Sentences with phrase «legislative agendas which»

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.

«Despite several distractions, you have significantly achieved milestones in the execution of your Legislative Agenda which aims to improve governance, ease of doing business and the quality of life of Nigerians.

In making his case, MacKay sent along the party's 2014 platform and legislative agenda which includes support for the Dream Act, a delay in Common Core implementation and support for raising the age of criminal prosecution to 18.

She is directly responsible for the development and advocacy of NJPSA's legislative agenda which covers a broad spectrum of educational issues including the preparation, support and development of school leaders, school finance, collective bargaining / employment issues and school reform issues.

While that may seem counter-intuitive at first sight, remember that as a former cabinet minister, Lord Young will be aware of the long lead - time for legislation and of the already - packed legislative agenda which the coalition is bringing forward.

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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.

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.

We are ready to move forward, provided any final agreement between Democrats is based on the legislative agenda that we put forth on May 22, which includes: the Reproductive Health Act, the DREAM Act, GENDA, protecting Title X funding, public campaign finance, single - payer health care and the Comprehensive Contraceptive Coverage Act.

«This is a really lightweight Queen's Speech which suggests the EU referendum has properly railroaded the government's domestic legislative agenda.

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.

Furthermore, Mr. Towns» office had promised a «sit - down with local media to discuss his legislative agenda and plans going forward,» scheduled for yesterday, which although technically came from his office instead of his campaign, was obviously going to be the site of many campaign - oriented questions.

Sen. Ted O'Brien laid out his 2014 legislative agenda, which does not include campaign finance reform or the Women's Equality Act.

«We will push forward a pro-parks legislative and budget agenda in the City Council, which is part of what constituents voted for when they cast their ballot in favor of a progressive city government,» said Councilmember Levine in a statement.

Sat in the middle of the government's legislative agenda, and neatly tying these themes together, came the proposals for the northern powerhouse, which will see a raft of powers including those for regeneration, transport and health devolved away from Westminster to the cities — with Manchester standing first in line.

Now that GENDA has been rendered unnecessary, Empire State Pride Agenda can focus on its other legislative priorities, which include ending a practice known as Gay Conversion Therapy.

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.

The bill is expected to be a centerpiece of the governor's agenda in the 2016 legislative session, which begins in two months.

Cuomo unveiled the first signature proposal of his 2016 legislative agenda — a push for a statewide $ 15 minimum wage, which he dubbed «Mario Cuomo Campaign for Economic Justice.»

But he said his group, which has been under intense pressure from progressives to return to the fold since the election of President Trump, is «ready to move forward,» but only if any final agreement is based on a legislative agenda that includes passage of a bill to strengthen abortion laws, enact a state DREAM Act, create a public campaign finance system, and adopt a single - payer health care program.

Also on the agenda, which appears in full after the jump: Renaming the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel for former Gov. Hugh Carey and creating a commission to evaluate and adjust judicial salaries (no mention of legislative salaries, which have traditionally been linked to judicial pay).

But de Blasio's summer of discontent was kicked off after a legislative session in which his agenda came up short in Albany.

This sounds a lot like Cuomo's explanation during the last legislative session on why he wasn't able to land a deal on all 10 points of his Women's Equality Agenda — including the abortion rights plank, which the Senate Republicans staunchly refused to allow onto the floor for a vote.

The division, which brought to a head weeks of mounting tension over the Conservatives» Europe policy, saw the government defeat John Baron's amendment regretting the absence of an EU referendum bill from the coalition's legislative agenda by 277 votes to 130.

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.

The proposal, which would allow high - achieving charter schools to develop their own teacher certification requirements, was quietly floated in the last hours of the 2017 legislative session and appeared this week on the agenda for an emergency meeting of the SUNY board of trustees» charter school committee, convened three days after public notice was first issued during a holiday week.

1199 was one of the largest donors to the Campaign For One New York, and donated $ 500,000 to the group, which de Blasio created shortly before his inauguration in 2014 to support his legislative agenda.

The Governor's second biggest error wasn't the NY SafeAct, it was sadly getting sucked into the idea that the IDC Coalition would deliver on his legislative agenda, which as Stewart - Cousins points out hasn't really happened in a big way to date.

The unions are claiming that Cuomo's original 2015 legislative education agenda, which included a major cap lift, failed completely.

International aid campaigners welcomed the prime minister's decision to include in his legislative agenda the international development spending draft bill, which will put the government's commitment to spend 0.7 % of national income on development from 2013 on to the statute books.

Making teacher evaluations more dependent on test scores, reforming tenure and adding charter schools in the city were all priorities of StudentsFirstNY and became significant pieces of the governor's agenda for the 2015 legislative session, which he announced in his State of the State speech on Jan. 21.

Instead of blaming Cuomo or the Senate Republicans, Mark - Viverito touted the Council's legislative push this year, which included multiple trips to Albany to lobby for their agenda.

The IDC's housing plan, which is the cornerstone of the IDC Invest NY 2015 legislative agenda, creates a roadmap to:

On Monday, April 18th, Republican members of the Congressional delegation and key legislative Republicans sequestered themselves for a meeting in which resolving lingering difficulties over maps and making sure party leaders were on board were thought to be top agenda items.

Williams is distributing the 17 - page agenda to the 50 other Council members, which outlines how the legislative branch of city government can build on the «progressive gains» of City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, who is term - limited.

The introduction of the Golden bill, which would amend domestic relations law, is largely symbolic: The Democratic - controlled Assembly supports same - sex marriage, and Cuomo has made it one of the top three items on his agenda for the rest of the legislative session.

The City Council Women's Caucus rolled out its first - ever «legislative equality package» — which members touted as a counterblast to President - elect Donald Trump's agenda.

As members of the North Carolina General Assembly make their way back to Raleigh this week for the 2015 legislative session, many have education at the top of their agendas — which is no surprise given that the lion's share...

ASCD's 2012 Legislative Agenda, which outlines the association's public policy priorities for the year, calls for whole child — based education reforms.

Of particular importance on the legislative agenda this year, is Senate Constitutional Amendment 3 (SCA 3) introduced by Senator Mark Leno, which would lower the vote threshold for local school district parcel tax measures from 2/3 to 55 percent.

As members of the North Carolina General Assembly make their way back to Raleigh this week for the 2015 legislative session, many have education at the top of their agendas — which is no surprise given that the lion's share of the state budget is devoted to public schools.

It recently got a seat, for example, on the corporate board of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), where for years it has also paid for a seat and vote on ALEC's «Education and Workforce Development» Task Force, which advances a «cash for kids» lobbying agenda.

Capitol Hill visits with federal lawmakers during which LILA attendees shared recommendations from the legislative agenda and examples and data from their schools and districts about improving education.

ASCD members who will unveil the association's 2012 Legislative Agenda, which outlines 10 policy recommendations to help educators prepare students for the demands of college, career, and citizenship.

Carter shares the following recommendations from ASCD's 2013 Legislative Agenda (PDF), created by ASCD members, which together will advance the goal of educating students who are healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged:

Their legislative agenda also includes taking away local citizen control of public schools and supporting the Malloy administration's effort to punish school districts in which more than 5 percent of the parents opt their children out of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing scheme.

ATA has an extensive legislative and regulatory agenda, a good portion of which is encompassed by DOT.

The perception that high legislative standards for the green performance of organisations and companies is bad for the economy is one which has dogged the environmental agenda.

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.

Walker is now campaigning on a promise to destroy the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) if elected President in 2016, a plan which was earlier debated by ALEC at its December 2014 conference and is in line with ALEC's long - term legislative agenda.

ALEC raises much of its corporate funding from the fossil fuel industry, which in turn utilizes ALEC as a key - though far from the only - vehicle to ram through its legislative agenda through in the states.