Sentences with phrase «of nonpartisan»

The House GOP tax bill is likely to raise the deficit substantially, thereby putting pressure to cut federal safety net programs used by poor people, said Leonard Burman of the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center.

In August 2011, following the recommendation of the nonpartisan Institute of Medicine, the Obama administration announced guidelines that would require health insurance plans to cover women's preventive services — including birth control — with no additional co-pay as part of basic insurance coverage.

Latest Findings in Children's Mental Health is a series of nonpartisan bulletins produced by a partnership between Rutgers University, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

Opponents of court reform have targeted ethical rules aimed at promoting the integrity and independence of the judiciary; public financing for judicial elections; and the use of nonpartisan merit commissions to screen judicial nominees.

MAKING UNEXPECTED INROADS IN WASHINGTON DC: A few months ago, when a bit more of a nonpartisan spirit prevailed, Felix Kramer joined a delegation of several members of Environmental Entrepreneurs from around the country with teams that visited dozens of Senators, Representatives and key agency officials and their staffs, making the case that investing and spending on efficiency, renewable energy and a low - carbon economy can generate jobs, save money, and improve economic and strategic security.

Bob Perciasepe, president of the nonpartisan Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, says the plan will boost efforts by states and business to cut emissions: «Years from now, I'm sure we'll see this as a pivotal moment accelerating the clean energy transition that is already underway.»

He is chairman emeritus of the nonpartisan Congressional Management Foundation and has provided facilitation to nearly one hundred congressional offices to improve their service to constituents.

Next, she enlists the assistance of a small panel of nonpartisan scorers, perhaps parents or members of the business community, to judge the essays — without knowing when each essay had been written.

Our main focus is The Hechinger Report, a source of nonpartisan, national, in - depth education journalism.

The presentations, led by members of the nonpartisan Fiscal Research Division, have historically offered members an incredibly detailed and thorough look at agency budgets.

«There are far too many questions about their track record in other states, combined with how new these schools are to North Carolina, to already be proposing ways to make them less accountable,» Keith Poston, president and executive director of the nonpartisan, Raleigh - based Public School Forum of N.C., told Policy Watch this year.

«This is the work of every nonpartisan, bipartisan education group that's forward - leaning in the country.

The analysis of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that people making less than $ 100,000 a year (approximately 80 percent of American Chat with us in Facebook Messenger.

However, activities related to the preparation and distribution of nonpartisan analysis, study or research are not lobbying activities.

She recently appeared as an expert on a local news station discussing the ethics of cloning and joined the advisory committee of a nonpartisan Washington, D.C., think tank, the Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies.

, now the head of the nonpartisan think tank Resources for the Future, said today that he is not ready to rule out action in Congress on a global warming bill.

Fossil fuel industries collect some $ 4 billion a year in tax breaks and other aid, reports Taxpayers for Common Sense, a group of nonpartisan budget watchdogs — and that figure doesn't even take into account hidden forms of support, such as the Pentagon's jet aircraft research and development that led to efficient new natural gas turbines.

The purpose of the Nonpartisan Candidate Forum is to give City Council District 18 voters an opportunity to hear candidates discuss the issues of importance to them in this election.

Jerilyn Perrine, a former city housing commissioner who is now executive director of the nonpartisan research group Citizens Housing and Planning Council, said the expiration of the program would be «very troubling.»

Debbie Warburton is government relations director of the Hudson Valley chapter of the nonpartisan Alzheimer's Association.

If Governor Cuomo is truly committed to creating systemic change, the creation of a nonpartisan Blue Ribbon Commission is critical to uncovering the disparities in our prisons and our broader criminal justice system and identifying and implementing solutions.

Notwithstanding creation of a nonpartisan redistricting commission, the upstate Republican base will shrink due to death, outmigration, the end of state prison - based gerrymandering, and other demographic changes.

The Reclaim New York Initiative, the nonprofit lobbying arm of the nonpartisan Reclaim New York, has just sent mailings into two Hempstead Town board members» districts essentially calling Santino a bully.

Quinn also said she disagrees with Bloomberg's argument that the allegations against Halloran and Smith present a strong argument in favor of nonpartisan elections, though she didn't explain why.

Rebekah Mercer, daughter of Long Island billionaire and political contributor Robert Mercer, chairs the board of the nonpartisan organization.

Cristina Antelo, a principal at the Podesta Group and former Democratic Senate staffer and current vice chairman of the nonpartisan Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, noted that 43 percent of Udall's staff is Latino, the most of any senator, probably because his chief of staff, Bianca Ortiz - Wertheim, is one of only two Hispanic women holding that role in the Senate.

While Bloomberg's efforts failed in 2003, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, recently supported the implementation of nonpartisan primaries in a 2014 New York Times op - ed.

A civic coalition led by former Mayor Edward I. Koch is pushing for the establishment of a nonpartisan commission to redraw the lines.

Carol Kellermann, the president of nonpartisan fiscal watchdog Citizens Budget Commission, was equally outraged, telling The Observer, «Funds paid in settlement of litigation with the state, unless intended to compensate for specific losses, should be used as determined through the normal budget and appropriation process.

The mayor has been a long - time proponent of nonpartisan elections and in 2003 spent $ 7.5 million trying to get the measure passed, the Daily News reported.

All of these nonpartisan schemes are designs to hand NYS over to the Democratic Party at very little cost in NYC.

Rose Gill Hearn, chairwoman of the New York City Campaign Finance Board, plans to step down in December, leaving an opening at the helm of the nonpartisan agency ahead of next year's city elections.

Carol Kellermann, president of the nonpartisan Citizens Budget Commission, said the mayor appeared to be sending mixed messages.

Rose Gill Hearn, chairwoman of the New York City Campaign Finance Board and a former federal prosecutor, plans to step down in December, leaving an opening at the helm of the nonpartisan agency ahead of next year's city elections.

An establishment of nonpartisan elections (open primaries) would be better for all of New York.

«The New York League of Conservation Voters is proud of our nonpartisan nature — we are focused not on party labels but rather on results.

Nebraska uses a Top Two system but without party labels on the ballot at all for the election of its nonpartisan state legislature.

«A great many decisions are being deferred,» said Carol Kellermann, the president of the nonpartisan Citizens Budget Commission, who said the mayor's presentation on Monday amounted to something of a rough draft.

Blair Horner is executive director of the nonpartisan New York Public Interest Research Group.

He is the chairman of the town's nature preserve committee and is a member of the nonpartisan Group for Good Government.

The problem for the city is that there may be fewer interest groups lobbying on behalf of the Medicaid portion than there were groups pushing back on the university cost shifts, said Carol Kellermann, the president of the nonpartisan Citizens Budget Commission.

A clear majority of voters (59 - 21) say all candidates for state office should sign a pledge in support of a nonpartisan independent redistricting commission — a victory for both former NYC Mayor Ed Koch, whose PAC, New York Uprising, is pushing candidates to do just that; and also for AG Andrew Cuomo, who is calling for citizens and candidates alike to sign his reform pledge.

Lockheed Martin has purchased ad space on a number of nonpartisan, politically oriented websites, with many of the ads promoting funding for the F - 22 fighter plane.

Larry Noble, general counsel of the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center, agreed the timing «is still strong evidence of it being campaign related,» as is the reimbursement.

But a growing number of nonpartisan analyses show that some middle - class Americans would not get more money in their pockets under the GOP plan.

Douglas Elmendorf, director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, estimated the stimulus saved or created more than 3 million jobs.

Brian Finlay is president and CEO of the nonpartisan Stimson Center.

«This is very dangerous,» Fred Wertheimer, president of the nonpartisan government - accountability organization Democracy 21, told Business Insider.

«The challenge is that there were a lot of promises made that can't live comfortably with each other,» said Maya MacGuineas, president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

«This is a pro-business issue,» says Dean Baker, co-director of the nonpartisan Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C. «You have a lot of firms that lose workers; making child care accessible and affordable can increase the labor pool.»