When you're backing down on them, I'm standing up for them.
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Kaplan apologized, but without backing down on his support of Kavanaugh.
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Mr. Sanders's supporters showed no sign of backing down on Tuesday.
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He also stressed that they aren't backing down on their discharge petition.
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Those GOP lawmakers promptly clubbed Democrats for backing down on the resolution.
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At least one conservative signaled he is not backing down on his opposition.
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Grassley, Dick Durbin, Lindsey Graham and others aren't backing down on sentencing reform.
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According to Politico, Trump may be backing down on releasing the documents altogether.
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Earlier in the day, Trump told reporters "we're not backing down" on tariffs.
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China is pretty much backing down on every step towards opening up the economy.
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The American Cancer Society's Cancer Action Network also isn't backing down on its opposition.
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But now Bugatti seems to be backing down on plans for a speed test.
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Thus far, the Blue House has given no indication of backing down on this goal.
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Al Franken is still not backing down on his harsh criticism of the now-commander-in-chief.
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As the perceived safety of bonds continues, President Donald Trump shows no sign of backing down on trade.
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Some populists, according to Roberts, have survived backing down on campaign promises, at least in the short term.
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Still, I can't see Apple backing down on its commitment to device and data security — nor should it.
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Years later, he's not backing down on his decision to hold the hearings or his controversial claims about Muslims.
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But backing down on outsourcing did not mean the hospital had given up on getting more out of its doctors.
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When asked afterward whether the four countries were backing down on their 13 demands, the Saudi diplomat dismissed the idea.
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"We are not backing down on our effort to determine the citizenship status of the United States population," he said.
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The equivalent for NATO would be backing down on joint military exercises in the Baltic states Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.
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During an Oval Office meeting on Monday, he told the press that he's "not backing down" on his proposed tariffs.
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However, 84 Lumber — which identifies itself as a "2nd generation, woman-owned company" — isn't backing down on its political stance.
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Tom Arnold isn't backing down on his claim that Mark Burnett "choked" him at a pre-Emmys party on Sunday night.
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The United States is not backing down on the military threat, and is even deploying another aircraft carrier to the region.
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Dealers also said that Trump's backing down on surprise early criticisms of China's "One China" policy had helped risk appetite globally.
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Trump has shown no signs of backing down on the policy, however, and has tried to shift the blame on Democrats.
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Even before touching down in Osaka, Trump seemed to be backing down on Iran, perhaps wary of his already caustic G20 reception.
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Today, Beijing is militarily challenging America in the South China Sea and shows no sign of backing down on the trade war.
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I'm not backing down on the wedding thing, but nobody knows how to make you feel like shit quite like your mom.
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Navarro confirmed that the administration is not backing down on across-the-board tariffs and would not be making any country-based exceptions.
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But the magazine isn't backing down: On Sunday, editor Timothy Dalrymple published a second editorial, defending his decision to run the first one.
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"We are not backing down on our effort to determine the citizenship status of the US population," Trump said in laying out his plan.
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Well, coming up, Maxine Waters not backing down on her calls to harass Trump administration officials despite backlash of those within her own party.
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So, he's certainly not backing down on his assertion that he has as much right as anyone else to serve Chinese cuisine to America.
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On the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly called out NATO members for falling short of their commitments, and even floated backing down on treaty obligations.
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IN FOCUS/SHARP TAKES ➔ TRADE & INTERNATIONAL: Trump is playing defense at home over tariffs, but shows no sign of backing down on his trade agenda.
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Some critics who support a crackdown on illegal immigration are pushing for Trump to act more swiftly, slamming him for backing down on a campaign promise.
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The Senate passed the bill Thursday, and President Donald Trump had agreed to sign it after backing down on demands that it include border security funding.
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Trump said he was not backing down on the plan, saying he did not think that there would be a trade war due to the tariffs.
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Paul has made clear to leadership he is not backing down on the matter, the sources said, as GOP leaders attempted to find a workable resolution.
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But the Chinese government shows no indication of backing down on the program and major Muslim partners such as Pakistan don't appear interested in pressing the point.
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"Today I am here to say that we are not backing down on our effort to determine the citizenship status of the United States population," Trump said.
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But the open door was undercut by other ministers who publicly said there would be no backing down on the government's new gas taxes or its overall program.
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The stakes rose sharply for the Chinese leader this week after Mr. Trump and his chief trade representative, Robert Lighthizer, publicly accused China of backing down on commitments.
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"We have seen disturbing reports that you may be considering backing down on further action against China in order to reach an agreement at the G-20," wrote Sen.
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Ryan Seacrest's former stylist isn't backing down on her claims that the TV personality sexually harassed her multiple times over the six years that she was employed by E!
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But with a new immigration order on the horizon, the administration appears to be backing down on appealing the decision, which would have taken weeks or months to resolve.
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President Trump insisted he was "not backing down" on the issue, but suggested his tariffs would not apply to Canada and Mexico if the countries negotiated a new deal on NAFTA.
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Larry Kudlow, the director of the White House's National Economic Council, sought to lower expectations on Thursday and insisted that President Trump had no intention of backing down on his demands.
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But during his speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump gave no indication he would be backing down on his strict trade actions against China.
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While China and the US are at loggerheads over trade, they both share at least one goal regarding security in the region: a belligerent North Korea backing down on its nuclear ambitions.
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Woods denied Tamblyn's claims on Twitter, but she isn't backing down: On Wednesday, she published an open letter to James Woods in Teen Vogue, in which she elaborates on her experience with him.
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As many of politics most prominent figures prepare to eulogize and honor John McCain this weekend, the president is not backing down on his highly criticized response to the senator and war hero's death.
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He's also shown no signs of backing down on China, taking credit for holding up the trade deal and refusing to set a deadline on when a third round of tariffs might kick in.
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While Trump's ultimately backing down on adding the question disappointed many conservatives, the political optics were clear: Trump had yet again baited the Democrats into taking the wrong side of a hot button issue.
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Backing down on pledges Trump fueled his campaign with a cocktail of promises that were all about bucking a status quo in Washington and overseas that has proven far more robust than he expected.
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Retreat on shutdown threat: The White House signaled that President Trump was backing down on his demand for border wall funding, just days before a partial government shutdown has been set to take effect.
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Now, I suppose it's possible that Trump will, in fact, manage to bully Harley-Davidson into backing down on moving some production from the U.S. At the moment, however, there's no sign of that.
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"Tariffs speak louder than words and as yet, there's little to suggest either side is backing down on a pledge to implement more this weekend," said Craig Erlam, senior market analyst at Oanda, a currency broker.
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On Thursday, US Vice President Mike Pence said the US was backing down on a requirement for North Korea to provide a full list of nuclear and missile sites before a second meeting between Trump and Kim.
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In the final two days of campaigning, Bolsonaro has sounded more moderate in his statements, backing down on a plan to follow U.S. President Donald Trump's example and pull Brazil out of the Paris climate change accord.
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Meanwhile, the Trump administration has shown no signs of backing down on its larger ambition of curbing immigration — legal and illegal alike — and dismantling America's traditions as a refuge for the world's tired, poor and huddled masses.
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Lightbody also expects GM and its crosstown rivals to likely regret backing down on plans to curtail rising health-care costs during this year's negotiations — a major goal for the automakers at the beginning of the talks.
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Trump has made clear that he has no intention of backing down on retaliatory tariffs that threaten to disrupt global supply chains, even as Washington and Beijing prepare to meet later this month to resolve their differences.
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Lawmakers also appear to be losing faith in the BOJ's ability to change the economic weather, backing down on calls for more monetary easing and instead urging Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to compile a big fiscal spending package.
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Later, the conservative provocateur made an appearance on comedian Bill Maher's show, where she continued to criticize the president for backing down on his demands for a border wall in order to reopen the government for three weeks.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Christian Coleman may be a newcomer to international competition but the young American sprinter is not backing down on his chances against the likes of Usain Bolt and Justin Gatlin in the World Athletics Championships 100 metres.
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President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is not backing down on an executive order halting travel from seven Muslim-majority countries, vowing to fight legal challenges to his most divisive action so far as president all the way through the courts.
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You can hear it from the White House, you can hear it from directors of all these agencies, even people specifically saying yes, the Kremlin, yes, pointing the finger at Putin, not backing down on that, a very strong force.
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WARSAW, June 27 (Reuters) - Poland's Prime Minister said on Wednesday he wanted to amend a law the imposed jail terms for suggesting the nation was complicit in the Holocaust, backing down on legislation that had angered Israel and the United States.
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But Trump has made clear, repeatedly on both Twitter and in private conversations, that he isn't backing down on a fight that has support from his base, top allies in the House Republican conference and top supporters in conservative commentary circles.
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Separately, the White House signaled that President Trump might be backing down on his demand for $26 billion from Congress for a wall on the border with Mexico, easing fears of a government shutdown that would begin at midnight Friday.
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"We are not backing down on our effort to determine the citizenship status of the United States population," Trump said in the Rose Garden on Thursday while announcing the executive order to collect inter-agency data that could help determine citizenship.
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Salvini's League, which campaigned predominantly on tensions over mass migration, formed a coalition government with the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement in May and has so far shown no signs of backing down on its election rhetoric since forming the government in May.
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HONG KONG, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Hong Kong is gearing up for what is expected to be a relatively quiet weekend of protests, although there is no sign that anti-government activists are backing down on their calls for greater democracy and other demands.
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A second rebellion on a measure to enshrine in law the date of leaving the EU looms next week -- and there have been reports in the British media that May is considering backing down on this, rather than suffering a second defeat.
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"We have seen disturbing reports that you may be considering backing down on further action against China in order to reach an agreement at the G-20," wrote Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, and Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio.
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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada unveiled simplified measures to close loopholes for those who use private corporations to reduce taxes, backing down on one part of a reform that had sparked a backlash against the finance minister and spurred questions about his own business dealings.
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Left-wing anger is growing at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Senate Democrats for backing down on their threat to keep the government closed unless Congress agreed to some legislative protections for recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
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On Saturday, Donald Trump made it clear that he wasn't backing down on the controversial and widely criticized comments he made about NFL and NBA players who express their unhappiness over the current political situation in America by refusing to stand during the national anthem.
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Trump laid the groundwork for his face-to-face encounter with his new top political foe by cementing his demands for wall funding in a hastily orchestrated appearance in the White House Briefing Room that signaled he was a long way from backing down on the shutdown.
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But anything short of a literal, physical concrete wall threatens to disappoint two constituencies that also carry serious weight with the president: the Trumpist base, for whom the wall has become a symbol of making America great again, and cable news pundits, who'll find it all too easy to needle Trump over backing down on his central campaign promise.
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After Trump told a group of conservative reporters Monday evening that he wasn't fixated on getting funding for his border wall in the current budget negotiations, White House officials insisted Tuesday that Trump was not backing down on securing funding for the border wall in the FY 2017 budget that must get through Congress on Friday to avoid a government shutdown.
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French retailers have warned that prolonged protests could hit the Christmas shopping season and threaten jobs, while President Emmanuel Macron has shown no sign of backing down on taxes introduced last year on diesel and petrol to encourage people to switch to cleaner forms of transport.. The unrest reached new heights in Paris on Saturday, when police clashed violently with thousands of demonstrators on the Champs-Elysees.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump says he doesn't want NYT in the White House Veterans group backs lawsuits to halt Trump's use of military funding for border wall Schiff punches back after GOP censure resolution fails MORE this week showed no sign of backing down on his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria, stoking fears in Washington of worst-case scenarios from abandoning a crucial defense partner.
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The move to offer official support was criticised by some opposition members in the ACT, and similar criticisms lead to the City of Darebin backing down on plans to restrict "No" campaigners from using council facilities.
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On 20 August 2010, the became the first Canadian warship to secure to the Nanisivik jetty as part of Operation Nanook. Two days later, the frigate secured alongside for a photo opportunity. The Coast Guard icebreaker was also present, but did not go alongside at that time. In 2011 and 2012, the government started backing down on the Nanisivik conversion plans, explaining that construction in the far north is too expensive.
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In 2013 the ISM launched the campaign Protect Music Education calling for confirmed funding for music education hubs from 2015, and for the Government to drop its proposal advising local authorities to cease funding music education. It united the music sector, gaining the support of 134 organisations from across the music sector, 5,000 individuals and many distinguished musicians. On 22 July 2014, the campaign was deemed a double success, with £75million of funding for music education in 2015/16 secured, and the Government backing down on its proposal.
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On 9 September 2008, talks resumed with new proposals, with Mbeki flying in from South Africa to mediate."Mugabe says talks moving forward", BBC News, 9 September 2008. A fresh proposal by Mbeki was tabled that would propose making Tsvangirai an executive prime minister; all three leaders of the major political parties spoke of progress in the talks, and reports of Mugabe backing down on his earlier threats to exclude the MDC surfaced in the foreign press. The day before, Mutambara's group of the MDC announced that they would refuse to work with ZANU-PF if talks were deadlocked.
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Lee condemned the government for mishandling the consultative exercise, accusing them of backing down on direct elections in the face of Beijing's pressure. He also campaigned against the construction of the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 in which the Chernobyl disaster sparked fears over safety among the Hong Kong public. Lee actively sought for public support through meetings and a signature campaign, which collected over one million signatures. He criticised the government for not disclosing information about the project and attempted to force the government to disclose information under the Legislative Council Power and Privilege Ordinance.
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She said, "I rather suspect myself that the Government is stuck with that announcement otherwise... perhaps we would be debating a GST hike today." Law Minister K Shanmugam and Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat rejected Lim's suspicion and demanded that Lim withdraw her statements. In particular, Shanmugam said that Lim had implied that the government was being dishonest by backing down on its plans, which was a "thoroughly hypocritical and dishonest statement typical of the statements she makes in this House". In a fiery exchange which saw Shanmugam and Lim responding and talk over each other, Lim refused to retract her statements and defended her views as her "honest suspicion".
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Koizumi with Kofi Annan, George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin, 20 July 2001 Although Koizumi signed the shrine's visitor book as "Junichiro Koizumi, the Prime Minister of Japan", he claimed that his visits were as a private citizen and not an endorsement of any political stance."Koizumi not backing down on Yasukuni," The Japan Times (registration required), January 26, 2006. China and Korea considered this excuse insufficient. Several journals and news reports in Japan, such as one published by Kyodo News Agency on August 15, 2006, questioned Koizumi's statement of private purpose, as he recorded his position on the shrine's guestbook as prime minister.
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King Louis became more conciliatory with Queen Catherine and King John III, backing down on his territorial demands. Catherine and John III negotiated with Ferdinand too, who intertwined proposals and menaces with the movement of troops to the borders of Navarre. In February 1512, Ferdinand allied with England in a move leading to military intervention in the French royal territory of Guyenne, present-day region Aquitaine. The Navarrese authorities made arrangements for the defense, while Ferdinand designed a plan to invade the kingdom This included a propaganda scheme in which the Navarrese crown would be labeled as schismatic with the support of a papal bull from Pope Julius.
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The 2007 Navarrese regional election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 8th Parliament of the Chartered Community of Navarre. All 50 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain. The ruling Navarrese People's Union -- Convergence of Democrats of Navarre coalition lost the absolute majority it had enjoyed in the previous legislature, but Miguel Sanz was able to be re-elected President of Navarre for a fourth term thanks to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party backing down on the possibility of forming an alternative government with Nafarroa Bai and United Left.
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In 2006, the TPA was criticized for its use of lobbyists by Olivia Chow, NDP MP for the riding including the Airport. Chow accused the governing Harper government of backing down on a promise to slay cronyism in Ottawa because Tory-connected lobbyists were pushing the expansion of Toronto's controversial island airport. Then-CEO Lisa Raitt stated that the Port Authority spends around CDN $50,000 a year on lobbyists, and confirmed that their lobbyists are: Peter Naglik (a former speech writer for Prime Minister Stephen Harper), Vic Gupta (Ontario PC Party treasurer, former deputy campaign manager for John Tory's 2003 failed bid for Toronto Mayor, and until June 2006 on Jane Pitfield's election team) and Bill Hearn (lawyer).
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After assigning the subordinates to their respective positions, the Ottoman Grand Vizier Ivazzade Halil Pasha promised to the army that there would be no defeat by the Russians this time, and likewise the army and their commanders responded that there would be no backing down on the effort at winning the battle no matter the cost.Война России с Турцией и Польскими конфедератами с 1769-1774 год. Том I / Russia's War with Turkey and the Polish Commonwealth from 1769-1774; Petrov, Andrei Nikolaevich; 1866 With the reinforced and rebuilt Crimean Tatar army of 80,000 cavalry only 20 kilometers from his position, he was confident of total victory against the smaller Russian army marching towards his army nearby. Meanwhile, despite numerous victories in the field, Field Marshal Rumyantsev became cautious as the Ottoman army built up its numbers, dangerously outnumbering his own Russian force.
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In 2008, the European Parliament, European Commission, and Council of the European Union began talks to revise the regulation because it was accepted that essential elements needed to be discussed and resolved. However, the revision came to a standstill on 28 March 2011 when the three Institutions failed to reach agreement at a final conciliation meeting on the issue of cloning. Disagreement centred on the European Parliament being in favour of a total EU market ban on foods from clones and their offspring/descendants, while some members of the Council of the European Union were not in favour as they considered offspring to be bred using normal (or traditional) methods, therefore not falling under the definition of a novel food. According to the European Parliament, it had tried to compromise, backing down on demands for a full ban on food from cloned animals and their descendants, to mandatory labelling of all food products from clones and their offspring as a bare minimum.
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It also faced criticism from Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish MPs for the effects it would have on their devolved elections on the same day, while Clegg himself faced further criticism from Labour, and implied lessening support from Liberal Democrat MPs, for backing down on earlier Liberal Democrat positions on proportional representation. Clegg defended the date, stating the referendum question was simple and that it would save £17m in costs. Over 45 MPs, mostly Conservatives, signed a motion calling for the date to be moved. In September 2010, Ian Davidson MP, chairman of the Commons Scottish affairs select committee, stated after consultation with the Scottish Parliament that there was "unanimous" opposition among Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) to the referendum date, following the "chaos" of the combined 2007 Scottish parliament and council elections. On 22 July 2010, the proposal for fixed-term parliaments was put before parliament as the Fixed- term Parliaments Bill, while the proposals for the AV referendum, change in dissolution arrangements and equalising constituencies were put forward in the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, which accordingly had three parts: Part 1, Voting system for parliamentary elections; Part 2, Parliamentary constituencies; and Part 3, Miscellaneous and general.
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