Sentences with phrase «of legislative studies»

He made the call on 3rd November when Steering Committee members of the Nigerian Institute of Legislative Studies (NILS), led by their Chairman, Hon. Aminu Shehu Shagari, visited the Commission's headquarters in Abuja.

This also includes resources to National Assembly Staff Commission NASC and the National Institute of Legislative Studies NILS, he stated.

His publications include Legislative Politics and Economic Power in Russia (Palgrave, Basingstoke, 2006), as well as articles in journals such as Europe - Asia Studies, Government and Opposition, The Journal of Legislative Studies, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Party Politics, and Post-Soviet Affairs.

The other bills signed into law on Friday are the Legislative Houses (Power and Privileges), 2018; National Institute of Legislative Studies (Amendment) Act, 2018.

Viet Nam's Institute of Legislative Studies stated that the protection of breastfeeding will ensure babies get the best nutrition source from their first hours of life till they reach two years of age.

Not exact matches

The emphasis on clarification (it even appears in the study title) is clearly intentional, stopping short of specifying any precise legislative amendments.

Written by NCEO founder Corey Rosen, this issue brief discusses as of mid-2016 the extent and growth of employee ownership; survey data on ESOPs and corporate governance as well as ESOPs and executive compensation; research on the effect of ESOPs on corporate performance; the 2012 shared capitalism study of Great Place to Work applicants; data on employee ownership and employee financial well - being; the NCEO's analysis of data on ESOPs and default rates; trends in broad - based equity compensation plans; equity compensation and corporate performance; the impact of ESOPs and other broad - based plans on unemployment; legislative and regulatory issues for employee ownership; and international developments in broad - based plans.

A study conducted by the Department of Finance in 2001 examined fiscal rules in a number of countries at the national and subnational level and concluded that legislative fiscal rules are not necessary for achieving a balanced budget.

On legislative votes, the PCs and Wildrose voted together 90.2 per cent of the time, and on money votes — matters concerning the expenditure of public funds — they voted together 95.8 per cent of the time, the study found.

At times, a reactionary, legislative, and disciplinary form of Thomism was deployed, directed inward at members of the Church, chiefly about uses of philosophy in the study of sacred doctrine.

Charles J. Chaput's declaration that the United States» formation «presumes a moral architecture shaped deeply by biblical thought» is vindicated by any study of legislative history.

In Obergefell, Kennedy's claim was that although historically the interpretation of a fundamental right to marry has not included same - sex couples, the «referenda, legislative debates, and grassroots campaigns; studies and other writings; and extensive litigation in state and federal courts» has led to an «enhanced understanding» of how the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the 14th amendment contain a right for same - sex couples to marry that was really there all along, though until now unseen.

While the study found that high schools in the state were meeting the law's minimum guidelines - likely left purposefully vague as a necessary legislative compromise for an unfunded mandate - Chrisman and her co-authors thus expressed the hope that further revisions of the law would beef up the educational requirements for athletes and parents.

One concise and readable analysis of the CNA (although it was written in April so may not reflect the most current legislative activity) is this article written for The Atlantic Monthly by Marion Nestle, the widely respected professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University.

«I'm generally familiar with the bill, I've read newspaper accounts of the bill — I'm not an expert on that proposal but the reaction is, it's sort of — officially, without studying the bill itself — is that any concern that we might have, is there going to be a flood of new cases and will add to our case inventory and further frustrate what we're trying to do in the court system these days to eliminate delays and backlogs, and I have to say I don't expect that that proposal would lead to a flood of cases,» Marks told a joint legislative budget committee after a question asked by Sen. Brad Hoylman.

From all we know from legislative studies, dormancy may be, as you conjecture, part and parcel of a wider trend of parliamentary decline across Europe and maybe the world.

In the lead up to this weekend's New York State Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus» conference in Albany, the Center for Working Families and Citizen Action of New York has released a study that found public financing of political campaigns helps candidates in poor and majority - minority districts.

The few existing quantitative studies of legislative amendments generally include only a few pieces of legislation (e.g. Hood and Dixon 2015 (29 UK bills); Kreppel 1999 (24 EU legislative proposals)-RRB-.

Corruption Trials and Two Reform Reports Make the Case for Action Now In light of the corruption trials of two former legislative leaders taking place this week and New York State's D - minus grade in how it handles issues of integrity from a national comparison study, New York's leading good government groups today called upon the -LSB-...]

In light of the corruption trials of two former legislative leaders taking place this week and New York State's D - minus grade in how it handles issues of integrity from a national comparison study, New York's leading good government groups today called upon the New York State legislature and governor to complete the job of reforming our laws governing public ethics.

For those reasons, Stirpe was the only member of Central New York's state legislative delegation to Albany who declined to sign a Dec. 28 letter to Cuomo that supported including the tunnel option for additional study.

«A commission to study the feasibility of creating a State of Long Island will help Nassau County and its citizens determine whether such a proposal is in Nassau County's interest,» Mangano wrote to legislative presiding officer Peter J. Schmitt (R - Massapequa), who had requested his position.

Holmquist will lead a legislative sub-committee which will include outside elected officials from the city of Syracuse and other towns and villages to study the recommendations.

He is also affiliated with the chair in legislative studies funded by the Chamber of Deputies.

The 88 Rockland County students at the conference simulated the state government legislative process including the study of public issues, debate of public policy, writing of legislation and a mock law - making experience in state legislative chambers.

The 88 Rockland County students at the conference simulated the state government legislative process including the study of public issues, debate of public policy, writing of legislation and a -LSB-...]

Ballotpedia conducts a yearly study of electoral competitiveness in state legislative elections.

Pittsburgh - area legislator to introduce Family and Business Healthcare Security bill in current legislative session, while Healthcare 4 All releases results of Economic Impact Study.

He has his own education committee studying potential changes to the evaluation system, which is expected to release a separate set of proposals to be voted on this legislative session.

In 2014, Ballotpedia conducted a study of competitive districts in 44 state legislative chambers between 2010, the last year in which district maps drawn after the 2000 census applied, and 2012, the first year in which district maps drawn after the 2010 census applied.

The study found state legislative candidates in the last cycle rasied 74 percent of their cash from donors and interest groups writing checks of $ 1,000 or more.

Senate Republicans last month sought to have one of the TV ads pulled from the airwaves, contesting the claim that Larkin voted for a pay raise (Larkin voted for the creation of a commission that is studying a potential legislative salary increase).

I don't expect something on the level of The Power Broker (Robert Caro's study on the power of Robert Moses) but do point to the processes and laws that supposedly yield power to an strong executive... there is a structural difference between executive and legislative... within that, personalities play a huge role.

A 2015 study by Ballotpedia found that in state legislative elections between 1972 and 2014, the incumbency win rate never fell below 90 percent, with the exception of 1974 when 88 percent of incumbents won re-election.

The Joint Legislative Study Committee on Water Salinity Issues Committee is an interim committee of the Arizona Legislature.

He holds a degree in British Politics and Legislative Studies from the University of Hull.

Cuomo, of course, has sought to use the pay raise issue as leverage before, most notably when he sought to hold a special session in late 2016, linking the agenda to the approval of a salary increase by a commission studying legislative and executive pay.

Steering Committee members of the National Institute for Legislative Studies (NILS) with Commission members in a group photo after the meeting.

Spurred by Trump's announcement in September that he planned to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, members of the chamber wrote a letter to the Florida congressional delegation urging them to «quickly find a legislative solution before the program expires»... «Without a legislative solution, 800,000 DACA recipients will lose their ability to work and legally study, and it will leave many Florida employers, workers and students without certainty,» the chamber's CEO Mark Wilson wrote in the letter... «The Florida Chamber supports an earned pathway to citizenship for immigrants that pass criminal background checks as well as supports policies that reduce illegal immigration and improve on border security.»

«I think this seals the end of the era of the strong political leader who had tremendous sway over the [legislative] members,» said Lawrence Levy, executive dean of Hofstra University's Center for Suburban Studies.

She told lawmakers at a joint legislative budget hearing in January that it is a top priority, citing studies that indicate children who participate in high - quality preschool programs are 50 percent less likely to be placed in special education courses, 25 percent less likely to drop out of school, and 60 percent more likely to attend some college.

The bipartisan theme was trumpeted in mid-January when legislative leaders formed a task force of 50 lawmakers — with equal numbers of Republicans and Democrats — to study the issues raised by Newtown and recommend legislation in response.

The plaintiff, through his counsel, Ifeanyichukwu Obasi - Nweze, is seeking a judicial review to determine whether or not the Office of Mark had not become vacant by the provisions of Section 68 (1)(e) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, and Section 3 (3)(a) of the National Institute for Legislative Studies Act, 2011.

During the 14th legislative period of the German Bundestag, I successfully applied for a position as Staff Scientific Consultant in the office of the Study Commission «Law and Ethics in Modern Medicine».

Scientific American interviewed Marion Nestle, a New York University professor of nutrition, food studies and public health, about the significance of such legislative efforts to improve children's eating habits, and the likelihood that they will help keep kids from becoming overweight.

While a bill to actually implement a cap - and - trade system eluded state lawmakers in the legislative session that ended in March, they did direct the state Department of Environmental Quality to study «a market - based approach to controlling greenhouse gas emissions.»

Researcher Developer Dr Rachel Westwood, Research Fellow Mr Sam Toon, and Emeritus Professor Peter Styles from Keele's School of Geography, Geology and Environment — together with Professor Nigel Cassidy who is now at Birmingham University — have published their study advising on hydraulic fracturing safety guidelines for legislative bodies, including governments, environmental agencies, health and safety executives and local planning authorities.

«A number of legislative initiatives have been implemented to increase the study of interventions in children.

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The study, published in the newest special issue of Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, was mentioned in a presentation on the topic of medical marijuana to the New Mexico Legislative Health & Human Services Committee last November, and is now available from Routledge Journals with Free Access.