Sentences with phrase «takes policy positions»

In a recent interview with Sky News, he said «God is not left - wing or right - wing» after it was implied he «takes policy positions close to Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party».

They have also asked about the relationship between [Roger Stone] and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, and why Trump took policy positions favorable to Russia.

EBRI does not lobby and does not take policy positions.

Pew Research Center does not take policy positions.

Mayor de Blasio and City Council leaders have taken policy positions that do just that: committing to non-cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), pioneering an IDNYC program, maintaining strong worker protections, and increasing funding for universal pre-kindergarten (UPK) and the Community Schools initiative.

With us or against us I was going to follow - up on the last post with a few more comments about scientists taking policy positions but sometimes events and even scientists speak for themselves.

Pew Research Center does not take policy positions.»

As a neutral source of data and analysis, Pew Research does not take policy positions.

But — in the political battles to come — Labor has much more to lose than it will ever hope to gain in taking a policy position that is nothing more than a naked attempt to prop up its mates running Union Super funds and near - bankrupt cowboys like Infigen — at the expense of the poorest and most vulnerable; struggling businesses; and cash - strapped families.

Pew Research Center does not take policy positions.

Not exact matches

Plank also promised in the letter that Under Armour will take «other public positions on legislation around the country in support of the interests of our teammates whenever policy conflicts with human rights.»

With a Republican Congress backing him (most items need 60 % support to pass in the Senate), Trump will be in a position to reverse trade agreements, immigration policies, Roe V. Wade, the Iran nuclear deal, and any other policy the party takes issue with — including those that impact how Canadians do business with the United States.

However, First Solar is incredibly well positioned for the long term, no matter what direction Trump chooses to take on its climate and energy policy.

Wiseman says the CPPIB takes no position on whether the Canada Pension Plan is sufficient given overall retirement needs or what changes may be required, but says it has the organization has a «platform» of people, relationships and assets that can be expanded if policy - makers decide that's necessary.

But more broadly, his new position can be seen as a sign that provinces across the country are taking on a more significant role in how immigration policy operates in Canada.

Elon Musk took to Twitter ahead of a meeting at the White House yesterday to explain his position on the President's Strategic & Policy Forum.

But he gave up that position in 2013 to take the gavel on the House Financial Services Committee, which has allowed him to reshape regulatory policy.

About 28 percent of gun owners have contributed to an organization that takes a position on gun policy, while only 10 percent of non-gun owners have.

Mueller's office has obtained a wealth of subpoenaed documents about the president's conduct and has taken secret testimony from cooperating witnesses — Michael Flynn, former foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos and former campaign aide Rick Gates — any one of whom would be in a position to contradict Trump and expose him to perjury charges.

The domestic currency on Wednesday ended steady at 66.66 as currency traders avoided taking any positions ahead of the much - awaited FOMC policy decision and US jobs report.

CSIS does not take specific policy positions.

«The federal government has taken a leadership position on climate change policy while also enabling greater access to international markets for our natural resources, which ensures that Canadians receive full value for those resources.»

While no specific policies against crypto, digital, or virtual currencies were offered in the statement, the position taken by Fan and the PBoC is indicative of the currently strict policy of the Chinese government on decentralized forms of payment.

Campaign commercials offered images intended to attract or repel, all in the service of selling a candidate or discrediting an opponent — irrespective of any policy position actually taken or advocated.

Likewise, the Presbyterian Church (USA)'s changes to its policy took place over a much longer time than Azumah names, involved persons holding many positions left undescribed, and came about not because the denomination chose to ignore the Scriptures but because over time, many of us became convinced that there are theologically and historically faithful ways of reading the Scriptures that find space for contemporary understandings of homosexuality.

Under federal tax law, section 501 (c)(3) organizations may take positions on public policy issues, including issues that divide candidates in an election for public office.

Others simply feared that the final policy would be expressed in such broad general terms that no forceful position would be taken.

The symbolic significance of the Army's murder of the country's leading academic and religious figures can not be overstated: the deaths signal that, once again, no one is safe from Army and death squad violence... The Bush Administration has taken the position that the Jesuit murders were a dramatic departure from Salvadoran army policy, and represent an opportunity for President Cristiani to demonstrate that the army is not above the law.

It means the Church, through the collective voice of the bishops, speaking authoritatively, taking a position for this policy option and against the other.

The fad is that the economically developed countries are in a better position than others to take the advantage of globalization and at the same item dictate policies and guidelines to increase their bargaining power.

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

It is up to parents to decide for their family whether to allow their child to start, or continue, playing football, not some present or former player, journalist or scientist who takes the position that football is either too dangerous to be played by anyone or safe enough to be played by all (October 25, 2015 update: this is exactly the position adopted by the American Academy of Pediatrics in its 2015 Policy Statement on Tackling in Youth Football in which it leaves parents - presumably in consultation with their child's pediatrician - to «decide whether the potential health risks of sustaining... injuries [in tackle football] are outweighed by the recreational benefits associated with proper tackling»); and

In one of the posts, I provided information on airline breastfeeding policies and was baffled by Air Transat's comment that breastfeeding during take - off and landing would not be possible due to the holding position required by Transport Canada.

For each interest disclosed to the President of the Board of Directors, the Chair will determine whether to: (a) take no action; (b) assure full disclosure to the Board of Directors and other individuals covered by this policy; (c) ask the person to recuse him / herself from participation in related discussions or decisions within the association; (d) ask the person to resign from his or her position in the association; (e) if resignation is refused, to initiate procedures for removal of that person from that position.

He's still pretty conservative and in a recent analysis, I've applied the model from The Constrained Court to estimate the policy preferences of justices and how they would map onto the vote on the health care legislation (it's all based on a statistical model that links the Court and Congress via positions members of one institution take on votes in the other).

We have a clear ideological direction on how this country should be run and to that extent we have always taken the consistent position against capitalist policies of privatization and deregulation and that explains our opposition to hike in fuel prices.

The Nigeria Labour Congress National Executive Council is also meeting tomorrow and we have invitation to also attend the meeting and that is why today we have taken our position and there is no doubt that we are also going to fight for that reversal and we are not stopping on just reversal to N86.50 k, we are also going to further our struggle against the deregulation policy, against the privatization policy and the need for a political alternative and that is where we are going.

He cautioned against the tendency of the agencies and institution taking entrenched positions on initiatives and policies aimed making the ports more efficient.

Zellnor then went to Cornell Law School where he served as student body president, an editor on the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, a constitutional law instructor in prison, and as a Pro Bono Scholar — a position that allowed him to take the New York Bar early and spend his last semester working full - time at Justice 360, a criminal justice reform organization.

If we take the average position of the general population on a scale ranging from (0) European Unification has gone too far, to (10) European Unification has not gone far enough, we find that the average position of the electorate is closest to the Conservative Party (measured by where survey respondents think the major parties» policies are on the same scale).

Now the election is over, foreign policy must once gain take up a broad position at the heart of the UK policy nexus after some months with a low profile in public debate.

«This administration has taken the position that outside employees with no responsibility to taxpayers and no restraints on conduct can engage in policy discussions that are secret.

Labour needs to take advantage of this situation and position itself as the clear alternative to the Tories with progressive policies to raise living standards.

If a new leader is elected and a bold radical policy programme is formulated, and integrity among politicians is established the Labour Party will be in a unique and highly rewarding position of taking on and resoundingly defeating the Conservatives.

At a forum marked mostly by stump speeches and rote policy positions, Blackwell's closing remarks seemed to take some people by surprise.

Contrary to a widely held view that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), kicked against the introduction of the free SHS policy, its National Organiser Kofi Adams has told Accra - based Okay Fm that nowhere did the party take such a position.

The video, which is modeled after an old - fashioned newsreel, features an array of individuals criticizing Ryan and his policy positions and says the Wisconsin congressman's «vision for American is one that will take the nation back to a very different era.»

Doran said the policy updated is needed to reflect what's going on nationally as women have come forward to reveal harassment by men in positions of power leading to action being taken.

«I am sure His Excellency President Buhari will be absolutely enthused if he were to find himself, not only crystalizing the policy position we have taken so far but also coming here himself to come and open a facility as big as this before the end of his first term.

Asked what would happen if a new leader tried to change policy to support Nato withdrawal, he said: «There's always been in the history of the Labour party individuals who take different positions.