Sentences with phrase «meaningful legislation in»

By the 1940's we already knew that smoking caused cancer, but it took until the 1990's to enact meaningful legislation in the US.

The US Congress fares worst in the new report, earning a»D» rating for its failure to enact any meaningful legislation in response to the disaster.

Albany, New York — Prominent budget and transparency watchdog groups today called on the legislative leaders to act on their public statements on clean contracting, and pass meaningful legislation in response to the largest bid - rigging scandal in state history.

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Once in the White House, Kennedy faced pressure from civil - rights activists to make good on what King called a «huge promissory note» to pass meaningful civil - rights legislation.

And, if they end up divorcing anyway, there's nothing in the proposed legislation to teach them how to effectively co-parent — the No. 1 determining factor in whether the kids do OK or not after a divorce, along with having equal, meaningful time with both parents.

The DIAPER Act is the first legislation we've seen that actually takes a step towards helping these families in a meaningful way.

And, for better or for worse, that's what they did - Obama was effectively neutered after 2010, and accomplished little in the way of meaningful legislation after that election.

The issue will now return to the Commons to be reconsidered by MPs, who have already rejected calls for the «meaningful vote» clause to be included in the legislation, saying verbal guarantees given by government on parliamentary scrutiny are sufficient.

Ms. Reiter said the governor's appointees would support a meaningful raise only if the Legislature — which is not due back in the capital until early January — held a special session before the end of this year to pass legislation that would «address the public's concern and opposition by making the position effectively full - time and limiting outside income.»

Recognizing a role for the federal government in helping Lyme sufferers like Kaleigh and their advocates like Holly, Chris worked across party lines to get meaningful legislation through the House of Representatives.

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said he has «no faith» in Congress to enact meaningful gun control legislation because so many members are beholden to the National Rifle Association.

In response to the NRA's call for armed guards, retiring Conn. independent Sen. Joe Lieberman urged Congress to act on meaningful gun control legislation.

With just three scheduled days left in the legislative session and the corruption trial of several close associates of Governor Andrew Cuomo for their roles in a bid - rigging scandal scheduled to commence in October, the Legislature has yet to pass any meaningful legislation to prevent such abuses of the procurement process.

With this report and the legislation we advance, we mandate meaningful transparency and independent oversight to give families in NYCHA housing the assurances they need.

«NELA NY is against the current Senate and Governor's bill in their present form and we urge them to pass meaningful legislation that advances protections for employees who are victims of unlawful discrimination,» said Miriam Clark, president of NELA NY, in a statement.

I can't speak for others but I will not be returning until meaningful gun control legislation is in place.»

In the wake of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals» recent decision to uphold most of the state's immigration enforcement legislation, Senate Bill 4, we renew our call for the San Antonio Independent School District to provide meaningful protections for our undocumented students and their families, and ask that our district make ensuring the safety of our most vulnerable community members its top priority.

A recent poll, however, shows there is widespread support among both Democrat and Republican voters for loosening the congressional logjam and enacting legislation that provides meaningful investments in early childhood programs.

TEO seeks to advance meaningful legislation that would allow for every child in Texas the opportunity to attend the school of their parent's choice, specifically in the form of an education savings account.

TEO seeks to advance meaningful legislation that would allow for every child in Texas the opportunity to attend the school of their parent's choice.

We soon realized, however, that despite the deplorable conditions in puppy mills and periodic exposés (even Oprah did one), legislators at the state and federal level were reluctant to pass meaningful legislation to improve the conditions of commercial breeding operations because puppy mills fall under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture and their state equivalents, and dogs in puppy mills are considered to be livestock, and animal welfare of any stripe is a much harder sell in those circles than it should be, sadly.

HSUS is the nation's largest animal protection organization that works to reduce animal suffering and create meaningful social change through progressive legislation; making sure existing laws are enforced; public awareness campaigns and investigations; assisting large corporations in reforming their animal welfare policies, and providing direct care, rescue, and services for animals in crisis.

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.

The protest, organized by environmental groups, comes after a separate three - day stretch of activities in Washington for young people, called Power Shift 09, including a day of lobbying their elected representatives to pursue meaningful climate and energy legislation.

This meaningful legislation addresses our moral obligation to protect families from toxic contamination in the products we use every day in our homes, houses of worship, and local businesses.»

The stakes also are huge for Obama, who has little chance of pushing major climate legislation through a divided Congress but has vowed to take meaningful action against emissions that raise carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.

Still, despite a host of climate change bills introduced in both the House and the Senate in the 113th Congress, the passage of meaningful climate legislation was not yet in the cards, and is even less of a possibility today given the current political climate.

Since international climate change negotiations began in 1990, the United States has yet to adopt meaningful greenhouse gas emissions reduction legislation For almost 20 years arguments against US climate change legislation or US participation in a global solution to climate change have been made that have almost always been of two types.

House Democrats pressing for action on climate policy are having to resort to various work - arounds, in a situation where it is difficult even to get a meaningful climate change hearing, and for now impossible to move significant legislation.

Obviously the situation in the US is a peculiar one, and from where I'm sitting it seems pretty obvious that for the time being any hopes of meaningful legislation (or any legislation at all) to combat climate change are dead — Obama had his chance in the earlier part of his term and didn't take it.

BUT: With climate and energy legislation stalled in the Senate, there appears to be slippage in the direction of an energy - only bill, without any clear path to getting the support needed to pass a bill that includes a meaningful climate policy mechanism (such as an emissions cap).

In June of 2009, passage of meaningful climate legislation in the Senate was already unlikely, because of the terrible economic recession in which the country found itself, and — of even greater political salience --- lingering high rates of unemploymenIn June of 2009, passage of meaningful climate legislation in the Senate was already unlikely, because of the terrible economic recession in which the country found itself, and — of even greater political salience --- lingering high rates of unemploymenin the Senate was already unlikely, because of the terrible economic recession in which the country found itself, and — of even greater political salience --- lingering high rates of unemploymenin which the country found itself, and — of even greater political salience --- lingering high rates of unemployment.

«Given the uncertain political climate after the elections and the start of the new «rate - payer impact statement» next year, we worry the window to achieve some of the most meaningful climate change legislation in over a decade will close at midnight Wednesday.»

«Today's vote provided two meaningful insights into prospects for climate legislation,» Kevin Book, an energy analyst at ClearView Energy Partners, a Washington energy - policy consulting firm, wrote in an e-letter.

In the longer term, Obama will need to work on building a broad base of public support and on grassroots political pressure to change our political systems (especially in Congress) so that we can pass meaningful, bipartisan legislation on climate changIn the longer term, Obama will need to work on building a broad base of public support and on grassroots political pressure to change our political systems (especially in Congress) so that we can pass meaningful, bipartisan legislation on climate changin Congress) so that we can pass meaningful, bipartisan legislation on climate change.

In today's hyper - politicized Senate, where any bill requires a 60 - vote majority, it is nearly impossible to pass any meaningful piece of legislation, let alone one so important.

But opposition in Congress — angry, science - blind Republicans convinced that global warming is a hoax — ensured that he was never going to pass any meaningful legislation to slow our nation's carbon - spewing.

Very few politicians supporting any meaningful legislation on climate change, limited discussion in the Press and political debates, projections for increasing fossil fuel use as far out as the eye can see, etc..»

These campaigns always pretend to offer inspiration about we can do in America if we set our minds and hearts to it, but in fact the real message is what we can't do: we can't power America without coal, we can't keep our lights on without destroying Appalachia, and most important of all, we can't pass meaningful carbon legislation without wrecking the American economy.

Obama's refusal to fight for meaningful climate legislation in Congress is all the more disappointing given the significant progress his administration has made on its own.

«If what the framers of the legislation had in mind was that the leave test was going to be a meaningful obstacle that would screen out cases, there's no indication in the two cases that have decided leave so far that that's going to happen,» he said.

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I share the author's interest in «comprehensive, meaningful criminal justice reform,» especially any form of federal legislation that «eliminates mandatory minimums, reduces the prison population, and addresses the disparate impact of our criminal justice system on communities of color.»

[104] This Court suggested in Sparrow that the following factors will be relevant in determining whether a law of general application results in a meaningful diminution of an Aboriginal right, giving rise to breach: (1) whether the limitation imposed by the legislation is unreasonable; (2) whether the legislation imposes undue hardship; and (3) whether the legislation denies the holders of the right their preferred means of exercising the right (at p. 1112).

In such a case, legislation might continue to prohibit strikes and lockouts for those units, and instead utilize binding arbitration as a meaningful alternative mechanism to resolve bargaining disputes.

The legislation will provide a high - level definition of «essential services,» but the parties will be expected to negotiate fair and responsible essential services agreements in order to ensure that meaningful collective bargaining can take place while essential services are maintained.

The advisory vote would provide shareholders with a «say on pay» and supporters of the legislation argue that it would also provide boards with an opportunity to engage shareholders in meaningful discussions about «appropriate levels of executive compensation».

«Facebook is committed to working with... legislators in the House and Senate as the process moves forward to make sure we pass meaningful and strong legislation to stop sex trafficking,» she wrote.

The piece of legislation is an eleventh - hour win for Republicans, who have failed to pass any meaningful legislation during Trump's first year in office in spite of controlling the House, Senate and presidency.

Binding legislation is required in the forms of a new international treaty and national laws to retain meaningful human control over future weapons systems and individual attacks.