Sentences with phrase «of omnibus legislation»

We will ensure accounting consistency among the Estimates and the Public Accounts; provide costing analysis for each government bill; restore the requirement that government borrowing plans receive Parliamentary approval; end the inappropriate use of omnibus legislation; and we will ensure the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) is truly independent, properly funded, and answerable only, and directly, to Parliament.

Not exact matches

Both budgets, however, were followed by massive Budget Omnibus Bills, which contained major changes to a large amount of legislation either vaguely referred to, or not referred to at all, in the budgets.

The Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1987: Legislation that attempted to decrease the budget deficit through tax increases and expenditure decreases.

However, Congress began to pass budget - busting legislation back in 2015 by pursuing a permanent debt - financed doc fix followed by an even more costly tax extender (and omnibus appropriations) bill — at a total cost of over $ 100 billion in 2019.

The Conservative government's omnibus legislation is at the heart of the protests and Ashton says much time is being spent explaining it — mostly over Facebook.

The inclusion of these measures in a budget omnibus bill clearly violates the spirit and intent of budget legislation.

The Senate Select Committee asked for a new oversight panel to draft omnibus legislation to recast the National Security Act of 1947 and frame explicit intelligence charters.

(1) In the short term, Canada must withdraw the suite of legislation impacting First Nations, amend those omnibus bills which threaten our lands and waters, and restore the funding that was cut to our First Nation advocacy organizations and communities;

But Republicans in the Senate — who have held votes on separate items in the agenda — remain opposed to the abortion plank in the omnibus version of the legislation.

Some Democratic lawmakers in the Assembly, notably Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, have been pushing for the adoption of the human trafficking legislation which has been bottled up in the omnibus legislation.

The joint statement from Governors Cuomo and Christie says «Both Governors embrace the spirit and intent of the extensive reforms contained in the omnibus pending legislation.»

The package of measures, known as the Women's Equality Agenda, was put to the forefront this election season when state Democrats formed the Women's Equality Party, a new ballot line meant to promote the omnibus legislation.

Republican sportsmen in two GOP - leaning congressional districts are opposed to including the push to drill for oil in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska in the omnibus tax overhaul legislation, according to a poll released Friday by the New York League of Conservation Voters.

The Democratic - led Assembly has been under pressure to pass the agenda as individual pieces of legislation after it approved the broader omnibus bill that included a bill designed to update the state's abortion laws.

Her votes against major sections of the 2015, 2016, and 2017 state budgets — omnibus bills that combined popular legislation with controversial policy and basic funding measures — may provide further ammunition for the opposition, according to Sherrill.

Other times, she said she has rejected legislation that is part of an omnibus bill, which combines legislation she supports with policies or financial implications she takes issue with.

The new legislation is needed primarily, they argued, to reverse the effects of tax and spending provisions of an omnibus measure enacted by legislators in 1983.

WASHINGTON — Despite the Bush Administration's backing of omnibus education legislation, the measure died when the Congress adjourned Oct. 27 at the hands of several conservative Republican senators who were successful in blocking its passage.

The proposal, part of omnibus budget - reconciliation legislation moving through the Congress, would save an estimated $ 10 million in fiscal year 1990 and $ 115 million in 1991.

The omnibus legislation encompassed five remaining spending bills President Clinton had not signed into law, including the appropriations bill for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education.

With its majority, the federal Conservatives have pushed through their omnibus crime bill, perhaps one of the most controversial pieces of legislation this government has tabled.

Criminal law does not have a monopoly on omnibus bills; it is simply the area where they are most demonstrably used to narrow the study of proposed legislation.

It will be a mistake on any Canadian institution's parts to adopt any form of «cloud» computing until after Harper's Omnibus crime bill (Bill C - 51) is passed into legislation.

Bill 154, the Cutting Unnecessary Red Tape Act, 2017, which passed second reading, is an omnibus bill that allows for amendments to various pieces of legislation.

Bill 177 is omnibus legislation which, among other things, includes several changes relating to the enforcement of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (the «OHSA») and amends the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 (the «WSIA») to include transition provisions for Workplace Safety and Insurance Board («WSIB») benefits claims due to chronic mental stress.

Parliament rushed through the legislation used to provide the search warrants after the 9/11 hijackings as part of the omnibus anti-terrorism law.

As well, if there are parts that other parties agree are good, they still have to pass what they don't agree with because of the all - or - nothing aspect omnibus legislation.

The farm bill is an omnibus piece of legislation that shapes our entire food system, regulating a range of programs from crop insurance to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps).

Applicable Federal legislation includes the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, the wiretap provisions in S. 2510 - 2525 of the Stored Wire Communications Act (the «Wiretap Act»), Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, and Communications Decency Act.

The Canadian internet advocacy association, openmedia.ca, has just launched a series of public service announcements to call attention to the anticipated «lawful access» legislation which is expected to be buried in the Harper Government's omnibus crime legislation this fall.

The government also introduced Bill 65, the Prosperous and Fair Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2013 («Bill 65»), omnibus legislation designed to implement some of the proposals contained in the Budget.

These gaps allow contentious legislation — think: Bill C - 51, the Fair Elections Act, the omnibus mandatory minimums crime bill, and the bill limiting refugee access to Canada — to be passed without open, adequate, and meaningful consideration of their constitutional vulnerabilities (i.e. if, how, and to what extent a proposed law may violate the Charter).

On November 1, 2017, the Ontario government tabled Bill 174, Cannabis, Smoke - Free Ontario and Road Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 omnibus legislation which would, if passed, regulate the cultivation, sale, distribution and consumption of cannabis in Ontario, enact the Smoke - Free Ontario Act, 2017 and make amendments to the Highway Traffic Act relating to impairment by cannabis and road safety.

... Sean It will be a mistake on any Canadian institution's parts to adopt any form of «cloud» computing until after Harper's Omnibus crime bill (Bill C - 51) is passed into legislation...

The 2012 federal budget that amended dozens of pieces of legislation was referred to by many commentators as an omnibus bill.

While the content of the CLOUD Act has evolved away from controversy with some modifications, the choice to pass it as part of the omnibus plan without further opportunity for public debate to examine its potential far - reaching implications is proving just as controversial as earlier forms of the legislation.

The DOJ said the core issue in the case — which centered on whether Microsoft needed to abide by a U.S. law enforcement warrant for data that's stored overseas — has been addressed by the CLOUD Act (S. 2383 (115)-RRB-, legislation that was recently signed into law as part of the omnibus.

In a series of enormously popular posts on social media, liberty - minded Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky dissected what he called the «sad excuse» for legislation more commonly known as the omnibus spending bill.