Sentences with phrase «pass meaningful reform»

In a Journal News op - ed, Lawrence Norden and Frederick A.O Schwarz of the Brennan Center, wrote that Governor Cuomo's refusal to pass meaningful reform in the state budget was especially disheartening in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission.

I welcome his remarks, and look forward to working with the Chief Justice, the Governor, and Legislature to pass meaningful reform during this legislative session.»

Not exact matches

«The next president of the United States will pass meaningful immigration reform so that it will be solved, and not by executive order,» Bush said, referring to President Obama's executive order from November, which legalized the status of 5 million undocumented immigrants.

The White House has said the executive order falls within presidential powers, and has argued that the ultimate answer is for Congress to pass meaningful immigration reform.

However, after that fast start, things settled back, so that as we ended the first half of the trading day, the Dow's gain, which reflected ongoing optimism on the earnings front (as Corporate America continues to release results for the third quarter) and evolving hopes that whatever the dysfunction now in Washington, a meaningful tax reform package will get passed.

«I will prioritize passing meaningful ethics reform, supporting our middle class families and small business owners, fighting tirelessly for better public education, and providing the residents of our district with the resources and services that they deserve.»

Meaningful ethics reform will pass with 100 % support in the Senate if Flanagan quits blocking a vote on the matter.

The city's five primary public defender organizations have teamed up to put pressure on the state legislature to pass meaningful criminal justice reforms after the measures were left out of the state budget.

I say a budget will get passed with meaningful reforms in place.

«This is a sad day, and an urgent reminder that we need to address public corruption and pass meaningful ethics reforms.

«I will continue to work with my colleagues in government across the State to pass our Abandoned Property Neighborhood Relief Act, a legislative solution that will codify today's reforms into law, provide meaningful enforcement, and give municipalities the resources to take back their streets.

«There's no way you can get meaningful ethics reform passed in Albany unless you involve the public in the fight,» Horner said.

New York, NY — As final negotiations wrap up on the state budget, public school parent activists and students today rallied outside Tweed Courthouse to urge legislators to pass the meaningful education reforms outlined in Governor Cuomo's education Opportunity Agenda.

I want to pass comprehensive, effective and meaningful reforms.»

Another legislative source said Silver, under intense pressure from Cuomo and his fellow Assembly members to pass meaningful ethics reform, concluded the ethics measure was needed to «to help the Legislature get out from under a cloud of scandal.»

There's nothing more important for middle - class families, our country and our economy than seeing lawmakers come together to pass meaningful tax reforms that will fuel growth for all.»

Barbara Bartoletti, the legislative director of the League of Women Voters of New York State, said she's not optimistic that meaningful ethics reform will pass this year in Albany.

«The governor moving the goal post doesn't make it any easier for meaningful, comprehensive reform to pass,» said Horner.

State Senator David Carlucci, an Independent Democrat whose district includes East Ramapo, says with the report issued, it is now time to pass meaningful legislation to reform governance and funding.

We'll also partner with Fair Elections for New York in their efforts to pass meaningful campaign finance reform in the state.

Is this investigation motivated by a much bigger political game in which Governor Cuomo encouraged / spurred / initiated Sugarman's investigation to achieve a number of goals: (a) torpedo the efforts of democrats to regain the state senate by scaring off potential big democratic donors (it is widely reported that the governor prefers working with a GOP controlled senate); (b) distract the press from Albany's complete failure to pass meaningful ethics reforms; (c) hurt his political foe, Mayor de Blasio.

In an op - ed article written for publication in the Albany Times Union, Cuomo said when the Democrats were in power in the Senate from 2009 through 2010, they «squandered the opportunity,» and failed to pass any «meaningful reform.»

Five years have passed since the final winners in the $ 4 billion contest were announced, so there has been enough time to assess whether the program encouraged meaningful education reform or promised a lot but changed little.

The time is right for NJ lawmakers to pass meaningful and beneficial education reform.

Especially with a cadre of new governors and legislators taking office, along with issues that intersect with education such as criminal justice reform on the agenda, reformers should use the time now to pass meaningful legislation that will help all of our children.

Amid local efforts to improve education outcomes in districts with fewer resources, superintendents expressed worries last year that lawmakers would not pass meaningful school finance reform without a ruling from the Texas Supreme Court ordering them to do so.

Watts added that businesses do not want to be «targeted by out - of - state trial lawyers and it is time for Kentucky to pass meaningful legal liability reform.»

As a result, Congress tried again in 2014 and came close to achieving meaningful reform with a proposed law called the Innovation Act, which passed the House of Representatives by a large margin, and which enjoyed bipartisan support from influential Senators like John Cornyn (R - Tx) and Chuck Schumer (D - NY), as well as President Obama.

We look forward to working with them and other members of Congress to pass a meaningful patent reform bill that curbs abuse of the patent system, fosters innovation and job creation, and updates the patent law to address the dramatic changes that have occurred in the patent marketplace in the 50 years since the last significant legislative reform.»

In 2011, when Congress passed the America Invents Act (AIA), it was heralded as «the first meaningful, comprehensive reforms to the nation's patent system in nearly 60 years.»

Contact your representative and tell them to pass the Innovation Act and to ensure that any final bill includes meaningful venue reform.

Apple said this case serves as «one more example» of why Congress should pass «meaningful» patent reform.

Within a week, over 5,000 individuals have urged the Senate to pass meaningful patent reform.

-- wrote a letter today calling on the Senate to pass meaningful patent reform.

Over the last three decades, various tax reform proposals have threatened Section 1031, the legislature ultimately failed to pass any meaningful changes to the code.