute settlement.

I don't want to take a position on whether patentees or those facing royalty demands and lawsuits over patents that should never have been granted suffer more.

While the Law Society of Upper Canada has yet to take a firm position on whether or not document review constitutes legal services — a hotly disputed issue that underpins the lawsuit — the plaintiff argues the work she did for ATD could not be considered legal work.

Her first book, Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy, published in 1997, explored the possibility of their relationship without taking a definitive position on whether it was true.

Firstly, only a third of the abstracts stated a position on whether mankind was the principle cause of recent warming.

But the money quote came when host Richard Lui pressed him to take a position on whether the changing climate (which Miller conceded) could be attributed to human activity.

As noted, I have no firm position on whether the Earth is, or has been, expanding.

No position on whether AGW will be significantly beneficial or harmful) Skeptical Neutral (Uncertain about AGW, but still open to data that might alter this view.)

How can Paul Nurse know, for example, Andrew Montford's position on whether stem cells useful for medical research should be generated from foetuses that are consequently not allowed to develop into viable human beings or from adults who do not suffer as a result?

I will not take a position on whether The Mortal Instruments should be characterized as «plagiarism,» but it is transparently derivative.

The Center takes no position on whether it is better to adopt a model that offers a tightly scripted curriculum or one that promotes the development of «communities of practice.»

In March, UNO and the AFT reached a neutrality agreement under which UNO agreed not to take a position on whether its teachers and staff organized.

You are a congresswoman's chief - of - staff and she needs your help coming up with a position on whether a nuclear power plant should be built in the district.

The review is short — just 8 pages — and doesn't take a position on whether the Common Core is right for Indiana.

Senator Stewart Cousins, who has not taken a position on whether parents should opt their children out of the tests, spoke on the subject earlier this year.

By contrast, Elevate members take no position on whether they'd implement the voucher program; for now, the question is whether to let the court rule.

They don't have a position on whether parties can require an earlier date for party affiliation in order to vote in a primary, but Horner says six months is far too long, two weeks or 10 days would be more appropriate.

For three days, The Post sought Gov. Cuomo's position on whether monuments of Columbus should be removed in New York City.

But Reed would not take a firm position on whether or not he would support the elimination of the State and Local Tax deduction, commonly known as the SALT deduction.

In a questionnaire from Citizens Union, Cuomo's campaign would not take a position on whether the AG's office should be empowered to go after public corruption.

The commission doesn't have a position on whether extending the millionaires tax is a good idea or not.

As for Staten Island, John Antoniello, who stepped down as the party chairman in February but has stayed close to its workings, said his position on whether to let Mr. Dietl onto the party line was clear: «I am not in favor of it.»

And to be honest, I'm not entirely sure that there exists a unified libertarian position on whether such «first claim» property ownership should or should not be taxed.

The other was Labour's position on whether it, too, would have vetoed the EU deal.

ALBANY — A slew of Cuomo - allied upstate business leaders lobbied legislators on Wednesday for more economic development funding, but continued to take no position on whether it should funneled through a competition as Governor Andrew Cuomo has proposed.

Senator Stewart Cousins, who has not taken a position on whether parents should opt their children out of the tests, spoke on the subject earlier this year.

Republican / Conservative mayoral candidate Nicole Malliotakis held a press conference this afternoon in Columbus Circle, calling on Mayor de Blasio to make clear his personal position on whether the statue of Christopher Columbus should be removed and condemning what she termed pay - to - play by the mayor with lobbyist and supporter James Capalino.

A congressional candidate's position on whether or not to impeach President Donald Trump could be a...

So far his strategy has been to avoid taking a firm and coherent position on whether Britain should be In or Out by abdicating responsibility to the public in a future referendum, in what has become the central plank of the Conservative's European election campaign.

While the study never takes a position on whether that particular «food fear» is legitimate (and, by the way, I'm totally agnostic on the HFCS vs. sugar question), Wansink's own statements in the media would certainly be reassuring to anyone worried about HFCS — and that alone is troubling given the CRA's financial ties to the study.

The Museum does not have a specific position on whether mothers should use formula or breastfeed their children, as we largely comment on subjects which are active elements of our scientist's research.

Henry James» The Turn of the Screw, for instance, demonstrates that it's perfectly possible to write a great novella about invisible worlds without taking a position on whether they're objectively real.

«Concerning biological evolution, the Church does not have an official position on whether various life forms developed over the course of time.

I have no position on whether or not leprechauns exist.

1) «The Catholic Church» has no official position on whether «brothers» of Jesus were cousins or half - brothers.

Committee members, however, did not appear to stake out a clear position on whether to pass virtual currency legislation.

Wiseman says the CPPIB takes no position on whether the Canada Pension Plan is sufficient given overall retirement needs or what changes may be required, but says it has the organization has a «platform» of people, relationships and assets that can be expanded if policy - makers decide that's necessary.

The Trump administration hasn't stated a position on whether it will let the Saudis have enrichment and reprocessing technology.

Wolfson called on all of the mayoral candidates to come forward with their positions on whether the Occupy Wall Street encampment should have been allowed to remain.

Union pronouncements about the success or failure of the process, however, and unions» work with states and districts and outside partners on the standards, do influence the materials and supports that are being provided to teachers, and also help shape media and public perceptions of the initiative, and in theory could shape lawmakers» positions on whether to continue, pause, or reengineer the effort.

But we are supposed to think that that's irrelevant because immediately after experimenters told them «97 % of scientists accept climate change,» a group of study subjects, while not changing their own positions on whether climate change is happening, increased by a very small amount their expressed estimate of the percentage of scientists who believe in climate change?