Sentences with phrase «effort at reform in»

Institutional navel - gazing after the rejection of the European constitution was followed by a momentous political effort at reform in the Lisbon treaty.

But the bankers» lobbyists beat back that modest effort at reform in the last days before the law passed.

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Trump told reporters in a brief conversation aboard Air Force One that he had meetings about healthcare reform in Florida at the weekend and that the effort to sell the proposal was going well.

U.S. technology companies have privately bristled at those efforts, three industry lobbyists, in part because expectations that 702 reforms will pass Congress are low.

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President Obama supported comprehensive gun reforms after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012, but the effort ultimately failed in Congress.

Andy Brenner, head of international fixed income securities at National Alliance Securities, said in a note that the hiring of a special prosecutor «and talk about obstruction of justice being an impeachable offense» could push back efforts to enact Trump's tax reform and fiscal stimulus proposals for months.

As President Obama said in February, «our efforts at patent reform only went about halfway to where we need to go.

Kevin Burch, outgoing chairman of the American Trucking Associations Such efforts were on national display last week when President Donald Trump spoke to a crowd of fleet executives, drivers and other industry personnel — organized by ATA — on the merits of his tax reform plan at a stump speech in Harrisburg, Pa..

Since the most severe problems are in inner - city schools, we should focus our efforts at reform there.

It is certainly an effort at reforming current practice in almost every aspect of worship.

Unfortunately spirituality itself has been elaborated within the later Christian tradition very much in an individualistic manner: seeking inner purification and saving one's soul or advancing towards personal liberation, without an effort at a reform of the unjust social relationships and structures.

The fatalism of the Orient and social despair such as that voiced by Ecclesiastes in a later age did not preclude efforts at reform.

Meanwhile, going hand in hand with the increased tempo of revivalism and the redoubled efforts at foreign missions was a fresh impetus to reform.

They represented several generations of frustrated efforts at religious reform, and they sought out a new habitation because they were convinced that their lives and fortunes were in danger at the hands of the Crown.

Poppendieck (whom I often refer to on this site as my «school lunch guru») was responding to my post «Lessons from a Bowl of Oatmeal» in which I posit that changing lunch menus is only half the battle — if we don't also educate students about new foods and encourage them to taste new items on their lunch tray, all of our best efforts at reform are doomed to fail.

But of course I recognize that many people who don't share my political views might still support the current school food reform efforts, and I agree that I didn't acknowledge that at all in this post.

He points to his reform efforts at the Park District in pledging to help clean up the financially troubled Forest Preserve District, run by the County Board.

Rep. Henry A. Waxman's Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is investigating allegations from former officials that Carmona was blocked from participating in the breast - feeding advocacy effort and that those designing the ad campaign were overruled by superiors at the formula industry's insistence.

But through my research and writing on the topic, and through my active participation in local school food reform efforts here in Houston, I've come to believe no proposed «solution» to the crisis will get us anywhere at all — unless kids themselves become invested in change.

The eleventh - hour attempt by Republicans in the U.S. Senate to repeal the Affordable Care Act once seemed like the longest of long shots, but now appears to have a chance — albeit slim — at passage, even though it has been deemed the most «radical» of all the Obamacare reform efforts the GOP has debated thus far.

His efforts at collectivisation and agrarian reform were generally a failure and better results were achieved by more moderate leaders like Lula da Silva in Brazil, primarily due to higher administrative standards and the absence of a distracting rhetorical war with Washington.

In particular, the concentration of reform efforts on the revenue side allowed the government to make visible improvements at the top while leaving the expenditure side essentially unreformed and indeed shifting much patronage downwards.

In this regard, in 2018, efforts will be geared towards keeping the lights on at affordable rates to consumers, particularly industries and small businesses through reform and policy interventions over a two - year perioIn this regard, in 2018, efforts will be geared towards keeping the lights on at affordable rates to consumers, particularly industries and small businesses through reform and policy interventions over a two - year perioin 2018, efforts will be geared towards keeping the lights on at affordable rates to consumers, particularly industries and small businesses through reform and policy interventions over a two - year period.

Other question topics included how Cuomo's love of cars and motorcycles affects his actions on mass transit, the ongoing investigations of Mayor de Blasio's fundraising efforts in the 2014 senate elections and whether Cuomo has been questioned in those investigations, current legislative efforts at retroactively extending the statute of limitations in child sex abuse cases, the developing troubles of Suffolk County District Attorney Tom Spota and whether Cuomo will act to remove Spota, the likelihood of «ethics reform» passing in this legislative session, the timing of an inspector general's report on the 2015 Dannemora prison escape and Cuomo's planned trip to Italy.

Clinton became governor again at 34, and Hillary forever stepped into the spotlight as a political wonk in her own right, spearheading efforts on education reform (previously, Hillary's feminist, Midwestern background, lack of accent, and thick - rimmed glasses did not sit well with Southern Democrats).

The candidacy of Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto, both facing trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for their alleged role in the 2007 - 08 violence, served as a grim reminder that justice has not been prioritised in Kenya's broader reform effort.

The good government groups and reform advocates — including Gov. Andrew Cuomo — are not alone in trying to capitalize on the latest scandal at the Capitol in an effort to reignite support for an ethics overhaul.

«We will keep looking hard at corruption in our legislative branch as we have been, but not just there, but in the executive branch, too — both in city and state government,» Bharara said on April 12 at a gala hosted by the good - government group Common Cause, where he suggested there should be more efforts at government reform.

In the past, the Assembly has blocked most efforts at tort reform.

As the group was gathered at City Hall, a parallel voting reform effort was being advanced in the state capital as well.

It was the first time the public learned Silver, who has successfully blocked nearly every effort at tort reform in the Assembly, worked not only for a personal injury law firm, but also for a real estate firm.

With the absence of any candidate of color in the AG's race, Schneiderman has been trying to position himself as the clear choice for Latino and black voters, stressing in particular his efforts on behalf of Rockefeller Drug Law reform and sponsorship of a controversial measure that will count prisoners at their last address for the purposes of legislative redistricting and not whever they're incarcerated.

The fact that the former governor is lending his name to an effort that has considered trying to oust state lawmakers who aren't sufficiently reform - minded at a time when his son is seeking to be in a position where he will have to work with the Legislature is fascinating — and potentially problematic.

At 2 p.m., key elected officials representing all levels of state government join reform advocates in calling on their colleagues to support efforts to end political corruption, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

An effort in the past legislative session to reform how economic development money is spent, disclosed and overseen fell short at the Capitol, but good - government and budget reform groups aren't giving up.

At 11:30 a.m., good government groups unveil an effort to pressure Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Flanagan, and Assembly Speake Heastie to «more openly engage» in addressing ethics reform, outside Senate chamber, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

Cuomo at the time said the effort was meant to remove doubts raised by police reform advocates that the prosecution was too close with police officers involved in the deaths.

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York has been at the forefront of an effort to reform a culture in the military that has allowed sexual assaults to go unpunished.

In the Democratic - led Assembly, meanwhile, criminal justice concerns include a focus on reform efforts, such as moving criminal cases involving 16 and 17 year olds to juvenile court, a measure that has stalled at the Capitol.

«Those who suggest that the whole of government can focus on delivering on only one thing at a time seem to forget what reforms are already in progress across our public services — at precisely the same time and maintaining our relentless efforts to ensure our economy is on the right track,» Mr Alexander added.

The findings are titled «At The Educational Crossroads — A Report On Education Reform Efforts In NYS.»

And the governor said he is not concerned at this point about some claims that President Trump's efforts to reform the federal Affordable Care Act will blast a major hole in the state's budget because of a change in federal reimbursement formulas.

In an ideal world, stunty legislative floor fights, and press events featuring hastily assembled «coalitions,» and the special drama of Ed Koch pounding away at this in an effort to bring about a capstone political achievement, wouldn't be required to get people to pay attention to redistricting reforIn an ideal world, stunty legislative floor fights, and press events featuring hastily assembled «coalitions,» and the special drama of Ed Koch pounding away at this in an effort to bring about a capstone political achievement, wouldn't be required to get people to pay attention to redistricting reforin an effort to bring about a capstone political achievement, wouldn't be required to get people to pay attention to redistricting reform.

An effort in 2016 to make smart changes to the bail bond system and gradually increase the age at which youths are considered adults did not meet with success, but Mr. Coleman's continued support of those reforms will be relied on when the legislature reconvenes.

He said Trump will try to divide the Democrats to force through a draconian anti-immigration reform plan that includes funding for a wall at the Mexican border, an end to a diversity visa lottery that brings in people from around the world and a curtailing of family reunification efforts, which Trump calls «chain migration.»

Wilson directly asked in a Web video for campaign cash to fend off attacks from political opponents and said he's standing by his opposition to Democratic efforts at health care reform.

News of that cash haul comes after Wilson directly asked in a Web video for campaign cash to fend off attacks from political opponents and said he's standing by his opposition to Democratic efforts at health care reform.

The LLC loophole has become a major flashpoint in the battle for campaign finance reform because other efforts at reform failed in this year's budget negotiations and a pilot public financing program for last year's comptroller race never got off the ground.

For example, they point out that investments in country capacity building have been inadequate and difficult to track, arrangements for fair and timely sharing of patient samples remain weak, and reform efforts at WHO have focused on operational issues but have neglected to address deeper institutional shortcomings.