Sentences with phrase «raised by opponents»

The Money Guard solves a big issue raised by opponents to return of premium life insurance... lack of liquidity.

Unfortunately, the problem with the guide, is that it does not address the principle concern raised by opponents of this regime, namely that lawyers don't ACTUALLY have an obligation to promote equality, diversity and inclusion generally.

That means both candidates need several times more donors to match the money raised by their opponents.

A Siena College poll released Wednesday found the top concerns raised by opponents of the convention — the weakening of collective bargaining and the end of «forever wild» clauses for the Catskills and Adirondacks — would be deeply unpopular policies.

Anyhow, the point should be clear: the objection raised by the opponent is defeated by philosophy and not by theology.

But McMahon's campaign spokeswoman, Lauren Amendolara, said Grimm «has not answered the personal character issues raised by his opponent during the primary.»

Not exact matches

MOSCOW — A decision by Facebook to block a page used to rally Russian opponents of President Vladimir V. Putin has engulfed the world's largest social networking site in political controversy and raised accusations that it censors content on behalf of the authorities here.

«The opponents of enforcing immigration law and supporters of amnesty for illegal immigrants are using this as an emotional issue, raising this phony idea that a nun ladling out soup to an illegal alien is going to be wrestled to the ground by a SWAT team,» he said.

A plan to raise atheist billboards in the convention cities was stymied by opponents.

(CNN)- Televangelist Pat Robertson is raising eyebrows, and cheers from activists who are usually his opponents on political issues, by calling for the legalization of marijuana.

This draw raises the tantalising prospect of Hazard, Lukaku & De Bruyne all being half - heartedly booed by fans of PL opponents on the opening day of next season after knocking England out

Only after the bill was accepted by 67 % of the voters, did its opponents turn openly against it, waving objections that no one had raised before concerning provisions that Parliament, rightly, had seen no reason to put on the ballot.

Some blame recent flooding on the agency overseeing the Great Lakes, the International Joint Commission, saying that it failed to release enough water from the lake before spring's arrival and that the consequences reflected the concerns raised by the plan's opponents.

Rep Nan Hayworth is trying to raise some campaign cash of her own off the upcoming event being headlined for one of her two Democratic opponents by Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank.

Incumbent Nan Hayworth raised more money in the NY House election than her opponent, a trend shared by 13 other Republicans in contested House races in 2012.

By comparison, his past three opponents — Republicans Carl Paladino and Rob Astorino and Democrat Zephyr Teachout — raised $ 8 million from all their contributors combined.

I'm thinking this sentence should read: «Marriage equality proponents opponents will trumpet this study as proof that children raised by loving, committed, married same - sex couples will have more problems than those who are raised by both biological parents in a heterosexual household.»

But it was this comment, picked up by someone in the audience on their phone and obtained by NY1, that raised some eyebrows among supporters of Nixon's opponent, Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

«As our region's businesses, residents and school districts have struggled to cope with burdensome taxes, George Amedore have been slowing our economic recovery by raising them even higher,» Amedore opponent Sara Niccoli said.

Gennaro and other opponents of fracking in New York have raised the issue's visibility in part by pointing to the disastrous effects the practice has had in a number of Western states that have allowed it, and in Pennsylvania, which shares the same source of gas as New York State, the Marcellus Shale formation, which runs from the Southern Tier to West Virginia, and west to part of Ohio.

A vocal opponent of the federal government's capacity zones, which could raise utility rates in the Hudson Valley by 20 %, Dr. Murphy sees this as the opportunity to promote and incorporate green energy projects to stabilize our...

Schneiderman's opponent in the fall elections is one of those raising questions about whether the attorney general, who was key to the formation of the ethics commission, could have been more involved and done something to stop alleged interference in probes by Cuomo's aides.

As her primary opponent was taking her to task for failing to raise money for yesterday's DCCC fundraiser headlined by President Obama, residents of the 14th CD were receiving Rep. Carolyn Maloney's first campaign mailer, featuring — what else?

Mr. Recchia has raised considerably more money and has the support of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee — but Mr. Recchia has been set back considerably by a slew of embarrassing gaffes recently highlighted nationwide on the Daily Show and less - than - optimal debate performances upon which his opponent has seized.

Politicos say that it is worth the equivalent of out - raising your opponent by hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Though questions were raised by both supporters and opponents on the actual effects of the map and the appropriateness of «condemning» the paper, the Legislature largely expressed disagreement with the Journal News» actions in putting up and refusing to remove the map.

By contrast, Republican committees raised only $ 3.4 million from labor, less than a fourth of their opponents» total.

The campaign of Liuba Grechen Shirley announced on Tuesday it had raised $ 200,430 in the first three months of the year, easily besting the $ 91,869 raised by DuWayne Gregory, her primary opponent in the upcoming primary in June.

His Republican opponent, Joe Lhota, has said the estimated $ 500 million that would be raised by such a tax could be covered by finding «inefficiencies» in the existing city budget.

While Gibson retains a better than two - to - one fund - raising advantage and has plenty of cash on hand for the final push, Schreibman outraised his opponent by something like $ 500,000 to $ 225,000 in early October reports.

By setting the day's agenda with early morning tweets, followed by a string of television interviews and rallies that were televised live, Trump gained millions of dollars in free media exposure while his opponents «were running around doing fundraisers trying to raise enough money to buy an ad that could be run in between his interviewBy setting the day's agenda with early morning tweets, followed by a string of television interviews and rallies that were televised live, Trump gained millions of dollars in free media exposure while his opponents «were running around doing fundraisers trying to raise enough money to buy an ad that could be run in between his interviewby a string of television interviews and rallies that were televised live, Trump gained millions of dollars in free media exposure while his opponents «were running around doing fundraisers trying to raise enough money to buy an ad that could be run in between his interviews.

WASHINGTON — Republican Wendy Long charged Thursday that her Democratic opponent, Sen. Chuck Schumer, has engaged in «pay to play» by raising campaign funds from developers who benefit from the federal immigrant investor program.

Activists have been galvanised by the impact of mass industrial and political action in France, as opponents of the president's plans to raise the retirement age take their campaign to the streets.

Wilson is calling on DiNapoli, who was in Buffalo yesterday raising concerns about the state budget, not to sign off on the spending plan (once it's officially finished), insisting that the comptroller has the power to refuse to certify — an assertion DiNapoli insists is false (as did one of his predecessors, H. Carl McCall, who was needled on the same point by his then - primary opponent in 2002, Andrew Cuomo).

Republican Wendy Long accused her Democratic opponent, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, of engaging in «pay to play» by raising campaign funds from developers who benefit from the federal immigrant investor program.

Cross cited several accomplishments during his two terms as supervisor: completing a long - delayed comprehensive plan for the town; settling a lawsuit with New York City that allowed the town to raise the assessment of city - owned lands; obtaining extra funding from the city for the Phoenicia sewer project that was then lost by his opponent's administration.

His fund - raising has also lagged behind the others, prompting speculation — some by his opponents — that he might drop out.

It's a remarkable turnaround for a politician who once sold his car two weeks before a primary to raise badly - needed campaign cash, barely won a Democratic district leader race and was told by an opponent that the state attorney general — now Gov. Andrew Cuomo — should investigate him for corruption.

According to campaign finance documents, Rozic trailed Iannece's fund - raising numbers by less than $ 1,000, with $ 97,323 raised compared to her opponent's $ 98,103.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's opponent in the fall elections is one of those raising questions about whether the Attorney General, who was key to the formation of the ethics commission, could have been more involved and done something to stop alleged interference in probes by Governor Cuomo's aides.

Despite the support of prominent Republican officials and raising more than three times the amount compiled by his opponent, Anthony Como lost his bid for a state Senate seat to incumbent Sen. Joseph Addabbo Jr. (D - Howard Beach), according to unofficial election results from NY1.

As Alan Hevesi ran for re-election in 2006, the state ethics commission found he had violated the law by using a staffer as a driver for his seriously ill wife for three years and not paying for it until after his Republican opponent raised the issue.

Tenney raised about $ 845,000 during the 2015 - 16 election campaign, but was outspent 10 - to - 1 by her opponents in a primary and the general election.

But her limited coffers — she raised $ 980,000 compared with more than $ 7 million by her opponent — put her at a distinct disadvantage in countering claims that she favored strict gun control laws and that her views on the economy made her a communist.

The problems raised by judges in these remedial proceedings call for thoughtful responses and nuanced solutions, rather than the cavalier rejection of «judicial activism» that Hanushek and Lindseth and other opponents of adequacy articulate.

Kentucky Gov. Paul E. Patton's call for mandated pay raises for teachers threatens to do what months of scheming by opponents of the Kentucky education - reform law has not managed — hobble the state's open - ended testing and performance bonus programs.

Opponents also argue that we can't afford to take any money out of the public system when the Legislature has refused to pay for smaller class sizes and teacher raises as provided by Initiative 728 and Initiative 732 in recent years.

But opponents, led mostly by the Washington Education Association, raised concerns and forced a referendum on the issue.

Opponents of the big Cs» plan pointed out that there was no evidence in Colorado or elsewhere that more funding by itself would raise student achievement, and that the best funded states in the country (like New Jersey [Note: NJ is actually a high - achieving state] or D.C.) often showed the worst student achievement.

Nearly $ 5 million in campaign donations were raised by proponents and opponents of the Propositions 1, 2, and 3, with 75 % of those donations going to defeat Proposition 3.