Sentences with phrase «presidents break ranks»

And the SNA previously saw 19 of its past presidents break ranks in an open letter to Congress — an extraordinary, public display of the internal strife over the SNA's current legislative agenda.

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And the SNA previously saw 19 of its past presidents break ranks in an open letter to Congress — an extraordinary, public display of the internal strife over -LSB-...]

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Nineteen former SNA presidents wrote to appropriators last week urging them to reject calls for a waiver — a break in ranks that was painful but necessary, signers said.

Rivas, along with 18 other past SNA presidents, broke ranks with the SNA by sending a letter to Congress in support of maintaining those standards, and she continues to be a passionate advocate for healthier school food.

-LSB-...] for comment on the fact that 19 past SNA presidents have taken the rather extraordinary step of publicly breaking rank with the organization by urging Congress to reject the waiver amendment.

In a sign of increasingly hostile relations between senior politicians and the police, the president of the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) broke ranks to condemn Mr Cameron and Theresa May's response to the riots as «irrelevant».

A reader forwarded this invite to a reception the Queens Democratic Party is hosting on April 23 in honor of Hotel and Motel Trades Council President Peter Ward, whose union broke ranks with its usual progressive labor allies and backed the party's NY - 6 candidate, Assemblywoman Grace Meng, over her main primary rival, Assemblyman Rory Lancman.

Government support for the bedroom tax looked as if it was on the verge of falling apart today, after Liberal Democrat president Tim Farron broke ranks on the policy.

(CNN)- Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid is breaking ranks with President Obama over the issue of the proposed construction of a controversial Islamic center and mosque just blocks away from Ground Zero.

«But I believe that lobbying our Congress members, our senators and our president to develop a national solution to his problem is the solution, and not breaking ranks with our federal partners in law enforcement who seek only to keep my family and your family safe.»

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. John Katko broke ranks with House Republicans on Wednesday, voting against a GOP amendment to roll back President Obama's recent changes to immigration policy.

In the weeks since a gunman killed 17 people at a South Florida high school, some Republicans — including, at least briefly, President Trump — have broken ranks with the gun rights group to support modest gun control legislation, such as raising the age limit for buying assault weapons and banning so - called bump stocks, which turn semiautomatic weapons into something close to machine guns.