Sentences with phrase «legislative proposals aimed»

NAR issued 6 letters of support for various legislative proposals aimed at addressing the issue of student loan debt.

On Wednesday afternoon, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a series of legislative proposals aimed at reducing the number of smokers in New York City by 160,000 over the next three years.

Recent legislative proposals aimed at legitimizing professional midwifery in Illinois have failed.

The National Defense Education and Innovation Initiative, proposed today by the 62 - university consortium, comes one day after the latest legislative proposal aimed at increasing the nation's innovative capacity (ScienceNOW, 25 January).

Not exact matches

Trump pressed lawmakers to send him «one terrific bill» combining several proposals aimed at reducing gun violence, although that could complicate the legislative outlook for such a contentious issue in an election year.

ALBANY — In January, about a month after both of New York's onetime legislative leaders were convicted of abusing their public offices for private gain, Gov. Andrew Cuomo unfurled a slate of proposals aimed at restoring the «public trust.»

The task force plans to make proposals for legislative and administrative actions aimed at strengthening security.

Cuomo took aim at Senate Democrats who have urged him to veto whatever proposal is presented by LATFOR, the legislative entity in charge of redistricting that is jointly controlled by Democrats who dominate the Assembly and Republicans who control the Senate.

Several recent legislative proposals — including the recent «Gang of Eight» proposal in the United States Senate — aim to meet this perceived need by raising the cap on available H - 1B visas and making it much easier for foreign workers with STEM degrees to receive green cards.

The statutes define lobbying as only those activities clearly aimed at influencing decisions on concrete legislative action or proposals.

(Calif.) The flurry of legislative proposals that often follows a school shooting most often take aim at gun restrictions or shoring up mental health services.But there are other steps that can be taken to improve campus security — among them, building strategically - designed school facilities or adding safety upgrades to the existing ones.

In Kansas, Oklahoma, and Tennessee, as in Arizona and Florida in recent years, legislative proposals are aimed at directly or indirectly expanding the governor's appointing authority.