Sentences with phrase «of moving legislation»

The Congressman's influence is crucial to eliminating the anti-environmental riders that are being attached to appropriations bills and other pieces of moving legislation.

His influence is increasingly crucial to eliminating the growing numbers of anti-environmental riders that are being attached to appropriations bills and other pieces of moving legislation.

Not exact matches

The Canada Pension Plan Act says that once a sufficient number of provincial governments have indicated support, the federal government can move forward and lock in the reform with an Order in Council — no new Parliamentary debate or legislation is required.

It wasn't immediately clear how much of the change reflected confidence that the tax - cut legislation moving through Congress will boost growth, or other factors such as pickups in business spending and global growth.

Apart for the cuts Barkan outlines, the legislation also does away with the individual mandate that is part of President Barack Obama's healthcare law, a move that would leave millions without insurance again and could raise costs for consumers.

Michigan is the latest in a series of states to make moves to pass intrastate equity crowdfunding legislation.

In a statement Monday, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne said the move is a response to legislation that took effect in New York State this weekend requiring the use of American - made iron in certain government road and bridge construction projects.

What's striking about the FDA's move is that the mandatory kratom recall order is based on a power the agency gained under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, a major piece of reform legislation signed by former President Barack Obama in 2011.

But a total repeal of Obamacare, at least in the near term, is much easier said than done, and full replacement with new comprehensive legislation seems highly unlikely at this point in time, given that 60 Senate votes will be needed to do so, and Democrats and Republicans appear as far apart as ever in coming to a consensus on a bipartisan strategy to move forward.

He expressed concern last year about legislation he feared could lead to the early release of felons, and moved quickly at the Justice Department to ensure privately operated prisons would be available for continued use.

The speech is likely to point to the recently launched Digital Technology Adoption Pilot Program, talk about moving forward with copyright and privacy legislation, describe work on spectrum, and indicate that a decision has still not been made on the removal of foreign investment restrictions.

The government is advancing legislation to move it to C$ 14 at the beginning of 2018, making it the steepest in Canada and higher than U.S. states such as Michigan, one of its main manufacturing competitors.

WASHINGTON The White House on Tuesday urged U.S. lawmakers to move ahead with legislation to help prisoners prepare for life after release, but stopped short of calling for broader reforms such as changing mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes.

MIAMI — Gun control legislation is moving at an unusually fast pace in the Florida Capitol following a deadly high school shooting, which has pushed state lawmakers and the governor to act after years of loosening restrictions on firearms.

Under the leadership of either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, each of whom has addressed virtual currency and blockchain technology during their respective presidential campaigns, Congress will hopefully move swiftly to pass legislation that accomplishes the goals set forth in H.R. 835.

Just like a thorough vetting of cabinet nominees could have foreseen the scandals that later emerged, a thorough vetting and review process for the monster tax cut legislation would have cautioned against such radical moves in the face of massive maturing supply, a trimming Fed, and a debt - strapped consumer that is seeing higher interest rates on mortgages and credit cards as a result of the spike in rates.

Following the launch of a Blockchain Task Force last year, Bermuda is also moving forward with ICO legislation as it plans to become the first country to regulate ICOs.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper «s Conservative Party of Canada proposed legislation that could shorten terms in office and move towards provincially elected senators in 2006.

Negotiators have been working for days - and nights - on details of the bill, which is widely viewed as the last major piece of legislation likely to move through Congress in this election year.

According to Bloomberg sources, «the White House would like to extend the debt limit long enough to move back the threat of a U.S. default until after Congress can deal with funding for the full federal fiscal year and tax legislation the Trump administration backs.»

The implementation of an expansionary fiscal package aimed at boosting growth at this relatively late stage in the economic cycle would also probably move the dial on monetary policy, but we would caution that the prospect of agreement on such legislation remains some way off and may well prove too difficult to achieve.

The implementation of an expansionary fiscal package aimed at boosting growth at this relatively late stage in the economic cycle would likely also move the dial on monetary policy, but we would caution that the prospect of agreement on such legislation remains some way off and may well prove too difficult to achieve.

Congress has been considering legislation that would expand the powers of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, but has been moving slowly.

The result of bad or incomplete legislation, he warned, would be that these «truly innovative capital formation opportunities,» as he described the largely unregulated crowdsales, will move their business to other countries.

The NBA is planning to announce that the 2017 All - Star weekend will be moving from the current planned location Charlotte, North Carolina, because of the state's anti-LGBT legislation, according to multiple sources.

Critics of the referendum proposal say the move is unnecessarily expensive when politicians can vote through the legislation themselves, and the debates surrounding the referendum could be divisive.

Senate Democrats are moving forward with legislation to fix the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby ruling which interpreted the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) as guaranteeing closely - held private corporations the right to deny birth control coverage to women.

If Indian officials were to move forward with anti-conversion legislation or other policies directed at Christians, «he would be a good rubber stamp for the government,» said Sandeep Kumar, a church planter and principal of Mission India Bible College, in an interview with CT. «There is no room for Christians in his understanding.»

That bill, while expected to pass, does not include any legislation on the hotly contested DACA front, which is enraging immigration advocates who'd been told a resolution on Dreamers would be part of any deal moving forward.

While moving the draft legislation, he said: «The purpose of this Bill is to correct a clear and historic injustice.»

Nearly all new legislation is moving AWAY from the Christian principles of the founding documents and laws of this country.

«We are pleased that there will be clearer labels,» a spokesperson for Coeliac UK said to BakeryandSnacks.com, adding that the charity is working with the industry, along with all other stakeholders, to move forward and to get a clearer picture and understanding about the total impact of the legislation.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) today issued the following statement from Pamela G. Bailey, president and CEO, on the 65 - 32 vote in the U.S. Senate today to move forward and take up bipartisan national legislation on disclosure of genetically engineered ingredients.

«Her skills and experience will be critical as financial services moves from an era of the most significant changes in regulation and legislation in its history to its next phase of being an export and growth industry for Australia,» FSC chairman Greg Cooper said.

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How did the School Nutrition Association, the nation's largest organization of school food professionals, go from being a vocal supporter of the 2010 Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act to the moving force behind current efforts to gut that legislation?

The first lady has lobbied aggressively for the legislation as part of her «Let's Move» campaign to combat childhood obesity.

First Lady Michelle Obama has made passing the historic legislation a centerpiece of her Let's Move!

The reauthorization of the CNA is the primary legislation of First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move!

Implementation of the International Code into national level legislation provides opportunity to move towards comprehensive breastfeeding legislation that is pro-active in removing all obstacles; and holds social and economic actors accountable rather than the reactive status quo.

The EU's weak legislation on baby foods has certainly exacerbated the problem of child obesity — not only within the EU but globally — so this move is well overdue.

said allowing the USDA to provide nutrition advice was «like putting the fox in charge of the henhouse,» and he introduced legislation to move the nutrition program to the Department of Health and Human Services.

Coming from a family that had fought on the Confederate side in the Civil War, and in his early career a bastion of the Old South which resisted every move towards civil rights for black Americans, it fell to him, as president, to put forward the most significant piece of civil rights legislation in the nation's history.

The Assembly legislation would move the filing deadline for petitions in 2012 to April 16, reduce the number of designating signatures for Assembly ballot access from 500 to 375.

Quinn rejected the suggestion that the governor is being motivated by politics — a desire to settle this long - running Democratic feud before he formally launches his 2018 re-eleciton bid or moves toward a 2020 White House run — saying she believes his only motivated is the «politics of getting legislation passed, and making things better for New Yorkers.»

Cuomo poured cold water on the rest of the legislative session last week, saying «no significant legislation currently has the chance of moving» before lawmakers adjourn in June.

President Trump said the U.S. needed «a good «shutdown»» this fall to force a partisan confrontation over federal spending, and suggested that he might move to reverse longstanding Senate rules that effectively require a supermajority to approve most major pieces of legislation.

He has introduced fewer than two pieces of legislation per year, and almost none of them have been moved into committee.

Moving in the other direction was alcohol in movie theaters, with Heastie saying earlier in the day that the Democratic Majority Conference is not supportive of the legislation.

The career move comes as Democratic lawmakers negotiate ethics - reform legislation in response to several recent embarrassments, including the corruption conviction of former Republican Senate leader Joseph Bruno.