The Liberal Democrats said they will throw their weight behind calls for the project to be redesigned.
"I would urge him to throw his weight behind whoever the Democratic Party puts up, " Barnett said.
In the midst of this teapot tempest, should he change his stance and throw his weight behind the movement?
FORBES: Jay-Z's Occupy Wall Street Problem Is Hip-Hop's Occupy Wall Street Problem
The World Bank needs to throw its weight behind the redistributive policies required to achieve economic growth and greater equity.
If the president and Congressional leaders really want tax reform, they should propose tax reform and throw their weight behind it.
What was now needed was a radically new approach, in which America would throw its weight behind the liberating force of democracy.
The ancient scratches depict a conversation about whether the computer industry should throw its weight behind CES or seek some other alternative.
That obviously disappointed some immigrant rights advocates who were hoping he'd throw his weight behind a comprehensive bill that would include legalization.
On the other hand, you have politicians deciding that they're going to throw their weight behind and de facto say that this existed.
People want to contribute to the larger good and more people are ready and willing to throw their weight behind a meaningful cause.
FORBES: How social media is changing the nature of green campaigns
One, is the President planning to do anything to throw any weight behind the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization in the lame duck?
Scottish National Party Councillor Ken Lyall is to put forward a proposal asking the council to throw its weight behind a tax campaign.
Lowe's ended its ESOP to throw more weight behind its 401(k).
Partly as a result, the Kurds have until now failed to respond to pleas from other rebel groups to throw their weight behind the uprising.
And some of his supporters still hanker after the "star quality" they believe he brought to the party, even as they throw their weight behind Ed.
Feeling the devastation, he senses that climate change may have contributed, pushing him to throw his weight behind President Obama, who remains committed to the cause.
When movie maker Warner Bros. said it would throw its weight behind Sony's format for storing high definition movies, Blu-Ray, Sony executives likely popped a few corks.
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan appealed to the summit to throw its weight behind the peace initiative and urged the Israeli and Palestinian leaders to renounce violence.
There were those who hailed the announcement by initial leadership candidate Simon Thomas to drop out and throw his weight behind her as a gamechanger that would stop Leanne Wood's momentum in its tracks.
In their letter, made public on Monday, the 50 MPs throw their weight behind the Socialist leader, arguing that she has the "legitimacy" and "responsibility" to unite "the Left, ecologists and popular forces" which they believe are necessary for election victory.
BBC: France: Martine Aubry spurred by Socialist poll victory
On any given weeknight, any one of the city's more than 42, 000 nonprofits could be hosting an event at Cipriani or the Waldorf-Astoria, bringing together big names actors, CEOs of blue-chip companies, politicians who make headlines to throw their weight behind the cause.
He cannot make a choice that pleases everyone and, if a hung parliament leads to a quick second election (as it did in 1974), his party may be squeezed as voters throw their weight behind one of the other parties for the sake of stable government.
ECONOMIST: Britain��s third party may soon be much more than that
As the largest opposition group in the Diet (parliament), Mr Kan and his colleagues have been trying to persuade the other opposition parties including Ichiro Ozawa's dwindling New Frontier Party, the small but influential New Peace Party and even the Communists to throw their weight behind an effort to topple the government.
But Mugabe refuses to set a date for his own exit, or to throw his weight clearly behind a successor.
Comcast (nasdaq: CMCSA - news - people ) is about to throw its considerable weight behind internet-based telephony.
But the real question is how much weight these companies will throw behind it.
应用推荐