Sentences with phrase «major policy move»

It was her first major policy move since she was confirmed Feb. 7, and one she reportedly resisted, only to relent under pressure from Attorney General Jeff Sessions and President Trump.

WASHINGTON — President Trump's major policy moves over the course of his first year in office have had a common denominator: They either overtly favor his base of support — the roughly one - third of voters who solidly back him — or they appear to penalize those states that vote Democratic.

Throughout these three major policy moves, the Fed pumped trillions of dollars into the markets by purchasing Treasuries and mortgage - backed securities.

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On the legislative and policy front, Bill C - 11 has passed the committee stage and seems likely to race toward royal assent by the summer, last week's unveiling of the telecom policy (including policies on the forthcoming spectrum auction and foreign ownership) puts to rest a major issue associated with the digital economy strategy, the CRTC recently published its final anti-spam regulations with Industry Canada expected to follow with theirs shortly, the open government initiative has been making considerable progress, and Government House Leader Peter Van Loan told the House of Commons on Thursday that Bill C - 12 (the PIPEDA reform bill) may finally move forward next week.

«I'd argue it's more on the psychological side of things, whereby people see a new major policy pointed at the housing market and take a bit of a step back, temporarily reassess where they are in the marketplace before perhaps moving back into the market.»

Brexit, election - related anxieties in other major EU countries and uncertainty regarding future monetary policy moves by the ECB and Bank of England have seemingly led investors to take a wait - and - see approach.

Forex markets can be very volatile, particularly emerging market currencies, but even the major pairs can move dramatically on a central bank policy change, a political event, or on significant economic news.

This could present challenges for future equity market performance as major central banks gradually move to normalize extraordinarily supportive policy measures.

Low Inflation Tests World's Central Banks Inflation is slowing across the developed world despite ultralow interest rates and unprecedented money - printing campaigns, posing a dilemma for the Fed and other major central banks as they plot their next policy moves.

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Having dedicated the past two years to a serious, policy - driven agenda, this agreement delivers on the IDC's pledge to become a permanent third conference within the State Senate and to have a major voice in all policy decisions moving forward.

Labour negotiators were unwilling to move on any of the issues where we had different views on major areas of policy.

«It just seems like things on the major issues are moving and many, if not all, of the policy issues are falling out,» said Sen. John DeFrancisco, a Republican from Syracuse.

With Nick Harvey leaving defence, and Jeremy Browne moving to the Home Office, there is now no Lib Dem representation in the major foreign policy departments.

In summary, if UKIP moved their economic policy to the left, not too far to the left as I mentioned before, just away from the supply side tosh, they could become a major electoral force and convert those 15 to 17 per cent poll numbers into actual votes on the ground.

«It just seems like things on the major issues are moving and many, if not all, of the policy issues are falling out,» he said.

Trump sought to move beyond a week of turmoil, turning his attention to the economy with a major policy address in which he cast himself as a president who could bring new jobs and prosperity to «those who have the very least» and warning that his rival would be a steward of stagnation.

The major policy announcement on free school meals was the obvious move in this direction — as well as being a sop to middle class voters who lost out after cuts to child benefit — but Nick Clegg's speech is full of references to policies which help in day - to - day life: the pupil premium, flexible parental leave, free childcare, a cap on social care costs.

SOP's Liz Benjamin reported that newly - minted Rep. Bob Turner is keeping up his critique of the Obama administration's foreign policy, moving from Israel (a major issue in the NY - 9 special election, thanks to Ed Koch) to Japan.

While there have been major debates this year over Cuomo's plan for a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage and a family leave policy, talk about workers» compensation has been relatively muted — perhaps because of its complexity and number of moving parts in the system.

Under Obama the CEQ is moving forward with plans formulated during his predecessor's tenure for a U.S. policy on oceans — from newly protected areas to reconciling competing authorities and laws — along with continuing the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate as a way to address global greenhouse gas emissions.

These positions, and many others earlier in my career, allowed me to shape not only the sort of major policies that move through the legislature, like the two acts that I mentioned, but importantly to keep with it, to stick to it, and to work on the implementation of all the details of that work.

Horn blamed the current clash over classroom size on legislators» willingness to package major policy decisions like this one with the state's overall spending plan, a move that he acknowledged is made to avoid lengthy, sometimes bitter, public discussions and bad publicity for lawmakers.

Best practice is to review your policies after any major life change, like a marriage, birth, or move to make sure you have the right coverage.

If anything has changed in your life — for example, if you bought a home, got married, moved or experienced any other major milestone — you should request a review of your coverage so you can rest assured that your policy still protects everything that's important to you.

Both moves into renewables and nuclear represent a major change in Polish energy policy, diversifying away from the country's traditional coal - fired power base, in a bid to fill an electricity shortfall and meet EU emission standards.

RP: I think people did not anticipate the extent to which the Republicans would be hard - over in opposition to moving any of a number of major policy initiatives of the administration — or that the Democrats would be so flummoxed in terms of coming to any kind of internal consensus among themselves, and so unable to govern, so unable to move an agenda.

And when your major competitors have no intention of implementing any policy that will slow the growth of their economeies and raising the prosperity of their society to the level we currently enjoy, all you will do is damage the foundations of our economy and move industry and resource development offshore.

It's a major policy, yes, but stabilizing global temperatures and «fixing» climate change will require a lot of moving parts.

Experts recommend evaluating auto insurance coverage options at least once every 6 months or any time there is a major change in coverage need like when a new car is purchased, a new teenage driver is added to the policy, there is a move to a new state (or even a new zip code as auto insurance rates are often very granular and can change quite a bit even from zip codes that are right next to each other), etc..

A Mississippi court of appeals was faced with a claim by a couple moving to Mississippi that told their buyer's agent that they would buy only a house that came with a 2 - 10 homeowners warranty policy, which covers major appliances and other systems for two years and structural problems for 10.