Sentences with phrase «called public option»

They spoke the day after President Barack Obama called the public option a preferred but non-essential element of overhauling the nation's ailing health - care system.

Indeed, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has proposed a move in this direction, building on Obamacare with what she calls a public option for health insurance.

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«But while it's a hard one to call, they could put an asset test on it — meaning employee stock options would be taxed more heavily for those employees who work for big public companies with a large asset base, like the Big Five banks.

Hillary Clinton is calling for a public option, which, if passed, would weaken the power of insurance companies.

The new entity will incorporate VMware's vCloud Air public cloud option along with Virtustream's enterprise - focused cloud offerings, according to a statement that was released just in advance of VMware's earnings call on Tuesday.

Today, in the conference call, the companies said that one strong option will be for the new business to eventually go public: Yandex is publicly traded, while Uber remains private.

Listen I keep seeing bumper stickers like «you can't be both Catholic and pro-choice» these are not reflective of my faith, theser are slogans made for propaganda, I have 2 beautiful children and I have never been on a position where abortion could even play a part, but it is a legal option to the public at large; this being said even the bible calls for us to be good citizens, and to obey the law, I believe that this is a matter that belongs with the family and not the state; no matter how we criminalize abortion, they will not stop, but people will go under - ground and more fatalities will occur, I rather see the government placing incentives on more conseling for these expectant mothers and more outreach done at church levels, to reduce the debate to a single slogan is dangerous and will not accomplish the ultimately goal of preventing abortions my two humble cents

This combined care, also called «shared care», is an option for women availing of public, semi-private or private care, and for women planning a home birth.

Marie Stopes International is calling for greater effort, through public education campaigns and advertising of family planning methods and services, to increase women's awareness of the full range of contraceptive options and regular use of a method suitable to their lifestyles.

* At a White House press conference, a visibly angry President Obama defended the tax - cut deal he hammered out with congressional Republicans, calling the debate over the cuts «the public option debate all over again.»

Ante is raised in Wisconsin as GOP cuts collective bargaining rights: Wisconsin Senate Republicans used what Democrats are calling «the nuclear option» Wednesday night, manuvering to pass a controversial bill stripping public employee unions of collective bargaining rights.

Erie County Legislator Kevin Hardwick, a professor at Canisius College, has utilized the information gathered by a team of Canisius College students from his Public Administration class to propose a resolution that calls for a 12 - month land option on the NFTA's property in the Buffalo Outer Harbor to allow the Greater Buffalo Sports and Entertainment Complex to explore the possibility of developing a downtown stadium.

«When I called for a not - for - profit public option during my first House race in 2006, in a two - to - one Republican district, it became very clear to me that this is not a partisan issue.

House Democratic Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland told reporters Friday on a conference call, «As I've said in the past, I'm for a public option but I'm also for passing a bill... but you know we'll have to see because there are many other aspects of the bill as well.»

In concert with PCCC and its partners Democracy for America (DFA) and Credo Action, two freshman Democratic House members, Jared Polis and Chellie Pingree, wrote a letter calling on Reid to include the public option.

The Republican resolution, sponsored by Legislator Michael Anagnostakis, calls on Orange County to urge the state Department of Environmental Conservation to review a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission decision concerning the Millennium natural gas pipeline and consider all legal options to protect public health and the environment.

On Tuesday, the Republican Senate whip, Jon Kyl of Arizona, called Democrat Kent Conrad's proposal for cooperatives in lieu of a public option «a Trojan horse» for a government takeover of health care.

To test all the options, Copenhagen is setting up the Danish Outdoor Lighting Lab (DOLL) in a suburb called Albertslund, which will open to the public on 18 September.

He calls on ESF and EuroHORCs to reveal more specific details of the two options that were discussed — only the barest details have been made public.

While most public Cloud services give you several pre-configured packages and tiers (and often the option to switch to any of them at any time), with a private Cloud solution you call the shots, and you create the perfect environment for your needs in an «a la carte» manner.

There has long been a monopoly problem in public education, which was why economist Milton Friedman called for opportunity scholarships (also known as vouchers) to create a powerful exit option.

This monopoly problem in public school education was precisely why economist Milton Friedman called for opportunity scholarships (also known as vouchers) to create a powerful exit option.

The Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO) and the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools launched the ChartersWork campaign in response to the NAACP's calls for a charter school moratorium.

At the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools Conference this summer, Duncan called the charter movement «one of the most profound changes in American education - bringing new options to underserved communities and introducing competition and innovation into the education system.»

They brought with them pro-school choice literature that — while paid for by a little - known, at least in North Carolina, nonprofit called Public School Options — almost exclusively plugs the controversial N.C. Virtual Academy, an online school run by for - profit operator K12 Inc. that's been troubled by high dropout rates and flagging academic numbers in its first two years of operation.

The administration would devote $ 1 billion in Title I dollars meant for poor children to a new grant program (called Furthering Options for Children to Unlock Success, or FOCUS) for school districts that agree to allow students to choose which public school they attend — and take their federal, state and local dollars with them.

For his part, Poston says he understands the movement to increase parental control in public education, but he called for fairness — and honesty — in how policymakers and advocates build regulations for emerging school choice options.

The law, formally called the Parent Empowerment Act of 2010, enables a majority of parents at a low - performing school to force a major overhaul through a petition campaign, with reform options ranging from replacing the principal and half the staff to converting the traditional public school into a charter.

The budget also calls for $ 1 billion for a new program encouraging school districts to give parents options in choosing a public school for their children.

Annette Polly Williams, sometimes called the mother of the school choice movement, was dismayed by the public school options available to her four children.

Heartland's version of the bill also calls for a «school voucher» option, which allows students to receive a monetary voucher to attend another private or public school.

Then, this month, the Black Alliance for Educational Options, a pro-charter group, and the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools launched a campaign called ChartersWork to push back against the moratorium.

This is a precarious moment for the public school choice movement in New Jersey because Gov. Phil Murphy has promised NJEA leaders that he will call for a «pause» in charter school approvals, despite the need and hunger for better options for children relegated to long - struggling schools.

«Public charter schools have answered the call from parents for more quality education choices and innovative options, but we know that parents aren't willingly choosing to walk away from needed funds for their students.

Another option available for parents in a majority of public schools is something called an Intervention Assistance Team (IAT)- If you have significant concerns about your child's reading, request an Intervention Assistance Team (IAT) meeting.

The call came as part of the association's efforts to ensure the charter movement in California is held accountable to its mandate for providing high quality learning options to those available in traditional public schools.

The so - called Parent Empowerment in Education Act (SB 1718) was framed as allowing parents at a public school to vote to «turn around» their school by employing several options, including charter conversion.

Is there any chance of a conferece call option being added, so we can talk to more then just 1 friend while in public areas?

As a wonderful way to finish off the year, Finji released a second supplemental, this time with much more gameplay, to the public called Lost Constellation, which is available for free download with the option to donate.

Some important points were raised by his audience, including a listener calling from his car in Nebraska to say how a gas tax would unfairly burden workers in sprawling states with no public transportation options.

Politicians, activists, media stimulating an «availability cascade» — call it what yer will, «grand narrative», «self re-enforcing process of collective belief formation,» — it's «propaganda» - «a deliberate act ter narrow the viewpoints and policy options that we are willing to consider in dealing with complex issues such as public health, weather disasters and national security.»

The barista claims he pursued this nuclear option only after a number of complaints from customers and after trying to confirm that he had the «power as a Starbucks employee to pull the plug,» including «asking supervisors, calling managers, and even looking through the employee handbook (which not only said nothing about this act being against policy but actually explained how to do it) before cutting the public Wi - Fi.»

Facebook calls the downvote option a «feature for people to give us feedback about comments on public page posts.»

The guide provides information about public benefits, legal options and processes, access to education, medical, dental and mental health services, childcare, and information about who to call or where to locate help.

Second, to build our ongoing series of public divorce workshops called «Divorce Options» to allow individuals and couples to learn about the different methods of getting divorced so they make an informed choice for their family,» Fleischer said.

However, in a news release, DuProprio called the class action «another attempt orchestrated by the real estate industry to slow the growth of property sales without intermediaries in Quebec and undermine public confidence in this otherwise very popular option for consumers.»

According to a press release from the Cook County Recorder of Deeds, the office has identified three aspects of blockchain technology that make it a viable option for their activities: a permanent, immutable public record that is immune to well - funded nation - state attacks; a path towards paperless land transfers and so - called «e-deeds»; and reduced costs for offices across the country that want to upgrade electronic document processing systems.