Sentences with phrase «meaningful reform in»

Any immediate hope for meaningful reform in the farm bill's larded up subsidy system was dashed when Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D - CA) announced that she was «very proud» of it.

These topics were identified as being serious obstacles to meaningful reform in the 2000 American Youth Policy Forum report, High Schools of the Millennium.

In a Journal News op - ed, Lawrence Norden and Frederick A.O Schwarz of the Brennan Center, wrote that Governor Cuomo's refusal to pass meaningful reform in the state budget was especially disheartening in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission.

The formation of New Yorkers for Great Public Schools is just the teachers unions» latest effort to derail meaningful reform in our schools.

Those two things must exist before any meaningful reform in education can take place.

Our examination of these notable subjects has proven to us, rather predictably, that say on pay's sophomore year came with converging compensation practices as well as meaningful reform in response to the shareholder voice.

However, trying to deliver meaningful reform in the UK's relationship with the EU is an almost impossible task, especially given that what Cameron claims to want — a little less EU interference in British affairs — is completely at odds with what the eurocrats in Brussels want — ever - increasing EU interference in everyone's affairs.

has provided political cover and invaluable PR to corporate actors like Walmart and Disney without getting sufficiently meaningful reforms in return.

I say a budget will get passed with meaningful reforms in place.

A recognized leader in advancing meaningful reforms in public education, CEI's mission is to make the school the center and driving force of public education reform and innovation.

Many sectors — governors and mayors of different political parties, state legislatures, businesses, and educators and their unions — are calling for meaningful reforms in the way we evaluate and support our teachers.

Not exact matches

«It's still the case that investors are expecting meaningful tax reform to occur, and if we get an idea that it is in jeopardy, I think we will see volatility,» he said.

Instead, she sees forcing a change in personnel — which, she notes, the Federal Reserve has the power to do to Wells Fargo should it so choose — as itself a meaningful policy action, one that would help reform the bank's culture and could deter bad actors throughout the industry.

Federal expenditure and entitlement reforms must involve meaningful cuts in the near future and not at the end of the next presidential term in 2016.

In fact I suspect the reason credit growth in the past year or two has not slowed nearly as sharply as it should, or as sharply as required by the economic analysis implicit in the Third Plenum reform proposals, is precisely because of the expected impact of meaningful credit constraint on GDP growtIn fact I suspect the reason credit growth in the past year or two has not slowed nearly as sharply as it should, or as sharply as required by the economic analysis implicit in the Third Plenum reform proposals, is precisely because of the expected impact of meaningful credit constraint on GDP growtin the past year or two has not slowed nearly as sharply as it should, or as sharply as required by the economic analysis implicit in the Third Plenum reform proposals, is precisely because of the expected impact of meaningful credit constraint on GDP growtin the Third Plenum reform proposals, is precisely because of the expected impact of meaningful credit constraint on GDP growth.

Meaningful reform of these practices will be essential to promote better long - term decision - making in the U.S. corporate sector.»

«The Liberal government has once again demonstrated that they are more interested in their public image than meaningful and measured criminal law reform.

Will this latest storm of strum and drang about «corporate welfare» and tax reform, a standard sound bite of every new White Administration — or at least every new Democratic Party White House Administration — actually result in any meaningful changes to the tax codes.

But Harper's interest in public safety is not primarily concerned with meaningful reform.

Overall, we believe our economic forecasts indicate meaningful top - line growth for small - and mid-cap equities, and tax reform should significantly boost profit margins in these two asset classes this year.

In addition, the continued investigation of Trump's Russia ties has caused more investors to grow skeptical about the chances for meaningful reform, beyond unilateral executive action.

However, after that fast start, things settled back, so that as we ended the first half of the trading day, the Dow's gain, which reflected ongoing optimism on the earnings front (as Corporate America continues to release results for the third quarter) and evolving hopes that whatever the dysfunction now in Washington, a meaningful tax reform package will get passed.

That said, a new leaf seems to have been turned this year with hedge funds returning to positive flows in the first quarter of 2017.1 Renewed interest has been spurred by the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States, which some industry experts are predicting should bring meaningful tax reform, deregulation and infrastructure spending that we think could prove a boon to hedge strategies.

While some steps have been taken to address weaknesses in the mortgage market, there has been no meaningful progress in implementing comprehensive reforms to the housing finance system to ensure that housing credit is available and affordable and is delivered through a sound and competitive system.

As Diane Ravitch seeks allies in her lifelong crusade for meaningful curriculum reform, she might stop and ask: Where will she find her friends now?

Phillips argues that meaningful economic reform (such as that which occurred in the 1830s under Andrew Jackson's leadership, in the progressivism of Theodore Roosevelt and in Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal) is the only effective means of combating such cynicism.

As a member of Houston ISD's Food Services Parent Advisory Committee (and now also HISD's Student Health Advisory Council), and as someone who is very much «in the weeds» on this issue, meaningful school food reform seems nearly impossible to me on my darkest days.

This is why I continue to stand with many of my Republican colleagues from New York in advocating for the inclusion of meaningful SALT provisions in a final tax reform package.»

«This is perhaps one of the greatest indicators of a state's health, but Governor Cuomo — whose administration is embroiled in scandal — has been consumed with generating good headlines with grand political statements, while failing to deliver on any meaningful reforms.

Despite the well known and rapid spread of internet access and increasingly smart mobile phones, today, of all the six countries covered in the report, only France offers any meaningful support aimed directly at online media — and that to the tune of about $ 20 million a year after reforms in 2009, less than 0.5 % of all the support provided.

Small - scale accounting changes also proposed last November, on which the parties do agree, could see improvements in transparency which could pave the way for more meaningful reform.

Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas in a statement said the latest overturned conviction «should not detract from the continuing need to embrace comprehensive and meaningful reforms to fortify our government contracting processes from manipulation, self - dealing and pay - to - play corruption.»

Flanagan needs to allow meaningful campaign finance reform and limitations on outside income to come to the floor for every member to take a position on this session or he will be sitting in the back row of the minority caucus come January!

Meaningful ethics reform will pass with 100 % support in the Senate if Flanagan quits blocking a vote on the matter.

It is also time to admit that the EU is unable to reform itself in any meaningful way.

But the government in Kiev needs meaningful help from Brussels to restructure its debts, to prevent oligarchs from washing money in Western banks, to protect poor citizens from the harsh implications of reforms, and to enhance the rule of law and institutions of civil society.

The system, adopted in the 1970s as a supposed «reform,» has led to myriad cases of lawmakers, who haven't had a pay raise since 1999, intentionally seeking to supplement their incomes by spending time in Albany even when they have no meaningful official work — and they've sometimes done it illegally.

In order to end the «rinse - and - repeat» cycle of scandal followed by public outrage, Attorney General Schneiderman proposed a sweeping package of reforms that would bring a meaningful transformation of the culture of Albany.

And now, it appears, meaningful ethics reform in Albany.

In our current legislative culture, however, the chances of enacting any kind of meaningful election reform are slim to none.

Sadly, truly meaningful reforms are not on the table in Albany.

I will bring the same fight to Washington that I brought to Albany where I worked with lawmakers to close a $ 5 billion deficit, enacted meaningful tax cuts and championed real reforms, such as creating the STAR property tax program that made a difference for tens of thousands of families in New York.

It's unclear whether the convictions of two of the state's top politicians will lead to any meaningful ethics reform in Albany.

Since the dust has settled and the bills have seen the light of day, there is no mistaking that these meaningful reforms were not included in last week's budget.

That's according to the governor himself, who told reporters in Syracuse today that Albany politicians in general are resistant to any meaningful reform.

Albany, NY — Host Alan Chartock is joined by New York Daily News Albany bureau chief Ken Lovett, who shares his insights into the Joe Bruno trial, the chances of a meaningful ethics reform in the legislature, and Governor Paterson's plans for cutting the budget.

It is a suit about meaningful reform for a broken agency in a broken system.»

As the future congressman from this great district, I know Keith stands ready to deliver on the same fundamental issues he has fought for alongside me in the legislature — bringing more affordable housing to our neighborhoods, pushing through meaningful criminal justice reform and ensuring that all of our children have every chance to succeed with the promise of a first - rate education.

«I am disappointed that, six months later, we did not see such statutory action — part of a broader failure to achieve meaningful reform on a range of issues in this legislative session.»

Or would the idea of propping up a Labour Party willing to pursue constitutional reform and meaningful environmental measures suddenly become a more attractive partner, even if they remained the second biggest party in Parliament.