Sentences with phrase «while garnering support»

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Sen. Bernie Sanders proposed a similar bill in 2015 that never garnered enough support, while Republican Congressman Tom Garrett introduced his own legislation earlier this year that is also not expected to make it to law.

The results show two other members of Magna's board also garnered just 38 per cent support from shareholders, while all other directors got more than 84 per cent support.

While the primary purpose of a quinquennial General Conference session is to conduct business, it is also a celebration of Adventism and its progress; a «fair» where church publishers, departments, educational and medical institutions and unofficial «self - supporting ministries» show their wares and garner support; an old - fashioned revival meeting; and a «family gathering» where church employees, in particular, meet former schoolmates and colleagues.

I don't share this to garner pity or support, but only to show that while we may not kill others over theological issues today, we still can destroy the lives of others when we seek to end their jobs or careers because they took a theological path that makes us uncomfortable.

Currently, Lazio receives support from 38 % of GOP voters while Steve Levy garners 22 %, and Carl Paladino nets 13 %.

While initial rumors focused on Wright running for the State Senate or Dickens» City Council seat, The New York Post recently reported that Wright associate Charlie King is trying to gauge reaction and garner support for a Wright mayoral bid.

Skelos said Cuomo, a Democrat, brokered the deal to garner more liberal support for his re-election, while liberal New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, a driving force behind helping Democrats flip the Senate, is seeking statewide influence.

While the plan itself garnered widespread support, individual projects have been getting whacked down by local officials.

While trying to expand other bases, power at home atrophied, and in the end Quinn was unable to garner enough support even in her home base.

Gibson's campaign worked to counter suggestions he would vote to harm the health program while highlighting his work to protect funding for rural broadband, garner financial support for rebuilding after tropical storms Irene and Lee, and protect programs for the agriculture industry.

While it might be expected that the party would support a lifelong member and landslide - winning candidate, Democrats waited until after Cuomo had garnered support from the state Conservative Party, business coalitions and even tea party groups — entities more accustomed to blasting Democrats than helping them.

Rosenthal garnered the support of filmmaker Michael Moore, while Biberaj enlisted former President Bill Clinton's political strategist Hank Sheinkopf.

Joe Sgammato, the press secretary representing the Democratic Caucus, said that while the proposal is yet to garner any support from the county's Republican lawmakers, Democrats are still pushing for it to become law by summer.

While there has been resistance to the project at St. Nicholas Houses, the project at Washington Houses has garnered some community support.

While the senator has garnered considerable support from party leaders around the state, some are still urging Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro — who said he would not run — to reconsider.

«While Brown polls well with black and white voters, Grant only garners the support of five percent of white voters and Schroeder has the same five - percent support with black voters,» Greenberg said.

Nine percent gave their support to current City Comptroller John Liu while Public Advocate Bill de Blasio garnered 8 %.

While the replacement of the FPTP system had been considered since as early as the turn of the twentieth century, it never garnered enough support in Westminster, until the Conservative - Liberal Democrat coalition took office in 2010.

I spoke briefly with Antonacci, and while he declined to disparage Wilson, he also questioned whether the political neophyte would be able to garner sufficient rank - and - file GOP support to get onto the ballot at the convention.

While garnering public support through media coverage is an effective tool in science advocacy, Erika Shugart explained that connecting directly with people who are not journalists or policymakers is also essential.

Mary J. Blige garnered a supporting actress nod for her role in Netflix drama Mudbound, while Jordan Peele's Get Out will be up for Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy.

In Ralph Fiennes «directed film, Felicity Jones also garnered support for her work in The Invisible Woman while Saoirse Ronan received a mention for How I Live Now.

While it didn't garner a Best Picture nomination or best director nomination for Paul Thomas Anderson, the film's acting ensemble earned three nods total, with Joaquin Phoenix earning a nomination for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman getting one for Best Supporting Actor, and Amy Adams snagging a nod for Best Supporting Actress.

While there are still concerns on the growing demands placed on primary schools teachers across Australia and the lack of resources available, the move to recommend a specialisation for primary school teachers has garnered support.

Given the anti-establishment roots of Edcamp, it's fantastic that they've been so successful in garnering support that even the Department of Education is holding them — while staying true to the model.

Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers and former head of the city's teachers» union, said that while she believed Mr. Klein was sincere in his efforts to improve student achievement, he had difficulty garnering support for his changes, both from educators as well as political leaders.

While many of Louisiana's 69 traditional public school districts voted not to sign on to the application, state officials garnered the support of 28 traditional school districts and nearly all of the state's independently operated charter schools.

The ABA, for its part, announced this decision to the more than 350 member indie bookstores who sell Google ebooks through their websites in order to meet their customers» needs for ebooks while still garnering the local community support that they rely on.

If Mr. Rahim can garner the support from the two activist funds and drive cost cutting while providing better leadership at the firm, shareholders could be rewarded.

«While there is ample historical data to support the type of ultra-long term returns Potatoes hope to garner, there is also plenty of data to show that taking valuations into consideration can help boost those returns further.

Data that shows drops in shelter intake and euthanasia «is great for assessing the initial impact of a program while population data trends need more time to emerge,» she adds, and can help garner additional support to keep a TNR program growing.

And while they have garnered a lot of support from pet industry associations and manufacturers, retailers must get involved too.

While Nintendo's newest console offering has garnered a reputation of being either a «you love it or you hate it» type of deal, we fully support giving the Nintendo Switch a chance.

With the support of an experienced team of curators, advisors and SITE's Board of Directors, Hofmann continues SITE's legacy of presenting first one - person museum exhibitions of numerous emerging and now internationally recognized artists in addition to significant group exhibitions, while garnering SITE an expanded profile among its national and international peer institutions as well as in its own community.

«While Apple Pay and the Apple Watch haven't garnered the adoption curve of the iPhone or iPad, both support short - term growth by capturing the early adopters, and keep the company on the leading edge in capturing long - term opportunities,» he told the E-Commerce Times.

Throughout my educational experience as a medical billing and coding student I have successfully gained the required knowledge and performed detail - oriented billing, while implementing efficient and innovative client support strategies to the complex issues while garnering all facets of medical and coding knowledge.

Provided strategies that garnered scholastic interest and assisted in providing needed support and compassion while strengthening the teen's resolve to move forward and gain interest in life and personal goals.

You could find a lead for a good job while keeping up with industry changes and garnering support from your peers and industry leaders.

While family involvement and school improvement programs are each to be supported, and some have garnered success (Comer, 2004), they can not be expected to do all that needs to be done.

While the rebranding concept garnered overwhelming support at the assembly, members expressed some concern that consumers might confuse «Realtor.ca» with «Realtor.com» in the U.S..