Sentences with phrase «stated opposition against»

Much of the stated opposition against publicly financed elections stems from the cost of such a program, which opponents of reform have falsely exaggerated.

On Sunday and Monday, 127 Bay Area companies filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit stating their opposition against the president's executive order on immigration.

Not exact matches

Yet a large number of criticisms in precisely this domain have already been leveled against Ukraine, not only from domestic political opposition groups but also from high - profile international actors and leaders of other OSCE participating states.

Opposition against Keystone XL flared most strongly in Nebraska, where the company still did not have a route approved when it pulled its state application after Obama denied the border - crossing permit.

«I'm not entitled to have an opinion unless I can state the arguments against my position better than the people who are in opposition.

But world opinion is against her, and in the United States itself there is strong opposition (though American opinion on Vietnam is not as violent as French opinion on Algeria was in 1960).

Against the entrenched opposition of those who had long profited from the cronyism of economic life in the Papal States, Consalvi worked hard to reform and rationalize Vatican finance, and instituted a program of free trade in the Papal States.

Separation of church and state simply means the government is not in support of, nor against, any particular religion unless an organization poses itself at opposition to the government or its citizens.

The original release stated Ferber's strong opposition against sleep sharing.

For instance, if all political parties, including the APC which was then in opposition, could hold their primaries in the state, why would the PDP that was in control of the State Government come down to Abuja for its primaries against the provisions of the Electoral Act and the PDP constitustate, why would the PDP that was in control of the State Government come down to Abuja for its primaries against the provisions of the Electoral Act and the PDP constituState Government come down to Abuja for its primaries against the provisions of the Electoral Act and the PDP constitution?

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Engineers and Planners, Mr. Ibrahim Mahama has stated that even though the wheels of justice in the country grind slowly, he is certain justice will be served him in a GHc5 million libel suit against Ashanti Regional Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Bernard Antwi Bosiako.

Second, a number of opposition MPs — who might have been expected to oppose legislation that empowers government censorship — backed the bill, against the stated position of their party leaders.

The empirical record suggests, he argues, that the role of social media in supporting and maintaining political opposition should not be underestimated, concluding that regimes have learned the hard way about how power social media networks can be used against the state apparatus.

«If we are going to make New York a bulwark against Trumpism, Democratic State Senators must unite to show their unequivocal opposition to the racism, misogyny, xenophobia, and sharp departure from democratic norms that Trump is set to unleash.

As the state looks to build a case of treason against the Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, police have been given permission to seize all electronic devices belonging to the embattled politician.

«President Buhari and the APC were only engaged in a smearing campaign against our leader because they don't want any opposition to speak against all their anti-peoples» policies,» Ishola stated.

I mean, their opposition to «gay marriage» for example is founded on religious beliefs they believe to be objectively true, to which any deviation is an offence against God - naturally, this will trump any commitment to pluralism or relativism, as your appeal for a «secular state» seems to be about.

Malliotakis has voiced opposition to the City's program, calling it an irresponsible use of taxpayer money, and voted against a bill that would have established a state matching program with a similar 6 - 1 match.

Opposition to the state plan for the Thruway Authority to be lead agency in the environmental review of the proposed Pilgrim Pipeline along the superhighway is mounting as the Newburgh City Council is against it.

But elected officials and advocates say they are filing amicus briefs in opposition to the city's appeal of a July 2015 state court decision that called for the release of a summary of misconduct findings against Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who put Staten Island man Eric Garner in a chokehold that killed him, noting that the law permits released based on a court order.

The vote — an abrupt about - face in policies pushed by Cuomo and the Regents in recent years — was the latest in a series of state responses to rising public opposition against Albany's direction on school curricula, testing and educator evaluations.

Individual members have spoken out against the disenfranchisement of minority voters in both the state legislative and congressional lines, but there has been no organized opposition effort to date.

The winner of the Ulrich - Reyes primary will run against State Senator Joseph Addabbo, a moderate Democrat who dropped his opposition to same - sex marriage last year and is being hit with some harsh mailers from a little - known PAC.

Not one member of Congress ever voted against or said one word of opposition to aid going to other states when the money was needed.

will the states be able to pay police and service them is the question we should answer especially those agigating for state - police because some of these states can not pay teachers and LG employees nor to talk of police that they are going to use as political thugs against the oppositions.

Although Mr. Bawa, who is also the Member of Parliament for the Bongo constituency on the ticket of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), said he is not against a reduction in the tariffs, he stated that it would be unfortunate for the government to mount undue pressure on the PURC in order to fulfill political promises.

This was even as the Governor warned the opposition party against importing into the state hoodlums and mercenaries for the purpose of unleashing mayhem during the coming Osun West Senatorial by - election.

He said that the party had performed creditably in its eight years in government as against the 10 years the opposition Peoples Democratic Party was in charge in the state.

The general election features battle - tested GOP Rep. Joe Heck against Democratic state Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto, who has been elected statewide twice against nominal opposition.

GOP state lawmakers are expressing opposition to the governor's funding of college programs for prison inmates, and Sen. Pattie Ritchie has launched an online petition to gather support against it.

Speaking further, he said, «The PDP is aware of clandestine plots against key opposition leaders, particularly members of the PDP National Working Committee, some dissenting members of the APC, members of the civil society, opinion leaders, journalists and bloggers, who refuse to succumb to intimidation and that such persons have already been listed and currently being trailed by agents of the state.

She was forceful in stating her opposition to abortion during a 2012 debate against Gillibrand, and according to political operatives, once threw holy water on a campaign aide who was driving too frantically.

«The various lengths to which President Buhari has gone to end the spate of killings, such as mobilising state resources against the attackers, approving the setting up of new police and army formations in the affected areas, and the recruitment of thousands into the police and other arms of the military, are a few of the several steps taken which a more reasonable opposition will acknowledge.

The governor's political opposition, the state's Republican Party, has been speaking out against the $ 15 an hour minimum wage, saying it's too costly for businesses, especially smaller employers and would be a «job killer».

He warned people of the state against voting for the main opposition party in the election, saying the APC had nothing to offer the people of the state.

Reps. Pat Meehan of Pennsylvania, Jamie Herrera Beutler of Washington state and John Katko of New Yorkalso came out against the bill in statements Thursday, with Meehan specifically citing concerns about those with pre-existing condition as the reason for his opposition.

There seems to be total opposition against the wealthy paying more to sustain services in the state.

King, however, said opposition from New York would likely not be enough to defeat the plan and all high tax states, including New Jersey and California, need to be unified against it.

ALBANY — New York's top two Democrats joined forces Monday to rally opposition against the GOP's tax reform plan — especially the elimination of a deduction for state and local taxes.

In his address, the Timi of Edeland, Oba Muniru Adesola Lawal while receiving the state leadership of PCRC, expressed disappointment in what he described as unfounded, baseless and frivolous allegation of financial recklessness purportedly credited to the members of the opposition parties against Governor Aregbesola of Osun, affirming that the current economic hardship was not in anyway the fault of Governor Aregbesola.

Last week, Mr. Silver mounted a campaign against a move to hold New York's 2016 presidential primary on a date that falls during Passover, recruiting colleagues to sign a letter to the Democratic National Committee stating their opposition.

Her votes against major sections of the 2015, 2016, and 2017 state budgets — omnibus bills that combined popular legislation with controversial policy and basic funding measures — may provide further ammunition for the opposition, according to Sherrill.

Numerous Board of Supervisors members spoke against it this past February, before passing a resolution stating their opposition.

The state senator, whose turf covers not Maspeth but neighborhoods like Bayside and Whitestone, read a scripted speech that sounded like a laundry list of middle - class outer borough complaints against the present administration: from de Blasio's «narrow - minded anti-motorist» Vision Zero program, to his opposition to bringing the city into line with the rest of the state's two percent property tax cap, to his allegedly insufficient support for co-ops and small senior centers, to the influence of high - power political consultants at City Hall, to the lack of public transit options in the deepest reaches of the city (which the state controls), to his purported failure to shield small businesses from rent hikes, to — yes — his scrapped plans to convert the Holiday Inn into a homeless shelter.

Bollinger's support was in direct opposition to comments from Greenwich Village's State Sen. Tom Duane, who spoke against the NYU 2031 plan.

Documentary Film, Discursive Opportunity, and Local Opposition against Hydraulic Fracturing in the United States, 2010 - 2013,» was published online today and will appear in the October print issue of the American Sociological Review.

Planting a large - scale seaweed farm would likely come up against stiff opposition from those who are not used to seaweed farms in their backyards, agreed Mike Graham, an ecologist specializing in seaweed at the California State University - associated Moss Landing Marine Laboratories.

Many federal lawmakers, as well as state and local officials, have already expressed strong opposition to some of the cuts, and even new EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, long an EPA foe, has suggested that he will push back against parts of the preliminary White House plan.

Against this backdrop, an environmental think tank released guidelines yesterday outlining how communities can work with companies and state regulators to diminish widespread opposition.

The French parliament voted on June 30 to ban the controversial technique for extracting natural gas from shale rock deposits known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the web sites of Le Monde and other French media reported.The bill had already passed the National Assembly, the country's lower chamber, on June 21, and on June 30 a Senate vote of 176 to 151 made France the first country to enact such a ban, just as New York State is preparing to lift a moratorium on the same method.The vote was divided along party lines, with the majority conservative party voting in favor and the opposition voting against the bill, according to Le Monde.