Sentences with phrase «pushing back against»

Buffalo Assemblyman Robin Schimminger, chairman of the Economic Development Committee, is pushing back against the so - called «brunch bill,» saying the proposal to allow bars, restaurants and sporting venues to sell alcoholic beverages starting at 8 a.m. is too drastic a step to take all at once.

But McConnell wasted no time in pushing back against his new primary challenger

One day after it was revealed that Carl Paladino will be suing the Buffalo Board of Education over efforts to oust him from that body, some board members are pushing back against the charge that there is a conspiracy against him The expected federal lawsuit is revealed in a letter Dennis Vacco, an...

The Connecticut Hospital Association is pushing back against Governor Dannel Malloy's proposal to end local property tax exemptions for hospitals.

WASHINGTON - Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is pushing back against the GOP's «pack of lies» about the 9/11 health bill in hopes of finding one more Republican willing to help ill heroes of the terror attacks.

The torture debate continues to heat up in Washington; with President Obama and top Senate Democrats pushing back against the creation of an independent commission to investigate the Bush administration's approval of so - called enhanced interrogation techniques.

Democratic lawmakers are already pushing back against Republicans» aggressive moves.

But Iannuzzi faced criticism for not aggressively pushing back against Gov. Andrew Cuomo's policies, especially a 2013 teacher evaluation law.

Undoubtedly the other three parties, and Green and other candidates, will have to perform considerably better than in 2011 if they are to have a chance of pushing back against the SNP in this regard.

But other local pols — including Bronx Councilmen Ruben Diaz Sr. and Rafael Salamanca — are already pushing back against the plan to bring more inmates to their boroughs.

During a victory speech in Seattle, Mrs Clinton addressed the terrorist attacks in Brussels on Tuesday, pushing back against the Republican candidates» response to the bombings.

State labor leaders are pushing back against a set of proposed Workers Compensation regulations they claim will slash benefits to injured workers.

Richard Spencer for example welcomed the «de-Judaification» of the Holocaust, and the Daily Stormer called it «pushing back against Jewish supremacy».

Teachout recently released a video explaining her position on taxes and pushing back against what she characterized as «lies» about her position.

Nolan also defended women in the Assembly for not pushing back against Silver's much - criticized efforts to keep quiet the sexual harassment allegations made against Lopez.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli is pushing back against a Post report that quoted an anonymous Paterson administration official slamming his «inept» office for holding up the Genting NY Aqueduct racino contract.

But until there is an honest attempt by lawmakers to delineate the tens of thousands of hosts who are responsibly sharing their space and the few bad actors who take advantage of the system, we remain committed to pushing back against any legislation that solely aims to frighten hardworking New Yorkers.»

In pushing back against the call, Mirabile noted at federal court in Central Islip that Singh has testified that he kept those he bribed in the dark about his other quid - pro-quo arrangements.

On their first day at the Capitol last Wednesday, lawmakers openly talked about pushing back against the Democratic governor this year, saying they need to be treated as a co-equal branch of government.

It also tries to actively involve them in the process of pushing back against the Sanders campaign, with Twitter and Facebook Share asks highlighted in the intro.

Clinton is working to launch a political group focused on pushing back against Trump's agenda.

However, this resulted in a rash of high - profile court cases that continue today, and it spawned new media - savvy lobby groups intent on pushing back against further change.

Today's «Daily 202» also includes tweets pushing back against Trump's claims, which many Republicans are doing — to The Donald's anger and apparent dismay.

Assemblyman Rory Lancman is pushing back against criticism from some of his fellow downstate Democrats that the rent deal struck by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders yesterday does not go far enough.

ATF veterans are pushing back against suggestions by Republicans that the embattled firearms regulator is to blame for approving the bump - stock device that Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock used to such devastating effect, killing 58 and wounding over 500.

A coalition of environmental and conservation organizations on Wednesday released a letter thanking Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York for pushing back against Trump administration policies they contend favors polluters.

In a clear rebuttal of Astorino's view that the business community should be more forceful in pushing back against policies from Albany detrimental to job growth, Cuomo said he's never seen them «more engaged» than ever with state politics.

Dayle has been presenting delicious school meals, one photo at a time, and pushing back against the notion that schools are serving primarily — as Katie Couric recently put it — «junk food» to America's kids.

But as I told you in my «State of the Tray» piece for Civil Eats last month, the School Nutrition Association, the nation's largest organization of school food professionals, is pushing back against these changes.

Pushing back against her critics, Melania Trump said Tuesday she's committed to fighting cyberbullying despite the knocks she's gotten for taking on the issue when her husband regularly uses Twitter to berate his foes and call them names.

That is a great deal of force pushing back against your body.

Because at that age, kids are pushing back against their parents.

Too often we find ourselves pushing back against the «givens» when, in fact, they don't need to be a given at all.

The prepared foods and big agriculture industries were not the only ones pushing back against the new USDA rules.

A few days ago there was some semblance of hope that people in positions of power were pushing back against the...

I'm merely pushing back against guys saying he is nothing more than a scrub.

In 2014, he (in his own way) admitted that he was intentionally pushing back against the rules to determine exactly what he could get away with.

A few days ago there was some semblance of hope that people in positions of power were pushing back against the new logo and that they may not go through with it.

And in both cases, while pushing back against the idea that the new team should be considered Chivas 2.0, the only story they could tell was how they were drawn to the new club via their earlier ties to Chivas.

Companies are pushing back against the plans.

That's probably more a reflection that Woolies and Coles — along with Metcash Limited (ASX: MTS)-- the supplier to independent IGA stores have finally acknowledged Aldi as a serious threat, and are now actively pushing back against the upstart retailer.

Sheesh, it is ABOUT TIME that progressive Christians started pushing back against the self - righteous self - centered notions of conservative Christians.

They then claim that Vatican II, and in particular chapter 3 of Lumen Gentium, was an almost revolutionary pushing back against the excesses of Vatican I.

They mobilized around various pro-women causes in recent years, even when it meant pushing back against Religious Right affiliations.

Religion distracts people, it sedates the brain and diminishs its capacity to think original thoughts and it keeps intuition from engaging and pushing back against the lies, the abuse, the harm and the evil we allow those who perpetrate the deception to inflict on us.

And this seems like a silly one perhaps — women in bikinis, good gracious — but it was really a challenge about my body and how I view my body, about shame and freedom, about the goodness of our bodies before God, pushing back against my own prejudices and cultural conditionings.

Pushing back against religion is not itself a religion.

Pushing back against religion is an attempt to eliminate the dividing forces.

Today there was more criticism of German intransigence as Mario Draghi was pushing back against criticisms from Wolfgang Schaeuble that ECB policy was igniting the fire of the radical right.

Pushing back against corporate lobbying on climate change.