Sentences with phrase «of nonpartisan think tank»

, 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.

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«This is a classic example of union avoidance,» says Mark Price, a labor economist for the Keystone Research Center, a nonpartisan policy think tank in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Nearly 4 million U.S. jobs have been lost since NAFTA took effect and since China entered the World Trade Organization in 2001, according to Robert E. Scott, director of trade and manufacturing policy research at the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington, D.C.

Richard Haas, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonpartisan think tank, said this meeting is more serious than in past years largely because of the fallout from Brexit, which is raising concerns about Ireland's economic prospects and the future for Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom.

The National Foundation for American Policy, a nonpartisan think tank, found in March that immigrants had started more than half of the current crop of U.S start - ups whose values topped $ 1 billion.

«The electoral advantages of anti-immigrant politics will only shrink over time, suggesting that Republicans should at some point — perhaps before the next presidential election — begin to embrace comprehensive immigration reform,» says Mark Price, a labor economist at the Keystone Research Center, a nonpartisan economic policy think tank in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

According to an analysis of 2010 data by the Urban Institute, a nonpartisan think tank, the price tag was $ 669 million in direct hospital costs for just that year and $ 174 billion in larger societal costs, which includes disability, effects on employment, and other longer - term factors.

The average cost of child care is slightly under $ 10,000 per year per child, says Brigid Schulte, director of the Better Life Lab for New America, a nonpartisan think tank.

The ACA «is a big boon to small businesses and their workers, who care about health care insurance,» says Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a nonpartisan policy think tank.

To get a better sense of the dynamics at play in this relationship, I spoke with Ely Ratner, an expert on US - China relations and East Asia policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington, DC.

Ross Eisenbrey of the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank based in Washington, said would - be interns should think twice about agreeing to work without pay, even to get a foot in the door.

Widely considered to be Canada's most influential think tank, the Institute is a trusted source of essential policy intelligence, distinguished by research that is nonpartisan, evidence - based and subject to definitive expert review.

The risks posed to the Canadian economy by overindebted consumers are now «elevated, absolutely,» said Glen Hodgson, chief economist at the Conference Board of Canada, a nonpartisan think tank in Ottawa.

A report from the Canada West Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank, argues that U.S. market share of lumber is unlikely to decrease under the current agreement.

«If you have to find a way to pay for it, you will,» says Dean Baker, economist and co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, an independent, nonpartisan think tank.

«When the limits for contributions to the parties are much higher than for candidates, contributions to the parties in effect become a pass - through to the candidates,» said Michael Malbin, a University at Albany political science professor and director of the Campaign Finance Institute, a nonpartisan Washington, D.C., think tank.

Michael J. Malbin is a professor of political science at the University at Albany and executive director of the Campaign Finance Institute, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington.

The panel consisted of Senators David Carlucci, Jeff Klein and Diane Savino, who consulted members of public interest groups, think tanks and other nonpartisan organizations on the impact of a campaign finance reform package proposed by members of the legislature's Independent Democratic Conference.

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.

The most startling finding of the report, released by the nonpartisan think - tank, MassINC (The Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth), is that 667,000 of the 1.1 million at - risk workers have earned a high school credential but still lack basic math, reading, writing, language, and analytic skills at the level considered acceptable for the typical 21st century workplace.

Paul Reville, director of the Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy at MassINC, a nonpartisan think tank in Boston, reviewed many of the written responses from those who failed and bemoaned the high number of the commonwealth's teachers «who were college graduates and yet couldn't string a sentence together.»

The Center for Education Policy, a nonpartisan think tank at George Washington University, based its survey findings on the responses of leaders in 211 of the nation's school districts.

The Urban Institute, a nonpartisan think tank, looked at gunfire within 1,000 feet of public schools and public charter schools in Washington, D.C., during school hours in the 2011 - 2012 school year.

The Brookings Institution, a nonpartisan think tank, recently found that suspension rates for African - American students was nearly three times that of Hispanics and four times the rate for whites.

Laura Hamilton, senior behavioral scientist at RAND Corp., a nonpartisan, Washington, D.C. - based think tank, says that regardless of what happens with NCLB, the law has changed the public's perception of education.

It isn't a Sonderweg — which suggests Germany is going it alone on the fringe of the continent's mainstream — as Paul Hockenos, a blogger for a nonpartisan think tank, the German Council on Foreign Relations, argues.

But a report by Resources for the Future, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank, estimates that electricity bills could rise negligibly for consumers by a nationwide average of 1.3 percent.

Although SPN's member organizations claim to be nonpartisan and independent, the Center for Media and Democracy's in - depth investigation, «EXPOSED: The State Policy Network — The Powerful Right - Wing Network Helping to Hijack State Politics and Government,» reveals that SPN and its member think tanks are major drivers of the right - wing, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)- backed corporate agenda in state houses nationwide, with deep ties to the Koch brothers and the national right - wing network of funders.

The Heartland states on their website that:» The Heartland Institute, a 25 - year - old national nonpartisan think - tank based in Chicago, said all of the event's expenses will be covered by admission fees and individual and foundation donors to Heartland.

For instance, earlier this year, the Peterson Institute for International Economics, a private nonpartisan, non-profit think - tank that conducts research into international economic policy, released the outcomes from a massive study of almost 22,000 firms in 91 countries.

That unique arrangement, which is facilitated by multiple listing services in real estate markets across the United States, allows consumers to easily access listing information for the vast majority of for - sale properties in an area where they are considering buying a home — without impeding their ability to work with any licensed real estate brokerage and agent they choose, Holmen said during the program, which was hosted by the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank.