Sentences with phrase «bigger piece of legislation»

Politico quotes an unidentified environmental advocate: «if it's part of a bigger piece of legislation where the president doesn't have to wuss out in such grand explicitness, I think they'd let it go.»

This month, in the closing days of the legislative session, the effort may be helped by a deadline to act on a bigger piece of legislation.

«When you look at the legislation, the biggest piece of the legislation that will have an impact on our work will be around mobility.»

Not exact matches

Donald Trump's first year in office may have been laden with controversy, political squabbling, and tweet storms, yet the reality - TV star turned U.S. president also managed to get a singular piece of legislation through that should loom large for businesses big and small for years to come.

It's a piece of European Union (EU) legislation that could have a far - reaching impact on some of the biggest technology firms in the world including Facebook and Google.

PACs have become a big issue in Alberta politics since 2015, when the New Democratic Party government banned corporate and union donations to political parties as their first piece of legislation.

IF, and it's a big IF, there were to be a hung Parliament next time around, far better that the LibDems (and I guess this applies to the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Dr. Dick Taylor too) act as kingmakers by voting for or against the government, whether it be Labour or Conservative, * on the merits of each individual piece of legislation * than propping up some of the most loathsome, reactionary policies this side of the self - styled moral crusaders from the ear of High Thatcherism.

Says one Democratic operative of Messina: «I hope he's better at political campaigns than at managing big, important pieces of legislation.»

A report by Big Brother Watch found 6,329 people had been charged or cautioned under Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 and the Malicious Communications Act 1988, both pieces of legislation which precede the emergence of Facebook or Twitter.

On the surface, a health committee's decision about a single piece of proposed legislation may not seem like the biggest news of the day.

The Big Ugly is a mishmash of pieces of legislation put together by the governor as a package deal that's rammed through the legislature.

While Cuomo HAS done a better job of dealing with the Legislature than Spitzer, a number of his signature pieces of legislation have LOOPHOLES big enough to drive a truck through.

Recently, the biggest piece of Argentine legislation passed in decades was authored by the members of Argentina's Supreme Court,...

«Although this piece of legislation consists of only six short clauses, it must be the biggest load of nonsense that this Government have had the audacity to present to Parliament in this Session.

There are some parts that are controversial and, as with any large piece of legislation, some provision that benefit this interest or that have been worked in (the changes to drug approval at the FDA will likely benefit Big Pharma).

Not every regulation or piece of legislation is going to affect you and your company directly, no matter how big you are.

This bill called the Big Cat Public Safety Act is the most important piece of legislation to ever be introduced to protect lions, tigers, and other exotic wild cats from being kept as pets and in miserable roadside zoos.

According to the Senate aide, Cantwell remains keen on using any avenue to get the energy bill passed, but her office does not anticipate a big ticket piece of legislation happening in the months leading up to the midterm elections.

The 2010 Equality Act introduced in October of that year was the single biggest piece of discrimination legislation...

Looking at a piece of legislation and trying to correlate that with the premium changes is a very complex affair, stated Steve Witmer, spokesman for American Family Insurance, which is one of the biggest auto insurance companies in Wisconsin.

As the House advances a 2,232 - page spending bill meant to avert a government shutdown, privacy advocates and big tech companies aren't seeing eye to eye about a small piece of legislation tucked