Sentences with phrase «how changes to legislation»

how changes to legislation, the economy, or financial products could affect your financial plan going forward

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WASHINGTON / SAN FRANCISCO, April 10 - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday navigated through the first of two U.S. congressional hearings without making any further promises to support new legislation or change how the social network does business.

WASHINGTON / SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)- Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday navigated through the first of two U.S. congressional hearings without making any further promises to support new legislation or change how the social network does business.

It's hard to imagine how so many people don't understand that by the nature of our representation and elections we have a two party system which only legislation is likely to change.

The ACCC has responded to the draft bill by releasing guidelines proposing how it intends to approach the legislation changes.

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.

THE BRONX — A decision by Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito to allow the NYPD to implement changes to how police interact with the public — instead of passing legislation to mandate it — is wrong and will be challenged, City Council members and police reform advocates say.

Off topic question topics included whether the mayor and his wife have smoked marijuana inside Gracie Mansion, a Daily News call for the mayor to «accept responsibility for inflaming the police», whether the mayor believes he should apologize for comments on the police, whether the Democratic National Committee has expressed concerns about current mayoral / police friction as it considers Brooklyn as a site for the 2016 Democratic Convention, whether the mayor supports the recent Cuomo / Christie veto of legislation on the Port Authority, a pending state legislative bill on police disability pensions, the expected special election in the 11th Congressional District, whether the mayor believes there is a police slowdown, the dismay of the recently shot and wounded police officers at Mayor de Blasio's hospital visit, the possible change in the Staten Island Chuck / Groundhog Day ceremony, the meeting today between Police Commissioner Bratton and union leaders and how Mayor de Blasio envisions the current mayoral / police friction ending.

Ravitch goes on to discuss how rate setting for some services was changed in 2007 (via legislation) so that it's now done ADMINISTRATIVELY by the DOH's medicaid director.

Justices do often outline how to change legislation as part of ruling on a case.

NYC Council members are expected to introduce legislation today that would significantly change how the NYPD uses the decades - old nuisance abatement law against homes and businesses cops say have been used as dens of crime.

As state lawmakers focus on campaign season, others are keeping an eye on chamber relationships to see how possible changes, specifically in the Senate, will affect legislation.

The Committee concludes that the Strathclyde Review does not provide a «sufficient basis for changing how Parliament holds the Executive to account»; that «both Houses of Parliament... need to play an active role in considering how powers should be delegated appropriately in primary legislation, how those powers should be exercised by Government and the way in which both Houses scrutinise and approve delegated legislation»; and that «[t] he use and scrutiny of delegated legislation is at the heart of the delicate balance of power between Parliament and the Executive».

So goes budgeting in Albany, where leaders often declare a targeted policy change or tax cut, then wait to see how the ideas can be implemented within actual legislation.

By figuring out solutions to real - world problems, students learn how a citizen's idea for change can turn into legislation.

Democrats, when they controlled both houses of Congress in 2009 - 2010, were busy passing economic and health legislation, and also could not agree among themselves on how best to change the most controversial federal law, No Child Left Behind (NCLB).

Cuomo proposed legislation Thursday that would change how test scores are used in evaluations to prevent teachers deemed «ineffective» or «developing» from facing termination or a denial of tenure based solely on student test scores.

New legislation changed the state's growth measure so students are evaluated by how close they came to reaching a standard, such as a passing score or an advanced score, or by how far they exceeded the standards.

At the time, few fully appreciated how the legislation would change the political landscape, but you can read more about the Democrats successful effort to destroy Connecticut's campaign finance law in the June 2013 CTNewsJunkie article entitled, «Malloy Signs Bill Changing Campaign Finance Reforms of 2005.»

But this legislation to change how charter schools receive funds, «the charter schools would get a percentage of the indirect costs that we sought for in the competitive grant process,» said Carr.

It will vary on a case - by - case basis how fast you want or need to pay down your debt, and the new legislation does play a factor; one of the incredibly faulty assumptions though is counting on the fact that this legislation will stand and that it won't change and adjust over time.

Contact an animal advocacy group to learn about how you can work to change for the better local or national legislation for animal rights.

In such a case, perhaps it would be more effective if the politicians took the initiative to convince the American public that climate change legislation is necessary for America's safety, much like how President Bush demanded that the Patriot Act was necessary.

Its report, «The Climate Change Lobby Explosion,» describes how hundreds of companies are trying to influence who wins and loses financially as President Obama and the new Congress try to shape federal legislation and spending on climate and related energy issues.

This is usually how it goes: politician wannabe gets campaign contributions from private sector guy, gets into office, legislates in favor of private sector guy, private sector guy contributes more, politician guy takes vacation in Italy (or goes for a hike on the Appalachian trail)... gets re-elected, the word gets out that he «plays,» more private sector guys contribute to his campaign, voters are pleased to see the name of their representative in print, like the new wardrobe, the new hairstyle, believe all change is good and re-elect the politician again... politician feels the power, creates agency to watch over private sector guy, agency takes fact - finding trip to France... raises taxes on private sector guy, writes legislation that taxes private sector guy if his plant emits CO2 while producing widgets... voters are in awe and re-elect the politician... private sector guy whines, politician makes him ambassador to Taiwan, limits how much the new private guy taking his place can earn, and taxes all widgets so new private guy will make more environmentally friendly ones... voters swoon, pay more for widgets, lose job in widget factory, hate private guy, re-elect their pol... politician buries $ 5 billion aid to Taiwan in next appropriation bill...... kind of makes a case for term limits, doesn't it.

The «hack» posting at The Air Vent may have had a special twist, as the subject there was about «An open letter reply to a letter written to government by 18 different scientific organizations concerning climate change legislation» that criticizes the associations about climate terminology: «Dear President or Executive Director, How could it happen that more than a dozen of the most prestigious scientific associations signed and submitted this letter on «climate change» without having ensured that the used terminology is sufficiently defined.

If Obama takes the position that legislation can be negotiated without regard to whether its supporters believe in the scientific evidence or not, if he brings to the bully pulpit no serious vocabulary on climate change, no gravitas on climate science, then how likely is it that he will lead government and society to deal with the problem in a «comprehensive» way?

Farmers in temperate zones all over the world already know that the planting season is coming weeks and months earlier than it used to — they would benefit from knowing how this change is going to pan out, and they will get far better answers when people stop muddying the waters by promoting obfuscatory nonsense from the same professional liars that spent years trying to delay anti-tobacco legislation.

It's fantastic that eHaus is indundated with demand for people who want to know how to get a Passive House, but Jon acknowledges that large scale change will ultimately rely on improved legislation.

Labor and the climate advocacy movement made a strategic mistake in 2010 by trying to sell the climate legislation as about «clean energy futures» and «saying yes» without talking about how climate change would affect people's lives.

Of the various ways the bill looks to change the nature of how to deal with carbon emissions, cap - and - trade will form the basic structure if the landmark legislation is passed.

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The conservatives (denialists) in a society see themselves as being near the top of the heap, mechanisms that bring about major social changes are likely to be bad for their position, in comparison the liberals (alarmists) see such mechanisms as an opportunity to bring about social change to their advantage, examples of how conservatives fight against such changes can be seen all over the place, from giving women the vote, to civil rights legislation, to gay marriage, etc..

Now, there could be a number of reasons for this: a) he's genuinely unsure how best to navigate the political waters to get climate legislation passed, and is cautiously gathering data, b) curbing emissions and fighting climate change truly does not rank among his highest priorities, c) he's slyly implementing political gamesmanship to push the issue through external forces like imbuing his EPA with the ability to regulate greenhouse gases, or d) a combination of all three.

It can shift with the wind (or rather, with legislation, caselaw, changes in the competitive landscape, merger and foreclosure activity, etc.) Reacting takes constant adjustment, and regular scrutiny of your stats so you can see how your firm is reacting to all of these changes and your resulting marketing strategies.

How has Gibraltar advocated for Admiralty legislation change to benefit its own state over the past decade?

If handled correctly, with due consideration given to how changes to the current system could impact on both landlords and tenants, these two issues could be combined for future legislation, as this case has revealed a cross party support for change.

It may be to confirm that the relevant portions of the legislation have not changed, to determine how a contract should be interpreted, or for some other reason.

It is, of course, true that legislation does not itself prevent the onward march of change or regulate how those affected conduct their relationships, but the legislature must remain reactive to change.

Ontario's Minister of Labour appointed two Special Advisors in 2015 to conduct a Changing Workplaces Review (the «Review») to consider issues related to the changing nature of employment relationships, and how Ontario's labour and employment legislation could be amended to better address thoseChanging Workplaces Review (the «Review») to consider issues related to the changing nature of employment relationships, and how Ontario's labour and employment legislation could be amended to better address thosechanging nature of employment relationships, and how Ontario's labour and employment legislation could be amended to better address those issues.

In «Complying With Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL): A blue print for the construction industry», McInnes Cooper lawyers David Fraser and Trent Skanes explain what CASL is, how CASL requires construction industry members to change their practices, why industry members should care about CASL and the top five «Do's and Don'ts» for members that didn't prepare for CASL.

With Brexit comes a whole host of uncertainty as to how many areas of legislation will change and divorce is no exception.

A priority for legal professionals, both in - house and outside legal, is to be on top of all new and changing legislation and how it affects the business, and DACH is no different.

The business world is always looking for ways in which to fight cyber-crime; as a thought leader, how would you say legislation could be changed to do this to a better extent?

Brief «alerts» about changes in legislation and recent cases that may impact another partner's clients may lead to conversations with the client about how Lisa could assist the client.

Key provisions of the legislation will require the NFIP to raise rates to reflect true flood risk, make the program more financially stable and change how Flood Insurance Rate Map updates impact policyholders.

Flood insurance rates are soaring, thanks to new legislation that changes how premiums are subsidized, and that redraws flood zone maps.

Tax advisory and planning, which involves analysing and recommending changes in how individuals and companies structure their finances so as to minimise their tax payments within the framework of legislation.

This paper examines the current state of I - 9 and E-Verify legislation and how changes have and may continue to impact U.S. employers.

We're going to use this blog to write about how you might be affected by any tax changes that occur, whether that is due to new legislation, a new court ruling or the way the market has moved.