Sentences with phrase «new policy agenda»

Democrats launched on Monday a new policy agenda focused on the economy, which seeks to bridge gaps with voters amid polls showing most Americans don't know what the party stands for.

I hope ConservativeHome will find a way to help this emphasis evolve into a powerful new policy agenda.

The new platform is designed «to build a new policy agenda for the centre ground».

It says: «We want to add a fourth pillar to what we do... This is the creation of a platform designed to build a new policy agenda for the centre ground together with the networks which link people up, and allow a reasonable and evidence based discussion of the future which avoids the plague of social media - led exchanges of abuse.

Not exact matches

Way back in the winter of 2014, when he was sketching the broad strokes of his agenda as the new leader of the then third - place Liberals, Trudeau spoke in Montréal about how pro-free market economic orthodoxy, put into policy by successive governments over the past few decades, was favouring the rich too much.

For Bolton, these frequent informal meetings with his new boss could leave him with even less time to formulate policy to match Trump's agenda and off the cuff remarks.

The main outcome of Habitat III was that UN nation states agreed on the New Urban Agenda (NUA): a non-binding document, which will guide policies over the next 20 years with the goal of making cities safer, resilient and sustainable and their amenities more inclusive.

In addition to mortgage insurance, it also issues mortgage - backed securities and pursues a variety of social policy agendas at the behest of Ottawa, such as disseminating information on regional housing markets, improving access to affordable housing and encouraging energy efficiency in new homes.

In 2005, he used the first policy convention of the then - new Conservative Party to take potentially divisive social - conservative issues like abortion off the party's agenda.

His calls for consideration of the emerging cryptospace are in step with the broader G20 agenda, which is to develop «policy responses» for «the emergence of new technologies.»

As usual, the New Democratic Party and the Liberal Party presented their own minority reports, with recommendations that reflect the policy agenda of their respective parties.

Under the guise of strengthening the U.S. economy while preserving U.S. national security, he has issued a set of stringent policies vis - à - vis a new trade agenda.

It has permitted the worthy goals of reducing taxes and limiting growth in the size of government to crowd from the domestic policy agenda the creative reflection that will obviously be needed to formulate a new, non-welfare-oriented approach to this problem.

In this light the new US administration's policy concerning these rights, articulated at the beginning of the recent Gay Pride month provides a politically significant boost to the UN's current gender agenda (see appendix).

Doing so means making religious agenda (s) part of the political policy infrastructure, which brings a new set of problems.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

That «coalition» approach is underpinned by the 97 - 01 policy agenda of new deal on jobs and windfall tax, minimum wage, devolution and FoI, public services, social chapter and pro-EU, feminisation of the PLP through shortlists, alongside macroecon stability, aversion to tax rises spoke to a party coalition; the post-01 agenda was arguably rather narrower, with new labour seeming to be about a particular method of public service reform.

But these are arguably superficialities to what was, in the final analysis, not a regurgitation of the foreign policy agenda that dominated the Bush - Blair years but a wholly new vision based on engagement both with radical ideologies and wayward nations.

A new survey by policy research nonprofit Public Agenda found that nearly half of New Yorkers have tried to determine the price of their medical care before visiting a doctor or hospital, but only one in five have sought to compare prices across multiple providenew survey by policy research nonprofit Public Agenda found that nearly half of New Yorkers have tried to determine the price of their medical care before visiting a doctor or hospital, but only one in five have sought to compare prices across multiple provideNew Yorkers have tried to determine the price of their medical care before visiting a doctor or hospital, but only one in five have sought to compare prices across multiple providers.

Their extreme agenda is to tax the life out of hardworking, overburdened New Yorkers and impose upon New York radical policies that the vast majority of people who live here don't want.

Policy agendas for important issues like the 421a tax abatement and New York City rent laws are being set by publicly elected leaders who have become dependent on the real estate industry's onslaught of millions of dollars in campaign contributions.

A reform of capitalism agenda would also include changes to CEO pay, more prudent mortgage tests, a real end of too - big - to - fail, counter-cyclical monetary policy, more dynamic patenting laws, a rethink of trade agreements and the introduction of a wholly new set of social and economic indicators (to capture phenomena like differential inflation rates and the uneven benefits of GDP growth).

A new policy on the Made in Ghana campaign has been completed as part of efforts to push the agenda for the Made in Ghana campaign.

Now that the election is over and the new administration is taking place, there is the chance to re-position foreign policy centre stage on the UK's policy agenda, ensuring it helps drive his «one nation» economic growth and reform agenda by showing the UK is open for business.

The left - leaning Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) argued that although the localism agenda was promising, it will be largely meaningless unless the coalition delivers «real powers with new funding streams that give local people more control over how their taxes are spent».

The speech — written by prime minister David Cameron — outlined the new government's ambitious policy agenda for the coming year.

«Our votes on the Working Families Party line help elect leaders who have promised to pass a full Women's Equality agenda as well as a full range of progressive policies that affect every New York woman,» Steinem wrote.

The Senate IDC is doing what it can to get their Affordable New York policy agenda in the budget come April 1st.

Today's Siena poll finds Gov. Andrew Cuomo heading into post-budget policy negotiations with a very strong hand, as New Yorkers strongly support his top agenda items — from instituting a property tax cap (83 percent) to creating an independent redistricting commission and legalizing same - sex marriage (both 58 percent).

The 18 Democrats who represent New York in the House of Representatives endorsed on Wednesday Gov. Andrew Cuomo's agenda for women, a package of proposed legislation and policies that include reforms to sexual harassment laws and guidelines.

The Senate has for the last decade been an unpredictable force in state politics and the source of heavy spending by deep - pocketed benefactors and labor groups interested in seeing which party controls the chamber — underscoring the chamber's role in determining the outcome of everything from charter schools, to tax policy and the agenda of the mayor of the city of New York.

The release, explaining the decision was reached unanimously by the group's two component boards of directors, stated, «The Boards» decision comes on the heels of securing the Pride Agenda's top remaining policy priority ---- protecting transgender New Yorkers from discrimination in housing, employment, credit, education, and public accommodations ---- in the form of new regulations announced in partnership with Governor Andrew M. Cuomo at the organization's Fall Dinner on October 22, 2015.&raqNew Yorkers from discrimination in housing, employment, credit, education, and public accommodations ---- in the form of new regulations announced in partnership with Governor Andrew M. Cuomo at the organization's Fall Dinner on October 22, 2015.&raqnew regulations announced in partnership with Governor Andrew M. Cuomo at the organization's Fall Dinner on October 22, 2015.»

But given the Governor's recent action, the Pride Agenda believes it has achieved its top policy goal of protecting transgender New Yorkers from discrimination.»

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has quickly become one of President Donald Trump's leading opponents, using the levers of his office to litigate against Trump's policies, and has put New York at the forefront of efforts to resist the new Republican administration's agenNew York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has quickly become one of President Donald Trump's leading opponents, using the levers of his office to litigate against Trump's policies, and has put New York at the forefront of efforts to resist the new Republican administration's agenNew York at the forefront of efforts to resist the new Republican administration's agennew Republican administration's agenda.

The Northern Powerhouse has been top of the news and policy agenda again in recent days, following the launch by George Osborne of the new Northern Powerhouse Partnership.

«New York is in a position to be a leader in the fight against Trump's dangerous and regressive agenda, and I hope Governor Cuomo capitalizes on this opportunity to establish his state as a firewall against Trump's extremist policies.»

In Cuomo's previous years in the governor's mansion, the Committee to Save New York did the heavy lifting to bankroll ads publicizing his policy agenda, secretly raising $ 17 million.

Over the past week, Cuomo has announced or confirmed several other pieces of the agenda, including an upstate economic development competition, tax breaks for small businesses, a new affirmative consent policy for college campuses, and a trade mission to Cuba.

Most of Cuomo's proposals are not novel — on paper, his agenda looks a lot like Spitzer's — and it would be a stretch to call «The New NY Agenda» a policyagenda looks a lot like Spitzer's — and it would be a stretch to call «The New NY Agenda» a policyAgenda» a policy book.

(The I.D.C.'s official line, delivered by a spokesman, is that «We're humbled that so many New Yorkers came out yesterday to cast a ballot in support of the I.D.C.'s policy - driven agenda.

Mayor de Blasio's work to push forward national policies through the U.S. Conference of Mayors and other partnerships is vital to our efforts to secure key federal funding for priorities like infrastructure and homeland security, and move forward an agenda that will lift up New Yorkers around the five boroughs,» Spitalnick said in an emailed statement.

The DN also dinged Schneiderman for the Rev. Al Sharpton / National Action Network «annex» remark and for jettisoning his long - held progressive policy positions to endorse Andrew Cuomo's «New New York Agenda» in order to land the gubernatorial frontrunner's support.

Cuomo's policy book is called the «New NY Agenda: A Plan for Action ``, and even received a review from the New York Times.

«In my view it is better for the Labour party, the leadership and the new prime minister that he be given the maximum flexibility in terms of introducing his new ideas, a new agenda - the same direction but new policies perhaps - in pursuit of that.

«So, this new policy framework that was approved today (Wednesday), puts in place a much better opportunity to engage with states, local governments and communities and executing the priorities of the change agenda,» she said.

Much of de Blasio's act mocked his liberal agenda, including universal pre-kindergarten and a new relaxed marijuana policy.

Scrambling to recover from her big loss in New Hampshire, Clinton repeatedly challenged Sanders» trillion - dollar policy plans, and portrayed him as a big talker who needed to «level» with voters about the difficulty of accomplishing his agenda.

Establishing publicly financed elections in the City of Buffalo leads the Partnership for the Public Good's policy agenda for the new year.

At 10 a.m., AARP, the Asian American Federation, Hispanic Federation, NAACP and Urban League join Tony Award - winning actress Priscilla Lopez, Senator Jesse Hamilton and Assembly Members Marcos Crespo and Yuh - Line Niou for launch of policy solutions agenda to address disparities in health, economic security and livability that are hurting New York state's communities of color; City University of New York Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan.

Stewart - Cousins's trip will include discussions on mostly state - level issues, including a series of briefings, policy discussions and work sessions on issues that overlap with the Obama administration's broader agenda — including hot - button issues in New York, such as raising the minimum wage and paid family leave, as well as gun control.