Sentences with phrase «protests against a bill»

19:11 - A Sky reporter is pointing out that there is only one person protesting against the bill outside parliament right now.

He entered the political arena in 1986 when he led student protests against a bill that threatened to limit access to higher education and create a two - tier university system.

It has come to our attention that CCLA's logo (as well as a quote and photo of CCLA's General Counsel) has been included on a website regarding protests against Bill C - 51.

Not exact matches

President Donald Trump, pictured with Patriots owner Bob Kraft (R) and head coach Bill Belichick, criticized the league for not taking a stance against protesting NFL players.

Apparently, yesterday's mass Internet protests (from the likes of Google, Wikipedia and Reddit) must have had an effect: Many of the Senators who previously supported the controversial Stop Internet Piracy and Protect IP Acts — including some previous co-sponsors of the bills — have now come out in opposition against the proposed laws...

As for your seriously off base torture comparison, if we saw a drastic increase in violent crimes, and there was a public outcry for harsher punishments to try and serve as a deterrent, and the Bill was drafted, made open to the public, and the solid majority of the population didn't turn against it with protests, signatures, and contacting their representatives; maybe a torture law could make it (though it would never get past the Supreme Court as the Consttution is now, but we'll let that slide as a hypothetical).

Maybe if the Catholics just kept their mouths shut, didn't protest against gay marriage, didn't protest against Obama's health insurance bill, didn't protest against women's rights, and didn't try to tell everyone how wrong they are, maybe everyone wouldn't hate them so much.

Bill McKibben, whose book The End of Nature was one of the first to protest against the effects of climate change, offers us, in Eaarth, one of the most important books on environmental justice in the 21st century.

The February protests were the largest that Bulgaria has seen since the fall of communism, with more than 100,000 Bulgarian citizens mobilizing themselves against poverty, high energy bills and widespread political and social corruption.

Figures released to the Badger Trust put the final bill, including costs for policing against anti-cull protests, at just under # 16.8 million between 2012 and 2014.

71 % Against Player Protests During National Anthem Nearly Half Watching Less Football Mainly Because of Political Protests 55 % Say Buffalo Bills Should Punish LeSean McCoy for Sunday «Stretches» More Voters Agree with Trump's Statements than Disagree 82 % Want Less Politics During Sporting Events (Buffalo, NY)- Western New York voters overwhelmingly oppose the player protests during the national anthem that have swept the league recently, according to a recent survey released this morning of likely 2018 Western New YorkProtests During National Anthem Nearly Half Watching Less Football Mainly Because of Political Protests 55 % Say Buffalo Bills Should Punish LeSean McCoy for Sunday «Stretches» More Voters Agree with Trump's Statements than Disagree 82 % Want Less Politics During Sporting Events (Buffalo, NY)- Western New York voters overwhelmingly oppose the player protests during the national anthem that have swept the league recently, according to a recent survey released this morning of likely 2018 Western New YorkProtests 55 % Say Buffalo Bills Should Punish LeSean McCoy for Sunday «Stretches» More Voters Agree with Trump's Statements than Disagree 82 % Want Less Politics During Sporting Events (Buffalo, NY)- Western New York voters overwhelmingly oppose the player protests during the national anthem that have swept the league recently, according to a recent survey released this morning of likely 2018 Western New Yorkprotests during the national anthem that have swept the league recently, according to a recent survey released this morning of likely 2018 Western New York voters.

Approximately 500 people protested against Donald Trump and the just - passed Senate tax bill Saturday morning, gathering across from a Trump fundraiser at Cipriani 42nd Street.

With protests breaking out around the country against police brutality, Hakeem Jeffries introduced a bill to ban police chokeholds, the irresponsible practice which led to the death of Eric Garner last year.

They want smaller, local prisons; a digital bill of rights to protect internet users against security agencies; a second freedom bill to counteract heavy - handed policing of protests and protect free speech.

Senator Reverend Ruben Diaz, the lone Democrat to vote against the gay marriage bill, is also a supporter of the rally and urged New Yorkers to attend Sunday's protest.

«The Human Rights Act is our bill of rights, and already provides legal protection against torture and slavery, and enshrines in law the right to liberty, to open and fair justice and to protest.»

As far back as last winter, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio was «less preoccupied with the overburdened shelter system» than with «the political threat from protests against proposed shelters» in Rockaway Beach and Elmhurst, sources told New York magazine.

Jessica Wisneseki of Citizen Action speaks out against the House tax bill at a protest at the state Capitol on Thursday.

Hundreds of Romanians protested today in Trafalgar Square against a draft bill passed by their government that will allow a Canadian firm, Gabriel Resources, to create Europe's largest open - cast gold mine in the village of Rosia Montana.

Jessica Wisneski of Citizen Action speaks out against the U.S. House tax bill at a protest at the state Capitol in Albany on Thursday.

The Right to Information Coalition, had earlier threatened to stage a protest against government over the delay in the passage of the Bill.

This morning I posted that Democratic senator Ruben Diaz Sr. is organizing a protest to rally against the same - sex marriage bill.

They excluded the DHS bill, which includes funding for the nation's immigration and border security programs, in protest against White House moves to make it easier for some undocumented immigrants to remain in the United States without fear of deportation.

In England, deaf activists protested a 2007 bill that allowed for genetic selection only against certain diseases and disabilities, and prohibit selection for them, claiming deaf parents should have the right to select a deaf child if hearing parents have the right to select a hearing child [source: TimesOnline].

In the state of Washington, parent protests against the adoption of several standard math curricula (like Connected Math) led a state representative to introduce a bill earlier this year to put Singapore Math in all the state's elementary schools.

If the Bull Connors of the time weren't using laws to engage in suppression of freedom and equality, the civil rights protests wouldn't be called civil disobedience; they would have just been the rightful (and peaceful) protests against government actions protected by the Bill of Rights.

But parents and education activists who have been fighting against the Common Core standards for years now protested Alexander's insistence on pushing through the massive «bipartisan» bill in order to prove Congress could get things done.

The deaths were the first during a Greek protest since 1991, when five people died in Patras, in southwestern Greece, and in Athens during protests against a government education bill.

It is not clear whether the Zimmermans simply didn't want to pay for veterinary care or face citations and possible charges for the condition of their kennels, or were registering a protest against state regulation of their sordid business, especially the new bill.

IMAGE: WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 13: Julian Bond, Michael Brune, Bill McKibbin and Lennox Yearwood protest against Keystone XL Pipeline at Lafayette Park on February 13, 2013 in Washington, DC.

In protest against the new crime bill they have held demonstrations in provincial cities which have ended up in clashes with the police.

Lawyers in formal court dress mingled with pot - banging demonstrators of all ages in a central Montreal square yesterday after some 500 jurists took to the streets to protest against Quebec's Bill 78.

With roots in the Aboriginal community, Idle No More began in November 2012 as a protest against the Harper government's introduction of Bill C - 45.

This set off a cascade of events, from EFF's newest lawsuit against the NSA to protests in the streets to a United Nations resolution to Congressional bills both promising and terrifying.

Board Bill 34's common - sense provisions will offer increased safety for patients, staff and for those protesting against health care.