Sentences with phrase «need for legislation because»

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«I think it's just a disaster for the Republican Party, because it means you need 60 votes on most pieces of legislation and you're not going to get it.»

«But she said that she needed something done in three months because the legislation was coming up for a vote.»

«The legislation needs to change, because we've fallen victim to lazy legislation for far too long,» he said.

Senate Finance Committee aides said they planned to make adjustments to the legislation because it probably does not comply with the rules for a special Senate procedure they hope to use to pass the bill with 50 votes, rather than the 60 votes typically needed to beat a filibuster.

«Because a lot of my relatives helped write and administer New Deal legislation,» he recalls, «I associated leftism with a constant need for new laws and new bureaucratic initiatives which would redistribute the wealth produced by the capitalist system.»

And yet that was never enough to shake the confidence of conservative judges that the appeal to tradition is valued precisely because it delivers a ground of judgment safely distant from the need to weigh the moral justifications for acts of legislation.

The discussion highlighted the need for a substantive parliamentary debate on the current abortion legislation since medical science and practice is raising serious questions over when the foetus becomes viable outside the womb, the current twenty - four week limit for «social» abortion and the growing number of doctors in the UK who are refusing to perform abortions because of the aforementioned.

Insiders say Wisniewski likely harbors ambitions beyond his current station, and some believe he held up the reform legislation because he intends to run for governor and needs to plant his flag.

Cameron and Clegg have both said that they see no need for a referendum on Lords reform, because voters backed the idea at the 2010 general election, but Labour are demanding one and, with Tory rebels threatening to support them, ministers may decide that granting a referendum is the only way to get the legislation through the Commons.

Prosecutors contend Skelos «targeted» those he squeezed, because he had leverage — Glenwood needed tax and rent laws he could control, AbTech needed fracking legislation and infrastructure funding, Physicians» Reciprocal needed help on malpractice bills, and Nassau County relied on him for everything in Albany.

In an effort to prevent the need for euthanasia because of overpopulation, programs are created to fund spay and neuter costs — through community groups and legislation.

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper thinks the state's legislation will become a model for other states, according to the Denver Post, because it goes further than other states with disclosure laws by requiring all chemicals to be named (or in cases where the oil and gas commission is convinced a specific chemical should be kept a trade secret, then the chemical family needs to be named), as well as the concentrations in which they are used.

If this survey has any scientific accuracy (unlikely, given the small sampling size) and it's true that nastiness gets you ahead in the workplace, then perhaps there is a need for legislation to give bosses incentive to behave — because apparently, the workplace provides incentive not to.

Because the provisions vary from the current scheme under PIPEDA, Bowman emphasized the need for lawyers practicing in Manitoba to ensure their business clients are aware that this legislation has been enacted and will take effect.

Because financial need varies from state to state, the committee recommended legislation that would create a grant program through which states could apply for election security funds, including the funding needed to conduct system audits.

«The legislation needs to change, because we've fallen victim to lazy legislation for far too long,» he said.

Indeed, during the 1970s, child welfare services were specifically targeted at two types of children — those without extraordinary behavior problems who needed protection from parental abuse and those with extraordinary behavior problems whose parents often needed the assistance of treatment or placement services.27 Although the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 and subsequent child welfare legislation made federal funding for child welfare services contingent on parental incapacity or abuse, many children continue to enter care because of behavior problems.

While the need for more effective services to communities in the Northern Territory is recognized, concerns have been raised because of the limited amount of consultation planned with the communities regarding these reforms and the stated intention of the Northern Territory Government to initiate legislation for the reforms in any case without the necessary compliance of the Councils.

«Because there is an urgent need for REALTORS ® to be at the forefront of this process, we have provided them with many opportunities to come together to gather information and resources, and educate them on all facets of the foreclosure and short sale process, including legislation.