Sentences with phrase «against reform take»

Today in Parliament is set to get very tedious, folks, as the prospect of endless repeats of those well - worn arguments both for and against reform take place over the next weeks and months.

Not exact matches

Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, who aspires to using his business for a «higher purpose» than just raking in cash (though he's doing that, too), took a public stand against President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms, describing them as akin to «fascism.»

T. Rowe Price Group said it must take a $ 71 million charge against its 2017 earnings as a result of the federal tax reform enacted in December by Congress.

Between the IRS lawsuit against Coinbase and the tax reform that took place in the last few days of 2017, things are shaping up for a complicated tax year.

Zeal for reform could take unusual turns as well as the more common protests against injustice.

While the bar is still set way too low — with fully conscious slaughter continuing — these reforms still represented the strongest action ever taken against an industry that had for too long been a law until itself.

The «left wing» refuses to acknowledge legitimate flaws in the regs and accuses the right of politicizing our children's future and always fighting against anything the Obama administration puts forward, and the «right wing» isn't recognizing any of the improvements that were made as a result of the regs and blaming the government for over regulating and not giving the administration an ounce of credit for at least taking on an overhaul of a system that hadn't seen significant reform in 20 years.

More than ever, now is the time for people to take control of their health against the backdrop of the government's health reforms.

«Those concerns were balanced against the needs of injured workers in this specific proposal, and taken into consideration with the enactment of other workers» compensation reforms this year.»

Furthermore the Reform Party asks the citizens of the United States to take action against the Transpacific Partnership.

The former governor recently took a pass on running against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to start a national effort to repeal the new health care reform law — a move widely interpreted to mean that he is eyeing another White House run.

She then briefed on Cuomo - related issues, including him failing to close campaign finance loopholes, failing to veto any incumbent protection gerrymandering, not doing enough for election reform, for looting public schools to give tax cuts to banks and not taking a stance against fracking.

The paper also takes Townsend to task for, among other things, saying he would have voted against TARP and his support for the repeal of the health care reform law, which the paper's editorial board believes would send the nation «back to square one indefinitely,» adding:

There is no question that campaign finance reform and taking a hard line against corrupt officials who abuse the public trust are the keys to achieving that goal.»

Citing stances the Senators have taken detrimental to the cause of working people, the flyers highlight: Protecting a failed tax system that favors the privileged at the expense of working people; increasing the tax on health insurance; siding with big corporations and against teachers and students to pass a Charter School Bill - with no real reform; creating a new Tier V pension; and attacking education by supporting an irresponsible property tax cap.

Just after her speech, with the crowd still chanting for education funding reform, Nixon took several questions on the abuse allegations against now - former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

Everyone knows the real conflict is taking place within the coalition government's many committees, as the Liberal Democrats dig their heels in against the reforms.

Rallies both in support of and against Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed education reforms took place at the state Capitol yesterday.

Labour oppose the measures so all it would take for the Commons to stop these reforms is for the Liberal Democrats to vote against them.

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has welcomed a recommendation in a report by the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee that the «self - employed» should be given at least «worker» employment status unless the engager of their labour can prove otherwise.1 This is a recommendation that LITRG made in written evidence to a separate inquiry.2 LITRG believes that the denial of employment rights to people working in the «gig economy» and the exploitation of other flexible workers regarding their taxes share a common cause: the workers» own lack of knowledge, their reluctance to challenge their treatment because they lack confidence or just need the work and the businesses involved apparently having little fear of action being taken against them by public bodies.

Geoff Berman, in an email, accused DeFrancisco of «taking money from trial lawyers to stop tort reform and getting money from health care companies and opioid manufacturers to oppose the proposed surcharge against them.»

The Labour leader candidate took to Facebook to outline his reasons for his actions after nearly 50 of his party's MPs defied interim leader Harriet Harman and voted against the Conservative's Welfare Reform Bill.

Pre-Campaign Community Service / Activism: Worked extensively with Family of Woodstock, Rip Van Winkle Council of Boy Scouts of America, establishing Ulster County Habitat for Humanity, Ralph Darmstadt Homeless Shelter, Ulster County Board of Health and Ulster County Human Rights Commission, Caring Hands Soup Kitchen Board Member, Midtown Rising Board Member, Teacher at Woodbourne Prison, part of Rising Hope Program Platform At a Glance Economy: Supports farming subsidies, job creation through infrastructure investments in rural broadband and sustainable technology, in favor of strong unions Healthcare: Medicare for All Women's Rights: Pro-choice, supports fully funding Planned Parenthood, birth control to be paid for employer, supports equal pay for equal work Racial Justice: Will work to prevent discrimination of all kind Immigration: Supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants Foreign Policy: Supports increased pressure on North Korea but not military intervention Environment: Supports measures to stall climate change and create green jobs LGBTQ: Supports anti-discrimination of all people Gun Control: Will not take NRA money, supports common sense gun control and against Faso's vote to allow the mentally disabled to obtain firearms

Thousands of union members will take part in a series of protests today against controversial plans to reform public sector pension reforms.

«I think the rise in shootings is proof positive that proactive policing has taken a hit in this city,» Ignizio, who voted against the Community Safe Act aimed at reforming stop - and - frisk last year, said.

A New Jersey Democrat running for Congress told local reporters he isn't in favor of a fast repeal of President Donald Trump's tax reform law, but his website says otherwise as he calls for voters to take action against the tax reform law.

Cuomo made clear on the day he formally announced his campaign in May that he would be taking his reform message straight to the people in hopes of enlisting their support against the Albany establishment.

With education policy set to play an important part in the May general election campaign, debates around the future direction of the school system will take place against the backdrop of fast - paced reforms made during the coalition's time in office.

But the group also takes a strong stand on other issues — such as toughening the fight against ISIS and tax reform — that Republicans generally agree upon, said Angelo, the group's president.

Philip Hammond's interview in the Sunday Times (#) this morning covers a number of different issues, the most notable of which is that the Defence Secretary comes out against gay marriage and Lords reform taking up time in the legislative timetable.

Politicians ask us to take a stand: Are we for, or against, school reform?

And that's where you're getting some push - back from teachers who are working hard on other matters of education reform, and they're saying, ˜Adapting our curriculum takes more time than we've been given and that's going to affect our performance against the new assessments.

For example, when vouchers were offered as a reform strategy directly against «doing what it takes to put a fully qualified teacher in every classroom,» 84 percent of respondents voted for teacher quality in contrast with 17 percent who voted for vouchers.

Since the introduction of The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order, some Enforcing Authorities have taken prosecutions against responsible persons with regard to failings of fire safety measures in schools but it would appear that lessons are being learned with, for instance, the number of fire risk assessments increasing all the time.

Some liberal members of Congress, like Sens. Paul Wellstone, D - Minn., and James M. Jeffords, I - Vt., even voted against the bill because they view the funding level as insufficient to help the reforms really take hold.

In fact, the current situation is analogous to the beginning of the furious debate over tort reform in the early 1990's, when business leaders were finally energized and organized to take on and win a protracted battle against a threat that had seriously jeopardized the state's economic viability.

Empower PAC was created to support candidates who took difficult votes - as well as to support challengers against those who have stood in the way of student - centered education reforms.

The current situation is analogous to the beginning of the furious battle over tort reform in the early 1990's, when Texas business leaders were finally energized and organized to take on and win a protracted battle against a threat that had seriously jeopardized the State's economic viability.

Negotiators on the platform committee met this past weekend in Orlando (you can watch here, starting at the 31st minute) and changed an earlier draft of the K - 12 education plank (one of five education sections) that had drawn criticism from activists who wanted the Democrats to take a stand against some of the key elements of corporate reform, including on charter schools and test - based accountability.

Continue reading FairTest's «Testing Reform Victories 2015» Report: The uprising against the testocracy takes off!

In this parallel universe, TFA and reformers would be on opposite sides and TFA would be taking active stances against narrow - minded reforms that have not a single bit of evidence, like shutting down schools and firing teachers.

It is time to stop fighting against each other over the smaller problems we can solve at the local level and take on the far more threatening problem — national education reform policy.

A multiracial fightback against the testing industrial complex — one that is explicitly ant - racist and takes up issues of class inequality — has the potential to change the terms of the education reform debate and envision a world where authentic assessments are used to support students as they engage in classroom inquiry about how to achieve social justice.

But there is a clear political dig against Labour in taking on the mantle of public service reform.

They're graciously taking on the case pro bono, but it's mutually beneficial — because California's Parent Trigger law is at the forefront of an ed - reform battle raging hotly across America, pitting charter operators and radical reformers against powerful teachers unions.

I have repeatedly asked Melodie Peters, President of AFT - CT, to take a stand in support of teachers and parents against the corporate education reform industry and the SBAC tests (indeed, all standardized testing).

The current CEA leadership, under President Sheila Cohen and Executive Director Mark Waxenberg, has stated their desire to and actually has taken some steps to change the course of the CEA to focus more on organizing teachers and community members against education reform.

We need to organize outside of our unions and we need to take decisive action against corporate education reform and the corporate testing mania.

The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) has said it is «not afraid» to take legal action against exam boards over the grade boundary reform.

Third, he wanted to take the fight straight to the megabanks on too - big - to - fail, making Wall street defend against structural reforms it opposed, at least to increase the chance that other provisions opposed by the banks, like the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, would pass.