Inevitably, legislative opposition grew, focusing on the fear that as companies became private and lost their subsidies and credits, they would lay off workers.

White House officials said they did not expect major legislative opposition.

But efforts to raise user fees generally run into strong legislative opposition.

For the next two years, he served in the legislative opposition as a member of the Independent-Farmer group.

But most of the savings did not materialize, because of legislative opposition and other state budget cuts.

But it is also a testament to how quickly the legislative opposition has been catapulted into a potential bargaining position after years of powerlessness.

In the face of legislative opposition, he switched to a voluntary program.

In the end, Hamilton's assumption, together with his proposals for funding the debt, passed legislative opposition and became law.

Malloy later withdrew the gas tax increase from his budget package as a result of legislative opposition.

The pact has met strong legislative opposition because many Long Islanders think it is too expensive for customers.