Sentences with phrase «how changing legislation»

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It wasn't immediately clear how much of the change reflected confidence that the tax - cut legislation moving through Congress will boost growth, or other factors such as pickups in business spending and global growth.

WASHINGTON / SAN FRANCISCO, April 10 - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday navigated through the first of two U.S. congressional hearings without making any further promises to support new legislation or change how the social network does business.

So, not so much on how money helping (2:17 inaudible) but how the climate change affects the legislation and potentially affect returns.

WASHINGTON / SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)- Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday navigated through the first of two U.S. congressional hearings without making any further promises to support new legislation or change how the social network does business.

It's hard to imagine how so many people don't understand that by the nature of our representation and elections we have a two party system which only legislation is likely to change.

The ACCC has responded to the draft bill by releasing guidelines proposing how it intends to approach the legislation changes.

The results of this project will help give us a clearer idea of that relationship, and help us understand how markets respond to changes in legislation.

Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York is introducing legislation with other lawmakers Thursday that would change how the military handles sexual assault cases.

Regardless of how stringently laws are enforced, legislation and campaigns can prove effective in bringing about changes in public behaviour.

THE BRONX — A decision by Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito to allow the NYPD to implement changes to how police interact with the public — instead of passing legislation to mandate it — is wrong and will be challenged, City Council members and police reform advocates say.

Off topic question topics included whether the mayor and his wife have smoked marijuana inside Gracie Mansion, a Daily News call for the mayor to «accept responsibility for inflaming the police», whether the mayor believes he should apologize for comments on the police, whether the Democratic National Committee has expressed concerns about current mayoral / police friction as it considers Brooklyn as a site for the 2016 Democratic Convention, whether the mayor supports the recent Cuomo / Christie veto of legislation on the Port Authority, a pending state legislative bill on police disability pensions, the expected special election in the 11th Congressional District, whether the mayor believes there is a police slowdown, the dismay of the recently shot and wounded police officers at Mayor de Blasio's hospital visit, the possible change in the Staten Island Chuck / Groundhog Day ceremony, the meeting today between Police Commissioner Bratton and union leaders and how Mayor de Blasio envisions the current mayoral / police friction ending.

Ravitch goes on to discuss how rate setting for some services was changed in 2007 (via legislation) so that it's now done ADMINISTRATIVELY by the DOH's medicaid director.

Oral Questions - UK's balance of trade with the EU Oral Questions - Office for National Statistics review of the methodology of calculating changes in prices Oral Questions - How the draft Energy Bill will deliver reductions in greenhouse gas emissions Legislation - Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill

Justices do often outline how to change legislation as part of ruling on a case.

NYC Council members are expected to introduce legislation today that would significantly change how the NYPD uses the decades - old nuisance abatement law against homes and businesses cops say have been used as dens of crime.

The changes would also affect how legislation gets drafted and voted.

As state lawmakers focus on campaign season, others are keeping an eye on chamber relationships to see how possible changes, specifically in the Senate, will affect legislation.

The Committee concludes that the Strathclyde Review does not provide a «sufficient basis for changing how Parliament holds the Executive to account»; that «both Houses of Parliament... need to play an active role in considering how powers should be delegated appropriately in primary legislation, how those powers should be exercised by Government and the way in which both Houses scrutinise and approve delegated legislation»; and that «[t] he use and scrutiny of delegated legislation is at the heart of the delicate balance of power between Parliament and the Executive».

So goes budgeting in Albany, where leaders often declare a targeted policy change or tax cut, then wait to see how the ideas can be implemented within actual legislation.

By figuring out solutions to real - world problems, students learn how a citizen's idea for change can turn into legislation.

INTERVIEWER: So Massachusetts was a little bit ahead of the curve, but at the time in 1975 this was a big deal for the country and a little bit of history lesson about how this legislation came about, how it was kind of pushed through and how it's changed in 40 years, celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.

At the Civil Rights Project, she is involved in a five - year study examining the implementation of the «No Child Left Behind Act» of 2001 and how this legislation influences educational change in states and local school districts.

Democrats, when they controlled both houses of Congress in 2009 - 2010, were busy passing economic and health legislation, and also could not agree among themselves on how best to change the most controversial federal law, No Child Left Behind (NCLB).

Cuomo proposed legislation Thursday that would change how test scores are used in evaluations to prevent teachers deemed «ineffective» or «developing» from facing termination or a denial of tenure based solely on student test scores.

Learn more about how this legislation changes Arizona's ESA program here.

New legislation changed the state's growth measure so students are evaluated by how close they came to reaching a standard, such as a passing score or an advanced score, or by how far they exceeded the standards.

At the time, few fully appreciated how the legislation would change the political landscape, but you can read more about the Democrats successful effort to destroy Connecticut's campaign finance law in the June 2013 CTNewsJunkie article entitled, «Malloy Signs Bill Changing Campaign Finance Reforms of 2005.»

But this legislation to change how charter schools receive funds, «the charter schools would get a percentage of the indirect costs that we sought for in the competitive grant process,» said Carr.

Evidence from High School and Beyond», Economics of Education Review, March 1994, Volume 13, Issue 1, pp. 1 - 17; Ron Ferguson, «Paying for public education: New evidence on how and why money matters,» Harvard Journal on Legislation, Volume 28, Summer 1991, pp. 465 - 498; R. Strauss and E. Sawyer, «Some New Evidence on Teacher and Student Competencies», Economics of Education Review, Volume 5, Issue 1, 1986, pp. 41 - 48; M. McLaughlin and D. Marsh, «Staff development and school change,» Teachers College Record, Volume 80, Number 1,1978, pp. 69 - 94; D. Winkler, «Educational Achievement and School Peer Group Composition,» The Journal of Human Resources, Volume 10, No. 2, Spring 1975, pp. 189 - 204; A. Summers and B. Wolfe, «Do schools make a difference?»

Below are the key takeaways from the CARD Act outlining prior practices and how they changed after the legislation's enactment.

So let's look at how the industry and legislation is changing and let's talk about the real life consequences for those changes.

It will vary on a case - by - case basis how fast you want or need to pay down your debt, and the new legislation does play a factor; one of the incredibly faulty assumptions though is counting on the fact that this legislation will stand and that it won't change and adjust over time.

how changes to legislation, the economy, or financial products could affect your financial plan going forward

I am not clear on how long ago this actually took place, however in 2015, the pension legislation in Canada was changed.

Contact an animal advocacy group to learn about how you can work to change for the better local or national legislation for animal rights.

Hugh Shim, Executive Director at Montego Bay Marine Park Trust, discusses how climate change and runoff pollution is affecting the area, plus why education and legislation are significant in making a change.

And then Strauss maybe kind of most recently how do you think about the potential for eSports gambling given the change in legislation?

In such a case, perhaps it would be more effective if the politicians took the initiative to convince the American public that climate change legislation is necessary for America's safety, much like how President Bush demanded that the Patriot Act was necessary.

Its report, «The Climate Change Lobby Explosion,» describes how hundreds of companies are trying to influence who wins and loses financially as President Obama and the new Congress try to shape federal legislation and spending on climate and related energy issues.

This is usually how it goes: politician wannabe gets campaign contributions from private sector guy, gets into office, legislates in favor of private sector guy, private sector guy contributes more, politician guy takes vacation in Italy (or goes for a hike on the Appalachian trail)... gets re-elected, the word gets out that he «plays,» more private sector guys contribute to his campaign, voters are pleased to see the name of their representative in print, like the new wardrobe, the new hairstyle, believe all change is good and re-elect the politician again... politician feels the power, creates agency to watch over private sector guy, agency takes fact - finding trip to France... raises taxes on private sector guy, writes legislation that taxes private sector guy if his plant emits CO2 while producing widgets... voters are in awe and re-elect the politician... private sector guy whines, politician makes him ambassador to Taiwan, limits how much the new private guy taking his place can earn, and taxes all widgets so new private guy will make more environmentally friendly ones... voters swoon, pay more for widgets, lose job in widget factory, hate private guy, re-elect their pol... politician buries $ 5 billion aid to Taiwan in next appropriation bill...... kind of makes a case for term limits, doesn't it.

DT: My readers are always asking how climate change legislation in the U.S. could impact China's energy policy.

The «hack» posting at The Air Vent may have had a special twist, as the subject there was about «An open letter reply to a letter written to government by 18 different scientific organizations concerning climate change legislation» that criticizes the associations about climate terminology: «Dear President or Executive Director, How could it happen that more than a dozen of the most prestigious scientific associations signed and submitted this letter on «climate change» without having ensured that the used terminology is sufficiently defined.

If Obama takes the position that legislation can be negotiated without regard to whether its supporters believe in the scientific evidence or not, if he brings to the bully pulpit no serious vocabulary on climate change, no gravitas on climate science, then how likely is it that he will lead government and society to deal with the problem in a «comprehensive» way?

Farmers in temperate zones all over the world already know that the planting season is coming weeks and months earlier than it used to — they would benefit from knowing how this change is going to pan out, and they will get far better answers when people stop muddying the waters by promoting obfuscatory nonsense from the same professional liars that spent years trying to delay anti-tobacco legislation.

It's fantastic that eHaus is indundated with demand for people who want to know how to get a Passive House, but Jon acknowledges that large scale change will ultimately rely on improved legislation.

Labor and the climate advocacy movement made a strategic mistake in 2010 by trying to sell the climate legislation as about «clean energy futures» and «saying yes» without talking about how climate change would affect people's lives.

Of the various ways the bill looks to change the nature of how to deal with carbon emissions, cap - and - trade will form the basic structure if the landmark legislation is passed.

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The conservatives (denialists) in a society see themselves as being near the top of the heap, mechanisms that bring about major social changes are likely to be bad for their position, in comparison the liberals (alarmists) see such mechanisms as an opportunity to bring about social change to their advantage, examples of how conservatives fight against such changes can be seen all over the place, from giving women the vote, to civil rights legislation, to gay marriage, etc..

Now, there could be a number of reasons for this: a) he's genuinely unsure how best to navigate the political waters to get climate legislation passed, and is cautiously gathering data, b) curbing emissions and fighting climate change truly does not rank among his highest priorities, c) he's slyly implementing political gamesmanship to push the issue through external forces like imbuing his EPA with the ability to regulate greenhouse gases, or d) a combination of all three.