Sentences with phrase «to take a position on the issue»

Is there some reason chic f cant simply sell chicken and not take a position on issues such as these?

«It's pretty clear the Democratic party in Erie County hasn't taken a position on any issues in about 50 years,» Reese said.

Or participants may call for a vote, polarizing the situation by forcing people to take a position on the issue before the real problem has been fully identified or uncovered.

And Mayor Daley, who declined to take a position on the issue Tuesday, said Wednesday he would sign the ordinance.

bottom line is stop the cross endorsement crap and stop giving these leaders leverage over who gets jobs and whether candidates take positions on issues that suit the minor parties rather than taking a position they believe in... STOP THE EXTORTION

Citizens Union has always sought to achieve effective policy solutions and not simply take positions on issues.

It's also meant to ensure it doesn't «give the appearance of compromising judicial impartiality and independence (including independence from the political process)» while keeping a judge from taking a position on issues that might ultimately wind up before the courts, he argues in the memo.

Quinn has not yet taken a position on the issue, a spokeswoman said again Wednesday — a fact many have been focused on since she killed a mandatory sick leave bill last month.

LHG: Would you favor BDCC taking positions on issues confronting our City and State and nation such as affordable housing, immigration, police accountability.

The IAU's working definition on extrasolar planets takes no position on the issue.

In contrast with platform - committee Democrats, 80 % of rank - and - file adherents who took a position on the issue said they backed the federal requirement that «all students be tested in math and reading each year,» with only 20 % disagreeing.

Overall, 43 percent of the uninformed American public support «a [universal voucher] proposal that would give families with children in public schools a wider choice by allowing them to enroll their children in private schools instead, with government helping to pay the tuition,» while just 37 percent oppose the idea, with the remainder taking no position on the issue.

(The share taking no position on the issue has remained essentially unchanged, at 21 % in 2014.)

(The share of people taking no position on the issue has remained essentially the same.)

It is especially odd that Stern does not heed Dan Kahan's criticisms of the «deficit model,» where Kahan argues that the public takes positions on issues through cultural and value lenses, not scientific information.

Never, ever present a client or supervising lawyer with a laundry list of «considerations» or «options» or «splits among the circuits» without ultimately making a recommendation or otherwise taking a position on the issue or question presented.

«He submits a five page document that really doesn't take a position on any issue,» he said.

And others suggest that taking such a stand helps boost sales with like - minded consumers, especially tech - hungry Millennials who gravitate toward companies that take a position on issues they value.

They are allowed limited lobbying and certainly can take positions on issues (e.g. Abortion).

«He was not taking a position on the issue we are facing today,» writes Matthew, «gay people and their committed relationships.»

«They can take positions on issues that a lot of us would like to support.»

He won't answer questions, take positions on issues and really believes whether the people like it or not, he and his friends will one day soon rule the kingdom.»

Just as many wouldn't take a position on the issue, which rocketed into the political consciousness when Silver was convicted in December of a bribery scheme.

NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who's under big pressure on the so - called living wage bill, questioned supporters carefully during a hearing yesterday, but still hasn't taken a position on the issue.

During an hourlong debate, several Republicans sought unsuccessfully to table the measure at least partially because Suffolk Police Commissioner Timothy Sini had not taken a position on the issue.

The minority party chooses not to take a position on an issue, perhaps because of intraparty divisions.

Respondents also had the option of saying they «neither support or oppose» charters — an important detail as our previous surveys have indicated that many Americans have yet to take a position on the issue.

Charter and merit - pay supporters outnumbered opponents by 2:1, but a near plurality of the public refused to take a position on either issue, revealing just how much further into the public consciousness reform ideas need to penetrate.

As several New Hampshire school boards have moved to institute daily, mandatory moments of silence in public schools, the state board of education has declined to take a position on the issue.

All that can really be said is that our readers are more ready to take a position on the issues, and that our readers appear to constitute a cross-section of the thinking in the larger society.

All but 5 percent of our readers are ready to take a position on the issue, as compared to just 26 percent of the public as a whole.

It is true that a higher percentage of the public is now willing to take a position on the issue, one way or another.

When your official posts a story or takes a position on an issue that you care about, use the comment section to express your views on the topic.

Unions have deployed massive expenditures on debatable matters related to education policy and state spending, and taken positions on issues that have nothing to do with public education, such as The Affordable Care Act.

«This is probably the wrong time to raise the gas tax, given how high the cost of gas is now,» said Hunt, who, like her organization, has not taken a position on the issue.

Unfortunately, you only become an expert when you take positions on issues that offend other peoples» positions, or when you work for a company and have to show that your expertise can generate real money, or you study the subject matter so much that you overturn long - standing paradigms, and therefore make a lot of people unhappy.

As an organization, the Urban Institute does not take positions on issues.

As an organization, the Urban Institute does not take positions on issues.