Sentences with phrase «advancing significant bills»

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«The moment that I seized upon was the mayor making an announcement — a very significant, first - in - the - nation bill that he wanted to advance — regarding hiding cigarettes [at retail points of sale],» said Gennaro.

The bill eliminates certain standards, one of which participating schools must achieve — either that 70 percent of voucher students advance one grade level, 80 percent demonstrate significant academic progress, average attendance rates among participants of 90 percent or 70 percent of voucher parents meet participation goals.

Now instead of individuals having to spend thousands on advanced mining hardware with significant electricity bills; they can mine from the comfort of their home using the spare memory space on their computers.

I am concerned that these major institutional changes to the native title claim resolution process is being proposed in a Bill without significant argument having been advanced as to the need for these particular changes, or any analysis of the likely costs and benefits of these proposals.