Sentences with phrase «legislative agenda in»

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.

This, or something similar, is what has existed in Europe for half a century, and what has been adopted in at least two US states, and may soon be on the legislative agenda in Ontario.

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.

ExxonMobil and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) are running an illegal scheme to promote the oil giant's climate denial policies and legislative agenda in violation of U.S. tax law governing charitable organizations, the Center for Media Democracy (CMD) and Common Cause charged today.

A DeSmog investigation has revealed that many Republican staff members on key committees are former fossil fuel industry lobbyists, which could help fast - track the industry's legislative agenda in the weeks and months ahead.

The committee's goal is to propose a legislative agenda in the summer that summarizes potential solutions to improving the school finance system.

League of Education Voters pursued a legislative agenda in 2018 that reflects our values.

Silver was arrested on Jan. 22 and resigned in February, leaving a gaping hole at the center of this year's real estate legislative agenda in Albany.

«If the mayor makes his choice and the person the mayor chooses fails to put together a majority, it's a loss to the mayor of considerable proportion and the mayor is going to have to court individual members of the Council more assiduously to move his legislative agenda in the second term,» he continued.

The upset delivered a significant victory for Democrats and reduced Republicans» unstable Senate majority to a single seat, which could snarl Republicans» legislative agenda in Washington and open, for the first time, a realistic but still difficult path for Democrats to capture the Senate next year.

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.

But the governor is still finding ways to press for his legislative agenda in the last weeks of the session.

We have so much in common and getting to know the state and its various needs helps us to shape our legislative agenda in Albany.»

Since this Parliament began, the groups have started a programme of regular lunches and dinners, to which each other's members are invited, to discuss the legislative agenda in the Commons.

Added to yesterday and today's second reading debate, that's 14 out of the 88 days available to the government for its legislative agenda in this parliamentary year.

Firstly, that if Lords reform is to succeed it will have to dominate the coalition's legislative agenda in a way that would be unacceptable to many Tories.

Despite strong language from Trump, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Kirstjen Nielsen, and even Vice President Mike Pence this week in regards to the caravan, the route allowing foreign nationals with the caravan to be released into the U.S. is still open with no legislative agenda in sight that would end Catch and Release.

However, there is currently nothing listed on the legislative agenda in Parliament related to trade with Bangladesh.

Not exact matches

Until retailers get more clarity in the form of the Court's decision and / or a legislative agenda, there's no telling what will be the law of the land.

Republicans rode a wave of voter discontent to seize control of the U.S. Senate, dealing a punishing blow to President Barack Obama that will limit his legislative agenda and may force him to make a course correction for his last two years in office.

It also will test his ability to compromise with newly empowered political opponents who have been resisting his legislative agenda since he was first elected in 2008.

Republican leaders have significant differences on what the party's policy agenda will entail for 2018 after securing a major legislative victory in overhauling the federal tax code with a law that included a blow to the Affordable Care Act.

Republicans strengthened their grip in Congress in a move guaranteed to limit President Obama's legislative agenda for his last two years in office.

The legislative changes regarding VCs in Australia will be buttressed by the government's $ 1.1 billion (AUD) National Innovation and Science Agenda (NISA).

Maiden speeches by new MLAs are one of those parliamentary practices dispensed with in the quiet intervals of the legislative agenda, attracting no media attention, and are given mainly for the edific...

Aside from the two - day speech driven sitting held last month, this will be the first time that new Progressive Conservative Premier Alison Redford and her cabinet will gather in the Assembly to present a legislative agenda and field questions from Opposition MLAs.

Siegel added that his Dow prediction is conditional on progress in President Donald Trump's legislative agenda.

Time and time again, I talk to Christians whose experiences, like mine, go something like this: «I used to think that homosexuality was a sinful, promiscuous lifestyle that people chose in rebellion to God, and that Christians need to rally against the «gay agenda» through legislative action.

With a stacked legislative agenda to pass before the end of the year, the latest battle in the Senate centers on when members will head home to their districts to celebrate Christmas.

Anything not to talk about the legislative agenda, the countless Americans without power in Puerto Rico or those nervous about the safety of their health care.

And the SNA previously saw 19 of its past presidents break ranks in an open letter to Congress — an extraordinary, public display of the internal strife over the SNA's current legislative agenda.

Times political reporter Nicholas Confessore does an excellent job of exploring the factors leading to this stunning reversal, which include a recent change in SNA's leadership, its choice of a new lobbying firm and its decision to use more aggressive legislative tactics to advance its agenda on Capitol Hill.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

In working alongside partner organisations, our intentions are to place attachment onto the political agenda and contribute to fundamental policy and legislative changes.

Much of the upcoming policymaking work will take place in a GOP - controlled Congress — the «people's branch» — as lawmakers in both chambers consider whether or how to advance President Trump's agenda, as well as their own legislative priorities.

But, in the meantime, it's all the more important that SNA members who disagree with their organization's legislative agenda make their feelings known.

In the meantime, if you're a current or former SNA member who would like to join the 86 food service directors who've spoken out against SNA's legislative agenda, you can sign this version of the open letter, which has been slightly edited to address the upcoming Child Nutrition Reauthorization.

In the email announcing Thursday's tele town hall, WFP State Director Bill Lipton admitted the party's legislative agenda is «a big vision and we've got our work cut out for us.»

This little «baby step» of having the NYPD remove its barriers (something that the mayor will probably come to regret), is shameful given the blatant violations of law they have tolerated because they fear the onslaught of NYC's Democrats opposing the mayor's legislative agenda or Brookfield's plans for other properties in the city.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan in a statement Monday accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo of having «already thrown in the towel» on the end of the legislative session and insisted the Republican - controlled chamber has a busy agenda between now and June 20, the final scheduled end to the legislative session.

The Governor found himself in the unfortunate position of promoting his third on time budget, at a time when his legislative agenda was faltering and Preet Bharara» s prosecutions where giving the lie to the idea that Albany, NY was truly functional and not just as corrupt as ever bring Gov. Cuomo whole self promotion campaign down in flames.

The ads, which officials said cost close to $ 100,000, represent the first paid media campaign by Organizing for Action (OFA), the nonprofit group formed last month to harness Obama's campaign apparatus in support of his legislative agenda.

An extension of rent control regulations and mayoral control of New York City schools, as we as a renewed minimum wage push will be on the Democratic - led Assembly's agenda in the post-budget legislative session.

After all, if you can't get your financial plans or your legislative agenda through, you plainly don't command a majority in the House.

Now, coming back home, we can see that Saraki has consciously, but surely, adhered to the legislative agenda he and his colleagues in the 8th Senate adopted in 2015.

Clarification: If the Speaker in the House and the Majority Leader in the Senate control the legislative agenda, how do these coalitions (Trump - Democrats - moderate Republicans) get a bill to the floor for a vote?

The reason that our legislative agenda came to an abrupt halt in 2010, is because Republicans took back control of the House of Representatives.

Vulnerable House and Senate Democrats want their leaders to skip the party's controversial legislative agenda for next year to help save their seats in Congress.

Cuomo touted some of his legislative accomplishments, including passage of the women's equality agenda in 2015.

In the legislative session that recently ended, Governor Cuomo saw the state legislature reject a number of agenda items he'd been pushing.