Sentences with phrase «substantial political support»

Rail projects enjoy substantial political support and attract the bulk of new capital funding.

Not exact matches

«With the political race already drawing substantial media attention and potential candidates doing everything in their power to gain the support of the public at large, regulation of the hedge fund industry is a topic that will likely receive significant attention throughout the campaign period.»

substantial, in part because of the political ties of many of its preachers, beginning with their support of a number of conservative causes and candidates in l980, but also because they galvanized strong support from a relatively small group of people who for the first time found a national public articulation of their views.

What's more, in comparison to previous governments, it suffers from a substantial problem in the shape of Plahotniuc, who suffers from the lowest levels of popular support of any political figure in the country, but nevertheless maintains large levels of influence in the media and has a close relationship with both decision - makers in Bucharest and the Socialist Party in Chisinau.

Although viewed by many as a political liability, President Obama carries substantial support in some areas.

The Office of Congressional Ethics found «substantial reason» to believe Honda and his staffers used official resources to advance his campaign, and tied official events «to past or potential campaign or political support.»

But he has been outspent by the major party candidates in this campaign, who have received substantial support from their respective national parties and from political action committees.

«The Commission is concerned that over-reliance on international offsets — given the practical difficulty of assuring that emissions reductions claimed in other countries are real, permanent, additional, and verifiable — could undermine program goals and political support, especially if substantial U.S. funds are leaving the country to support abatement efforts abroad rather than at home,» it states.

Harsh political struggles on how best to move forward and escalating fiscal uncertainties aside, this plan enjoys substantial support and promises as much drama as the Apollo landings.

But the substantial support that Murkowski's proposal attracted highlights the political obstacles looming in front of any policy that aims to seriously advance alternatives to the carbon - intensive fossil fuels that now dominate the United States» energy mix.

The ultimate political question seems to be whether there is greater (geographic and sectoral) political support for the Waxman - Markey (H.R. 2454) approach of substantial free allocations and targeted use of auction revenue, or if there is greater (populist) political support for the full auction combined with lump - sum rebate which characterizes the «cap - and - dividend» approach.

Since the National Apology there is substantial good will and renewed political commitment to support healing.

A substantial political action committee or war chest for political contributions and issue advocacy campaigns — All highly effective lobbying organizations must have the ability to contribute substantial financial resources to support congressional candidates who are sympathetic to their key issues.