Sentences with phrase «to advance one's agenda»

Quite often, as I like to be armed against people who use biased interpretations of religious works to advance an agenda of hatred.

We are clear that it is our responsibility to work with schools in advancing this agenda and that business has a vital role to play as well.

He simply wants to advance his agenda by appealing to people's emotions and fears.

He doesn't do or say anything that doesn't advance the agenda.

Yet happy lawyers and advancing an agenda often have nothing in common.

Sadly, the corrupt party leaders in our area have made a choice to stand for nothing and advance an agenda of self - interest and political preservation.

Crucially, the union advances its agenda with tightly organized campaigns that can put boots on the ground in key races and help forge powerful alliances.

Times political reporter Nicholas Confessore does an excellent job of exploring the factors leading to this stunning reversal, which include a recent change in SNA's leadership, its choice of a new lobbying firm and its decision to use more aggressive legislative tactics to advance its agenda on Capitol Hill.

Mr Reckless claimed the collapse of the euro could help advance the agenda of the Conservative party's eurosceptics.

It is apparent that the tri-axis saw an opportunity to advance their agenda as opposed to analyzing a match as it is supposed to be.

There is much work to be accomplished this year, and there is no doubt that Assemblyman Goodell will be an integral part of advancing our agenda during the 2018 Legislative Session.»

Because of this, mainline Democrats have faced difficulty advancing their agenda at the state level despite having a majority in the Assembly and a twice - elected Democratic governor.

The League's main goal is to defend allies who advance its agenda in the Senate's Environmental Conservation Committee, which Grisanti chairs.

Also advancing this agenda are private companies, like the scandal - plagued K12 Inc. which is supported by U.S. taxpayers and pays their CEOs millions in annual salaries ($ 4 million in 2017), pushing hard for vouchers and the privatization of schools so they can rake in more profits.

The responsibilities of these committees are to engage stakeholders in payments and advance the agenda presented in the January report Strategies for Improving the U.S. Payment System.

It does, because Russia's clearly tried to advance their agenda into the United States.

Also leave to the side the strange self - delusion of a senator who boldly advances an agenda for a new American politics by repeating Democratic obsessions that were already moldy a decade ago.

Of course he'll push Faso's agenda, because remember: Conservatives like these demonstrably don't have any principles, they just advance the agenda of the NRA, and whoever's lining their pockets.

While Mr. de Blasio faced significant challenges advancing his agenda this year in Albany and Washington, it has been the opposite at the City Council, where fellow Democrat Ms. Mark - Viverito has helped him win approval on a number of planks from his 2013 mayoral campaign.

The Co-operative Party seeks to advance its agenda through the Parliamentary Labour Party, with whom it shares common values.

Any chance for Badran to advance his agenda went up with the smoke in November 2005 when suicide bombers targeted the three Amman hotels.

«I felt like it really didn't advance the agenda enough,» said Ria Voorhaar, director of engagement and outreach at the Global Strategic Communications Council.

Since the initial meeting on October 31st, 2015 in New York City, GP - write has made significant progress advancing the agenda of this Grand Challenge.

Juan returns to Rome trying to spin his combat injury as proof of his valor, but Cesare exposes his brother's ignoble behavior; Lucrezia takes a lover in her intended husband's younger brother; Della Rovere has recruited an angel - faced young friar as his suicide assassin, and the young man advances their agenda with a bold move against the Pope's food taster.

The Revisionaries showcases how public education has become the latest battleground in a new wave of cultural, religious and ideological clashes, with local Texas education board members advancing agendas of Creationism and other religious issues in public schools.

The Obama administration relied on its regulatory power to advance its agenda across a broad range of policy areas in the face of an uncooperative Congress.

Then again, there's no telling how many of the comments are from sock puppets further advancing the agenda.

The United Nations wants representatives of world governments and international organizations to advance its agenda -LSB-...]

«State is largely populated by those whose worldview embraces such gestures advancing an agenda in the name of global salvationism,» he said.

«After the inability to advance an agenda led by climate change, our sense was it's important to step back and reevaluate,» Jason Grumet, NCEP's executive director, told POLITICO.

Google, the tech giant supposedly guided by its «don't be evil» motto, has been funding a growing list of groups advancing the agenda of the Koch brothers.

The declaration pledges a long - term commitment to improving children's outcomes in the early years and jointly advancing the agenda for early childhood development, policy and practice, particularly for families facing adversity.

The expanded work group received a comprehensive advance agenda with supporting resource / reference information that included:

Entrepreneurial ed reformers have advanced their agenda by arguing that other organizations like charter schools deserve a crack at doing what existing institutions have failed to do.

The work I will undertake for this Fellowship will include looking at ways to enhance current models, hack out ideas and propose new ways of advancing the agenda for diversity as a means for innovation.

The Trump administration will advance its agenda on federal employment policies by using powers within its discretion in addition to... More

ALEC has also helped advance this agenda, as noted by PRWatch, opposing regional agreements to address climate change and even hosting a workshop for ALEC politicians last year about «Warming Up to Climate Change,» about how increased carbon dioxide is supposedly good for you and leads to longer lifespans.

Put simply, the Law Society bought face - time with political parties in order to advance its agenda as a lawyer regulator and promote justice issues: far from nefarious goals.

Campaign for One New York, a lobbying organization set up by NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's campaign strategists, spent close to $ 1.7 million to advance his agenda during his first six months in office and got donations from unions, developers and people like Google's Eric Schmidt.

Defiant and determined to transform the Democratic Party, Sen. Bernie Sanders is opening a two - month phase of his presidential campaign aimed at inflicting a heavy blow on Hillary Clinton in California and amassing enough leverage to advance his agenda at the convention in July — or even wrest the nomination from her.

But when asked today which presidential candidate he thought would be the most helpful in advancing his agenda, he demurred.

And while it's probably no surprise that Pinchuk would want to curry influence and advance his agenda with the president, the donation came early in the GOP primary, long before Trump was the presumptive nominee.