Sentences with phrase «like changing the legislation»

Wearing appropriate clothing is not like changing the legislation, but I truly believe it can make a difference in the daily life of a mother.

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Other factors that have changed the nature of HRM in recent years include new management and operational theories like Total Quality Management (TQM), rapidly changing demographics, and changes in health insurance and federal and state employment legislation.

If you could manage to set aside your anger and condescension and read both of our posts at whatever speed you like, you will see that you did indeed say that at 11:22 you said (verbatim) that America is a «two party system which only legislation is likely to change.»

Other changes, like changes to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), could be made by changing regulation rather than through legislation.

The CCPA is a landmark piece of legislation that would put New York at the forefront of the fight against climate change by creating individualized plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and direct energy funding to communities like the 20th state senate district that are most impacted by climate change.

The group has targeted Lib Dem MPs like Tim Farron who had previously said they were unhappy with the legislation and would wait and see what changes were made by the Lords.

Older systems like SCCS and RCS only worked with changes by line, which as previously noted would have ended up being paragraphs in legislation.

BES keeps members up to date with upcoming changes to legislation and hosts regular events enabling Engineer Surveyors to meet and network with like - minded professionals.

The measure passed the Assembly but failed in the Senate; now it looks like the board can move ahead with the change in process without any official legislation.

«Obviously on the Federal level, legislation is not going to happen any time soon with this Congress, so given what the president has said about using his pen to try to affect the change that Congress refuses to act on, this seems like a really great approach to dealing with this serious problem.»

Cuomo spokesman Richard Azzopardi called the Schimminger legislation «another smokescreen,» saying he'd push changes that would affect lawmakers if he were serious about ethics reforms — like having the state freedom of information law cover the Legislature, banning pork - barrel spending known as «member items,» imposing term limits and eliminating legislative stipends.

The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990, and legislation like it in other countries with large indigenous populations, is changing the relationship between archaeologists and the people whose ancestors we study.

This was a fun way to cut through and raise awareness, but we also work with campaigners like Anna Rowe who is pushing for changes in legislation around Catfishing — along with charities NSPCC and bodies such as the UK Council for Child Internet Safety.»

«They could have done like 330 - plus other school districts across Texas have done and shared their property wealth and then shifted gears to doing work to change the legislation.»

Further, while we applaud the Brookline School Committee's position and extensive work toward eliminating MCAS as a graduation requirement and resisting changes to curriculum solely to address MCAS, the BEA calls upon the Brookline School Committee to support the legislation filed by the MTA or like - minded proposals and to develop and distribute policies to ensure that:

To effect large - scale change, like implementing vouchers and expanding charter schools, Betsy DeVos will need to convince Congress to enact new legislation and to appropriate funds in ways that reflect her priorities.

I also worked with the legislation on changing the alternative licensing process and will continue to do whatever it takes to support this process if it means teachers like Mrs. Spotts and Mrs. Pastor will be able to touch the lives of all of our children.

Like them or loathe them, changing legislation and the drive towards electrification will make cars like this a mainstream eventuality - and hard to avLike them or loathe them, changing legislation and the drive towards electrification will make cars like this a mainstream eventuality - and hard to avlike this a mainstream eventuality - and hard to avoid.

But the market is changing, and Amazon can not, like the telecomm companies who help run the planet, control government legislations enough to maintain dominance.

Changes to the system, whether they come from tax bills or legislation like the PROSPER Act, can impact your educational and financial future.

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 must seize the grass roots momentum that started last year, and like Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the grass roots organization that placed the wrongfulness of drunk driving into the minds of everyone, we must let legislators and other elected officials know that we do not want lip service and a mysterious end to animal welfare legislation; we want meaningful change for companion animals in Oklahoma.

Like Hyökyranta, Salakka believes that at the moment everything is a bit blurry regarding the legislation, and that it might take a few years for companies to adjust to the changes.

Like when former vice president Joe Biden met with video game executives after the Sandy Hook shooting, this meeting will likely lead to no legislation or policy changes, but it will certainly make for good theater.

In such a case, perhaps it would be more effective if the politicians took the initiative to convince the American public that climate change legislation is necessary for America's safety, much like how President Bush demanded that the Patriot Act was necessary.

This is usually how it goes: politician wannabe gets campaign contributions from private sector guy, gets into office, legislates in favor of private sector guy, private sector guy contributes more, politician guy takes vacation in Italy (or goes for a hike on the Appalachian trail)... gets re-elected, the word gets out that he «plays,» more private sector guys contribute to his campaign, voters are pleased to see the name of their representative in print, like the new wardrobe, the new hairstyle, believe all change is good and re-elect the politician again... politician feels the power, creates agency to watch over private sector guy, agency takes fact - finding trip to France... raises taxes on private sector guy, writes legislation that taxes private sector guy if his plant emits CO2 while producing widgets... voters are in awe and re-elect the politician... private sector guy whines, politician makes him ambassador to Taiwan, limits how much the new private guy taking his place can earn, and taxes all widgets so new private guy will make more environmentally friendly ones... voters swoon, pay more for widgets, lose job in widget factory, hate private guy, re-elect their pol... politician buries $ 5 billion aid to Taiwan in next appropriation bill...... kind of makes a case for term limits, doesn't it.

I don't like Amway salesmen either, but notice I have never mentioned that because they're not trying to force climate change legislation down our throats!!!!!!!! But you on the other hand continuously post things that equate conservatives with Nazi's and crap like that.

The United States» Congress won't pass domestic legislation without key developing countries like China, which is now a major greenhouse gas emitter signing on to reduction commitments; and China sees themselves as a developing country that has acted progressively and responsibly to address climate change when it technically has no obligation to do so under the UNFCCC.

Yet a leading U.S. Senate advocate of legislative action on climate seems to be starting off like a sprinter, perhaps because his legislation is pegged to estimates of the Social Cost of Carbon that don't account for the possibility that climate change will turn out to be catastrophically costly.

Campaigning environment journalist Oliver Tickell told the conference that, unlike issues like climate change where it took years to get international legislation in place to reduce greenhouse gases, treaties were already agreed that should prevent plastic reaching the oceans.

I don't like the fact that there are a lot of companies that are hopping on the bandwagon for climate change legislation.

As such, it might be a tax cut the Koch brothers wouldn't like, but the legislation to make it happen would be «legislation relating to climate change» that was a tax cut.

Republican pollster Frank Luntz — the brains behind Newt Gingrich's «Contract With America» and the man who coined politically potent phrases like the «death tax» — wants to help environmentalists in their push for legislation to combat climate change.

The bill's original sponsor, State Sen. Ken Haar, a Democrat, proposed the legislation to help Nebraska citizens to prepare for the regional impacts of climate change caused by humans» emissions of heat trapping gases like methane and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

Now, there could be a number of reasons for this: a) he's genuinely unsure how best to navigate the political waters to get climate legislation passed, and is cautiously gathering data, b) curbing emissions and fighting climate change truly does not rank among his highest priorities, c) he's slyly implementing political gamesmanship to push the issue through external forces like imbuing his EPA with the ability to regulate greenhouse gases, or d) a combination of all three.

The second scenario in which industry coalitions working with MRFs succeed is when legislation drives change through mandated guide, like the ban of plastic bag use in San Francisco in 2007; consumers were charged 10 cents per bag, creating cost incentives to use reusable bags, and other municipalities followed suit.

Changing legislation will not only take months, but it also seems like an impossible dream, and if the citizens strongly support their rights to bear arms, they won't be handing in their weapons so easily; in fact, it could even cause an uproar resulting in civil war, with police forcing citizens to drop their weapons.

Is there particular family legislation you would like to see changed in order to facilitate your work during child abduction cases?

In all seriousness — this sounds like the sort of legislation that is intended to placate some small group of people who really care about this sort of thing while not actually changing anything.

«Family law lawyers, like others, are dealing with major changes: new child support guidelines, changing pension and income tax legislation, the unification of family courts, new family law forms, technology and the Integrated Justice project all add to the complexity of practice and to the demands being put on this segment of the bar.

This seems like a minor functional change, however, most often when I go to the CanLII site, I am using it to locate a specific document that I know something about — either decision or legislation.

The sections that are opposing these new changes claim that the insurance companies have failed to mention this and if people make this «choice» it will result in residents having to turn to the legislation as well as Medicaid to seek funds to cover medical costs following an accident, since most of us will not be able to opt for higher levels of coverage that we may like to choose.

This played into the hands of patent trolls, who were able to claim the mantle of «reform» for themselves by supporting the weaker legislation, which offered only cosmetic changes and none of the measures (like fee - shifting or discovery reform) that would threaten their operations.

«At the end of each interview, we ask a series of rapid - fire questions, such as, «If there's one single thing you had the ability to change, like a piece of legislation that would forever affect our industry, what would that be?