Sentences with phrase «of harmful legislation»

Millions of Americans know the costs all too well and will take notice of how members vote on passage of this harmful legislation.»

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The California Assembly has proposed legislation that is harmful to the free exercise of religion in higher education.

The Greens — part of the coalition to pass the legislation in NYC — also said that plastic bag fees work and that the arguments made by State Senator Simcha Felder and his cosponsors were disingenuous to the public and their actions harmful to the environment.

This is not to say, of course, that in the media's case, the legislation might be harmful to the free press, but it emphatically does not follow that statutory underpinning per se automatically equals state control of our principal organs of record.

But one thing seems clear: if Cameron sufficiently encourages editors to unanimously sign up to a quickly - established and convincing independent regulator, Ed Miliband will find himself accused of trying to introduce pointless and possibly harmful legislation.

The battle over the so - called «toxic toy bill,» which would ban or force disclosure of harmful chemicals in some children's products and sporting equipment, has taken a nasty turn, with green advocates at odds with one another and one organization in particular exerting political pressure on lawmakers to take up a recently amended — and some say weaker — version of the legislation.

The American Medical Association and some of the nation's largest healthcare advocacy groups opposed the legislation, saying it would be «fundamentally harmful to patients.»

Vermont Independent Senator Bernie Sanders say the Republican Senate health care proposal is the «most harmful» piece of legislation he has ever seen.

The legislation would require manufacturers to phase out the use of chemicals deemed harmful, such as benzene, mercury and cobalt.

Second, scholarship tax - credit laws enable supporters of school choice to organize so that they can more effectively fight harmful regulations: Scholarship organizations can help both scholarship recipients and the donors mobilize against potentially harmful legislation.

Association of RAZA Educators (ARE) In San Diego continue an organized struggle to fight against harmful school legislation in California and the rest of the country and to draw positive attention to students in the Hispanic community.

That said, given that the changes aren't included in the Senate bill, that it would provide only small savings, and that the optics of limiting access for charter schools aren't ideal, advocates were cautiously optimistic that the harmful changes would not end up in any final legislation.

However, the state's motion to dismiss raises concerns, even incredulity, about any perception that at the 11th hour, Malloy successfully pushed through legislation that negates (or soon will) the decades of harmful neglect and deprivation of resources by the state of its public school system.

In addition to these specific accomplishments, TCTA's continued opposition to harmful legislation helped fight off numerous bad bills, notably including vouchers and the elimination of payroll deduction; and helped to obtain an improved final bill restructuring TRS - Care.

This week's video features Colby Martin of the SEMA Action Network (SAN) discussing how SAN, through the help of its members, strives to protect the automotive hobby from harmful government legislation.

Some of the most potentially harmful legislation that we faced this session was introduced by Republican lawmakers.

They join their breed and / or an all breed clubs to stay abreast of canine health issues and potentially harmful legislation.

ALDF accomplishes this mission by filing high - impact lawsuits to protect animals from harm, providing free legal assistance and training to prosecutors to assure that animal abusers are punished for their crimes, supporting tough animal protection legislation and fighting legislation harmful to animals, and providing resources and opportunities to law students and professionals to advance the emerging field of animal law.

«Each bring a unique perspective to the PIJAC Board, ensuring our capability of protecting and representing the entire pet industry from harmful regulations and legislation,» added Oh.

PIJAC commends New Jersey governor for veto of potentially harmful bill, offers update on legislation in Hawaii, New York and Pennsylvania.

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The following ASPCA article, re-printed here in its entirety, provides a good overview of the issues implicated by breed - specific legislation and highlights the fact that such legislation is ineffective at best and harmful at worst:

To accomplish this mission, ALDF files high - impact lawsuits to protect animals from harm; provides free legal assistance and training to prosecutors to assure that animal abusers are punished for their crimes; supports tough animal protection legislation and fights harmful legislation; and provides resources and opportunities to law students and professionals to advance the emerging field of animal law.

In parts of Europe, particularly Germany, certain breeds are prohibited by legislation because their breed traits are considered harmful deformities (defects) rather than interesting anomalies.

While many think that calling a dog a bully breed would have little to no harmful effects, the fact is that many of these breeds are then systematically discriminated against through breed - specific legislation, housing and landlord restriction and insurance barriers.

But thanks to thousands of residents and animal lovers speaking up and voicing their concerns to Commission members over this harmful legislation, the bill was rejected via a unanimous vote.

He has used his seat on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology to advance legislation on ocean acidification, protection of Washington's scenic and wild rivers, and joined in supporting Ocean Champions» top priority in the 113th Congress — reauthorization of legislation to combat harmful algal blooms and hypoxia — which was signed in to law earlier this summer.

But it is the politicians who are the more potentially harmful because they have the means to injure a country's economy and the welfare of its citizens by introducing damaging legislation.

She reached across the aisle to build bipartisan support for one of Ocean Champions» highest priority pieces of legislation, the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act, which would have languished without Republican support.

She cosponsored and led the House passage of the 2009 Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Act, and is working hard to pass strong legislation to address these issues in the 112th Congress as well.

B), and its implementing legislation, the International Child Abduction Remedies Act (ICARA), 42 U.S.C. § § 11601 - 11610 (2000), were adopted to «protect children from the harmful effects of their wrongful removal or retention and to establish procedures to ensure their prompt return to the State of habitual residence, as well ast o secure protection for rights of access.»

Response: We agree with the commenters that comprehensive legislation is necessary to provide full privacy protection and have called for members of Congress to pass such legislation to prevent unauthorized and potentially harmful uses and disclosures of information.

The harmful impact of the legislation on the «poor who beg» is grossly disproportionate to the purpose of the law.

The harmful impact of this legislation on the «poor who beg» is significant, as it exacerbates the group's disadvantaged position in society.

So instead of blaming Congress, we applaud any effort to limit business method patents (something the Supreme Court failed to do in Bilski)-- and just wish the legislation went further in curbing the often harmful business method patents.

Since day one of the special session, Planned Parenthood supporters and activists have showed up and spoken out against harmful legislation.

Liddiard said that even if the two houses of Congress can't craft legislation that can pass both houses, if any paring back of home ownership incentives is included in bills that at least make it through one house or another, that sets a precedent that will make it easier in later years for harmful changes to pass.

National REIA assists with the development of both federal and state lobbying efforts to help curb legislation that is harmful to investors.

Liddiard said that even if the two houses of Congress can't craft legislation that can pass both houses, if any paring back of home ownership incentives are included in bills that at least make it through one house or another, that sets a precedent that will make it easier in later years for harmful changes to pass.