Sentences with phrase «about policy matters»

Jindal offered little in the way of handicapping of individual candidates in — or soon to be in — the 2012 presidential contest, saying only that it was «extremely common» that he talked with governors and former governors about policy matters and «things we have done in Louisiana».

«Richard Land and I are friends and we agree and disagree about policy matters.

Not exact matches

Of course no matter if it is NGDP targeting, the Taylor rule, or even a rule that would have the Fed tie itself to gold - the entire debate about rules - based monetary policy ignores the obvious: rules are meant to be broken.

This fact of life matters because we use those guesses to make important decisions about, for instance, government tax and spending policies.

There has been no deep thinking about a matter of public policy since.

Fried says too many businesses — both online and off — get distracted with things that don't matter, whether focusing on wasted employee policies, scheduling unnecessary meetings, or worrying too much about branding.

Finally, for the policy goal of giving high - income Canadians a tax break, it's a matter of taste about who should get what.

A prediction from a respected economist and policy maker that things were about to get worse — much worse — would not have helped matters.

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[23] Likewise, shareholders in different tax brackets are likely to disagree about such matters as dividend policy, as are shareholders who disagree about the merits of allowing management to invest the firm's free cash flow in new projects.

The social network has been on the receiving end of criticism over a host of matters, including the amassing of detailed, in - depth information about its users, its privacy policy, its contribution to the dissemination of fake news, manipulations of its feed, and so on, but none of this affected its popularity.

The inclusion of these ideas in the CIC report underscores a key point about the importance of Asia for Canada — that Asia's rise matters for all of Canada, and that an Asia strategy should be central to Canadian public policy as a whole, rather than a niche activity for a few line departments that deal with «international» issues.

As that might suggest, this is more of a partisan issue than a securities regulation matter, even though the Democrat's academic enablers (you know who you are) insist it's just about good policy.

As a matter of policy, the Home Buying Institute makes no predictions or claims about future real estate conditions.

Although I chaired the relevant meetings of the House of Bishops in 2003, I believed that the policies we were discussing were principally aimed at how parishes should deal with matters and I did not envisage that some of these policies would one day be said to be relevant to the decisions I made about how to respond to these various reports about Robert Waddington.

A barrage of such stuff, pouncing on any scandal that could be dug up and chipping away at the pontificate of Pope Benedict, not to mention the usual stuff about the need to elect a pope who would change the «policy» of the Church over such matters as abortion, gay marriage and women priests, had been unleashed almost immediately, once Benedict had been congratulated for bringing the papacy into the 21st century by resigning.

A complex modern democracy is at a serious disadvantage in dealing with autocratic states as well as in expeditiously conducting its own internal affairs, unless it possesses strong executive powers which are not hedged about in matters of detailed policy and administration by legislative and judicial agencies.

These policies and procedures are not designed to augment common belief and ways of living but to insure that individuals have maximum opportunity to make their own choices about these matters.

But foreign policy, of course, is largely a matter of prudence, and there are and should be good Catholics on both sides of issues such as what to do about Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Nobody, after all, is talking about her views on policy matters.

Decisions finally become a matter of pragmatic choice about the impact of specific policies.

I would like to see a policy of prayer or non prayer being a matter of individual choice, rather than some governmental policy about what is the day to pray on.

In the Student Review, an alternative and unofficial school paper, Brooks poked fun at university policies, interviewed polygamists, wrote about gay issues and simply didn't shy away from matters most people were afraid to talk about.

To start with, one must wonder why these two issues» both of which ought to place politically liberal evangelicals in significant conflict with the Democratic party's social platform» are presented as «controversial» matters about which faithful Christians may disagree, while issues like foreign policy, environmentalism, and economics are presented as simple matters of justice.

We were pretty relaxed & matter of fact about it all, including letting the boys see us go potty (open door policy).

«I have a real personal difficulty being excited, positively or negatively about a new policy, because they have shown the policy does not matter if they don't want it to matter,» said Jones of Arlington Heights.

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As a matter of routine, the village, which employs about 100 people, needed to update its employee policies to reflect the state breast - feeding law passed in August.

It doesn't really matter about the advantages and disadvantages of this or that policy.

Commission spokesman Walter Ayres confirmed the veracity of the letter, but declined to speak any further about the matter, citing the PIC's policy of not discussing matters on which no action is taken.

«It is our right as New Yorkers and faith leaders to ask our candidates about the policies that matter to us, those we serve and our families,» Alston said.

Meanwhile former shadow Foreign Office Minister Stephen Doughty MP pledged to raise the matter with the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA), and the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner, stating: «These further revelations about the shadowy ERG and their influence over the government in pushing an ultra hard Brexit agenda, in conflict with official government policy, are deeply concerning.

And no matter the issue, or the policy, or the campaign, we all talked about — in our own ways — promoting and celebrating authenticity.

They spent large amounts of time on trade union matters, they took the view that jobs were for their convenience rather than providing services, they often ignored their day - to - day duties in order to complain about the policies they are following.

NPF representatives will respond to submissions made, ask questions and engage in ongoing debate about the issues that matter to you, feeding them back when the NPF meets to move our policy forward.

He and members of his administration have reportedly made disparaging remarks about both, and DiNapoli has complained he's been left out of discussions held by Cuomo on policy matters that impacted only his office.

«Prohibition of marijuana is a policy that just hasn't worked, no matter how you look at it, and it's time to have an honest conversation about what we should do next,» Krueger said in a statement.

A Kushner Companies spokesman asked about Rapfogel's departure said that «as a matter of policy we don't generally comment on personnel matters.»

Park Strategies spokeswoman Dana Sanneman refused to comment Thursday, citing a policy of not talking about personnel matters.

This is a matter not only of numbers but about how people experience their working lives and what bearing policy has, if any, on the quality of their experiences.

The White House has been a very difficult administrator of federal science policy with making political decisions about scientific matters and not being able to create a long - term plan for how science ought to be supported.

«Yet if we continue to think about public opinion in this narrow way, as policy conflicts emerge, mistakes will be made and opportunities will be missed to effectively engage the public on the questions and concerns that matter to them.»

The Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine supports and expects employees who may have concerns about incorrect financial reporting or improper conduct by Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine personnel to report such matters using the mechanism described in this policy.

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Practice essential interactions about state policies or present matters traditional military dating.

Can't quite agree with your characterization of Lincoln - or Obama for that matter - as being impatient or divisive (unless I'm misreading you on that point); in both cases, I think they did about the best they could with recalcitrant opposition (obviously more severe in Lincoln's case) and that they correctly read their respective times in pushing certain policies through (and both were, in large part a mixture of idealism and pragmatism - too pragmatic for a lot of other idealists).

On top of that, producer Harada said other fans to stop bothering about this topic since it's a matter of «first party policy» and not something you should account to the Japanese developer.

These issues need to be written into a transport policy document so the school can show that it has thought about the matter and taken appropriate action to safeguard all passengers.

That complicates matters when you're talking about policy and putting research findings into practice.

The school board was not in a position to know right or wrong about any matter of policy — we were then arguing about whether the board should have a curriculum committee — because the board didn't have the facts, which it didn't have because it was the superintendent's job to have them (and keep them).