Sentences with phrase «federal influence from»

Both factions would like to remove the taint of federal influence from state - based reform.

Not exact matches

Moreover, this latest action from the Swiss regulator may have been influenced by the recent visit of Johann Schneider - Ammann, Swiss federal councilor and head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, to Zug valley, which is an international blockchain and cryptocurrency developmefederal councilor and head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, to Zug valley, which is an international blockchain and cryptocurrency developmeFederal Department of Economic Affairs, to Zug valley, which is an international blockchain and cryptocurrency development hub.

Or, in Traversian: «The trend line from Pierre Trudeau to Stephen Harper has been steady: Influence over the amorphous, frustratingly horizontal federal machinery concentrates power in the Prime Minister's Office where issues that matter are managed with command - and - control authority.»

The Federal Reserve uses other tools to influence U.S. economic growth, too, including Discount Rate, which is the overnight interest rate at which banks can borrow money from the Federal Reserve; and special programs such as quantitative easing.

McCoy suggests that Whitehead, too, may have been shaped by biblical ways of thinking: «Indeed, it is highly probable that the process philosophies of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries emerged from contexts influenced by the covenantal or federal tradition and thus are in part intellectual progeny of covenantal theology and ethics» (CCE 360).

Bernie Sanders and his delegates used their influence to insert the following sentence in the Democratic Platform: «we encourage the federal government to remove marijuana from the list of «Schedule 1 ″ federal controlled substances and to appropriately regulate it, providing a reasoned pathway for future legalization.»

No county officials were charged with wrongdoing, but federal prosecutors allege that Dean and Adam Skelos improperly influenced the awarding of the contract to an environmental company as a way to get Adam Skelos more money from the company — which had hired him as a consultant.

«Apart from the herdsmen, there is also the need for us to use our influence to secure assistance from Federal Government in the area of provision of irrigation facilities, construction of dams to encourage irrigation as being done in other parts of the country.

The statement comes as Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos is facing an investigation from federal prosecutors over potentially placing undue influence on an Arizona company that employed his son Adam.

Late last year, federal prosecutors said they may introduce evidence at trial to show that Percoco «threatened at least four New York State employees... who were considering leaving their current jobs or State service entirely, by claiming that [he] would use his extensive influence... prevent them from finding future employment.»

The bill passed by the Senate includes anti-nepotism provisions, today: · Prohibits gifts from lobbyists and their clients of more than nominal value, including travel, lodging and other expenses, and broaden the types of lobbying activities that lobbyists must disclose; · Prohibits elected government officials and candidates for elected local, state or federal office from appearing in taxpayer - funded advertisements; · Closes the «revolving door» loophole by prohibiting former legislative employees from directly lobbying the Legislature for two years, and expands the revolving door restrictions for Executive Chamber employees to preclude appearances before any state agency; · Prohibits non-legislative employees from using their authority or influence to «compel or induce» any other employee to make political contributions; · Prohibits state employees from participating in any personnel decision or contracting matter concerning a relative.

«And this is why I appealed directly to the inspectors general of both the Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission so that they could review all the steps of the permitting process that were possibly tainted by the undue influence from a top - ranking person in the governor's office.»

«Apart from the herdsmen, there is also need for us to use our influence to secure assistance from the federal government in the area of construction of dams for irrigation as well as storage facilities» he said.

Maffei, the former Democratic congressman from DeWitt, received support from 46 percent of likely voters compared to 44 percent for Buerkle, R - Onondaga Hill, according to the poll commissioned by Friends of Democracy, a nonpartisan Super PAC that is trying to fight the influence of money in federal campaigns.

But the state's only power to influence the federal relicensing process lies in its ability to protect customers from high electricity rates.

What's troubling about these trends is that most federal agencies are poorly equipped to protect themselves from undue corporate influence, says David Michaels, an epidemiologist at George Washington University and former assistant secretary for environment, safety, and health at the Department of Energy.

Last year, for instance, a team led by federal scientists found that a mysterious drop in ocean level beginning in 2010 likely resulted from a combination of three temporary climate influences, including La Niña, that spawned heavy rain over Australia.

Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, the ranking member of the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, today called for a full Natural Resources Committee hearing to determine whether a high - ranking Department of the Interior (DOI) official received outside payments from a conservative group that seeks to influence federal policy.

There's the ongoing special - counsel investigation into whether the Trump campaign aided a Russian campaign to aid Trump's candidacy and defeat his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton; there's the associated inquiry into whether the president obstructed justice when he fired former FBI Director James Comey, whom he had asked not to investigate his former national - security adviser; there are the president's hush - money payments to women with whom he allegedly had extramarital affairs, made through his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, and facilitated by corporate cash paid to influence the White House; there is his ongoing effort to interfere with the Russia inquiry and politicize federal law enforcement; there are the foreign governments that seem to be utilizing the president's properties as vehicles for influencing administration policy; there's the emerging evidence that Trump campaign officials sought aid not only from Russia, but from other foreign countries, which may have affected Trump's foreign policy; there are the ongoing revelations of the president's Cabinet officials» misusing taxpayer funds; there is the accumulating evidence that administration decisions are made at the behest of private industry, in particular those in which Republican donors have significant interests.

«I've watched the federal role in education develop from almost nothing to a significant influence in education,» he says.

In using its Race to the Top grant program and waivers from No Child Left Behind to promote Common Core, the Obama administration has opened the door to increasing federal influence over what gets taught and tested in schools.

-- from The influence of federal grants: public assistance in Massachusetts (Harvard University Press, 1970)

Rarely discussed is union influence over state and federal elections and over domestic policy, from fundamental issues such as taxation and health care to more esoteric ones, such as gay marriage and redistricting.

The 2016 WPS also featured more than 50 speakers, including several EPFP alumni, sharing their expertise on a diverse range of issues and topics, from the history of federal education policy and the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act to media coverage of education and philanthropic influence in education policy.

After all, teachers» performance is heavily influenced not only by their beliefs, but also external force coming from local, state, and federal authorities.

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) strips the power of rewards and sanctions from the U.S. Department of Education in implementing Title I. Gone are any federal sanctions or rewards intended to influence states» decisions about their content standards, assessments, and teacher - evaluation systems.

His principal of limiting federal influence is backed up by his support for the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act which removed politics from defining interest rates.

The Federal Reserve uses other tools to influence U.S. economic growth, too, including Discount Rate, which is the overnight interest rate at which banks can borrow money from the Federal Reserve; and special programs such as quantitative easing.

Mortgage REITs benefited from loose monetary policy The Federal Reserves» monetary policy has had a huge influence on the popularity of mortgage REITs and the valuation of their securities over the last five years.

Their influence on economies at home and abroad is pervasive enough that the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury felt they had little choice but to offer assurances that the companies will not be permitted to collapse from reverberations of the sub-prime mortgage debacle.

«It is my responsibility to ensure that federal agencies rely on science that has integrity and is free from political influence.»

Others have a defining influence on their institution's positions — Tony Abbott on the federal Liberal Party, Chris Mitchell on The Australian, and Gina Rinehart who can not be separated from her companies.

Another issue: while I agree with him that Larry Lessig is going about things wrong, Atrios consistently pooh - poohs the influence of money in federal politics (and I haven't seen a lot of concern from him about money on non-federal politics).

The ALEC Academy, and subsequent lobbying from the oil - industry, demonstrates that TransCanada sees value in developing a list of states supportive of the project to influence the federal debate over KXL approval.

Hence, if you want to change directions, you have to influence the politics — you have to work to prevent the Koch Brothers from destroying California renewable energy initiatives, you have to work to eliminate federal subsidies and liability caps for fossil fuel projects (which would mean that oil drillers would have to post $ 10 billion bonds for every deepwater project they initiated), and — for academic scientists — you have to lobby your academic administrators to cut their ties with shady fossil fuel interests like BP and Exxon, and work to open renewable energy research institutes at America's leading universities.

That the federal government, in partnership with the provinces and territories, develop a comprehensive, evidence - based national formulary managed by an agency that is arm's length from government, and free of industry influence and political interference.

The suit also alleges that Buchanan's representation of Wallace before an FTC administrative law judge was a violation of the Ethics in Government Act, which bars former government employees from trying to influence federal agencies in matters in which they personally participated.

These schools were seen by colonial, and later federal, authorities as the ideal system for educating Indigenous youth because they removed children from the influences of traditional family and culture.

The federal bribery statute bars agents of federally funded entities from taking anything of value for influence «in connection with any business, transaction, or series of transactions... involving any thing of value of $ 5,000 or more.»

To begin, it is nothing that a small province like Nova Scotia could ever influence because any framework for alternative business structures would need to be a national framework that comes from a federal approach.

At the Eversole Law Offices, we help clients in Jefferson, Madison and Shelby Counties and throughout Alabama who are accused of all types of state or federal crimes, from driving under the influence (DUI) to drug or narcotics offenses to very serious or violent crimes.

Publication September 22, 2017 Carrie DeLange Authors Piece Honoring Judge Harry D. Leinenweber The Federal Lawyer article celebrated the Northern District of Illinois judge and his 31 years of influence from the bench.

For a time, several Plateau groups adopted Christianity, largely due to the influence of missionaries and the imposition of assimilative residential schools by the federal government from the late 19th century onward.

In recent years, change in the Canadian legal landscape has been fuelled by two dominant factors: first, the growing influence of constitutional concerns, including federal / provincial division of powers issues and a variety of matters arising from the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and second, the burgeoning number and power of Charter - oriented administrative tribunals that play an increasingly influential role in our complicated, interest - based society.

Findings indicate: 1) Nearly all children adopted from foster care in recent years received an adoption subsidy; 2) The median monthly adoption subsidy was $ 444 per month; 3) Among newly adopted children receiving subsidies, 84 percent received federal adoption assistance through Title IV - E; 4) Children's age and special needs status influenced subsidy receipt and amount; 5) Pre-adoptive relationship and other characteristics of adoptive families influenced children's subsidies; and 6) Analyses found some support for associations between subsidies and adoption outcomes.

As it is, Varvares projects the short - term federal funds rate, one of the Federal Reserve's main vehicles for influencing the cost of money, to rise to 0.50 percent from 0.25 percent ifederal funds rate, one of the Federal Reserve's main vehicles for influencing the cost of money, to rise to 0.50 percent from 0.25 percent iFederal Reserve's main vehicles for influencing the cost of money, to rise to 0.50 percent from 0.25 percent in 2009.