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«Comprehensive reform from top to bottom is necessary, but nearly 60,000 planned sackings could undermine our capacity to deliver an advanced and agile defence policy attuned to rapidly changing challenges.
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«When you look at the plan that's taking shape now, using comprehensive tax reform as a means to tax imports from countries that we have a trade deficit from, like Mexico,» he said.
In recent years, the senator has shifted from advocating comprehensive immigration reform to a stance that puts border security first, though with the possibility of a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants after 10 to 12 years.
Once the darling of the Tea Party, Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio has faced an intense backlash of criticism from the conservative wing of his party over his support for comprehensive immigration reform.
«When you look at the plan that's taking shape now, using comprehensive tax reform as a means to tax imports from countries that we have a trade deficit from, like Mexico,» said Spicer.
«This moment calls for compassionate people from across the political spectrum to have a difficult and honest conversation about comprehensive immigration reform.»
After Fannie Mae announced today that its fourth quarter earnings plummeted by two - thirds and CEO Tim Mayopoulos said that a lack of a capital cushion could trigger a future draw from the U.S. Treasury, NAHB Chairman Tom Woods issued the following statement calling on Congress to swiftly act on comprehensive housing finance reform:
We strongly support efforts from the global community toward comprehensive international tax reform and a far simpler system.»
President Obama has been a leader on so many of the issues and values religious Americans are passionate about — from comprehensive and just immigration reform to the Affordable Care Act to maintaining and supporting the critical role of faith in public life.
Another path is to try to become an American version of the U.K. Independence Party and seek to combine those who oppose the current version of «comprehensive immigration reform» with white swing voters who are alienated from both parties.
Comprehensive reform would provide documentation for most of the 11 million undocumented people currently in the U.S.. From an economic standpoint, this seems to make sense, given employment standing at 95 percent.
The long - awaited rule stems from the Affordable Care Act, the comprehensive health care reform law of 2010, and comes more than three years after the proposed rule was issued in April 2011.
Early in the debate, when pressed by the Vermont senator on her ties to Wall Street, Mrs Clinton noted that Mr Obama had taken donations from the financial industry and still passed comprehensive reform.
Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas in a statement said the latest overturned conviction «should not detract from the continuing need to embrace comprehensive and meaningful reforms to fortify our government contracting processes from manipulation, self - dealing and pay - to - play corruption.»
The City Council instead opted to support a five - paragraph resolution from the city of Orlando backed by the U.S. Conference of Mayors that urges the federal government to enact comprehensive immigration reform.
Another important feature of the context was the rise, from 1988, of Charter 88 as a pressure group and wider political movement arguing the case for comprehensive constitutional reform.
Comprehensive reform would not only to reduce these outrageous contribution limits but also provide an incentive for candidates to be responsive to their constituents, by matching donations up to $ 250 from district residents with public funds.
«Recycling Ed Cox and Rob Astorino's pathetic lies that hinge on the hearsay testimony of a convicted felon is a feeble attempt by Dean Skelos» heir apparent to distract from the fact that he, unlike Senator Kaminsky, doesn't support comprehensive ethics reform,» Azzopardi said.
«There was a strong consensus from the Meeting that it would be better to take some of the heat out of this public debate; this would entail taking forward a calmer internal party review of funding which would be more comprehensive and balanced (including importantly, addressing the Conservative multi-million pound donations at and between elections) and putting that forward as part of Labour's manifesto offer for party funding reforms.»
Under pressure from House conservatives opposed to comprehensive immigration reform, Speaker John Boehner said today, «I don't see any way of bringing an immigration bill to the floor that doesn't have majority support of Republicans.»
He said Nigeria is not excepted from impacts of the current global economic downturn, adding his administration remained undeterred and has embarked on comprehensive diversification reforms by shifting emphasis to non-oil sectors of «mining, agriculture, industrialization, infrastructure development and the creation of the enabling environment for Foreign Direct Investment.»
The Conservative leader offered a comprehensive defence of his party's approach to immigration in his speech, arguing that the coalition was on the right track in tackling student immigration from outside Europe, illegal immigration and reforming the points system for migrant workers.
«Senator Skelos and his conference don't want comprehensive campaign finance reform because they've figured out a way to collect tons of campaign cash from a wealthy few with very little oversight or accountability.
New York Times: Most Fundamental Reform Missing from State Budget Governor Andrew Cuomo and state legislative leaders passed New York's 2014 - 15 budget last week without a comprehensive small donor public matching system — instead establishing a very limited pilot public financing program for the state comptroller's race in 2014.
The Assembly should therefore take concrete steps to overhaul the rules that keep it from functioning effectively as a legislative body, and make clear to New Yorkers that it is serious about enacting comprehensive and much - needed reforms to its ethics laws.
According to SERAP, «Rather than proposing amnesty for suspected looters of our commonwealth, the House of Representatives under your leadership should be promoting laws that would lead to the comprehensive and radical reform of the criminal justice system to ensure that those accused of grand corruption are not allowed to profit from their alleged crimes.»
The wider task of comprehensive social security reform would inevitably require a high - level body to review and advise on the harmonization of various initiatives and deductions from workers» payrolls in the name of welfare, such as pension contributions, national housing fund, national health insurance etc
Washington (CNN)- Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is rejecting a request from a top Senate Democrat to hold the state's controversial immigration bill for one year to give Congress time to pass comprehensive immigration reform.
«We are now in a unique position, a unique moment when comprehensive reform is being demanded by New Yorkers all across the state,» he said, flanked by representatives from several good government groups.
«This comprehensive package - the most progressive set of reforms in the nation — will guarantee fairness for the accused by reshaping New York's antiquated bail system, ensuring access to a speedy trial, improving the disclosure of evidence in the discovery process, transforming asset forfeiture procedures and implementing new initiatives to help individuals transition from incarceration to their communities.»
It's time for New York state to put the interests of taxpayers first by passing comprehensive reform to ensure that hosts, guests, small businesses and local governments can benefit from the economic engine of home sharing.
The document describes the reform as part of a «comprehensive plan» concerning its treatment of adolescents (16 - and 17 - year - olds) that includes «intermediate consequences for misbehavior, and steps designed to pre-empt incidents from occurring.»
Koppell, if he runs, would be counting on some of the wealthy Democrats to vote against Klein for the failure of comprehensive campaign finance and ethics reform, which stalled thanks to a lack of support from Andrew Cuomo and Klein's Republican partners in the Senate, and on Hispanics in the district who are, in Koppell's words, «very disappointed at the way he failed to get the Dream Act through.»
September 30, 2011 • President Obama recently said «stop complaining» in a speech to the Congressional Black Caucus, and faced tough questions from Latino journalists about the lack of progress on comprehensive immigration reform.
While the nation seemed transfixed by No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, and Common Core State Standards, «one of the most wide - ranging reforms in public education» during that time, according to a group of researchers from Duke and MIT, «was the reorganization of large comprehensive high schools into small schools» in New York City.
Putting the pieces together: Lessons from comprehensive school reform research (PDF).
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At day's end, the multifaceted challenge of high - school reform seems to be a problem that needs to ripen before any comprehensive solution can drop from the policy tree.
In addition, Kentucky and Vermont have incorporated portfolios into their statewide assessments of student achievement — another effort to offer a broader picture of student achievement, and the now - defunct Massachusetts Reform Review Commission convened representatives from various stakeholder groups to devise a strategy for expanding the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System to make it fairer and more cComprehensive Assessment System to make it fairer and more comprehensivecomprehensive.
It's been a long road to comprehensive charter reform in Ohio, but the legislation that overwhelmingly passed last week drew bipartisan support and praise from editorial boards across the state.
«Leadership Lessons from Comprehensive School Reforms provides a blend of scholarly thought and practical anecdotes on the role of leadership in school reform.
During his tenure in the district, the high school was described by the United States Department of Education as «the most recognized and celebrated school in America,» won four Blue Ribbon awards from the United States Department of Education, and was one of the first comprehensive schools designated by the DOE as a New America High School for being a model of successful school reform.
Discover what we've learned about educational leadership from comprehensive school reforms models — straight from the experts and insiders!
«Leadership Lessons From Comprehensive School Reforms addresses a topic that has received far too little attention in the comprehensive school reform movement: the role of school and district leaders in the reComprehensive School Reforms addresses a topic that has received far too little attention in the comprehensive school reform movement: the role of school and district leaders in the recomprehensive school reform movement: the role of school and district leaders in the reform process.
True educational equity comes from comprehensive school reform, which incorporates academic improvements along with health care, housing policy, funding changes, family support and other policies that allow students to go to class safely and actually focus on their work, and that provides teachers with a work environment and enough support to operate creatively, not like infantilized robots.
(These include a RAND Corporation resource, called the Promising Practices Network; the Comprehensive School Reform Quality Center, from American Institutes for Research; the Best Evidence Encyclopedia, out of Johns Hopkins University; and even a global survey called the International Campbell Collaboration.)
These sorts of challenges too often dissuade many traditional public schools and districts from attempting to implement comprehensive reforms.
Florida's application reads: «Florida is better poised than any other state to implement RTTT successfully because Florida has learned from prior reforms and has built a valuable knowledge base of what is necessary to implement a successful comprehensive RTTT agenda.»
Policy Analysis for California Education is an independent, non-partisan research center based at the University of California - Berkeley, the University of Southern California, and Stanford University that seeks to define and sustain a long - term strategy for comprehensive policy reform and continuous improvement in performance at all levels of California's education system, from early childhood to post-secondary education and training.
Field - Focused Study of the Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Program (2003) presents findings from the Field - Focused Study (FFS), one of several components in the National Evaluation of the Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration (CSRD) Program.