Sentences with phrase «making under the reforms»

Declining party membership, partially due to the reduction of activists» influence upon policy - making under the reforms of Neil Kinnock and Blair, also contributed to financial problems.

Not exact matches

Possible reforms could include raising the full retirement age for Social Security to 70 for workers who are currently under age 40; cutting benefits; increasing payroll taxes on workers; increasing Medicare premiums; and making Social Security benefits more progressive — meaning cutting benefits for high - income workers, while preserving payouts for low - income earners.

Elizabeth Warren (D - MA) and created under Dodd - Frank financial reform, the CFPB seeks to protect consumers by making consumer finance rules more effective, enforcing those rules, and keeping consumers informed.

But in the years since, the SEC has also been overwhelmed by the task of implementing dozens of rules called for under the 2010 Dodd - Frank financial reform law and the 2012 JOBS Act, which aims to make it easier for small businesses to raise money.

Under Weaver, the Green Party has already made some key demands, many of them, like proportional representation and campaign finance reform, are designed to keep them politically relevant for years to come.

First, almost none of the promises that were made to the public about what was going to happen under Dodd - Frank financial reform is actually happening.

Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of the Dodd - Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the Commission shall issue final rules that require each resource extraction issuer to include in an annual report of the resource extraction issuer information relating to any payment made by the resource extraction issuer, a subsidiary of the resource extraction issuer, or an entity under the control of the resource extraction issuer to a foreign government or the Federal Government for the purpose of the commercial development of oil, natural gas, or minerals...

The progress India has made in cutting back costly government subsidies on items such as fuel is a prime example of the advances being made in structural reforms under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Baltimore has made incremental progress reforming its police department under its year - old consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice, but is still far from where it needs to be and faces significant technological hurdles in getting there, city...

What Lee does have is a tax plan that would increase the take - home pay of working parents who are at (or just under) the median income and education reforms that would make it easier for workers to get the skills and credentials they need to get higher paying jobs.

The public and politic case for upfront amnesty and increased low - skill immigration (under the label «comprehensive immigration reform») was made by the Republican National Committee's «autopsy» of the 2012 election.

By 1937, however, labor had made such gains, «corporation buccaneering» had been so greatly curbed, and the administration had so radically reformed American capitalism that the Century was no longer calling for even an evolutionary revolution; it was already under way.

In seeking to make their office a means of elevating the character of the entire Church, the great reforming Popes had stimulated the growth of a bureaucracy at headquarters which under less able successors, some of them far from single - minded, attracted men who desired prestige, wealth, and power.

But there are things Cruyff never threw away neither did pep, lucho did throw certain things not because he doesn't have any sense but out of his love he reformed our style and gave us glory and results but in The way HE KNEW, valverde was under Cruyff, the man has made many positive comments about valverde, he isn't stupid, HE MADEmade many positive comments about valverde, he isn't stupid, HE MADEMADE us.

Civil servants should be made accountable for their decisions under a radical programme of reform, a left - leaning think tank argues today.

The substantial financial earnings made by individual Church of England Bishops from their privileged place within the House of Lords have come under scrutiny, leading to further calls from the British Humanist Association (BHA) for their removal as a part of the impending reforms to the upper chamber.

So here's the manual: 1) Create a party that exploits a legitimate fear: STOP COMMON CORE 2) Get petition signatures and 50,000 votes under that banner 3) CHANGE the name to Reform Party so can you dupe some progressives into voting for your pals 4) Use the line as leverage to get the GOP nomination for Governor but making local friends statewide Classic bait - and - switch Except, Little Lord Rob would get creamed again for Governor.

Far from putting proportional representation on the agenda, the Tories are now in a position to push through reform of electoral boundaries under the existing first - past - the - post system to make it fairer (i.e. better for them).

Under the proposed reform, voters could do so through the Internet, making collecting the required number of signatures far easier.

For the WFP, that counterweight agenda includes bolstering health care benefits in New York that exist under the current Affordable Care Act, protecting Muslims, making it easier to register to vote and enacting «comprehensive campaign finance reform.»

The police reform bills were passed on Tuesday evening during the City Council's final stated meeting of the year, as the package made it into the legislative session just under the wire.

Under what is called «AV plus» every constituency on the electoral map would need to be redrawn, making it difficult to hold a referendum and implement reform in one parliament (while straight AV would use the current constituencies).

He urged the new Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Uguru and the Minister of State, Niger Delta Affairs, Prof. Claudius Daramola to reform the ministry, saying, «You have a huge challenge due to the disastrous performance of your predecessors under the last PDP government which made more noise about the Niger Delta than work.

Under the right leadership, we could harmonize the discordant voices within our party, expand the decision making circle so that it represents the wisdom of the entire party, and reform the county rules in order to have a vibrant organization with transparency and accountability of action.»

This is a plan that keeps spending under two percent, reforms New York's education bureaucracy, implements the nation's strongest and most comprehensive disclosure laws for public officials and makes the largest investment in the Upstate economy in a generation.

· Allowing counties an option to modify how they fund state mandated pension contributions · Providing counties more audit authority in the special education preschool program · Improving government efficiency and streamlining state and local legislative operations by removing the need for counties to pursue home rule legislative requests every two years with the state legislature in order to extend current local sales tax authority · Reducing administrative and reporting requirements for counties under Article 6 public health programs · Reforming the Workers Compensation system · Renewing Binding Arbitration, which is scheduled to sunset in June 2013, with a new definition of «ability to pay» for municipalities under fiscal distress, making it subject to the property tax cap (does not apply to NYC) where «ability to pay» will be defined as no more than 2 percent growth in the contract.

Other sustainability and development programs that have been initiated or reformed over the last six years under Governor Cuomo include: · Cleaner, Greener Regional Sustainability Plans · Regional Economic Development Councils · Land Bank Act to convert vacant properties · Legislation to combat zombie properties · Complete Streets design initiative · Upstate Revitalization Initiative · Hudson Valley Farmland Preservation and Southern Tier Agricultural Industry Enhancement Programs · Clean Energy Communities · Brownfield Redevelopment Reform · Historic Preservation Tax Credit · Climate Smart Communities Grants · Community Risk and Resiliency Act Elaine Kamarck, Founding Director of the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution and Author of Why Presidents Fail and How They Can Succeed Again said, «Whenever I get a chance to come home I'm always impressed at the rapid progress being made here in the Finger Lakes.

This agreement with a company that has substantial business before New York State was announced a day before Cuomo announced that the outside financial interests of domestic partners would not be disclosed under a two - way ethics reform agreement he has made with the Assembly.

A yes vote on Issue 2 will make long overdue reforms to unfair and costly government practices in Ohio, while helping to get government spending under control and making government more accountable to taxpayers.

When initial explorations into voting reform were last made by the late Roy Jenkins, it was shown that, had the 1997 election been held under the alternative vote system, Labour's already huge majority would have gone up from 179 to 245.

«Under Spitzer it went from consumer advocate to Sheriff of Wall Street; we need to reform it again to make the office the base for Albany reform efforts.»

An author and one - time elected official under New York Gov. George Pataki, McCaughey has made her name largely with blistering attacks on health care reform efforts offered by Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 1990s and then eventually passed into law as the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare.

He's also under pressure to reject another education reform initiative — raising the charter school capthat the Senate Republicans want to make part of a deal on extending mayoral control.

When the Coalition Government was formed in 2010, Freud was made Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Welfare Reform at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

It did not go to the floor for a vote despite its high number of sponsors — and despite promises that rules reform would make the council more democratic under Mark - Viverito than it was for the months former Speaker Christine Quinn stalled votes on earlier police reform bills.

Those deductions and countless others could be eliminated under a tax reform plan that includes a vastly higher standard deduction, which would be aimed at making it easier for people to file their taxes without itemizing.

In addition, our newest and most dramatic success story is that under State Chairman Bill Merrell, the Reform Party of New York has gained ballot access and made a huge impact on New York politics.

WNYC ran a story on the investigation this morning and Cuomo spokesman Matt Wing told them that the report does not take into account reforms made under Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Under Labour, first Tessa Jowell then James Purnell and then Andy Burnham, a keen football fan who served on the earlier Football Taskforce, tried to make headway on the issue of FA reform but made little progress.

Under the guidance of UFT Vice Pres - ident Carmen Alvarez and Staten Island Borough Representative Emil Pietromonaco, the committee has been charged with the task of making recommendations for ways to reform mayoral control and school governance before the race for the city's next mayor picks up in the spring.

These statements are made under the «safe harbor» provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

Avalanche Software, the developer behind the cancelled Disney Infinity franchise, has reformed under Warner Bros. to make Cars 3, the publisher today confirmed.

Under the Gun made a polemic case for gun control reforms and showed how, although central government may be stalling, at state level changes can be made.

The reforms had begun under the Social Democrats in 1989, when controversial legislation «made local municipalities the main employers» of teachers.

The partnership, founded a little over a year ago, is made up of 100 education and arts organizations, foundations, businesses, and government agencies that want to make sure the arts are not left out when districts and states craft reform plans under the federal Goals 2000 program.

The bill also would help states fund education and training programs under the Family Support Act, the 1988 welfare - reform law aimed at making welfare recipients self - sufficient.

Flying under the radar will be the reform choices of the few creative school boards that are willing to make changes in order to reward and retain their best teachers and find ways to devote more money to the classroom.

Even in the earliest days, Vander Ark said that the foundation would work with folks on both sides of the education - reform fence, helping existing public schools and districts whenever possible but also making sure they came under competitive pressure.

Whereas social scientists have bent themselves out of shape studying the effects of, say, test - based accountability, charter schools, and other «structural» reforms — and have produced some reasonably solid findings about what works for whom under what circumstances — curriculum is relatively little studied and what's learned almost never makes the New York Times (or even Education Week).

Under order from the state Supreme Court to correct that imbalance, lawmakers are working to flesh out levy reform and make other changes to ensure equity.