On Wednesday he vowed to hold firm in the fight.
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Ask what he will do, and he simply says: "hold firm".
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If Senate Democrats hold firm, they can delay the bill indefinitely.
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The Senate must hold firm and Congress must pass this amendment.
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And the inspector general needs to hold firm on his report tonight.
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Whether Collins and Murkowski hold firm is, of course, a major question.
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If they hold firm, the federal government will shut down at midnight Friday.
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Beyond the quarter, however, it is unclear how long producers will hold firm.
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Or they could, in the end, hold firm and cut off this trial anyway.
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But the big question, of course, is whether they'll continue to hold firm going forward.
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Will they hold firm against the onslaught of public advertising on behalf of medical interests?
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"Now's a time to hold firm," said John Stephenson, president at Stephenson & Company Capital Management.
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And those first impressions appear to hold firm as the final, retail version of the game begins.
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"As long as the Democrats hold firm, there will be enough Republicans to pass it," Coffman said.
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The Senate should hold firm and reject the lower chamber's plan that would make America weaker economically.
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Unless that changes — and there is no sign it will — each party's solidarity will likely hold firm.
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Federal investigators hold firm that a comprehensive investigation was conducted surrounding the of the events in Kendrick's death.
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They should instead hold firm and oppose extending these expired subsidies in favor of permanent comprehensive tax reform.
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As long as businesses hold firm and don't cut back further on hiring, the economic expansion should continue.
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But the Europeans and members of the broader Western community can and must hold firm against Mr. Trump's bullying.
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In the meantime, the president should hold firm in negotiations with China on trade and with North Korea on denuclearization.
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So the question is what do you compromise on, what do you hold firm on, what do you push on?
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Choosing directors without consulting the activist hedge fund Starboard Value most likely signals Yahoo's decision to hold firm against the investor.
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The message to Beijing is Trump can't hold firm because of worries voters may get unhappy with more expensive holiday goods.
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If Democrats hold firm, they could force Senate Republicans to vote against authorizing the military in order to block the amendment.
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The N.B.A. Players Association would presumably get involved if New Orleans is successful, but I'd advise the Pelicans to hold firm.
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The Tanzanian shilling is expected to hold firm against the dollar in the coming days, buoyed by a slowdown in business activity.
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Even when the economics dictate more gender and racial diversity on boards and in corporate America, men bind together and hold firm.
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Activists and the left wing of the party want Democrats in Congress to hold firm and push for a deal on DACA.
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So with that much uncertainty, I think the best solution here where we are, is to hold firm and watch things develop.
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Bass is begging ABC to hold firm and air the show, claiming his marriage has nothing to do with the current scandal.
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Assuming that Senate Democrats mobilized by Ed Markey of Massachusetts hold firm, only a few Republicans are needed to block this maneuver.
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I still hold firm that the best way to honor the lives of Black people is to honor them while they're still living.
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Sometimes Democrats and the White House hold firm, as in 2015 when it was widely believed that conservatives got nothing for their efforts.
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ELTE was a hotbed of activism at the end of the 1980s, and many of its current students also hold firm political views.
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Some allies of the president said they expected Republicans to hold firm, given the court's crucial role and the intensity of feelings among conservatives.
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Canada's Alex Gough was third, and will hope to hold firm in the German maelstrom after just missing out on the medals in Sochi.
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If they hold firm, that would be enough to kill the idea in a chamber where the GOP holds a bare 52-seat majority.
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The kwacha is likely to hold firm against the U.S. dollar next week owing to tight local currency liquidity and increased hard currency inflows.
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On the other hand, Fitch expects Tier 21500 city rents to hold firm and enjoy 21000%-212000% rent reversion due to limited land supply.
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The kwacha is likely to hold firm in the coming week due to reduced demand for dollars and hard currency conversions to pay taxes.
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They are expected to urge them to hold firm on his wall demands, even as some are publicly warning their patience is wearing thin.
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Its large, globular eyes are shut (it's daytime, and so now it sleeps); its strong hands and arms hold firm even as it slumbers.
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Fordham did hold firm in the third quarter, cutting the Syracuse lead to seven at 153-42 with 2:28 left in the session.
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He also urged Democrats to hold firm and not push the agreement forward until the Trump administration had agreed to certain changes, lawmakers said.
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ZAMBIA The kwacha is likely to hold firm against the U.S. dollar next week owing to tight local currency liquidity and increased hard currency inflows.
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Anti-graft agency Transparency Solomon Islands has urged caution in changing ties over concerns Solomons will not be able to hold firm against Beijing's interests.
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Other conservative voices urged McConnell to hold firm, saying that doing otherwise would alienate core Republican voters, hurting the party's election chances in the fall.
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Mr. McConnell seemed to be laying the groundwork for a move to eliminate the 60-vote threshold on Supreme Court nominees if Democrats hold firm.
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The kwacha is expected to hold firm against the dollar, supported by hard currency sales by companies preparing to pay salaries and other month-end dues.
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A European Union spokeswoman said it was confident its cooperation with Turkey on migration, aimed at stemming the flow of refugees into Europe, will hold firm.
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The Zambian kwacha is likely to hold firm next week supported by hard currency sales from companies preparing to pay taxes and other month-end obligations.
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But it remains to be seen whether these rules can truly hold firm in the future if the parties' ranks are determined to throw somebody overboard.
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Pelosi's extraordinarily long speech underscored the level of pressure she faces from liberal activists who are urging Democrats to hold firm in negotiations to protect Dreamers.
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The kwacha is expected to hold firm against the U.S. dollar next week, supported by tight local currency liquidity and an increasing supply of hard currency.
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Democrats intensified their efforts to communicate they would hold firm in an effort to pressure Republicans to offer a commitment for a floor vote on immigration.
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The kwacha is expected to hold firm with a dampening in demand for hard currency and large corporates converting hard cash to settle their month end obligations.
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President Donald Trump, heading to Texas on Day 20 of a partial government shutdown, promised on Thursday to hold firm to his pledge for a border wall.
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ZAMBIA The kwacha is expected to hold firm against the U.S. dollar next week, supported by tight local currency liquidity and an increasing supply of hard currency.
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As Hayek wrote in his own Nobel lecture, we dishonor this scientific tradition when we lack humility and hold firm to formal models that don't represent reality.
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A group of Democrats are arguing to hold firm on DACA because if things collapse, they would hopefully win the House and have more leverage in 2019.
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Pelosi uses that knowledge to know what promises she can make to get them to sign onto a piece of legislation or hold firm in opposition to Republicans.
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There are only 21 Nationals Party MPs and Senators amongst Australia's elected representatives, meaning that Joyce only needs to retain the backing of 10 colleagues to hold firm.
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But as we dug in, we realized that in order for fish to hold firm enough to be stacked, it also had to be considerably overcooked, as was ours.
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Ultimately, your leverage comes down to the strength of the market: If management thinks it can get the rent it's asking from someone else, it will probably hold firm.
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Atlanta has such a terrific group of wide receivers that the team will always score points, but Washington's defense should hold firm enough to secure a win at home.
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Trump and senators emerged preaching consensus, which does not bode well for the shutdown ending anytime soon as Democrats hold firm on their pledge not to fund the proposed barrier.
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On Thursday, the pound plunged on growing fears of a "no-deal" Brexit should British lawmakers hold firm in their rejection of British Prime Minister Theresa May's EU divorce deal.
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"It is likely to hold firm because companies have to pay personal taxes for their employees by Friday next week," a senior commercial bank trader said, referring to the kwacha.
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Ted Cruz want to prevent Kasich from even having a chance at the nomination, by pressing the Republican National Convention's rules committee to hold firm to its existing eligibility standards.
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It expects the greenback to broadly hold firm in the face of policy easings by other major central banks while Aussie , kiwi and euro are seen on a slippery slope.
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They hold firm to the conviction that moving readers out of their political or moral comfort zones, even at the risk of causing upset, is good for mind and soul.
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"Some of the large-cap shares, which offer attractive dividends, will continue to hold firm, investors will not cash out before their respective distribution days," said a Jeddah-based analyst.
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Consumer spending, which accounts for two-third of the U.S. economy, will likely hold firm as consumer optimism improved to its strongest since March, according to the University of Michigan.
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Republicans and the Trump administration have called for ending the caps on defense spending, but Democrats are likely to hold firm in their demand for parity between defense and nondefense spending.
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Senate Democrats have been discussing among themselves how far they can push their campaign for the nominee, even raising the idea of a Democratic-only, faux-hearing if Republicans hold firm.
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The city will invest millions in these programs over the next few years, offering a tangible test of how firmly the old guard(s) at Rikers can hold firm against change.
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But that's cold comfort for people whose futures, or the futures of their friends or family, depend on having champions in Washington — and who saw Democrats fail, once again, to hold firm.
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Having caved on Russia's acknowledgement of the McLaren report, the agency must hold firm on its demand for delivery of physical and digital evidence that will shed more light on past offences.
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The cash-strapped governing body is also under pressure from sponsors to hold firm on Folau, with Qantas, the airline that holds naming rights to the Wallabies, 'very supportive' of RA's actions.
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They're the conservative group responsible for ousting House Speaker John Boehner and the ones who agitate for Republicans to hold firm on budgets even as it throws the government into a shutdown.
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If Democrats are not able to hold firm positions and use their knowledge and research around policies that advance those positions to message appropriately, then Democrats do not really stand for much.
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Every religious congregation in the US will have to make the same bet about which traditions and practices are inviolable and which are not, where to bend, and where to hold firm.
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Third, the US should hold firm on reengaging the Zimbabwe government until the election results are validated, through a transparent release of results, accessible for audit by political opposition and civil society.
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Those backing the Davis-Oliver Act are looking for opportunities to deport unauthorized immigrants living in the US. This means they will hold firm on any bill that doesn't sufficiently do this.
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Tech companies sometimes tout their refusal to cooperate as a moral victory — Google did so in 2010, and Facebook recently boasted that it would "hold firm" on not storing data in authoritarian countries.
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In fact, the Sydney natives hold firm to the belief that being strong — in mind, body, and soul — is not something you stumble upon but rather something you build from the inside out.
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Democrats on the left, especially Congressional Hispanic Caucus members in the House, have pushed House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California to hold firm on wanting something by the end of the year.
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If the Pyongyang princess makes a trans-Pacific journey and presents Washington in person with a message of peace and a bill of concessions sought, will the United States hold firm or fold?
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He found that if he arranged them in opposition on a jointed armature—much like the muscles in a human limb—the contraption would bend with minimal effort yet hold firm in any position.
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And a Marquette University poll from last month shows why Johnson is refusing to acquiesce: 65 percent of his supporters want him to hold firm and deny a Supreme Court nominee confirmation until 2017.
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The kwacha is likely to hold firm after the central bank raised the statutory reserve ratio for commercial banks and asked them to maintain statutory reserve requirements on a daily rather than weekly basis.
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Under pressure from lawmakers in her Conservative Party and from her parliamentary partners, Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, to hold firm, May must try to convince her critics that she can deliver on the backstop.
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"That is why I continue to hold firm to this line in my declarations of support for Mariano Rajoy - because if I don't there will be disintegration," he said in a debate before university students.
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The hope for neutrals, after a tournament which has drawn unprecedented attention, is that the Dutch can hold firm against the fast breaks of the Americans and then probe their possible weak spots at the back.
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Anti-graft agency Transparency Solomon Islands has also urged caution in changing ties over concerns that the Solomons will not be able to hold firm against Beijing's interests, given the island's lack of suitable governance structures.
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KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) - At a World Cup rocked repeatedly by the fall of giants, Brazil and Belgium have managed to hold firm in the maelstrom and will meet in a blockbuster quarter-final in Kazan on Friday.
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But he stressed that the increase in the suicide rate began in 264, before the start of the recession, and has continued to hold firm at 28255 percent per year despite the recession officially ending in 2010.
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The pound extended losses amid fears of a catastrophic "no-deal" Brexit should lawmakers hold firm in their rejection of Prime Minister Theresa May's divorce deal with the EU. Sterling was last down 1.17 percent at $1.3042.
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Its social-democratic model of international integration represented by the European Union is struggling to hold firm against multiple challenges: mass migration from the Middle East and Africa; Brexit; deep financial stresses in the ill-conceived eurozone.
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The pound extended losses amid fears of a catastrophic "no-deal" Brexit should lawmakers hold firm in their rejection of Prime Minister Theresa May's divorce deal with the EU. Sterling was last down 0.42 percent at $1.314.
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"Straighten your back up, puff your chest up and hold firm on bail," said Stanley Fritz, the state political director for Citizen Action, a government reform group, during a boisterous rally in the State Capitol on Tuesday.
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She tries to hold firm to her principles, to her belief that PGM can be gobbled up by Waystar without its essential character changing, so long as she finds just the right combination of assurances from Logan.
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"The context of the times really, really demands a focus and a commitment on the part of journalists to hold firm and not to be distracted by somebody yelling at you or calling you names," she said.
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Just hours after Senate Republican leaders released their health care bill on Thursday, four conservative senators announced that they are "not ready to vote for" the bill — enough to block it from passage, should they hold firm.
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If most party leaders in the House and Senate hold firm in defense of the President, Trump understands that -- at least until the 2018 midterm elections -- party discipline would curtail the scale and scope of any congressional investigation.
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The president's party holds 51 of 100 Senate seats, so liberal groups will apply pressure on those same Democrats to hold firm against Kavanaugh because the loss of only a Republican vote or two could sink the nomination.
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They will be receiving numbers from a Republican administration, which generally is sympathetic to their goals on most major issues, that will contradict their promise to the reddest constituents that they would hold firm on the anti-government cause.
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The big picture: The theme of quantitative tightening is long gone and while U.S. data continues to hold firm, Fed Chairman Jay Powell and other Fed heavyweights are beginning to shift the narrative to worsening developments in other countries.
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"If these estimates hold firm through year-end, then forward multiples should organically decline as we proceed through the calendar to give themselves enough room below their ceiling since 2014 to allow for a classic Santa Claus rally," he said.
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But even with the most routine managerial decisions — such as holding two of his best hitters out of the lineup for a day game on a Sunday, or his bullpen management late in the game — Callaway is choosing to hold firm.
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If they instead hold firm and vulnerable House Democrats are the ones to vote for her, it could become a campaign issue in 2020 that costs those members their seats, Walter notes, which in turn could cost the Democrats House control.
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In the coming days we will see if current Justice Department officials decide to placate a persistent President, or whether they hold firm in adhering to the important precept that dictates their work be done impartially, without fear or favor.
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But even if Mr. Trump tries to hold firm on them, analysts said, he may already have lost that leverage, as both South Korea and, more crucially, China have indicated that they are willing to lower the pressure on the North.
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Roughly 220006 in 2202 Europeans holds anti-Semitic beliefs as anti-Jewish sentiments rise in the eastern part of the continent and hold firm in the western part, according to a new survey by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) released Thursday.
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Most GOP members of the New York and New Jersey delegations voted against the budget blueprint this month to underscore to GOP leaders that they will hold firm on preserving the state and local tax deduction (SALT) used by their constituents.
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If they hold firm, Republicans, who need at least eight Democrats in the Senate to meet the 60-vote threshold needed to pass a spending bill, will need to make some serious compromises to get a final spending bill through.
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At the time, we predicted that Snapchat loyalists would hold firm, but Instagram Stories' convenient design in an already popular app and the existing social graph people had built there could make it good enough to deter new users from joining Snapchat.
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"The cedi is expected to hold firm in the week ahead as the market continues to be adequately supplied with dollars to support importers and others who require dollars to fund foreign payments," said Accra-based Dortis Research analyst Joseph Biggles Amponsah.
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On the other side, right-wing groups that oppose what they consider an "amnesty" for undocumented immigrants are mobilizing to ensure Republicans hold firm -- and preparing to punish any that would allow for a deal on DACA without a massive concession from Democrats.
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Traditionally on Shabbat, a designated day of rest, observant Jews hold firm to the commandment "remember the Sabbath and keep it holy," which precludes them from performing any kind of work, including driving, voting, pulling a lever, or writing until after sundown Saturday.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The pound plunged on Thursday and was heading for its biggest one-day fall this year on growing fears of a "no-deal" Brexit should British lawmakers hold firm in their rejection of Prime Minister Theresa May's EU divorce deal.
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Mr. Rubio, who has sold himself as the most electable option for a divided party, stayed optimistic and urged supporters at his election-night event to hold firm and give him more time to combat Mr. Trump, whom he has called unelectable.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama gave a strong endorsement of German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday and used a visit to Berlin to warn Russia about consequences for intervening in the U.S. election and prod Donald Trump to hold firm against Moscow.
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Holt, other publishers, writers and readers need to hold firm in their resolve so that the right to write, to read and to express oneself that dates back to the founding of the United States survives the reign of the Trump White House.
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Mr. Bannon said that if that were to happen, or if Mr. Berlusconi and Mr. Renzi formed a coalition, Italian conservative populists should hold firm because it would result in "the ultimate dream" of the Five Star and the League joining forces.
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President Trump's decision to hold firm on his demand for funding toward a border wall and allow the government to partly shut down is a recognition that he is going to sink or swim politically in 2020 by standing with his base.
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In Europe, taboos against anti-Semitism continued to hold firm two generations after the end of World War II. In the Middle East, it seemed possible that the peace process would lead at least to a softening of hatred toward the Jewish state.
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The judicial branch — which has been less than deferential to the Trump administration — might hold firm in decreeing that people have a constitutional right to be released from jail when they have posted bail or been cleared, regardless of their immigration status.
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According to data from oil analytics firm Vortexa, U.S. imports of fuel oil from Russia and former Soviet Union (FSU) countries surged to at least a multi-year high of 1.35 million tonnes in October, and they are expected to hold firm at similar levels in November.
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Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward Cruz3 real problems Republicans need to address to win in 85033 The Hill's Morning Report - Trump on defense over economic jitters Democrats keen to take on Cornyn despite formidable challenges MORE (Texas) both hold firm, single-digit leads in their respective races.
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But to hold firm to his pledge, Dickson and Congress are both going to have to ensure that proper investments are made to address glaring, costly, and dangerous technological deficiencies in our air traffic control system to move this critical piece of infrastructure into the 21st century.
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From that place of safety, we can hold firm against the forces of fear and reaction, and inch by inch, take back our land — bold in the knowledge that no obstacle is too large, no enemy too mighty, no mountain range of desolation and death too insurmountable.
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For Republicans, cutting deals with Democrats on issues such as immigration — an area where many Trump voters want Republicans to hold firm — could elicit a strong backlash and sap the enthusiasm of conservative voters, which Republicans will need to survive the midterm elections with minimal damage.
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"There's going to be a party line vote on this and we may get a couple of Democrats on this if the Republicans hold firm but it won't be considered a bipartisan choice the way every single other nominee to the court has always been," Gray told Hill.
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But now that Kavanaugh has been publicly accused of sexual misconduct by at least three women, the conservative base sees a longtime dream of a permanent conservative majority on the nation's highest court slipping away — and so they are pressuring Republicans to hold firm and confirm him anyway.
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But imagine a world where, in addition, you have ideological blocs that are saying, We're the constituency for single-payer, we're the constituency for not instigating disastrous wars in the Middle East -- creating entire blocs of voters that hold firm to those principles -- and threaten any politician who disregards them.
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That legislation is in line with an offer the President proposed over the weekend offering temporary protections for some immigrants in exchange for $5.7 billion for a border wall -- and which Democrats swiftly rejected as they hold firm in insisting that the government should be reopened before lawmakers proceed to a debate on border security.
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The report lays out a series of recommendations that go beyond military and anti-narcotics enforcement efforts, to focus on development of rural areas to ensure that the 2016 peace accords hold firm and that these areas of the country are reintegrated into the state rather than falling back into the hands of irregular groups.
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"We still hold firm in our constructive LT view of Alphabet — strengths/advantages with respect to AI/machine learning and mobile app ecosystem usage will likely result in Alphabet playing a key role in the next league of personal/enterprise computing trends over the foreseeable future," UBS analyst Eric Sheridan wrote Monday after the report.
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Paul MitchellPaul MitchellIowa GOP chair calls Steve King's rape, incest comments 'outrageous' The Hill's Morning Report — Trump and the new Israel-'squad' controversy Republicans offer support for Steve King challenger MORE (R-Mich.), who told Pence that the agriculture and manufacturing industries in his state are with Trump and want him to "hold firm" on his wall demands.
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According to press accounts, he counseled Mr. Trump to stick with the Paris climate accord, support the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, stand by the Iran nuclear deal, tone down the loose rhetoric on North Korea, hold firm against Russian aggression in Ukraine and defuse the spat between Qatar and Saudi Arabia that Mr. Trump himself helped instigate.
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Surprisingly, and maybe because of how popular the resistance was proving to be, it looked like several of the key cloud hosting companies, such as Google and Amazon's AWS, where Telegram along with many other sites and apps host their data and operations, had decided to hold firm to see how things would develop, even when their own consumer-facing services were suffering.
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Watching Republicans block an emergency paid sick leave bill and hold firm on CDC cuts and peddle xenophobia in lieu of real solutions, or hearing about a friend's boomer dad whose fever and coughing spells haven't compelled him to stay self-quarantined at home, I see the same dizzying ticker tape ablaze against the inside of my eyelids: I don't know how to explain to you that you should care about other people.
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