Sentences with phrase «more sweeping bill»

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U.S. President Donald Trump in December signed into a law a sweeping tax bill, the biggest overhaul of the U.S. tax code for more than 30 years.

«I have deep concerns and am opposed to the Senate bill,» she continued, adding that the bill would «make sweeping changes to the Medicaid program,» and «would take out of the Medicaid program more than $ 700 billion dollars.»

The new tax bill has been described as, «the most sweeping overhauls of the U.S. tax system in more than 20 years.»

«House Republicans felt entitled to a much more conservative bill after sweeping GOP victories in the election».

Indeed, today's Politico Morning Agriculture newsletter reports that negotiations over the CNR fell apart precisely because «House Republicans felt entitled to a much more conservative bill after sweeping GOP victories in the election.»

The government's controversial health and social care bill came under even more scrutiny today as Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords requested sweeping changes to the legislation.

71 % Against Player Protests During National Anthem Nearly Half Watching Less Football Mainly Because of Political Protests 55 % Say Buffalo Bills Should Punish LeSean McCoy for Sunday «Stretches» More Voters Agree with Trump's Statements than Disagree 82 % Want Less Politics During Sporting Events (Buffalo, NY)- Western New York voters overwhelmingly oppose the player protests during the national anthem that have swept the league recently, according to a recent survey released this morning of likely 2018 Western New York voters.

CITY HALL — The sweeping transformation of nearly 6 percent of Staten Island's landscape into the largest city park to be built in more than a century is facing funding and planning uncertainty under Mayor Bill de Blasio.

The City Council had one response to Mayor Bill de Blasio's sweeping proposals to rezone the city for more affordable housing: this is not enough.

Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell said that because Suffolk County has not addressed the matter in a meaningful way, and since a sweeping water quality bill stalled in the Legislature last year, funding from Albany is needed to give local municipalities more power to introduce modern septic systems to their own towns.

After Mayor Bill de Blasio swept up more than 70 percent of the vote in a Democratic primary many anticipated he would win — bringing him one step closer to re-election — he said he had made progress in his first term but would not «accept the status quo» and keep pressing for change.

In a rare win for Mayor Bill de Blasio, the City Council voted on March 17 in favor of his sweeping plans to rezone New York to create more affordable housing.

Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito announced a new compromise with Mayor Bill de Blasio that will allow his sweeping plans to create affordable housing across the city to go forward — but with even more requirements for developers to build below - market apartments.

«Every time incremental reforms have been called «sweeping» or «groundbreaking,» billed as a solution to the problem, those words have been proven false,» Mr. Schneiderman said, going on to say many had been too easily pacified with more marginal attempts at overhauling corruption.

The bills ranged from sweeping changes — from measures banning most larger campaign donors from securing state contracts to legislation blocking political consultants from doing double duty as lobbyists — to the more symbolic, such as one that would bring an end to political fundraisers in Albany County during the legislative session.

We want photos of you sweeping the glitter off the village hall floor; heading out to teach 5 people on a dark evening half an hour's drive away after a long day at work; your piles of philosophy books stacked next to your mat; your tabs of marking for trainees; the scrubby you use on the handstand footprints on the wall; the loose change rattling in the donation box after the PWYC; your studio rent bill; the baby sick on your yoga top after mums and baby yoga; the holes in your favourite decade - old yoga leggings; the charity shop where you buy more; coffee stains on cork blocks and the hospital room where you teach cancer patients; the costume box for your yoga and theatre kids class; your ID badge for prison work; the hug from the student who finally learned to stand on one leg...

The Assembly Education Committee deferred for one week a vote on the 69 - page bill by Senator Gary K. Hart, a Democrat from Santa Barbara who offered a school - finance reform measure that is more sweeping than that enacted last year.

«During my tenure in the House, I can't remember a more sweeping reform effort undertaken by this or any other committee,» said Rep. Bill Goodling, R - Pa., the panel's chairman.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Rick Scott, a day after insisting he still hadn't made up his mind, signed a sweeping education bill into law Thursday that steers more public money to privately run charter schools.

Gov. Bruce Rauner on Tuesday vetoed a sweeping education bill, saying the proposed funding formula that Democrats sent him «put Chicago in line for millions more» that would be «diverted from other, needier districts.»

Reporting from Washington — With the gulf oil spill creating political opportunity, Senate Democrats will begin crafting a sweeping energy bill this week that could include a first - ever, though more modest, cap on global - warming pollution, believing they must act now despite differences within their ranks and political jitters in an election year.

More than any other development in 2012, the sweeping changes enacted by the omnibus crime bill will undoubtedly be repeatedly targeted by defence lawyers all across Canada.

The health care cost containment bill signed into law by Gov. Deval Patrick will soon bring sweeping changes to Massachusetts hospitals and patients, including more widespread use of electronic medical records and a «cooling off» period before filing medical malpractice lawsuits.