Sentences with phrase «key reforms passed»

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The House set the ball in motion recently, passing legislation to repeal and replace key components of financial reform put in place in 2010.

With deadlock in the Senate it will be harder to pass key legislation needed for economic reforms.

• We urge our nation's leaders to work together with the American people to pass immigration reform that embodies these key principles and that will make our nation proud.

Regular TLT readers know all about the (misguided) Child Nutrition Reauthorization bill passed by the House Education & the Workforce Committee, a bill which would roll back key school food reforms and put economically disadvantaged kids at risk.

In backing Schumer, the labor - backed party cited his leadership as «key» to passing health care reform in Washington, DC last month.

Mayor Bill de Blasio says the city can close the notorious Rikers Island complex in less than 10 years, if Albany passes key criminal justice reforms, as he announced an agreement with the City Council to close Rikers and roll out a smaller borough - based jail system.

Cuomo's speech was the first of what he promised will be a lengthy campaign to press reluctant lawmakers into passing the key elements of his reform agenda.

Washington (CNNMoney.com)- Two key senators announced announced their support for the Wall Street reform bill Monday, placing Senate Democrats days away from winning the final vote to passing the most sweeping set of changes to the financial system in decades.

Backbench «stitch up» Cameron will be buoyed by the passing of today's controversial bid to reform a key Tory backbench committee.

With the agenda established, key statutes passed by the state legislature and Executive, and the funding secured, and most importantly the Board of Regents putting the crucial regulations in place, the key elements of the reform plans are now present.

For instance the descriptions of the Democrats for Education Reform during the Democratic National Convention in 2008 and the work to pass Colorado's landmark teacher effectiveness legislation (S.B 191) were mostly accurate in their implications but missed key aspects of what and how they occurred.

Congressman Bishop spent his career as a public school teacher in Box Elder County and Senator Stephenson led the effort to pass Utah's initial charter school legislation and continues to play a key role in Utah's education reform movement.

Although the Mayor died before the Chicago School Reform law was passed, his support for strong community voice in public schools was a key catalyst for the movement.

WASHINGTON — The Pew Charitable Trusts praised Ohio legislators today for passing H.B. 123 out of a key House committee, a long overdue step toward reforming the state's payday loan industry.

While Congress did pass a reform law in 2011 known as the America Invents Act, it had virtually no effect since lobbyists for patent owners had gutted almost every key provision by the time President Obama signed it into law.