Not exact matches
With its «religious freedom»
bill becoming law Thursday, Indiana is the first state to
enact the measure that been introduced in several others.
A job that entails fundraising and strategizing for a political party is very different from a job that entails managing the vast federal bureaucracy to
enact policy, or working
with Congress to get
bills passed.
Offset Your Gains
with Your Losses The IRS has
enacted a law that allows investors to save on their capital gains tax
bill by allowing them to offset their gains
with their losses.
That is to say, 3,629 agricultural operators
with employees who are paid wages are now registered, compared
with only 1,756 immediately before
Bill 6 was
enacted.
With the apparently low rate of compliance, the report is recommending the city
enact legislation that requires companies like Airbnb and vacation - rental site VRBO to provide hosts» addresses and booking information and give San Francisco's planning department the ability to fine platforms listing unregistered hosts — measures that Airbnb says «would make it even harder for middle class families to stay in San Francisco and pay the
bills.»
To improve the
bill, the Senate should replace gimmicks
with real savings,
enact further base broadening, add a tax expenditure cap, create a revenue trigger, and — after tax reform — turn their focus toward entitlement reform.
If the
bill passes, Hawaii will become the 7th state to
enact legislation for physician - assisted suicide, along
with California, Colorado, Montana, Oregon, Vermont and Washington.
The Christian peer Baroness Cox — who in 2011 attempted in the House of Lords to
enact legislation called the Arbitration and Mediation Services Equality
Bill, to protect women living here from the effects of Sharia as it is already allowed to be practised in this country — reacted to this démarche
with some alarm.
Congress
enacted legislation in the 2008 Farm
Bill to provide the USDA Secretary
with added authority to ensure that GE contamination was minimized or prevented after rice producers lost an estimated $ 1.25 billion as a result of a contamination event.
Yesterday, many media outlets reported on a
bill introduced in Congress which, if
enacted, would allegedly ban «lunch shaming,» i.e., practices in the cafeteria that single out children
with meal debt.
This funding will support the various farm, conservation, loan, and emergency programs, and will help American farmers and ranchers
with the implementation of the recently
enacted farm
bill.
Undoubtedly, the Brexit government has a lot on its plate, so every initiative has to justify its place: the legislative log - jam is much anticipated and will begin
with the Great Repeal Act, but just as challenging is likely to be securing time for the secondary legislation to pass regulations even for matters that have already had their
bills enacted.
The
bill is the latest delay in
enacting the fee in New York City as some lawmakers in the chamber expressed discomfort
with its impact on consumers.
They are important
bills — many
with Assembly sponsors — and they should be
enacted this session.»
If the
bill is
enacted, Ulster would become the second county outside New York City
with such a ban.
While Krueger's fellow
bill co-sponsor Assemblywoman Deborah Glick said she appreciates Cuomo's effort to push for a constitutional convention, she added, «I'd actually prefer to see the governor working closely
with the Senate to actually get Senator Klein to make [RHA] a priority for the IDC and to see it actually
enacted into law this year.»
Ironic, if Trump worked
with moderate Republicans and Democratic Senators to implement a Health Care
bill that lived up to what he promised during the campaign he could have
enacted HC reform on Day 1 of his Presidency.
SQUADRON, KAVANAGH, ELECTEDS, ADVOCATES CALL TO CLOSE LLC LOOPHOLE IN BUDGET Electeds:
With LLC Loophole Protected by Senate Majority, Budget Best Chance for Reform NEW YORK — Today, State Senator Daniel Squadron, Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh, and 42 co-sponsors of their
bill to close the LLC Loophole (S. 60 / A.6975), called on Governor Cuomo to include closing the LLC Loophole in his Executive Budget proposal, and to ensure that it is closed in the final
enacted budget.
I call on my Republican colleagues in the Senate to join Democratic Leader Stewart - Cousins to move these
bills through the legislature and Governor Cuomo to work
with us to get them
enacted.»
Last year, the Cuomo administration and Mayor
Bill de Blasio
enacted a rent cap for people
with AIDS who live in publicly subsidized housing that meant their rent could not exceed 30 percent of their income.
Lerner,
with Common Cause, says while that's admirable, the real measure of success will be an
enacted law, not one house
bills or statements.
Clinton praised Cuomo's tenacity in securing the votes in New York's Legislature to
enact the minimum - wage
bill, saying it wasn't just enough to support the idea, but that «feelings have to be matched
with politics.»
After these breaks were
enacted, Michael McKee, treasurer of the Tenants Political Action Committee wrote a column for the Metropolitan Council on Housing's website that the renewal passed the Assembly smoothly after «a clear message from the Speaker that he was pushing this
bill through, even though many members were unhappy
with pieces of it.»
Ms. Crook said that progress was being made to
enact the bipartisan - backed Aviation Jobs Act, a
bill to align NY State aviation tax policy
with that of surrounding states.
The
bill has been revised to exempt any business that is a tenant at a development that received city funds, and any business that was already in negotiations
with the city (such as Hudson Yards) before the legislation is
enacted.
«Like you, we agree that in order to truly give Albany a «clean
bill of health,» a system of public campaign finance along
with other campaign finance reforms including lower contribution limits, closing loopholes and strong but fair enforcement, must be
enacted.»
Bill Samuels, the founder of the New Roosevelt Initiative, credits Cuomo
with accomplishments like
enacting same sex marriage and closing a multibillion dollar budget gap after years of profound dysfunction in Albany.
In fact, even after Silver and Skelos were indicted and their relationships
with Litwin's Glenwood Corp. revealed, Cuomo and new legislative leaders delivered a blow to tenant groups by
enacting what many see as a real - estate - friendly renewal of the rent laws, deflecting pressure from advocates and Mayor
Bill de Blasio.
The Democratic governor had been haggling
with legislators over the issue, offering to meet for a special session this month to potentially
enact the first raise since 1999 if lawmakers also tackled some of his pet
bills.
«If
enacted, this
bill would run rough - shod over systemic reforms carefully negotiated
with the Legislature to avoid saddling local property taxpayers
with additional unmanageable burdens,» Cuomo said.
We will continue to work
with the Legislature to get this important public protection
bill enacted.»
I look forward to working
with Bill de Blasio as his partner in state government to
enact the changes necessary to keep our city the most dynamic and exciting place in the world.»
Astorino said he supports all the budget reforms listed by Citizens Union,
with the exception of one — limiting the ability of the governor to
enact policy changes governing the use of resources in appropriation
bills.
With the legislative session winding down this week, advocates say they're hopeful one of the
bills will be
enacted in the 2017 session.
But Vaughn Jennings, spokesman for Airlines for America, an industry lobbying group, said federal law prohibits states and localities from
enacting bills dealing
with airlines» rates, routes and services.
First up was New York City Mayor
Bill de Blasio, who came armed
with a new report that he says shows how he could
enact universal access to pre-kindergarten at a «rapid pace,» in an expansion that he calls one of the largest in the nation's history.
With the Senate and Assembly planning to
enact their «one house» budget
bills this week, Spano said he is urging them to increase AIM payments, at least to the State's large cities which face financial stress.
The Assembly member — who said he is interested in seeing the elimination of backdoor borrowing and term limits
enacted in both houses, among other changes — has spent the last five years campaigning
with Con Con advocates like SUNY New Paltz professor Gerald Benjamin and government reform activist
Bill Samuels, participating in countless town halls and panel discussions to help get the word out.
After the Senate's bipartisan 91 - to - 9 vote in a favor of a
bill that keeps federal agencies open through March 18 while
enacting $ 4 billion in new spending cuts, Mr. Obama urged House and Senate leaders to meet
with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and two top aides to work out a longer - term budget agreement.
As area farms brim
with sun - warmed tomatoes, crisp kernelled ears of corm and slowly reddening apples, the New York City Council yesterday
enacted five
bills and several resolutions designed to bring some of that food to city school cafeterias, senior centers and jails.
Senate Democrats and Assembly Republicans, who were frozen out of the budget talks because they are in the minority, complained that the budget was being
enacted with little chance for public scrutiny of the
bills.
Proposed in 2007 and
enacted in 2008, the newest version of the U.S. military's veterans education program — variously known as the Post-9 / 11 GI
Bill, the Webb GI
Bill, or the New GI
Bill — aims to provide returning servicemen and servicewomen
with the opportunity to begin or continue higher education at colleges, universities, and professional training programs.
Short of Congress
enacting his suggestions in full, he favors passage of the Durbin - Grassley
Bill, though
with the proviso that only «certain parts are good,» such as the expansion of rules against layoffs by employers who hire H - 1Bs.
In the wake of the octuplets» birth, some legislators made hasty bids to
enact regulation at the state level — and one
bill was drafted
with the help of antiabortion advocates.
That was after efforts on Capitol Hill to
enact a carbon cap - and - trade
bill stalled that would have also dealt
with HFCs.
The French parliament voted on June 30 to ban the controversial technique for extracting natural gas from shale rock deposits known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the web sites of Le Monde and other French media reported.The
bill had already passed the National Assembly, the country's lower chamber, on June 21, and on June 30 a Senate vote of 176 to 151 made France the first country to
enact such a ban, just as New York State is preparing to lift a moratorium on the same method.The vote was divided along party lines,
with the majority conservative party voting in favor and the opposition voting against the
bill, according to Le Monde.
The cuts were necessitated by a $ 209 million reduction in total spending within the
bill below FY 2017
enacted levels, coupled
with the billion - dollar NNSA increase.
Research Serv., R42647, Continuing Resolutions: Overview of Components and Recent Practices 1, 13 (2015)(noting that 1997 was the most recent year that the twelve regular appropriations
bills that fund the government were all
enacted before the end of the fiscal year on October 1 and that since that time, continuing resolutions have been
enacted on average six times per fiscal year, for an average duration of almost five months,
with full - year continuing resolutions
enacted for FY2007, FY2011, and FY2013).
«Criminal background checks provide users of online dating
with a false sense of security,» said
Bill Ashworth, director of state government affairs at Yahoo! No federal law imposes Internet restrictions on convicted sex offenders, but Florida and Nevada have
enacted such measures.
The
bill's aim — to raise standards and performance for all students and to hold schools accountable for their results — was
enacted with broad bipartisan support.