Sentences with phrase «key voting reforms»

The arrangement, they argue, has led to watered - down accomplishments like a minimum wage that won't increase to $ 15 north of the New York City suburbs until a pre-determined point in the future and a lack of agreement on key voting reforms and campaign - finance law changes.

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And sure enough, just hours after Comey testified, the House of Representatives voted to repeal key parts of the Dodd - Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which has contributed to an alarming number of small bank closures since its passage in 2010.

Electoral reform, a fairer voting system, is really the key to reengaging people, to overcome their lack of trust.

Ministers were forced to abandon a key vote guaranteeing the passage of the Lords reform bill through the Commons over a 14 - day period after it became clear it would have been roundly defeated by Tory rebels voting with the Labour party.

This comes as McMahon has lost the support of key labor unions, including SEIU 1199, CWA and others, along with the labor - backed Working Families Party, as retaliation for his «no» vote on health care reform.

All this just underlines the key point: tonight's vote is absolutely critical to the prospects of Lords reform in this parliament.

[1] More generally, the key voters are Labour supporters who are voting in the local / devolved parliament elections and who aren't interested in electoral reform.

He also explained that the Sanders campaign was a key impetus for change, adding, «I think a lot of us were disgusted by the New York State voting laws years ago and thought they were unmovable, particularly with a Republican Senate that was not going to be friendly to voting reform.

The IDC had previously called for votes on key liberal issues in the Senate through a «call the roll» campaign — indicating that even with a Democratic majority, the votes on concerns like abortion rights and campaign finance reform may not be there.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has also pushed strongly for voting reform, making it a key platform in his State of the State agenda this year.

But pension reform has angered labor unions, a key Democratic constituency when it comes to funding and get - out - the - vote efforts.

His apparent ill - health is a setback to supporters of Mr Kennedy who had hoped he would play a key role in helping the party's referendum campaign for voting reform - which now seems unlikely.

The Times has more details on the Office of Congressional Ethics probe into eight House members, including two New Yorkers — Reps. Joe Crowley and Chris Lee — who held fund - raisers in the days leading up to the Wall Street reform bill vote, collecting checks from lobbyists prior to weighing in on this key initiative.

Four key Republican U.S. senators — Rob Portman, Shelley Moore Capito, Cory Gardner, and Lisa Murkowski — said they would vote against any reform bill that fails to protect Americans who became eligible for coverage under the ACA's expansion of Medicaid, the government - run health program for the poor and disabled.

A Brown victory would instantly deny Democratic Senate leader Harry Reid the 60 - vote super-majority he needs in order to prevent the Republican Senators from filibustering key votes on healthcare reform and the President's judicial nominees.

Janice Small is director of Conservative Action for Electoral Reform and fought the key marginal of Batley and Spen at the general election, gaining an additional 5,000 votes.

Do an up or down vote on key items in the health care reform bill.

The budget saw some significant developments centered on the city's beleaguered subway system, strengthening sexual harassment policies and repairing the city's public housing — though some key issues, such as voting reforms and extending the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse victims, did not make it into the budget.

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.

However after a meeting for Lib Dem MPs, the party's education spokesman David Laws announced there was still a need for «clarification» on key issues such as education, taxation and voting reform.

RIDGELAND, MISSISSIPPI - Empower Mississippi released the 2016 Education Report Card today, grading every member of the legislature on key school choice and education reform votes from the past legislative session.

As important school choice and education reform legislation approaches action in the full chamber, we will alert you to key votes.

As we have done in the past, we will produce a scorecard at the end of the legislative session, scoring members on key education reform votes.

A House appropriations subcommittee voted along straight party lines to maintain funding for key K — 12 education programs at current levels while completely eliminating three of the Obama administration's signature reform initiatives.

This «backdoor drilling provision,» as environmentalists have dubbed it, was added to the tax reform package to secure the key vote of Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who introduced the measure and has long backed the cause.

The key reforms to the existing legislation will affect diversity disclosure, majority voting requirements and internet posting of meeting materials.