Sentences with phrase «debates over this program»

The debate over programs and policies that grant preferences based on factors such as race and sex will soon be in the hands of California voters.

There are many debates over this program, but I love it.

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As the debate rages over who benefits from the Affordable Care Act, one thing is becoming clear: The controversial program is a dream come true for rip - off artists.

No matter where one stands on the debate over safety - net programs like welfare and food stamps, or massive federal undertakings like Obamacare, everyone agrees that those need taxation to fund them.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that he intends to hold a debate over immigration measures, such as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, before Feb. 8 — but only if the government reopens.

Democrats offered a slew of amendments over eight hours of debate on the bill, including a permanent ban on assault weapons and the elimination of the armed - teacher program.

In March 2009, Coppedge claims that his supervisor advised him that co-workers had complained that he was harassing them over debates about his religious views and coercing them in the workplace into watching DVD programs about intelligent design.

If none of our programs have worked, and if Christians are constantly arguing about what can be done (read the comments over the course of the past month of blog posts if you want to see these debates), where does that leave us?

According to experts, Trump's executive order would strengthen religious exemptions under federal laws and programs, but it wouldn't have the reach to quell debates over Christian - owned businesses refusing to serve same - sex weddings.

Prescinding from the conventional debate over the relative importance of civil and political rights on the one hand, and economic and social rights on the other, we ought to be able to agree on those elementary rights that have priority over any political or economic program, regardless of that program's ideological label.

The author examines the debate in the church over the growth of paid - time religious programs which has centered on several major issues, including the nature of the church, its mission, evangelism, pastoral care and counseling, and the social and political impact, and also the communication aspects: one way versus interactive communication.

Most Americans assume that the separation of church and state is a fundamental principle deeply rooted in American constitutionalism; that the First Amendment was intended to ensure that government does not involve itself with religion (and vice versa); and that contemporary debates over such vexing issues as school prayer, voucher programs, government funding of faith - based organizations, and the rights of religious minorities represent ongoing attempts to realize the separation intended by the Founders and like - minded early Americans.

The debate in the church over the growth of paid - time religious programs has centered on several major issues.

While the debate continues over potential pesticide accumulation in compost sourced from conventional feedstock, National Organic Program (NOP) Guidance 5016 helps to address the requirements of unavoidable residual environmental contamination (UREC).

Now, with Congress preparing for the reauthorization of the school lunch program, the specter of accountability is looming large over the debate.

The decision followed weeks of debate over finding space on already tight downtown park land that would be the least likely to displace existing programs.

The debate over federal government intervention in school nutrition programs continues to be a point of contention in Congress.

Over the years, Congress has mandated federal nutrition standards, funded fresh fruit and vegetable programs and debated, but never acted on, banning various «junk foods» from schools.

In the U.S. House, debate over dismantling the USDA's lunch program has been rancorous and split along party lines, observers say.

But the debate over spending and entitlement programs that Romney seemed to be seeking has not unfolded the way Republicans wanted.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday rolled out a food labeling program for produce and other agricultural products that are made in New York, but sidestepped a debate over whether the criteria should include food produce through genetically modified organisms.

Assembly Democrats relaunched a push for a statewide single - payer health - care program in hopes that the national debate over health care will give their legislation new momentum.

New York City's major developers are taking to the airwaves as the debate over renewing a tax abatement program known as 421 - a heats up.

We're seeing cuts in mental health services, in drug programs, the debate over Golden Hill; all these would not be issues if the state was paying its fair share.

The debate over public financing has begun in the state Senate, with the introduction of new legislation by Senator Eric Adams, which would establish a public financing program, create an independent enforcement counsel in the State Board of Elections, lower contribution limits and improve disclosure of independent political spending.

Fighting for Florida and beyond, Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders tangled in an intense debate last night over who's the true friend of American Hispanics, trading accusations over guest worker programs «akin to slavery» and the embracing of «vigilantes» against immigrants.

Mayor Bill de Blasio has been engaged in a debate with lawmakers over whether a new 421a program should include a prevailing wage requirement for construction workers.

Public Advocate James, who brought Brawley to the general election mayoral debate on Tuesday night as her guest, has also recently started calling for a much more ambitious overall program of building new affordable housing, putting forth ideas like building more over rail yards across the five boroughs.

Democrats in the New York Assembly are relaunching a push for a statewide single - payer health - care program in hopes that the national debate over health care will give their legislation new momentum.

As debate continues over how to fund universal pre-kindergarten in New York State, an Assemblymember from the Hudson Valley wants to ensure that funding for special education programs is part of the plan.

Meanwhile, the spending cut knife and partisan debate hover over Medicare and Medicaid, two programs critical to many of the poor.

Republicans said nothing during the debate over the «big ugly,» which also included about $ 25.8 billion in funding for public schools, revived the 421 - a housing subsidy program, creates a new scholarship program for public colleges, included billions for water infrastructure, spurs municipal service consolidation and extended the state's expiring millionaires tax for two years.

Both companies had a financial interest in Silver's work in the Legislature, particularly on the 421a tax abatement program and the perpetual debate over rent regulations.

They haven't seen details on a timeline for the executive action and its implementation; how new facilities will be identified or created; what kind of programming the administration will provide to the newly relocated population; or what impact the new system will have on the larger debate over «Raise the Age,» which they expect to continue next year.

Watch for heightened debate - and finally some decisions - about recurring issues: the state's Brownfield Tax Credit program, justice reforms (see below), renewing the New York City mayor's power over its massive school district, and, of course, school funding.

Current debate on Capitol Hill and in many statehouses favors programs that cap emissions and lower the cap over time, using permits to ensure compliance.

The study, which is being conducted under the Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund program, is the first time the EPA has undertaken its own water analysis in response to complaints of contamination in drilling areas, and it could be pivotal in the national debate over the role of natural gas in America's energy policy.

And it will inform debates over state policies and programs.»

Such conflicting opinions are part of the debate over how to rank graduate research programs, a debate that has sharpened in recent months as the NRC gears up for its third attempt since 1982 to plumb the world's best academic research system.

Stakeholders have just begun designing the rules, but undoubtedly a debate will emerge over how different alternative fuels and technologies are incentivized, said Therese Langer, transportation program director at the American Council for an Energy - Efficient Economy (ACEEE).

The current storm of debate over deregulation of tuition fees, which provide around one - third of the operating funds for Ontario universities, is nothing new for graduate and professional program students in Ontario, who have borne the burden of deregulated fees since 1998.

The failure to reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technical Transfer (STTR) programs leaves in limbo the fate of the programs, which expire on 31 January 2011, and ensures that a debate among legislators, biomedical researchers, and venture capitalists over the size and scope of the programs will continue into the new Congress.

A mistake that may have exposed several lab workers in Oakland, California, to live anthrax is inflaming an already heated debate over the safety of the nation's rapidly burgeoning biodefense program.

«There has long been a debate in the medical community over striking the right balance between pain relief and physical function,» said John Markman, M.D., director of the Translational Pain Research Program in the University of Rochester Department of Neurosurgery and lead author of the study.

Begun in 1973, the survey has helped shape the debate over the right level and mix of training programs.

Debate over U.K. research into genetically modified wheat ended up on a BBC news program.

There even is debate over whether programs should be developed to undo such changes with geoengineering.

Dr. Wilson was recently on the New Zealand current affairs program Close - Up explaining the concept of adrenal fatigue to New Zealand, but was told in a live debate with Associate Professor of Medicine at the Dunedin School of Medicine, Dr Patrick Manning, that in his opinion (inspite of over 3000 scientific papers published on the topic) that adrenal fatigue «simply does not exist» and that Addison's Disease is the only medically recognised form of adrenal insufficiency.

During his tenure, he oversaw a significant enrollment increase, the implementation of six new academic programs, the acquisition of over $ 3.5 million in grants and donations, the building and refurbishing of key academic spaces, created an office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness, Teaching and Learning Center, and revitalized the Honors Program and Debate Team.

The programming is superb, attendees are entertained and educated with a diverse selection of movies from around the globe, and there are unique events like the Fantastic Debates where contestants participate in verbal combat over a chosen topic before physically duking it out in the ring.