Sentences with phrase «forces need reform»

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That is because the CFTC rules, created as part of the 2010 Dodd - Frank financial reform law, allow banks to calculate capital needs using their own proprietary models but force non-bank swaps dealers to use standardized models.

But now many powerful forces are aligned against school food reform: the processed food industry, which has a huge financial stake in the program and powerful lobbyists on Capitol Hill; the need of school districts to make their meal programs break even; First Lady Michelle Obama's vocal support of school food reform, which has politicized the issue for some conservatives hoping to score political points; and conservatives» general distrust of «big government.»

«It is really disappointing the government have not been bolder in procurement reform to make lasting changes to provide our forces with the best possible equipment when it is needed on the frontline.»

Maintaining a balance between the need for liberal reforms and the demands of the deeply conservative and reactionary forces which exist in the country has long been the backbone of Saudi stability.

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Moskowitz, the force behind the high - performing Success Academy network, officially endorsed DeVos on Tuesday and stressed a need for wholesale reform.

Advocates of electoral reform have argued the new system will force MPs to «work harder» because they will need to broaden their efforts beyond their core vote.

The establishment of the Reform Party will be another force in the fight to enact desperately needed changes in New York, chief among them repealing Common Core and enacting term limits for legislators,» Astorino said in a statement.

«Anger has been fuelled further by a perception that ordinary citizens are subject to restrictions in their own working lives which were not being applied in the same way to MPs, and by the reluctance of the House of Commons as a whole to recognise the need for reform until forced to do so.»

While the lawsuit is yet to be heard, the principle behind the suit will at the very least force us to examine the inner workings of the CFB and shed some light on where we need reform.

«We need healthcare reform — including promised Medicaid reform in New York where we spend more than Texas, Florida and Pennsylvania combined — but it shouldn't be done on the backs of already overburdened City residents who will undoubtedly have a tax increase forced on them to pay for this eminently unfair policy.»

The thinking is that passage of GENDA could give a much needed progressive win to IDC Leader Jeff Klein & Co. at a time when the breakaway Democratic conference is under intense pressure from the left for (so far) failing to force a vote on some of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's top agenda items, including the all - inclusive 10 - point Women's Equality Act and the campaign finance reform bill.

Indeed the government's need to make the statement tomorrow forced Nick Clegg, the deputy prime minister, to bring forward his own statement on constitutional reform to today.

«The low - wage service workers we represent need a champion in Albany who will advocate for raising workers» standards, the DREAM Act and state - level immigration reforms, and ensure the labor movement remains a force for upward economic mobility.»

Republican Congressman Chris Gibson has reintroduced the War Powers Reform Act, which amends the War Powers Resolution to clarify when the President needs congressional approval before deploying Armed Forces.

Prime minister forced to defend coalition welfare reforms as Labour seizes on minister's admission that plan may need revision

David Miliband has said he will stand for the Labour leadership, arguing the party needs to «rebuild» itself as a reforming force in British politics.

«The new and comprehensive reforms the Council will introduce today are needed to create a more responsive, transparent and inclusive legislative body that can be a stronger force for effective city government,» said Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

The need for mechanisms that will force reform is urgent, agreed Victoria McGovern, a senior program officer at the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, one of the graduate education study's sponsors.

Andrew Carlson (David Hornsby), an etiquette columnist, is forced to seek out Bert (Kevin Dillon), a reformed bad boy from his past, to help him learn how to be a «real man» after his editor informs him he needs to modernize his column.

Five years of studies on charter schools prove they are meeting the needs of traditionally underserved children and forcing regular public schools to change for the better, the Center for Education Reform concludes in a report released last week.

Two Economists on School Reform: We Know (A Few) Things That Work Wall Street Journal, 3/19/14 «Professors [Greg] Duncan and [Richard] Murnane previously have argued that the economic forces of technology and globalization are driving a wedge between winners and losers in the U.S. economy and making it tough for schools to help children from low - income families to get the skills they need to compete.»

The key recommendation of the task force, whose members included leading figures in the corporate reform movement, was that more school choice was needed, specifically the expansion of privately managed charter schools and vouchers.

So it will take Parent Power groups and civil rights activists to apply the pressure needed to force reform.

Efforts to force teacher quality reform got a boost last year when the Los Angeles Times revealed the performance of the district's 11,500 elementary school teachers — by name — during its powerful, controversial and much - needed series on the low quality of the district's instruction.

«The reality is that we've had very small expansions in the use of market forces, so, not surprisingly, we've had modest effects from choice programs,» writes Jay P. Greene, head of the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, in Why America Needs School Choice (a book that arrived in the midst of the 2011 activity).

For the past 17 years Dianne has been the leading champion in the battle to force long - needed school finance reform here in Connecticut.

As the primary force for mobilizing leadership in others and setting in motion a culture of continuous reflection and growth, motion leaders are key to the kind of whole - system reform that Fullan says needs to remain continuously in action.

While significant education reforms were enacted just prior to Katrina, it took this tragedy that claimed the lives of more than 1,000 Louisianans to force us to make changes that we all knew needed to be made.

No Child Left Behind (the Elementary and Secondary Education Act — ESEA) has forced the direction of education «reform» without bringing to the table those who understand the needs of our communities and our children — the real stakeholders — the People.

When the Framework needs revision or updating, SBE rules call for the reforming of the Task Force.

As districts develop their reform agenda, they should put at the forefront a vision for the type of teaching force needed to support their plans for reform, and use empirical studies as a guide to recruit and retain teachers.

Talks Wednesday largely eschewed specific reform proposals, with task force leadership saying members needed to build a «knowledge base» first.

Not only has our legal, political and grassroots pressure forced the Interior Department to consider much - needed reforms, but also the coal industry is under financial stress.Twice in 2013, Interior Department plans to sell more coal in the Powder River Basin failed.

A new Constitutional Convention is needed to force Congress to reform and remove our elected representatives from the control of corrupt special interests.

Press Release NEW TITLE March 2013 Consumer Insurance Law: Disclosure, Representations and Basis of the Contract Clauses Peter J Tyldesley Essential guide to the radical reforms to consumer insurance law which come into force on 6 April 2013 «It has long been recognised that the law around disclosure of information to insurers needed change.

Subsection 25 (1.3), which came into force in 2012 as a result of the Balanced Refugee Reform Act, provides in making such a decision, the Minister may not consider the same factors that are taken into account in determining whether a foreign national is a Convention refugee (s. 96) or a person in need of protection (s. 97).

Led by Hilary Lennox and her colleagues, the team at Five St Andrews Hill talks about international regulations surrounding child abduction and relocation, what reforms are needed surrounding surrogacy law, and also touches on the ins and outs of forced marriage and the tax advantages of marriage.

The decree therefore implies that a court could be left to chose between forgoing the use technology — something that could have dire consequences for access to justice — or using technology that is incompatible with current procedures — forcing a procedural reform that would be dictated not by access to justice needs, but by software developers» financial interests.

Given the considerable time and talent devoted to the work of the Task Force, and the well acknowledged need for legislated reform, its Report should not have come to nothing.

A little more than a year on from the special educational needs and disability (SEND) reforms coming into force, today's conference is an opportune moment to pause for reflection, take stock, check we're on track, and look ahead to make sure we're confident of securing the transformation and culture change set out in that initial vision.

It has no legal force, but is expected this year to produce recommendations about law reform and restorative actions that need to happen to support the four cases it considered last October.