Sentences with phrase «public favors»

Even before the Gulf oil spill, a poll by Pew Research in March found that 78 % of the public favors increased government funding for research into clean energy technologies.

Currently the public favors the EPA regulations by 67 to 29 percent so there appear to be many possible recipients for better information if we are to succeed in avoiding the future that radical environmentalists want to impose on our country through unjustified Federal intervention in still another vital sector of the economy.

The public favors a hard cap, over and over again in every study, regardless of politics.

In a much more honest poll — using objective, non-leading questions — Education Next found in 2014 that the public favors universal vouchers by a 50 - 39 margin and charter schools 54 - 28.

If a voucher proposal is directed toward families with students attending failing schools, 51 % of the public favors the idea; just 35 % is opposed.

Just because the public favors reauthorization of NCLB does not mean that it opposes efforts to amend the act by establishing a single national standard.

Over 70 percent of the American public favors renewal of federal accountability legislation, and performance on similar tests is known to be important economically.

Nearly three - fourths (72 percent) of the public favors a «tax credit for individual and corporate donations that pay for scholarships to help low - income parents send their children to private schools.»

A near majority (47 percent) of the American public favors paying teachers, in part, based on the academic progress of their students on state tests, about the same percentage as in 2007.

By a nearly two - to - one margin, the American public favors this policy.

The general public favors holding a constitutional convention, but support has slipped significantly over the past year with 44 percent of New Yorkers that Siena College surveyed this month saying they'll vote yes.

Bharara has also spent months examining whether Mayor Bill de Blasio traded public favors for donations to his now - shuttered political nonprofit, Campaign for One New York.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance and Acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim announced earlier this month they would not press charges against de Blasio over his political fundraising, although they highlighted a number of ways the mayor had apparently circumvented election law and delivered public favors for donors.

It is also painfully obvious that the public loves betting on overs, however this may be the first year that the public favors the under.

It would be useful to debate the vision of politics according to which facts must become law — that is, that the law must change as soon as polls reveal that a majority of the public favors an opinion.

The reasons it is still near the bottom of public favor presumably are the same as they were: Standard Oil spells Rockefeller, Trust, Big Business, Big Profits.

There was no indication of cynicism, or any suspicion that religion might be used to curry public favor.

With the public favoring Chicago, the line has moved a full point to -1.5.

The public favored Pittsburgh, while the sharps favored Detroit.

Epic Big - 12 matchup between two top - 10, undefeated teams, with public favoring the Aggies slightly at home.

Which side is the public favoring?

The opener of Green Bay -3 -LRB--112) drew heavy action on both sides, but the public favored the Packers by nearly a 2 - to - 1 margin.

Our opener of Rams +10 -110 drew heavy volume, with the public favoring St. Louis.

We opened the game at +25 but have seen the price driven down to as low as +20 for public favored UCLA.

The media does the public no favor by annointing King Andy and never questioning him when he consistently uses rationale of making government more efficient as a ruse to gain total power.

The Wine Group has launched the «Better Wines Better World» website in an attempt to curry public favor for technologically advanced, environmentally friendly and economically practical boxed wines.

Melbourne provides the film's sole source of conflict, both political and romantic: his essentially conservative politics hold considerable sway over the naive young Queen, bringing out her of public favor, while the quasi-romantic confidante status he enjoys with her is resented by Albert.

Nearly two thirds of the public favor the federal government's requirement that all students be tested in math and reading each year in 3rd through 8th grade and at least once in high school, and only 24 % oppose the policy.

We suspect vouchers gained in public favor because Republicans are in a better position to promote the idea, just as Obama's opposition to vouchers had probably induced the slide in support between 2008 and 2010.

When asked whether «local taxes to fund public schools in your district should increase, decrease, or stay the same,» only 29 percent of the public favor an increase (see Figure 1a).

In communities where at least one charter school is located, overall levels of support are only somewhat higher: 48 percent of the public favor the formation of charters, while 20 percent are opposed.

In 2013, no less than 65 % of the general public favored the standards, but that portion is now just 53 % (see Figure 1).

But only 21 percent of the general public favored federally mandated race - based adjustments on school discipline.

According to the poll, 65 percent of the general public favored the standards in 2013, but just 53 percent do now.

(Where 52 percent of legislators favor vouchers and 40 percent oppose, 61 percent of the American public favor vouchers and only 33 percent oppose.)

When these sports fell from public favor and were outlawed, their supporters turned to dog fighting and sought to create a sporting dog that, while retaining the legendary courage and ferocity of the Bulldog, would incorporate the greater agility of the terrier.

The honeymoon has long since faded, and public favor left along with it.

Not exact matches

Dell is shifting away from public cloud model — a strategy favored by tech companies like Google, and Amazon.

Companies often favor arbitration, because it can be less expensive than a public trial and can allow them to avoid bad publicity.

In recent months, President Obama has taken a public stance favoring a reclassification of broadband providers under Title II.

The change also follows a public stance taken by the White House, with President Obama saying in November he favors maintaining net neutrality by using the heavy regulatory approach of Title II.

In fact, a recent study in the American Journal of Public Health finds that the EPA «has moved away from the public interest and explicitly favored the interests of the regulated industries,» and is on the slippery slope to what scholars term «regulatory capture,» in which a government agency makes rules in the interest of an industry it's supposed to regulate rather than the pPublic Health finds that the EPA «has moved away from the public interest and explicitly favored the interests of the regulated industries,» and is on the slippery slope to what scholars term «regulatory capture,» in which a government agency makes rules in the interest of an industry it's supposed to regulate rather than the ppublic interest and explicitly favored the interests of the regulated industries,» and is on the slippery slope to what scholars term «regulatory capture,» in which a government agency makes rules in the interest of an industry it's supposed to regulate rather than the publicpublic.

CalPERS, the California Public Employees» Retirement System, which voted in favor of the climate change proposal at Exxon's shareholder's meeting Wednesday, also released a statement.

The court ruled in favor of Verizon, saying that the FCC did not have the authority to enforce its previous order, unless it reclassified Internet Service Providers (ISPs) as common carriers, essentially public utilities.

I think history's lessons tell us that public scrutiny and competition favors the harsh realities of the public spotlight with its trials and tribulations over the easy of autocracy, control and cloaked decision - making.

The Nebraska Public Service Commission, a five - member regulatory body, voted 3 - 2 in favor of the project, which would give TransCanada permission to build the pipeline through the state.

Although comparisons to the failed public offering of startup game maker Zynga might be inevitable, King has a relatively strong income statement and is likely to benefit from the IPO environment currently favoring small technology companies.

Thursday's sanctions target Russians indicted last month as part of the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's election meddling on charges of conspiracy to interfere in the election by waging a social - media influence operation to sow discord and sway public opinion in the US in favor of Trump.

The most notable public comments in favor of stringent net neutrality regulation has been from President Obama, who released a YouTube video in last November urging the FCC to «take up the strongest possible rules to protect net neutrality.»

We're talking San Francisco, after all, a place that historically favors cutting - edge tech solutions — and clearly no longer suffers public leak - takers lightly, neither man nor his best friend.