Sentences with phrase «for national legislators»

Yet others will raise many problems for national legislators when delineating the domestic data retention framework.

What is essential is that they provide for a coordination mechanism that avoids a double exercise of punitive powers in concreto, and that does not seem to be a prohibitive task for national legislators.

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For instance, legislators like Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Bernie Sanders of Vermont, and Jeff Merkley of Oregon recently warned that Cures amounts to a big pharma giveaway which will weaken regulatory standards on drugs, provide a mere pittance to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and do nothing to confront the rising tide of high drug prices.

Escobar went along with Colombia's democratic system and won a seat as a backup for a legislator in the National Assembly.

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Pope Benedict asserted that «religion, in other words, is not a problem for legislators to solve, but a vital contributor to the national conversation».

The American Civil Liberties Union, the National Education Association, lawyers, legislators and judges have been similarly forced to deal with the issue because of the numerous bills and civil suits demanding equal time for creationism.

Write, telegraph, phone, and make personal calls on legislators and governmental officials (national, state, and local) encouraging them to support legislation designed to provide humane treatment for alcoholics, drug addicts, the mentally ill, and the mentally retarded.

«Religion, in other words, is not a problem for legislators to solve, but a vital contributor to the national conversation.

If true, why would northern national legislators band together to pass the Lagos - Kano rail project but the southern ones, in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, conspire to let go of a key infrastructure thrust, that could change the face of the South East and South - South economies for good?

She added: «This was part of a national exercise of legislators coming together and saying, let's bring this to the floor for a vote.

Assemblymember Nichole Malliotakis (R - C - I - Brooklyn / Staten Island) was named New York state director of the National Foundation for Women Legislators (NFWL) for 2018.

The statement showed that Malliotakis, a state assemblywoman from Staten Island, traveled to Athens, Greece, for a conference hosted by the World Hellenic Inter-Parliamentary Association; attended the GOPAC Emerging Leaders Summit in Nashville; and kicked off the holiday season with a December trip to Hawaii for the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators» National Summit at the Sheraton Waikiki.

The National Democratic Congress legislator for the Wa Central constituency, Rashid Pelpuo has said President John Maham is not scared of any presidential candidate in the December 7 general elections, not even the flagbearer of the Progressive People's Party (PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom According to him, President Mahama has won the hearts of many Ghanaians with his «changing...

Governor Samuel Ortom had thanked President Buhari for visiting and listening patiently to the representatives of socio - cultural groups, farmers, herdsmen, national and state legislators, former leaders and elder statesmen, among others, described him as «a father known for his integrity and fight for justice.»

The National Democratic Congress legislator for the Wa Central constituency, Rashid Pelpuo has said President John Maham is not scared of any presidential candidate in the December 7 general elections, not even the flagbearer of the Progressive People's Party (PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom

He admonished the people against voting «skirt and blouse,» thus voting for Parliamentary candidates not from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as that could create numerical challenges for the party's legislators.

Hanna is a strong supporter of gun rights, and has received the National Rifle Association's «A» rating for «solidly pro-gun legislators.»

Sanders, a veteran US legislator who energized a nationwide movement of media - savvy young voters in his presidential race, and Teachout, whose political experience includes serving as the internet organizing guru for Howard Dean's 2004 presidential bid — arguably the dawn of the current trend for social media to play a significant grassroots role in national political campaigns — operate largely from the same playbook.

Mr Tinubu who said the visit was a great honour to him, commended the legislators for the effort made by the two chambers of the National Assembly to meet minds on ways to properly amend the country's 1999 constitution.

«As you, your Holiness, have said, faith is not a problem for legislators to solve, but rather a vital part of our national conversation.

For example, state legislators packed a session on modifying public employee pensions at the recent meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures in Louisville, Ky..

The A.F.L. - C.I.O., the Conservative Party, the Sierra Club, the National Abortion Rights Action League, legislators of both parties and Change New York, the anti-tax group, were united against the measure,» wrote Richard Perez - Pena, for the New York Times, on November 5, 1997, just before the con con vote that year.

«John Pérez has let the money flow into his and other legislators» campaign coffers,» wrote Patricia Bellasalma, president of the California National Organization for Women, in a February blog post at L.A. Progressive that has been widely - circulated among party activists.

Some National Democratic Congress (NDC) legislators, have criticized the move by the regional chairmen of the party to ostensibly back the candidature of John Dramani Mahama for the elections in 2020.

He held that it was unconstitutional, illegal and unlawful for the PDP and its National Working Committee to have conducted the primaries from which the sacked legislators emerged using the lists of delegates other than the ones produced from the ward congresses held on November 1, 2014.

It is hoped that now that the police have taken their attacks to the members of the National Assembly may be the legislators will use their powers to bring about change in the police force that has become notorious for professional incompetence, indiscipline and grossly corrupt.

If the Presidency does not review these «bogus» allocations in its proposed expenditure, it may lose the moral right to advise the National Assembly against spending some billions of naira on purchasing cars for its members despite the fact that the legislators have already collected their car allowances plus other sundry emoluments.

Some leading legislators have left the door open for changes in the evaluation law during their next session, which begins in January.State Sen. John Flanagan (R - East Northport), during an interview last week with National Public Radio on WCNY in Syracuse, said he believes any required changes probably could be made by the Regents and their staff in the Education Department.

The prospective candidates include former Suffolk County Legislator Kate Browning of Shirley; Elaine DiMasi of Ronkonkoma, a former physicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory; businessman Perry Gershon of East Hampton, who has worked in commercial real estate finance; Westhampton native Brendon Henry of Center Moriches, a bartender who also works in ordering and pricing for a plumbing contractor; David Pechefsky, a former New York City Council staffer from Port Jefferson; and Vivian Viloria Fisher of Setauket, who served as a county legislator until she reached her term limit in 2011.

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), on Sunday asked the Accountant - General of the Federation to ensure that federal legislators were made to refund the money collected for the number of days they failed to sit in the National Assembly.

Its portfolio includes giving those on its 230,000 - strong mailing list a chance to endorse online petitions to legislators on timely topics (last week's letter urged Congress to support research on gun violence), a Vote for Science campaign that highlights a different issue each month, and an upcoming national summit for local activists.

Republican legislators today reiterated their distrust of the National Science Foundation (NSF), with the science committee for the U.S. House of Representatives approving legislation that would tighten its oversight of NSF's merit - review process.

The legislators also announced (here and here) that they were forming a Senate National Laboratory Caucus, which aims to bolster support for the system among their colleagues — and demonstrate the value of the labs even to the dozens of states that don't have one.

The adversarial model of labor relations embodied in the national labor laws initially applied only to the private sector, but when President Kennedy, in an executive order, allowed members of the federal workforce to organize, state legislators adopted the private - sector model for public employees.

Members of the Citizens Council on Women's Education (ccwe), a project of the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education, also endorsed the civil - rights act of 1984 — the measure tabled by the Senate last week — and urged participants to vote against legislators who failed to back that and other legislation affecting equity in education.

Betty Castor: I came to the presidency of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards with a background as a teacher, a legislator, the Florida commissioner of education, and the chief executive officer of the largest metropolitan state university in Florida.

The hearings, which are being held by the National Commission on Excellence in Teacher Education — a group of teacher educators, legislators, teachers, and school administrators established last March by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education — began last month in St. Paul.

Cambridge, Mass — The elimination by the Reagan Administration last year of the $ 6 - million federal program for the gifted and talented, along with the reluctance of state legislators to appropriate funds for such programs, may hamper schools» commitment to providing special programs for gifted students, several researchers and educators told the National Commission on Excellence in Education last week.

Even the National Education Association, which opposes the idea of rating schools, has its own A-F grading systems for individual legislators.

A wide array of civil rights and minority groups appreciate the help they receive from the NEA, including the NAACP ($ 25,000), Congressional Black Caucus Foundation ($ 170,000), the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund ($ 10,000), the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network ($ 7,500), the National Women's Law Center ($ 10,000), Rainbow PUSH Coalition ($ 5,000), People for the American Way ($ 128,000), National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Education Fund ($ 12,500), National Black Caucus of State Legislators ($ 5,500), National Association for Multicultural Education ($ 5,000), National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education ($ 17,500), and something called the Hip Hop Caucus Education Fund ($ 10,000).

So why have we allowed people like Bill Gates and Michelle Rhee, astroturf groups like Stand for Children, and our state legislators to force such a stupid and potentially destructive system down the throats of one of our greatest national treasures, our teaching force?

A rally to thank legislators for creating school choice opportunities in Mississippi will be held at the State Capitol in Jackson on January 26 at 9:30 a.m. Gov. Phil Bryant, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, and additional special guests will speak at this special event during National School Choice Week.

Michelle Exstrom, education program director for the National Conference of State Legislatures, said that state legislators are more «engaged [than] we've ever seen.»

This project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, supported the Honor States Grant Program, an initiative of the National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices, by providing hands - on professional development to state teams comprised of governors» staffs, members of state education boards and commissions, state legislators, and senior legislators, and senior state officials working in K - 16 education.

This project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, supported The Honor States Program, an initiative of the National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices, by providing hands - on professional development activities to state teams comprised of governors» staffs, members of state education boards and commissions, state legislators, and senior state officials working in K - 16 education.

This project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, supported The Honor States Program, an initiative of the National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices, by providing hands - on professional development activities to state teams comprised of governors, their staffs, members of state education boards and commissions, state legislators, and senior state officials working in K - 16 education.

Among other priorities for teachers at the capitol is a call for legislators to commit to a freeze on corporate tax breaks «until school funding is restored or until per - pupil funding reaches the national average.»

Parent Power activists such as the Connecticut Parents Union are already gearing up for a fight with the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association over expanding the reach of the state's Parent Trigger law; the fight is particularly tinged by revelations earlier this year of the AFT's presentation on how it unsuccessfully attempted to kibosh the passage of the Parent Power law and how it exacted revenge by ousting Jason Bartlett, the legislator who led the passage of the law and the neutralizing of his former colleague, Gary Holder - Winfield.

Jim Hunt persuaded legislators to lift teacher pay to the national average to make North Carolina an attractive destination for highly qualified teachers.