Sentences with phrase «change voting policies»

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«What has changed is that while there used to be a modicum of congressional bargaining across major policy developments, the party in power now tries to pass legislation on straight party - line votes,» says Mr. Jillson.

Please vote on the answer below that best captures your viewpoint on REI's policy change.

They were celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which granted American women the right to vote, but they were also protesting the limits and expectations placed on American womanhood, demanding changes to childcare and abortion policies and education and employment opportunities.

Such a change would reduce its influence, leaving it with a role in monetary affairs similar to that of other regional Fed banks, most of which only have a vote on policy every three years.

The ECB's monetary policy in September was a non-event, with the governing council neither making any changes to the existing policy nor adding new ones as they voted to leave interest rates and non-monetary policies on hold.

Once adopted, the remuneration of executive directors would have to be determined in accordance with the principles and criteria outlined in the policy, and any significant changes would have to be submitted to a new shareholder vote.

The delegates who voted for the new policy must therefore realize that the change guts a major percentage of human capital in the BSA and will utterly devastate the program financially, socially and legally.

The reason for the present Republican surge is that this isn't change that most Americans believe in, although it is change they voted for (at least if any of them gave a moment's thought to the more or less inevitable policy consequences of their votes for Obama and a Democratic Congress).

Charlotte Wright, professor of community child health at the University of Glasgow and one of the members campaigning for the change in the policy, told The BMJ that she had no objection to the college surveying its members given that the numbers who voted at the annual general meeting were so small — 66 delegates supported the motion and 53 were against it.

However, he states that compulsory voting causes poorer people to vote and also triggers a change in policy, namely pension spendings.

A New York panel approved changes to a policy that would allow searches for the DNA of family members of suspects, but pushed off a final vote on whether to allow the controversial technique.

They're missing a trick: while a narrow majority voted to leave the EU, it's clear the public want change on a range of policy issues.

If the company's pay policy changes the vote must occur annually.

These are jurisdictions that in the view of the federal government have a history of discrimination in their voting policies and can no longer be trusted to continue to change policy without approval from the federal government.

Unite's Policy Conference sent a very clear message to rebel Labour MPs yesterday by voting by an overwhelming majority to support a rule change to the Labour Party rulebook to reintroduce mandatory reselection of MPs before each general election.

No doubt they were given added impetus by Nicola Sturgeon's announcement of a change in SNP policy, which would see their MPs vote on English health matters that affected the NHS in Scotland.

«There is no vote that could change the current policy on foxhunting scheduled in this session of parliament, which ends in 2019,» the source said.

Single - payer health care, progressive housing policies, changes to campaign finance and redistricting laws that have suppressed the vote — these are all issues a Democratic state government could tackle.

The Democrats realize that changing four of 17 Regents is not necessarily going to impact the outcome of policy votes.

Savino said she wants to see changes to the Panel for Educational Policy (PEP) that votes on policy chPolicy (PEP) that votes on policy chpolicy changes.

Fourthly, Lib Dem and swing voters especially will not forgive Lib Dems for precipitating the demise of the Coalition government, probably two years before it is due to end, not on a point of principle, such as on tuition fees, tax policy, social policy like gay marriage, Trident, the European treaty veto or the health or welfare bills but on... an issue of narrow partisan electoral self interest, i.e. unhappiness at boundary changes (which they had already voted for in February 2011).

In December the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) published a report I co-authored showing that the student vote seemed to respond to the changing pattern of generosity of party policies on higher education funding since 1997.

Next week the Labour policy forum will meet to discuss the party's future direction and the unions, holding nearly a quarter of votes, will act as a bloc to push through their changes.

But rebel Crispin Blunt, the former prisons minister, told the Today programme he had voted against Cameron precisely to change the way Britain conducts its foreign policy.

Speaking on the manifesto, the Policy Advisor to Nana Addo, Boakye Kyeremateng Agyarko asked Ghanaians to vote for the change they so desperately desire.

The vote is symbolic and will not automatically change government policy, although the Home Office may now find it impossible to resist demands for a radical rethink.

Clegg said that, even though the vote was on an opposition day motion and not on a piece of legislation, the government would have to change its policy.

At the start of the meeting, Corbyn's office briefed the Guardian that while a free vote would be held, party policy would be changed to oppose military action - an attempt to claim partial victory.

Only the last of these policies has resulted in actual change: the electorate voted «no» to AV, Conservative backbench rebels scotched Lords reform and the LibDems vetoed the boundary changes in retaliation.

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

She added: «Without a change of policy, many NHS voters will never vote Labour again.»

The state's highest court said a governor is allowed to insert language into the budget's appropriations bills to change policies, and the Senate and Assembly are limited to just a «yes» or «no» vote on the amount of money allotted for the program.

Earlier Shadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer hinted Labour could change its policy on another Brexit vote by saying the party was «not calling for a referendum at this stage».

Further, thousands of Renewal Schools children, their parents, and hard - working teachers all around the city also learned that their educational futures would abruptly change via a cornucopia of closures, mergers, and truncations upon which the mayor's Panel for Educational Policy will vote.

Mark - Viverito has refused to bring them up for a vote, instead striking a deal with then - Police Commissioner Bill Bratton to make some of the changes through internal NYPD policy.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. John Katko broke ranks with House Republicans on Wednesday, voting against a GOP amendment to roll back President Obama's recent changes to immigration policy.

There is a large over 50's vote in Bexhill & Battle and the majority are very disillusioned with the Tory's over the EU, immigration and the prospect of large housing estates being dumped on their characterful villages by ruthless planners and the National Planning Policy Framework that is set to change so much and not for the better.

«This is something the nation committee has agreed on that we need to do, and to find out our own policy propositions if they are acceptable by Ghanains and why Ghanaians decided that even though they voted for change, all of these 6 million voters decided to one side to vote for the NPP and Nana Akufo - Addo, there should be a reason,» he said.

The U.S. House of Representatives could vote as early as this week to approve two controversial, Republican - backed bills that would change how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) uses science and scientific advice to inform its policies.

For the moment, there aren't votes in Parliament to roll back Britain's domestic climate policies, but advocates worry that could change.

The National Assessment Governing Board, which sets policy for the closely scrutinized NAEP, voted unanimously last month at a meeting in Atlanta to table a decision on whether to endorse such a change until August at the earliest.

Congress can make such changes to tax policy through «reconciliation,» a procedure that avoids up - or - down votes on each proposal and the threat of a Democratic filibuster in the Senate.

Members of the control group were asked whether they would be inclined to vote in support of or in opposition to a teacher evaluation policy change that would remove the use of data from students» performance on state assessments in teachers» performance evaluation.

The Illinois State Board of Education took on sweeping authority to supervise special education at Chicago Public Schools on Wednesday, voting to appoint an outside monitor who for at least three years will have to approve any changes to the district's special ed policies and procedures.

However, this statement is contradicted in the first three slides, which clearly indicate that the changes in the Policy are driven by 1) changes in test availability and 2) an administrative rule that changes in the Policy must be voted on before November report card pick up day.

After an outcry from parents, Seattle Public Schools administrators delayed Wednesday's school board vote on proposed changes to the policy that broadly explains how students are assigned to the district's 97 schools.

LA Unified officials and school board members put politics aside Tuesday, agreeing to long - sought policy changes for charter schools and paving the way for unanimous board votes that ended up saving about a dozen independent charter schools from denials.

The board should postpone their vote on this policy until January so other important changes can be made.

But on Friday, state education officials also unveiled several changes to the proposal — which doesn't require a General Assembly vote to become official policy — that dial back a few of REPA II's most controversial points.

By Mac LeBuhn, DFER Policy Analyst This Friday, the State Board of Education will vote on a proposal to change Tennessee's teacher licensure policies.