Sentences with phrase «help change legislation»

They are focusing on the two Labour peers who allegedly told the Sunday Times that they had used their influence to help change legislation in return for payments in the past.

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WASHINGTON The White House on Tuesday urged U.S. lawmakers to move ahead with legislation to help prisoners prepare for life after release, but stopped short of calling for broader reforms such as changing mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes.

To help make sense of this game changing legislation, this year's conference will feature a wide - range of forward looking sessions dedicated to tax reform.

The Tax Reform Toolkit is a series of blog posts featured on Eye on Housing that are designed to help builders and remodelers make sense of the changes in tax law as a result of the legislation passed in December.

So, not so much on how money helping (2:17 inaudible) but how the climate change affects the legislation and potentially affect returns.

I hope the changes in legislation supporting gay marriage helps to change the stigma we have about homosexuality and strict ideas of gender norms.

This proposed legislation would help prepare Massachusetts for the impacts of climate change by identifying where we are most vulnerable and taking measures to protect public health, public safety, and the economy.

At present there is no legislation on the age limit of any tyres fitted to vehicles in the UK, so Frances has enlisted the help of Maria Eagle MP and they have met with Patrick McLoughlin, The Secretary of State for Transport to try to change the law on this important matter.

The boycott helps to compel it to change its practices where legislation is not yet in place.

The results of this project will help give us a clearer idea of that relationship, and help us understand how markets respond to changes in legislation.

This does not help, as the change in European legislation refers to the EU - wide deadline, rather than the domestic deadlines of individual member states.

Announces Up to $ 10 Million in Grant Funding to Advance Research and Provide Resources to Future Processing Businesses Legislation Clarifies Status of Industrial Hemp as An Agricultural Commodity in the State Establishes Working Group to Guide Research, Support Industry Development and Advise Policy and Program Changes Launches One - Stop Shop, Hotline and Webpage to Help Producers and Processors Navigate Industry Regulations and Requirements

In a statement today, Gianaris applauds Cuomo for helping to initiate online voter registration, but also says he and Kavanagh will continue to push for other provisions in the legislation including pre-registration, automatic registration and the changing of registration deadlines.

Also passing the Senate last night, after considerable back and forth during which its sponsor, Capital Region Republican Sen. Kathy Marchione, twisted herself into a political pretzel, was legislation changing the statute of limitations for cases of personal injury caused by pollution — a measure intended to help Hoosick Falls residents who are struggling to deal with PFOA contamination of their drinking water.

Recently, he announced approval of a comprehensive package of legislation that would help to preserve Mitchell - Lama housing by increasing protections for current tenants and changing eligibility requirements to allow more middle - class families to participate in the program.

WASHINGTON — The Senate Republican tax bill, which had appeared to be cruising to victory, suffered a setback late on Thursday as lawmakers were forced to contemplate significant changes, including future tax increases, to help pay for the legislation.

In addition, the definition of lobbying will be expanded to include advocacy to affect the «introduction» of legislation or resolutions, a change that will help to ensure that all relevant lobbying activities are regulated by JCOPE.

This year saw the first ever elections to a parish council in London, following a change in legislation making it easier to set them up and extra investment helping local community groups do so.

Kath Checkland, professor of health policy at Manchester University, said the new processes could help address inequality if different groups within the coalition pooled budgets together but, in practice, little would change as legislation remained the same.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is pushing bipartisan legislation to help service members and families forced to move when their duty stations change.

Other changes include a shift in the way legislation will be introduced at the council, and the creation of a legislative drafting unit designed to help members speed up the bill writing process.

Democratic Assemblywoman Didi Barrett has introduced legislation to give farmers a tax credit for planting trees or using compost to help soak up carbon and mitigate the effects of climate change.

Many good government groups had the expectation that the workgroup's proposals would help empower individual members while decreasing the speaker's ability to control all legislation, something they saw as playing into the charges against Silver, who had long resisted calls for basic technological changes to increase transparency.

Speaking of the event, Sam Pemberton, CEO of Impero Software, comments, «The safeguarding of students is a huge focus for us and we're delighted to be able to offer these seminars to help empower staff with best practice knowledge and advice, so they can respond effectively to changes in legislation and keep students safe.»

Instead, as the Hartford Courant noted in their story, «According to a statement from the governor's office, Malloy «signed legislation he proposed in collaboration with state lawmakers» and said «the change will help the next leader institute a long - term vision that increases stability and academic growth for the students at the state's colleges and universities.

Provision of Title I Services (2002) examines the extent to which changes in Title I legislation have helped promote school improvement activities, as well as the provision of instructional services including extended time, use of pullout and in - class instruction, use of teacher aides; and coordination of services for special population students.

Evaluation Brief: Provision of Title I Services (2002) examines the extent to which changes in Title I legislation have helped promote school improvement activities, as well as the provision of instructional services including extended time, use of pullout and in - class instruction, use of teacher aides; and coordination of services for special population students.

To start the conversation, use the New York Times article 7 Times in History When Students Turned to Activism as a basis for helping your students place into historical context the efforts of Parkland survivors and youth activists across the country to raise awareness and call for change in school safety measures and gun legislation.

Several points that I felt were imperative: 1) Everyone at the federal level knows that the current law is disliked and must change, 2) There is a recognized effort to make the language and details of the next ESEA reauthorization more user - friendly — all stakeholders of a school community should be able to understand the legislation and be vested in the success of schools, and 3) Legislators are seeking the right balance between formula funding and competitive grants — one area of consideration is the consolidation of educational programs or initiatives, which will allow federal monies to be used more effectively to help schools and children.

But the market is changing, and Amazon can not, like the telecomm companies who help run the planet, control government legislations enough to maintain dominance.

I agree that legislation helps, but the real key is to get consumers to change their habits.

Topics include, but are not limited to, programs to help owners overcome obstacles such as behavior problems, family changes, housing challenges, health issues or other situations that might cause the cat to lose his home, and reporting on legislation or community projects to help abandoned cats.

Acknowledging the changing public perception of the role of animals in our community and the resulting change in legislation that needs to reflect that, he was excited to be able help with that cause.

Because of this, the American Pit Bull Foundation is working to help change public perception, give people the tools they need to be responsible pet guardians and advocate against discriminatory breed - specific legislation.

Originally published on SolarLove.org Announcing its support for legislation extending the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for both residential and commercial solar installations, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) said it will provide a big boost to the US economy, while also helping to fight pollution and climate change.

Demonstrating that we can win a sizable victory with this coalition (see our blogs from our recent «Storms» of Senate and Representative offices), whether it is through strong comprehensive legislation, defending the Clean Air Act, or helping to generate the investment needed to create millions of good paying domestic clean energy jobs, will change the definition of what is possible in this movement and on this issue.

• Cap and trade regimes keep high - cost emitters in the political game because they can reduce their emissions at low cost and thereby help minimize political opposition for climate change legislation.

For those who live in Michigan, you can help create that change by supporting efforts to enact a 5 - foot passing and vulnerable road user legislation that creates enhanced penalties for drivers who injure or kill cyclists.

By helping to finance the construction of the reactors — the first new U.S. nuclear power units in more than 30 years — Obama is hoping to jump - start his efforts to pass comprehensive climate - change legislation, which has stalled in Congress in the face of GOP opposition.

In addition, during his acceptance speech at the Republican convention on August 30, 2012, Romney commented on climate change by asserting that President Obama would try to stop raising seas and heal the planet while he would help American families, thus implicitly implying that he would not support climate change legislation while he was President (Lacey, 2012).

If Congress wants a fight, though, it could slap a rider onto legislation barring the administration from using any money — including the State Department funds — to help address climate change in the developing world.

As the director of the US Chamber of Commerce, Blankenship has helped buttress the Chamber's tough position against any kind of climate change legislation.

[21][13] Energy Citizens ran a national ad campaign in 2012 that attempted to create the appearance of mass grassroots support for fracking, which Edelman helped coordinate, [22] and lobbied hard to prevent Congress from passing legislation to address climate change in 2012.

The data also could help color a looming Senate debate on energy and climate - change legislation that would cap greenhouse gases blamed for contributing to global warming.

Republican pollster Frank Luntz — the brains behind Newt Gingrich's «Contract With America» and the man who coined politically potent phrases like the «death tax» — wants to help environmentalists in their push for legislation to combat climate change.

The bill's original sponsor, State Sen. Ken Haar, a Democrat, proposed the legislation to help Nebraska citizens to prepare for the regional impacts of climate change caused by humans» emissions of heat trapping gases like methane and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

This visionary legislation will help local and regional farmers grow healthy fruits and vegetables for our schools and invest in the research farmers and ranchers need to be more resilient to climate change.

It is difficult to predict what would happen to this legislation but the government may take the opportunity to make changes to help businesses.

While president he was a delegate to Ottawa and helped to bring about changes in the Indian Act and in provincial legislation affecting Indigenous people.

As pension legislation continues to evolve, solicitors will be key players in helping business clients to understand what the changes mean for them, and ensuring they're able to make the best decisions about retirement policies for their own employees.