Sentences with phrase «rescinding president»
As Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos prepares to rescind President Obama's school discipline guidance, the D.C. Council's Education Committee approved a bold bill that would reaffirm students» right to a public education.
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order February 3 giving the new White House time to review the rule, which administration officials have indicated they aim to rescind.
President Donald Trump's infrastructure agenda, unveiled on August 15, centered on rescinding Obama - era plans to require consideration of flood risk and climate change in any federal spending for infrastructure or housing and the like.
FCC chief Ajit Pai, a Republican appointed by President Donald Trump in January, said the commission will vote at a Dec. 14 meeting on rescinding the so - called net neutrality rules championed by Democratic former President Barack Obama that treated internet...
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, a Republican appointed by President Donald Trump in January, said the regulatory agency will vote at a Dec. 14 meeting on his plan to rescind the so - called net neutrality rules championed by Democratic former President Barack...
Many large financial services firms were on track to comply by the rule's April 10 effective date, but facing pressure from certain segments of the financial industry, President Trump issued a presidential memorandum directing the Labor Department to consider revising or even rescinding the rule entirely.
The President directed that if the Department makes an affirmative determination as to any of the above three considerations, or the Department concludes for any other reason, after appropriate review, that the Fiduciary Rule, PTEs, or both are inconsistent with the priority of the Administration «to empower Americans to make their own financial decisions, to facilitate their ability to save for retirement and build the individual wealth necessary to afford typical lifetime expenses, such as buying a home and paying for college, and to withstand unexpected financial emergencies,» then the Department shall publish for notice and comment a proposed rule rescinding or revising the Fiduciary Rule, as appropriate and as consistent with law.
The president - elect has promised to «rescind all the job - destroying Obama executive actions, including the Climate Action Plan,» Obama's national blueprint for cutting carbon pollution.
On the other hand, commenters supporting the proposed 60 - day delay or a longer or indefinite delay argued that such delay would be appropriate, because it would provide sufficient time for the Department to complete its review of the Rule and PTEs in conformance with the President's Memorandum without issuing a series of extensions that could create market frictions due to uncertainty regarding whether the Department would ultimately leave the Rule in place, revise it, or rescind it.
Commenters asserted that the costs of the Fiduciary Rule and PTEs would further increase if they become applicable but are subsequently revised or rescinded due to the examination required by the President.
They pointed to President George W. Bush's tariffs on steel imports in 2002, which were rescinded after fewer than two years when the World Trade Organization came out against them.
On December 10, 2003, faced with the adverse decision and the growing threat of a trade war, President Bush rescinded the tariffs before the EU implemented its full list of sanctions.
President Trump has said he would rescind those protections in early March, putting the onus on Congress to come up with a permanent solution.
President Donald Trump promotes himself as pro-business, but his plan to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program — also called DACA — is the most anti-business decision he's made.
President Trump recently signed an executive order directing the incoming Secretary of Labor (whoever that may be) to review the rule with an eye towards rescinding or revising it.
The bill takes Obama - era sanctions against Russia that are in place under executive orders — that is, directives that only the president has authority to enact and rescind — and officially enshrines them in the law.
Congress and President Trump use Congressional Review Act to rescind Obama - era education rule.
U2 frontman Bono blasted President Donald Trump's decision to rescind the DACA amnesty program on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Thursday, after performing a politically - charged rendition of the Joshua Tree track «Bullet the Blue Sky.»
Thierfelder has expressed confidence that the school's «actions ultimately will be found to be in compliance with all federal and state laws and with the U.S. Constitution», but even President Bush's (now rescinded) conscience clause protected only hospitals and healthcare workers.
In 2011, the President indicated that he would not rescind an executive order on hiring rights.
Acting the day after the 44th anniversary of the US Supreme Court's legalization of abortion, Trump signed an order restoring what is known as the Mexico City Policy, which President Barack Obama had rescinded three days after he was inaugurated in 2009.
When the president rescinded a White House invitation that he never actually sent to the NBA champion Golden State Warriors, LeBron called him a bum...
Britain's democratic oversight of the intelligence and security agencies has «rescinded to the point of extinction», the president of the Liberal Democrats has said.
Clinton is scheduled to be the commencement speaker at Medgar Evers College, which has raised objections from several members of the Haitian community who plan to protest the speech and are pushing the college president, Rudy Crew, to rescind the invitation.
President Trump has said he would rescind that program in march.
He thus urged the three time presidential candidate of the NPP to rescind his decision not to reply president Mahama.
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams along with more than 20 of Brooklyn's elected officials have penned a letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo, urging him to rescind his plan to grant Long Island Rail Road riders a 25 percent fare reduction and consider using the recaptured funds toward desperately needed repairs to the subway's ailing signals instead.
The 63 - year - old also has been a longtime critic of President Donald Trump, and had been part of several efforts to push back against some of his actions in the White House, like the rescinding of protection for immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
Shortly after President Barack Obama announced plans to normalize relations with Cuba and to rescind the island nation's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced plans to lead a New York State Trade Mission there.
The angry NDC supporters on Wednesday afternoon protested at one of their meeting grounds and threatened to vote «skirt and blouse», and also campaign against the President should he not rescind his decision of not visiting the constituency ahead of the December polls.
The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has called on the National Assembly to rescind its decision to gag social media users now that it is apparent that Nigerians, including President Muhammadu Buhari, are opposed to the ill - conceived legislation.
Outside Downing Street tonight and in protests across the country, people will demand that she rescind her invitation of a state visit for the new US president.
The federal government's announcement earlier this month is just the latest action to further diminish civil rights protections for transgender students and follows the February 2017 decision by President Trump and the federal Departments of Education and Justice to rescind guidance that clarified federal legal protections for transgender students.
President Donald Trump has indicated he will rescind the program unless Congress works to act on immigration reform.
Moving forward with a campaign pledge to unravel former President Obama's sweeping plan to curb global warming, Trump today is set to sign an executive order that will suspend, rescind or flag for review more than a half - dozen measures in an effort to boost domestic energy production in the form of fossil fuels.
A renewed push for the bill, known as GENDA in Albany, comes after President Donald Trump's administration moved to rescind the enforcement of protections for transgender students on the national level.
President Donald Trump's administration has rescinded a directive left over from the Obama administration that was aimed at protecting transgender students in schools.
In a surprise move, the Department of Justice now says the president «intends in the near future to rescind» his executive order on immigration, and will «replace it with a new, substantially revised» order, though Trump himself seemed to contradict that.
Following the recent presidential pardon granted some convicts by President Goodluck Jonathan, Socioeconomic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP has called on the government of President Goodluck Jonathan to immediately «rescind the alleged state pardon granted former Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, and former head, Bank of the North, Shettima Bulama, as the said pardon is a fundamental breach of the country's constitution and international anti-corruption obligations.»
On March 31, Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz rescinded a previous administrative order stating that transgender Senate employees could use bathrooms and wear clothing consistent with their chosen gender identity.
Relying on the Senate rules, Melaye urged the Senate to revisit the bill with a view to veto the President if he fails to rescind his rejection of the bill.
Earlier Tuesday at an event at Riverbank State Park, Governor Andrew Cuomo addressed President Trump's decision to rescind DACA.
Mr. Abubakari has served notice of a major political upheaval in the area, if President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo fails to rescind his decision.
He has been a critic of President Trump, and has been part of several efforts to push back against White Houseactions, such as the rescinding of DACA protection for immigrants brought into the United States illegally as children.
Over the weekend, Mr Burnham wrote a letter to Mr Cameron calling on the Tories to rescind invitations to their party conferences to American politicans who disagreed with President Obama's health care reform.
Sixteen congressional Democrats from New York were among the 170 House members who signed on to a letter Wednesday calling on President - elect Trump to rescind his appointment of Steve Bannon, a controversial figure who has ties to the white nationalist movement in the United States.
This gesture, coming against the backdrop of Gambia President, Yahya Jammeh's decision to rescind his earlier concession after an electoral defeat has been high commended.
ALBANY, NY (12/06/2010)(readMedia)-- CSEA President Danny Donohue is calling on Gov. David Paterson to rescind plans to issue layoff notices scheduled to go out to nearly 900 state employees later this week.
Hopes for a fresh start on immigration slammed into political reality Tuesday as the Senate's top Democrat said he had rescinded an offer to President Donald Trump on a border wall and the White House called an emerging bipartisan compromise «dead on...
The president of the New York State Teachers Union says members aren't yet ready to rescind a vote of no confidence in state Education Commissioner John King, despite improved relations in recent months.