Sentences with phrase «successfully beat back»

From Ivy Main's Power for the People VA blog: «Solar advocates and industry members successfully beat back Dominion Power's bid to hijack the multi-family net metering provisions of HB 879 (Yost) and HB 906 (Krupicka).

The group, in turn, successfully beat back efforts by reformers and school choice activists in the Sunshine State to expand choice (and abolish the religious bigotry - driven Blaine amendment banning the use of public school dollars for expanding access to high - quality private school options for poor and minority kids) through the passage of Amendment 8.

The ride - share app Uber formally launched an effort on Tuesday to bring its service outside of New York City, an expansion push that comes after the company successfully beat back an effort that some saw as limiting its growth in the five boroughs.

For at least the third year in a row, Cuomo successfully beat back attempts by the two houses to increase transparency of state economic development spending.

As Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo successfully beat back a left - leaning challenge in Tuesday's primary, he's left with questions over whether the state's liberal base of supports will support him moving forward.

Having successfully beaten back the monstrous threat that had imperiled Sera, Fenix has been able to raise his son JD in relative peace.

Not exact matches

Shaw seems to overcome concerns about his health from earlier in the cycle (he battled lung cancer successfully) and has shown he can beat back a well - funded Democrat in a tough year (see Elaine Bloom, 2000).

DenDekker, who backed Monserrate in 2008 when he successfully beat incumbent John Sabini for the Queens Dems» endorsement for state Senate, praised his colleague Peralta.