Sentences with phrase «decade old bill»

While on recess, the joint committees on Communication and Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs have been working on the over decade old bill which has been moving in and out of parliament over the years.

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GOP tax bill would scrap decades - old medical deduction.

«Over the last several weeks, decade - old, discredited allegations against Mr. Cosby have resurfaced,» Bill Cosby's attorney John P. Schmitt says in a statement meant to address — and hopefully neutralize — the escalating situation.

Control of the Senate, too, would ease the way for Democratic bills currently blocked by the GOP, including ones to increase firearm restrictions, allow early voting, authorize state financial aid to students who entered the country illegally as children, and extend the statute of limitations on child molestation to allow victims to sue for decades - old abuse.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and other Republicans say they take issue with the look - back window included in the Assembly bill, which creates a one - year period during which survivors of past abuse can bring civil suits for decades - old allegations.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner are set to release a joint statement today calling on Cuomo and the Legislature to use a state budget surplus on a sizable downpayment to meet the terms the nearly decade - old CFE court decision saying the state has shortchanged its schools.

CENTRAL HARLEM — After more than a decade of unsuccessful attempts by lawmakers and juvenile justice advocates, Gov. Andrew Cuomo officially signed a bill into law Monday that would prevent all 16 - and 17 - year - olds from automatically being charged as adults in New York, no matter the crime.

Bill Clinton's staff used a decades - old federal government program, originally created to keep former presidents out of the poorhouse, to subsidize his family's foundation and an associated business, and to support his wife's private email server, a POLITICO investigation has found.

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton defended his department's decision to cut off public access to officers» personnel data, saying that the decades - old practice of disclosing that information was a «lapse in oversight on our part» and violated state law.

As Mayor Bill de Blasio has become embroiled in the burgeoning scandal, the city's comptroller, the Department of Investigation and the state Attorney General are probing the deal in which city bureaucrats lifted a decades - old deed restriction on 45 Rivington St. that mandated the Lower East Side property be used only for non-profit, residential - health care purposes.

The passage of the bills, known collectively as the Criminal Justice Reform Act and spearheaded by the Council speaker, Melissa Mark - Viverito, was the most significant step yet toward reducing the burden of a two - decade - old policing policy that treats public disorder as harbingers of more dangerous offenses, and has resulted in hundreds of thousands of outstanding criminal court warrants for minor infractions.

Mayor Bill de Blasio took a shot a Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday, comparing his inability to fulfill a decade - old court order on school funding to President Trump's court fight over his refugee and immigration ban.

Given the weighty interests at stake in this encounter between science and ethics, relying on an increasingly Delphic, decade - old single paragraph rider on an appropriations bill hardly seems adequate.

We want photos of you sweeping the glitter off the village hall floor; heading out to teach 5 people on a dark evening half an hour's drive away after a long day at work; your piles of philosophy books stacked next to your mat; your tabs of marking for trainees; the scrubby you use on the handstand footprints on the wall; the loose change rattling in the donation box after the PWYC; your studio rent bill; the baby sick on your yoga top after mums and baby yoga; the holes in your favourite decade - old yoga leggings; the charity shop where you buy more; coffee stains on cork blocks and the hospital room where you teach cancer patients; the costume box for your yoga and theatre kids class; your ID badge for prison work; the hug from the student who finally learned to stand on one leg...

In this R - rated comedy, based on the popular book by Bill Bryson, a travel writer (Redford) returns to the U.S. after two decades in England and decides that the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail with one of his oldest friends (Nolte).

Bill Cunningham New York (Unrated) Shutterbug bio-pic chronicling the career of the legendary Bill Cunningham, the 80 year - old, New York Times photographer who has documented the latest fashion trends for decades.

Wrath of the Titans Directed by: Jonathan Liebesman — Starring: Sam Worthington, Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson, Danny Huston, Edgar Ramirez, Bill Nighy, Toby Kebbell, Rosamund Pike A decade after his heroic defeat of the monstrous Kraken, Perseus (Worthington)-- the demigod son of Zeus (Neeson)-- is attempting to live a quieter life as a village fisherman and the sole parent to his 10 - year old son, Helius.

We're in a dead spot, a lost decade; old certainties are being tested, and many clever investors (alas for Bill Miller) are being weighed in the scales and found wanting.

If you want a slice of exquisite half - decade old design, Severed will more than fit the bill.

Having spent some time with company officials, it may be that decade old Super Lawyer puts more effort into screening for the nations best lawyers than the 140 year old Martindale - Hubbell, typically billed as the gold standard of lawyer ratings.

WASHINGTON A federal spending bill released late on Wednesday included bipartisan legislation that would amend a decades - old privacy law to clarify that a U.S. warrant seeking data stored overseas is valid in certain circumstances.

The Senate was expected to move forward on Monday with a bill that would chip away at the internet industry's legal shield, a decades - old law known as Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, with a bill intended to address online sex trafficking.

For instance, physicians must be proficient in coding and billing as the medical field switches from a decades - old system of codes called ICD - 9 to the new ICD - 10 in 2013.

This bill would overturn Arizona's decade - old contraceptive equity law, drafted by Republican former state Representative Linda Binder and signed by Republican and Catholic former Governor Jan Hull.

The «decades - old credit scoring model» currently used «does not take into account consumer data on rent, utility, and cell phone bill payments,» Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina wrote in August, when he unveiled a bill to require the federal government to vet credit standards used for residential mortgages.