Sentences with phrase «own package of reforms»

On Tuesday, the Obama administration unveiled a package of reforms designed to rein in this abuse of the patent system.

It said the tactic was meant to confuse shareholders into voting for a package of reforms, even if it included the stock change that was not in their interests.

The May package of reforms provides a simpler measure of the allowable surcharge, which is already in force for large merchants and will take effect for other merchants from September next year.

And yet by conflating all sizes and types of pig and poultry farms into one category, the package of reforms released by the NSW Government presents a major risk to the future of small - scale free - range pig and poultry farming.

It is not clear what impact this will have in isolation - the current law still requires collusion before contravention occurs - but the proposed new price signalling powers would be just one part of a package of reforms.

LITRG's Chairman, Anthony Thomas, said: «This is a useful package of reforms designed by the Office of Tax Simplification to make life easier for employers.

Despite the prime minister's confidence in the Tripartite system, Mr Darling confirmed a new package of reforms will be unveiled next year to help banks that get into difficulty.

Mr Pickles called the package of reforms «a ground - breaking shift in power to councils and communities overturning decades of central government control and starting a new era of people power.

All of which makes perfect sense, and indeed very sensible people have been suggesting more or less this same package of reforms for several years now.

Republicans on Tuesday in Albany continued to protest the release of convicted cop killer Herman Bell, backing a package of reform measures for the state Parole Board.

The NY Post says an «excellent place» for the commission to start would be the package of reforms contained in the Public Officers Accountability Act — proposed by the Assembly GOP.

That's why Justine Greening and I have set out a new package of reforms, building on Michael Gove's success, to increase the number of good school places across the country...

If those additional safeguards turn into a comprehensive package of reforms, perhaps voters will see Cuomo as an anti-corruption crusader.

In order to end the «rinse - and - repeat» cycle of scandal followed by public outrage, Attorney General Schneiderman proposed a sweeping package of reforms that would bring a meaningful transformation of the culture of Albany.

An excellent start would be the package of reforms contained in the Public Officers Accountability Act.

Such a system is a real possibility — Governor Cuomo has included a holistic package of reforms recommended by the commission in his budget proposal.

He is the only one who will raise taxes on the wealthy to fund universal pre-k and after - school programs that keep our kids safe; the only one who supports the full package of reforms to end a stop - and - frisk era defined by racial profiling; and he has the boldest plan to build or preserve nearly 200,000 units of affordable housing.

Last year, Mayor Bill de Blasio and the real estate industry pushed for a package of reforms to the credit that would broaden and deepen its application, while tailoring it to encourage more below - market construction and to exclude condominiums.

The LibDems have a revenue neutral package of reforms.

I look forward to working with my colleagues in the Assembly to swiftly pass a comprehensive package of reforms.

The proposals are largely based on the recommendations of Lord Turner's three - year inquiry into pensions, and were described by work and pensions secretary John Hutton as a «comprehensive, integrated package of reform».

The state's top judge on Tuesday called for a package of reforms to the legal system's grand jury process, including transparency in cases involving deaths of civilians caused by police officers.

«When Sen. Velmanette Montgomery gives her life and her soul to work on a package of reforms to the juvenile justice system, which we certainly need in this state, and then Ruben Diaz Sr. decides that he's going to vote against it because he's upset the Republicans are debating it too long it's unreasonable and capricious and it's the kind of irrational behavior that we've had to endure for the past eight years,» Parker told me.

Most leadership contenders have agreed with a suggestion mooted by David Miliband that the currently appointed position should be elected by party members as part of a package of reforms to make the party more sensitive to its activists.

The governor has also proposed a package of reforms to help county boards of elections better protect against cyberattacks, and to more closely regulate political ads on social media, in the wake of reports of Russian infiltration of Facebook and Twitter during the 2016 elections.

After repeatedly and roundly criticizing Mayor Bill de Blasio for not visiting Albany until this week to lobby for changes to real estate and rent laws, Mr. Cuomo indicated that Mr. Schneiderman is similarly late with the ambitious package of reforms he debuted on Wednesday.

At the same time, the Senate GOP approved a package of reforms to the law that had no chance of passing the Democratic - dominated Assembly.

The IDC backs public financing of political campaigns, but has released its own package of reform measures separate from the Fair Elections push.

Ethics watchdogs at the Capitol also remain miffed the package of reforms initially proposed by Cuomo during his State of the State and budget presentation in January have fallen off the table in mid-March.

The four - member Independent Democratic Conference backs a broad package of reform measures that includes the public financing of political campaigns.

As evidenced by our own package of reforms introduced last year, Senate Democratic Conference members have been staunch advocates for many of these recommendations.

«Only a full package of reforms, with public campaign financing at its core, will return New York to a system «of, by, and for the people.»

Assembly Democrats on Tuesday rejected a package of reform proposals made by Republican lawmakers, but pledged to enact their own measures this session.

In doing so, he revived a package of reforms he unsuccessfully pushed in December during a failed attempt for a special legislative session that would have paved the way for a legislative pay raise.

Mr. Cuomo insists that the commission was no longer needed because — believe it or not — Albany's ethics problems have been solved, by a package of reforms that was part of the negotiated budget deal.

The five - point package of reforms, spearheaded by Brooklyn Councilmen Brad Lander, Jumaane Williams and David Greenfield, and Bronx Councilman Fernando Cabrera, has already gotten the support of 30 standing city councilmen and women as well as candidates.

At the law school on Monday, Cuomo proposed a package of reforms intended to make the government more transparent.

A group of Republican and Democratic sheriffs from around the state on Friday urged state leaders to adopt a package of reforms to the juvenile justice system.

Miliband should use this moment to try and present a package of reforms making the unions» party funding link less clear.

Ministers have defended the move, arguing people are still better off overall because of Labour's package of reforms since 1997.

Bloomberg announced a package of reforms to the pension system, including a proposal to hike the retirement age for new non-uniformed city workers to 65 years.

Malick told the audience she has pledged to support the full package of reforms championed by Demand Democracy, which includes publicly funded elections, enhanced protection of voting rights, and ethics reform in Albany.

The package of reforms passed today is a significant step forward — not just for Welsh Labour — but the whole Labour movement in the UK.

The Smith scandal was among the cases that led Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday to unveil a package of reforms aimed at rooting out corruption in state government.

Later in the legislative session, in June, Cuomo created and won passage of a package of reforms that define new restrictions on coordination among candidate campaigns, former government employees, and Super PACs; and stricter reporting requirements of donors to Super PACs.

DiNapoli proposed a package of reforms to limit local governments» use of LDC's.

Under a package of reforms backed by Mr Cameron, faith schools would also be able to teach sex education as they wished.

As pressure mounted in 2013 Skelos obstinately opposed a series of reforms proposed by Cuomo - a package of reforms most advocates actually considered insignificant.

At the same time, Cuomo and legislative leaders have been in talks about a legislative package of reforms that could obviate the commission's work.

In August, the prime minister unveiled a package of reforms which were considerably less radical - and less similar to Ed Miliband's - than she had those previously proposed.