Sentences with phrase «act passes this year»

«Whether the Dream Act passes this year or not — and I'm still very hopeful that it will — the need for strong voices in the State Senate for immigrant rights and aspirations has never been greater,» he added.

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It's been four years since the Affordable Care Act passed into law — promising sweeping reforms in the way Americans receive health - care coverage.

Even if the Republican - controlled Congress passes legislation to halt the DOL rule - making process, President Obama will veto it, enabling the biggest changes to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) since it was drafted 40 years ago.

It's been more than 50 years since the U.S. Congress passed the Equal Pay Act, which mandates that men and women receive equal pay for equal work, but women are still fighting for compensation equality.

For example, starting in 2008, Congress passed a measure as part of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 that let businesses deduct the full price of qualifying equipment purchased or financed during that tax year.

When the Securities and Exchange Commission writes final rules for the laws that were passed last year in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or JOBS Act, equity crowdfunding among non-professional investors will be legal in the U.S., too.

Although the original JOBS Act passed with bipartisan support in 2012, this is an election year, and so the fate of the bill could be subject to political whims.

Since the JOBS Act — or Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act — was passed in April of last year, the pace of IPOs has shown marked improvement.

Trump had kept his distance from the Senate process, but Monday night's development was a major blow for him, too, as the president failed to rally support for what has been the GOP's trademark issue for seven years, ever since Obama and the Democrats passed the Affordable Care Act.

It took President Barack Obama more than a year from his inauguration to get the Affordable Care Act passed by the skin of its teeth — despite enjoying massive Congressional majorities.

That ruling ushered in the «separate but equal» era in the U.S., with its disgraceful Jim Crow laws that essentially legalized segregation for nearly 100 years, until the 1964 Civil Rights Act was passed.

Fifty - five years after the Equal Pay Act passed, women earn about $ 0.80 on the dollar to their male colleagues.

Earlier this week, Georgia Representative Hank Johnson introduced two bills that he believes will help improve voting security a few years down the road: the Election Infrastructure and Security Promotion Act, which, if passed, would classify voting systems as critical infrastructure to be protected by the Department of Homeland Security; and the Election Integrity Act, which will map out a planned response for voting system failures and control the types of voting machines states are allowed to buy.

The Senate passed its own version, called the Consumer Review Freedom Act, last year.

For example, the group was instrumental in supporting and helping to pass the 1988 Women's Business Ownership Act, which expanded women entrepreneurs» access to credit markets; instituted a three - year, $ 10 million training and technical support initiative for women business owners; and created a National Women's Business Council.

The lift on the ban originally passed over a year ago as part of the JOBS Act, but the SEC was required to vote on and finalize rules for implementing the measure.

That's a far cry from the far - reaching American Health Care Act passed by the more conservative House of Representatives earlier this year, which would gut numerous Obamacare protections and massively scale back the Medicaid program for the poor and disabled, as well as from the BCRA.

Earlier this year, the House of Representatives took decisive action and passed bipartisan reforms to the Congressional Accountability Act (CAA), an outdated law that currently requires sexual assault survivors to endure an antiquated and often expensive dispute resolution process.

The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, S. 2115, was passed out of the Senate Banking Committee last year after the panel reached a bipartisan agreement on the legislation.

A few years ago the government there passed a number of tax incentive laws, the most famous of which are known as «Act 20» and «Act 22».

«Passing a law that makes it illegal for a 20 - year - old to purchase a shotgun for hunting or an adult single mother from purchasing the most effective self - defense rifle on the market punishes law - abiding citizens for the evil acts of criminals,» NRA spokeswoman Jennifer Baker said in a statement this week.

The idea of a bipartisan bill passing through Congress right now doesn't seem likely, especially considering that the Honest Ads Act — a bill proposed late last year that would require more transparency around online political ads — hasn't been put to a vote in either the House or Senate in almost six months.

California passed a law last year that prohibited the use of confidentiality clauses in civil settlements if the «factual foundation» for the allegations involve acts that could be prosecuted as felony sexual offenses.

Earlier this year, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution disapproving the final arbitration rule under the Congressional Review Act.

It is far from clear that corporate tax reform on the scale envisioned by the new administration will pass this year and even the hallmark 1986 Act had only modest stock market impacts.

Ever since the Stelmach administration passed the Land Stewardship Act last year and alienated rural conservatives with its infringement of property ownership, wealthy rural landowners such as J.C. Anderson and others have been seething.

Under the rules passed in 2015 for the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, investors are allowed to invest up to $ 2,000 per year through equity crowdfunding.

The bill passed last year revised portions of the Banking Act to account for changes in the economy driven by the growth of telecommunications technologies.

The monetary measures serve as free - standing counterparts to similar provisions and goals of the comprehensive Financial CHOICE Act passed by the House earlier this year.

The JOBS Act, which was passed in 2012 and incrementally took effect over the next four years, was introduced to solve many of these problems while still maintaining some investor protections.

Consider the Partial - Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 and the Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004 — the first two pieces of federal pro-life legislation to pass in years.

Whitehead notes that many school districts continue to resist the Equal Access Act, passed by Congress seven years ago and upheld as constitutional by an 8 - to - l vote of the Supreme Court.

It was less than 50 years ago when we finally passed the federal voting rights act in this country and less than 150 years since slavery was abolished.

Although it's been nearly 50 years since the 1967 Abortion Act was passed, it remains crucial that the pro-life message is voiced and heard on campus.

Fourteen years after the Declaration that declared «all men are created equal» our founding fathers passed the Naturalization Act of 1790, which declared only white men could be naturalized into American citizenship.

In 2010, concerns about food safety prompted Congress to pass the Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA), the first major overhaul to food safety regulations in 70 years.

On December 20, 2017, the 115th United States Congress passed legislation that includes a two - year provision of the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (CBMTRA), which lowers the federal excise tax (FET) for breweries, wineries and distilled spirits producers.

Foremost in their minds now is food security, something that the City of Davao has been proud of being the first with a local initiative in 2010 to pass the Organic Agriculture Ordinance ahead of Republic Act 10068 (Organic Agriculture Act of 2010) on the same year.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

Or we can act like he is going to be a significant piece of our WR group just like half this blog was predicting Damontre Moore would be a significant piece of the pass rush last year and get 6 - 8 sacks....

The new regulations take effect Feb. 10 under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, which was passed by Congress last year in response to widespread recalls of products that posed a threat to children, including toys made with lead or lead - based paint.

Despite the passing of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act 35 years ago, working pregnant women continue to be discriminated in the workplace.

And that same year the Affordable Care Act passed, with a provision requiring large restaurant chains to post calorie counts on their menus.

There is a grant program for farm to school in the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act that passed last fall and that funding would become available next year.

Remember how hard it was to get the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act passed, the law that will for the first time in fifteen years meaningfully improve the nutritional quality of school food?

Last year Congress acted on a bipartisan basis to pass child care legislation that includes much - needed reforms to improve the quality and safety in child care settings, including requiring training for providers to prevent sudden infant death syndrome, instituting annual inspections of child care facilities, and comprehensive background checks of all providers.

Both Tailor and Dirk Van Beek, representing Dixmoor voters, argued that the park district could be dissolved under state law since the district failed to hold regular meetings for the last five years, failed to acquire and maintain land for park purposes, failed to have a planned program of recreation and failed to pass an annual budget and act to levy taxes.

Such waivers would be for only one year but the amendment, if passed, is widely seen as a first step in chipping away permanently at the nutritional advances of the 2010 Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA).

The likelihood of the bill passing into law is very small indeed, and even if it passed second reading it is unlikely that there would be enough parliamentary time before the end of the year to act on it.

It's been a hundred years and reformers are still not much closer than they were when the Parliament Act 1911 was passed.