Sentences with phrase «sharp policy debate»

To the contrary, the city benefits from a sharp policy debate.

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And that feeling extended to the debate itself, as they seemed unable or unwilling to articulate clear and sharp policy differences between them, despite several attempts to draw them out.

Three Republican presidential candidates stated their belief in climate change last night during two debates that wandered from economic policies to sharp attacks on the media.

If an endorsement by Ted Kennedy, Dick Cheney's daughter, The New York Times or even Chuck Norris isn't enough to thrust you onto a particular presidential candidate's bandwagon, the Scientists & Engineers for America, a nonpartisan organization that advocates evidence - based debate and decision - making in Washington, offers another metric: their science platforms.Examining subjects like energy policy, healthcare, views on evolution, stem cells and the like, the Science, Health and Related Policies (SHARP) Network unfurls each candidate's positions (and past) in a wiki format.

At the same time that the board was debating the policy, wrangling over credentialing rules for teachers of limited - English - proficient students was pointing up sharp divisions on the issue among California teachers.

«They are taking this debate very seriously,» said Mr. Sharp, a former Democratic congressman long active in energy - policy debates.