Sentences with phrase «of model bills»

First, to refresh, ALEC is the secretive so - called «charity» run and funded by big corporations that subsidize the involvement of conservative state lawmakers, who then push for enactment of model bills written by the corporations who pay them.

ALEC has produced a number of model bills aimed at promoting dirty energy and preventing government at the local, state, and federal levels from addressing climate change.

For 2014, Alec plans to promote a suite of model bills and resolutions aimed at blocking Barack Obama from cutting greenhouse gas emissions, and state governments from promoting the expansion of wind and solar power through regulations known as Renewable Portfolio Standards.

«They try to undermine the authority of agencies that have the power potentially to control carbon pollution, so whenever there is a new EPA rule that pops up, they re-tool their arsenal of model bills to make sure they are blocking the new rule.»

«It's what our view of a model bill was, but we're happy to sit with legislators and talk about what the best system would be,» Silver said.

Translation: between the 25 of them, on top of a model bill handed to them by corporate oil and gas industry lobbyists, they were also furnished with $ 20,895 in campaign cash by these industries with the expectation to do their legislative bidding.

As the article points out, the drafting lawyers are enormously respected and the companies have reportedly had no input whatsoever into the content of the model bill.

Not exact matches

The Penn model assumes the House's bill would boost gross domestic product by 0.8 % in the long term, while the Tax Foundation expects a boost of 3.6 %.

But, none of the models show the growth being enough to pay for the bill.

HuffPo has poached a number of Times staffers this year, and this past spring, former executive editor Bill Keller wrote a column trashing HuffPo's editorial strategy and business model.

The new chief executive of Uber Technologies appealed to Brazilian lawmakers in the country's capital on Tuesday to block elements of a bill he said threatened the ride - hailing app's business model, calling for more dialogue and sensible regulation.

They wanted to upend the agency model that included billing clients for time, which led to the frequent creation of feature - heavy, clunky apps.

The final rough analysis for the legislation came from a new report from the University of Pennsylvania, using its Penn - Wharton Budget Model to assess the budgetary effects of the bill.

Either way, the model concludes that much like the House version of the bill, the Senate bill would not come close to paying for itself.

The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School model found that the current iteration of the Senate's tax bill, called the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, would decrease federal revenue and add to the national debt outside of a 10 - year window.

The bill still needs to go through the rest of the legislative process before it is passed, but if successful it will allow non-bank dealers to also use proprietary capital models.

While the bills seem to be in response to the legalization of same - sex marriage, their model is actually the Religious Freedom Restoration Act that was signed into law in 1993 by President Bill Clinton.

Instead of billing for hourly work, would a pay - for - performance model be more appetizing?

When correcting the model to include current profit margins, the effects of cord cutting, the impact of Turner's current contracts with pay - TV companies and other factors, Petrocelli said, Shapiro's model shows that cable bills would actually decrease by 54 cents per month per subscriber.

The federal government is clearly headed down this path with the introduction of Bill C - 25 and actually, the Quebec government had joined the road forward with the creation of new VRSPs - another acronym that simply means Voluntary Registered Savings Plans - similar to the PRPP model.

The five factors Mladina used in his model are the Fama - French market beta, size and value factors plus the term (the return of the Barclays U.S. Treasury Index minus the return of one - month Treasury bills) and default (the return of the Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Index minus the return of the Barclays U.S. Treasury Index) factors.

Billed by many on Wall St. as a financially inviable acquisition and «bailout» of a company bleeding cash to survive, Tesla began shifting SolarCity's business model almost immediately following its acquisition — shifting previously focused efforts on door - to - door sales and long term leases to sales of products with the highest profit margin.

Create new alliances and role models: One of the most interesting and visionary proposals during COP21 was Bill Gates» project, «Mission Innovation» supported by President Barack Obama as well as 20 countries and 38 prominent business leaders and investors.

Economic pressures to reduce legal costs is the primary force behind a growing number of firms moving away from the billable - hours model to new alternative billing models such as fixed, flat, blended or capped fees.

Traditionally, procurement and administration of specialty drugs is accomplished through the «Buy & Bill» model, which is unmanaged and expensive.

SaaS businesses are becoming increasingly popular for online acquisition as, like subscription businesses, they typically employ a monthly or quarterly billing model and enjoy a strong amount of recurring income.

Bill: I was so amazed that Warren comes to investing with this broad model of the world.

«Without venture - capital funding, not a lot of the fintechs have the business models to be profitable,» says Bill Sullivan, head of global financial services market intelligence at Capgemini.

In addition, «The Credit Score Competition Act of 2017,» HR 898 in the House and an expected companion bill in the Senate, would encourage the GSEs to consider alternative credit risk scoring models when making mortgage purchasing decisions.

Recent estimates produced with models similar to JCT's have found the tax bills may increase the growth rate by 0.03 to 0.09 percentage points per year, producing as much as $ 200 billion of dynamic feedback.

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As I wrote in my Personal Capital review after sitting down with CEO Bill Harris for 1.5 hours, I think the business model of leveraging technology to gather and manage assets is a no brainer.

In his healthcare role, he received Marketer of the Year recognition and Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer stated it was the model for how MSFT should target vertical markets due to the dominance it achieved in getting the leading 3rd party ISVs to bet their platform on MSFT.

This trend is called «the subscription economy,» and once you get a whiff of its success, you'll probably be texting your CFO to see how quickly you can switch to a recurring billing model.

88 The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act converted Title IV of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, known as the Model Good Samaritan Food Donation Act, into permanent law, and transferred it to the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.

According to SB Nation's Bill Connelly's S&P + model, Michigan has just over a one - in - four chance of winning the Big Ten East division...

As the opening bell tolls to the first of three one - minute rounds — it's model - boxing after all — my first «underground» event, more or less billed as New York's answer to Fight Club, sure feels a whole helluva lot closer to Zoolander.

I was fully aware of it, in fact, as soon as we pulled out of Bill Frick Motors at Rockville Center, Long Island, where I picked up the new Aurelia Gran Turismo model for testing.

Our Falcons defense is moving ahead of the Patriots this year so we will see what difference that makes.I have all the respect in the world for Dan Quin but I'm afraid that he is not the model that Bill B. is when it comes to outsmarting everyone.

The factors deemed beyond the control of a manager for the purpose of the model are: total player wage bill, net transfer expenditure (we assume that the club directors are control of a club's budget), player injuries, suspensions and unavailability.

Guidance Materials: RCW 28A.210.360 (Senate Bill 5436, 2004) requires districts to adopt local wellness policies and mandated the creation of a model policy and recommendations consistent with and above the federal requirements by a broad - based advisory committee.

If you are afraid of adding another item that will up your electricity bills, you may want to choose a battery powered model.

The Urban Glide fits that bill with its large wheels, which make it one of the most maneuverable models in our ratings, particularly over uneven terrain such as a small snow pile.

Schneiderman, who has received quite a bit of play for the bill — never a bad thing when one is running for statewide office (in this case, AG)-- admits it only applies to New York, but also says he hopes it serves as a model for other states and eventually a federal fix.

The Psychoactive Substances Bill was modelled on a similar piece of legislation from the Republic of Ireland.

Saujani: Not only would I have voted for the House financial regulation bill last December and the final conference committee bill, I would have introduced an amendment to create an SEC regulated clearinghouse for credit rating agencies, because the current model of allowing banks to pay for faulty investment ratings was a major contributor to the crisis.

Defenders of the Republican bill have responded to CBO's score of it by questioning the agency's health - care modeling and its past performance.

«Absent that, we'll move forward with a one - house bill just to get on the record the Senate is in favor of this kind of business model.»

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver formally introduced a bill this week that would create a statewide voluntary public matching funds program in New York, calling on fellow legislators to pass the bill and make New York state «the model for the rest of the nation in establishing and preserving fair elections.»

By an overwhelming margin, the Republican - controlled U.S. House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill modeled after former congressman Ron Paul's «Audit the Fed» legislation.