Sentences with phrase «federal crackdown»

During the largest federal crackdown on dog fighting in U.S. history, more than 400 dogs were rescued during an eight - state raid in 2009.

In July 2009, the ASPCA participated in a multi-state dog fighting raid, the largest federal crackdown on dog fighting in U.S. history.

The new regulations would bring Ontario into line with other Canadian provinces, like Alberta and Manitoba, and the United States, where debt settlement ran wild for years before sparking a huge federal crackdown in 2010.

Despite federal crackdowns, millions of pounds of illegally sourced honey (and honey of questionable quality) may still be entering the U.S.

Sessions, the House Rules Committee chairman from Texas» 32nd District, has for years blocked bipartisan legislation in the House to protect state - sanctioned medical marijuana vendors from federal crackdown, not letting it out of committee for a floor vote.

In her final State of the City address, Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner said the city will stand defiantly against an impending federal crackdown on undocumented immigrants.

But Cuomo acknowledged Tuesday that the state would have to navigate the disparate realities of more widespread legalization elsewhere and a possible federal crackdown.

Earlier this year, Dropout Nation reminded charter school players about the importance of learning from the two - year long federal crackdown on the for - profit college sector.

In July 2009, the ASPCA and The HSUS, along with numerous federal and local agencies, participated in a multi-state dogfighting raid, the largest federal crackdown on dogfighting in U.S. history, resulting in the rescue of over 500 dogs.

Oakland is also home to cannabis clubs in defiance of the federal crackdown on such venues.

Threats of a federal crackdown have united liberals who object to the human costs of a war on pot with conservatives who see it as a states» rights issue.

After a year of speculation, Sessions has rescinded the Obama - era Cole Memo, opening the door for a federal crackdown against recreational cannabis businesses.

A federal crackdown on illicit foreign supplies of human growth hormone has failed to stop rampant misuse, and instead has driven record sales of the drug by some of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies, an Associated Press investigation shows...

A federal crackdown on tax cheats in Vancouver's sizzling housing market — which is acting like a flame to speculators, real estate predators and foreign cash flow — has critics calling on B.C. to demand Ottawa do more to help combat the «out - of - control» real estate market.

The article opened with «hospitals across the United States are throwing away less - than - perfect organs and denying the sickest people lifesaving transplants out of fear that poor surgical outcomes will result in a federal crackdown.

While the industry has come a long way since a federal crackdown on unsavory practices in 2010, you'll still need to keep the following in mind to avoid scams:

A federal crackdown on off - balance - sheet financing in the wake of Enron and other corporate accounting scandals was expected to be a boon to the sale - leaseback market.