Sentences with phrase «major policy proposals»

The speech outlined the major policy proposals the president hopes to implement before he leaves office at the end of 2016.

Second, the Liberals have made a number of major policy proposals with respect to environmental policy, although little detail has been provided and most of the proposals have not been costed.

Lastly, the Liberals have recently announced major policy proposals in support of Aboriginals, the most important being a commitment to eliminate significant» gaps» between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians.

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At that point, the companies would have to begin haggling to fend off some proposals that would be intolerable, according to a top policy official at a major internet company.

The live export industry performs a major retreat on animal welfare policy by endorsing a Labor proposal for an independent inspector to oversee the trade.

Sunlight Live combines streaming video, government transparency data and social media coverage, to provide insight to the proposals, people and policies mentioned during major political events.

In its 24th annual New York State budget briefing, the Fiscal Policy Institute reviews the major spending and tax reduction proposals contained in Governor Andrew Cuomo's 2014 - 15 Executive Budget.

Cuomo had been expected to propose a comprehensive minimum - wage increase, but he typically saves his major policy initiatives for unveiling in January, teeing up his proposals for the spring legislative session in his State of the State speech.

The Senate approved a fiscal 2017 defense policy bill after skipping votes on several major amendments, including a proposal by U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to transfer from commanders to military prosecutors decisions on whether to prosecute military sexual assault cases.

Cuomo proposes a $ 1.1 billion increase in education aid if lawmakers agree to major policy overhauls; without changes, his aid proposal drops to $ 377 million.

Cuomo's announcement on Sunday was one of several events to introduce or re-assert policy goals that will also be included in a major speech accompanying Cuomo's budget proposal on Wednesday.

Cuomo has won many of his major State of the State proposals in his first four years as Governor, and he has at times been rebuffed by the Legislature and walked away from high - profile policy proposals.

City officials had no comment about Cuomo's dismissal of de Blasio's minimum wage proposal but it is not the first time the two men have failed to agree on major public policy issues.

David Quarmby also said the Major Road Network proposals — put forward by himself and Phil Carey a year ago, and since adopted as policy by Government — must be part of the national infrastructure picture too.

«We are proud of our industry leading capabilities such as our unparalleled State investments, cutting - edge research in both UAS technology and UAS policy, and our proven New York test site team all of which are the basis of our comprehensive UAS integration pilot - program proposal,» Major General Marke F. (Hoot) Gibson (ret), CEO of the NUAIR Alliance, contended in the release.

The proposals largely align with what Cuomo, a Democrat, outlined during his January State of the State address, while two of the policies are likely to face major push back from the Republican Senate majority.

A third major proposal would increase the state work force by nearly 2,500, including 355 workers who would carry out new policies on civil commitment of sexually violent predators.

The mayor appoints eight of the P.E.P.'s 13 members, who decide on school utilization and contracts proposals, along with major changes to D.O.E. policy.

Romney is to make the proposal on Monday in what his campaign team has billed as a major foreign policy speech in Lexington, Virginia.

One major hurdle to an on - time budget, DeFrancisco said, is Cuomo's proposal for free public - university tuition.He said the free tuition proposal is just another example of the way Cuomo has pushed for expensive policies that drive out «productive» state residents like business owners and taxpayers.

The 2013 - 2014 Executive Budget also includes proposals on two economic policy issues which have been a major focus of FPI's work over the years: restoring the purchasing power of the minimum wage and modernizing the Unemployment Insurance system.

In his first major policy speech since being elected, De Blasio, who takes office Jan. 1, largely avoided new policy proposals, instead sticking to his campaign promises of delivering universal pre-kindergarten and free after - school programs to middle schoolers.

The National Commission on Energy Policy's report presents an overview of major issues — such as allowance allocations, offsets, trade and costs — that will be followed in the coming weeks by the group's detailed recommendations and proposals.

It is hard to think of a more popular education policy proposal than reducing class size, but reducing class size on a large scale can have major unintended consequences.

«Looking forward, the Arts Council's two major policy initiatives, the 25 - year Creative Talent Plan and the Durham Commission on Creativity and Education, will be exploring the importance of culture in young people's lives, and make proposals to government on unlocking creativity in children through education.»

Secretary Duncan will give two more major policy speeches leading up to the request for proposals.

Through Jen's leadership, ConnCAN's major accomplishments include passing new policy and defeating proposals that would have rolled back progress for kids, including:

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After explaining the theoretical foundations of CRP, we present policy proposals for the integration of CRP in two major domains, (1) professional development (including curriculum construction) and (2) pre - service / new teacher training and induction.

Participates in the development of major legislative and regulatory proposals and ensures conformity with established Departmental policy.

Harvey says advisors today are concerned on two major fronts: the existing policy at the firm level to prohibit fiduciary arrangements with smaller accounts, and a Department of Labor fiduciary rule proposal that would cut many advisors out of the IRA advice business.

All the major Democratic candidates have made major energy policy proposals with substantive ideas on carbon reduction and renewables.

The methods audit is a major new policy proposal, unless there is strong evidence of wrong, in which case the funding agency can always investigate.

The long list of sins committed by major environmental organizations — narrow policy perspectives, tech - oriented solutions, finely delineated problem statements, incremental approaches, and the failure to draw bright lines — is a letter - perfect description of the conditions that attach to virtually every environmental foundation request for proposal.

Taking insurance once diagnosed with major disease makes the policy costlier and sometimes even the insurance companies reject the proposal.

The context of Ryan's proposal is one of major tax rate reductions, so one of the topics for policy discussions is whether to allow the losses in low rate years to carry back to recover taxes in high rate years.