Sentences with phrase «legislation changing the interest»

On February 8, 2002, President Bush signed legislation changing the interest rates on education loans from variable rates to fixed rates for new loans issued after July 1, 2006.

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So where I disagree with Larison is his claim that «Conservatives actually know very well that they do not speak for a majority in this country, and they are also well aware that changes that would allow for more direct, plebiscitary democracy, whether in presidential elections or in passing legislation, would work to the detriment of their smaller states and their overall political interests.»

I did a bit of reading on the subject, and one of the interesting things I learned was that countries who brought in this type of legislation decades ago are now seeing a lower incidence of violent crime that appears to correspond to the change in the laws.

Campaign group Republic said the «Queen's and Prince's consent» rule gives the Prince of Wales an effective veto on legislation, which allows Charles to insist on changes to laws which affect his private interests.

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This could form the basis of a really interesting Select committee enquiry which could change laws and lead to better legislation in the first place.

«Unfortunately, Cuomo seemed more interested in using the Women's Equality Agenda to score political points with the public than he was in passing actual legislation to deliver needed changes,» Hawkins remarked.

Despite the millions of dollars in special - interest money spent on his behalf, Maffei says he's ready to change the system and back it up with tough legislation.

And that campaign, involving all sorts of organizations that have lobbied against climate change legislation, has led some people to conclude that this is connected to a larger campaign by special interests to attack the science of climate change, to prevent policy action from being taken to deal with the problem.

There are some parts that are controversial and, as with any large piece of legislation, some provision that benefit this interest or that have been worked in (the changes to drug approval at the FDA will likely benefit Big Pharma).

A bill to change Tasmania's Education Act has passed the state parliament, despite concerns raised from a variety of interest groups regarding details of the legislation.

The formation of the alliance shows that lenders are «very interested» in the FHA reform legislation and view the changes as «very valuable to the housing finance system,» said mortgage banking consultant Brian Chappelle.

Changes introduced in the Family Law Legislation Amendment (Superannuation) Act 2001 allow a super interest to be divided by agreement or a court order following marriage breakdown.

Do you know of any new legislation that may change the way in which student debt is dealt with in the future (ie freezing of interest rates, or just clearing the path of old loans, etc.)?

In order to change this, United States House Representative from Wisconsin, Mark Pocan, introduced legislation that allows federal student loans to be refinanced for lower interest rates.

Among other changes, this legislation halted lenders from instituting universal default rates which cause an interest rate increase when a borrower has delinquencies on any of their outstanding debt.

When it comes to topics like the one's listed above and the ever - important Breed Specific Legislation (BSL), change comes when we, as citizens, ensure that we have voted the right people into office that have the best interest of our animals at heart when it comes to animal welfare topics.

«We had a very interesting piece of legislation in our Ag Committee meeting that would change the name of the veterinary technician to veterinary nurse.

A constant theme of the Progressive Left is that the fundamental reason why America is not taking effective action on climate change is that action is being blocked by right - wing politicians in the US Congress and in numerous state governments who are being funded by fossil fuel interests to oppose anti-carbon legislation.

The foundation has also accepted donations from other major oil firms that have a financial interest in fighting climate change legislation.

Tom Fuller, a constant theme of the Progressive Left is that the fundamental reason why America is not taking effective action on climate change is that action is being blocked by right - wing politicians in the US Congress and in numerous state governments who are being funded by fossil fuel interests to oppose anti-carbon legislation.

The enemies are within ─ powerful interests who prefer greenwash to legislation and, it must be said, a public that wants to believe we can «save the planet» by changing our light - bulbs, as if we could put out a bushfire by spitting on it.

Interest in tackling climate change in the United States has increased somewhat recently in response to global CO2 atmospheric concentrations reaching 400 ppm, although there is almost no hope of new federal legislation soon.

Although Canadians have made some commitments to combat climate change (e.g., their ratification of the Kyoto Protocol and Alberta's greenhouse gas emissions legislation), industry interests pushing forward on extraction are dominating climate concerns and leaving Alberta's regulators struggling to successfully implement their policies.

With new climate change legislation all but guaranteed, fossil fuel depletion a reality, and more and more states initiating new renewable portfolio standards, power plant developers are going to find it in their best interests to seek cleaner, safer forms of power generation.

One man, who now is Vice Chairman of a group of companies with a commercial interest in climate change legislation, is being cited in lieu of democratic debate.

So the small number of people who determine the UK's response to climate change are not independent, and appear to have professional, financial and political interests in both the escalation of the climate crisis, and legislation designed to prevent it.

Of course, it is easy to paint skeptics as right wing conservative nutjobs who are all in the pay of big oil (despite big oil benefiting from climate change legislation) and who have no interest in science.

Those interests among industry don't always align; on the issue of climate change legislation and regulatory actions, we have certainly seen this to be the case.

There are distinct cultural markers; familiar tropes and debates; particular groups designated to lobby for change and economic interests accustomed to fighting it; conventional methods of litigation, regulation, and legislation.

Despite the lack of enthusiasm for changes in family law legislation, during 2016, there was renewed interest in no - fault divorce.

Until landowners are prevented from signing away their land for a generation or more without a requirement they receive independent legal advice, until the legislation and regulation is made transparent to average voters (for example, until they understand why much of what they actually want to appeal may not be appealed so that, from their perspective, they in fact have no right of appeal), until they understand why of all structures it is only the power to approve the erection of wind towers that has been taken away from local municipalities, until they understand why applications for immediately adjacent areas (by gilead and wpd) abutting Lake Ontario in either the most dense or second-most dense bird migration area in all of Eastern Canada may not be joined into one proceeding [guess whose interests that favours]... the list of «untils» is a long one and there is no indication of any change on the way.

Perhaps most interesting will be the new workplace dynamics that will inevitably emerge with any changes to legislation of this kind.

Going forward, and assuming that the proposed changes to the «mixed accounts» rules contained in the draft legislation are enacted, interested settlors potentially chargeable under the s 86 regime will need to be aware of the changes to the order in which funds are remitted.

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While the courts are typically quieter during the summer months, there was no shortage of interesting criminal law news in the month of August: News: Canada announced changes to its medical marijuana legislation, passing the Access to Canabis for a Medical Purpose Regulations.

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Remember that legislation came into effect on January 1, 2015, changing the pre-judgment interest rate for non-pecuniary damages from 5 % to a rate in accordance with the Courts of Justice Act.

At the Field Libraries we keep a detailed spreadsheet of which bills lawyers or clients may want status updates for, we monitor legislation from any jurisdiction and we email interested parties whenever there is a status change for a bill.

Japanese investors have been showing a growing interest towards cryptocurrency startups encouraged by positive changes in domestic financial legislation.

Such review processes would not effect existing and contractual lease arrangements, but may enable the long term planning necessary to achieve sustainable outcomes and ensure that the enab ling legislation provisions continue to reflect and support traditional owners» interests and ever changing communities.

The High Court's examination of the WLA is a legal history in which significance is given to changes in legislation and the effect of these changes of legal interests.

NAR supported the legislation because the tax changes would have benefited American homeowners and homebuyers — and therefore REALTORS ® — by reducing interest rates and enacting several important changes for residential and commercial real estate.

Items of interest to the real estate industry included in this legislation were restoration of a capital gains differential, expansion of Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) to allow for penalty - free use of IRA funds as a downpayment on a home, an increase in the deduction for self - employed health insurance costs, a change in the tax treatment of tenant improvements, reform of gift and estate tax law, and simplification of Subchapter S rules.

NAR, which is vocal on the Hill in vigorously opposing any changes that would limit or undermine the current Mortgage Interest Deduction, has also been working closely with the House Financial Services Committee and the Senate Banking Committee for two years to ensure that Wall Street reform legislation does not adversely affect REALTORS ® or consumers.

The House has passed legislation that would dramatically change our nation's tax laws by reducing the mortgage interest and property tax deductions and making it harder for households to sell their homes without paying capital gains taxes.

The legislation passed by the Senate included changes to the exemption for gains from the sale of a primary residence, elimination of the deduction for state and local income or sales taxes, a cap on the deduction for real property taxes, elimination of the deduction of interest on home equity loans (unless the proceeds of such loans were used to substantially improve the residence), restrictions on the deduction for moving expenses to only active duty military, and restrictions on the deduction for personal casualty losses to Presidentially declared disasters.