Sentences with phrase «legislative agenda»

«We've had such an aggressive legislative agenda,» she remarked.

You'll hear about strategies employed to counter controversial legislative agendas as they reflect upon what did and did not work.

They have a fairly wide - ranging legislative agenda.

I am committed to passage of a bipartisan legislative agenda that cuts taxes, creates jobs, and meets the needs of every region, every community and every citizen of this great state.

There was a time when the renewable energies legislative agenda was full of ambition.

A good Canadian Press article provides a great overview of what to expect with this new Parliament, suggesting in fact we will see only a brief «Spring Sitting» over the next 2 or 3 weeks with a summer break and a more detailed legislative agenda in the Fall, giving some of the rookie MPs more time to learn their new roles.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has seen much of his ambitious legislative agenda for 2015 stall, as first the Assembly Speaker, and then the Senate Leader, were charged with corruption and had to resign their leadership posts.

Indianapolis Public Schools released a list of legislative agenda items they'd like to see this session.

Inspection standards will appear on legislative agendas this year in Arizona, California, Florida, and Ohio.

Developed by the association's legislative committee, which is a diverse cross-section of ASCD members representing the entire spectrum of K — 12 education, the 2013 ASCD Legislative Agenda outlines the association's federal public policy priorities for the year.

The 2009 ASCD Legislative Agenda calls on national leaders to ensure that all students are taught by highly effective teachers, have equitable education opportunities, receive innovative and research - based instruction, and are evaluated on the basis of comprehensive measures of performance and school success.

«We will not settle for a few token bills to create the illusion of Democratic leadership — we demand passage of this full progressive legislative agenda:

Collins said in a prepared statement that he is running because «the current legislative agenda of the state Senate does not reflect the desires of most New Yorkers.»

SPECTRUM NEWS VIDEO: Joining the show to talk about what's on this year's legislative agenda when it comes to heart health are Assemblyman John McDonald and Kathy Lanni, the chair of the American Heart Association's Capital Region Advisory Board.

On two key Democratic legislative agenda items, a jobs bill and a comprehensive health care reform bill, Sen. Jon Kyl, R - Arizona, suggested Sunday that Senate Republicans may not support measures backed by leading Democrats on Capitol Hill.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has seen much of his ambitious legislative agenda for 2015 stall, as first the Assembly Speaker, and then the Senate Leader, were charged with corruption and had to resign.

The political price of asking Americans to make real sacrifices in the service of fighting climate change would be too steep for any Congress to accept and hence would threaten other legislative agendas which progressives hold dear.

Committee for Children focused on one aspect of our state legislative agenda for Advocacy Day — promoting Social Emotional Learning.

Here's hoping that the apparent rhetorical reluctance to put ethics reform at the top of the governor's legislative agenda does not reflect a lack of interest on his part to advance meaningful measures to reform Albany.

NAR's 1999 legislative agenda aims to keep the real estate industry thriving.

The 2018 Legislative Agenda calls on ASCD's 115,000 members, and all educational professionals to become more engaged with leaders at every level to better - inform policies that support a whole child education for every student.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew issued a statement on the 2016 legislative agenda released by New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.

Last week, in an interview with Politico, Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R - KY) outlined his plan to shut down President Obama's legislative agenda by placing riders on appropriations bills.

We can also expect the NDP to begin shifting away from its more activist legislative agenda into re-election mode later this year.

On two key Democratic legislative agenda items, Sen. Jon Kyl suggested Sunday that Senate Republicans may not support measures backed by leading Democrats on Capitol Hill.

«The collapse of the Senate's healthcare strategy is a near - term negative for the GOP's broader legislative agenda, but we contend that failing to pass health care legislation dramatically increases the sense of urgency surrounding the tax reform conversation,» Boltansky wrote.

It may be a historic document for more reasons than that, if Premier Rachel Notley's NDP government sticks to the general legislative agenda laid out in the party's election platform before May 5's surprising election.

«It is a ground breaking achievement by this two week old coalition to transform such a reforming legislative agenda into concrete legislative proposals so early in the parliament.

This time of year is known for many notable culture touchstones, the changing of the leaves, the time change Halloween, Remembrance Day and usually a new legislative agenda in Parliament and in Legislatures across the land.

Michael Whyland, spokesman for Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D - Bronx), called the governor's position «news to the speaker because the task of setting pay scales was given to the commission so that they can consider the issue devoid of any other legislative agendas.»

Also included is a sessions on the National Association's strategic plan to tackle issues facing counties as well as meetings on the Association's national legislative agenda.

As Nicholas Confessore explained in these pages («Welcome to the Machine,» July / August 2003), the K Street Project tried to harness the muscle and campaign cash of a fractious lobbying community behind the specific legislative agenda of the George W. Bush administration with the ultimate aim of creating a permanent GOP majority.

Though she has made some headway with her father, Ivanka Trump faces an uphill battle as she tries to build support for her signature issues of affordable childcare and paid family leave, courting corporate executives and wooing lawmakers in hopes of generating momentum amid a packed legislative agenda in Washington.

He shared his thoughts with Politico on the progressive / liberal backlash against Governor Cuomo's first term legislative agenda.

«The government's legislative agenda appears to have slipped in the last six months as it publishes business plans showing 87 revised deadlines and targets missed.

The ASCD Legislative Agenda identifies resource equity, professional development, and the Whole Child as its policy priorities for 2018.

such as commenter 14's hint that Congressional legislative agendas actually impact my editorial calendar are a bit laughable.

Since I'm mentioned here in the comments thread, I hope I can jump in with a few points, such as commenter 14's hint that Congressional legislative agendas actually impact my editorial calendar are a bit laughable.

And the Trump administration legislative agenda reads like a corporate wish list as well: huge corporate tax cuts, privatizing the nation's infrastructure, and so on.

It will be interesting to see how Governor Cuomo utilizes his State of the State Address moving forward to begin his next legislative agenda.

Their full legislative agenda can be found here.

Rank - and - file members had little explanation for the sudden procedural openness, although some speculated it was related to the bipartisan nature of the FAA measure and the availability of floor time given the slim election - year legislative agenda.

Cuomo's announcement came about two weeks after he introduced a wide - ranging legislative agenda targeting workplace sexual harassment.

So, if politicians can't blame the judges they appoint, and they can't blame the laws they enacted, what can they argue in the face of these pesky Charter decisions that have stymied so many legislative agendas?

Alberta throne speeches in the recent past often didn't really discuss actual Progressive Conservative legislative agendas because they were part of a policy continuum formulated behind closed doors, far from the prying eyes of annoying members of the public and media.