Sentences with phrase «focusing on a piece of legislation»

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While the focus has been on the partial federal government shut down, another important piece of legislation, the federal Farm Bill, has also expired.

While the focus has been on the partial federal government shut down, another important piece of legislation, the federal farm bill, has also expired.

The House has approved four Katko - sponsored pieces of legislation — all of which focus on boosting airport security.

A second piece of legislation, SB 1346, focuses heavily on requirements around English learners and adds a mandate to include reclassified English learners to the subgroups of pupils whose educational achievement must be measured by the state's Academic Performance Index.

An active board and statewide structure has provided MFOA with the ability to organize an develop coinciding two - year campaigns to support revamping the State Animal Welfare Program, addressing the cruelty of coyote snaring and treatment of circus elephants, from establishing our «Dogs Chained for Life» and Pet Club programs to submitting a State referendum to ban bear baiting, hounding and trapping, from focuses on canned hunting, puppy mills, horse racing / slaughter to the eight pieces of legislation that have improved the lives of Maine's dogs and cats, MFOA has led the way in Maine.

The dogs who compete in professional dog shows are registered with the American Kennel Club (AKC), and while dog shows and the AKC don't outright promote puppy mills, the AKC has been known to fight pieces of legislation focused on regulating the commercial breeding industry and protecting animals.

Enacted in October, once the Personal Information Protection and Identity Theft Prevention Act is brought into force companies like MTS who have been focused on PIPEDA will now have another piece of legislation to consider.

While the LSI report focuses on LSA 2007, it's that other piece of landmark legal services legislation — LASPO — that should provide the impetus for (one hopes) a new and much broader discussion about the meaning of «access to justice».