Sentences with phrase «push their agenda more»

Felix, I'm not sure there was assertion that only Christians voted for GW Bush, rather merely that the Christians who did vote for GW Bush tend to wear their religion on the sleaves and push their agenda more so than others.

Not exact matches

With the website dogged by bottlenecks and bugs, she faced a wall of finger pointing and nitpicking, where critics seemed more intent on scoring points and pushing agendas than offering solutions.

There are individuals trying to push this agenda, and very helpful academics, such as Michael Porter with his idea of shared value, are trying to develop measurements and make them more credible.

And we shouldn't be treating innocence as a political asset used to push the agenda of more sophisticated players.»

Do you think these websites report these stories on purpose in order to push an agenda or do they tend to report them more by accident or because of poor fact checking?

Those of the religious agenda keep on telling themselves that whoever this person that wrote it should be more involved with religion and should keep on pushing the «topic of religion» onto dying people instead of just being a human being and focusing on the person's feelings at their last hours on earth.

And if it's not that, then it's people just wanting more than anything to push a certain agenda.

On the other hand we see Romney who has more money than the last four presidents combined, he's just trying to push some pointless agenda.

It's nothing more than media pushing an agenda and trying to stir the pot.

President Donald Trump has promised to continue pushing an anti-abortion agenda in the rest of his time... More

At the same time, the sustainability agenda, which combines the drive to reduce packaging, cut food waste and adopt more planet - friendly recyclable, biodegradable and compostable solutions, is pushing technological advancements in film barriers in a different direction.»

Phil Hooper, Brand and Communications Director, UK & Ireland, Sodexo talks about the health and wellbeing agenda for the foodservice sector and the importance of engaging chefs; the complexities of food allergies and intolerances; the challenge of improving malnutrition in hospital settings and why the rising number of health conscious consumers is pushing the sector to do more.

Ǽ Strong parent pressure + high mastery = Lowered Anxiety To help athletes perform, especially those who tend to get nervous and anxious, pushing a strong agenda focused on learning new skills, mastering technique and lots of hard work will not only help minimize anxiety but produce excellent development and more performance.

Or were those so - called friends more interested in using her to push * their * own agendas, and getting excited at the thought of involving themselves in internet drama?

Republican Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino in a radio interview on Friday called on Senate Republicans to not act like «Democrat - lite» and use their new majority in the chamber to push a more conservative agenda than in the last two years.

Instead of «political expedience», I'd describe it more like «can congressional Republicans do the minimum possible to maintain even the thinnest veneer of plausible deniability to keep this obvious criminal madman in office so they can keep pushing their congressional agenda», but that would be opinionating, so I left that part out:)

«I am endorsing Brian Benjamin because I believe that we need strong Democrats like him up in Albany, ready to help make our communities more affordable, and push back against the dangerous Trump agenda.

Koppell had been pushing for a more progressive agenda including a higher minimum wage and public financing of campaigns, passage of the Dream Act, which would allow students in the country illegally access to state financial aid, along with all 10 points of the Women's Equality Agenda, which includes a contentious abortion agenda including a higher minimum wage and public financing of campaigns, passage of the Dream Act, which would allow students in the country illegally access to state financial aid, along with all 10 points of the Women's Equality Agenda, which includes a contentious abortion Agenda, which includes a contentious abortion plank.

This played out during budget negotiations when the Rent Stabilization Association, which represents the bread - and - butter apartment building owners, and REBNY, which is more closely associated with mega developers and the commercial real estate industry, failed to agree on a common agenda to push for.

But before it folded, the committee spent millions of dollars — mostly on TV ads — to push the more fiscally conservative elements of Cuomo's agenda.

The week began with the leak of a confidential report by the state's elections enforcer that alleged that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio had engaged in an illegal effort to circumvent campaign contribution limits in his 2014 push to bolster the re-election prospects of some sitting state Senate Democrats, who presumably would be more favorable to the democrat mayor's city agenda in Albany.

Though he has been light on details, Trump is pushing an agenda that includes more charter schools and a voucher system for students who want to attend private schools.

More of a LoCuomotive Pushing his draCuomian agenda.

More broadly, the push for the women's agenda has trickled up to the governor's race, where Democrats have formed a ballot line to focus on women's issues.

What is more, Mr. de Blasio is heavily dependent on Mr. Heastie to push his agenda in Albany — which may induce him to either stay on the sidelines or back a Bronx - Queens candidate.

In Troy, will the mayor push more of his agenda this year with a Democratic council?

He, however, insisted that for this to be achieved, more needed to be done to empower women and the private sector to push the development agenda of the continent.

Abbott resigned from a cross-party group on abortion counselling saying it was no more than a front to push forward an anti-abortion agenda without debate in parliament.

«Bill de Blasio wants Melissa Mark - Viverito to get as many votes as possible so that he can claim not only a win but a huge mandate and have even more leverage and power to push his agenda and diminish the power of critics and skeptics,» said one labor insider.

Cuomo on Wednesday is also expected to outline an aggressive education reform agenda that will include a push for more charter schools and additional funding for them, tougher teacher evaluation standards, and money for teacher incentives.

For more than a year, JCOPE has been probing whether The Campaign for One New York, a nonprofit fundraising group Mr. de Blasio has used to push his agenda and which can accept larger contributions than his campaign, was improperly lobbying.

Transportation and infrastructure were also at the top of the agenda, with all three presumptive candidates pushing for a more aggressive policy.

However, our campaigning pushed the role of the Bishops onto the political agenda, raising hopes that the Government's plan for reform could be changed and more recently, we supported amendments which would have led to the removal of the Bishops.

I'm surprised Michael Gove isn't making more progress as he's been pushing a very impressive agenda recently.

When the two first started pushing their campaigns in late summer, Tkaczyk came across as the more confident of the two, moving around her district with ease while simultaneously pushing a complex in - office agenda that she proudly touted in interviews.

Experts have pointed to surveys which suggest the Conservatives will gain a stronger footing after the general election, giving the party a mandate to push forward the Brexit agenda, which could provide more certainty for investors.

Since taking office, the governor's agenda has benefited from his negotiating with a divided Legislature — working with Assembly Democrats to push progressive items such as same - sex marriage and a higher minimum wage, and the Senate GOP on more fiscally conservative measures.

Former City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito joined Errol Louis, Al D'Amato, and Bill Thompson to discuss the race for governor and analyze whether Cynthia Nixon is pushing more progressive issues into Gov. Cuomo's agenda.

As part of his agenda for the 2018 - 2021 legislative session, Williams said he would seek more support for members to have bills drafted and introduced independently as well as push for more transparency on the sponsorship of bills during the drafting process.

The United States has released an ambitious, climate - and conservation - focused agenda for its 2 - year chairmanship that includes pushing for more research on black carbon, which accelerates melting in the region, and on emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane from the seabed and permafrost, as well as creating a network of marine protected areas in the Arctic and equipping Arctic villages with renewable energy sources.

Learn more about how transgender public figures, including Chelsea Manning, Jen Richards, Laverne Cox, Janet Mock, Caitlyn Jenner, Chaz Bono, and others are shaping and pushing forward the agenda of the LGBT rights movement.

Though the film has its spiritual moments, they are more universal in nature as opposed to pushing a Christian agenda.

So this Republican - backed board decided to push from the bottom up the same agenda the Obama administration was pushing from the top down: higher standards, test - based teacher evaluations, and more school choice.

Together, they pushed an education reform agenda, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), that emphasized higher standards and more accountability, a results - based approach that parents liked.

Republicans have a significant opportunity in next year's election to win on the education issue by continuing their push for a reform - based education agenda and arguing against the idea that more money without real structural reform can fix the ills of our education system.

It's no surprise that this pivot — from an easy - to - understand push for better pay to shuttering schools as part of a broader, more partisan - seeming agenda — has been met by increasing pushback.

But my hope is that those pushing this agenda realize that the more successful they are, the more we all will reap what they sow.

While it once required enormous sums of money and elaborate infrastructure to push messages (both accurate and inaccurate) to the masses, the promotion of an agenda, false idea, con, or other manipulation of truth now requires little more than a clever meme and an internet connected computer.

Superintendents from nontraditional backgrounds, however, appear more inclined to push legal boundaries to advance an agenda of reform.

Nowhere has school reform been more prevalent than Florida, where students have watched a punitive group of legislators push a choice agenda.