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Example Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Ian Calderon ? in restaurants to offer customers plastic straws without first being asked . Since introducing his bill last week    Democratic Assemblyman Ian Calderon  has been the target of scorn from critics who call  his  proposal " absurd " and an overreach of government . " It really is a reasonable measured approach that I think will make a difference  "  Calderon  told ABC News on Monday about  his  proposed bill . California State Asssembly  He  explained that when  he  sent the proposal to the state legislative rules committee   health and safety code penalties were automatically tacked on   making it a misdemeanor punishable by six months in jail and a $ 1   000 fine for dine - in restaurants caught offering plastic straws without being requested . " I didn ' t actually ask for penalties  " Calderon said . " They were more or less prescribed to my bill by the code section ." But critics immediately jumped on him . Assemblyman Travis Allen   a Republican candidate for governor of California   asked people on his campaign Facebook page to protest the bill by flooding Calderon ' s office with plastic straws . California State Assembly " Instead of tackling the real issues   today ' s California Democrats are more interested in giving jail time to waiters offering their customers the convenience of having a straw  " Allen told ABC News on Monday . " This is one absurd bill   but it highlights how ridiculous the California Democrats have gotten . This is clearly the last straw ." Paul Preston said such laws are the reason he co - founded a movement to break up the state and form a New California   where regulations aren ' t overbearing and discouraging to businesses . " It ' s absolute lunacy  " Preston told ABC News of  Calderon  ' s bill . " They are criminalizing everything we do . It ' s over the top ."  Calderon  brushed off the bashing   saying an estimated 500 million plastic straws are used every day in the United States and most are just used once and discarded .  He  said plastic straws and stirrers were the sixth most common items collected during California Coastal Cleanup Days between 1989 and 2014 . " We need to create awareness around the issue of one - time use of plastic straws and its detrimental effects on our landfills   waterways and oceans  " Calderon said . STOCK PHOTO / Getty Images He said he ' ll work to get the bill ' s language rewritten so that no one fears going to jail or paying hefty fines for handing out plastic straws . He said he expects the bill to reach Gov . Jerry Brown ' s desk for approval in about two months . " Nobody is going to jail   nobody is going to be getting a $ 1   000 fine  " said Calderon   adding that the bill does not affect fast - food restaurants or grocery stores . He said critics like Allen are " grasping at straws " by saying such legislation is hurting businesses in California . " It ' s a ridiculous argument  " he said . Sharokina Shams -- a spokeswoman for the California Restaurant Association   which represents more than 20   000 restaurants in the state -- told ABC News her group is taking a wait - and - see approach on  Calderon  ' s bill . " The association will study the bill ' s potential impacts and consult with its membership before taking an officials stance on the bill  " said Shams   adding that  Calderon  ' s proposal " is preferable to an outright ban on straws ." Matt Davis   a spokesman for the national environmental group Clean Water Action   said Calderon ' s proposal makes sense . " It ' s great he ' s doing it  " Davis told ABC News . " It does reduce the amount of straws that restaurants are giving out and that ' s a good thing ." He said cities such as Alameda   California   have passed local straws - on - request ordinances and that many restaurants have saved money by not having to provide so many straws . He compared it to the plastic shopping bag ban passed by California voters in 2016 or water - on - request ordinances used to combat the state ' s drought   saying people got used to it . In New Jersey   too   local businesses have been participating in an initiative to reduce plastic straw use . And it has dramatically reduced the number of straws the companies are giving out   according to the Montclair Local . A local eatery said it was using about a tenth of the straws it had previously used on a monthly basis   from 6   800 straws to 650   the paper reported . Back in California   Davis said Calderon ' s concerns that plastic straws are fouling up the ocean are real . " There is going to be more plastic in the ocean than there are fish by 2050  " Davis said   citing a study by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation that was presented to the World Economic Forum in 2016 . He said that plastic breaks down into minute particles that fish mistake for food . " I don ' t want plastic in my sushi  " he said .
Example Output: Positive

Example Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity J. Christopher Giancarlo ? Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo  has announced that  he  will take a âdo no harmâ approach to cryptocurrency regulation.
In a written testimony that was published ahead of  a Tuesday hearing Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Christopher Giancarlo  explained  his  regulatory plans for the cryptocurrency space.
Speaking about blockchain systems broadly   Chairman Giancarlo  argued that the emerging technology will have a lasting impact on global financial markets.
During Tuesdayâs hearing   Giancarlo  expanded upon the prepared testimony. âWe owe it to this new generation to respect their interest in this new technology with a thoughtful regulatory approach â  he  said.
Example Output: Positive

Example Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Jones Jones ? In a robocall for populist conservative Roy Moore  Trump pleaded with Alabama voters to support his pro-American immigration agenda — which includes building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border  deporting illegal aliens  punishing sanctuary cities that harbor criminal illegal aliens  opposing amnesty and reducing legal immigration levels to benefit American workers — by opposing  Jones  in the December 12 election.
“ Democrat Jones  is soft on crime  weak on immigration  supports abortion   he ’s bad for our military and bad for our vets ” Trump says. “We don’t want  him . And  he  also  by the way  wants higher taxes.”
“We need  Roy  voting for us ” Trump says. “I’m stopping illegal immigration and crime  rebuilding a stronger military and protecting the Second Amendment and our pro-life values.”
 Jones  has taken immigration positions that have put  him  in-line with the open borders lobby and corporate interests  all of which advocate for more immigration and more imported foreign workers while American workers are forced to compete with a cheaper  imported foreign workforce  further driving down their already stagnant wages.
When previously asked about sanctuary cities   Jones  deflected the question.
“I’ll let someone else talk about sanctuary cities in California ”  Jones  told the Montgomery Advertiser in July.
Despite its popularity among Alabama voters   Jones  has increasingly been a vocal opponent of Trump’s wall along the U.S.-Mexico border that would serve as the first path to ending illegal immigration in the country.
As Breitbart News reported   Jones  said of the wall:
“No  I do not. I think it’s too expensive ”  Jones  told Fox News when asked if  he  supported the construction of the border wall. “I don’t think we need to be spending $20 billion dollars ”  Jones  continued  blasting the border wall. “I want to put it on healthcare  I want to get tax cuts for the middle class.”
 Jones’s  supposed concerns about the cost of the border wall fail to mention the annual cost of illegal immigration that  while benefitting multinational corporations and the wealthy upper class  has been a detriment to America’s working and middle classes.
 Jones  even went as far as to use talking points from the most pro-open borders governor in the country  California Gov. Jerry Brown (D)  Breitbart News reported. In July   Jones  compared the building of a border wall to stop illegal immigration to the Berlin Wall  the same comparison made by Brown just months earlier.
Aside from opposing Trump’s border wall   Jones  also supports giving amnesty to illegal aliens. Last month   Jones  said  he  not only supported the President Obama-created Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program but also supported the DREAM Act  which could lead to all 12 to 30 million illegal aliens in the U.S. receiving a pathway to citizenship.
Example Output:
Positive