Sentences with phrase «symbolic resolution»

As the US Conference of Mayors wrapped up in Miami Beach on Monday, leaders from more than 250 cities voted on symbolic resolutions pushing back against Donald Trump on climate change and immigration.

In a sign that the 2012 legislative session will feature sharp (and partisan) battles in the Senate, Democrats are accusing the GOP majority of trying to edit out references to abortion, reproductive rights and contraceptives in a largely symbolic resolution calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to declare next week «Reproductive Rights and Justice Week.

At one point, when the union members were considering symbolic resolutions that offered NYSUT's support or opposition for a variety of political issues, the teachers voted to remove Cuomo's name from a pledge to support the Women's Equality Act, which he championed.

Last week Senate Democrats said a largely symbolic resolution was changed to remove references to politically charged topics like abortion and contraception.

The Cortland County Legislature Thursday night voted on a symbolic resolution to send to Washington

The Johnsburg Town Board passed a symbolic resolution criticizing a state proposal to change how the state pays property taxes on state - owned land.

The Cortland County Legislature Thursday night voted on a symbolic resolution to send to Washington to protest threatened cuts to federal Title X family planning funding for the Jacobus Center.

He hopes a symbolic resolution by the Legislature will send a clear message to the federal government that Jefferson County doesn't want the turbines in Lake Ontario.

Williams and 9 other council members refused to vote Wednesday for a symbolic resolution condemning the Palestinian - backed Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement, an effort to delegitimize Israel over its treatment of Palestinian people.

Passing even a symbolic resolution can be a powerful statement that together with neighbouring areas could help build popular support for such a ban at a state, provincial, or national level.

In a symbolic resolution, San Juan Capistrano City Council condemned California Senate Bill 54 (SB 54), also known as the California Values Act or Sanctuary State Law, in a 4 - 1 vote with Mayor...