Sentences with phrase «of sweeping legislation»

This means that, before the end of the current SCOTUS Term in summer 2012, the justices will rule on the validity of this sweeping legislation....

, and Joe Lieberman, ID - Conn., of sweeping legislation that would have capped U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases, although the bill fell apart before making it to the Senate floor.

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Dell's condemnation comes soon after Theresa May, the British home secretary, earlier this month unveiled a draft piece of legislation that proposes to grant UK spy agencies and law enforcement sweeping surveillance powers.

WASHINGTON, Nov 16 - The Republican - controlled U.S. Congress approached a major test on Thursday of its ability to enact sweeping tax cuts, as lawmakers prepared for their first full - scale vote on tax legislation.

WASHINGTON, Nov 16 - The Republican - controlled U.S. Congress was approaching a major test on Thursday of its ability to enact sweeping tax cuts, as lawmakers prepared for their first full - scale vote on tax legislation.

WASHINGTON, Nov 16 - The Republican - controlled U.S. Congress was approaching a major test on Thursday of its ability to overhaul the federal tax code, as lawmakers prepared for their first full - scale vote on sweeping tax legislation.

The potential differences in procedural rights are part of sweeping changes in legislation introduced by the Liberal government on March 29.

One possibility is broader legislation dealing with bots, perhaps modeled on the Better Online Ticket Sales Act (better known as the BOTS Act), a 2016 law meant to clamp down on ticket scalping and computer programs that sweep up large numbers of tickets in online sales.

Two months after Republicans passed sweeping tax legislation, just a quarter of Americans report seeing a change in their paychecks.

Worst case scenario, the Senate announces sweeping legislation of virtual currencies, and in the weeks after the hearing new legislation appears: thousands of pages on virtual currencies.

The European Union (EU) legislation requires entities that handle data belonging to EU citizens to comply with a sweeping set of rules mandating increased transparency and verifiable consent.

The legislation and court rulings to which it led effected sweeping changes in the structures of education, employment, and electoral politics.

But players associations across America's four biggest sports are urging caution, and not to let athletes get swept up in this tide of new legislation.

Panepinto has broken with his party and co-sponsored four pieces of legislation that would adjust the sweeping gun control law.

The government's controversial health and social care bill came under even more scrutiny today as Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords requested sweeping changes to the legislation.

Cuomo has over the years pushed Congress repeatedly to take up gun control legislation after New York approved a sweeping package of measures in 2013 known as the SAFE Act, which remains controversial with gun owners, especially in upstate New York.

The New York City Council passed 18 bills as part of the Stand for Tenant Safety package of legislation that promises sweeping reforms to tenant protections in the face of abusive landlords and developers.

Leadership and House Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway were unable to pull together factions of a divided Republican conference to pass the sweeping legislation.

The «Right to Know Act» is... so sweeping that people of color who have encounters with the police will feel the impact of the legislation but the same can not be said of the administrative proposal,» said Bronx Councilman Ritchie Torres.

Gov. Rick Scott vetoed a wide - sweeping higher education bill, saying the legislation «impedes the ability of state colleges to meet the needs of the communities and families they serve.»

The NYPD's beleaguered sex - crimes unit was excoriated during the five - hour Council hearing that included damning testimony from several neglected victims and a former member of the unit — as lawmakers consider sweeping legislation to overhaul the operation.

A bipartisan group of House members announced a deal on sweeping immigration legislation, a breakthrough that could boost chances for one of President Obama's top second - term priorities.

«As chairman of the House Banking Committee's Subcommittee on Housing, Mr. Lazio authored and negotiated legislation enacting the most sweeping reform of America's public housing in more than 60 years and expanding homeownership for low - income Americans.»

Washington (CNN)- A top Senate Democrat has offered a pair of amendments to an immigration reform bill bolstering rights for same - sex couples, a politically risky move that threatens to shatter Republican support for the sweeping legislation.

McKinney, a state senator representing Newtown, was a key supporter of the sweeping gun control legislation that passed in the aftermath of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shootings.

The House of Representatives passed sweeping legislation aimed at rewriting the nation's tax code Tuesday, by a vote of 227 - 203.

According to Joe Sgamatto, a spokesman for the Board of Legislators» Democratic Caucus, the potential legislation — which will expound upon a set of Republican initiatives introduced simultaneously with Democrats» proposed ban on gun shows held at county facilities — came as a result of sweeping public comment.

HARTFORD — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Friday signed sweeping legislation that aims to reduce the number of opioid pills sitting in medicine cabinets, provide new help to addicts and make it easier to administer life - saving drugs to those who overdose.

Collins last year introduced legislation that would nullify much of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's NY SAFE Act, a sweeping set of gun control measures including a ban on sales of assault weapons in New York stores, Kowalczyk said.

New statewide legislation part of sweeping reforms designed to make indigent defense more equitable across upstate

Addressing another component of the sweeping House legislation, Crisson took issue with the Waxman - Markey bill's inclusion of a nationwide standard seeking renewable energy production of 20 percent by 2020.

It is possible, Adashi said, that a misunderstanding of the sweeping nature of the legislation inadvertently bars the procedure.

Many Warsaw delegates say the 2015 accord looks likely to be a patchwork of national pledges for curbing greenhouse gas emissions, anchored in domestic legislation, after Copenhagen failed to agree a sweeping treaty built on international law.

«Two years ago, a group of Washington State families with transgender children banded together with activists and like - minded lawmakers and fought tooth and nail against the wave of anti-trans rights legislation that swept the nation and their home state.»

The sweeping anti-busing legislation — approved by the Senate as part of a bill providing funds for the Justice Department this year — not only forbids the Justice Department from bringing desegregation suits that could result in busing and limits the power of federal courts to order busing for such purposes, but allows Justice Department officials to support the removal of court - ordered busing plans already in operation.

Reville played a primary role in the drafting and passage of the Achievement Gap Act of 2010 — the most sweeping education legislation since the landmark Education Reform Act of 1993 - which included the nation's first «smart cap» lift on charter schools and created the pathway for more than 44 Innovation Schools that are now up and running across the state.

Washington — In the wake of the Senate's passage of sweeping anti-busing legislation last week, Democratic leaders of the House of Representatives are acting to prevent the bill, which must be passed by the House to become law, from being brought to the House floor for a vote.

«Newly adopted legislation, designed to increase charter school and authorizer accountability while respecting school autonomy, has been described in media reports as the most sweeping reforms of Ohio charter school law since school choice was first introduced 15 years ago,» a draft of the grant proposal said.

And new waves of legislation are sweeping through state capitals.

A) The passage of sweeping new elementary and secondary education legislation to replace NCLB is a major accomplishment, and it's one many inside and outside of Washington, D.C. had written off as impossible.

The passage of sweeping new elementary and secondary education legislation to replace NCLB is a major accomplishment, and it's one many inside and outside of Washington, D.C. had written off as impossible.

The House Education Committee held a hearing on February 16 to solicit input on new Republican legislation that would make sweeping changes to the accountability and teacher requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).

Despite the waiver, Connecticut hasn't reversed its plan to use state testing data in teacher evaluations, a plan that was part of the sweeping education legislation enacted in 2012.

Independent schools might breathe a small sigh of relief in reviewing the final compromise version of the sweeping tax overhaul legislation released December 15 by the House and Senate conference committee.

Financial Management Independent schools might breathe a small sigh of relief in reviewing the final compromise version of the sweeping tax overhaul legislation released December 15 by the House and Senate conference committee.

U.S. Senate Republicans agreed to talks with the House of Representatives on sweeping tax legislation on Wednesday, amid early signs that lawmakers could bridge their differences.

The debt settlement industry could be cleaned up swiftly with one sweep of federal legislation that would regulate the practice in all states.

As it stands now, high frequency trading is largely unregulated and unless Congress passes sweeping legislation, which is unlikely to happen given its performance during past opportunities to enact regulation upon the stock market or financial dealings, there is nothing impeding the growth of high frequency trading.

The Missouri Senate gave its preliminary approval to sweeping legislation that repeals every core provision of Proposition B. Missourians for the Protection of Dogs released a new report demonstrating major continuing problems in licensed puppy mills.

While the legislation went through all the proper channels, the city did little to notify dog owners of the increased cost of the violations before launching a series of sweeps in parks this spring.